Convenient Morality

2008-01-07T15:42:00.000-08:00

In response to a Ron Paul defender: (btw check out this article on ron paul as well)having no EPA wouldnt mean there would be no pollution enforcement any more than doing away with the NEA would mean there are no more schools. right but people's power to "care" is directly proportional to economic power. So poor people have to do this thing call "work" during the day won't have the same

2007-12-09T12:09:00.000-08:00

in response to the common hoopla and fanfare surrounding the common announcement of massive government support of "efficient" systems of violent control. In celebrating this effort one person points to how abstracting away the costs of warfare for "all" parties will improve the situation.yea either it will make the situation more calm.. or people will lose any sense of the reality of the

2007-11-05T11:10:00.000-08:00

videoegg.com is demoing their add overlays for user created media. The sample clip they have created for their campaign is highly suspect.It features a person of color being slapped, poked and flicked by white people while being overlayed with advertisements for bugger king and other white owned corporations famous for their "urban" cool re-appropriations. (a dated excerpt on white vs black

2007-06-20T13:32:00.000-07:00

Enforcing the law become "anit humanitarian" because the system is criminal and those being targeted are the ones profiting the least. The Agro industry flooding the Mexican markets, the profiters of US based low wage service industry, the huge border enforcement contracts, all profiting off of particular labor and trade regulation that they engineered. They lean on racism, economic & ideological

2007-01-09T14:03:00.000-08:00

in response to a post asking how do you leave a country?But nothing happens in a vacuum; if we leave Iraq, Iraq is still there, and a pullout carries consequences for Iraqis, for the region and for the next thirty years of our foreign policy. What’s the best-case scenario if we go? What’s the worst thing that could happen? We should be asking "What’s the best-case scenario if we stay". Things

2006-07-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

Long time no post... I have been busy with the metavid project here I demo the external embed feature:

2005-11-13T23:57:00.000-08:00

The previous post is part of a discussion with DanS,He runs a blog right wing of the godsCheck it out :) He currently has a fairly detailed article on the misrepresentation of counter-recruiters. He is well articulated and well informed while ideologically different from my point of view.

2005-11-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

"The writer, like most anti-capitalists, fails to understand that it isn't about "that greed is good", but about letting people do what they want with what they earn, rather than letting a government bureaucrat decide for them"I don’t know how much more we can peruse this as my line of reasoning clearly does not fit in your mental frame as much as your line or reasoning does not fit in mine....

2005-07-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

Give the freedom or give them death reality chick wrote: Is this guy out to lunch or what? Now that he has expressed his compassion for the "lost souls" of the terrorists because they have been forced into violent acts, like beheading innocent, non-military civilians, can we get to the real truth? Yea Its petty clear we differ here on morality models. It seems to me that your

2005-05-29T18:54:00.000-07:00

a comment to a posting about irresponsible media undereporting atrocites comited by insurgents (source)I can see why your discouraged. And I agree the heroins acts of violence perpetrated in Iraq are dramatically underreported.If only we had representations of the the horrific acts of violence that are common place there, we could see how truly desperate and desolate life has become for portions

2005-01-29T14:09:00.000-08:00

“Something I want to make clear on this point-WE ARE NOT THE BAD GUYS! We are not going around just killing innocent Iraqi's for sport, the only ones we intend to kill are the insurgents.”That points to the essence of the question. Can we can do no wrong if our intentions are good? Was it noble for the Spanish to bring the natives Christianity? Sure they had to kill some ‘insurgents’ but look at

2005-01-28T01:32:00.000-08:00

in response to "where do you stand" by Reggie (he has a similar template to mine ;) "Now you would think everyone in the world who values freedom would be rooting for the Iraqis to have it, but they are not" I think people of the world do stand for Iraqi freedom only its freedom from what they would call US imperial democracy. They share the view with the majority of Iraqis who see the US

2005-01-27T14:15:00.000-08:00

The legitimizing effect of the electoral exercise in Iraq "The election will succeed in one important respect: it will confer greater legitimacy on the Bush administration's project in Iraq. This will allow a more vigorous prosecution of the counter-insurgency war." Read full article: The Iraqi Election "Bait and Switch": Faulty Poll Will Not Bring Peace or US Withdrawal Project on

2005-01-24T09:26:00.000-08:00

in response to: "Gee, I wonder what the left would say about Martin Luther King, today, since he was always invoking the name of God and quoting from the Bible" I would really encourage you to check out: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/17/164233 that is the democracy now special on MLK. That is what the real left is saying about him today. It’s quite tragic that the “left”

2005-01-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

in response to Civilian deaths in Iraq >>Except that in Iraq we're not talking about the insurgents killing people in the crossfire, we're talking about them targeting civilians to be murdered deliberately. You’re very right about that. Deliberately attacking civilians on the assumption that they are cooperators with the invading force or the terrorists is bad practice. I assume you condemn

2005-01-09T16:45:00.000-08:00

in response to: Civilian Deaths in Iraq: Bad Methodology on Parade Since you imply that the invading force has a right to kill any military opposition, you must simultaneously believe that those who chose to militarily resistance to the occupation have the right to do so. Hence there is no “loss” in slaughtering the military opposition as they have chosen the suicidal course of action to resist

2004-12-16T14:15:00.000-08:00

This is a shout out to my friends band gimik

2004-11-09T16:29:00.000-08:00

in response to the news medias covarage of Fallujah Your statement seems to imply that the Muslim mujahedeen would be the ones destroying the city when the US military will also be bombing and participating in mass killings. The residents and insurgents of Fallujah do not want to be destroyed, they do not choose destruction out of religious insanity or desire for islamic state as you imply. They

2004-10-29T13:23:00.000-07:00

A few fun links: some halloween Costumes and bush one finger victory salute

2004-10-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a posting on regulations: To me we already pay the cost of a regulatory burden. For example we have many restrictions and regulations that reinforce corporate interest over that of individuals. I can't sue a corporation for my child's asthma Even if the child is on my propertie which value is being destroyed via the “unregulated” activity of my neighbor. Does that represent lack of

2004-09-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

What if US was Iraq type posting by Juan Cole

2004-08-17T16:18:00.000-07:00

<>Chaves Challenge from The Monitor's View Chaves has cheated the system once again and has bribed the majority of the population by giving them basic social services. Absolutely Disgusting. We at the CSM can't possibly Imagine why the majority of the population would vote for such a foolish Leader. He is recklessly squandering the oil revenues on worthless social programs. "He even bought cows

2004-08-06T10:14:00.000-07:00

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we, They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." google article cluster

2004-08-02T15:44:00.000-07:00

Chomsky on Classified Documents / Accountability

2004-07-04T10:28:00.000-07:00

Kerry is giving me more and more reasons to vote for Nader or write in Kucinich ;) his foreign policy differences between bush are becoming indifferent. he just recently announced full support for the illegal occupation, in not so many words. How can I possibly vote for that? I want to be a strategic voter and everything but when Kerry comes out with a foreign policy of violent enforcement of

2004-06-22T13:13:00.000-07:00

Michael Moore, What exactly did you expect? I think why Michael Moore is where he is, is his willingness to engage in the same kind of language as those he criticizes. When you engage in the same language of what you’re criticizing you become what you criticize. So naturally he is hypocrite and the language of taking sides on issues with preconceived agenda is going to be problematic. Moore looks

2004-06-04T12:08:00.000-07:00

An interesting interview with Nadder ... Helps identify and separate corporate conservatism and social conservatism.

2004-05-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

ah democracy isn't it beautiful "Bush said an interim Iraqi president, prime minister and other top ministers should be selected in the next two weeks." I have to curb this irony.

2004-05-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

air strike kills 40 "Lt. Col Ziyad al-Jbouri, deputy police chief of the city of Ramadi, said between 42 and 45 people died in the attack, which took place about 2:45 a.m. in a remote desert area near the border with Syria and Jordan. He said those killed included 15 children and 10 women." "In July 2002, Afghan officials said 48 civilians at a wedding party were killed and 117 wounded by a

2004-05-16T11:03:00.000-07:00

Tell big media: ‘Stop bashing America and our soldiers’ Convenient morality at its best :) The 'Soviet Russia Officials' could never understand why dissidents always focused on their wrong doing instead of the easily identifiable wrong doings of the governments they where 'helping'. It not that complicated your responsible for what you do. It is much more important to know about the wrong

2004-05-13T13:13:00.000-07:00

in reference to an image of Iraqi children celebrating some gifts from some soldiers It's funny how images such as these are taken as morality barometers of the US invasion and occupation. As if an image of a group of Austrians welcoming their ‘liberators’ makes the ‘liberation’ the morally correct thing to do. It does not matter if life is ‘better’ for every Iraqi if that ‘better’ is our

2004-04-30T16:41:00.000-07:00

to your average rationalization of Iraqi prisoners mistreatment and rationlization of civilian killing: I agree the soldiers are not the criminals as you imply, rather by no fault of their own are in a particular mindset in a particular system to server particular people. It is with the best intentions and highest regard for "minimization of civilian casualties"/humanitarian effort that

2004-01-03T19:10:00.000-08:00

doctrine of change of course and a video feed where Noam talks about the doctrine

2003-12-30T00:02:00.000-08:00

I really appreciated hearing your perspective last night :) It made me think about a few things…I do agree brining ‘democracy’ to oppressed people is a noble intention. After all we can not turn a blind eye to the oppression, torture and killings used by Saddam against insurgents in order to maintain an iron fist control of the population in Iraq. So it would be great if the US had abandoned the

2003-12-21T11:15:00.000-08:00

a comment sent to the writer of the article: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/7516810.htm in the article ' Saddam will have no trouble finding a lawyer, experts say' you go though a few potential defense strategies but fail to mention any historical context other then what the US government has said to be his wrong doings. Historical context would include the US involvement in the

2003-12-11T15:05:00.000-08:00

I don't know... how much are you "benefiting" from the fruits of Iraqi liberation? fewer teachers for your kids, fewer firemen, less pay for police and firemen and military personal loss of friends and family both mentally and physical in Iraq , etc not to mention the shit load of Iraqis that are not going to be very found of "Americans" at the moment and will they be less or more likely to