I Too Am Charlie
Je Suis Charlie
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Wednesday 7 March 2012
rush limbaugh
hang on...
Am I hearing it correctly??
Are most reputable news outlets seriously claiming that Rush Limbaugh, an american shock-jock/comedian is a powerful force in American Republican politics?
Really??
A radio DJ?
A Powerful Force in US Politics?
Isnt this proof that the world has gone mad?
When a radio DJ's opinions become a factor in the policies of the most powerful country in the world?
Imagine that you're a historian in 200 years time. What would be the first thing that runs through your mind when you understand what the political situation here was?
And more importantly...
How the hell am I ever going to explain this to my grankids in 25 years time?
Am I hearing it correctly??
Are most reputable news outlets seriously claiming that Rush Limbaugh, an american shock-jock/comedian is a powerful force in American Republican politics?
Really??
A radio DJ?
A Powerful Force in US Politics?
Isnt this proof that the world has gone mad?
When a radio DJ's opinions become a factor in the policies of the most powerful country in the world?
Imagine that you're a historian in 200 years time. What would be the first thing that runs through your mind when you understand what the political situation here was?
And more importantly...
How the hell am I ever going to explain this to my grankids in 25 years time?
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Super PACs
I just read a brilliant article on CCN by Fred Wertheimer, which details why the 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission US Supreme Court ruling is the worst thing to happen do democracy since Adolf decided he'd like to have a go at running Germany.
In brief, it details why in the past certain laws were put in place to prevent exactly what is happening now, and why What is happening now is a bad thing.
And what is happening now, is that through loopholes in the law, a few hundred superrich Americans and corporations can buy the elections. They can influence voters in ways never seen before and they can ensure candidates are so heavily reliant on them to be reelected, that they can dictate policy.
Do yourself a favour, read this:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/opinion/wertheimer-super-pacs/
And if you agree, you might want to have a look at Mr Wertheimer's not for profit organisation, Democracy 21, which is working to bring democracy back to people, instead of money.
In brief, it details why in the past certain laws were put in place to prevent exactly what is happening now, and why What is happening now is a bad thing.
And what is happening now, is that through loopholes in the law, a few hundred superrich Americans and corporations can buy the elections. They can influence voters in ways never seen before and they can ensure candidates are so heavily reliant on them to be reelected, that they can dictate policy.
Do yourself a favour, read this:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/15/opinion/wertheimer-super-pacs/
And if you agree, you might want to have a look at Mr Wertheimer's not for profit organisation, Democracy 21, which is working to bring democracy back to people, instead of money.
Ryanad
Break out the morale police!
Ryanair has again made headlines (ie free advertisement time) with an add.
It concerns this one this time:
A calender being sold for charity in which some 13 crew members pose in their (rather 60s) undies is under fire.
Its being called sexist, there are complaints of "objectifying woman" and all that kind of stuff.
Eehhmmmm.... Turned on the TV lately? Try MTV or wel, wait for the first advertisement block.
Drive a car past the nearest billboard, or wait at a bus stop/train station etc.
Our society has objectified woman about 2000 years ago, and its showing no sign of undoing this soon.
In fact, the last 15 - 50 years (depending on the standard you use) has been characterised by a huge increase in the objectification (is that even a word?) of the fairer gender.
So lets all start complaining about a calender, which over the last 5 years has generated 500K pounds for charity, while we're bombarded with commercialised sexuality all day, in a society where much worse things happen.
What a narrow minded, sour and out of touch nonsense!
I bet the instigator of this protest (a Ryanair employee called Ghada) just is peeved that she didnt get selected to be on the calender. What a storm in a glass of water.
The girls themselves seem to be highly embarrassed by this calender, and, as the next picture shows, they dont support it at all...
Ok, I lied, they love it and support it:
Just to make that point, here are some more raunchy Ryanair ads ;-)
Please leave a comment if you like them!
Ryanair has again made headlines (ie free advertisement time) with an add.
It concerns this one this time:
A calender being sold for charity in which some 13 crew members pose in their (rather 60s) undies is under fire.
Its being called sexist, there are complaints of "objectifying woman" and all that kind of stuff.
Eehhmmmm.... Turned on the TV lately? Try MTV or wel, wait for the first advertisement block.
Drive a car past the nearest billboard, or wait at a bus stop/train station etc.
Our society has objectified woman about 2000 years ago, and its showing no sign of undoing this soon.
In fact, the last 15 - 50 years (depending on the standard you use) has been characterised by a huge increase in the objectification (is that even a word?) of the fairer gender.
So lets all start complaining about a calender, which over the last 5 years has generated 500K pounds for charity, while we're bombarded with commercialised sexuality all day, in a society where much worse things happen.
What a narrow minded, sour and out of touch nonsense!
I bet the instigator of this protest (a Ryanair employee called Ghada) just is peeved that she didnt get selected to be on the calender. What a storm in a glass of water.
The girls themselves seem to be highly embarrassed by this calender, and, as the next picture shows, they dont support it at all...
Ok, I lied, they love it and support it:
Just to make that point, here are some more raunchy Ryanair ads ;-)
Please leave a comment if you like them!
And my favourite (sorry, I know its immature, but this one just really cracked me up ;-) )
Ps. If you want to petition against something, try looking into UN (ie China and Russia) sanctioned mass murder in Syria, Modern slavery in the UK, Hunger in great parts of the world, Torture of woman in Egypt, etc etc. I can type a list here as long as my arm without even breaking a sweat. And we're petitioning about a Charity Calender of Girls in their Undies...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Killer Bananazz
Haha, I found a CD of the band I used to play in.
During my student days I used to play in a Surf Rock band.
you know, Pulp Fiction, Fast guitars, lots of reverb and even more fun.
Here you can listen to the best CD we made. It might make good background music for reading the rest of this blog ;-)
Its called "Frutti Di Mare", as an obvious reference to our Surf roots. (although shamefully none of the bandmembers actually surf, but we did make great SurfRock!)
Enjoy ;-)
01 Riptide
During my student days I used to play in a Surf Rock band.
you know, Pulp Fiction, Fast guitars, lots of reverb and even more fun.
Here you can listen to the best CD we made. It might make good background music for reading the rest of this blog ;-)
Its called "Frutti Di Mare", as an obvious reference to our Surf roots. (although shamefully none of the bandmembers actually surf, but we did make great SurfRock!)
Enjoy ;-)
01 Riptide
(note, this one is not a Killer Bananazz Original. Its a song originally by the Ventures. Also really cool stuff!)
Or, if you prefer to listen to the whole CD in one go:
Drop me a comment if you like it or have anything else to comment about it.
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