Fuck Michael Moore

I know Michael Moore (MM) has done some good with his Farenheit 911 documentary by raising awareness around the globe about the confusing mess following the terrorist attacks in NYC on September 11, 2001 ... but come on. The guy, MM, is like a village idiot and has not constructed a picture of anything we already didn't know about if we ourselves are not the village idiot. MM has contributed to the dumming down of the world.

ok...

In comes Adam Curtis and his BBC sponsored three part series 'The Power of Nightmares'. This is one of the best documentaries I have seen. He provides a clear thesis about political ideals for both an Islamic Jihad and a US led neo-conservative platform and is able to draw parallels of similarity between the two. Documenting their development from the late 1940's until present.

Baby it's cold outside

The Phantom Victory

The Shadows In The Cave

Why has the word 'propaganda' not been used to describe the Bush doctrine on the global terrorist network? People are posting photos to the internet saying 'I am not afraid' in response to the recent London bombings. Why isn't anyone posting 'I don't believe your propaganda, I am not afraid'?

Pirating files for the good of knowing

I pirated a copy of The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeri) and was blown away by the movie itself. But more blown away by the parallels the French led war in Algeria has with the US led war in Iraq. Oh, I hope we can all work it out together. This repeat in history is bothersome. There is so much to say. Is the current violence in Iraq a revolution? The main difference seems to be that the US did not colonize Iraq? Does this make it better or worse? Can you compare? I hope that in Iraq there is a general commander like the main character in the movie which states it as clearly as the character, how he is a military man and is doing his job saying, 'at this point you have to question, should France be in Algeria?' Should the US be in Iraq? Vey powerful stuff.

Salam Pax

Salam Pax (not his real name, alias standing for peace) is now all over the internet and media but bravely started blogging as an Iraqi (and still is an Iraqi) before, during and 'after' the war. A crippled version of his original blog is here. He now has a gig at the Guardian UK and has been on Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

He did his blogging without telling anyone for fear of his life. The person he worked for as an interpreter didn't know of the blog.

downloading with bittorrent, Azureus, and torrentspy

The downloading client for the bittorrent network is Azureus and one website of many to find downloads is torrentspy.com.

I guess there is another client from bittorrent itself but I haven't used it.

First post from Marseille

Spent the day with many web based discoveries, media, current politics, Iraqi blogs, US military Flickr photos. Will post each as its own entry. I just have to say I feel very odd having just made the following comment on a Flickr photo before reading the previous comment.

The photo:


My comment:

'I hear Pepsi is all there is in Iraq. I guess they didn't like the ties Coke had with Isreal, who would have guessed? It was in the news today that Coke is now making plans to take over the Iraqi market.'

Previous comment:

'Love you my dear husband LCpl Neighbarger. Come home safe to me. We love you all, take care of yourselves and eachother!'

The flickr page