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Saint Osama Bin Laden
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Finally, when all the dust has settled and the 3 minutes wonder has disappeared off the media radar, a few notes.
Compare, first of all, The Rise and Fall of Bin Laden to the theory of the Scapegoat. Notice how what should have been long ago a call to examine and amend US foreign policy turned instead into the launch of several costly occupations and illegal wars.
And maybe challenge yourself with a few slightly more literate and informed views.
1) Michael Moore on the Death of Osama Bin Laden
2) Noam Chomsky on the Death of Osama Bin Laden
No, I don't count Michael Moore amongst the more literate and informed, but he's trying.
In the end, you'll just have to wait for the Disney Version to inform you of what really went on. They might have dropped suit for the trademark, but they're still gunning for the TV show, which should be about as informed as most of what Americans do.
Finally, some quotes from Osama Bin Laden (taken from BrainyQuote)
"We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed."
"We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain."
"Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands."
**Note: The translation is probably considerably less fluid than the original, I'm guessing the translators preserved the literal flow of the quote at the expense of color and poetry.
Moral Finance
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
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Now an article about the morality of walking away from a mound of debt leveraged against worthless property.
Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0522-strategic-defaults--20110522,0,3910292.story
Which raises a few questions - Why is the impetus or obligation put on the consumer to be moral when there's not the slightest incentive to the banks to be moral? Was it not the bank's own sketchy lending practices that helped them purchase, arguably forced them to purchase a house for several times what it was worth, was it not the banks own greed that in the end saw consumers going bankrupt and ended by deflating the prices of properties across the USA? If all consumers were as amoral as the banks we'd soon find ourselves living in a kinder, gentler world where the impetus for organizations was not the quick and easy buck but building confidence and loyalty amongst consumers through transparent and credible dealings with their clients.
More on the Police
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
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On the off chance you thought the police were there to serve and protect you, here's a video of one that's clearly just having a good time.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcN2YqQ8YhM
If you don't find that discouraging enough, try following the "related" links down the right hand side of the browser.
Meltdown in Dallas
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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I'm a worker at a nuclear reactor in downtown Dallas, there's been a meltdown, I've had my turn trying to cool the reactor and wasn't successful and now am waiting....
The city has been evacuated. The streets, leafy and green, are deserted. It's surprisingly clean and there are some older redbrick buildings, I've never been, I'm favourably impressed.
I was exposed, over exposed as luck would have it, and now am waiting. All the workers have had their turn, and when they're done they wait in the center of the city as well, my skin prickles as if I've been sunburned and it's unspoken but I'll probably die, they'll all probably die, but for the moment we're waiting, walking around downtown.
In the parks there's the girlfriends and boyfriends of the workers, they've been brought in for a final hurrah, and I can see them fornicating, it's an orgy, in the fountains, on the grass in the park, it's a festive mood, and for a moment I'm sad there's no one to see me off. Maybe I'll get better, there's nothing for it but to wait...
The reactor's been abandoned now, everyone is in the parks, in the fountains fornicating, there's nothing more that can be done.
And there's this mutant, black skinned with a mouth in the center of the top of his head, and he/she opens it to reveal a row of white teeth and another mouth opens inside, and that opens and inside there's yet another mouth....
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