Category Archives: Socio-Politico Rants

As I was saying how blogging when used to subvert media controls can be an example of Everyday Resistence. Here is an interesting news article related to that. Thu Feb 19, 8:21 AM ET By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran – Take one exasperated Iranian woman. Add a computer. Hook it up toContinue reading “Iran’s Blogging Boom Defies Media Control”

I started reading the International Herald Tribune recently. It’s something new for me but I found I really enjoy their articles because they have lots of different kinds of essays and perspectives and not just news. Here are two articles I thought was interesting: Democracy: The problem with implanting an ideal and Human Rights Watch:Continue reading “Implanting Democracy and Trials of Tibetans (IHT)”

Word of the Day: The guide to understanding what the hell Yan is going on about Let me put this first: Its what people who don’t have a lot of power do to stick their middle finger up at the powerful people, and it’s not to be ignored because it’s every bit as important toContinue reading “Concept of the Day: Everyday Resistance“

In the last two days I have used the word DISSENT four times in various comments on my blog as well as others. It’s one of my favorite words in the English language. It was brought back to the forefront of my mind by Eat Your Vegetables and the comment I placed on the “CommentContinue reading “Today’s Word: Dissent”

My friend Ethan sent me this. I thought I would share. Click to Englarge

Looks Like John Kerry Might win not just the nomination but possibly the election. The polls are showing he has a seven percent approval rating ABOVE George Bush II already. I dunno. I read a piece by him ages ago and I liked his policies, I liked his take on international affairs as well asContinue reading “Looks Like Kerry Might Win. Yay!”

Social-Political Rants This is the kind of shit we have to put up with… You really are a stupid semi-literate incompetent whore. Go back to whatever jungle you come from and stay away from civilised society till you get a brain All I can say, this was left by one of those people I reallyContinue reading “stupid semi-literate incompetent whore?”

Socio-political Rants Dear Mr. Blair, It seems you were exonerated from any wrong doing by the independent commission over the suicide of Iraq weapons expert David Kelly, and that your government didn’t lie about the Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the head of BBC has resigned for saying so. At the same time the USContinue reading “Dear Mr. Blair, You Let Down “Cool Britannia””

(Me: Really Busy.. But Iraqi Democracy, American Hegedemy, historical responsibility, and the ironies of the US “bringing” the world democracy easily applied to Asia, is all here.) Also: http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ is a blog from Iraq by two friends who seek and expect the promises of the US to be kept which is they will have aContinue reading “Dictators R Us: By Noam Chomsky”

Socio-Political Rants This morning on the BBC World Service. The United States: “Calling the US an Empire is grotesque or laughable depending in the mood I am in.” in reply to this statement: “The United States is an empire in every way except one: They are in denial.” SARS: “China has implemented a new alertContinue reading “Lying to Ourselves on the BBC”