Yesterday, the last debate between the main candidates for the presidency of the world’s greatest military power took place in the state of New York and the two have confronted each other for the last time before things are turned over the voters for a real decision.
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Yesterday Michael Moor launched his latest film, “Slacker Uprising”.
The controversial film maker made a new and interesting step with this movie, as he doesn’t specifically target the current administration, instead he has a clear focus on one thing: getting people out of their homes to vote. The message is simple: if one doesn’t get off the couch and speak one’s mind about the country’s direction, the one is a tacit perpetrator of the current state of thing.
The movie in itself is nothing more than a journal regarding Moore’s conferences and meetings across the US in an attempt to convince the people that change is needed. Alongside him went many well-known supporters of democracy and opponents of the current system: Joan Baez (world-famous musician and political activist), Viggo Mortessen (the well know musician and actor of “Lord of the Rings”), members of the famous rock band REM, members of Rage Against the Machine (the well-known punk/rock anti-government band), Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam) or Steve Earle (folk musician) in an attempt to get the message through: be the change you want to see.
The failures of the current administration are reminded to the public once again while Moore faces both friendly and hostile crowds as he makes no attempt to silence the opposition, instead tries to convince people to use their democratic right to vote.
Michael Moore is well known for his leftist, progressive and democratic views which have compelled him to bring up sensitive subjects such as gun-control (”Bowling for Columbine”), the Iraq war (”Fahrenheit 9/11″) and the health system (”Sicko”). His movies have brought criticism from both proponents and opponents for the way in which information is presented in a manner that forces the conclusion in the eyes and mind of the spectator … but aside that, agreement comes to one thing: all the information presented in his books and movies is heavily documented, mostly by publicly available official records.
“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. These words hold so much truth that it should be taken as an axiom, or even a truism, I believe it qualifies for both. (more…)
One must agree that things look really grim for the US economy. Three of the five banking giants are out cold. Bear-Stearns and Lehman Brothers collapsed while Merryl-Lynch was bought over by Bank of America. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the only survivors but the situation isn’t rose for them either.
The beginning of this week saw heavy fluctuations on trade markets too where the price of crude oil rose, much like the price of gold. (more…)
Apprently the romanian blogosphere is being challenged to a competition and I hope to be in it! I couldn’t tell exactly why I’m doing this, just figured it might be a good idea to go for a writing challenge. Apparently the challenge will be related to writing about various technology items, something that I’ve been doing anyway every now and then (hmm, if I’m lucky I’ll get to present my very own WL500G Premium router, I wish!) so I think: why not?! (more…)
For years and years, the USA has tried to build an image for itself. At least in the minds of the gullible, USA was the land of all opportunities, where you can earn big, live cheap, while the economic system watches over small details like mortgage, health insurance, social security. It was supposed to be the place where any enterprise could flourish, in democracy and a free market, with no direct control from the government as the government itself would be just a player. (more…)
Sometime during last evening (EEST), Google launched its new product: a browser. Rumors about this have been circulating ever since 2004 but have been slowly dying as nothing official was announced. Still, I believe that few were those who truly though that Google has abandoned a possibility to strike at rival Microsoft on a ground that Google seems to dominate: the web. (more…)
Today has brought nothing new save for the expected. Yes, Russia’s president, Dmitri Medvedev has proudly announced the recognition of two new states on the map: Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both republic and urged other countries to follow suit. I guess everyone was expecting that.
This post is meant to give a few extra explanations to a bunch of people I’ve noticed around that don’t seem to know any history whatsoever or who are ignoring history altogether.
Earlier I have noted why fools shouldn’t be allowed to govern and this is meant to be a part two for that, something specifically targeted at the dominion of a notorious idiot, known as GW Bush, Jr.
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A quote often attributed to Einstein states that “there are two infinite things in this world: the universe and human stupidity … and I’m not too sure about the universe” (or something like this).
I guess the latest development in Eastern Europe have definitely proved that Einstein’s comparison is not only appropriate but also maybe an understatement as to the gravity of the stupidity’s presence in our lives. Of course the real problems arise when said stupidity rises in power and begins to govern (aka “destroy”) the lives of many people. (more…)