TurquoiseB wrote: >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>When things get hot >>the Bushies they trot >>out Osama Bin Laden. >>(chorus) Osama Bin Laden >>It's nothing new >>that's all they can do >>with Osama Bin Laden >>(chorus) Osama Bin Laden. >> >>They seem to believe >>we'll take this as fact >>and that we will pass >>their Unpatriot Act. >> >>When things get hot >>the Bushies they trot >>out Osama Bin Laden. >>(chorus) Osama Bin Laden. >> >>Everybody sing along now! >> >> > >Now that you've brought up the subject, there is a >series of three documentary films made by the BBC >that I *highly* recommend. You can download high- >quality MP4 versions of them at: > >http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares > >This is one of the strongest and most well-made >documentaries on the real issues of our time I >have ever seen. Its basic thesis is that modern >politicians have stopped trying to sell people >noble and inspiring dreams, and in fact are in >the business of "selling nightmares," of *creating* >fear, and of then making empty promises to save >the people from the fears that they themselves >have created. (Obviously, parallels exist to MMY's >scare tactics for raising money.) > >This is a great film if you actually care about >learning where the world you live in came from and >about the people who invented it and sold it to >you. As the narrator says in Part I, "At the heart >of the story are two groups -- the American Neocon- >servatives and the radical Islamists. Both were >idealists who were born out of the failure of the >liberal dream to build a better world and both had >a very similar explanation for what caused that >failure. These two groups *have* changed the world, >but not in the way that either intended. Together, >they created today's nightmare vision of a secret, >organized evil that threatens the world -- a fantasy >that politicians then found restored their parent >authority in a disillusioned age. And those with the >darkest fears became the most powerful." > >This is a POWERFUL series, and one with a very occult >"take" on modern events. Wherever you stand poltically >about how to deal with the nightmares that are being >sold to us every day by our politicians and our media, >you owe it to yourself to spend a little time learning >who *invented* the nightmares, and why, and who benefits >when you live your life in fear of them. > > Yup, this is a good documentary. I have been recommending to people for some time. It is interesting how issues get clouded and how the more your eyes are open the more you can see through stuff. This is not a time to be a New Age ostrich.
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