On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:52 PM, mex sara wrote: >> > It's the thing I noticed about the two conferences .... the homogeny of > the Tampa crowd and the diversity of the other ... > it is also interesting that it seems to be an ideological debate between > historical stereotypes
being fought with one side having a unified, codified script highly divergent from reality, and the other side a bunch of widely-differing viewpoints, mostly shepherded via corporate-controlled media, whose scripts vary, but typically contain at least a modicum of relationship with reality. Then there's the indies and the bloggers, who steer, flail, and shed light, in varying degrees of effectiveness. I seek a lot of sources, and get discouraged a lot. Do you consider yourself to be practicing true journalism these days? > as if the last thirty years [ which means the last 10 haven't] haven't > happened or if they have they must not be acknowledged .... the world has > changed almost beyond recognition since 1975 ... the internet .. > geopolitics ... social politics .. war on terror which enables domestic > enforcement of "we are at war" laws [ see wwII re treason etc] without > having to acknowledge it to the ordinary person instead by omission > indicate that it is still ok to go on with daily life and be woo'd by tax > cuts and be swayed by blather about other peoples private lives... It's almost like a nation of dirty-minded neighborhood snoops, peering through curtains while ignoring the fire in the kitchen because the tv's blaring, "Go shopping!" > there are no global issues I've heard it said that the opinions and healthcare policies of the rest of the world shouldn't have any bearing on our decisions. Yeah, cause we breathe different air. > For instance it is "fighting season " in Afganistan ... and it looks like > the Taliban have a good score ... and it kinda looks like vietnam deja vu > all over again The same look is in the eyes of the young men coming back, that I saw in the eyes of the Nam vets in the 70's. > some of the men the coalition are training to take over when they make > their staged retreat 2014 .. [they call them insurgents but they are > Taliban ] these men are plants and open fire when it is possible to kill > the men training them ... it is called a Green on Blue attack after the > colour of the berets ... > > http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/green-on-blue-the-new-face-of-war-in-afghanistan-20120830-253ib.html > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/world/asia/corruption-remains-intractable-in-afghanistan-under-karzai-government.html?pagewanted=all > > http://citizenjournalistreview.wordpress.com/us-war-casualties-afghanistan-by-date/ > http://icasualties.org/oef/ > > and of course it is a shame that the Syrian issue has come when everyone is > busy elsewhere > if ever there was a dictator that needed a swift excision ... > > though they could just all move on to Syria after the huge success thats > been had rebuilding Afghanistan > > http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/08/22/syrian-civil-war-could-persist-post-assad/ > > > so who ever is president this coming term will have all that out their > plate as well as the deficit etc etc Yeah, this is a really tough time to be the Decider. Hope the one we get has a long term viewpoint. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
