A Run Down of the Absurd

Well, since becoming a statistic in frictional unemployment, a lot of shit has gone down but I haven’t had the focus to put them into one post. But here is an attempt:

A RUN DOWN OF THE ABSURD

Haiti had UN run elections and guess what? They’re disputed! Or they were, until diplomats decided on the winner. Isn’t this just a repeat of 5 years ago, and when will people learn that enforced “democracy” in third world countries doesn’t work?

I wrote a long piece about the cartoon controversy that led to riots and a few deaths, unfortunately it is still on my company computer. Most say this is about a ‘cultural divide’, but that is just a cop out for those less informed (not to mention that one common theme of exploiting this whole affair has been technology). Where are we seeing the greatest ‘reaction’? Countries like Syria, Iran, Pakistan — economically and politically backwards and undeveloped nations that are ruled autocratically. For these countries, utilizing a far away demon to cast blame and deflect criticism is a great tool among their own political turmoil. This is not a reaction of the people, but a manufactured maneuver on the politically powerful in the Middle East, and exploited on this side of the globe by the military boogieman who love to envoke 9/11 to increase military spending.

There is a lot to learn: the NYTimes has a great piece on the power of imagery. Salon also does an excellent field observation of reactions in Morocco, a country predominately Muslim but did not have a violent reaction towards the West.

Oh yah, Dick Cheney shot a Republican fundraiser during a ‘hunting’ trip, Hillary Clinton compared the House to a plantation, Fox News calls domestic spying, ‘terrorist survelliance’, and the military has gotten so desparate, it does recruiting at prisons. Mmm, I’ve woken up and smelled that delicious freedom coffee.

What part of No More 9/11’s don’t you understand, Constitution Boy?