{"id":299,"date":"2006-02-16T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T19:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/02\/16\/a-run-down-of-the-absurd\/index.html"},"modified":"2006-02-16T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T19:57:38","slug":"a-run-down-of-the-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/news-to-make-you-blue\/02\/16\/a-run-down-of-the-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"A Run Down of the Absurd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, since becoming a statistic in frictional unemployment<\/a>, 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:<\/p>\n

A RUN DOWN OF THE ABSURD<\/b><\/p>\n

Haiti had UN run elections and guess what? They’re disputed!<\/a> 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<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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’<\/a>, 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<\/a>). Where are we seeing the greatest ‘reaction’? Countries like Syria, Iran, Pakistan — economically and politically backwards and undeveloped nations that are ruled autocratically<\/a>. 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<\/a> who love to envoke 9\/11 to increase military spending<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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

What part of No More 9\/11’s don’t you understand, Constitution Boy?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nA Run Down of the Absurd - Prose Before Hos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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. 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