A Fresh Start for Whitey

Seeded on Thu Jan 7, 2010 1:03 AM EST (jonraymond.blogspot.com)

"Ain't no more states gonna join this union. No @!$%#ing way. The only union anyone is gonna join is the E Union. I mean come on now. One currency and multiligiual, plus they got the Riviera, nude beaches, and the Cannes film festival. Sheeeet. I'm going EU baby.

eu, america, money, politics, opinion, babes, capitalism, greed, socialism, corpoate-social-welfare

The Fallacy of Political Balance

Seeded on Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:03 PM EST (Out in the Street Films)

Progressives don't balance with right extremists any more than right balances with wrong. You might think that right does balance with wrong, and if so then you exemplify my point.

media, politics, war, healthcare, olbermann, msnbc, krugman, political-spectrum, maddow

Veterans Day Special: The Ft. Hood Shock Doctrine

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:59 AM EST (Stop War Project)

It's November 10th, 2009, the day before Veterans Day. President Obama visits Ft.

afghanistan, politics, war, troops, obama, veterans-day, veterans, fort-hood, ft-hood

Ft. Hood Shooter was Cruely Mistreated and Harassed for his Ethnicity

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:16 AM EST (Stpp War Project)

"Everyone else just sat down there and drunk their beer and looked at him and giggled at him," the woman said, starting to cry. "They just would laugh at him when he walked down with his Muslim clothes. . . . He was mistreated. He didn't have nobody. He was all alone.

war, military, troops, muslims, harassment, racism, cruelty, us-news, ptsd, ethnicity

Afghanistan War Resister to "Put the War on Trial"

Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:48 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)

War veterans are increasing exposing the horrid truth about these wars. They are constitutionally and internationally illegal racist genocides.

constitution, politics, war, law, illegal, veterans, troops-military

The Real America

Seeded on Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:37 AM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

PASADENA CA - On Thursday, June 25, 2009 a group of protesters gathered at the intersection of Orange and Hill Avenues to hold a protest vigil, shown in this film, and which continues there weekly.

medical, politics, health-care, healthcare, obama, single-payer

Spending 102 billion a year on 800 worldwide military bases is bankrupting the country

Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 12:02 AM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

The U.S. Empire of Bases -- at $102 billion a year already the world's costliest military enterprise -- just got a good deal more expensive.

congress, economy, politics, war, military, profiteers, profiteering

The U.S. Flag does not Stand for Freedom

Seeded on Fri Jul 3, 2009 6:22 PM EDT (Stopwar.Lafilmonline.com)

The U.S. faces double digit inflation, an expensive war, Wall Street bailouts all dictated by our government. Our troops fight and die in vain for a war with no reason or exit strategy that creates terrorists and endangers our freedom.

afghanistan, wall-street, politics, war, troops, democracy, freedom, independence, july-4th

America's Secret War With Iran

Seeded on Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:02 PM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

Is the U.S. already at war with Iran? In "America's Secret War in Iran," Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran.

iran, politics, war, military, united-states

What? You mean we can't bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:09 AM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

The great U.S. tradition of dehumanizing entire countries of people calling them Hodgie (for Hajji), Gook, or Kraut is hitting the technological wall here. We're getting too many images of real Iranian people.

iran, bombs, politics, war, military, mccain, civilians, warmongers

Links between CIA, McCain, Iran Uprising, Afghanistan War, and Lockheed-Martin Stocks

Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:57 PM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)

This article points out the the U.S.

afghanistan, iran, cia, politics, war, mccain, iran-election

You can Stop War

Seeded on Mon May 25, 2009 4:38 AM EDT (Out in the Street Films)

Quote: These wars persist because most people are not aware of the reality of what is going on. Most people believe the political rhetoric and corporate media propaganda that these wars are protecting America from terrorists like the ones who committed the 9-11 attacks.

iraq, afghanistan, politics, war, military, troops, genocide, racism, blog, veterans

Obama may be Cute and Cuddly, but he's not Housebroken

Seeded on Mon May 18, 2009 2:23 PM EDT (stopwar.lafilmonline.com)

A filmmaker's take on war photo censorship: "I had kittens when I was young. When you first get a kitten they are so cute and cuddly. But they pee and crap all over the place until you house train them. How do you do that? There is one very fast and fool proof way.

afghanistan, politics, war, military, genocide, images, photos, obama, torture, veterans

Why have a bank? Vote with your feet. Walk out.

Seeded on Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:00 PM EDT (blogspot)

If you're like me you don't hold onto money long enough to warrant keeping a bank account with the liability of bouncing checks when it nears bottom. So don't have one. Use money orders. Why direct deposit all your cash into some crooks' bank? It's your money.

economy, credit, bank, money, politics, finance, bailout, teaparty

The Stop War Project

Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 12:59 AM EDT (blogspot)

The Stop War Project seeks to stop all war for all time through the power of communication. The Iraq war has gone on for six years, costing thousands of American lives and over a million of Iraqi lives, most of them innocent people, many of them children and babies.

iraq, film, war, killing, genocide, documentary, movies, world-news, anti-war, independent

Pop Quiz: Are You a Sick, Twisted, Racist, Vain Warmonger?

Seeded on Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:21 PM EDT (blogspot)

They serve in vain. They die in vain. They are vain. The military has spent nearly nine years since 9-11, waging war and they still have yet to find Bin Laden? Who is in charge of these guys? Gomer Pyle? Is Barney Fife Chairman of the Joint Chiefs?

politics, war, military, killing, crime, videos, pictures, racists, mongers, attrocities

The Lonely Right: War Protests n Hollywood

Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:51 AM EDT (jonraymond.blogspot.com)

A lone right wing war monger protester, behind a wall of LA police officers, was there on his bullhorn to tell protesters they were wasting their time and that they can never stop war.

war, protests, hollywood, aig, us-news, antiwar, protesters, answerla

Coming Out

Seeded on Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:48 PM EDT (jonraymond.blogspot.com)

This is it. I'm coming out. I'm a White Married Male of Many Years, WMMMY. Isn't that a sexual orientation? It should be. Why should gay people get all the attention? Whenever they come out what do you think a lot of older people are thinking? I'll tell you what they're thinking.

health, money, marriage, gay, divorce, finance, menopause, sexual-orientation, coming-out

Rachel slams AIG PR Expenses for Burson-Marsteller and gets Slammed Back

Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:09 PM EDT (MSNBC)

On Thursday March 5, Rachel ripped into AIG for adding a public relations firm called Kekst and Company to its list of PR firm representation. But the story doesn't end there.

politics, genocide, aig, timor, msnbc, blackwater, rachel-maddow, mark-penn, burson-marsteller, bksh

Film Festivals: Film School Reunions and How to Make a Commercial Film Cool

Seeded on Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:06 AM EST (jonraymond.blogspot.com)

The film festivals are moving towards a commercial distribution model and away from truly independent film. Festival programmers wonder why. All the while their own prejudice is the reason.

entertainment, sundance, filmmaking, afi, independent-film, indie-film, film-school, film-festivals, laff, film-distribution-festival-warner-independent-indi

Wall Street 700 Billion, Detroit 0

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:01 PM EST (blogspot)

Typically we have news pundits using baseball, football or boxing analogies to describe what goes on in politics. They got it wrong. This is poker. Paulson and the current administration were dealt a great hand and the rest of us are about to get creamed by the economy.

business, economy, bailout, paul-krugman, paulson, naomi-klein, disaster-capitalism, detroit-automakers, kashkari

Dana Stevens' Obtuse review of Charlie Kaufman and his Film, Synecdoche, New York

Seeded on Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:27 PM EDT (bloggspot)

Apparently Ms.Stevens, in Everyone Sucks, her review of Synecdoche, New York , doesn't understand the difference between a value judgment and an objective criticism. She finds this movie "disappointing".

entertainment, movies, reviews, charlie-kaufman, synecdoche, dana-stevens

Knowing What You Don't Know

Seeded on Wed Oct 8, 2008 3:45 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

I've always liked this quote, despite my opinion of Rumsfeld as something of an antichrist. Ironically, it makes a lot of sense. You can't know what you don't know.

politics, mccain, john-mccain, obama, barack-obama, tom-brokaw, 2008-election, politics-news, presidential-debates, obama-mccain-debate

Net Neutrality: Our Very Freedom is at Stake

Seeded on Sun Oct 5, 2008 12:54 AM EDT (jonraymond.blogspot.com)

McCain has been a leader in the Senate Commerce Committee which oversees the internet. McCain wants to control the Whitespace spectrum and auction it at a premium. Obama wants it to be unlicensed. McCain is historically repeatedly against network neutrality.

tv, film, politics, fcc, hollywood, comcast, freedom, film-independent, filmmaking, whitespace

McCain is No Gentleman

Seeded on Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:28 AM EDT ()

The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable..

debate, politics, mccain, 2008-election, msnbc, election-2008, foreign-policy-debate, mississippi-debate

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