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Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Everyone (in the world) has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and the necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control."
- - Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted by the U.N. over 50 years ago)
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Not to miss out on the patriotic fervor sweeping the country, merchandiser, J.C. Penny is now offering a wonderful Christmas gift for kids ages 5 and up. It's called the "FORWARD COMMAND POST" and is essentially a doll house, but it's been bombed out and taken over by U.S. soldiers, one of which is pictured standing on the roof with his M-16 rifle. No jokes folks! Check it out in Penny's online catalog:
FORWARD COMMAND POST
The product description says it comes with 75 pieces including "military combat gear, toy weapons, an American Flag, chairs and more". No mention if plastic figurines of the dead bodies of the former occupants are included. Merry Christmas.
Oh, and don't miss the "WORLD PEACEKEEPERS BATTLE STATION" including a canon with working lights and sounds; "everything needed to stage a battle":
WORLD PEACEKEEPERS BATTLE STATION
Questions and comments about their children's toys can be sent at the following web page:
http://www.jcpenneyeservices.com/csrv/frm_merchandise.asp
Yesterday I mentioned that the Institute for Public Accuracy was the organization responsible for coordinating Sean Penn's recent trip to Baghdad. The executive director is Norman Solomon who authors a nationally syndicated column on media and politics called "Media Beat," His latest edition is entitled Decoding Some Top Buzz Words of 2002 in which he provides a sampling of some top U.S. media jargon crucial to understanding the quickly changing world around us. Below the line is a sampling of and a link to the entire article.
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by Norman Solomon for FAIR, 12/12/02
..."Pre-emptive"
This adjective represents a kind of inversion of the Golden Rule: "Do violence onto others just in case they might otherwise do violence onto you." Brandished by Uncle Sam, we're led to believe that's a noble concept.
"Weapons of mass destruction"
They're bad unless they're good. Globally, the U.S. government leads the way with thousands of unfathomably apocalyptic nuclear weapons. (Cue the media cheers.) Regionally, in the Middle East, only Israel has a nuclear arsenal -- estimated at 200 atomic warheads -- currently under the control of Ariel Sharon, who has proven to be lethally out of control on a number of occasions. (Cue the media shrugs.) Meanwhile, the possibility that Saddam Hussein might someday develop any such weapons is deemed to be sufficient reason to launch a war. (Cue the Pentagon missiles.)
"International community"
Honorary members include any and all nations that are allied with Washington or accede to its policies. Other governments are evil rogue states.
"International law"
This is the political equivalent of Play Dough, to be shaped, twisted and kneaded as needed. No concept is too outlandish, no rationalization too Orwellian when a powerful government combines with pliant news media. Few members of the national press corps are willing to question the basics when the man in the Oval Office issues the latest pronouncement about international behavior. It's a cinch that fierce condemnation would descend on any contrary power that chooses to do as we do and not as we say.
"Terrorism"
The hands-down winner of the rhetorical sweepstakes for 2002, this word aptly condemns as reprehensible the killing of civilians, but the word is applied quite selectively rather than evenhandedly. When the day comes that news outlets accord the life of a Palestinian child the same reverence as the life of an Israeli child, we'll know that media coverage has moved beyond craven mediaspeak to a single standard of human rights...
READ THE ENTIRE COLUMN AT AT:
http://www.fair.org/media-beat/021212.html
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