Saturday, April 10, 2004

RHINO'S WEEKEND BLOG - April 10th & 11th QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND "For NASA, space is still a high priority." - - George W. Bush THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY April 11th, 837 -- Halley's Comet passes earth by 6 million km. April 10th, 1849 -- Safety pin patented. Punk movement begins. April 11th, 1963 -- Vatican: Pacem in Terris encyclical issued by Pope John XIII, calling for an end to the nuclear arms race. Nobody listens. RHINO'S CURRENT FAVORITE WEBSITE:   The Whalesong Project The Whalesong Project has announced its hydrophone is once again in the ocean and webcasting the live songs of the Hawaiian Humpback Whales, na mele o na kohola.  Whalesong is a group of volunteers dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the oceans and the environment, and to helping "give a microphone" to important voices that may not be heard above the noise of the modern world. They believe the voices of the natural world, and of Hawaiian and other native cultures that have a connection with that world, carry inspiration and mana'o (wisdom) that can help carry humanity into the future in a more benevolent way.  Give a live listen at: http://www.whalesong.net RHINO'S CURRENT FAVORITE  MOVIE TO BE:  Against All Enemies Sony Pictures Buys Richard Clarke's Book for the Screen By SHARON WAXMAN, NY Times, April 10, 2004 Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the rights to "Against All Enemies," the best-selling book by Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism adviser, and plans to turn it into a feature-length movie. John Calley, a veteran Hollywood executive who was until last year Sony's chairman, will develop and produce it... ...Mr. Calley has worked with political material before, having shepherded "All the President's Men," the 1976 Watergate thriller, when he was an executive at Warner Brothers in the 1970's. He said Mr. Clarke's book would not be hard to turn into a feature film. "You could shoot the first 56 pages and have an extraordinary half of a movie, then it goes on to more enthralling stuff," he said. "If we were able to do `All the President's Men' with people meeting in garages and whispering in parks, then certainly with someone sitting at a table in the White House we could have a remarkable event." "Against All Enemies" and Mr. Clarke, who served in the last four administrations as a security and intelligence expert, have become hot topics in this election year. In the book he asserts that the Bush administration did not take sufficiently seriously his warnings of a growing threat from Al Qaeda in the months leading up to Sept. 11, focusing obsessively on Iraq, even after the attacks. Despite the Bush administration's vehement denials of the charges, the book has created a media firestorm, selling more than 300,000 copies in three weeks. Mr. Clarke's testimony to the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks put pressure on the administration and was the main reason the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, agreed to testify on Thursday. MORE AT: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/arts/10SCRI.html?th RHINO'S CURRENT FAVORITE RADIO NETWORK: Air America Air America is on the air, kicking ass & takin' names. If you're not listening yet, you're missing out on a fantastic piece of progressive political history. You can find it on the AM radio dial in several cities, or on the XM Satellite Radio System (Ch 167) or listen live on your computer by following the instructions below: 1. Make sure Windows Media Player is installed. (Mac version: OS X) http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/370242/WindowsMediaInstaller.bin (MAC OS 9) http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/125712/WMPlayer7_1_EN.hqx (Windows Media Player for Windows) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/24252 2. Go to KPOJ, "The World's First Air America Radio Affiliate", at http://www.super62.com and click on the "Listen Live" button (in the vertical navigation menu at page left). Here you can listen with the free Windows Media Player on Mac or PC. Or check out the Real Player sources available, posted at page right on www.airamericaradio.com But at the places with Real streams (KBLA, WLIB, WNTD, AirAmericaRadio) you can only listen with (the free) RealPlayer (they make it a little tricky to find, but it's still free) (MAC OS X) RealPlayer for OS X (MAC OS 9) RealPlayer for OS 9 (Windows) RealPlayer for Windows 98/NT/2000/XP (Linux or Unix) RealPlayer for Linux and Unix On Air America's home page, you can get the show by clicking on the large "Listen Live" button (upper left corner): http://www.airamericaradio.com/ RHINOS CURRENT FAVORITE TV SHOW:  The Daily Show http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/ A recent study says that 21 percent of young people regularly get their campaign news from comedy shows like the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  The Emmy award winning "fake news show" covers each days news with a type of truthful perspective that can only come from irreverence.  If you don't get the Comedy Central Network, The Daily Show alone is well worth the effort to change that. And if you have kids that are relying on The Daily Show for all their news, turn them on to "Footnote TV" which provide the dry details on each days show. http://www.newsaic.com/ftvdsindex.html  AND FINALLY, RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE, RHINO'S FAVORITE BLOGETTE ... 8:53:31 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - A Mash Note to the Blogosphere A Mash Note to the Blogosphere by Arianna Huffington, Arianna Online, April 07, 2004 I've got a confession to make. I've got a big-time crush. I'm talking weak-in-the-knees infatuation. But it's not Brad or Orlando or Colin or any of the cinematic hunks du jour who have set my heart aflutter. No, it's Atrios and Kos and Josh Micah Marshall and Kausfiles and Kevin Drum and Wonkette. Bloggers all. Yes, when it comes to the blogosphere, I'm a regular cyberslut.... ...The vast majority of mainstream journalists head in the direction the assignment desk points them. This often means just following a candidate around, or sitting in the White House press room, and then rehashing the day's schedule for their readers or viewers. Bloggers are armed with a far more effective piece of access than a White House press credential: passion. When bloggers decide that something matters, they chomp down hard and refuse to let go. They're the true pit bulls of reporting. The only way to get them off a story is to cut off their heads (and even then you'll need to pry their jaws open). They almost all work alone, but, ironically, it's their collective effort that makes them so effective. They share their work freely, feed off one another's work, argue with each other, and add to the story dialectically. And because blogs are ongoing and daily, indeed sometimes hourly, bloggers will often start with a small story, or a piece of one - a contradictory quote, an unearthed document, a detail that doesn't add up - that the big outlets would deem too minor. But it's only minor until, well, it's not. Big media can't see the forest for the trees. Until it's assembled for them by the bloggers... READ IT ALL AT: http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=705 CHECK OUT ARRIANNA'S BLOG AT: http://www.ariannaonline.com/blog/ "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 7:45:20 AM    comment

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