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Saturday, November 12, 2005 |
THE QUOTE:
"On Friday I was fired as a columnist by the publisher of the
Los Angeles Times, where I have worked for thirty years. The publisher Jeff Johnson,
who has offered not a word of explanation to me, has privately told people that
he hated every word that I wrote. I assume that mostly refers to my exposing
the lies used by President Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq. Fortunately
sixty percent of Americans now get the point but only after tens of thousand
of Americans and Iraqis have been killed and maimed as the carnage spirals out
of control. My only regret is that my pen was not sharper and my words tougher."
- - Robert Scheer 11/11/05
THE HISTORY:
November 11, 1918 - On the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th
month, the world rejoiced & celebrated. After 4 years of bitter war, an armistice
was signed. The "war to end all wars" was over.
November 11, 1919 - Armistice
Day is celebrated in the U.S.A.
to remember the sacrifices that men & women made during World War I.
THANKSGIVING
DAY 2005 - America is on a terrorist alert. It
is now against the law to stuff a turkey, since everyone is now under suspicion
of hiding explosives. George
W. signed this into law as an emergency executive
decree. During a patriotic speech he defends this decision, claiming "the
evil doers are just looking for any opportunity to show up at your dinner table." This
Thanksgiving take a real good look at your relatives... and report any suspicious
behavior to the CIA, FBI or your local police... who cares if it's grandma...
it's your duty as an American.
More Humorous Thanksgiving History At:
http://skywriting.net/inspirational/humor/the_history_of_thanksgiving.html
THE RANT: On Bush, the Dems, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson,
Bill Moyers, and King (not Don)
by John Cusack
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-cusack/on-bush-the-dems-jon-st_b_10485.html
THE MOVIE: "Good Night, and Good Luck"
by George Clooney
http://wip.warnerbros.com/goodnightgoodluck
THE DOCUMENTARY:
"WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price"
by Robert Greenwald
http://www.walmartmovie.com
THE BOOK: "A
Seat at the Table:
Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom"
by Phil Cousineau. With assistance from Gary Rhine.
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10373.html
THE BOOK TOUR: "A Seat at the Table:
Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom"
Phil Cousineau on tour
November 13, 4 PM -- Cody's Bookstore, Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA
November 18, 7 PM -- 'A Seat at the Table" documentary screening
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
November 19, 7 PM -- Transitions Bookstore, Chicago, IL
November 29, 7 PM -- A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, CA
THE EVENT REPORT: Chet Helms Celebrated Along With His Era
By Joel Selvin
http://www.2b1records.com/chetmemorial
THE BOOK (& AUDIO BOOK): Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.economichitman.com
THE ANIMATION: The Indictment Circus
by Scooter
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/circus.html
THE RADIO ADDRESS: George Dubya Bush on the recent local elections
http://weeklyradioaddress.com/WRA20051112.htm
THE TURKEY DAY GREETING CARD: Turkeys Will Survive
http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou
RHINO HERE:
As the U.S.A. prepares for the Thanksgiving season, the dubya shrub
took advantage of Veteran's Day & his bully pulpit, to lash out at
his critics who contend his war is such things as unnecessary, ill-conceived,
mismanaged, illegal & criminal, accusing them of trying to rewrite history
about the decision to go to war & saying their criticism is undercutting
American forces in battle. Nice try guy but have you seen the recent poll
showing a solid majority of Americans think you're a liar. If
not, Click Below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5408985,00.html
The day before Vet's Day, one of the few men among the Shrub
Gang who
ever saw active military duty, General
Colin Powell, was participating in a 3
day college Celebrity Forum in Cupertino California. Meanwhile students
from the nearby college campus were holding a mock war crimes tribunal to examine
Powell's role in U.S. military actions in Iraq and elsewhere. Let us not forget
that as the only real vet in the upper echelons of Bush & Company during
the lie-up to the shock & awe attacks on the 10 million civilian inhabitants
of Baghdad, Generalisimo Powell could have stopped the neo-con warmongers in
their tracks. But apparently he didn't have the ethics.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/13129885.htm
Speaking of lack of ethics, someone in La Casa Blanca recently got the idea
of having the staff attend a course in ethics. Rhino sez, "Oh
to be a fly on the wall in that room!"
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&ItemID=9084
And finally, for your holiday reading pleasure, here's an
interesting piece from an academic journal called Technology & Culture by
Stanford Professor Fred Turner who focuses on how the 60's movements of
freedom & individual expression contributed to the development of the internet
culture that's all around us today. Rhino's Blog readers Matthew
McClure, Cliff Figallo & John Coate are featured. Rhino leaves you
with this thought: If the shrubbies really want to know about ethics, why
not ask some hippies to explain the concept to them?
http://www.farmwiki.net:8080/app/serv/john%20Coate/TechandCulture.pdf
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