“fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on…”

I know this is a controversial subject. It’s just hard to take the government seriously after we just spent a hellish decade in a neighboring country we were led to believe had weapons of mass destruction, yet none were found. [X]

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO US

 

• Brilliant interactive poster by Roland Tiangco. A poster the recipient completes by revealing spot-varnished type with hands made dirty by handling the poster.

Image Source: ruineshumaines

9 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS ARE JOINING THE PROTEST AGAINST NBC’s NEW REALITY SHOW

• “A group of 9 Nobel Peace Prize winners have published an open letter to NBC over its new reality show “Stars Earn Stripes.” A show that pairs up celebrities and American military members for military-related challenges. The Laureates wrote the letter to add their voices to the growing chorus of global citizens who are alarmed by the increased militarization of societies, and how the entertainment industry contributes in particular to desensitizing people of all ages to the realities of war.

 

• During the Olympics, touted as a time for comity and peace among nations, millions first learned that NBC would be premiering a new “reality” TV show.”

—BUSINESS INSIDER

 

• “In response to the criticism, NBC released a statement to the Associated Press that said: “This show is not a glorification of war, but a glorification of service.” Chairman of NBC Entertainment Robert Greenblatt and producer Mark Burnett, said, “This program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence.”

 —ABC NEWS

 

• Desmond Tutu and the other laureates say; “It is our belief that this program pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence … Real war is down in the dirt deadly.  People military and civilians die in ways that are anything but entertaining … As people who have seen too many faces of armed conflict and violence and who have worked for decades to try to stop the seemingly unending march toward the increased militarization of societies and the desensitization of people to the realities and consequences of war, we add our voices and our support to those protesting “Stars Earn Stripes.”

—OPEN LETTER TO NBC FROM 9 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS

 

• “One of NBC’s corporate parents, General Electric, takes war very seriously, but not as human tragedy — rather, as financial profit.  (GE is a big weapons manufacturer.) A retired general hosting a war-o-tainment show is another step in the normalization of permanent war.”

—PRISON PLANET

OUR WARS ARE KILLING HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, PRIMARILY CIVILIANS, OFTEN CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY

REGULATE..??

◊ ”Crony capitalism is about the aggressive and proactive use of political resources, lobbying, campaign contributions, influence-peddling of one type or another to gain something from the governmental process that wouldn’t otherwise be achievable in the market. … As a result, we have neither capitalism or democracy… It is a system run by powerful, political and corporate forces.”
—DAVID STOCKMAN
President Reagan’s Budget Director
Source:
• BILL MOYERS: CRONY CAPITALISM
billmoyers.com

 

—“They say they’re building a wall because too many of us enter illegally and won’t learn their language or assimilate into their culture…”

Humor is a good way to portrait reality. In this case it helps make the invisible, visible.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:

                        • “By a single stroke, every law where rights depend on marital status—such as employment discrimination, employment benefits, adoption, education, healthcare, elder care, housing, property, and  taxation—will change so that same-sex sexual relationships must be treated as if they were marriage.”

Source: DailyKos.com
                      —Religious establishment bigots sound alarm against loving same-sex marriages.