Monday, April 30
"Dick Cheney warned on Monday that the whole nation could face California-style blackouts as he outlined a
national energy strategy relying heavily on oil, natural gas and nuclear power development -- saying we cannot 'simply conserve or ration our way out of the situation we're in.'" Not if we continue to encourage consumers and businesses to continue energy consumption of non-renewable energy sources instead of setting up encouragement for alternate energy sources. I miss Gore.
Friday, April 27
Shrub's gonna lead us down a bad road and I don't have good feelings about any of
this.
Thursday, April 26
Here we go, looks like the Bush administration may be dropping the lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Are we surprised?
Wednesday, April 25
Schmios. Advertising. Read all about it.
Tuesday, April 24
The
TV Turn Off Network presents
Facts and Figures (warning: PDF) about the television viewing habits of Americans. Some of my favorites: 25% of teens can name the city where the US Constitution was written, 75% know the city with the zip code 90210; 41% of households have
three or more television sets; there is a 1 in 4 chance that one will fall asleep with the television on; students spend more hours in a year watching television than they do in school; 54% of 4 to 6 year-olds said they would rather watch television then spend time with thier fathers.
Monday, April 23
Here's another good quote from the
Atlantic article that Rosie linked to earlier:
"Walk through any mall in America. Browse through the racks at Old Navy and Abercrombie & Fitch and the Gap. The colors are bright and chipper. The sales staff is peppy. The look is vaguely retro—upbeat 1962 pre-assassination innocence. The Gap's television ads don't show edgy individualists; they show perky conformists, a bunch of happy kids all wearing the same clothes and all swing-dancing the same moves."
Egads, yes. And Yikes, too.
"Eager to conform"? E-gads.
More about our youth today. Oh somebody please save me!
Saturday, April 21
Harpers' April 2001 Index.
Read it.
Friday, April 20
Our youth today? Sad considering our earlier post.
Here's something else that's sad and another good reason to turn your TV off.
Wow what an incredible weekend we have coming up here on Planet Earth: The week of April 22-28 is Turn Off TV Week - read all about it
on this site. Sunday, April 22nd is Earth Day. Do your part - visit some good links:
Here,
here just to name a few! Here's
one more.
Thursday, April 19
Wednesday, April 18
Author Lara Riscol rants about the soda pop princesses, Bob Dole and Viagra, and America's fear of sexuality. Writes Riscol: "...If you're single, and especially under 20, you can peddle sexuality, but you can't piddle your paddle..." Read more
here.
Please take the time to read
this. Cincinnati: you're an embarassment to Ohio. Here's another article by the same author regarding
Woodstock '99. Interesting comparison.
Tuesday, April 17
Monday, April 16
Ever heard of Rev. Billy? Read
this,
this and
this and let us know what you think!
Sunday, April 15
Opensewer artist and filmmaker
Robert Banks has a retrospective show coming up next weekend (April 21-22) at the Cleveland Cinemateque. You've seen his films on Opensewer, but the only medium that truly does them justice is the big screen--take time to check it out if you're in the area.
Saturday, April 14
Photographs and summaries of the discussions at
all three recent Opensewer 8 gatherings have been posted. This was a good one, and a topic that we may have to revisit in the future!
Friday, April 13
Bush no like Kyoto. Bush think Kyoto too hard and cost too much money. Bush no understand
what big deal is. Tarzan kick Bush ass.
Thursday, April 12
Rebecca's Pocket points us to a
disturbing article in the Washington Post about slaughter houses.
Rebecca's Pocket right now has some great links to stories on Americans and our food, take a look.
Wednesday, April 11
Tuesday, April 10
Hmmmm..... what would
R. Mutt have to say about
this?
Monday, April 9
I am embarrassed to be a part of the country that thinks of things like
this.
Saturday, April 7
In our commercial culture, advertising and religion are part of the same meaning-making process (
Twitchell 1999). While you are between the ages of 18 and 35, every bit of advertising on television is geared toward you. By the time you reach your late 30s, you will have set your brands of choice—you will be beyond “their” reach. One of the greatest freedoms you have as an individual is to not subject yourself to this attempt by others to define meaning for you.
TV-Turnoff week is fast approaching. Why not start
not-watching today? I think
this guy is going to. (Here is a
review of the aforementioned book by Twitchell.)
Friday, April 6
What would
Dr. Who think about
this?
Thursday, April 5
Wondering how Europe feels about Bush? the Guardian has quite a collection: on the
Kyoto Agreement (check out the last section where they juxtapose how Europe and America see the world),
Quiz on Bushisms, and
The world: a primer.
Wednesday, April 4
Hmmm...
This seems like a good idea. I wonder if it will be as popular as
Survivor.
Tuesday, April 3
"Critics blame a backward-looking Bush team" - I couldn't have said it better.
We're in deep shit with this idiot.
Monday, April 2
I don't know if the commercial is playing everywhere, but here in California there is a commercial running for a telecommunications company which portrays Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. standing alone reciting his I Have A Dream speech to a completely deserted mall, created using digital effects altering the actual film. "Before you can inspire, before you can touch, you must connect", the commercial declares. People I've spoken with are outraged by such a misuse of what should be sacred. How can the company get away with using that?
The answer surprised me. You can view the commercial
here.
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