There should be a Google search when he says “Google it”. I should be able to click on that phrase and have it Google what he is telling me. Laziness aside, can someone answer a question for me? Maybe two. 1. Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Primary? Are you serious? (this all counts as … Continue reading
In this article at The Atlantic, they detail how the British government was complicit in the torturing of one of their own citizens, how the Obama administration tried to cover it all up, and how his torture made ‘waterboarding seem like child’s play’. Wow. In the end, when they realized he wasn’t a terrorist, they … Continue reading
You can read the other article: Published Jan. 3, American Foreign Policy Hasn’t Changed Much In it I talked about Noam Chomsky‘s article giving me impetus to write the piece and the background of the main point of my article. – The American government works for the interests of the military-industrial complex, which makes its … Continue reading
I loved this short clip by Chomsky. He gives a little background, history on marijuana’s criminalization. He speaks to something that I first heard about, at least the idea, from my brother when he shared a video with a linguist, I believe, from MIT, Stephen Pinker or something of that sort. Anyway, the idea being … Continue reading
What a beautiful concept. It essentially means that if you produce some form of food within the city, and sell it locally as well, you do not need to go through any bureaucracy (i.e. regulations, lawyers, etc.). So, you raise chickens, sell it to your neighbor who chops them up and sells them to more … Continue reading
I was inspired by the article I reference below and it led me to want to make a few points, the first on American foreign policy and the second on the War on Terror. In reading a post by Noam Chomsky titled “On Resistance”, written in 1967 at the height of the anti-war movement, not … Continue reading