Tag: government
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The Haditha Massacre, Media and Patterns of Warfare
With the massacre of Haditha already drawing comparisons to the My Lai massacre — where up to 500 unarmed Vietnamese men, women and children were killed in cold blood by American forces — proponents of this war are holding fast against this incident becoming the tipping point of complete anti-war sentiment. Local blogger, Joe Guarino:…
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Understanding Islam
What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims by Suzanne Haneef Islam And The Muslim World – (pg. 127) In order to understand what is happening to Muslims, it is necessary to have a look at what is happening to the Muslim world. During the past century-and-a-half, the entire world has gone through tremendous upheavals,…
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Preventive War
Imperial Grand Strategy – Elite Concerns (pg. 39) Within establishment circles, there has been considerable concerns that “America’s imperial ambition” is a serious threat even to its own population. Their alarm reached new heights as the Bush administration declared itself to be a “revisionist state” that intends to rule the world permanently, becoming, some felt,…
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2005: A Year For Change
The funny thing about running into the posting wall, is that it almost always comes out of the blue, often at the most random of times. Well, unlike past years, in 2005 I hit the wall at the most appropriate time of the year. So in order to get back up on the blogging horse,…
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Chomsky: Media, Democracy and Indoctrination
I stumbled across the no one’s listening podcast site and their interview with Noam Chomsky yesterday. The interview was entitled, Fake News; a title fitting his perspective on the American media. I have to admit though, after reading most of Noam’s work from the 80’s and 90’s, it was good to hear that he’s optimistic…
Sean Patrick Coon 