The Exacto of Justice
Posted by Steve Brodner at 12:11 am on May 8th |
Let 'em know that copyright creates culture. We make the work, it belongs to us, we make more. Let them beware the Exacto of Justice . . . which you can wield with fearful skill by clicking THUSLY.
(PS: Brad should know that his coalition extends to the substantial pro-copyright Left.)
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Person of the Day
Posted by Steve Brodner at 4:59 am on May 6th |
Sami Al-Haj, an innocent al Jazeera camerman who was held for over 6 years at Guantanamo Bay under the inhumane conditions he touches on in his statement from his hospital bed in Sudan. I suspect that this is the image of America that the world takes away from the Bush years.
SAMI AL-HAJ: [translated] I’m very happy to be in Sudan, but I’m very sad because of the situation of our brothers who remain in Guantanamo. Conditions in Guantanamo are very, very bad, and they get worse by the day. Our human condition, our human dignity was violated, and the American administration went beyond all human values, all moral values, all religious values. In Guantanamo, you have animals that are called iguanas, rats that are treated with more humanity. But we have people from more than fifty countries that are completely deprived of all rights and privileges, and they will not give them the rights that they give to animals.
For more than seven years, I did not get a chance to be brought before a civil court. To defend their just case and to get the freedom that we’re deprived of, they ignored every kind of law, every kind of religion. But thank God. I was lucky, because God allowed that I be released. Although I’m happy, there is part of me that is not, because my brothers remain behind, and they are in the hands of people that claim to be champions of peace and protectors of rights and freedoms.
But the true just peace does not come through military force or threats to use smart or stupid bombs or to threaten with economic sanctions. Justice comes from lifting oppression and guaranteeing rights and freedoms and respecting the will of the people and not to interfere with a country’s internal politics.
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Witch-Hunter of the Day: Daniel Pipes
Posted by Steve Brodner at 1:08 am on May 2nd |
Self-appointed Arab witch-hunter, Daniel Pipes organized the right-wing attack machine against Debbie Almontaser, principal of the Kalill Gibran International Academy in New York, which has 60% Arab students. She was ultimately fired by the city based on zero evidence. In a very patriotic test of democracy vs. fascism, democracy has lost. Joseph McCarthy and his blacklisters have won . . . and have a new set of Pipes. Here's the piece in the Times last Sunday.
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Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into
Posted by Steve Brodner at 1:07 am on April 25th |
In last week's NY Times a great photo by Loao Silva showed Capt. Logan Veath trying to negotiate with Iraqi soldiers who were abandoning their positions. Ummm, does the whole army look like Kramer?
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Pennsylvania Polka-Dots
Posted by Steve Brodner at 11:51 pm on April 22nd |
With Pennsylvania keeping the muddle going, we can look back at how we got there. This piece on the debate and the latest Naked Campaign movie track the fun, content-free road to the White House. Click to watch. 
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Rupert Hurls
Posted by Steve Brodner at 3:36 pm on April 21st |
Hope you all can see the My Wall Street Journal by Tony Hendra and many of our friends. It's been mysteriously missing since its debut last week. so grab a copy when you can. This film on Youtube may explain why or, as I suspect, it's another parody. Fun in any case. In this drawing Rupert is upchucking Tony and Rick Meyerowitz, his fellow Lampoon alum. PS: This pencil is for Leo.
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The Naked Campaign: McCain's War
Posted by Steve Brodner at 10:24 am on April 9th |
Yesterday and today we've seen the now routine spectacle of Petraeus and Crocker coming to Washington to tell the Congress and the rest of us to butt out of their war-thing. Surprisingly, the Congress, even the Republicans, yesterday, shouted back, Hell no! This from Dowd today:
"They arrived on the heels of the Maliki debacle in Basra, which made it stunningly clear — after a cease-fire was brokered in Iran — that we’re spending $3 trillion as our own economy goes off a cliff so that Iran can have a dysfunctional little friend.
Not good news, given Ahmadinejad’s announcement that his scientists are putting 6,000 new uranium-enriching centrifuges in place."
And there sat McCain, strapped to this war. Here's our film about that. Click on Winnie to watch.
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Person of the Day
Posted by Steve Brodner at 12:39 pm on April 8th |
1. Mark Penn leaving the Clinton campaign at the precisely wrong moment (for them).
2. The steady drip, drip of previously committed Clinton super delegates to Obama.
3. Clintons financially tapped out in PA, with BO can spend like mad.
What does this feel like to you? The huge Outlook cover in the Post on Sunday gives it the big wink.
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