South of the border Venezuela is brimming with activity. Hugo Chavez is as cutting edge as he is controversial. Hate it or love it, he's doing more than any political leader today. Summoning the ideology of Simon Bolivar, Chavez is pushing for Venezuelan sovereignty, participatoy democracy, and the elimination of corruption among other things. But does he have too much authority? Is he a threat to democracy? Everywhere? There's an interesting article on the bbc about Venezuela's new attraction. Disfrutalo:
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Canada elected Stephen Harper as their new Prime Minister this week. It's newsworthy to me because a lot of the Canadians at work aren't too happy about this (the seperatists minds are going crazy!). Apparently Harper isn't too popular. Think W politics with Gore personality. Check it, eh:
articleI've been listening to this radio show online from Swarthmore College in Pennslyvania. On the show students utilyze the online free telephone service Skype and an Iraqui telephone book to call people in Baghdad. I was skeptikal at first but it's actually pretty good. It's good for "filling in the gaps" of what Mainstream media doesn't cover.
Listen to the real people!: and read
this from the New Yorker, yes the New Yorker:
I've been listening a lot to this band Ben and Bruno. They're from Michigan, the kids will like it and the parents are okay with it. Boom:
LinkI just watched 'Punch Drunk Love'. "A Tour de Force that will leave you breathless". Well not really, but it was good and very blue.
I want to re-visit this film 'Baraka' I remember watching this when I lived in U.P. with Ben. It was then that I solidified myself as a Global Studies student and life long learner. What a beautiful world:
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I shaved my mustache. I'm joining the YMCA with great intent to be the best squash player I can be.
At work we're developing a Bio-Diesel processor. Pretty soon we'll be making 150 gallons of Bio-Diesel a day to fuel are trucks and employees vehicles.
I'm hoping to move by the end of the month. I've found some pretty sweet places but LA is super expensive so I'm thinking about asking for a raise.
And just to keep everybody happy, Fox News Reports that Rosie O'Donnell is planning a new sitcom about a gay woman who moves in with her ex-husband. Hooray for Fox News:
Read That's what I've been thinking about, in my life.
Andy
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere... But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Was not Amos an extremist for justice: "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel: "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus." Was not Martin Luther an extremist: "Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God." And John Bunyan: "I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience." And Abraham Lincoln: "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." And Thomas Jefferson: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that an men are created equal ..." So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. We we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremist for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime---the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. Perhaps the South, the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists."
