Rest in Peace, Troubadour.
Thank you for your heart
And your Courage.
Send us some more who sing, write, and are unafraid. Paz.
11 July 2011
13 June 2011
Back Against the Wall... Steve Earle
Even more homeless now... keep your bedroll dry
See the faces... see a neighbor
Help now.
Peace... for the courageous
See the faces... see a neighbor
Help now.
Peace... for the courageous
21 May 2011
Sophomore Threatened with Rape for Criticisms of Michele Bachmann
Just what kind of monster threatens a 16 year old with rape for criticizing ANYONE?!
What kind of sicko threatens a child with VIOLENCE just because she knows more than this woman,
Bachmann???
I'll tell you: A COWARD. A TOTALLY SICK PERSON. SOMEONE WHO HAS NO SENSE OF WHAT
REAL PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT.
SICK. SICK. SICK. And Bachmann is just as sick if she does not call them out on it.
But I doubt she will. She hasn't had the courage to even answer this child in a grown-up way - not at all.
And she's thinking of running for what, you say? No even dog catcher.
YouTube - "...with cerebral palsy, I knew I would never be a rich man."
It is so easy for these low-life, no-caring Republican legislators to sacrifice
folks like this - and the Wisdom Elders and the Children - on the altar of
their gods: The 666 Greed Group. Minnesota isn't the only state to do so.
But what does that say about them that those who are the least able to defend
themselves are the ones they go after. These politicians are COWARDS and
whores to their pimps. Sad, pathetic, and oh so against everything we are
taught to believe about the best of Who we say We are.
22 April 2011
Placement, Framing, and how to make almost anything not matter - Media
So, I'm watching the Morning Show on CNN, and here's what happens:
1. In San Francisco, at an appearance by the President, some women (who paid for their lunch and entry) raised their hands and stood up to sing about Bradley Manning. To his credit, the president waited until they were finished (at which point, of course, they were escorted out - can't let them thar rabble rouser middle-class looking women be doin' that, y'all).
2. In the very next interview, after some very demeaning comments and glances between each of the female 'reporters' - CNN showed a short clip of a soldier on a surprise visit and his daughter meets him. Wonderful, tears, real.
Now on the face of it, it's not about much. But look at what is called the "framing" of the two items:
The network had to show the event because it involved the president. The 'reporter' dismissed it, at best, not just by words, but by rolling her eyes, making the appropriately "did they REALLY do THAT?" - all as if had been, somehow, an 'inappropriate' thing to do.
The fact that the item about the soldier and his teenaged daughter was placed immediately afterward and was appropriately gushed over (it is not to diminish their moment - I am only speaking of placement and tone and how things are spun) by the two women.
NOT ONCE - other than the passing comment ("They were there about Bradley Manning") - was the critical reality of Bradley Manning, his situation, the allegations of torture, why he was being held the way he was, etc., etc. - was ANYTHING mentioned. Nope - the only thing that was REALLY important was the soldier and his daughter; thereby eliminating, dismissing, and diminishing Bradley Manning and these women (whom by the way stayed totally within the law, were respectful, and were on key) as so much poop.
DON'T JUST WATCH THE WORDS.
WATCH HOW THINGS AND EVENTS ARE 'FRAMED.'
WATCH THE BODY LANGUAGE AND THE EYE MOVEMENT.
AND IF YOU THINK THESE ARE NOT PLANNED OR THOUGHT THROUGH, WELL OKAY, BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT.
The truth speaks otherwise.
Peace
Awareness
& Standing up. Not for the Quisling or the Coward.
BluesVues
(picture credit: http://www.facebook.com/IsleofViewInsights)
1. In San Francisco, at an appearance by the President, some women (who paid for their lunch and entry) raised their hands and stood up to sing about Bradley Manning. To his credit, the president waited until they were finished (at which point, of course, they were escorted out - can't let them thar rabble rouser middle-class looking women be doin' that, y'all).
2. In the very next interview, after some very demeaning comments and glances between each of the female 'reporters' - CNN showed a short clip of a soldier on a surprise visit and his daughter meets him. Wonderful, tears, real.
Now on the face of it, it's not about much. But look at what is called the "framing" of the two items:
The network had to show the event because it involved the president. The 'reporter' dismissed it, at best, not just by words, but by rolling her eyes, making the appropriately "did they REALLY do THAT?" - all as if had been, somehow, an 'inappropriate' thing to do.
The fact that the item about the soldier and his teenaged daughter was placed immediately afterward and was appropriately gushed over (it is not to diminish their moment - I am only speaking of placement and tone and how things are spun) by the two women.
NOT ONCE - other than the passing comment ("They were there about Bradley Manning") - was the critical reality of Bradley Manning, his situation, the allegations of torture, why he was being held the way he was, etc., etc. - was ANYTHING mentioned. Nope - the only thing that was REALLY important was the soldier and his daughter; thereby eliminating, dismissing, and diminishing Bradley Manning and these women (whom by the way stayed totally within the law, were respectful, and were on key) as so much poop.
DON'T JUST WATCH THE WORDS.
WATCH HOW THINGS AND EVENTS ARE 'FRAMED.'
WATCH THE BODY LANGUAGE AND THE EYE MOVEMENT.
AND IF YOU THINK THESE ARE NOT PLANNED OR THOUGHT THROUGH, WELL OKAY, BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT.
The truth speaks otherwise.
Peace
Awareness
& Standing up. Not for the Quisling or the Coward.
BluesVues
(picture credit: http://www.facebook.com/IsleofViewInsights)
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