January 7, 2008 Volume VII, Number 2
A PROJECT OF THE CASCOGREENS
Paul Stephens, Editor and Publisher 406.216.2711 greateco@3rivers.net
THIS BULLETIN IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF ANY GREEN PARTY (see disclaimers and selected resources at end)
Much of the content of this Bulletin is now being posted at http://greateco.blogspot.com/
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Table of Contents:
UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS
FROM GREEN PARTY OF CANADA
NRTEE joins Greens in call for carbon tax
LINKS TO STORIES FROM RABBLE.CA
ORGANIC BYTES #125 1/4/2008 http://www.organicconsumers.org
Health, Justice and Sustainability News Tidbits with an Edge!
WAR & INTERNATIONAL LAW
The Nuremberg Principles.
GREEN SOLUTIONS by Paul Stephens, CasCoGreens
Spiritual Humanism
FILM
The Bourne Avatar
Bug
FROM FREEPRESS.NET http://www.freepress.net
FROM COUNTERPUNCH
The Left and Ron Paul
By JEFF TAYLOR http://counterpunch.org/taylor01022008.html
Star Wars: still no good reason for it
By Victoria Samson, MinutemanMedia.org
http://cjonline.com/stories/122907/opi_229851759.shtml
FROM GREEN LISTSERVS
Why young people don't join us
THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org
Greens announce Presidential Debate Jan. 13 in San Francisco; Racially diverse ballot includes ex-congressperson, consumer icon, professor, engineer
A ‘Green' Year in Review:
Green Democracy by Howard Switzer
ECOLOGY :
In Distrust of Movements by Wendell Berry http://www.resurgence.org/resurgence/issues/berry198.htm
FROM MAZIN QUMISYEH
http://justicewheels.org
FROM ZNET
On The Night Before Xmas, All Through The House
By Danny Schechter
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2007-12/23schechter.cfm
How to Erode and Destroy Democracy: a Dozen Tested Strategies
By Rob Kall
t r u t h o u t | Perspective http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010208I.shtml
What's Your Consumption Factor?
By JARED DIAMOND
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02diamond.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Los Angeles, January 2, 2008
Creeping Fascism: History's Lessons
By Ray McGovern http://www.consortiumnews.com/
http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/122707McGovern.html
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FROM RICH LIEBERT
Letter to the Editor, Great Falls Tribune
Subject: Energy alternatives for rural Americans
As a rancher and farm co-op member, I appreciate the dilemma of my fellow 65,000 (not 120,000 as Great Falls is NOT part of the customer base by law except for 17 select pilot program customers and select businesses getting subsidized ECP power) Americans in Southern Montana Electric's membership base (smegt.net).
However, their lights will not go out as Montana exports electricity and they can exploit wind energy, net-metering, and serious conservation and energy-efficiency practices as we're starting to do in our own community. Other co-ops faced with losing power sources made contracts with Basin Electric, which does use coal but is broadening its renewable energy portfolio like Northwestern Energy.
The U.S. government identified 30% of SME's service area as suitable for wind development and favored for USDA loans. This type of renewable energy brings cash to rural landowners, tax revenue for counties, high-tech jobs to small towns and more wind farms helps provide its own firming power.
The Highwood Generating Station will not provide us local power and any proposed coal-to-liquid facility will generate its own electricity. The distant customers of SME will not face the adverse local impacts on our air, water and land, particularly potential STRIP mining for coal, endorsed by our governor and SME (see cce-mt.org to verify), especially around Centerville, Stockett, Sand Coulee and Belt if shipping coal uneconomical
Please urge your Cascade County commissioners (454-6810) to not rezone farmland for HGS. Send in your comments and speak out at the January 15th hearing.
Richard D. Liebert
289 Boston Coulee Road
Great Falls, MT 59405
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FROM GREEN PARTY OF CANADA
NRTEE joins Greens in call for carbon tax
OTTAWA- The Green Party is applauding the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) for recommending that Canada adopt a carbon tax. In a report released today, the roundtable said a carbon tax is a crucial component of any regime designed to cut greenhouse gases and arrest climate change.
"It is encouraging that the National Roundtable also recognizes that any plan without a carbon tax is a plan without teeth," said Green Party leader Elizabeth May. "Currently, the Green Party is the only federal political party with the courage to tell voters the truth: Canada must price carbon if we are to take meaningful action on climate change and mitigate the climate crisis."
The cornerstone of the Green Party's climate plan is a green tax shift: a $50 per tonne tax on carbon emissions coupled with equivalent cuts to personal income and payroll taxes.
"We urge the other federal parties to adopt this policy without delay," said Ms. May. "The National Roundtable has added its voice to a growing group of experts who agree that a carbon tax is the most efficient and effective way to quickly reduce carbon emissions. When will Prime Minister Harper end his preoccupation with political expediency and do what is necessary to stop climate change?"
Contact:
Camille Labchuk
Press Secretary
613-562-4916 ext 244
clabchuk@greenparty.ca
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FROM RABBLE.CA
2007: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE MULRONEY
It was an ugly scandal, but in many ways it was beautiful to see 'lyin' Brian' on the hot seat. The timing of the return of the 'Airbus affair' (surely one of the most poorly named scandals in memory) helped to take some of the wind out of the sails of Stephen Harper's government. > by rabble staff
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A TRAGEDY BORN OF MILITARY DESPOTISM AND ANARCHY
Even those of us sharply critical of Benazir Bhutto's behaviour and policies - both while she was in office and more recently - are stunned and angered by her death. Indignation and fear stalk the country once again.
> by Tariq Ali
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YEAR IN REVIEW
JANUARY
Worth reviewing: In January we featured a handful of books for science lovers: political, social, and popular science! > by the book lounge
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FEBRUARY
In February we tempted you with four exposés by Carol Off, Graham Harvey, Michael Pollan, Peter Singer and Jim Mason to answer your many questions on food. If you missed them the first time, listen in to interviews with Carol Off and fair trade collective Cocoa Camino! > by the book lounge
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MARCH
March was full of tales from and about ordinary folks facing down complex issues international in scope but with far-reaching impacts upon both local and global communities. > by the book lounge
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APRIL
The cruelest month? We think not. Perhaps just a little full, with Tariq Ali's censored story, a debut graphic novel, po-co meets sci-fi, interviews with poets Suzanne Zelazo and Naila Keleta Mae, and what's Stephen Harper (probably not) reading?
> by the book lounge
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MAY
In May we showered you with four books by first-time novelists - Joanne Proulx, Catherine Kidd, Andrew Wedderburn and Andy Brown. This holiday season take a detour from the Canadian literary giants and try someone new! > by the book lounge
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THE SUMMER'S READING
Worth reviewing: The summer of 2007 was all about suspense, mystery, and danger - including an Indian crime thriller, an undercover society of literature afficionados, a search for prison justice, guerrilla gardening, and an exploration of the perils of communication... > by the book lounge
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AND THEN CAME FALL
Worth reviewing: The fall of 2007 we featured a bundle of books by Canada's best, up-and-coming, and activist writers - Naomi Klein, Heather Mallick, Amiel Gladstone, Miali-Elise Coley, Shakil Choudhury, and many more! Remember, all our fabulous reviews are available all year 'round right here in the book lounge. > by the book lounge
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Chalmers Johnson | Imperialist Propaganda
Chalmers Johnson, writing for TomDispatch.com, says, "I have some personal knowledge of Congressmen like Charlie Wilson (D-2nd District, Texas, 1973-1996) because, for close to twenty years, my representative in the 50th Congressional District of California was Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham, now serving an eight-and-a-half year prison sentence for soliciting and receiving bribes from defense contractors."
One Generation Got Old, One Generation Got Soul
Rachel Aviv, reporting for The New York Times, writes: "Sixteen students sat around a table in the Manhattan cafeteria of the New School discussing where commas should go. They were rewriting, for the third time, a mission statement for their chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, the activist group that had been dormant for nearly 40 years."
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ORGANIC BYTES #125 1/4/2008 http://www.organicconsumers.org
Health, Justice and Sustainability News Tidbits with an Edge!
Written and edited by Craig Minowa and Ronnie Cummins
IN THIS ISSUE:
'USDA ORGANIC' PERSONAL CARE SALES EXPLODE
SUCCESS STORY OF THE WEEK: CARIBOU JOINS STARBUCKS IN PHASING OUT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE
ALMOST THERE! OCA'S DONATION DRIVE GOES INTO OVERTIME
PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: SPLENDA GOES TO COURT
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS OF THE WEEK: SOLAR POWER GETS AFFORDABLE
WEB VIDEOS OF THE WEEK:
OCA NATIONAL DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT ON 'FARMS NOT ARMS'
VANISHING OF THE BEES
THE STORY OF STUFF
THIS WEEK'S HOT TOPICS IN OCA'S WEB FORUM
'USDA ORGANIC' PERSONAL CARE SALES EXPLODE
Although the figures for 2007 indicate records sales for "organic" personal care products, the majority of those products were not certified under the USDA's National Organic Program. It has been two years since the OCA and Dr. Bronner's sued the USDA and forced the agency into agreeing to allow personal care products that meet USDA food grade organic standards to bear the 'USDA Organic' seal. USDA organic is still the gold standard for body care products, and OCA anticipates a major expansion of new USDA Organic personal care products in 2008. As a reminder to conscientious consumers, if you don't see the green 'USDA Organic' seal on a personal care product, it may not be as "organic" as it claims to be. If the product holds the USDA seal, it has met the stringent organic standards established for food. If it does not have the seal and claims to be organic, read the ingredient label to be sure you are comfortable with any of the synthetic ingredients that are likely hiding in the product. Learn more at OCA's "Coming Clean Campaign": http://www.organicconsumers.org/bodycare/
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SUCCESS STORY OF THE WEEK:
CARIBOU JOINS STARBUCKS IN PHASING OUT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE
It's official: This week, the world's largest coffee purveyor, Starbucks, went rBGH-free. The Organic Consumers Association has been pressuring Starbucks to dump rBGH-derived dairy products the past six years. Not to be outdone by its competitor, Caribou Coffee, the second largest coffeehouse operator in the U.S. announced it is also beginning to phase out rBGH from its products.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9331.cfm
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PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK:
SPLENDA GOES TO COURT
A federal court has rejected a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit launched by the Sugar Association against Splenda. The plaintiff alleges Splenda, a Johnson & Johnson company, is falsely advertising to consumers with its marketing slogan "Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar". Splenda is the synthetic compound sucralose, discovered in 1976 by scientists in Britain seeking a new pesticide formulation. The artificial sweetener is made by replacing hydroxyl groups in the sugar molecule with chlorine. There are no long-term studies of the side effects of Splenda in humans. The manufacturer's own short-term studies showed that sucralose caused shrunken thymus glands and enlarged livers and kidneys in rodents. But in this case, the FDA decided that because these studies weren't based on human test animals, they were not conclusive. As a result, Splenda is now one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in low calorie processed foods.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9306.cfm
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SUSTAINABILITY NEWS OF THE WEEK:
SOLAR POWER GETS AFFORDABLE
A new company in California's Silicon Valley has begun production on a new electricity generating solar cell that many are considering to be revolutionary. The company, Nanosolar, prints the solar cells on aluminum film in an inexpensive process that will supposedly make solar power as affordable as electricity from coal. Nanosolar says its order books are already full until 2009.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9375.cfm
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WAR & INTERNATIONAL LAW
Following WWII, under U.S. leadership, the following Nuremberg Principles were used to prosecute German military and government officials. These Principles are now binding on the U.S. and the international community under international law.
The Nuremberg Principles.
Principle I
Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefore and liable to punishment.
Principle II
The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.
Principle III
The fact that a person who committed an act which constitutes a crime under international law acted as Head of State or responsible government official does not relieve him from responsibility under international law.
Principle IV
The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.
Principle V
Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law.
Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law: (a) Crimes against peace: (i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i). (b) War Crimes: Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of slave labor or for any other purpose of the civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity. (c) Crimes against humanity: Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on politic
al, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime.
Principle VII
Complicity in the commission of a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity as set forth in Principle VI is a crime under international law.
STOP THE CRIMES!
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Suicide Shocks Montana Into Assessing Vets' Care
Chris Adams, reporting for McClatchy Newspapers, writes: "The VA's ability to provide adequate care for veterans with mental ailments has come under increasing scrutiny, and the agency says it's scrambling to boost its resources to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder, prevent suicides and help veterans cope."
Mortgage Crisis Takes a Bite Out of States and Cities
Stephanie Simon, reporting for The Los Angeles Times, writes: "Dozens of states, counties and cities across the nation will enter the new year facing deep and unexpected budget holes as the widening mortgage crisis cuts sharply into tax revenue."
Nomi Prins | We Must Reverse Our Zeal to Incarcerate
Nomi Prins, writing in The Women's International Perspective, says: "Over the next five years, the American prison population is projected to increase three times more quickly than our resident population. The Federal Prison system is growing at 4 percent per year with 55 percent of federal prisoners serving time for drug offenses, and only 11 percent for violent crimes."
In Kenya, a Spiral of Killings
Robyn Dixon, The Los Angeles Times: "There always has been an undercurrent of tribal tension in Kenya, but the East African country has avoided the kind of wholesale violence that has plagued nearby countries such as Rwanda. The dispute over the election, however, has left about 300 dead from Kisumu in the west to Mombasa on the Indian Ocean."
Burning Biofuels May Be Worse Than Coal and Oil
Alok Jha, The Guardian UK: "Using biofuels made from corn, sugar cane and soy could have a greater environmental impact than burning fossil fuels, according to experts. Although the fuels themselves emit fewer greenhouse gases, they all have higher costs in terms of biodiversity loss and destruction of farmland."
Ecofashion Wins on Runway, Helps Farms
The Associated Press: "Designers of so-called sustainable fashion are not only dominating New York catwalks and urban boutique racks this winter, many also are providing farmers with new markets for their crops."
General Motors in Hot Pursuit of "Landfill-Free" Facilities
Tom A. Peter, The Christian Science Monitor: "The American auto giant aims to convert half of its 181 facilities worldwide into "zero waste" operations by 2010. That means not a scrap of metal from those GM sites, or even a juice box from a worker's lunch pail, would end up in a landfill."
Kim Moody | "Card Check" Takes a Hit
Kim Moody for Labor Notes writes, "The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rewrote in September a 40-year-old doctrine that will undermine one of labor's more successful organizing tactics - card-check recognition. Card check allows workers to gain union recognition by a simple majority show of authorization cards."
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GREEN SOLUTIONS by Paul Stephens, CasCoGreens
Spiritual Humanism
Going through some boxes of old papers, I came across an envelope the other day from 1986 which included extensive discussion about "Secular Humanism" in an exchange from our local newspaper. It began with a column by James J. Kilpatrick, a conservative columnist who was enunciating the view that "Secular Humanism is a religion," and should thereby be banned from the public schools. I had written a reply to that column, which elicited a number of hostile comments by various religious zealots, as well as support from an aging Polish refugee living in a retirement home! I had also written a six-page single-spaced essay on that topic, which was included in the file.
Not that any of these people were against religion in the schools, mind you, but only the "religion" of "Secular Humanism." It seems they were the same people who wanted prayers in schools, teaching the Bible, vouchers for religious schools, etc. Since they had been prevented from doing these once-common things by Supreme Court decisions, they were apparently feeling vindictive, and didn't want any other religions to receive a free pass.
Unfortunately, their arguments were very inconsistent or contradictory. First, "Secular Humanism" isn't a religion at all. It is more like atheism, or the denial of any religious content in government, the legal system, education, etc. It is the very idea that there is and should be a separation between church and state, and that all belief systems should have equal status in the state, and before the law. "Secular Humanism" encompasses all of the sciences, history, philosophy, law, political theory, and just about everything else having to do with Humans, except for organized religion and religious authority, which it rejects or ignores. So it certainly NOT a religion, and there are no grounds to ban it from public life on the grounds that it is.
It seems that another Supreme Court decision allowed Conscientious Objectors refusing military service to have standing even if they did not maintain religious beliefs. Previously, only traditional pacifist sects such as Quakers and Mennonites were allowed to claim exemption from the draft. So, in some sense, this decision "validated" the claim that secular pacifists had the same rights as religious pacifists. How we get from there to the claim that "secular humanism is a religion" is obscure not only to me, but to every court which has heard this argument since World War II. Call it another "disinformation campaign" by the Religious Right.
Although I was raised as a Humanist (my father was a member of the American Humanist Association, Yellow Springs, OH, for many years), and was an outright atheist for most of my youth, that is no longer the case. Psychedelics brought me back to "God" or a spiritual awareness of the universe by the time I was through college. For me, the synthesis of religion and science, belief and objectivity, phenomena and noumena were obvious and necessary. I seemed to understand it intuitively. Paradoxically enough, my previous atheism, although always held against me by my family and other associates, proved to have been much less objectionable than my subsequent "Pantheism" and universal spirituality.
Consciousness was developing more rapidly in those days (the 1960's and 70's) than perhaps at any time in human history. It was the beginning of the Cybernetic Age, the maturing of the Nuclear Age, the integration of the planet into one system of government, trade, and environmental awareness. Women, minorities, religious and ethnic traditions, and nearly everything else in the human experience was coming together in an atmosphere of acceptance, understanding, and a nearly universal desire to improve the world, our communities, and our own personal lives.
In those days, America still led the world, and was considered a beacon of hope, a refuge, a "Promised Land" even for those who were excluded from our society, or kept in a subordinate position. Humanistic psychology became the norm, along with humanistic educational philosophies, all of the various self-help and social networking movements, historical and cultural tourism, comparative sociology, the creation or revival of many self-realization movements and traditions, etc.
But there were also "Jesus Freaks," Hari Krishna's, TM, and other Vedic systems, Buddhism (originally popularized by the Beats in the U.S., but of course having a history older than Christianity), many hard-core strains of academic discourse, Native American spirituality, as well as the "hippy" philosophy itself, which was a distillation of many disparate traditions and insights, including all of the above.
This is what I mean by "Spiritual Humanism": the coming together of all the disparate aspects of the human experience, but not only along "secular" lines. All of the spiritual aspects and dimensions must be included, as well. But only on the basis of equal acceptance and respect. It is better to have no religion or spirituality at all than to have people fighting over who is right, or who has the "higher truth." We all do. And the most that we can ultimately be responsible for is ourselves. We cannot live anyone else's lives for them, whether they are individuals or nations. Just as I can't go into my neighbor's house to right a wrong or interfere in that family's personal affairs, so the U.S. can't go into another country, and try to "clean house", as we have done in Yugoslavia or Iraq (and have done so twice in the past 30 years in Afghanistan.) The very idea that we should be spending thousands of lives and trillions of dollars to "bring democracy to Iraq" or "fight the Taliban" (religious teachers) in Afghanistan is so absurd that we can hardly imagine our elected leaders' complicity in this madness. No matter what lies they told (or believed, themselves), there was never any way that this was right, or any sort of "good idea." Yet, we are still there, and more people are dying every day. Those who have resisted impeachment and holding the Bush (and Clinton) administrations to account are "accessories after the fact" to genocide and other war crimes. -- Paul Stephens
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Michael Winship | 1968: Always Something Next
Writing for Truthout, Michael Winship says, "Lately, much has been made of the fact that 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of the tumultuous year 1968. A History Channel documentary by Tom Brokaw, Tuesday's New York Times column by Bob Herbert, various articles and media commentaries - all have made the point, that, as Herbert wrote, 'One of the astonishing things about 1968 was how quickly each shocking, consciousness-altering event succeeded the last, leaving no time for people to reorient themselves. The mind-boggling occurrences seemed to come out of nowhere.'"
Kenya: A Political Revolt, Not Ethnic Conflict
David Servenay reports for Rue89 on the gross electoral fraud that underlies the civil disturbances in Kenya.
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FILM
The Bourne Avatar
I had wanted to see the latest Jason Bourne epic in its theatrical release, but never got there. The video is out now, so I rented it last week. This (The Bourne Ultimatum) is the second Bourne film to be directed by Paul Greengrass, who seems to be a very busy man, having also directed the "United 93" 9-11 film in between times. As in The Bourne Supremacy, all the stunts are "hand-made" (not CGI), and there are a number of short features included which show the behind-the-scenes set-ups for the car chases, roof-top chases, and even (almost unheard of these days), a full-scale battle and car chase on New York City's Seventh Avenue. This film rivals The Blues Brothers for the number of cars destroyed, but there is much more creativity in the choreography, here. It isn't just 50 police cars being driven off an open bridge, or whatever.
I actually purchased the book and tried to read it before seeing Ultimatum. It didn't seem worth the investment in reading time, which is at a premium for me these days. But I am fascinated by Greengrass's mastery of this form, with his documentary cinema verite or "real time" style. What a crew he must have to execute these seemingly impossible shots on a regular basis! There is also a full commentary track by the director, very much worth hearing. My congratulations to all.
Bug A film by William Friedkin
Friedkin has directed two of the most famous films of the past four decades - "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist." I only saw the former for the first time last year. I have yet to see "The Exorcist" in its entirety, although I've seen many key scenes in various film history/awards programs. I checked out "Bug" primarily because of Ashley Judd, who has become something like an archetypical Montana Woman.
In this film, she plays the sort of character that Barbara Ehrenreich (another native Montana) was pretending to be when she wrote "Nickled and Dimed" - working in a honky-tonk, and living in cheap motels or trailer parks. She has an ex, just released from prison, and another boyfriend who is a Gulf War vet. So, we get an inside view of two major social problems - prison reform and the care and treatment of traumatized veterans. There is also a heavy dose of the AM talk radio paranoia about implanted chips, surveillance, and using military personnel as guinea pigs for DOD experimentation. It all comes together in a most dramatic fashion.
There are only about six characters in the film, the ex-con being played by Harry Connick, Jr. Originally, "Bug" was a play, so there are only about three sets or locations, as well. Not a particularly great film, but it brought out several important issues in dramatic form. Friedkin's commentary and some short features included on the DVD -- PHS
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In This Race, Independents Are the Prize
Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times, writes: "The race for president, steeped in appeals to each party's base for nearly a year, is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify themselves as neither Republican nor Democrat."
A Darker Shade of Green Zone
According to The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, "Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a boombox blared Latin rhythms over the racket of low-flying helicopters. It was Salsa Night in the Green Zone, but on a Friday evening in late November, only a few bundled-up couples shuffled awkwardly to the beat."
George McGovern | Why I Believe Bush Must Go
Writing for The Washington Post, George McGovern says, "As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president."
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