A Seattle photraghy student reminds us why it sucks to be brown in this country.
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Was lucky enough to make it to Fahrenheit 9/11 yesterday. Great flick, maybe even a great documentay. Moore did a pretty fair job reminding us of some of the many unanswered questions surounding 9/11 and Premptive Strikes. He reminds of the consenquenses to those we attack and out own forces.
As to the Right’s bitching I say make your own damm film but don’t devolve to your usual “disagreeing is unpatroitic” rehortic.
Oh, and if you find a solid rebutal to Fahrenheit 9/11 send me the link. So far I have only found emotional bitching or strawman arguments.
Yea it spawned sequels that were fluf bordering of stupidity but First Blood is a great flick. Makes me wonder how my fellow Americans will deal with Iraq and Afganastan Vetrans after they finally get home.
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Urban Planning
Philip takes compares urban planning in Maine and Latin America. Basicly our automobile focused planning is a serious inhibiter to community. Some good links and book references in the comments:
- Does Suburbia Breed Violence?
- The Second Coming of the American Small Town
- Suburban Nation, Review
- The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. Why
- Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany
- The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler
- The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects by Lewis Mumford
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Remarks by Al Gore
The abuse of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib flowed directly from the abuse of the truth that characterized the Administration’s march to war and the abuse of the trust that had been placed in President Bush by the American people in the aftermath of September 11th.
The unpleasant truth is that President Bush’s utter incompetence has made the world a far more dangerous place and dramatically increased the threat of terrorism against the United States.
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Remarks by Al Gore
The abuse of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib flowed directly from the abuse of the truth that characterized the Administration’s march to war and the abuse of the trust that had been placed in President Bush by the American people in the aftermath of September 11th.
The unpleasant truth is that President Bush’s utter incompetence has made the world a far more dangerous place and dramatically increased the threat of terrorism against the United States.
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A Soldier’s Story
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