August 3, 2004
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If you aren’t aware of what is going on in Sudan, you should be.
A militant group made up of Arab Muslims called the Janjaweed has driven a couple of million black African Muslims from their homes. They have murdered tens of thousands. They have used systematic rape not only to torture and degrade, but also to force their victims to bear their children. They have forced their victims into remote camps where disease and death run rampant.
Our congress has passed resolutions accurately calling these actions genocide, but we have not yet done any more. The U.N. has done nothing other than talk about sanctions. Every day that goes by is another day of rape and death for the victims of the Janjaweed in Sudan.
Would you consider signing the petition at opendebates.org?
We, the undersigned, support Open Debates’ campaign to reform the presidential debate process. We believe that the presidential debates should serve the American people first, not political parties. We support replacing the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates with the nonpartisan Citizens’ Debate Commission, so that inspiring formats can be employed, pressing national issues can be addressed, and popular independent and third party candidates can be included.
A movie to see (found at Fraters Libertas):“Team America: World Police“, brought to you by the creators of South Park. A feature film with an all-marionette cast. “Putting the ‘F’ back in Freedom”
This looks like a lot of irreverent fun.
Some Russians scientists have figured out how to make food out of blood. It actually sounds pretty interesting. Slightly scary picture though.
Paul Krugman took a pretty good swing at the current state of journalism. He mentions the Daily Howler, Campaign Desk, and Media Matters.Ted Turner also takes a jab at big media and the FCC. The source struck me as ironic, but it is well worth reading. A sample:
“Let me be clear: As a business proposition, consolidation makes sense. The moguls behind the mergers are acting in their corporate interests and playing by the rules. We just shouldn’t have those rules. They make sense for a corporation. But for a society, it’s like over-fishing the oceans.”
- Ted Turner
My Beef With Big Media
Speaking about the need for corporations to act contrary to the interests of society-at-large, there’s a local group called Citizens For Corporate Responsibility that is trying to change things so that part of a corporation’s responsibility is to its employees, communities, and the environment rather than just its shareholders.
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Friendly reminder that, yes, I am reading. And learning and getting angry.