It seems like Polly Jean Harvey is going to release a music video for every track on her new album Let England Shake. According to Wikipedia: “After seeing Seamus Murphy’s “A Darkness Visible” exhibition in London in 2008, Harvey contacted Murphy as she “wanted to speak to him more about his experiences being there in Afghanistan.” The collaboration grew, with Murphy taking promotional photographs in July 2010 before filming accompanying videos for each song on the album.”
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Video Premiere: “Just One Kiss” by Nick Carter
It’s surprising that Nick Carter had that time out of the NKOTB/BSB Tour to create a solo effort. Continue reading
Obama skit on Saturday Night Live
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Out of all the president impersonators, he’s really bad. He doesn’t get the Obama persona. Something tells me that SNL just want to tap the liberal skew they have because all they are talking about here is pure balderdash. The world is definitely a better place after the former buffoon left. Lack of accomplishments are better than horrific ones.
Afghan elections will hold no surprises
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Afghanistan looks like it will be, yet again, under the rule of Hamid Karzai. No surprises and no room for change. Karzai was the ally of America during the removal of the Taliban, then became a “transitional” president, then was elected by the people and it looks like he will get back into office. He is formidable and his opponents don’t boast much of a resume either. This, coming after Iran’s shutting up of its people, makes there region stay in its stagnant state. Whatever is suitable for the West remains intact in Afghanistan, while the people still strive for a better standard of living. Everyone is expecting vote-counting flaws and corruption, especially in area where monitors can’t reach. Moreover, half of the people are not voting in this election and the Taliban has called a boycott of this “program of the crusaders.”
American troops trying to convert people to Christianity
As if the US foreign policy’s reputation wasn’t tarnished enough, things like these still pop up to show the world how a big chunk of the American populous believe they are on some holy quest of sorts with those meaningless wars Bush has started but never finished. Now these troops are going around Afghanistan handing out bibles translated in Pushtu and Dari to citizens and label them as “gifts.” They say the are on a “hunt for Jesus.” What a great choice of words.
Now that Obama’s in office, a man that understands and respects everyone’s belief system, whether monotheistic or atheistic, the Pentagon has to get on top of this and makes sure that a bunch of rednecks don’t blemish the US’s rep in the region as did those Abu Ghuraib criminals. What is it about pious people and there firm belief that them, and only them, are on the right path? Isn’t that some sort of sociopathic behavior? And why is this not on CNN?
War waging has become ubiquitous with peace
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for some sordid reason, I believed that Obama had promised during his campaign trail that he would never wage war and promote a friendlier US. This news of a flood of soldier heading to Kabul to finish off the massacre that Bush has unfolded in front of all humanity comes as a sad surprise to me. Maybe I pictured Obama as a Gandi-esque figure with strong convictions. Or maybe, I am jumping the wagon about the intentions behind the new troop surge. All-in-all, I hope they all abide by the Geneva Convention and use their presence their for the good of the Afghani and not for some American billionaire with dollars in his eye to profit. I have a feeling he won’t let us down. PS, the word “Obama” is still considered a misspelling in wordpress spellcheck. Get with the program.
