On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Ask 'But Why?': Knowledge is R3volution < mitesh.dama...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ask 'But Why?' <http://www.askbutwhy.com/> > > <http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/AskButWhy> > ------------------------------ > > - Howard Zinn analyzes America's past wars <#1251e2bc7c23d966_1> > - Thomas Friedman eats humble pie <#1251e2bc7c23d966_2> > - Greenspan's flaw <#1251e2bc7c23d966_3> > - Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik on Mythology <#1251e2bc7c23d966_4> > - Afghanistan: Malalai Joya is discourteous with the > truth<#1251e2bc7c23d966_5> > > Howard Zinn analyzes America's past > wars<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/AskButWhy/%7E3/TqbhTjaqZvA/howard-zinn-analyzes-americas-past-wars.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:22 AM PST > *History as it was never taught!* > > The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War II. Three wars that are off > limits to any criticism. Howard Zinn analyzes these wars and discovers a not > so rosy picture. > > For example, there was a conscription (draft) during the Revolutionary War > because nobody wanted to fight. The top brass were well paid and ate well > while the foot soldiers were starving at times and weren't paid as promised. > When they expected and received land for all their troubles they were > heavily taxed. Foreclosures followed. Resistance took form in the shape of > Shay's Rebellion where groups of people would block the courthouse in order > to not allow foreclosure proceedings to occur. The rebellion was put down by > a private army hired by the upper crust. > > Next year, fearful and wanting to have full control over uprisings and > demands produced by the commoners, those in charge met to draft and pass the > Constitution, which gave the federal government enough power to suppress the > commoners. > > Alas, the mythology surrounding the founding fathers is shattered. Those > tea parties might not represent what really happened in actuality. > > I had a suspicion that the economic, social, and political model we see > today, arose from a carefully crafted plan during those early years. It gave > rise to a protected power elite which we are dealing with today. > > [Youtube] Howard Zinn on America's past > wars<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-d23ma3qz8> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/yolnfhJLk4xbWsmWoXh3l7dn7uA/0/pa> > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/yolnfhJLk4xbWsmWoXh3l7dn7uA/1/pa> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:KwTdNBX3Jqk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:l6gmwiTKsz0> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:TzevzKxY174> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=TqbhTjaqZvA:eZgyzUTTfS8:dnMXMwOfBR0> > > Thomas Friedman eats humble > pie<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/AskButWhy/%7E3/u95UsFhzHY8/thomas-friedman-eats-humble-pie.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:30 PM PST > *Thomas Friedman - The World Is Flat* no wait.. *The Brain is Flat* > > Unlike your friend Greenspan, Thomas Friedman still doesn't think his model > has a flaw in it. Besides we've got to go to Iraq because it's for his kids > and grandkids and their future. > > Anyways, I say Tom should have some humble pie.. > > Thomas Friedman eats humble pie<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv6nvMUq10U> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/reNiW5ar3cEkYIv9uDdYD3_vB-c/0/pa> > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/reNiW5ar3cEkYIv9uDdYD3_vB-c/1/pa> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:KwTdNBX3Jqk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:l6gmwiTKsz0> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:TzevzKxY174> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=u95UsFhzHY8:RGKDPwLTZQk:dnMXMwOfBR0> > > Greenspan's > flaw<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/AskButWhy/%7E3/uAtSDfEXBO8/greenspans-flaw.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:30 PM PST > Oldie but a goldie. You can't help but laugh. > > Greenspan at last found the flaw in his economic model. He can't say he > wasn't warned all these years. He closed his ears off to any criticism and > cost the nation only multi-trillions of dollars. And might I ask if any part > of the flaw has been fixed so far? > > Greenspan's flaw discovered! <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSWFuOGenGw> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/RG-zBDBHYCjnVDAkGr47x2aMrp0/0/pa> > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/RG-zBDBHYCjnVDAkGr47x2aMrp0/1/pa> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:KwTdNBX3Jqk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:l6gmwiTKsz0> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:TzevzKxY174> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=uAtSDfEXBO8:dTlJyijDr6A:dnMXMwOfBR0> > > Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik on > Mythology<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/AskButWhy/%7E3/usQggjAphCo/dr-devdutt-pattanaik-on-mythology.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 21 Nov 2009 06:27 PM PST > sI always knew there was more to mythological stories that were told, but > didn't quite sense the relevance. I was often irritated and bored by > listening to them, especially when going to the temple. This was all due to > the storyteller leaving out the hidden meaning and essence of the stories. > Instead they were told in a linear, simplistic, manner with disregard > towards exposing the significance, intent, and meaning of the tall tales. > > Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik explains this phenomona and then uncovers some of the > lost and hidden relevance to the present. > > [Youtube] Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik on the relevance of stories to modern > times<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMAFyCIfVYs> > > > [Youtube] TED: Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik: "East or West is India the best" > results in conflict <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7QwxbImhZI> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/8-V4ZSNy863jBAR0vga4Eff1gaU/0/pa> > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/8-V4ZSNy863jBAR0vga4Eff1gaU/1/pa> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:KwTdNBX3Jqk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:l6gmwiTKsz0> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:TzevzKxY174> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=usQggjAphCo:Y2uxG6N8l8w:dnMXMwOfBR0> > > Afghanistan: Malalai Joya is discourteous with the > truth<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/AskButWhy/%7E3/RU2saQjP24k/malalai-joya-is-discourtious-with-tuth.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST > *When first casualty is truth.* > > The US and European backed warlords, politicians, and army are mafia in a > distant, harsh, cruel land. Rising out of the dry sands is the dollar army. > It involved foreign meddling over decades. What does it look like when the > police, army, warlord, the politicians takeover totalitarian power under the > veil of democracy. > > What happens when someone stands up to speak the truth? Malalai Joya did. > She is immediately accused of crossing the "common courtesy line" and is > promptly kicked out of the "Assembly". How ironic. What's more offensive? > Presence of warlords or the truth critical of those present in the room? > > [Youtube] Malalai Joya confronts Afghani warlords with > truth<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxQObweBxm8> > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/C4rYn43Mti2PLK8sz9_0-0gq2RM/0/pa> > <https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI/C4rYn43Mti2PLK8sz9_0-0gq2RM/1/pa> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:V_sGLiPBpWU> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:qj6IDK7rITs> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:KwTdNBX3Jqk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:l6gmwiTKsz0> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:gIN9vFwOqvQ> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:TzevzKxY174> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/AskButWhy?a=RU2saQjP24k:h9OHgpHw2GE:dnMXMwOfBR0> > You are subscribed to email updates from Ask 'But Why?': Knowledge is > R3volution <http://www.askbutwhy.com/> > To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe > now<http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=PkEVRm3XrBG9A6Zpgika2SK1unI> > . 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