if we secluded that person on a farm with a dozen articulate progressive activists for a year, and with a plethora of moving audio-visual materials, something would probably click in that individual's head. -----------------------
I suspect they would react like Leeloo (The Fifth Element) when she read the encyclopaedia re the topic "war" Kirk PS Actually I think it was a computer based encyclopaedia, lots of pictures. I enjoyed that film, did you? --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.counterpunch.org/mickey11202004.html > > Weekend Edition > November 20 / 21, 2004 > > An Interview with William Blum > > The Granma Moses of Radical Writing > > By MICKEY Z. > > I'm often asked to suggest books for radical reading > purposes. "I > wanna know what's really going on," it typically > goes, "but where do > I start?" My standard recommendation for your > run-of-the-mill, garden > variety, weaned-on-Fox American begins with a list > of two: "A > People's History of the United States," by Howard > Zinn and "Killing > Hope," by William Blum. Zinn, for many, is no > surprise. Blum, > however, is less renowned but no less notorious...or > essential. He > may not have been name dropped in a Matt-and-Ben > flick, but his work > is required reading for anyone who craves context > and documented data > on the realities of U.S. foreign policy. > > Blum's latest book, "Freeing the World to Death: > Essays on the > American Empire" (Common Courage Press), reads like > a primer to his > work and offers this election year nugget on the > back cover: > > "If I were president, I could stop terrorist attacks > against the > United states in a few days. Permanently. I would > first > apologize-very publicly and very sincerely-to all > the widows and > orphans, the impoverished and tortured, and all the > many millions of > other victims of American imperialism. Then I would > announce to every > corner of the world that America's global military > interventions have > come to an end. I would then inform Israel that it > is no longer the > 51st state of the union but-oddly enough-a foreign > country. Then I > would reduce the military budget by at least 90% and > use the savings > to pay reparations to the victims and repair the > damage from the many > American bombings, invasions, and sanctions. There > would be more than > enough money. One year's military budget in the > United States is > equal to more than $20,000 per hour for every hour > since Jesus Christ > was born. That's one year. That's what I'd do on my > first three days > in the White House. On the fourth day, I'd be > assassinated." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
