Things I read today 31-12-08

TPC: The absurd persistence of domination: Of speciesism, capitalism, and shaking their foundations - By Jason Miller
Time to come together and enact change.

Michael Parenti - The Struggle for History


Questions From a Worker Who Reads - Bertolt Brecht

Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?
And Babylon, many times demolished
Who raised it up so many times? In what houses
of gold-glittering Lima did the builders live?
Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? Great Rome
Is full of triumphal arches. Who erected them? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Had Byzantium, much praised in song
Only palaces for its inhabitants? Even in fabled Atlantis
The night the ocean engulfed it
The drowning still bawled for their slaves.

The young Alexander conquered India.
Was he alone?
Caesar beat the Gauls.
Did he not have even a cook with him?

Philip of Spain wept when his armada
Went down. Was he the only one to weep?
Frederick the Second won the Seven Year's War. Who
Else won it?

Every page a victory.
Who cooked the feast for the victors?
Every ten years a great man?
Who paid the bill?

So many reports.
So many questions.

TantCJO: a word | this and my absence - by sadi ranson-polizzotti
A great read on what I feel are the pains of awakening.

NFL Encourages Fans to Send Text Messages to Security Staff to Report Troublemakers - Story
Be compliant.

U.S. Treasury agrees to buy a stake in GMAC - Blacklisted News
Now as 'bank' status, does that mean that GMAC can be less transparent?

US lobbying firm quietly ditches Pakistan People’s Party - Blacklisted News
We used to like you but you're about to get attacked.

Ex-cop debuts first 'KopBusters' trailer - Raw Story
This is awesome.

Ten Questions every US Citizen should ask themselves in 2009 - Rights and Freedoms Documented
What are your questions?

U.S. Losing 'Secret' War in Somalia - Blacklisted News
So many secrets.

National Guard Soldiers to Usher in New Year at Times Square - Blacklisted News
To instill fear and security.

Gaza relief boat damaged in encounter with Israeli vessel - CNN News
Note the wording, now check this Mainstream media propaganda?