Monday, April 28, 2008

An Unreasonable Man!

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
—George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman


One time when I was around ten, I went home from school, went in the backyard, and my father was there. And he said, ‘Well, Ralph, what did you learn in school today? Did you learn how to believe, or did you learn how to think?’”
—Ralph Nader

Now you can read this article and watch this video:
An Unreasonable Man


Sunday, April 27, 2008

Ralph Nader says: We're living under....

An interview with Ralph Nader.

On education: Spend so much time teaching students to use computers but we don't teach kids how to shop for their maximum health safety and economic well-being... what's the point of earning money if you're just going to lose it to corporate scams?
On activism: You want a better country, you've got to spend more of your time more time away from american idol, and more time on your members of Congress. We're millions of people, but corporations don't have a single vote,...more...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The story of Fallujah!

The Story of Fallujah
What do we really know about fallujah?

Fallujah in the past?
Fallujah after the 2004 war?
And More in Dahr jamail's webesite....

More!!....and more...

Monday, April 21, 2008

"Toy"

By: Crystal Jackson
Crystal, the student at DePaul University wrote this short short story in Winter 2008 for my Creative Writing class.

Toy sat and watched the roach on the wall lay still. She knew it was trying not to be noticed and she wished she too could descent into obscurity. Toy knew her mother would cry when she gave her the news. A year earlier she'd done the same thing. Waited until it was almost too late. Wishing it would just go away.

"I need some money Momma!" said Toy later that evening. "For what?" replied Janice. Toy hesitated and eventually blurted out, "I'm pregnant." Just as she'd predicted her mother began to cry. What she did not predict was the screaming match that ensued and Janice yelling, "You keepin' this one!" Janice's words were final. Even through the crack-filled haze she was often in, Janice never surrendered her authority to be the final decision maker in the household.

With these words Toy thought her only options were to prostitute herself or become a parent at fifteen. She'd thought of getting the money from the baby's father but wasn't really sure who that was.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet died

Aimé Césaire, Martinique playwright and poet died.
Listen to one of his poems in French.
And read his poems in English.

Jacques Brel, oh Jacques Brel....

Thanks Jacques for helping me to bear the graveness of reality in this brutal time of history!
Jacques Brel's La valse a mille temps.......A thousand times waltz....
And Quand on n'a que l'amour a song by Jacques Brel....

And Amsterdam......

And....Le Plat Pays...

And......Au Suivant...

And.....Jef

And.....Le Gaz

Monday, April 14, 2008

Knowledge is Power!

"Rising Powers, Shrinking planet" the New Geopolitics of Energy, is a brilliant book by Michael T. Klare. Listen to his interview on NPR - Fresh Air

"When danger looms, ignorance is not bliss. Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet defines a new benchmark for understanding the perilous complexities of strategic natural resources and how they shape the modern world. Klare articulates his message with sober honesty and appropriate urgency. If knowledge is power, it is also empowering; let us use this information to rekindle hope and commit to action, vigorously adopting the practical and profitable solutions that already do exist."—Amory B. Lovins, author of Winning the Oil Endgame

The Power of Music!

Listen to this beautiful Jewish-Arab Peace Song. A world of Peace and Love.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Will Iran be bombed in next 8 Months?

why is it too easy to some people to speak about bombing a country?!
I wonder!

WOMAN!!

Woman, woman, woman, woman.......
John Lennon on Woman
".......................................................
Woman I know you understand
The little child inside of the man
Please remember my life is in your hands
And woman hold me close to your heart..."

And Four Women by Nina Simone
"..........................................
My skin is brown
And my manner is tough
Ill kill the first mother I see
Cos my life has been too rough
Im awfully bitter these days
Because my parents were slaves
What do they call me
My
Name
Is
Peaches"


And the body of a woman.....revives the crying wolf inside you....
And the beauty of .... Sophia Loren....

And another W..O..M..A..N Cher and Raquel Welch

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Ne me quitte pas

Don't we need to dream? Don't we need to dilute the graveness of reality by dreaming the dream even though we know it's just a dream?
No..no..no..no..don't think it's funny!...reality smells like the raw, bloody meat in a slaughterhouse! We need to breath the erotic smell of fresh naked green grass....

Ne me quitte pas- Jacques Brel
And....more
Ne me quitte pas - Nina Simone

And....
And Maysa....

Read the translation of the song.

If you go away - Shirley Bassey
If you go away - Farhad

Original lyrics by Jacques Brel in French and it's translation by Rod McKuen.

Don't smoke in bed!

I left a note on his dresser
my old wedding ring
With these few goodbye words
How can I sing
Goodbye old sleepy head
I'm packing you in like I said

Take care of everything
I'm leaving my wedding ring
Don't look for me
I'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

Don't look for me
I'll get ahead
Remember darling
Don't smoke in bed

Listen to Nina Simone's voice. And If you knew...

Love me or leave me

Love me or leave me...And let me be lonely
By Nina Simone

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won't believe me but I love you only
I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing
Night-time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue

I want your love, don't wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
There's no love for nobody else

Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won't believe me but I love you only
I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else

You might find the night-time the right time for kissing
Night-time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

There'll be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue

Say I want your love, don't wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
My love is your love
There's no love for nobody else

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Fox attacks Iran!

Fox attacks Iran...

We have given them the precious gift of freedom!!

    Iraq really has become Somalia...

    SEN. HILLARY CLINTON: I have been outlining plans as to what we can and must do to begin bringing our sons and daughters home. I am convinced that we can start within sixty days and do it in a responsible and careful manner, recognizing that the Iraqi government has to take responsibility for its own future, that we have given them the precious gift of freedom, and it is up to them to decide whether or not they will use it. But we cannot win their civil war. Read more ...