tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post790147540133456313..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Colonial ValuesMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-54792722741569331232007-11-02T17:04:00.000-05:002007-11-02T17:04:00.000-05:00I noticed that I heaved an involuntary groan as th...I noticed that I heaved an involuntary groan as they were leading into this 'steaming pile.' Ol' Temple-rastin' the Jellicle (sp?) Cat AND Missy Blockhead, the one person who can take any topic- no matter how dour- and make it sound like Wee Ones Storybook Time at the public library. Gather 'round, kiddies...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-10967228706806860592007-11-01T10:54:00.000-05:002007-11-01T10:54:00.000-05:00Speaking of colonial values, this particular Black...Speaking of colonial values, this particular Blackwater horror (and NPR's 'reporting' of it) is reminiscent of the Amritsar, India massacre of 1919, when the British open fired on a peaceful crowd and over 1000 civilians were killed. The commanding officer, Gen. Dyer, was actually acquitted. In a British court, of course.<BR/><BR/>Imperialism inevitably involves conflict between the conquering force, which parades itself as 'good guys' and the anonymous, faceless victims of the conquered, who often happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and in numbers that render them en masse as virtually 'expendable'. Life becomes especially cheap when it is anonymous. So, the less the US knows about these victims, the better for the neocons and their ilk. Imperialism has very little to do with humanity.<BR/><BR/>America's nouveau dabbling in Empire is not only a complete failure, it puts much of the world at toxic risk. If the US embraced a benevolence (or at the very least, respect) instead of bellicoseness, other nations would not be compelled to seek out so-called weapons of mass destruction. We are driving various nations into this posture, but that's what the neocons want, so as to justify their insane agenda.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-17821276634286239142007-11-01T09:53:00.000-05:002007-11-01T09:53:00.000-05:00As I listened, trying to give her report a chance,...As I listened, trying to give her report a chance, I swear I could hear a smile on her face as she talked about the FBI buying the burned out cars from the incident. She seemed so taken buy this point - like it was such a "neat" thing that the FBI would go to so much trouble. Forgotten in her tone was the fact that these cars were essentially coffins....people died in them. Yes, overall she was much too "cheerful" for me in her delivery. The fact that 17 people died seemed a minor aside to the Mr. Wizard things the investigators were doing.<BR/>Keep up the good work with NPR Check. But man, it is getting almost impossible to listen to ME and ATC anymore. It will make you crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com