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Comment on Detention & Deception by Roger Haydon Mitchell

Roger Haydon Mitchell — Fri, 06 May 2011 06:47:50 +0000

As Giorgio Agamben argues in his book State of Exception, Guantanamo discloses the role of law in the Western world. It is not there to uphold justice but to protect our political system. So if our political system is perceived to be under threat, law is suspended and our enemies are rendered non persons. This is more than hypocrisy, it reveals the fundamentally unjust, illegal and undemocratic nature of western representative democracy.
It is not enough to close Guantanamo, the politics of sovereign power needs to be questioned at a fundamental level, and, in my view, reconfigured as a politics of love.

Comment on New Alternative Rappers by enden

enden — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:04:46 +0000

Aesop Rock is the best “alternative rapper” alive, as well as best…regular rapper.

Comment on Police Lawsuit Dismissed, Appeal Pending by one who knows

one who knows — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:13:58 +0000

a sorry time in the history of a once great department

Comment on Eickhoff: Hero or Tyrant? by Joe

Joe — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:11:43 +0000

a great man and wonderful human being who took time out of his busy day to appreciate and greet everyone no matter what their rank or income.

Comment on New Alternative Rappers by Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:36:23 +0000

I appreciate this article but please don’t compare Wiz Khalifa to the Game.

A verse from Black and Yellow:

Got a call from my jeweler, this just in
Bitches love me ’cause I’m fucking with their best friends
Not a lesbian but she a freak though
This ain’t for one night I’m shining all weak hoe.
I’m sipping cleeko and rocking yellow diamonds
So many rocks up in the watch I cant tell what the time is
Got a pocket full of big faces
Throw it up ’cause every nigga that I’m with tailored

Every line is about his money or what girl he’s fucking. That materialistic shit is NOT “Hate It or Love It”; thats just another Lil Wayne verse.
And how is he rapping about how hes shining when this is his FIRST SONG?

Comment on WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis by Alastair

Alastair — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:06:50 +0000

Great article. Glen Greenwald is emerging as a lone heroic voice in the American media landscape.

To an outsider from Australia, Presidential press conferences in the US have for decades seem like honorific devotional rituals, nothing like what you’d get in Australia or the UK. Money is not just the greese on the wheels of American business, as Mario Puzo put it, it’s the axle that every political, military, press and business cog spins on.

Or as President Obama recently said “This is, after all, America”

Comment on WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis by AxePilot

AxePilot — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:32:30 +0000

Scarey stuff…the real big brother is really intervening…

Comment on WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis by Caio Gutzwiller

Caio Gutzwiller — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:49:32 +0000

Great article speaking truth!

Comment on WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis by Meg

Meg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:20:01 +0000

amazing. you are amazing.

Comment on WikiLeaks, Part 2 – Media Analysis by M.X

M.X — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:02:56 +0000

Malcolm X long time ago said ”
American democracy is American hypocrisy”