Thursday, 24 August 2006
We Paid For This Bilge?
Since my last post was on the Music Industry, I thought I should delve a little deeper.
This just in from the Associated Press.
Study: Sexy music triggers teen sex
Monday, August 7, 2006; Posted: 11:40 a.m. EDT (15:40 GMT)
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found.
Whether it's hip-hop, rap, pop or rock, much of popular music aimed at teens contains sexual overtones. Its influence on their behavior appears to depend on how the sex is portrayed, researchers found.
Songs depicting men as "sex-driven studs," women as sex objects and with explicit references to sex acts are more likely to trigger early sexual behavior than those where sexual references are more veiled and relationships appear more committed, the study found.
There you have it folks the secret is revealed, kids who tend to be on the wild side and promiscuous, like to listen to raunchy music.
Does this sound like the concern about 50 years ago,that the African Jungle Beat of Rock, might cause widespread promiscuity and orgies?
And of course they conclusion
has to be that the music is the Cause rather than an Effect.
Could it just be that the same character traits that lead to promiscuity and wild behavior
ALSO lead to interest in raunchy music, rather than the opposite?
NAW it could not be that simple, then there would be not crusade for control of the Music Industry. Instead we would have to tell parents to start action like parents and not expect the State to jump in and fix things.
What Galls me the most is the we
paid for this study!
It wouldn't be too bad if the result was a waste of taxpayer's money, but it will be yet another attack on the First Amendment and Calls for Censorship.
I can just hear McCain paraphrasing one of his earlier statements.
But I would rather have a clean
(Music)
government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected
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Shut Up and Sing
Dixie Chicks documentary to clash with electionsNew Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up and Sing is set to send shockwaves through the American political arena as its planned release date is just before the November US elections.
The highly-charged film refers to the widespread backlash of fans of US President George W Bush against singer Natalie Maines, after her 2003 statement that the band were "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas".
I can think of few things, which could be guaranteed to galvanize Red State voters as much as this.
You'd think the Chicks might READ the Title of the Film and ponder on it.
But maybe Voters will have more important things on their minds.
News Busters asks an important question.
More Important 2006 Election Issue: Dixie Chicks Failed Tour or Illegal Immigration?Posted by Jason Smith on August 22, 2006 - 15:26.
When Harvey Weinstein's company decides to fund a conservative documentary about illegal immigration, the media is eerily silent.
But let Harvey Weinstein's company decide to fund a documentary about the Dixie Chicks and you'll see headlines like, "Dixie Chicks documentary could be election issue".
I'd love to see the statistics on how many Americans have replaced illegal immigration with the Dixie Chicks failed tour on their list of important election issues...
Failed Tour is not much of an exageration. Times
have changed for the Chicks.
Dixie Chicks not ready to fill an arenaBY ROSS RAIHALA
Pop Music Critic
When the Dixie Chicks emerged this spring, three years after lead singer Natalie Maines' jabs at President Bush ignited a nationwide controversy, the title of the trio's comeback single said it all: "Not Ready to Make Nice." And in a subsequent series of high-profile interviews, the Chicks defiantly declared they were ready to ditch mainstream country music.
The problem, however, is that in mounting the "Accidents and Accusations" tour, they continued to act like, well, a mainstream country act, planning a full-scale arena romp with the assumption they could instantly replace all those former followers.
Soft ticket sales and more than a dozen canceled shows later, the Chicks pulled into the Twin Cities ? one of their strongest markets ? for a Friday night gig at the Target Center in front of about 11,300 fans. For those keeping score, that's about a quarter the number that caught the group's pair of sold-out shows at the X in 2003.
One nice thing about the Dixie Chicks, we can discuss them and
not have to worry about being accused of impugning their patriotism.
Natalie Maines for one states she has none.
"The entire country may disagree with me,but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country?]
I don't see why people care about patriotism."
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Iran says it's willing to resume talks
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN)The Iranian government has provided a detailed written response to a package of incentives offered by the United States and other Western nations for Tehran to roll back its nuclear program.
But the Tehran government gave no public indication on whether it would agree to halt uranium enrichment and reprocessing.
Need I say more?
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Monday, 21 August 2006
The Open Trackback Alliance XXXVIII
For your listening pleasure while you browse
"Der er et yndigt land" (There Is A Lovely Land)
Words by: Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager
Music by: Hans Ernst Kr?yer
Adopted: 1844
"Derer et yndigt land" was first performed for a large gathering of Danes in 1844, and became popular quickly with the Danish people. It was adopted later that year by the Danish government as a national anthem, but not the sole national anthem. This anthem is on equal status with "Kong Christian",which is both the national and royal anthem.
When the Danish anthem is usually performed or sung, the first verse is played in its entirety, then it is followed by the last four lines of the last verse. (This is true whether the lyrics are sung or not
Recentlty I have been posting music to Illustrate the Diversity of America, this week I have a different motive to express Solidarity with DENMARK I maintain my Support of Denmark, and will later today, post links to and my thoughts about a Danish Editorial "We are being pissed upon by Per Nyholm "
I think I shall title my Post, "There is no "But" in "Freedom of Speech".
When I first started upon my journey through the blogverse I created a
Statement of PurposeNow upon reading it, one can realize that I did not hold to every detail of that original statement, but from it's basic premise, I have never swayed, in my belief that the Blogs are in fact the Committees of Correspondence of the Second American Revolution.
And that it is a Revolution of Information, no longer can we afford and allow elite gateways to control what we can see, hear and discuss.
For I believe that those bloggers who find their way, here and in particular from the Blogs associated with Sam.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
Some of us are more Serious, some of us are more lighthearted and some post the common ordinary things that make one smile and recall that Life without the simple things to treasure is meaningless.
And it is important that all have a platform from which to speak.
As I understand this process you can link to this post and trackback to this post on ANY subject or post you think important. It is open. I will repeat this every Monday.
The Committees of Correspondence welcomes your intelligent comments. And also welcomes you to join the
OPEN TRACKBACK ALLIANCEThis week I also have shortened my usual introduction for a more inportant message.
In it's struggle for Freedom of Speech.
Sign the Petition NOW!
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After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.
We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all. "
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Friday, 18 August 2006
Congress Shall Make No Law
I have been reading about the recent NSA decision handed down by U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor
Judge nixes warrantless surveillance By SARAH KARUSH, Associated Press Writer
Thu Aug 17, 7:33 PM ET
DETROIT - A federal judge on Thursday struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program, saying it violated the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
There are few things that jump out at me for one the First Amendment states:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
So I am curious. What Law did
Congress make?
As for the separation of powers, since the First Amendment refers to Congress and not the Executive Branch, isn't that separate enough for her?
In any case no one
wants to keep Islamic Terrorists from exercising their Right to Free Speech or Assembly.
As a matter of fact we really do want them to talk. We just would like to hear how they plan to blow up innocent men, women and children.
We also are in favor of them Assembling, as long as we have some idea where it might be. Makes it easier to put bullets between their beady little eyes and protect the lives of some innocent Men, Women and Children.
Judge Taylor claims the NSA surveillance might have a "Chilling" effect on journalists communications overseas.
Wow some terrorist might be afraid we will get a bead on them, if they talk to a reporter in the US?
I DO hope the Progressive Liberals are not silent in their proclamations of victory over our attempts to wage 4th generation War against those who wish to kill and/or enslave us.
I wish them as well to be able to exercise their Rights of Free Speech and Assembly with Islamic Terrorists.
I want the American People to be able to Hear and clearly Understand who it is they give support and aid to.
If you wish to read this opinion go
HERE If you wish to read more, and more intelligent commentary on the subject, Captain's Quarter's
NSA Decision: Lots Of Emotion, Little Reasoning might be a good place to start.
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Wednesday, 16 August 2006
Global Warming For Dummies
Topic: Global Warming
The other day I was listening to one of the more rabid global disaster warming advocates.
He was almost foaming at the mouth about the impending total destruction of the world's forests for one thing.
I started thinking about the whole issue and for the Life of me the Logic escapes me.
Someone help me out here and point just exactly what I am missing?
I will try a little thought debate,
You look upset.
Upset? Of course I am upset! We are facing a GLOBAL CATASTROPHE!
That sounds serious. What's happening?
The Trees, the Forests are facing TOTAL DESTRUCTION!
Really? How is that going to happen?
Global WARMING! Where have you been?
I see, Global Warming is going to destroy the World's Forests?
Yes!
How? What makes Global Warming?
Carbon Dioxide! We are putting too much Carbon Dioxide into the Atmosphere!
I see. We are putting too much Carbon Dioxide into the Atmosphere, creating Global Warming which will Destroy the World's Forests?
Yes!
How are we putting the Carbon Dioxide into the Atmosphere?
Fossil Fuels! We are burning Fossil Fuels!
OK, We are burning Fossil Fuels, which puts more Carbon Dioxide into the Atmosphere, causing Global Warming, which will Destroy the World's Forests?
Yes!
Where did the Fossil Fuels come from?
You Moron! They are the remains of plants from hundreds of millions of years ago!
Wow, the Coal and Oil deposits are immense where did all the plants come from?
You IDIOT it took Millions of Years for the Fossil Fuel Beds to be laid down!
OK where did the Carbon in the Fossil Fuels come from?
From the AIR you IGNORAMUS!
I see, now if I have every thing correct,
Hundreds of Millions of Years ago, for Hundreds of Millions of Years, plants took Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere, locking the Carbon away in the ground into what would become Fossil Fuels, which we are now burning, putting the Carbon Dioxide BACK into the Atmosphere, causing Global Warming, which is going to Destroy the World's Forests?
Yes Dummy do you understand the Danger NOW?
Not really, I am trying to figure out why all that Carbon Dioxide, didn't destroy the World's Forests all those Millions of Years ago BEFORE the Carbon got locked in the ground in Fossil Fuels.
I GIVE UP! You are too STUPID to UNDERSTAND the DANGER!
Somehow I thought you would say that.
Waring do NOT try this at home, this was only a thought experiment, Global Warming Advocates in the Wild have been known to become Violent when their Illusions are challenged!
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Monday, 14 August 2006
The Open Trackback Alliance XXXVII
For your listening pleasure while you browse
"Der er et yndigt land" (There Is A Lovely Land)
Words by: Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager
Music by: Hans Ernst Kr?yer
Adopted: 1844
"Derer et yndigt land" was first performed for a large gathering of Danes in 1844, and became popular quickly with the Danish people. It was adopted later that year by the Danish government as a national anthem, but not the sole national anthem. This anthem is on equal status with "Kong Christian",which is both the national and royal anthem.
When the Danish anthem is usually performed or sung, the first verse is played in its entirety, then it is followed by the last four lines of the last verse. (This is true whether the lyrics are sung or not
Recentlty I have been posting music to Illustrate the Diversity of America, this week I have a different motive to express Solidarity with DENMARK I maintain my Support of Denmark, and will later today, post links to and my thoughts about a Danish Editorial "We are being pissed upon by Per Nyholm "
I think I shall title my Post, "There is no "But" in "Freedom of Speech".
When I first started upon my journey through the blogverse I created a
Statement of PurposeNow upon reading it, one can realize that I did not hold to every detail of that original statement, but from it's basic premise, I have never swayed, in my belief that the Blogs are in fact the Committees of Correspondence of the Second American Revolution.
And that it is a Revolution of Information, no longer can we afford and allow elite gateways to control what we can see, hear and discuss.
For I believe that those bloggers who find their way, here and in particular from the Blogs associated with Sam.
HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
Some of us are more Serious, some of us are more lighthearted and some post the common ordinary things that make one smile and recall that Life without the simple things to treasure is meaningless.
And it is important that all have a platform from which to speak.
As I understand this process you can link to this post and trackback to this post on ANY subject or post you think important. It is open. I will repeat this every Monday.
The Committees of Correspondence welcomes your intelligent comments. And also welcomes you to join the
OPEN TRACKBACK ALLIANCEThis week I also have shortened my usual introduction for a more inportant message.
In it's struggle for Freedom of Speech.
Sign the Petition NOW!
JEG opstille hos Danmark!44717 Total Signatures 12:17 AM CST August 14, 2006 We can do better pass the word~!
From Agora a call to
Support the Manifesto online by signing another Petition, why not sign both?
MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism
Created by Mark Jefferson on March 1st, 2006 at 5:42 pm AST
After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.
We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and secular values for all. "
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Friday, 11 August 2006
Only A Small Portion
A commonly repeated refrain concerning the War on Terrorism is:
"Only a small portion of Muslims are Terrorists, therefore it is wrong to accuse Islam of being Violent."
The starting premise may even be true, but is the conclusion arrived at valid and/or relevant?
What does History tell us about philosophical movements with small violent minorities?
Before the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia was ruled by a Totalitarian Dictator, the Tzar and controlled by a ruling Oligarchy, the Nobility.
After the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia/the Soviet Union was ruled by a Totalitarian Dictator, the Party Chairman and controlled by a ruling Oligarchy, the Party Apparatichiki.
At no time was Party membership more than 3 to 4% of the population, which was about the size of the previous Nobility as it turns out.
So it would seem that a small violent minority can indeed direct the vast majority to its own ends to catastrophic results.
In the case of Marxist-Leninism the cost in human lives is considered to be above 100 Million.
So far Islamofascistic Jihad has a body count of probably between 5 to 10 million and has displaced on the order of 50 to a 100 million, but this version of Islamic Jihad is relatively young and just getting started.
Claims will be made about what Islam really means, what the Quran really says. What really matters are not words claimed but the millions of bodies that have soaked the earth with their blood.
This War, which to my mind should be called The War against Islamofacsism instead of the War on Terrorism has many battlefields,and to each distinct battlefield different tactics are required.
Some have made claim that the War in Iraq is a distraction. If that were true the former Abu Musab al -Zarqawi should have been delighted that the US was distracted in Iraq.
As I recall he was not, but was in fact worried that Al-Qaida was
losingin that theater of . His mentor Ayman al-Zawahiri describes Iraq as
"the greatest battle for Islam in our era.". In February 2004, Zarqawi acknowledged a democratic Iraqi state would mean defeat for Al-Qaida in Iraq. To defeat democracy, he has pursued a strategy of relentless, nihilistic bloodbath. It's a brutal irony of war: In doing so, he is losing the war for the hearts and minds.
But we do have those here in the West, who to advance their own political aims would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Some of them have pointed out this last roundup of terrorists in the UK as proof that Iraq is hindering the War. They claim the intelligence and investigation used for that event is the
only way to fight see how it was?
I mentioned earlier, this a War with many different battlefields which require many different kinds of tactics.
To them I say, yes the Carrier Tactics used some 60 years or so ago
were highly effective and led America's first real victory in the Pacific, but No, I don't think they would have done much good during the Battle of the Bulge.
When will this War be over? When it is over. How many centuries did the Romans battle barbarian hordes on their frontiers? The day came when they were at the Gates and Inside.
Today the Barbarians
are at the Gates, some of them may very well be inside. They are will to take as long as it takes to either kill or enslave us.
Are we willing to take as long as it takes to remain Free?
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Thursday, 10 August 2006
Red Alert: The Plot to Attack British Airliners
Editor’s note: Due to a technical error, some Stratfor readers received the wrong alert. Here is the correct one.
Scotland Yard successfully penetrated the plotters of a mass terrorist attack against airliners bound from the United Kingdom to the United States on Aug. 10 British time, resulting in the capture of nine people who planned to use liquid explosives contained in carry-on luggage to down the planes. Current reports indicate at least 21 people have been arrested in total, and perhaps the cell contains as many as 50 people.
There are four takeaway lessons from this incident:
First, while there obviously remains a threat from those not only sympathetic to al Qaeda, but actually participating in planning with those in the al Qaeda apex leadership, their ability to launch successful attacks outside of the Middle East is severely degraded.
Second, if the cell truly does have 50 people and 21 have already been detained, then al Qaeda might have lost its ability to operate below the radar of Western -- or at least U.K. -- intelligence agencies. Al Qaeda's defining characteristic has always been its ability to maintain operational security. If that has been compromised, then al Qaeda's importance as a force has diminished greatly.
Third, though further attacks could occur, it appears al Qaeda has lost the ability to alter the political decision-making of its targets. The Sept. 11 attack changed the world. The Madrid train attacks changed a government. This failed airliner attack only succeeded in closing an airport temporarily.
Fourth, the vanguard of militant Islamism appears to have passed from Sunni/Wahhabi al Qaeda to Shiite Iran and Hezbollah. It is Iran that is shaping Western policies on the Middle East, and Hezbollah who is directly engaged with Israel. Al Qaeda, in contrast, appears unable to do significantly more than issue snazzy videos.
This shift will obviously refocus Western -- and particularly U.S. -- foreign policy from the old threat to the new threat.
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British police thwart aircraft bomb plot
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago LONDON - British authorities said Thursday they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in hand luggage, averting what police described as "mass murder on an unimaginable scale."
Officials raised security to its highest level in Britain — suggesting a terrorist attack might be imminent — and banned hand-carried luggage on all trans-Atlantic flights. Huge crowds formed at security barriers at London's Heathrow airport as officials searching for explosives barred nearly every form of liquid outside of baby formula.
The extreme measures at one of the major international aviation hubs sent ripple effects throughout the world. Heathrow airport was closed to most flights from Europe.
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