Today I Climb the Soapbox

I can't in good conscience keep quiet after all these really good documentaries I've seen lately, so I do apologize for this soapbox type post. But I have to at least spread the word about the way "democracy" is going. Maybe we can make a difference?

"The Road to Guantanamo" - it's a re telling film, done in documentary style….Frig. Sickening. I don't care if people at Guantanamo are guilty or not (only 10 of the 775 have ever been "proven") No one should be treated like that and not given access to a trial and held indefinitely. It's modern Concentration camps à la US style. It is becoming pretty awe inspiring to witness fascism happen right on our door step.

Other important documentaries that I've seen lately ( you can probably rent most or stream online) is "Orwell Rolls in His Grave" which asks the question Can Lies become Truth? ,on how the media has manipulated us to believe things that aren't true or twist the truth. IE: Saddam was part of 9/11, Iraq has WMD's. etc.
Very well done. Did you know that in 1979/80, the planned release of the Iran hostages were to be 6 months later after the elections so that Jimmy Carter could be defeated all this brokered by the Regan election camp (the October Surprse) ? They were held longer to be released on the day Regan got sworn in….….just one example.

"Taxi to the Dark Side" the Academy Award winning documentary about treatment of detainees (in Afganistan, Abu Grab - Iraq etc.) , including one innocent taxi driver who was tortured by Americans and died at their hands.

Also see "No End in Sight" …although I think that documentary was funded by some Democrats, as it never says the Iraq war was wrong, just mangled in planning…it's sickening as well, but well put together.

Most can be streamed on Google Video. (Orwell, Guantanamo, and Taxi). Rights of all are being taken away slowly in the name of "security". I know most of these are American documentaries, but we are so influenced by them, that it is slowly trickling in. Plus, remember what happened to Mahar Arar?

For a Canadian turn try “The Corporation”.

There are all mainstream, truthful documentaries. If you rather something fictional there is the most excellent 1976 movie -- Network (Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall)

Lets not turn a blind eye anymore and say "it won't happen here", because it has started……

"In times of universal deceit telling the truth will become a revolutionary act"

George Orwell

On another note, it seems world food prices are hugely on the rise – corn (for ethanol), wheat, rice. This article on CBC is worth the read.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/04/08/food-prices.html#storycomments

Ok, my soapbox will be put away for a spell. Peace out!