Soviet Propaganda Circa 1950

Enough with the cult of the person... seriously!!!

Check out this abomination! 

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=99234

In it you will see the following historical figures... 

Girban Khalil Gibran 

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln 

Mohandas Ghandi 

Dalai Lama 

Vladimir Lenin 

Marie Curie

Mother Theresa 

Neslon Mandela

Fidel Castro 

Coluche 

Che Guevara

Albert Einstein 

Alexander Fleming 

Muhamad Ali Clay 

Napoleon Bonaparte 

Franklin Roosevelt 

Charles De Gaulle 

John Paul 2

Martin Luther King. 

Which are very human and flawed. 

I would take that list and shrink it to two names... Lenin and Castro.

One who was an idealist and did not survive long enough to see his plan fail and the other who stayed alive long enough to torture, maim and starve a whole country. 

I would definitely keep Napoleon Bonaparate who has a series of wars named after him "Napoleonic Wars".

In short, I think Aoun is more a hysterical figure than a historical one. 

Gaza Stripped.

Rockets, tanks, helicopters and a threat of ground incursion... all to strip 320 Square KM of all terrorist elements?!?

How much time and what kind of nuclear arsenal does it it take to conquer this tiny hamlet? How many lives is it going to cost - both military and civilian? And last but not least does it make sense?

Check it out. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

Some lyrics leave me speechless... here is an example.

J'accuse - Michel Sardou

J'accuse les hommes un par un et en groupe

J'accuse les hommes de cracher dans leur soupe

D'assassiner la poule aux oeufs d'argent

De ne prévoir que le bout de leur temps

J'accuse les hommes de salir les torrents

D'empoisonner le sable des enfants

De névroser l'âme des pauvres gens

De nécroser le fond des océans

 

J'accuse les hommes de violer les étoiles

Pour faire bander le Cap Canaveral

De se repaître de sexe et de sang

Pour oublier qu'ils sont des impuissants

De rassembler les génies du néant

De pétroler l'aile des goélands

D'atomiser le peu d'air qu'ils respirent

De s'enfumer pour moins se voir mourir

 

J'accuse

 

J'accuse les hommes de crimes sans pardon

Au nom d'un homme ou d'une religion

J'accuse les hommes de croire des hypocrites

Moitié pédés moitié hermaphrodites

Qui jouent les durs pour enfoncer du beurre

Et s'agenouillent aussitôt qu'ils ont peur

J'accuse les hommes de se croire des surhommes

Alors qu'ils sont bêtes à croquer la pomme

 

J'accuse les hommes je veux qu'on les condamne

Au maximum qu'on arrache leur âme

Et qu'on la jette aux rats et aux cochons

Pour voir comment eux ils s'en serviront

J'accuse les hommes en un mot comme en cent

J'accuse les hommes d'être bête et méchants

Bêtes à marcher au pas des régiments

De n'être pas des hommes tout simplement

Astrology and such ...

Tell me if this describes you... 

You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

This describes every human being on the planet. 

Check it out here... http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html

This is nothing official but...

IF the world could vote for the US president... the term "Blue Planet" would have a whole new meaning. 

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

Bruce said the Truth...

"Let me tell you the truth. The truth is... what is.  And what should be is a fantasy, a terrible, terrible lie that someone gave the people long ago." - Lenny Bruce. 

And that is the Truth. 

That's all I have to say today. 

You say God, I say Derren Brown.

Look at what the brain can do or make you do... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f29kF1vZ62o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My67277vaGk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMsngNWMfH4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZohpDS2aMc&feature=related

and last but not least... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEKdaXIEHc&feature=related

So it's all in our heads.