Ship
Yesterday (or was it today)… in the news I read about the Iranian cargo ship caught by Israel… it was full of arms to be delivered in Lebanon to Hezbollah…
This shows the insincerity of the Iranian and the Syrians…
On the Syrian issue we are told that Syria wants to sign a separate with Israel… or maybe in their mind they want the Golan Heights back so they can shoot these missiles to Haifa and Tel Aviv…
We should all in unison say to Mr. Assad “NICE TRY”… and for us to remember… like father like son…
With regards to the Iranians… enough has been said and written… we are smart enough to see insincerity…
On the Palestinians… Arafat, their supreme leader… refused the most generous offer by Ehud Barak … because that would lead to peace… and Arafat wanted to continue the struggle for the annihilation of the Jews…
My answer to them is “Tough”
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Africa - Zimbabwe today...
Africa – Zimbabwe today… tomorrow another place…
We are shown on television how people are mal nourished… and yet on the day fertilizers are distributed… the population of that village stand in line and… start dancing…just to celebrate the receipt of the fertilizers… and, probably, to celebrate life…
Throughout the literature we read about “Lucy” and other primate-like ancestors… all of them started their trek in Africa… I always wondered how come our ancestors were so primitive… one would expect that our ancestors would be the most developed “homo…”
When seeing these people dancing and singing while waiting for their portion of fertilizers… it led me to wonder who is the cultured and who is the educated… can we state with contempt that we are superior because we can count our money and goods to make more money… or are the people who take their famine with a song and dance the more mature of species…
We are shown on television how people are mal nourished… and yet on the day fertilizers are distributed… the population of that village stand in line and… start dancing…just to celebrate the receipt of the fertilizers… and, probably, to celebrate life…
Throughout the literature we read about “Lucy” and other primate-like ancestors… all of them started their trek in Africa… I always wondered how come our ancestors were so primitive… one would expect that our ancestors would be the most developed “homo…”
When seeing these people dancing and singing while waiting for their portion of fertilizers… it led me to wonder who is the cultured and who is the educated… can we state with contempt that we are superior because we can count our money and goods to make more money… or are the people who take their famine with a song and dance the more mature of species…
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A Little Bit Of Love
A little bit of Love
This morning I was watching an old silent movie… made in 1922… very dramatic… the camera was focusing mainly on the faces of the actors… one statement struck me…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
I guess that is how cinema started… facial expressions and a few statements by the main actors… It is curious how the art of cinema developed…
First the development of the camera… from still photos to the movement of actors on a stage… and a few lines of text…
Then the actors were on the outdoors… creating scenes and special effects… and noises on a few lines of text…
Then came the vocal film… followed by Technicolor… making mega effects and focusing on everything…
In watching this film… I realized that Aldous Huxley was writing Brave New World in that same period… in the “Belle Époque”… after the War that will end all Wars… and before the Holocaust…
I guess we forgot these old silent movies… we even forgot Brave New World…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
This morning I was watching an old silent movie… made in 1922… very dramatic… the camera was focusing mainly on the faces of the actors… one statement struck me…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
I guess that is how cinema started… facial expressions and a few statements by the main actors… It is curious how the art of cinema developed…
First the development of the camera… from still photos to the movement of actors on a stage… and a few lines of text…
Then the actors were on the outdoors… creating scenes and special effects… and noises on a few lines of text…
Then came the vocal film… followed by Technicolor… making mega effects and focusing on everything…
In watching this film… I realized that Aldous Huxley was writing Brave New World in that same period… in the “Belle Époque”… after the War that will end all Wars… and before the Holocaust…
I guess we forgot these old silent movies… we even forgot Brave New World…
”with a little bit of love… nobody shall have to suffer and be lost”…
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