Monday, November 02, 2009

Fluff over substance (rant)

WTF editorial about an important issue of the day:
A Final Verdict on the Presidential Salute

Summary: "His salute, it struck me, was impeccable in every way."
Rant moved to BNN

an Indian Editorial on what might happen ...
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it doesn't help for the White House to diss one of the heroes of 911
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Michael Jackson's film is a hit overseas
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Yup a big hit here in the Philippines, where his music is still played.

Too bad he killed himself trying to prepare for a live tour when he could have just released the movie.

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CathoicKeyBlog explains the "Pope condemned Halloween" hoax.
...hint, it was a single priest, living in Spain, who has nothing to do with the Vatican, quoted out of context.

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Attention Shoppers: HelloKitty Turns 35...

hurry, hurry, spend spend...

it's all about Merchandizing...


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and comparing hedonism to heroic struggle...wear the right jeans and you can pretend you are a hero too.

Yet where is a commercial showing levi wearing youth cleaning up after Katrina?



yup...merchandizing, merchandizing...

compare and contrast:


A lot of groups are helping in the cleanup, from the numerous Catholic societies to Protestant to LDS youth groups. This video is from a Buddhist group based in Taiwan...

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