excerpt from “the corporation”
Here’s a chapter from the documentary “The Corporation”
commodified consumer worship
economic stimulus act (part 2)
Ariah Fine over at Following Jesus posted some good stuff on Jesus Manifesto about the rebate checks we’ll be getting in the mail soon. His observations and creative suggestions strike a chord with me. From his article… What an amazing opportunity to take make a statement flipping a value system on it’s head. The money [...]
the economic stimulus act of ’08
I’m by no means an economist, but I suppose it doesn’t take an economist to ask questions about the Economic Stimulus Act of ’08. So we all get good-will money because things have been kinda rough, huh? Really, are blue-collar and no-collar America the real beneficiaries? Maybe the well-being of Wall Street (and the property [...]
ever wonder what it cost?
post-christmas lethargy
If there’s such a thing as “the Christmas spirit” then there’s certainly such a thing as “the post-Christmas spirit.” The non-expectant lethargy expressed in post-Christmas Christmas carols is nothing short of laughable. The expectancy of advent quickly gives way to a “I-feel-bloated-yet-not-full-so-just-let-me-recline-to-do-and-expect-nothing-in-particular” syndrome. So what is it exactly that is expected in the advent? Maybe [...]
long live the freegans
Long live these freegans who introduce to us a new way to celebrate our surplus…