Moral force in the middle east

This Maddow program focuses on the hypocritical action the US and it's allies applies to some middle eastern countries and yet say little about other autocratic rulers in the middle east. Why is this so? What principles that we have studied play in to this situation? Love to hear your comments, you can view it here.

Obama is the anti-christ????? what the....

Incredible that the conservatives in the states believe that events in the middle east to union busting in Wisconsin is tied with the 'end times' theories. This would be laughable except that for some they really believe in this stuff. Take a look at the show and discuss how the 'evidence' of a dark sinister plot is about to overcome us all. View it here.

Argument against immigration in the US but can be applied anywhere..

This is an interesting set of videos that discuss the impact of immigration and whether or not we are doing any favors to those that can escape poverty in their own country. Would love to hear your reaction to the first video which is 6 minutes long.

Why attack journalists in Egypt...

a so called democracy has been allowing the attack of journalists to take place. Why? What does the country have to hide? Is there a justification for the attacks? In our study of ideologies over time, what ideas are being upheld and what are going under fire? I'd love to hear your reaction to this story which you can get here.

Martin Luther King...national holiday for past 25 years in the US...

What a beautiful man, what a vision, and yet the difference between him and other famous or infamous people is that his 'dream' lives on. Inside all of us we can come to know the beauty that can happen when people of good will come together. it's a call that we forget sometimes but I'm glad I'm reminded of it from time to time. Here's one of many videos you can find on this great man.

A cute Christmas wish for my followers

Check out this link, remember to put your name when prompted to do so and turn up the speakers, have fun this Christmas, here is the link.

Now this is cool...plastic back to oil

This 5 minute video deals with a Japanese inventor who created a low cost machine to convert plastic back into oil/s. I don't know enough about all the scientific implications but it sounds reasonable enough to me. If only our politicians were willing to give it a go. Love to hear your thoughts on this story.

Aboriginal Education in Alberta

Hassan from block 3 wanted me to blog this article for him. Here are some of his comments...( i think is true about the education system involving aboriginal people and also the adversities aboriginal people had faced that keep some of them living like a third world country. one the most important issuse in this article is that students are not taught the history of aboriginal culture.the Canadian history as the article suggest doesn't contain the voice and perspective of aboriginal people.) Thank you for your thoughts Hassan, if others would like to see the original article it is found here.