Yesterday on "Mitakuye Oyasin" radio show and collective on KBOO, Jim Craven suggested a show on critical thinking and a call in. We gave an intro to critical thinking which is, to me, questioning everything, searching the backing folk have on their assertions, and requestioning things as I can. As Jim put it, separating the pepper from the fly feces.
We gave lots of examples, but one thing I thought of is how I stated for years when I found out that over 200 U.S. corporations (turns out to be around 380) helped fund the Nazi's prior to and throughout WWII. When I found this out, I kept stating it as fact, and it is, but I had little idea about that fact until I read a few books: "IBM and the Holocaust" and "War Against the Weak" by Edwin Black, "Trading with the Enemy" by Charles Higham, "Who Finanaced Hitler" by James and Suzanne Poole (I haven't finished that one yet).
It was a good show.
Anyway, we are having a potluck at KBOO on March 25th, a Thursday, starting at 4pm, to meet some of our listening audience. Jim Craven, Dean Lookinghawk, Louis Sowa, Shusli and I should all be there and it will be fun. 20 SE 8th, Portland, Oregon is the address.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Classics
Shusli asked me at the local store if I had seen "Going South" with Jack Nicholson. "No," was my answer. Her jaw dropped and we rented the movie. This was a sweet wonderful western romance of a young woman, Julia Tate (Mary Steenbergen) widowed by the Civil War who chooses Henry Moon (Jack Nicholson) to save him from the gallows to help dig gold in her mine as her husband. It was John Belushi and Mary Steenbergen's film debuts. Excellent and fun film. A must see. It came out in 1978.I listened to three classic books on CD recently:
"Herzog," by Saul Bellow, is a novel about a professor in the '60's who is surviving a divorce. He goes through many different stages as he goes through understanding his situation and deals with it by writing letters to many different people, none of which he sends.
"Leaves of Grass," by Walt Whitman was another I listened to. I think it was good, but the reader read all of his poetry in the same tone making it a struggle to stay awake on the road. Walt was definitely gay. He Loved men and women's bodies. Loved sex. Loved the romance of war and despised war as well (he lived through the Civil War). I think it was good, but I think I should read it as well.
"The Dubliners," by James Joyce. I could not get through the 40 CD's of "Ulysses" as it was so hard to follow and was basically every intimate detail of a day in the lives of some folk. For that reason, I did not read "Finnegan's Wake," either. But, I did enjoy "The Dubliners." It is an intimate look of the lives of various individuals in Dublin, Ireland, around the late 1800's early 1900's. I enjoyed it. I am surprised, however, to see that Walt and James were allowed to live given the times and what people thought about such writing.
Two by Two
Two folk of great import have passed away in the last couple of days.
Dorris Haddock, aka "Granny D." Granny D was a long time campaign finance reform activist. There is a documentary about her called "RUN GRANNY RUN." Dorris did not become an activist until late in life, in her 80's if I remember correctly. Just goes to show you it is NEVER too late to start to rabble rouse.
I met Granny D once when she was heading through Portland on her activist work. She told the story of how she met Woody Harrelson. Woody and pals were of course passing a joint. Woody asked her if she had ever smoked pot before. No was her answer. "HEY EVERYBODY! GRANNY D HAS NEVER SMOKED POT!" Woody handed her a joint and she took a few puffs. "What do you think, Granny?" Woody asked. "It's not doing a thing for me," she answered. "Then why are you giggling so much?" Woody asked her. Granny was 100.
Agent Rose passed on the other day. I had never heard of her until I heard about her on KBOO news on Women's Day.
She was part of the French Resistance during WWII.
She helped some 90 folk escape from the Nazi's.
She believed she had to put her life on the line for others in this conflict.
When she was captured she was went to two death camps and faced a firing squad in the last, but the Nazi's ran in the face of the oncoming allies before killing her.
Her real name is Andree Peel. She was 104 when she died. Here is a spledid article about her.
Fern Holland was assassinated in Afghanistan struggling for women's rights in on March 9, 2004. A Cherokee lawyer, she struggled for the underdog her whole life.
Rachel Corrie was murdered 7 years ago on March 16, 2003. She was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver as she stood between the f***ing bastard and houses of Palestinians in the Israeli genocide and oppression of the Palestinian people. The F***ING bastard ran her over and murdered her.
All people worthy of admiration.
Dorris Haddock, aka "Granny D." Granny D was a long time campaign finance reform activist. There is a documentary about her called "RUN GRANNY RUN." Dorris did not become an activist until late in life, in her 80's if I remember correctly. Just goes to show you it is NEVER too late to start to rabble rouse.I met Granny D once when she was heading through Portland on her activist work. She told the story of how she met Woody Harrelson. Woody and pals were of course passing a joint. Woody asked her if she had ever smoked pot before. No was her answer. "HEY EVERYBODY! GRANNY D HAS NEVER SMOKED POT!" Woody handed her a joint and she took a few puffs. "What do you think, Granny?" Woody asked. "It's not doing a thing for me," she answered. "Then why are you giggling so much?" Woody asked her. Granny was 100.
Agent Rose passed on the other day. I had never heard of her until I heard about her on KBOO news on Women's Day.She was part of the French Resistance during WWII.
She helped some 90 folk escape from the Nazi's.
She believed she had to put her life on the line for others in this conflict.
When she was captured she was went to two death camps and faced a firing squad in the last, but the Nazi's ran in the face of the oncoming allies before killing her.
Her real name is Andree Peel. She was 104 when she died. Here is a spledid article about her.
Fern Holland was assassinated in Afghanistan struggling for women's rights in on March 9, 2004. A Cherokee lawyer, she struggled for the underdog her whole life.
Rachel Corrie was murdered 7 years ago on March 16, 2003. She was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver as she stood between the f***ing bastard and houses of Palestinians in the Israeli genocide and oppression of the Palestinian people. The F***ING bastard ran her over and murdered her.
All people worthy of admiration.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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