The President get’s his vacation, did you get yours?
This is gross. Really. We’re paying him to make wars we don’t want and take vacationshe doesn’t deserve. I guess lying to the people of the world is terribly stressful… “our” poor president needs plenty of rest. Give me a break.
He needs to spend his next vacation in the slammer. What was that? Did I hear someone say war criminal?
08/08/2003
Corporate reform?
Tenniel over at CyberEcology has a great writeup on the dynamics of consumer activism and corporate reform. Evidently McDonald’s is reforming some of it’s practices. This is great as far as it goes. The problem, as Tenniel points out, is that the public never really knows if these reforms are real. It’s important that we not take the glossy brochures distributed by corporations as truthful representations. Often times they are nothing more than PR spin.
My take is that corporations, which function in the context of capitalism, cannot reform. It’s not a part of their nature. Asking a corporation to function in a socially just or ecologically sustainable way would be like asking the toaster in the kitchen to fly across the room. Not going to happen. At most a corporation will have at least one socially responsible option… so that they can comply with their pr.
08/08/2003
Bush’s Uranium Lies
The Washington post has an informative article which outlines the determination of Bush and company to use the African uranium “intelligence”. Not only did he use it in his state of the union, but the White House used it before and after that. It’s been said before and will be said again: Bush is a liar. He’s not the only one though. Say it with me: War Crimes.
Found via Body and Soul.
08/08/2003
Memphis Flash Mob
So yes, looks like there may be a Memphis Flash Mob… stay tuned for more info.