Wednesday, May 31, 2006

 

JUNE 1 2006 - AARON HEATH

"THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE NO JOKE; YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST POWERFUL JOB IN THE WORLD, AND YET THE CAMPAIGNING IS AN EXERCISE IN SOPHISTRY AND BULLSHIT".

('Tygerland' Blog - "Gore '08 ? Don't bet on it" - May 31 2006)

 

MAY 31 2006 - KEN LOACH

"OUR FILM IS ABOUT A LITTLE STEP, A VERY LITTLE STEP, IN THE BRITISH CONFRONTING THEIR IMPERIALIST HISTORY; AND IF WE TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAST, MAYBE WE (CAN) TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PRESENT."

(Film Director Ken Loach - on receiving The Canne Festival's Palme d'Or for "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" - Saturday May 27)

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

 

MAY 30 2006 - NOAM CHOMSKY

"SEPARATING AND ISOLATING PEOPLE IS A TECHNIQUE OF CONTROL. TELEVISION IS INHERENTLY AN ISOLATING DEVICE."

Note : This first quotation for "Words As Weapons Of Mass Construction - The 2006 Collection" was chosen by Richard W. Symonds - after reading The Independent, "Noam Chomsky - How America Lost Its Way", Front Page, 30 May 2006.

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