Against my better instincts I decided to watch a BBC documentary on a subject I want to know a lot more about. The effect of our CO2 emmissions on the environment.
Why did I bother? I ended up watching to the end just to see if there would be a glimmer of fair debate in the whole programme. There wasn't.
While slating Lord Christopher Monckton for a lack of scientific knowledge, filmmaker Rupert Murray blithely creates a documentary that manages to avoid any science at all.
There is a lot of emotional blackmail with film of various weather related drama around the World.
More emotional blackmail showing that some people who are old and some who are very right wing in America greet the sceptics warmly.
A LOT of content following the lord around doing stuff. OK he is quite a nice eccentric. If this was a program about his eccentricity, I would know not to watch it because that would bore me. The first 10 minutes was all this and it was terrible. Even if it had been about an eccentric, this was badly done.
How can anyone get PAID for producing something this bad? How does it get through the program planners out on to our sets? How much did he get in expenses, considering visits to Ausralia, America Scotland and probably other places.
BBC, you advertised a program about environmental scepticism. That was fraudulent.
When will the BBC start producing programs that search out the truth instead of programs that propogate the Government's line on issues?
Monday 31 January 2011
Friday 28 January 2011
the New American Century movie
http://www.documentarywire.com/the-new-american-century/#
I am not a historian so I do not know how good this guy's credentials are but just going by the factual stuff in the movie, America has a lot to answer for.
Sadly, we as scots are complicit unless we spend every waking moment fighting our own Govt for their complicity in these events.
Most of us know that the terrorists of 9/11 came from much nearer home than Bin Laden and his mates. Why do we let the US Govt get away with their outrageous lies about it?
Why has there never been an enquiry into our own possible false flag op on 7/7?
What happened to the trillion US dollars that went missing?
Why was Haliburton allowed to rip off the US people as it did and continues to do?
Since when do Western military forces go into a country and completely destroy its infrastructure and its history?
My conclusion is that there is a force behind our Governments that has no conscience and which no moral or ethical arguments can influence.
Take a look at the programmes that most of our population sit and watch every day on TV. If it isn't reality TV, its supersoft comedy; Soaps or war movies, Vampires or the latest drama in the life of someone famous for making a lot of money.
I have nothing against tired people putting their feet up and switching off for an hour or two before bed. However, I do believe that our ignorance of the shenanegans of our government will one day result in us waking up to find we now inhabit the nightmare that our armies are causing others in our name today.
I am not a historian so I do not know how good this guy's credentials are but just going by the factual stuff in the movie, America has a lot to answer for.
Sadly, we as scots are complicit unless we spend every waking moment fighting our own Govt for their complicity in these events.
Most of us know that the terrorists of 9/11 came from much nearer home than Bin Laden and his mates. Why do we let the US Govt get away with their outrageous lies about it?
Why has there never been an enquiry into our own possible false flag op on 7/7?
What happened to the trillion US dollars that went missing?
Why was Haliburton allowed to rip off the US people as it did and continues to do?
Since when do Western military forces go into a country and completely destroy its infrastructure and its history?
My conclusion is that there is a force behind our Governments that has no conscience and which no moral or ethical arguments can influence.
Take a look at the programmes that most of our population sit and watch every day on TV. If it isn't reality TV, its supersoft comedy; Soaps or war movies, Vampires or the latest drama in the life of someone famous for making a lot of money.
I have nothing against tired people putting their feet up and switching off for an hour or two before bed. However, I do believe that our ignorance of the shenanegans of our government will one day result in us waking up to find we now inhabit the nightmare that our armies are causing others in our name today.
Monday 24 January 2011
Who controls 'the news'?.
What happened on Friday at the Chilcott enquiry? I have heard very little about Blair's most recent performance except that he is still making aggressive comments towards Iran.
Speaking of which, why have the BBC and ITN been attacking Press TV recently?
Press TV is funded by the Iranian Government and you might expect it to be like the old style flag waving tool of Government. It is actually not this at all. It may be a more subtle tool, but it gives very fair reports, careful to bring in a wide selection of experts, different viewpoints and a historical perspective to its articles.
I find it much less biassed and far more informative than our own homegrown news. I especially enjoy Comment on a Thursday at 7pm, The Agenda, and the Epilogue.
There is so much going on in the World at the moment, yet our news grows more and more like the kids programme, Newsround.
When I was a child, we were always told that we had a news service to be proud of. I have not felt proud of it for many years. There is a terrible bias towards the USA and a tendency to ignore anything that might cause the general public to question our governments behaviour abroad.
I really do not know who is sabotaging our news. I do not think it can simply be that we are not producing the same calibre of reporters. The news channels of Al Jazeera and Press find their reporters from the same batch and they do a brilliant job.
I have to assume that someone is pressurising the big Brittish networks. I know channel 4 showed a stunning eye-opening programme a while back that showed the influence of Isreali groups in ensuring they did not suffer from accurate reporting of events. This explained a lot about the content of the programmes but not why our government would allow such behaviour.
I havent seen the new newspaper the i yet but I really do hope it lives up to its hype.
Speaking of which, why have the BBC and ITN been attacking Press TV recently?
Press TV is funded by the Iranian Government and you might expect it to be like the old style flag waving tool of Government. It is actually not this at all. It may be a more subtle tool, but it gives very fair reports, careful to bring in a wide selection of experts, different viewpoints and a historical perspective to its articles.
I find it much less biassed and far more informative than our own homegrown news. I especially enjoy Comment on a Thursday at 7pm, The Agenda, and the Epilogue.
There is so much going on in the World at the moment, yet our news grows more and more like the kids programme, Newsround.
When I was a child, we were always told that we had a news service to be proud of. I have not felt proud of it for many years. There is a terrible bias towards the USA and a tendency to ignore anything that might cause the general public to question our governments behaviour abroad.
I really do not know who is sabotaging our news. I do not think it can simply be that we are not producing the same calibre of reporters. The news channels of Al Jazeera and Press find their reporters from the same batch and they do a brilliant job.
I have to assume that someone is pressurising the big Brittish networks. I know channel 4 showed a stunning eye-opening programme a while back that showed the influence of Isreali groups in ensuring they did not suffer from accurate reporting of events. This explained a lot about the content of the programmes but not why our government would allow such behaviour.
I havent seen the new newspaper the i yet but I really do hope it lives up to its hype.
The enneagram
I have been hearing good stuff about this enneagram for a few months but wasn't that impressed with an online test I took. I never did believe that human beings could or should be pigeon-holed. I suspect that if you can find 6 or 7 traits you could just as easily find a million or two.
Just spent tonight taking various enneagram tests and I have to admit the accuracy of the predictions made has been mind-blowing.
Best of all, it gives very simple tips on overcoming problems.
I am a Type 5 or Investigator. this means that at my best I am perceptive, cerebral, alert and curious about the world. I need to be knowledgable and independent to be happy. I also need a peaceful, easygoing environment. All true.
The unhealthy aspects involve becoming detached from the real world and retreating into the perceived safety of my own thoughts. Quite a timely warning as I have been out of work due to a fractured wrist and I do not relish going back into the world again.
If interested, I think this test is excellent,
http://www.similarminds.com/test.html
Just spent tonight taking various enneagram tests and I have to admit the accuracy of the predictions made has been mind-blowing.
Best of all, it gives very simple tips on overcoming problems.
I am a Type 5 or Investigator. this means that at my best I am perceptive, cerebral, alert and curious about the world. I need to be knowledgable and independent to be happy. I also need a peaceful, easygoing environment. All true.
The unhealthy aspects involve becoming detached from the real world and retreating into the perceived safety of my own thoughts. Quite a timely warning as I have been out of work due to a fractured wrist and I do not relish going back into the world again.
If interested, I think this test is excellent,
http://www.similarminds.com/test.html
Friday 21 January 2011
It is long past time for all who value the freedom our parents fought a terrible war for to get serious.
It has come to a very sorry place when a tv channel funded by a totalitarian state like Iran gives us better, fairer and more in depth news on key issues than our home channels.
ITN etc still claim their worth in their own write-ups but anyone surfing the net or even the channels available on cable soon realize that we are being duped.
It is very worrying to see trusted news readers subtly turning viewers agains the muslim world.
It makes me very angry when Israeli actions receive little or no condemnation in our revered newsrooms.
Where are the investigations by our press into the lies told about the attacks on America on 9.11 or on London in 7.7.?
Where the fair and highly moral reports on events around the world we used to be so proud of.
The other day my sister said that Americans get no news from around the world at all. The sad truth is that neither do the Scots any more unless they actively search it out for themselves.
It has come to a very sorry place when a tv channel funded by a totalitarian state like Iran gives us better, fairer and more in depth news on key issues than our home channels.
ITN etc still claim their worth in their own write-ups but anyone surfing the net or even the channels available on cable soon realize that we are being duped.
It is very worrying to see trusted news readers subtly turning viewers agains the muslim world.
It makes me very angry when Israeli actions receive little or no condemnation in our revered newsrooms.
Where are the investigations by our press into the lies told about the attacks on America on 9.11 or on London in 7.7.?
Where the fair and highly moral reports on events around the world we used to be so proud of.
The other day my sister said that Americans get no news from around the world at all. The sad truth is that neither do the Scots any more unless they actively search it out for themselves.
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