May 12, 2005
May the Store be With You
Next Thursday’s release of the last Star Wars movie, “Revenge of the Sith,” inspired the Organic Trade Organization to piggyback on the movie’s popularity. The group’s Grocery Store Wars site promotes the group’s message with an invitation to “join the organic rebellion.”
Among the “stars” of the campaign are Lord Tader, Chew Broccoli, Cuke Skywalker, Obi Wan Cannoli, Ham Solo and Princess Lettuce (no vegetables were harmed in the filming).
The animation is really cute. It has an added meaning for me, as my friend Mike Ross once made a cartoon series called Vegetable Farm, featuring a collection of zany vegetables. One of them was named after me: “Barney The Ballistic Beetroot.”
On the politics motivating the Store Wars feature: I am in favor of organic farming as it emphasizes sustainability. However, I do not support the protest against genetically modified agriculture. While Sierra Club is anti-GM, some leading environmentalists are suggesting the environmental movement should reconsider their position on this.
Posted by barney on May 12, 2005 at 6:10 pm | 2 Comments
May 7, 2005
America For Sale
I just came across this site, America For Sale created by Sean Bonner and Brent Wilson.
The following is from the about page:
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt
In the past few years, we have spent a lot of time reviewing national and international news sources and books on foreign/domestic relations and history in an attempt to understand the issues that are causing our current global turmoil. What we have learned is that there is an incredible amount of both misinformation and misunderstanding out there. For example, a CNN poll recently indicated 70% of Americans believe Iraqis attacked the U.S. on September 11th. This is not true.
Our goal here is to share the information we’ve compiled in an attempt to bring these issues to light – in the hopes we can make small changes in our own lives to prevent irreversible harm. We are not political activists, lobbyists or pundits and we do not pretend to be experts on politics, economics or global affairs. We do this because we love the virtues this nation was founded upon…the virtues contained in The United States Constitution and our Bill of Rights.
Please forward this to anyone and everyone you know who gives a damn about America.
Sean Bonner
Brent Wilson
about this site
This site is a collaborative effort by Brent Wilson and Sean Bonner. We are not politicians, pundits, hippies or liberals. We are a couple of friends who got pissed off and decided we couldn’t just sit idle watching anymore. There’s no hidden agenda and we’re not endorsing a candidate. As much as we aren’t Republicans we aren’t Democrats either, and it would take a million websites to point out the misdeeds of everyone who has ever held office. That’s not our goal. Our goal is to point out something wrong that is happening right now by people currently in office that the american public has the opportunity to do something about.
Americaforsale.org is not a news site, we provide links to archived stories on news sites, which provide current up to the minute news. This site is only an archive of recent history. There’s no opinion on this site. What you will find is real events, with real sources with the links to back them up. The sources we’ve cited include the FBI, the CIA, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Newsweek and the BBC. There is an incredible amount of both misinformation and misunderstanding out there, with this site we’re trying to correct that. This is not conspiracy theory, this is the news and it’s history in the making.
Posted by barney on May 7, 2005 at 6:22 pm | No Comments