Posts Tagged ‘iraq’
06.11.08
Am I the only one who is a little confused with the John McCain TV Ad (which has been airing quite a bit lately)? I can’t quite figure out why he says “I hate war” when he previously stated that he doesn’t think Americans are concerned if troops are in Iraq for 10,000 Years?!?!
Tags: Americans, iraq, John McCain, Troops, TV Ad
Category: Politics
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01.17.07
We thank you for reading our random rants and raves and supporting our efforts to promote our creative causes and those of our friends. Word. With that being said, chew on this excerpt from Carl M. Cannon’s recent article in the Atlantic entitled, “Why do Presidents Lie?” “Do they lie more than most peope? Are lies of omission essentially the same as lies of commission? What about presidents who convince themselves of things that are untrue - who are, we would say, “in denial”? Is this tantamount to lying? Can presidents be truly effective without lying - or are there times when they simply must engage in dececption? If so, when? And how is the public to know whether presidents are abusing that perogative?”
T.S. Elioit once wrote, “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” Personally, I’m in agreement. If that truly is the case does our incapacity to deal with reality justify the lies our government tells its public? Perhaps it does.
NOTE: For the record, the JoyEngine crew is in strong opposition to the war in Iraq. However, this is a slippery slope. We, as a warring nation cannot just pull our troops out of Iraq and let the Iraqi people fall into an even further state of chaos and begin slaughtering themselves in an inevitable civil war. While I personally have various theories on how to potentially handle our current situation in Iraq, I’m just not that scholarly, I’m far from knowing all the facts, the true state of the Iraqi nation, the sentiment of the Iraqi people, all the tenets of both the Sunni and Shiite doctrines, and subsequently will not voice any further opinion on the subject.
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Tags: iraq, middle east, war
Category: Misc.
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Scot Lefavor’s “Barack Obama For Change” posters are now available in Scot’s online store. The edition is only 75 - so move quick!
Scribe’s latest body of work, entitled Introvert Extrovert, drops tonight at Cardboard Spaceship in Santa Cruz. Scribe is comin’ up hard and fast, and he deserves it.
INDYINK is hosting the 2nd annual Plastisol Free For All on Thurs. Sept. 7th. Doors open at 3pm!!!
SOFT&FURRY™ comes alive at the Plastic Chapel in just 2 weeks on September, 13th. 50+ artists from around the world come together to celebrate the art of toy customization.
Nice collection of recent Ball Park hood, Denver street art coming together over at the Egotist. If you swing by the Manifest Hope show… keep your eyes peeled. There’s some gems, for sure.
Shepard Fairey and Manifest Hope hit the streets… Rad new stash of new pics over at Beauty And The Street!!!
For those in the twin cities, Poster Offensive 4 will be hitting the hood on Friday August 29th 2008 at the Black Dog Cafe just in time for the RNC convention. Be there. Expect to see great work from the likes of Aesthetic Apparatus, Eighthourday, Miss Amy Jo, and many more.
There’s all sorts of prep goin’ on at Andenken for the Manifest Hope Gallery exhibit. Stay up on the show over at Beauty and the Street.
Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, a pair of Bigfoot-hunting hobbyists from north Georgia, say they found the creature’s body in a wooded area and spotted several similar creatures that were still alive. More at cnn.com
Chris Huth for I am 8-Bit. Wow!
Anthem Heart presents Worn to Be Wild tonight at Vs. Social Standard. If your in MPLS get there tonight, after party at Triple Rock. Check the flyer for deets.
2009 Semi-Permanent Book Submissions are going on now. Deadline Nov. 30th.
DNC is almost here and we need to let the streets know what ‘change’ and ‘hope’ means to our culture! Come out this Friday 8-15-08 and express yourselves with some OG Mafiosos! Email The Magnet Mafia for more info:
workshop@magnetmafia.com
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Graffiti artist, Eric Inkala showing at Fox Tax Gallery tomorrow night. Show starts at 6pm.
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Call for entries for Fl@33’s newest book titled Made and Sold. The Graphic designer’s Sidelines! They are looking for self-initiated and self-promo work, send your ish in and find out if you make the cut. Due date August 25th.
Today marks the last day of the SOFT&FURRY™ logo contest. If you’ve got one in the hopper, wrap it up and get it in!!!
We’re gonna be makin’ some mods to the site over the next week or so in an effort to make it a bit more user friendly… yadda… yadda.. Anyway, if it’s all eff’d up at any point - it won’t be for too long.
DJAGARTA in St. Petersburg, Russia just got his illustrations online. Yay!!!
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