Last post. Overall, it was a well produced event. Some thoughts:
AOL did a great job and the everything for most part worked well. I liked that they kept you abreast of what was happening in other cities. One complaint would be that the individual city info didn't automatically refresh and when you did a manual refresh, the video portion cut out.
MTV absolutely sucks. I've not watched that channel in years but they talked over performers and cut out during songs. AOL was kind of like watching the C-Span version while MTV was like watching the...well, the MTV version. I really don't give a shit what MC Lyte thinks about anything if it means I miss Pink Floyd or Linkin Park.
It seems as though things went well throughout the world. Sadly, the G-8 will forgive debt and money will flow into Africa and nothing will change. AIDS will run rampant until condoms are worn or sexual habits are changed, dictators will horde food and use it as a weapon, and rape will be used as a form of terror.
I respect Sir Bob Geldof for attempting to make a difference, alas, I think twenty tears from now we'll see little improvement.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
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1. Scott, I agree. Unless serious, radical, fundamental changes are made - (1) God, (2) free markets, (3) rule of law, i.e. constitutional governments with guaranteed liberties for property rights and personal rights all this is useless.
2. Liberals have good intentions, conservatives and libertarians have good results.
3. Here is my post published 3 weeks ago:
(June 12, 2005) Irish Bono, the leader of U.2., and his English counterpart, Tony Blair, the leader of U.K., plan to co-host July G-8 summit at Bono's humble palace in Scotland. Bono, a rocker turned politician, has a plan to solve the poverty and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
"We should eliminate all trade barriers with Africa. In 17th and 18th centuries, Africa exported jazz music to the U.S.A, which at the time was a musical dump. The free flow of music modernized America, and now it is leading the world in pop culture and music. Its time to export rock music and rap crap to Africa. While in Tibet, I studied the healing aspects of classical music on HIV/AIDS patients. However, in this post-modern age, exporting the decadent and decayed music of the dead white Christian European males will not be sensitive to the black Africa, with its large animistic and Muslim population," explained Bono, who holds a Ph.D. in economics and Masters in the history of music.
"Moreover, my colleague Dr. Dean will address the side effects of such quack medicine in the upcoming meeting of the Democratic National Committee," continued Bono. Dr. Howard Dean, the chairman of the D.N.C., is well known for his recent diagnosis of the Republican Party as a white Christian party.
"In addition, my good friend Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, a respected musician, talented lyricist, generous philantropist and a non-partisan Democratic party operative, volunteered to turn 'Rock the Vote' organization into the 'Africa Corp' of 21st century," said Bono.
"After 'Rock the Vote' and the gay rights movement successfully got Bush's ass during the 2004 election, its time to go home - Africa," stated P. Diddy, who is a black Muslim. "However, to be successful, we must adopt our methods of intercouse with the local population with its narrow minded traditions of strictly heterosexuality."
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The link is here http://satire.myblogsite.com/blog
5. I have another post
"African Aid Tied To Cannibalism" - A must read. dated June 14, 2005.
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