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IN DEBT WE TRUST (2006)

by ThePete 12:00 pm 2008-11-12

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Positive Experience/Entertaining? Definitely–in a very depressing, disturbing way.

Technically any good? It’s not the tightest docu in the world for sure–also, it seems to cover the same ground a couple of times and it also seems to suggest that the national debt has something to do with the personal debts of individual Americans–which it is NOT (check out I.O.U.S.A. for that, I hear). However, it gets a lot of other stuff right (I’ve done my research) and actually predicts everything we’ve experienced economically over the past 6 months. From subprime loans to individuals with too many credit cards, this 2 year-old documentary nails it.

How did it leave me feeling? A little depressed–the film tries to suggest how we can stop the coming problems, but obviously, we know that none of it worked. :\ Still, it’s a nice history lesson for next time. :(

Final Rating? GSN - GO SEE NOW - and learn about some of the things that caused this mess.

by ThePete 12:00 pm 2008-11-12 On Home Video, PocketReviews.Net, Reviews | Tags , , , | $ |

TORTURING DEMOCRACY a New Documentary

by ThePete 3:49 pm 2008-10-17
I’m a big fan of taking the good with the bad. If it’s true, even if it’s bad, I want to hear about it and I want to deal with it, the sooner, the better. Sadly (to me), not everyone shares this view. Many people want to deny and ignore as much as they can when they don’t like it. When the Abu Ghraib story broke a few years ago, I really didn’t want to see those photos. I really didn’t want to believe that my government would torture.

I had heard that government officials would take suspects and have them "interrogated" in countries where torture was legal. This disturbed me enough. When the waterboarding stuff broke, I wasn’t shocked, but I was disappointed. Then, when Bush insisted that "we don’t torture" I knew it was just Orwellian doublespeak and that we do torture.

"Torturing Democracy" is all about America committing acts of torture. According to the official website (http://torturingdemocracy.org/ ) the documentary: "…relies on the documentary record to connect the dots in an investigation of harsh interrogations of prisoners in U.S. custody - and points straight to the top. Timely and powerful, at its heart the film is about the rule of law - and how the government pushed it aside despite the fierce resistance of many on the inside."

Attached to this post is one of the excerpts available on the official site and it features Richard Armitage, Deputy Sec of State under Colin Powell, talking about how he was waterboarded (as part of training) and how he definitely considers waterboarding a form of torture. He also mentions that he’s ashamed that the discussion about whether waterboarding is torture or not is even being considered.

If you’re in the Washington DC area, watch this docu on WETA at 10pm tonight (10/17/8). Check out a complete listing of channels and times here: http://is.gd/4gLf

OR just go to http://TorturingDemocracy.org/ to watch the entire movie right now.

I have yet to watch it, but plan on doing so this weekend. I’ll post a review next week.

Be responsible for what your government does–watch this movie and be offended as you should be. Then, vote accordingly.

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by ThePete 3:49 pm 2008-10-17 In TheNews, TheDistractainment, ThePete.Com, TheWars | Tags , , , , , , | $ |

SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA (2008)

by ThePete 4:37 pm 2008-09-23

utterli-imageHere’s my "pocket review" for the documentary "SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA". Watch my blog for more on this movie.

Positive Experience/Entertaining? Definitely! Any documentary that gets you talking so much that you want to pause the film and talk in the middle of it is a documentary that is doing its job.

Technically any good? I think the film does a really good job of engaging viewers. Minutes in I was hooked and found myself getting mad at the conservatives talking, hence proving the film’s point. We’re all getting played and that we’re ultimately more similar than we are different. I definitely think this film is a great primer for people interested in breaking out of our system of "divide and conquer" politics and media. Anyone sick of the "black & white" of American thinking should see this movie.

How did it leave me feeling? Fired up! It was great to see a film point out that there just might be something wrong with the underlying system–the system that suggests everything can be boiled down to a binary argument. Black or white, on or off, with us or against us, red or blue, Republican or Democrat, our system short changes us by over simplifying our interests and our needs. While I think the film does lean a little toward the liberal side, I do think SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA does a great job of establishing that this is a bipartisan crime–everyone embraces the binary argument in a world of vast variables.

Final Rating? GSN - GO SEE NOW!! FOUR STARS! **** <– see? There they are! Now go find a copy of this movie, watch it and become more aware of how we’re all being played.

Here’s the trailer:

Check out official SPLIT website here: http://splitdoc.com/

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by ThePete 4:37 pm 2008-09-23 On Home Video, PocketReviews.Net | Tags , , , , , , , , | $ |

STEALING AMERICA ON DVD just $5!!

by ThePete 9:56 pm 2008-09-18

Stealing America: Vote by Vote, a documentary I helped with is now on DVD!!

The best bit is that you can buy a copy for just five bucks!! That’s an even better deal now that the dollar is so weak!!

Please buy your copy here: stealingamericathemovie.org/order_dvd.html

Or check out the movie poster and the trailer:

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Please pick up a copy of this movie and help spread the word about how flawed our election system is!! Show this movie (or ANY movie about our flawed election system) to your friends and family.

We can’t be sure our votes will be counted if things don’t change and what good is a democracy if all the votes aren’t counted?

by ThePete 9:56 pm 2008-09-18 In TheNews, Politricks, ThePete.Com | Tags , , , , , , , , | $ |

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