
Why We Fight-I have been watching this movie over and over again for in depth understanding of my Censored 2010 story and it is still puzzling to me but for the sake that I can throw paint on my blog here we go. Starting with the architecture of the Pentagon, their opening line on their website states that "they are one of the worlds largest office buildings in the world" It houses daily, 23,000 employees. Here is a quick look at how the Pentagon participates in the Military Industrial Complex, which is the central argument around the production of Why We Fight. Lets break down the architecture of the Pentagon when it comes to buying weapons for the military. Boeing, for example, It starts at the contractors pitching to the Pentagon, they lowball the initial estimates, and over estimate what it can do or promise. Then it underestimates the burdens it will most likely impose. Once the Air-force buys it, there will be a flood of money to congressional districts as quickly as possible. The revolving door steps in. You see that when the people who run the government also are on the board of directors, or more in this case the people who produce the weapons and bombs that we go to war with, the politician needs those votes to keep jobs in his job. So they must endorse and support the fact we are buying all of these weapons. The powering of CONTRACTING at its finest! The more profitable something seems or can be, the more is will be used and distorted, like our foreign policy. Do you think they all face outward in hopes of thinking of others, or introspect into their own personal growth, if you hold such a high office position, the people you represent don't come first?
For which class did you watch WHY WE FIGHT, Molly?
ReplyDeleteThe director, Eugene Jarecki, is a neighbor down here in Mad River.
A GOOD 15 sentence meditation - how 'bout some embedded video and more hyperlinks, as well as paragraphing?
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I always skim the independent films when I am in a video store and I came across it. The next one I want to check out is FLOW, about the privatization of water. I will label all my meditations with the title Media Meditation___ then the number. Anything else is just a random thought, or post. I will revisit and work on formatting for numbers 3 and 4. Thank you!
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