Saturday, October 15, 2011

Educate Yourself, then Educate Others

CURRENT ATTENTION

FOX BUSINESS NEWS - PRO OCCUPATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF30eMuWFHI

MSNBC -PRO OCCUPATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCRnkamitVk

CURRENT, KEITH OLBERMANN -PRO OCCUPATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWyrk10_S84

ANONYMOUS -PRO OCCUPATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lrGZnKf888

RON PAUL -PRO OCCUPATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka1ym7S3F3w&feature=related






OTHER ONLINE EDUCATION

Andrew Napolitano, On The Constitution and its History/Contents (57 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sNWbiAMf80&feature=related

Max Igan's THE AWAKENING (1h 5min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60DfpHyuuL0&feature=related

ZEITGEIST: THE MOVIE 2007, (2h 1min)
http://player.vimeo.com/video/13726978

ZEITGEIST: ADDENDUM 2008, (2h 3min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewGMBOB4Gg

ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD 2011, (2h 41min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

KYMATICA (1h 23m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkbvJFEQgJU&feature=related






FILMS TO SEE

Inside Job (2010) 
Dir. Charles Ferguson, written by Charles Ferguson, Chad Beck, 108 min.: This Oscar-winning documentary from Sony Classics piles on the chronic aches and pains of Wall Street, from Lehman Brothers to AIG, mapping out the systemic corruption that causes the financial crisis to keep bleeding.

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) 
Dir. Michael Moore, written by Michael Moore, 127 min.: With the U.S. subprime mortgage fiasco well under way and the casino mentality in full throttle, Moore goes door to door looking for a sound explanation of why we trust in a system that is leaving more and more people behind.

Enron:  The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) 
Dir. Alex Gibney, written by Bethany McLean, Peter Eikind, Alex Gibney, 109 min.: Obsession, compulsion, and addiction, coupled with shell companies and a high stakes game of endless profits, created the deception and fraud that ultimately drove Enron into the ground.


Food, Inc. (2008) 
Dir. Robert Kenner, written by Robert Kenner, Kim Roberts, Elise Pearlstein: The "spinning of a pastoral fantasy" gets unspun in this must-watch look at the food on our dinner table and the wage slaves who bastardize it for the big companies that monetize Mother Nature.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006) 
Dir. Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack, 94 min.: Peak oil may be the one elephant in the room we're hoping the techocrats and wizards can chase away, but as this doc explains, no magic wand is that big.


Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) 
Dir. Robert Greenwald, 98 min.: Wal-Mart is the poster child for an American corporation gone bad in this in-depth analysis of how the retail giant keeps prices low and profits high. 


2012: Time for Change (2010)
Dir. Joao G. Amorim, 85 min.: Even if you're not into shamanism or psychedelic drugs, "Time for Change" offers more than just Iboga roots to chew on.

Casino Jack (2010) 
Dir. Alex Gibney, written by Alex Gibney, 118 min.: Wherever money and politics meet, lobbyist Jack Abramoff leaps in through the back door, highlighting just how much the fabric of the U.S. government resembles swiss cheese. 

(information from,  http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/idUS283171780220111007)


 OLDER WISDOM

Severn Suzuki, 12yo girl Addressing the UN, amazing (6min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsDliXzyAY 


Ron Paul History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka1ym7S3F3w&feature=related

1 comment:

  1. Nice to see the references to The Zeitgeist Movement. They don't have all the answers (specifically, I've not seen any good ideas fo how to get us moved off of our current, failed systems), but they've got a good end goal - better than any I've yet seen.

    Although reducing one's and other's ignorance is key to making real progress, our current society (past 30-50 years) has done such a poor job of teaching our young people (anyone born after 1960) HOW to think that they must first be taught that skill before they'll be able to make best use of the material you've cited.

    So, to anyone reading this who wants to really understand our world, please search for instruction on "critical thinking" and "root cause analysis".

    Good luck. We're all going to need a lot of that.

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