Comments on: BNT’s Best of the Week 04/19/08

By: Ian MacKenzie

Ian MacKenzie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:28:30 +0000

This is a GEM. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam”

A quote: “We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered.”

http://husseini.org/2007/01/martin-luther-king-jr-why-i-am.html

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By: Michaela Lola

Michaela Lola — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:22:13 +0000

Really interesting (related) reads about media propaganda…

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/washington/20generals.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/20/nyt/

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By: Turner

Turner — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:06:12 +0000

Some of the more unconventional vagabonds:

http://www.keepingpaceinjapan.com/2008/04/unconventional-vagabonds.html

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By: N. Chrystine Olson

N. Chrystine Olson — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:38:25 +0000

You got it Tim…ought to be lots of cool amphibians there….and saddly the last two
members of the North African rhinocerous:(….civil war and illegal trade in rhino horn have pretty much sealed their fate.

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By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:19:28 +0000

Hey Chrysser, want to go scouting in the Congo? Thanks for the link!

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By: Ian MacKenzie

Ian MacKenzie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:58:30 +0000

Great articles! Thanks for the links guys (and gal).

Found a great one “How the Rich Starved the World”
http://newstatesman.com/200804170025

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By: Theodore Scott

Theodore Scott — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:18:53 +0000

Bestselling author Amy Tan has an article in the latest issue of National Geographic (May 2008) about an isolated farming community in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Tan writes about how the Dong minority that lives there is coping with entering the modern world.

The link has the full text of the article, but not all the pictures that are in the magazine.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/guizhou/amy-tan-text

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By: N. Chrystine Olson

N. Chrystine Olson — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:45:49 +0000

New technology in the Congo finds villages and people no one knew of before. Double edge sword. They discovered more rainforest. Problem is the GPS surveys were for logging interests. BBC World News site.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7355335.stm

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By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:53:19 +0000

When I saw the headline I thought – impossible – the writer is promising too much…but the advice is damn good and who knows, maybe with enough dedication and effort, it is possible to…

Become Fluent In A Foreign Language In 6 Months Or Less

http://matadorstudy.com/10-steps-to-becoming-fluent-in-a-language-in-6-months-or-less/

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By: Daniel Harbecke

Daniel Harbecke — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:23:17 +0000

The Onion: “Our Dumb World.” Focus on Tibet. Darn funny.

http://www.theonion.com/content/atlas/

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