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MARGINALISATION CHALLENGE
Oxford Research Group researchnik Chris Abbott’s new book repeats the usual nonsense:
Abbott says terrorism is clearly not the greatest threat to world security. A far bigger danger will come from climate change, with the large-scale displacement of people, and food and water shortages; the competition for increasingly scarce resources like oil; the marginalisation of most of the world’s population, a key factor in the growth of terrorism ...
If most of the world’s population is marginalised, wouldn’t they be ... majoritised? Yet Abbott has some heavyweight support:
The book is backed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, centre-left former British Labour MP Clare Short and musician Brian Eno.
Your challenge: identify three figures in the fields of religio-activism, leftoid politics and 70s crap rock who are even more marginal than Tutu, Short, and Eno. Bonus points for naming the hypothetical book backed by your loser trio.
(Via Kae)
How will a warmer, wetter climate with more CO2 result in food shortages? Historically, those conditions have resulted in food surpluses from longer growing seasons and faster growth.
The epitome of this was during the MCO, when Native Americans with only a handful of crops (and only one grain, and not an ideal grain at that) were able to build a cultural powerhouse that touched just about every place between the Smokies and the Rockies, centered on a city of 10,000. They had only stone age technology, didn’t use the wheel, and the only domestic animal they had was the dog.
Surely we can do better, right?
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2007 11 08 at 10:42 AM • permalinkWell, i don’t want to brag, but my new book “Night Train: Find Salvation Through The Sweet Juice” is coming out soon, and Leif Garrett, Mike Dukakis and Jim Bakker all have given it a big bottoms up.
Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 11 08 at 10:54 AM • permalinkPretty much summed up by Gerard Henderson’s response to the hackademics predicting a splintering of the Oz Federal Liberal party into separate parties, should it lose the upcoming election:
a bunch of amateurs who should get out of the library and into the real world ... ((Oz) political parties are a small-to-medium business and can’t afford such).
Fred Phelps, Mark Latham, and Harry Belafonte.
“Beyond Belief: How Idiots Are Becoming A Bigger Threat To Civilization Than Terrorism Or Climate Change.”
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 11 08 at 10:58 AM • permalinkMy Merry Oldsmobile: Staying Afloat Politically Through Inquests, Scandals and George Bush’s Fascist Night, by Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Father Daniel Berrigan: “Spiritually profound.”
Ramsey Clark: “The high-water mark of progressive political sensibility”.
Keith Richards: “Fook! This is flour! Hey, Mick, this is fookin’ flour, man! We been screwed!”
Gotta say, Eno may be marginal to ‘70s crap-rock, but he was central to Roxy Music’s indispensable first two albums and the Talking Heads’ indispensable Remain in Light. His own first two solo albums are indispensable as well.
Of course, he hasn’t anything worth hearing in all the many years since Wrong Way Up with John Cale (1990); that one was OK. His most widely heard music since then was the irritating new-agey startup music that Windows 95 played (no joke, that was Eno). And his political views have always been the moronic bullshit you’d expect from a great musician. I’d rather listen to Blair sing than listen to Eno jabber incoherently about politics or climate science.
But give the man his due.
Posted by Don't Bogart that Midget, Comrade! on 2007 11 08 at 11:38 AM • permalinkYou want crap? I got world-beating drek: Jackson flogged algore’s Earth in the Balance. Almost as bad as Debbie Boone playing a jailed hooker, which she did, also in the 70s.
Posted by Gary from Jersey on 2007 11 08 at 01:08 PM • permalinkCardinal Roger Mahoney, Dr. Howard Dean and Boy George put their heads together and come up with:
“A Brief History of Perverse Bullshit”
Woops! Spilled over into the 80s there. I spent the 1970s listening to pre-1960 music.
Posted by Harry Bergeron on 2007 11 08 at 01:17 PM • permalinkClare Short: center left?
Clare Short’s book, An Honourable Deception?: New Labour, Iraq, and the Misuse of Power, was released on 1 November 2004. It is an account of her career in New Labour, most notably her relationship with Tony Blair, the relationship between Blair and Gordon Brown and the build up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
In December, 2004, Short was reportedly critical of U.S. efforts to dispense aid to countries devastated by a tsunami caused by a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean. She is quoted as stating that the formation of a group of countries led by the United States for this purpose was a challenge to the role of the United Nations, which she believed was uniquely qualified for the task
I’ve got no problem with center-left persons for the most part, but she appears to be merely an idiot who believes in the U.N.
Isn’t there a way to persuade these people to watch “The Great Global Warming Swindle”?
Last night, I saw it all the way through for the first time. Despite lefty comments to the contrary, it appears most of the world’s actual educated, trained, have-done-the-research climatologists are of the belief that human-generated CO2 has little to do with Gerbil Warning. This includes the lead scientist of the IPCC.
Don’t the lefties like Tutu, Short, Gore, Eno, Crow, etc realize that only a moron could believe… Oh, wait. Never mind.
L. Ron Hubbard, Dennis Kucinich and Ozzie Osborne.
Whoah, whoah, whoah! I have some respect for Ozzie, who doesn’t pretend to be anything he’s not.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2007 11 08 at 03:10 PM • permalinkI’ve got a lot of time for Eno, but like most musicians, he’s in trouble the moment he stops singing and starts talking. He’s turning into the Harold Pinter of music. Of course, if I only listened to music by people I agree with, the only albums on my iPod would be by Megadeth and KISS.
Posted by rick mcginnis on 2007 11 08 at 03:13 PM • permalink...and the Nuge. Can’t forget the Nuge.
Posted by rick mcginnis on 2007 11 08 at 03:14 PM • permalinkOT:
In this year’s Weblog Awards, Tim’s down by 21 puny little votes, Blairites. And there’s only TWO HOURS LEFT. Get out and vote or be forever scorned!
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 11 08 at 03:48 PM • permalinkAhh, Brian Eno, perfect music with which to drive over a cliff.
Bishop John Spong, Jeremy Rifkin and Glen Frey.
Posted by Pat Patterson on 2007 11 08 at 05:05 PM • permalinkReverend Sun Myung Moon,Ralph Nader and Captain Beefheart came together today to launch
‘We aint giving em back- how the left won the White House, the Lodge and Number 10’Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 05:09 PM • permalinkI will alert my friend, preview to vote for the Written Proof that de Brito is a Dickhead blog.
BTW A tip earlier in the week from the ever-reliable crikey that the Daily Telegraph was to tip a bucket on nice Mr Rudd today has proven off the mark. However, seems unlikely to me that Rudd’s elaborate genital piercings can possibly remain secret for much longer.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 08 at 05:18 PM • permalink46-egg- I’m trying to keep the contents of my stomach down after hearing this line on AM:
‘Yes Kevin Rudd can do this to teenage girls’ cue teenage girls squealing in a pantswetting frenzy of excitement.
please don’t add Mark Latham into the mix :)
Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 05:21 PM • permalink47- Rudd’s elaborate genital piercings can possibly remain secret for much longer.
He has genitals?- I thought he was a non threatening anatomically incorrect model, like Ken.
Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 05:26 PM • permalinkOn this issue of ‘global warming is a worse threat than terrorism’, one bit of moonbat logic always defeats me: they maintain that (a) wars will break out over decreasing resources like water and dry land (sic), but (b) the first world can high-handedly deny industrialization to the developing world indefinitely and without any negative consequences, not even some hurt feelings. The developing world will apparently go to war over water, but never over coal. No blood for, er, coal!
I’m not at all worred by the unstable globe, it’s the unstable people in the upper eschelons who worry me.
(I see TRJS has covered this at #6.)
#7 Whatchoo got against Terry Jacks?
Goodbye to you, Gaia my friend.
We’ve known each other since I first began.
Together we climbed hills and trees.
Learned of love and ABC’s,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to fly,
with all the CO2 gathering in the sky,
Now that the heat is in the air.
Polar bears drown everywhere.
When you see them I’ll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we lost icefloes in the sun.
But the floes that we climbed
were just melting all the time.Teens scream for KRudd (AM Audio now here). One teen questioned Rudd about stopping live exports.
These kids are really clueless, aren’t they.
#56 polls are closed and it’s Blair by 22 votes!
#55 very nice work
Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 06:09 PM • permalinkSlightly O/T
Another “prize” to avoid like the plague.Blix awarded Sydney Peace Prize
Such a prestigious list to join. And in yet another Blairs law moment Bishop Tutu has been a winner in earlier years.
A list of winners and what they Really won for.
2006 Irene Khan , Secretary General of Amnesty International: For continuing to claim Australia is a country of heartless fascists.
2005 Olara Otunnu, United Nations Under Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict: Hows darfur working out for you eh?
2004 Arundhati Roy, author and human rights campaigner. Ill let her speak for herself, “We don’t have to choose between Imperialism and Terrorism, we have to choose what form of resistance will rid us of both.”
2003 Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Founder and Secretary General of the Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH): And thats working how??
2002 Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former President of Ireland: See the 2006 winner.
2001 Sir William Deane AC KBE, former Governor General of Australia: As above
2000 Xanana Gusmão, East Timorese leader, currently (2004) President of East Timor. A leftist but maybe worthy winner?
1999 Archbishop Desmond Tutu. For his work as Chairman of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Watch out Al hes got a Nobel as well!!
Heres a link to the prize site.
Funny the site has no mention of who selects the winners. Wonder if precious phil is involved somewhere.Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 11 08 at 06:49 PM • permalinkBishop Gene Robinson, Tom Hayden, Yusuf Islam.
Bareback on the Peace Train to a Democratic Society
Posted by Kyda Sylvester on 2007 11 08 at 07:10 PM • permalink(a) The Chairperson of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Committee on Interfaith Dialogue
(b) Peter Breen
(c)Mark HoldenMichael GudinskiJesse Jackson, Dennis Kucinich, Michael Jackson
Play That Funky Music (White Boy)
IN BOOK FORM of course. Jesse looks at the other two and thinks..“which one”?
Well I have always liked Eno’s music. I vote for Cat Stevens.
His song I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun was maybe precient; but does he now recoil in horror at the thought of his I Love My Dog. His The First Cut Is the Deepest should have been a warning sign of his islamist leanings. But then there were so many signs Foreigner and Buddha and the bulldozer
Also, I vote for him as the religious loonie. So that leaves me a leftoid…hmmm…yes, Jimmah Carer.
OK, but they wouldn’t write a book, they’d form a band The Allah Cats an d their first hit would be ....
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 11 08 at 07:40 PM • permalink.. #74 that’s jimmah Carter with a glotal stop car’er; well known attribute of franco-cocknies.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 11 08 at 07:42 PM • permalinkHow about
The demented politician: Dennis Kucinich
The religious faker: Muktada al-Sadr
The musician: Marilyn Manson
The book: Moonbat outta Hell
ps- why do we never see these three guys on stage at the same time??
Posted by Mystery Meat on 2007 11 08 at 07:46 PM • permalinkJim Jones, Jim Carter, Jim Morrison
The book: By Jimminy!
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 11 08 at 08:08 PM • permalinkHa! What puny efforts- I’ve got a dingbat that cover all three categories- I give you the Member for Kingsford Smith, an un-reconstructed Maoist, God-botherer and former lead epileptic in an unlamented surf-punk band that smoked too many cricketballs and discovered the activist market.
My title? “Midnight Oil- One Fossil Fuel That Should Be Sequestered”.
#78: No foul play involved? Ha! That’s not the way I hear it.
Witnesses describe a well-dressed stranger seen around the premises about the time of the mysterious death. A police artist, drawing upon comments from the witnesses, created this sketch of the suspect.
Eno on the future, from the link provided by phil_b:
The bottom-up lesson of Darwinism, so difficult for previous generations, comes more naturally to the current generation. There is a real revolution in thinking going on at all cultural levels: people comfortably cooperate to play games for which the rules have not yet been written with people they’ve never met, listen to music and look at art which is emergent, not predetermined, and accept the wiki model of the open-source evolution of knowledge.
To which I have to say: wha? Artists love wrap themselves in this downy cushion of meaningless anecdote and theory, complete with obligatory buzzwords. (Wiki? - is this the meta of the 00s?)
Posted by rick mcginnis on 2007 11 08 at 08:37 PM • permalinkFormer Senator Vince Gair, Australian test cricketer Johnny Watkins and chanteuse,
Cleo Laine have all endorsed my book: Scat - The Art of the Double Entendre.Posted by Pig Head Sucker on 2007 11 08 at 09:05 PM • permalinkOr maybe Peter Hollinsworth, Bob Collins and William Shakespeare, heartily promoting “Defending Yourself From Kiddyfiddling Blues- How To Assure A Jury they Look Over 16”.
Ok here is my pick
Brian and Bobbie Houston (senior pastors Hillsong Sydney)
Mark Latham (discraced polli incapable of keeping his thoughts to himself)
Mark Holden (need I say more)
Get rich or die trying - how to be inappropriate and aliante people while taking over the world one singing christian at a time!!!!!!!
By the way, I am proud of having delivered 100% of the Paco Industries vote to Tim. To all other blogs, the Workers of Paco Industries say, “Tim will bury you!”
OT just in case wronwright is around- his expertise is required but he better hop to it as the festival takes place in february
Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 09:55 PM • permalinkBhagwan Rajneesh, Bill Clinton and Rod Stewart
launch ‘Celebrating Celibacy- the Joy of Abstinance’Posted by eeniemeenie on 2007 11 08 at 10:06 PM • permalinkPoor bastards, if they want to go, they’ll have to pay for their own tickets
Just having a bit of a poke around with the title of the Abbot work, looking for reviews (funny, they all seem to be the same fronticepiece intro to the book). I found this course outline. I am not familiar with all the books listed for the course, however I wonder if it’s a, er, tilted course?
Errata to #101- to keep it within the original perameters, substitute Natalie Bassingthwaite (who probably wasn’t even born in the ‘70s) with Tom Robinson, who meets all criteria- a has-been lefty popstar and defender of the ROP, who’s from a minority that would be butchered like hogs by Sheikh Rattle-N’Roll &co;. A perfect trio, reminiscent of these sages.
At least we got decent tunes with cretinous politics, with the likes of Pink, Madonna et al we get cretinous politics and hideous caterwauling- might as well be listening to North Korean disco.
Boy, am I glad that I voted for Tim this morning before leaving for work, again at work from another computer, and later (just before voting closed) from my laptop at another site. For once maybe my vote(s) made a difference.
On average I managed to vote for Tim 2.5 times per day. Long live the political training one receives in Illinois.
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2007 11 08 at 10:55 PM • permalinkThe other night I was watching Brisbane Extra to get some tips on exactly what self tanning option to go for in order to achieve the most natural look, when low and behold I caught a story about some of the minor players in this upcomming election.
I have decided that I am quite partial to the LDP here is what they have to say about climate change;
“The LDP acknowledges that there is scientific evidence to indicate a trend towards global warming and the possibility that humans may be partly responsible. However, it does not consider governments have the competence to address the problem and looks to market responses instead.
And this is what they have to say about lifestyle choices;
“Adults must be free to make their own decisions without interference by the government or requiring its approval. Adults are not like children and do not need anyone to make their choices for them”
I reckon we vote this lot into power then because we are adults we can decided that we believe that global warming is cyclical and go back to emitting our carbons in peace.
Freedom of choice wooooo hoooooo
And at the same time I may chose to be gay and open a bar that allows smoking!
‘Long Hot Summer: Why Global Warming Is So Hot It’s Cool’
Donna Summer, H. Rap Brown, Paul Ehrlich, edited by Paul Krassner
Posted by Harry Eagar on 2007 11 08 at 11:22 PM • permalinkGlobal warming has led to an increase in cow precipitation.
Martin Grelis, Kerry O’Brien, and Plastic Bertrand backing Civilising Global Capital - Uncut.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 09 at 12:21 AM • permalinkIndispensable albums? Strange… never heard them, never will if I can help, and I’m doing OK.
Posted by Honkie Hammer on 2007 11 09 at 12:58 AM • permalinkQuiggin’s “Why I dont give a Fuck about Full Employment Anymore” with the full endorsement of Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak , Adolph, and Christie Allen.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 09 at 04:06 AM • permalinkHere’s a better clip of that old socialist.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 11 09 at 04:22 AM • permalinkLynda Nutter lives somewhere in my neighbourhood I think. She turned up in the local paper a few years ago staging a one-woman protest about the state of the Swan River or something. Another failed ‘talent’ doing what she must for a few moments back in the spotlight.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 11 09 at 06:14 AM • permalink#30 Ash, Megadeth especially are awesome. I like you more the more I read.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 07:24 AM • permalinkI’m a fan of the old big hair bands, from Led Zep through GNR and Iron Maiden to Metallica.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 07:30 AM • permalink#142 Their new bass guitarist looks positively simian to me.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 07:39 AM • permalinkNever mind the Oxford guy, it’s Mick Keelty I’m worried about.
Posted by carpefraise on 2007 11 09 at 07:40 AM • permalinkHabib nailed it.
Religio-Activism - Peter Garrett
Leftiod Politics - Peter Garrett
70s (into 80s) Crap Rock - Peter GarrettPosted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 07:43 AM • permalinkJam session: human beatbox champ & percussion artist
Oh goodie! A rock music thread!
I just got through with my AM ninety minute practice routine.
Up this morning: WORKING ON SLINGLE LINE SOLOING!
I grew up in the Hendrix, Clapton (Gradeschool) through Zep and Van Halen era (High school and college). Metallica was a bit after my time into the heavy stuff, but I had a lot of students who were into them, so I’m “conversent.” I like their early stuff better than the more recent stuff.
Oh, and back when I could GROW hair, I was in a big hair band that got me on MTV a couple of times (This was back in the “Vinyl Age”).
My favorite band during the high school years was The Who. I wore my original copy of Quadrophenia out. I like the big-gesture concept-album rock stuff a lot, and Daltrey had the best rock scream of all time, IMO.
#151
I like their early stuff better than the more recent stuff.
Damn straight Hucbald. I think they started losing it about the time they released “Reload”.
My favorite band during the high school years was The Who.
They’re one of my favourite bands, even though they’re much less popular these days. Just. So. Many. Damn. Good. Songs!
#148 Agreed. A mate of mine and I have front row for their concert in Brisbane. Here is a link to one of my favourite newish songs. I love the film clip. Note how each time the music increases in tempo, so does the level of arse kicking. Pure Gold.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 08:35 AM • permalink153. Richard
That vid is fifteen years old and all of the footage is from the Gulf War. Imagine what could be done now, with all if the Iraq/Afghanistan footage.
I nominate Ted Nugent for the job:
Slow rock intro:
“You can threaten me all you want…
Bring it on… be up-front.But you don’t threaten my way of life…
my kids… my wife.You don’t threaten my Lord… my God…
my religion… my dog.And you sure as Hell don’t threaten my dad…
and mom!”Let hard rock and gun camera ass kicking commence…
It would appear that heavy metal is for the smart kids. As proved by Bruce Dickinson, Lead Singer of Iron Maiden and a Conservative.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 09:04 AM • permalink157. Huck, that’s why I italicised newish . I would love to see it re-done with some new footage. Imagine how fast the boys would have to play to keep up with a Spectre Gunship in support of Oz SAS “expending all ammunition”.
Posted by Richard Sharpe on 2007 11 09 at 09:13 AM • permalink“Brian Eno” is one of those names that you, as a serious musician, drop in order to achieve instant favor from music critics.
Used to be “Todd Rundgren.” You could list him as one of your influences, or, if you could plausibly claim, as someone you once worked with. Guaranteed stellar reviews after that, lots of critical acclaim. And next-to-zero sales.
To me, Eno is the guy who left Roxy Music just before they hit the big time; the Fifth Beatle; IBM buying Microsoft’s OS instead of its shares; and that law-school application I never filled out.
Posted by Rittenhouse on 2007 11 09 at 11:38 AM • permalink147 - her own name, I believe, egg. In this case a job description as well.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 11 09 at 05:27 PM • permalink
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Bonus points for naming the hypothetical book backed by your loser trio.
“Nasty, Brutish and Short?”