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	<title>Fix America</title>
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		<title>Network News &amp; Nightly News Rap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, a little comedic relief from Erik Weiner and Chadd Gindin:
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The movie &#8220;Network&#8220;, written by Paddy Chayefsky, is best known for its &#8220;I&#8217;m as mad as hell, and I&#8217;m not going to take this anymore!&#8221; scene.  Network has received much recognition including a place in the Top 100 Greatest American Films as chosen by the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, a little comedic relief from <a title="Erik Weiner official site" href="http://www.erikweiner.com/">Erik Weiner</a> and <a title="Chadd Gindin Internet Movie Database entry" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1583642/">Chadd Gindin</a>:</p>
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<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>The movie &#8220;<a title="Network Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_(film)">Network</a>&#8220;, written by <a title="Paddy Chayefsky Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a>, is best known for its &#8220;I&#8217;m as mad as hell, and I&#8217;m not going to take this anymore!&#8221; scene.  Network has received much recognition including a place in the <a title="Top 100 Greatest American Films Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years..._100_Movies_%2810th_Anniversary_Edition%29">Top 100 Greatest American Films</a> as chosen by the <a title="American Film Institute Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute">American Film Institute</a>.  Here is the movie in its entirety:</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/network-news-nightly-news-rap/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>The documentary &#8220;<a title="Control Room Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Room_(film)">Control Room</a>&#8221; discusses objectivism and bias of <a title="Al Jazeera Wikipedia article" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera">Al Jazeera</a> and American news organizations.  Here is the documentary in its entirety:</p>
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<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="Network (Two-Disc Special Edition) starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden and directed by Sidney Lumet - DVD at Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CNESU8?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000CNESU8">Network &#8211; DVD at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a title="Control Room starring Samir Khader, Josh Rushing and directed by Jehane Noujaim - DVD at Amazon " href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002X8U4I?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0002X8U4I">Control Room &#8211; DVD at Amazon<br />
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<li><a title="Good Night, and Good Luck (Widescreen Edition) starring Robert John Burke, Patricia Clarkson and directed by George Clooney - DVD at Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E1NXJ0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000E1NXJ0">Good Night, and Good Luck &#8211; DVD at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a title="Deciding What's News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time (Medill Visions of the American Press) by Herbert J. Gans - book at Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810122375?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0810122375">Deciding What&#8217;s News: A Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a title="The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television's Coverage of U. S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000 by Stephen J. Farnsworth and S. Robert Lichter - book at Amazon" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742519066?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0742519066">The Nightly News Nightmare: Network Television&#8217;s Coverage of U. S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2000 &#8211; book at Amazon<br />
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		<title>Ideology and socially constructed reality</title>
		<link>http://defective.net/ideology-and-socially-constructed-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ideology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In his talk, Our Future is Our History: Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence, Professor Joseph Zornado talks about ideology and modern social constructionism.
Related Links:

Inventing the Child by Joseph Zornado &#8211; book at Amazon
2050 Gods of Little Earth by Joseph Zornado &#8211; book at Amazon
On Ideology by French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser &#8211; book at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In his talk, <strong>Our Future is Our History: Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence</strong>, Professor <a title="biography on Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Zornado">Joseph Zornado</a> talks about ideology and modern <a title="Definition on Wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism">social constructionism</a>.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/ideology-and-socially-constructed-reality/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related Links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415979668?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0415979668">Inventing the Child by Joseph Zornado &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978523237?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0978523237">2050 Gods of Little Earth by Joseph Zornado &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1844672026?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1844672026">On Ideology by French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385058985?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385058985">The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
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		<title>How corporations have come to dominate</title>
		<link>http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These documentaries will provide context for later posts.
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The Corporation explores the nature and rise of the dominant institution of our time.
Related links:

The Corporation &#8211; DVD at Amazon
The Corporation &#8211; DVD rental from Netflix
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan &#8211; book at Amazon

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Century of Self is a four-part documentary explaining [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These documentaries will provide context for later posts.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>The Corporation</strong> explores the nature and rise of the dominant institution of our time.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007DBJM8/defectivenet">The Corporation &#8211; DVD at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Corporation/60034810">The Corporation &#8211; DVD rental from Netflix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743247469/defectivenet">The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Century of Self</strong> is a four-part documentary explaining how those in power try to control the masses.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-corporations-have-come-to-dominate/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related Links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VA5Z9A/defectivenet">Century of Self &#8211; DVD at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Century_of_the_Self/70039502">The Century of the Self &#8211; DVD rental from Netflix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000FKP14U/defectivenet">The History Channel presents Mind Control: America&#8217;s Secret War &#8211; DVD at Amazon</a></li>
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		<title>How monetary policy is affecting us today</title>
		<link>http://defective.net/how-monetary-policy-is-affecting-us-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the last post, we learned about fractional reserved lending and the federal reserve.  Here is an example of how our monetary policy is affecting us today, humorously delivered by Robert Newman&#8217;s History of Oil.
Related links:

The Party&#8217;s Over: Oil, War And The Fate Of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg &#8211; book at Amazon
Who Will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the last post, we learned about fractional reserved lending and the federal reserve.  Here is an example of how our monetary policy is affecting us today, humorously delivered by Robert Newman&#8217;s <strong>History of Oil</strong>.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-monetary-policy-is-affecting-us-today/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865715297?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0865715297">The Party&#8217;s Over: Oil, War And The Fate Of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039331409X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=039331409X">Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet by Lester Russell Brown &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li>The US Congress Committee on International Relations&#8217; report <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/Petroleum/fields.htm">Oil Fields as Military Objectives: A Feasibility Study &#8211; full text</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Here is Ron Paul explaining the same information to the House of Representatives. Ron Paul starts speaking two minutes into the video.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-monetary-policy-is-affecting-us-today/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>And here&#8217;s Ron Paul summarizing situation in 60 seconds.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/how-monetary-policy-is-affecting-us-today/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
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		<title>History of fractional reserve banking and the Federal Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centeral bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fractional reserve lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold standard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second video builds upon the information in the first. The information in both videos will be built upon in later posts.
&#8230;
Money as Debt tells what money is and how it  is being created.
Related links:

Discussion of &#8220;Money as Debt&#8221; on Digg
Official &#8220;Money as Deb&#8221; web site

&#8230;
The Money Masters traces the origins of the political [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The second video builds upon the information in the first. The information in both videos will be built upon in later posts.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Money as Debt</strong> tells what money is and how it  is being created.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/history-of-fractional-reserve-banking-and-the-federal-reserve/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://digg.com/educational/A_History_of_Fractional_Reserve_Banking_and_Why_Monetary_Policy_Matters" title="A History of Fractional Reserve Banking and Why Monetary Policy Matters">Discussion of &#8220;Money as Debt&#8221; on Digg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.moneyasdebt.net/">Official &#8220;Money as Deb&#8221; web site</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>The Money Masters</strong> traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the world today, which has its roots in the hidden manipulation and accumulation of gold and other forms of money.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/history-of-fractional-reserve-banking-and-the-federal-reserve/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>Related links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0964048531?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0964048531">On the Horns of the Beast: The Federal Reserve and the New World Order by Bill Still (narrator of this video) &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0884193837?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=defectivenet&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0884193837">The New Economic Disorder by Larry Bates &#8211; book at Amazon</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>Ron Paul discusses the origins, operations and results of the Federal Reserve System and fiat currency on the U.S. and global economy.</p>
<a href="http://defective.net/history-of-fractional-reserve-banking-and-the-federal-reserve/"><p><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></p></a>
<p>The above video is made of excepts from the documentary &#8220;Fiat Empire &#8211; Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution.&#8221; <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5232639329002339531" title="Fiat Empire - Why the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution">Watch most of the documentary here</a>.</p>
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		<title>The front fell off</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start off with an interview with Senator Collins from Australia.
I laugh harder every time I watch it.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s start off with an interview with Senator Collins from Australia.</p>
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<p>I laugh harder every time I watch it.</p>
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