Another stupid video worth sharing. Two Chinese Boys at their best.

For those who don't know, "2 Chinese Boys" have a series of internet stupid videos that have become a sensation in China. They even do live performances now. Below is one of their videos.

Why are the Tibetans protesting? And what you can do to help.

Over 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed by the Chinese government.

6000 monasteries were destroyed. And the tortures, killings and human rights violations continue. After 50 years, and watching their monks being beaten and arrested for a peaceful protest people revolted.

Learn more at: http://www.wearetibet.org/

Sign our petition at: http://www.petitiononline.com/003/petition.html

Because there are times when we all need to laugh...

I received the text below from a mass mailing, and usually I just delete them, but I was actually tempted to pass this one along, and decided I should post it here instead:

Spread the Stupidity

Only in America ......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in America ......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

Only in America ......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

Only in America ......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

Only in America ......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

Only in America ......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

Only in America ... ...do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

EVER WONDER .... Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin ?

Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes?

Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)...in other words, send it to everyone. We all need to smile every once in a while.

Steven Spielberg pulls out of Olympics in protest at China’s policy on Darfur

Recent news show that at least some of the entertainment heavyweights still put values ahead of profit. The Chinese communist regime is responsible for the murder of 1.2 million Tibetans, the destruction of 6000 monasteries of for on-going torture and imprisonment of Tibetans who are trying to retain their freedoms. They are now prohibited from having a religion, from saying the name of or carrying images of the Dalai Lama. Most of their cultural and societal traditions have been banned and those who try to escape into India, where they can ask for exile, get shot by Chinese guards.
China has also been trying to destroy any signs of the Tibetan culture in an attempt to eradicate their identities so that any claims to freedom can disappear forever. it is currently almost impossible to find Tibetan speakers in Lhasa (the capital of Tibet) and polution and overpopulation are dripping from China into Tibet.

It is no surprise that there would be reluctance from the Chinese regime to interfere in other human rights issues. But it is important to maintain international pressure for a needed change in their policies. .

Below is an excerpt of an article on Spielberg's decision written by Philip Stephens.:


SMALL tremors sometimes foreshadow bigger shocks. Few people will have known before last week that Steven Spielberg — he of Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET and other Hollywood epics — was to lend his creative talents to the Beijing Olympics.
Of itself, his withdrawal on grounds of conscience scarcely registers on the Richter scale. Spielberg’s protest, though, is not without significance. It maps out uncomfortable terrain for China that reaches well beyond the choreography of this summer’s Olympic ceremonies.
Spielberg concluded that Beijing had not deployed sufficient influence to help bring a halt to the killing in the Sudanese province of Darfur. China is Sudan’s most important economic partner. It has invested heavily in its energy industry and buys most of its oil. In Spielberg’s view — one shared, incidentally, at the United Nations (UN) — it could apply much more pressure on Khartoum.
The Sudanese regime has obstructed all efforts by the international community to bring an end to the terror wrought in Darfur by the so-called Janjaweed militias. Only last week fighting spilled over into neighbouring Chad. Sudan has blocked the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force. China is the only big power with real leverage.
Spielberg is far from alone in his disquiet. The actress Mia Farrow has led a celebrity campaign labelling this summer’s event the “genocide Olympics”.
A clutch of Nobel peace laureates have added their voices to the protest, writing to Hu Jintao, the Chinese president.
These gestures are keenly felt. The Olympics have been planned meticulously to showcase China’s rise. Beijing expects the games to confer the prestige and respect it considers its due as a fast-emerging global power. Boycotts and protests over Darfur — alongside separate calls for China to loosen its grip on Tibet — provoke a mixture of anger and angst.

WHAT IS GOD?

So I've been writing in too many different places to update my own blog. Dreadful, I know, but figured if I at least link to some of the articles it will be one step in the right direction.

I've had so many things to write about. The vicious attacks on the Burmese monks, Bhutto's assassination, the american elections.It all just seemed too overwhelming to write a small post about, so I ended up writing long dissertations in other places. The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) came and went and I didnt manage to write one word about it...

I figured that I should at least link to my newest articles since so many people have been writing to me to ask what I think of the new anti-religion movements.So my reply is below:

What is the true core of every religion? What is God?
by Taty

Anticipating the angry emails I ask you to please use the forum at that site for any replies. I will not be responding to personal emails.

Peace

A Call to Action - A Mouse Story

Hello All
Trying to get back to the blog and post some updates. Have had a lot to say, but action has taken the time I would have used to post about things. Below is a post from my martial arts school ( http://www.worldmartial.com ). It was relevant and worth posting, so here it goes:

A Call to Action - A Mouse Story
By Sabumnim David Herbert
From The World Martial Arts Center

There was a mouse, who lived on a farm and his life was perfect. Until one day the farmer asked his wife lay down a mouse trap. The mouse watched in horror because it knew that this was not good, but the mouse did not know what to do or who to turn to. So it ran out of the house in search of help. Hysterically and frantically the mouse ran to the chicken and said, “There’s a mouse trap in the house, there’s a mouse trap in the house!, can you help me, can you help me?” The chicken said, “I’m too busy tending my eggs and I don’t even go into the house and it’s a mouse trap that’s no concern of mine, I’m a chicken”. So the mouse, in despair, ran down to the pig pen and told the pig, “There’s a mouse trap in the house - I told the chicken, but the chicken would not help and the pig said, “What has this to do with me, I’m further away from the house than the chicken it’s none of my concern—maybe you should go and talk to the cow”. So the mouse ran all the way out in the field and said to the cow, “Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow, there’s a mouse trap in the house can you help me?” and the cow said, “Moooooo life is good, but the house is too far away for me to go back there and help you. You should do your best to just avoid it and probably nothing will happen”.

So the mouse finally gave up and in great despair walked back toward the farm house and as he approached the house he heard a ruckus. A snake had gotten his tail caught in the mouse trap. The farmer’s wife after hearing the mouse trap snap ran and reached under the cupboard to pull out the mouse in the trap not knowing it was a snake. The snake bit her and she fell on the floor unconscious and developed a high fever. The farmer tried to contact a doctor but couldn't. He knew that chicken soup was good for fevers, so he went out to that barn and killed the chicken to make chicken soup. Shortly thereafter, the wife’s condition worsened, she grew weaker and weaker. The farmer thought that pork would give his wife strength, so he went out and killed the pig, but the wife died and the farmer was devastated. So they had a funeral and all the relatives came over and he had to feed all of them, so he took an ax and went out and killed the cow. Somehow we are all connected.

All over the world there are people suffering from atrocities beyond belief and this is nothing new. Most of the world simply says it’s not my problem, I can do nothing or pretend it does not exist. What is new is this— with 60 seconds of your time you can go onto this website and simply click 3 buttons to request that world powers address this issue. As you wake up in the morning and have your nice breakfast and go about your pleasant day, there are others who wake up to genocide, rape, starvation or the death of their 2 year old child. When you go home at night and get into your warm bed, you are relatively sure that tomorrow you will wake up refreshed looking forward to the new day. But there are thousands of families that could not even imagine such a thing—they get to huddle together on the hard desert ground, hungry and dehydrated not sure if they will see tomorrow. Learn something—do something. Contact: www.savedarfur.com.

APPLE COMPUTERS BAD ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PRACTICES

(Pictures below of Greenpeace protest in from of the Apple Store in NYC.)



THE ISSUE:
Globally, between 22 and 55 million tons of electronic waste gets trashed every year. Many of these materials are toxic and carcinogens (lead, PVC, BFRs) and end up in landfills and incinerators, and often get shipped to the developing world to get dismantled by hand in horrendous conditions by poor workers and their children. Many of these children use the parts as toys after they are done helping their parents assemble parts. The waste leaks into water sources and planting areas and end up being consumed by the whole region. Since 2003, Greenpeace has been working with the main electronics companies in the world to help reduce or eliminate these toxic materials, and most companies have agreed to reduce, and in some cases eliminate the most dangerous chemicals. With one main exception.: Apple Computers.



THE CAMPAIGN:
Apple computers has scored one of the lowest of all main computer companies: 2.7/10Apple now uses of the highest concentrations of carcinogens and toxic chemicals on their production.Their products are now manufactured with a life span of about a 1 year ( just about as long as the warranty lasts and as often as new Ipods come in the market). After Greenpeace had been discussing the issues with Apple for about 3 years, back in April 2005, Steve Jobs publicly called environmentalists' concerns about Apple "bullshit". Come on Steve, we'd expect that kind of reaction from fat corporate CEOs who dump polychlorinated biphenyls into rivers, not from a cool, potentially eco-friendly titan of the information age.



THE ACTION:
All we want is for Apple to agree to the same changes all the other companies have already agreed to, so we are planning a friendly, visual way to ask them to change their ways.

You can find more information at:
http://www.greenmyapple.org/itox.html