Alien science fiction movies are good because the aliens can act as proxies for some group without offending too many people. District 9 is a great film. The aliens in District 9 can stand in for any citizen in the world that does not have direct connections to those in power.
District 9 is so well shot and acted that you may forget that you are watching a fictional piece of art. Especially if you paid any attention to the victims of Hurricane Katrina or the Haitian Earthquake. The movie gives us the mode of operations of the power structure any time there are refugees from some disaster. First the military confronts those in need. The sufferers are then isolated into camps. After all of that ordinary people are recruited to manage the refugee camps. The more ordinary the person, the more responsibilities they are given.
District 9 also brings to light, with subtlety, a crucial point. That is that corporations lead politicians, not the people who vote for them. No matter how unpopular the alien camps become to the human beings they remain in tact. The poor aliens are stuck in this strange place where life is the opposite of what the people living believe it is.
District 9 will entertain you with action and may teach you something with an intelligent screen play well presented. Watch this film. You never know when you will become a victim of disaster and find yourself in a relief camp.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Our Seeds
The Poet T. S.
Referred to us as
Flowers in the concrete.
Not Eliot, Pac.
And he was right too
When bricks fell from abandoned buildings,
We used them to draw Skelly and hop-scotch
Courts in the street.
When the stores dumped old crates in the lot,
We cut the bottoms, nailed them to trees,
And played basketball all night long.
We were true to our heritage,
Making something out of nothing.
We grew up and had children.
And what did we give them?
Electronic, virtual fun
On 42 inch television sets.
Shame on us for not giving our seeds
The stuff to become larger flowers
Than us.
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Referred to us as
Flowers in the concrete.
Not Eliot, Pac.
And he was right too
When bricks fell from abandoned buildings,
We used them to draw Skelly and hop-scotch
Courts in the street.
When the stores dumped old crates in the lot,
We cut the bottoms, nailed them to trees,
And played basketball all night long.
We were true to our heritage,
Making something out of nothing.
We grew up and had children.
And what did we give them?
Electronic, virtual fun
On 42 inch television sets.
Shame on us for not giving our seeds
The stuff to become larger flowers
Than us.
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Dr. Oliver Psy. D (718)771-8314
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Friday, March 12, 2010
The Art of Compromise
We all like President Obama because he is smart, a broad thinker. He tries to bring people of opposing sides together. The compromiser is what so many people call Obama. The problem is that Obama does not compromise correctly. He is just a little off of center. Obama needs an artist of compromise in the White House.
Obama seems to believe that if you have opposing sides, that you must take ideas from both sides, bundle the ideas together, and solve the problem. This way sounds good on the surface. However, this approach may not always work. One side may not have as many good ideas as the other side, so you cannot always take equally from both sides. Sometimes one side may not have any good ideas. You should not embrace ideas just to make someone feel better.
When compromising, you have to hear all parties involved. Once everyone has presented their ideas or sides of the story, you should take the best ideas given. If each side gives 6 ideas, you take the best of the 12 ideas and implement them. One party may have 1 good idea while the other has 4 good ideas. It is completely fair to use those 5 good ideas in a way that makes sense. That is the art of compromise.
If we had skilled artists of compromise in high places, oh what a society this would be. We would have real health care, good schools, an energy plan, and a humane foreign policy.
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Obama seems to believe that if you have opposing sides, that you must take ideas from both sides, bundle the ideas together, and solve the problem. This way sounds good on the surface. However, this approach may not always work. One side may not have as many good ideas as the other side, so you cannot always take equally from both sides. Sometimes one side may not have any good ideas. You should not embrace ideas just to make someone feel better.
When compromising, you have to hear all parties involved. Once everyone has presented their ideas or sides of the story, you should take the best ideas given. If each side gives 6 ideas, you take the best of the 12 ideas and implement them. One party may have 1 good idea while the other has 4 good ideas. It is completely fair to use those 5 good ideas in a way that makes sense. That is the art of compromise.
If we had skilled artists of compromise in high places, oh what a society this would be. We would have real health care, good schools, an energy plan, and a humane foreign policy.
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Monday, March 8, 2010
The World As It Is
Neither men nor women care
Satisfy me, no do me
Carnal acts are what they share
Children fear those who made them
Parents wear children like blocks
The future looks fairly grim
Wooden planks guard empty homes
Citizens wander here – there
Your tent city’s not alone
We start out like exposed nerves
No longer sure to awake
Nature’s fed up with our words
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Satisfy me, no do me
Carnal acts are what they share
Children fear those who made them
Parents wear children like blocks
The future looks fairly grim
Wooden planks guard empty homes
Citizens wander here – there
Your tent city’s not alone
We start out like exposed nerves
No longer sure to awake
Nature’s fed up with our words
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The Back End of Life
It is all behind me now
Most of what we call a life
To slay the beasts is allowed
I fought battles from the womb
A drunk and cheat brought me through
I feel good about the tomb
Battle after battle waged
I won many of those fights
Now great powers are enraged
My back is straight, chin is strong
My weapons are few, but sharp
I have brought some friends along
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Most of what we call a life
To slay the beasts is allowed
I fought battles from the womb
A drunk and cheat brought me through
I feel good about the tomb
Battle after battle waged
I won many of those fights
Now great powers are enraged
My back is straight, chin is strong
My weapons are few, but sharp
I have brought some friends along
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Don’t Stop
March on children of the north
Prisons no longer make us shake
We know what our lives are worth
March you children of the south
The heat favors the first beings
Our foes can’t stand to stay out
March you children of the east
You were here long before them
Their land leases have now ceased
March you children of the west
Mild weathered days are past tense
Shove blades into hallow breasts
Prisons no longer make us shake
We know what our lives are worth
March you children of the south
The heat favors the first beings
Our foes can’t stand to stay out
March you children of the east
You were here long before them
Their land leases have now ceased
March you children of the west
Mild weathered days are past tense
Shove blades into hallow breasts
Saturday, March 6, 2010
SIBLINGS
Here we are,
On the way to the shelter,
My siblings and I.
Different fathers,
But that same mama.
We are on the train
With bags in hand.
Guarding our hand-me-downs.
Given to us by mama’s bosses.
You know, clothes to good
To turn into cleaning rags.
We quietly eye each other
With extreme caution.
We will only give enough
To receive at some later date.
Such is life with a family
That lives hand to mouth
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