Buena Sera Amici,
today's Moment of Zen will be about the fact that many people do not vote! The reason why I am coming up with this topic simply is that there will be three elections - very importantn ones - here in Germany coming up in the next few months. I don't wanna talk around the matter...so GO VOTE!!! As I said at the beginning many people do not make use of their right to vote...a very important right...a right many people fought and died for....the main abutment of democracy. C'mon guys...I don't wanna hear things like: ''Ahhh, I'm not voting because all the politicians are telling lies and are jerks'' Yes, it might be true that some, no many politicians are lying and jerks...but nevertheless GO VOTE! You might think if you don't give your voice it won't mind because it's just 1 voice! But the problem is that millions think this way. This makes it possible for radical right-winged parties to achieve a ridiculously high percentage of voters. A couple of years ago it happened that in the German state of Saxony the very right - winged party ''NPD'' got more than 5 percent and became thus part of the senat. Ok, let's be serious on this...they do not have any influence on politics with 5 point something percent...but if more and more people refuse to vote the ''power'' of such parties will increase because young voters are often convinced to vote radically by right - winged party - members. Listen folks, there will be three elections coming up this summer and fall...make your cross or to say it with P.Diddy's words: ''Vote or Die''...don't be too serious with that quote though ;).
Catch you all next week,
Sebastian
Montag, 25. Mai 2009
Montag, 18. Mai 2009
Moment of Zen - Television
Hey guys, it's me again...sorry to beg for your attention...I know you hoped to be left alone for a week but that's the way the cookie crumbles ;).
In the following blog entry I will be covering 3 questions that I was given after Lena and me presented our summary on ''Television''. My answers will be connecting the following questions.
The questions are:
1. Is TV really an ’’information – medium’’? Isn’t it more entertainment?
2. Does TV replace newspapers/magazines/books today?
3. Would people go mad if TV didn’t exist anymore? ( just in case…:) )
My following statement might not correspond with your views because it's MY personal opinion:
I think one can say that TV is an entertaining information - medium! The moving images make it possible for us to absorb information without pushing ourselves. It is a lot easier to recieve information this way. The moving pictures and the comments on the pictures contain a certain entertainment - factor. That is why, in my view, TV will replace other mediums such as newspapers or magazines... many people just like to relax after a hard day at work and turn on the TV to get the latest news. Imagine TV wouldn't exist any more...YES, people would go mad because television has become part of people's lives...it is everywhere...I personally could not imagine living without TV because it has become of great importance to me...and not just because of the Simpsons and Family Guy ;)
cu,
Sebastian
In the following blog entry I will be covering 3 questions that I was given after Lena and me presented our summary on ''Television''. My answers will be connecting the following questions.
The questions are:
1. Is TV really an ’’information – medium’’? Isn’t it more entertainment?
2. Does TV replace newspapers/magazines/books today?
3. Would people go mad if TV didn’t exist anymore? ( just in case…:) )
My following statement might not correspond with your views because it's MY personal opinion:
I think one can say that TV is an entertaining information - medium! The moving images make it possible for us to absorb information without pushing ourselves. It is a lot easier to recieve information this way. The moving pictures and the comments on the pictures contain a certain entertainment - factor. That is why, in my view, TV will replace other mediums such as newspapers or magazines... many people just like to relax after a hard day at work and turn on the TV to get the latest news. Imagine TV wouldn't exist any more...YES, people would go mad because television has become part of people's lives...it is everywhere...I personally could not imagine living without TV because it has become of great importance to me...and not just because of the Simpsons and Family Guy ;)
cu,
Sebastian
Heartfelt apology by the author himself
Hey mates,
I regretfully made a major mistake in my presentation on television concerning music history...I told you guys that the song ''Video killed the Radio Star'' was by Queen. At home I looked through the questions I was given by you. Someone told me that ''Radio Gaga'' was by Queen but not ''Video killed the Radio Star''. That is in fact true! The person who told me that - let's call him Mr. or Mrs. X ;) - wanted to know who the actual artist of the song was. Therefore I would like to correct myself saying that ''Video killed the Radio Star'' is by The Buggles, a British New Wave band founded in the late 70's.
Again, sorry guys for this inexcuseable mistake ;)
Click the following link if you want to check out the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8
Catch you next week,
Sebastian
source: www.wikipedia.org
I regretfully made a major mistake in my presentation on television concerning music history...I told you guys that the song ''Video killed the Radio Star'' was by Queen. At home I looked through the questions I was given by you. Someone told me that ''Radio Gaga'' was by Queen but not ''Video killed the Radio Star''. That is in fact true! The person who told me that - let's call him Mr. or Mrs. X ;) - wanted to know who the actual artist of the song was. Therefore I would like to correct myself saying that ''Video killed the Radio Star'' is by The Buggles, a British New Wave band founded in the late 70's.
Again, sorry guys for this inexcuseable mistake ;)
Click the following link if you want to check out the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtHEmVjVw8
Catch you next week,
Sebastian
source: www.wikipedia.org
Montag, 11. Mai 2009
CIA under fire!
Howdy fellas,
my second blog and Moment of Zen will be about the horrible tortures of terror - suspects by CIA agents. The CIA, also known as '' Cannabis Inhalers Association '' jk ;) , Central Intelligence Agency, is accused to have tortured allegedly radical Al - Quaida terrorists for 11 days under the Bush- government. According to Barack Obama the information the suspects gave under the tortures will not be valid at court. Also does he want to close Guantanamo, the prison where the mentioned suspects and other felons are detained. But nevertheless: Is it really admissible to abuse his or her authority just in order to get information from SUSPECTS??? It was and still is not proven if they were really involved in terroristical acts against the Western world...or any country in the world...
SO: Make up your mind, guys! What do you think about the latest news? Are tortures any good at all? Are the methods too blatant? Again, feel free to post a comment on this entry...
Talk to you next week,
Sebastian
sources: www.yahoo.de
my second blog and Moment of Zen will be about the horrible tortures of terror - suspects by CIA agents. The CIA, also known as '' Cannabis Inhalers Association '' jk ;) , Central Intelligence Agency, is accused to have tortured allegedly radical Al - Quaida terrorists for 11 days under the Bush- government. According to Barack Obama the information the suspects gave under the tortures will not be valid at court. Also does he want to close Guantanamo, the prison where the mentioned suspects and other felons are detained. But nevertheless: Is it really admissible to abuse his or her authority just in order to get information from SUSPECTS??? It was and still is not proven if they were really involved in terroristical acts against the Western world...or any country in the world...
SO: Make up your mind, guys! What do you think about the latest news? Are tortures any good at all? Are the methods too blatant? Again, feel free to post a comment on this entry...
Talk to you next week,
Sebastian
sources: www.yahoo.de
Samstag, 2. Mai 2009
Air Force One over Manhattan
Hola out there,
this is my very first blog entry ever! So please be gentle ;)
This entry also covers my Moment of Zen. Here it is:
Last week Barack Obama's aircraft, aka Air Force One ( AFO ), was sighted over Lower Manhattan. It was accompanied by two fighter jets of the US Army. The fact that the AFO was chased after by two jets and that it flew extremely close over the skyscrapers made many New Yorkers think back of the 9/11 attacks. It luckily ''just'' turned out to be a photo - session.....RIDICULOUS! The population did not get informed about this event. The only ones who knew about it was the NYPD, some D.C. politicians and the White House Military Office Director, Caldera. Obama had no clue what was going to happen. This lack of information, in my view, is totally inadmissible!!! But anyways, that's not what I'm aiming at in this entry. What I am really concerned about is the question: How could one have not ''warned'' them. People saw the Twin Towers collapse...they saw people die and suffer in the ruins. Why wouldn't the ones in charge not simply tell the people...?
Well, nothing happened but don't they bear a certain responsibility over the people who are still traumatized by the attacks 8 years ago???
Check out the following link for a video showing the AFO flying close over the skyline:
this is my very first blog entry ever! So please be gentle ;)
This entry also covers my Moment of Zen. Here it is:
Last week Barack Obama's aircraft, aka Air Force One ( AFO ), was sighted over Lower Manhattan. It was accompanied by two fighter jets of the US Army. The fact that the AFO was chased after by two jets and that it flew extremely close over the skyscrapers made many New Yorkers think back of the 9/11 attacks. It luckily ''just'' turned out to be a photo - session.....RIDICULOUS! The population did not get informed about this event. The only ones who knew about it was the NYPD, some D.C. politicians and the White House Military Office Director, Caldera. Obama had no clue what was going to happen. This lack of information, in my view, is totally inadmissible!!! But anyways, that's not what I'm aiming at in this entry. What I am really concerned about is the question: How could one have not ''warned'' them. People saw the Twin Towers collapse...they saw people die and suffer in the ruins. Why wouldn't the ones in charge not simply tell the people...?
Well, nothing happened but don't they bear a certain responsibility over the people who are still traumatized by the attacks 8 years ago???
Check out the following link for a video showing the AFO flying close over the skyline:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5W3dKCQek
Feel free to comment on my entry...what do you think about what happened in NYC?
Sebastian
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