Archive for October, 2009
Brazil Gets the News is a highly fictitious World War II Propaganda piece that insists Brazilâs media was as free and unrestricted as Americaâs, as well as other dubious claims. Brazil was being courted by the United States for help in World War II, and this film was a part of that effort. The footage itself, propaganda aside, is full of fantastic shots of historic printing presses and other newspaper production machinery. Other ludicrous claims, like how Sao Paulo is the Detroit of Brazil, make this historical film engrossingly antiquated. Brazil Gets the News is a superb vintage video for several reasons.
Duration : 1 min 11 sec
http://www.ILGGlobalSuccess.com
Learn how you can get 12 Incredible Books some of which include: "Think and Grow Rich", "The Science of Getting Rich", "As a Man Thinketh" &9 other fantastic classics
Duration : 1 min 53 sec
Army training video with use of AT-4
map history wednesdays 10pm / 9c ufo incursions also took place at nato / raf bases near rendlesham forest on two different occasions: former deputy base
Duration : 20 sec
http://www.fantasysciencefictionaudiobooks.com Your free audio book library. Access the bestselling books now on audio. With free downloadable MP3. No registrations. Choose your audio book then enjoy!
Duration : 45 sec
The Super Bowl, for millions of people, is the most exciting game in the world. Every year over 100,000 Americans gather to watch the game, many as if their lives depend on it. What does this say about us as human beings? What does this say about our values?
What if our most exciting game were the game called our life? What if creating a radically better future for our children was much more exciting than who wins on Super Bowl Sunday?
More people watched the news on 9/11 than watch the Super Bowl. How many more crises will it take for all of us to wake up and engage in the game we’re playing, simply be virtue of living in the 21st century? Terrorism, war, extreme poverty, aids, addiction, depression, global warming, pollution, crime, corruption the stakes are much higher than the Super Bowl, yet how many of us are playing as if we have the ball in our hands, and it’s up to us?
Sadly, many people do relate to the challenges we face as human beings right now as if they are but spectators, watching us all lose as time is running out.
Talk, talk, talk and more talk. Everyone talks about change. Like the armchair quarterbacks, many well-meaning, good people are talking from the sidelines of life, gossiping, criticizing and complaining about what everyone else is doing or not doing.
Consider these two important differences between the armchair quarterback watching football and the well-meaning, good person being a spectator in today’s world.
1) We’re all in this game called life. Everyone is a player, like it or not; yet so much of our team is on the sidelines, watching, cheering, whining, commenting on those who are on the field. Can you imagine a football team where most of the team is not just on the bench, but at home watching the game on TV? Can you imagine a team whose players don’t dare even play? They might contribute some money or vote on team decisions, but when it comes time to get down and dirty and play they’re nowhere to be found. Except you. Youre here to play, and you cannot deny it. Life lived from the sidelines would be death for you.
2) The armchair quarterback acts as if his yelling at the TV will make a difference, yet there is nothing he can do to affect the results of the game. We, as human beings in the game of life, often act as if our ideas or our voice won’t make a difference, yet everything we choose to do or not do affects the results of the game. Sitting at home yelling at the politician on TV instead of having your voice heard in public makes a difference in the outcome of the game. It’s a great strategy for losing the game of life. Complaining about anything and acting as if there’s not much you can do about it affects the outcome of the only game that really matters–life itself. When we chose to be an armchair quarterback in the game of life, we are choosing to lose the future we could be creating for our children.
Right now we don’t need any more good people, who mean well. Right now, the world needs great people. We need champions. But more than that, what we need is simply more people who are willing to get off the chair, turn off the TV and get out on the field. Greatness begins with the will to act.
One of the most dangerous illusions today is the notion that the people with political power rule the world and the only ones with real power to cause change. Nothing could be further from the truth. Look around you. The world you see was not created by politicians. It was created by individual entrepreneurs, artists, inventors, industrious workers, etc. Human beings have all the power we need to create a better world right now in our heads and our hearts. It is our creative, intellectual minds and heroic spirits that give us more power than all of the political and military might in the world. And yet, we so often act as if the power is outside of us.
Consider that you have the ball. You can run with it right now. You can put points on the board and affect the outcome of this game called life, not just for yourself but for your team called humanity.
The game clock is ticking A multitude of crises threaten our children’s future. Everything we value is on the line.
Are you on the field?
Michael Skye
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/is-the-super-bowl-as-exciting-as-your-life-the-clock-is-ticking-96915.html
I need to get a gift for a voracious reader who loves anything to do with World War Two. Any suggestions?
Voracious readers are tough, because they’ve often already read what you might give them. "Flags of our Fathers" was good, and the "Greatest Generation" was excellent. If you’re looking for something maybe a little more obscure that he might have missed, Try Leo Marks’ "The Codemakers War."
Good luck.
No Sun Tzu please, i’ve read them all
There are some great collections called "Roots of Strategy" that have writings compiled from a lot of historical figures. The first book has Sun Tzu, among others, just skip the Art of War section. They’re paperback, so you can get them fairly cheap. I’ve seen at least 2 or 3 volumes.
I don’t want texts focused around the political/military exploits of Hitler and his top brass.
I only want interesting glimpses into the society / lives of the common people in Nazi Germany–The rich, middle class, and poor.
Example: Recently I heard on NPR how German homeowners must suffer yearly chimney sweeps by a government regulated/monopoly Chimney Sweep company. Since the chimney cleanings are required, and the gov’t doesn’t allow competition, it is expensive and the service is less than par.
What was interesting is that the chimney sweepings date back to Nazi Germany, when Nazi politicians passed laws to require all homes to receive chimney cleanings every year in the name of fire safety. The real intent was to create a means for every home in the country to receive inspections by a chimney sweeper who was a Nazi supporter/spy, at regular intervals (make sure your not hiding jews, etc).
So stuff like this, and other basic day-to-day living during Nazi Germany is what I want
I am less familiar with some of more recent books, but two titles I would strongly recommend are below. Both have some "interesting glimpses into the society / lives of the common people in Nazi Germany–The rich, middle class, and poor", but a more detailed look at the leadership.
Inside the Third Reich is a memoir written by Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments from 1942 to 1945. It is considered to be one of the most in-depth descriptions of the workings and leaders of Nazi Germany, but is highly controversial because of Speer’s lack of discussion of Nazi atrocities and his alleged personal involvement with them.
Speer was the highest-ranking Nazi official to survive both the war and the Nuremberg trials. He was also, even during World War II, described by both sides as one of the few intelligent and sane people in the Nazi hierarchy. Because of these factors, Inside the Third Reich has become the definitive work on the inner workings of Nazi Germany.
Due to his position, Speer was able to describe the personalities of many Nazi officials, including Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann and, of course, Hitler himself.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by journalist William L. Shirer was the first definitive history of Nazi Germany in English.
The book is based largely on the captured documents of the Third Reich, including the diaries of propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and General Franz Halder. Other sources include confidential speeches, conference reports, taped transcripts of telephone conversations, as well as Shirer’s personal recollections during the six years he reported on the Third Reich as a journalist.
Considering Obama’s poor intellect, his past statements about the US military, the best solution to treat "the commandeer in chief" is to send him to a boot camp for 4 years. How about it?
How about a boot camp for his lifetime