Axis Of Ignorance: Batchelor Show, Jingoism, and the Arrogant Surety of Neanderthals In Bow Ties

John Batchelor, on your program tonight you described Tehran as the 'leading exporter of terrorism'. I checked just to see if your program is some kind of comedy show... in which neanderthals wear bowties and sport pedigrees from Princeton. No luck. You really meant it, huh buddy? Since 2003, 1 million people killed as a result of the illegal US invasion of Iraq. The child Abeer Al Janabi was gang raped by five US soldiers, her infant brother shot in the face at point blank range, her family murdered to cover up this atrocity. The United States gleefully instituted torture, much to the arousal of Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld (your fellow alumnus of vaunted ivy league University, Princeton. A buddy of yours?). 'Rendition' wrenched innocents from their homes and imprisoned them for ten years or more in Guantanamo. 'As of March 2015, approximately 210,000 civilians had died violent deaths as a result of the Iraq and Afghan wars.' -Watson Institute, Brown University. Yet, Mr. Batchelor, tonight you described Tehran as the 'leading exporter of terrorism around the globe'. Your jingoist arrogance, and mental discipline at not seeing reality despite these heartbreaking atrocities and crimes of war committed by the United States is truly astounding to me. These are atrocities you support and continue with pitiful statements like this. You just don't see the forest for the trees, buddy. No course in critical thinking, or humility at Princeton, it appears.

Tristan L Sullivan http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/civilians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_rape_and_killings

2/8/13

http://www.causes.com/actions/1727774-urgent-action-stop-navy-from-sonar-testing-that-will-kill-whales?utm_campaign=activity_mailer%2Fcustom_activity_mail&utm_medium=email&utm_source=causes This is my prayer and hope for the safety and freedom of these beautiful, sentient creatures, and the quick end and dissolution of the extremely corrupt cowards of militarism and global hegemony, in this case the US Navy, who would perpetrate such senseless and horrifying atrocity. Do you believe we live in anything remotely resembling a democracy when this kind of gruesome horror can go on? We do not. We'd better take it back fast. Future generations will see this stuff as quite equal to the unfeeling arrogance and crimes of the Nazi doctors. Tristan L. Sullivan http://www.tristanluke.com/wordpress/2012/08/10/this-is-how-you-love-dolphins/

Fuck You Ringling Bros Circus

Fuck you, Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey circus for your shocking, cowardly, vicious treatment of beautiful, noble, gentle animals like this elephant, one of many who endure a lifetime of abuse at the hands of your pathetic cowardice and profiteering. I pray for a world in which people wake up to this reality, and realize the last thing they would ever want to do is expose their children to the results of this kind of moral atrocity. Please boycott this atrocious organization and their shocking abuse, and speak out to your friends, family and legislators. They don't tell you what's really going on, my friends. This circus is a lie. I call on all feeling people to end this horror.

Challenger: The Political Perversion of a Beautiful Animal

"Named in honor of the lost space shuttle crew, "Challenger" has performed free-flights during the USA's National Anthem at hundreds of events coast to coast—raising substantial public awareness for the Bald Eagle protection cause. He is the first Bald Eagle in American history trained to free-fly during the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. He has helped educate millions of people about the need to protect the USA's National Bird."

He is a beautiful animal. I am so sorry to see him co opted into the pathetic, cancerous disease of jingoistic propaganda. Patriotism is a lower aspect of human nature, an "Our team is the greatest!" perspective that, though it seems harmless enough at neighborhood ball games, has horrific results when blown out into world affairs, economic policies, multinational corporations, and most useless, ugly and destructive of all: military conquest and aggression. This is thinly disguised as "spreading freedom". The footage in your video of former president George W. Bush says more than you intended about the atrocity of military conquest, global hegemony and war profiteering in the guise of "freedom". Perhaps you could use Challenger to "raise awareness" about the horrifying destruction and pain caused for wild birds like him as well as whole ecosystems and entire species around the world by rampant US corporate profiteering and petrochemical war for profit military industries? That might actually do Challenger some justice.

You say you are raising awareness for the bald eagle? What a sad comedy. I fully appreciate your initiative to rescue Challenger and give him a good life, and the hard work this entails. I have worked with and for animals all my life, and gotten my hands dirty doing it many times. I've scraped the ground of wolves' cages, helped care for wild cats, exotic birds, climbed a fence in the hot sun to help build a new bear habitat, and rescued local wildlife injured by domestic animals. If Challenger could talk, I believe he would tell you how pathetic your video is. You do Challenger and his cause no service with this tasteless piece of blatant propaganda.



Tristan Luke

If I Knew

I found something good today. It's called If I Knew. The artist is Jimmy Sommers with singer Vikter Duplaix. Have a listen: