Thanks for the Laughs, Truth George

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Click for Kahului, Hawaii ForecastUN Public Service Day
Day 175 of 2008
191 days left in this year
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DY — Kolohe: Comic
 PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Paniman: Funnyman, clown
 HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Observe the horizon clouds of the land.”
 HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.”  (George Carlin)
WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein’s Website
WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — I’m Voting Republican
NETCASTS OF THE WEEK — Naomi Klein Audio | Gore Vidal’s Article of Impeachment
GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Hawaii Canines
Geroge Carlin 1972 arrest mug shots 

RADICAL COMEDIAN GEORGE CARLIN DIED YESTERDAY of heart failure at age 71 in Santa Monica, CA.  His most famous comedy bit was probably “The 7 Words You Can Never Say on TV,”  which became the most searched for term on Google today. According to George, the dirty words banned from TV were: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, motherfucker, cocksucker, tits, fart, turd, twat.  Watch Carlin’s comedy  |  Read The Nation Obit.

Advice for Obama #3
Realizing that Barack Obama hasn’t the time to read as much history as he should in preparation for the coming electrion, we thought we’d help him along by sharing the wisdom of the greats. Today’s advice comes from Marcus Aurelius:  “Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, they will continue doing the same things.” – Maui Curmudgeon

EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 23rd
1784: First U.S. balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
1947: Truman’s veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
1949: First 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
1956: Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt
1969: Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.
1972: Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1972: President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
1993: Lorena Bobbitt mutilates the genitalia of her husband, John, after he allegedly rapes her
2005: Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers.

BORN ON THIS DAY - June 23rd
1910: Jean Anouilh, dramatist
1912: Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory
1927: Bob Fosse, choreographer/director
1929: June Carter Cash, country singer
1940: Diana Trask, singer
1947: Bryan Brown, actor
1948: Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice/perjurer/pornographer
1956: Randy Jackson, TV personality
1957: Frances McDormand, actress

The Brilliant Naomi Klein

June 23, 2008 Maui Curmudgeon, Reviews No Comments

Naomi KleinI draw your attention to two items which are available now, and which should be required reading for anyone caring about freedom. Both come from Naomi Klein (http://www.naomiklein.org/main). Ms. Klein is a brilliant Canadian who has written several astonishing books detailing the bad news which comes about when governments use technology to invade an individual’s freedom.

To listen to some of her ideas, please go to  HERE and click on the link “listen to the programme”. It’s a short BBC program, well produced and clearly recorded, and worth your time.

The second is Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is available in paperback. The shock doctrine may be the finest non-fiction I’ve read in ten years. You owe it to yourself to take a look.

– Maui Curmudgeon