Posts from — July 2007

Democracy Now has a great interview with a former member of the international banking community, topics include globalization, corporate government and greed.

AMY GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. Okay, explain this term, “economic hit man,” e.h.m., as you call it.

JOHN PERKINS: Basically what we were trained to do and what our job is to do is to build up the American empire. To bring — to create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we’ve been very successful. We’ve built the largest empire in the history of the world. It’s been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It’s only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort. This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.

If this is kool-aid I would love a drink. I read an article on “foxnoise.com” about how its possible to fake the iPhone interface for much less. They don’t get it. I had many doubts about this device untill I saw third party video of the iPhone in action. I thought that the iPhone would be a bust, but Apple really came through on this one. It looks amazing.

The combination of Apple software (Leopard) and the iPhone hardware makes for a great device, I will buy one when my contract with the dreaded SprintPCS ends next year. I replace my cell phone every year or so, at that rate, the iPhone will actually be cheaper after factoring in insurance costs on my shitty PCS phone and the fact that I am planning to purchase an iPod in the coming year.It has been a long/cray summer.

I’m almost finished with my Health Services (ASNT) web project and will (soon enough) be able to move on to other projects. I will start taking new web projects soon enough. I hope to redesign the front page in order to show off some of my work. It will happen… soon.