Friday, February 27, 2009

6 words about America








A country allegedly without corrupt dictators...

Thursday, February 26, 2009

My Personal Ideas

I do not feel that I have truly figured out what my personal ideals are. Most of what I do is based on my subconscious thoughts. Many of those thoughts have been embedded in me by my parents. However I have come to believe that it is best to treat others the way you would want to be treated and expect from others what you would expect from yourself. This ensures that people treat each other with at least the same amount of respect that they have for themselves and people are treated on an equal level. Also this way one's natural selfish tendancies may be turned into something positive.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Is the US Operating like Che Guevara?

Although there are major similarities such as the fact that troops are being trained, I believe that is is not really fair to compare the two. In Bolivia, while training the troops, Che was trying fighting offensively for his cause by trying to instigate coups which would take down governments. The articles explains the presence of the CIA in Pakistan as one which is necessary to prevent attacks being prepared by Taliban and Queda groups. Che as acting offensively while the US in now acting defensively. A better comparison to make might be how how the US acted during the cold war in Bolivia and how they operate now based on their interests.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

It has been my strong belief that Fidel Castro had worked with the CIA to bring Che Guevara to his demise. The documentary also hinted at this several times. The first when when the interviewees talked about how Che and Fidel were having issues when Che gave his speech in Algeria. Fidel was probably thinking that Che would probably destroy everything that he created. Che also seems to think this as he talks about the reasons for him going to Bolivia. Being the calculating person he is, Fidel probably worked out a deal with the CIA to send him to Bolivia.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Che's Utopia



Judging by the information from the Che documentary, Che wishes to truly embody the ideology of socialism. This made clear when the documentary brings up the speech that Che gave in Algeria about how western civilizations, subtly including the Soviet Union, have been corrupting the world. He claims that countries like the Soviet Union have been using communism as a business to make a profit. Che is further shown to be the embodiment of socialism in video clips of him farming and doing manual labor. He is socialist to the point that he wants countries that are doing well to help countries that are doing poorly.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

A documentary about david blain

If I were given a chance to make a documentary, I would make my documentary about David Blaine. Over the years many people upon watching one of his magic shows, have wondered how David Blaine has gotten to where he is today. The documentary would go through all the parts of David Blaine's life in an attempt to explain how David Blaine became a mastermind of magic. This is relevant to todays

Monday, February 9, 2009

If I Were the Director of a Che Documentary

If I were to make a documentary about Che based on what I already know I would would start it with Che when he set out with Alberto Grenada to travel across Central and South America. It was from this trip that Che seemingly took up many of his views and ideals which would later be acted upon is his later years. I would also include his second trip in which he witnessed the overthrowing up the president in Guatemala and became radicalized. I would also include his trips to the Soviet Union and Africa. Lastly I would include his trip to Bolivia where he was captured and then killed.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Glen Beck's interpretaion of Che

I feel inclined to disagree with Beck. Although I have not truly studied Che’s history, I feel that Beck’s interpretation of him that was given on the cnn show was most likely extremely biased. One reason for this would be that Che’s ideas were based on socialist and communist ideals. Also they only talk about Che’s war atrocities while eliminating his reasons for doing what he did. Although Che may have been a terrible person, I feel that it is a bit extreme to be relating him to Hitler.
After watching numerous shows with Beck on CNN I have grown to dislike Becks voice and speaking mannerisms. He gets his points across by speaking as if he is a lawyer and almost as if he speaking to children. Another thing that Beck does is to speak is if he is absolutely correct using facts and people to support his thoughts. He also uses a lot of metaphoric expressions to get his points across.