Below are some pictures taken of the tragedy that is Haiti and the recent earthquake. The suffering is immense, and the outpouring of charity from the American people is, as usual, immense. It’s a question of logisitics and timing. Can we help them in time? It is not for lack of trying.
Images have power.
Tricked you. The last four images are casualties and damage inflicted by Americans on Iraq and its inhabitants. These are not about random violence. The man in the car was shot by Americans, the man salved with burn cream was the victim of attempted cremation – by Americans. It’s grotesque, and it would invoke outrage … if we were allowed to see it. The control of imagery is efficient, and unlike the 60’s and 70’s, where a compliant media nonetheless allowed truth to escape now and then, a whole country is kept in the dark.
We have the Internet. I can show these pictures. I am a guy in Boulder, Colorado. The Internet has vast reach, and yet, we do not not reach people. Our message is not musical, not about celebrities, and the images are too real for video games. We’re not even allowed to see this:
Ever so gingerly, they allowed this one image to escape. And then they clamped down again. Obama is Bush II.
It’s thought control. Face it.
Piece of Mindful 
But the gatekeepers can’t fill all the holes.
These do escape.
A trickle begets a flood…
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