Iraq ~ Chris Pirillo

America, Iraq, Gas. amd Linux

8 Comments (Add) | Monday, May 14th, 2007 at 2:43am

Political Cartoons

16 Comments (Add) | Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 3:59pm

Apparently, I’m just not plugged into the political scene. Not to say that I want to become a political blogger by any stretch of the imagination – because the world has plenty of those already. I listen to political programs all the time (admittedly, most of them through my XM dial or local NPR station) – some conservative, some liberal, some international. This hasn’t made me any less biased than the average person, but it has given me a small amount of frustration.

Iraq, Iran, War, Money, Me, and US

23 Comments (Add) | Sunday, April 1st, 2007 at 11:03pm

Now, before I start, let me disclose that I’m politically independent – having voted for Clinton in his first term, and George W. Bush in his first term. I feel it’s important to state this only because (a) it’s the truth, and (b) I don’t live my life on party lines. I’m neither Republican nor Democrat – I’m just a regular ol’ American. Right? Left? Middle? Feh.

Crowdsourcing Videos of the War in Iraq

4 Comments (Add) | Sunday, March 18th, 2007 at 10:08pm

Michael DiBenedetto from Next Next Entertainment sent me this announcement a few hours ago:

March 19th is the fourth anniversary of the war. And here’s an interesting perspective on Iraq… it’s a web documentary series about life in Baghdad – shot by Iraqi filmmakers. My company in NY helped produce it and is now distributing it online. I thought it was something that you could give an interesting take on and that your readers would appreciate. Also feel free to embed the videos. After four years of war, it’s about time to take a moment to focus on regular Iraqis and what they are going through. The life of the everyday Iraqi is the great untold story of this war. And with this series and its viral potential, we can change that. If enough people in America see this, it could potentially affect in its own small way the way Americans see the Middle East. It’s also interesting from a distribution standpoint… we’ve effectively crowd-sourced our distribution by putting the videos online and asking our viewers to help us spread them as far and wide as possible.

How long unitl Fox News picks up on this… CNN? MSNBC? Whether you’re “for” or “against” this war, it’s happening. The dentist’s perspective sounds eerilie familar (and makes you wonder if there should be a war on wars).

The Politics of Security

3 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 at 6:00pm

Online Security is important. Flickr users in China, Iran, and Iraq feel the same way I do – though Microsoft employees in Lebanon and Israel don’t (since they’re all on the Mac). An Online Search for the keyword yeilds few results, so perhaps we’re in need of more Education – or more Firefox Advertising from the Bush Administration?

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