Lose the Noose - The Corruptco Blogfest
Lose the Noose has just wrapped up a week-long blogfest on the theme of corporate corruption — Corruptco. Links to the Corruptco posts are here.
It will be time well spent this weekend to visit the site and read through these informative and provocative (and sometimes a little frightening) contributions.
Why? Let the proprietor of Lose the Noose, Lily Branford, explain:
The consumaculture is numbing our minds- so what is to be done about it? Our collective behavior is like the smart kid in high school that gets high, eats cheez doodles.. and watches cartoons all day. Potential, and so much to offer, but yet, he sort of sits and watches cartoons all day. Inertia. Thats America. We are not evil or stupid or uncaring- we are stuck in some kind of rut. Or are we evil and uncaring? Damn.
I'd like to believe the former. But America is still a work in progress, so we'll see.
The Corruptco blogfest was a great idea, Lily — thanks for doing it.
Comments
Hey Abi- whats next on tap? Kvatch had some ideas about a one issue flurry fest...
Posted by: Lily Branford | March 6, 2006 06:39 PM
Washington Monthly is calling for bloggers to post more on universal health care. That's as vital an issue
as I can think of. What do you think?
As a matter of fact, it so happens that today I was scheduled to have surgery. But due to an insurance glitch, my coverge is temporarily in a state of limbo. Result - the hospital told me on Friday that I either had to pay $5,000 on the day of surgery or postpone my operation to remove a stomach growth. I had visions of the surgeon in his mask and gown, standing in front of the operating room door with his hand out for the check and a bus driver's change clicker hanging at his waist.
Our health system is a disgrace. But how do we convince our fellow Americans of that?
Posted by: abi | March 7, 2006 12:38 AM