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| | | | | King Corn - 1/4 | Link to part 2/4 below
Behind America’s dollar hamburgers and 72-ounce sodas is a key ingredient that more...quietly fuels our fast-food nation: corn. In KING CORN , recent college graduates Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis leave the east coast for rural Iowa, where they decide to grow an acre of the nation’s most powerful crop.
Alarmed by signs of America’s bulging waistlines, the filmmakers arrive in the Midwest enthusiastic about their new endeavor. For their farm-to-be, they choose a tiny town in Floyd, County, Iowa—a place that, coincidentally, both Ian and Curt’s great-grandfathers called home three generations ago. They lease an acre of land from a skeptical landlord, fill out a pile of paperwork to sign up for subsidies and discover the U.S. government will pay them 28 dollars for their acre. Ian and Curt start the spring by injecting ammonia fertilizer, which promises to increase crop production four-fold. Then it’s planting time.
With a rented high-tech tractor, they set 31,000 seeds in the ground in just 18 minutes. Their corn has also been genetically modified for another yield-increasing characteristic: herbicide resistance. When the seedlings sprout from Iowa’s black dirt, Ian and Curt apply a powerful herbicide to ensure that only their corn will thrive on their acre.
As Ian and Curt discover, almost everything Americans eat contains corn. High-fructose corn syrup, corn-fed meat, and corn-based processed foods are the staples of the modern diet. America’s record harvests of corn are supported by a government subsidy system that promotes corn production beyond all market demand. As Ian and Curt return to Iowa to watch their 10,000-pound harvest fill the combine’s hopper and make its way into America’s food, they realize their acre of land shouldn’t be planted in corn again—if they can help it.
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| | Monday, June 23, 2008 at 12:36 AM | | Gooood-fucking-damnit!!! SHIT! FUck!
SHIT!!!! PISS!!!! FUCK!!!!! CUUUUNT!!!!! COCKSUCKEEEER!!!! MOTHERFUCKEEEEEER!!!!!, and tits. I'm gonna miss him. I'm gonna miss him so fucking much ya'll. You were THE MAN!!!
I gotta lay down. I gotta think about how to shape my life while comparing it to the dauntingly impressive TERRA-TON truth-bombs he layed out for us to enjoy and contemplate about. | |
| Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 10:45 PM | | I could lie down like a tired child,
And weep away the life of care
Which I have borne and yet must bear.
—Shelley | |
| Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 6:10 PM | | Another icon goes down. Rest in peace, Arthur C Clarke....and may your vision be realized by all. | |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 at 9:29 AM | | Jag hittade ett intressant citat:
"En sann soldat kämpar inte för att han hatar vad som står
framför honom, utan för att han älskar vad som finns bakom honom"
I don't know if I agree, but it's a nice thought. Anybody wants me to translate, just mail me. | |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 at 6:18 AM | | Ok, I have fixed my bicycle, my portable computer, but my desktop is still broken -has been since Christmas. It didn't even make six months, and I haven't been able to log on safely from any cafes. I lost a lot of footage, so I'll retake them again during the spring. I intend to show you parts of Tokyo, while vlogging, when my luck turns. I live a few blocks from the Prime Minister of Japan, so that might make things interesting. Catch'ya later folks. Thanks for the comments'n'all. Cheers! Happy more...New Year!
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A documentary about the attempts on patenting indigenous plants and organism, especially from India, and how Vandana Shiva and the hardworking farmers, more...men and women are trying to revoke the patents. less
Added: Jun 23, 08
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| |  | BULLSHIT, part 2
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A documentary about the attempts on patenting indigenous plants and organism, especially from India, and how Vandana Shiva and the hardworking farmers, more...men and women are trying to revoke the patents.
PeÅ Holmquist ska ha ett stort tack som har skapat filmen. © HB PeÅ Holmquist Film 2005 less
Added: Jun 23, 08
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|  | Free Tibet, part 1, concert
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It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to bring attention to Tibet, through music and international tours. After the public lost interest more...in it and ending it in 2001, the music scene has been pretty grim from my point of view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen. less
Added: Jun 21, 08
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| |  | Free Tibet, part 2, concert
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It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to
bring attention to Tibet, through music and international
tours. After the public more...lost interest in it and ending it in
2001, the music scene has been pretty grim from my point of
view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of
that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen. less
Added: Jun 20, 08
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|  | Free Tibet, part 3, concert
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It has been over ten years since the initiative was taken to bring attention to Tibet, through music and international tours. After the public lost interest more...in it and ending it in 2001, the music scene has been pretty grim from my point of view. The 20th anniversary of Live-Aid is a clear sign of that. Enjoy the music. Listen. Just listen. less
Added: Jun 20, 08
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| |  | Free Tibet - Who was Milarepa
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The story of Milarepa who was violent, but later became a saint and spread a message of compassion and peace through music. Music. Music. Listen. Enjoy. more...Stay well. less
Added: Jun 18, 08
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|  | Free Tibet -Beastie Boys
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The concerts held to help Tibet. I remember that. It had a 100,000 people showing up, but then , after a few years of international success, it pathetically more...dwindled to only 6,000 here in Tokyo. Rage Against The Machine split up at about the same time. President douche came in power at the turn of the millenia and started a havoc. It was a sad time to be a global citizen. Let's make it better. Better than it ever has. No more apartheid, no more land mines, no more cold war, no more gas attacks....agree? No more D.U.-munition. No more political prisoners ANYWHERE in the world. No more rigged elections. No more weapons to poorer countries. No more weapons period. No more food dumping and price dumping. No more short-sighted investments, and no more market manipulation. No more petroleum. Can you handle that? Agree? Enjoy the music. less
Added: Jun 18, 08
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