MSNBC Documentary
I just got word that the MSNBC documentary on aircraft ditchings will air on July 12 at 10:00 pm EDT on MSNBC. I’ll put up some links as soon as I have more info.
I just got word that the MSNBC documentary on aircraft ditchings will air on July 12 at 10:00 pm EDT on MSNBC. I’ll put up some links as soon as I have more info.
Here’s a picture I took during a training flight. I’m calling it reflections.
The film touches on a number of important topics: The industrialization of food, inhumane treatment of animals, overuse of corn, health risks of meat factories, environmental impact of food production, lack of government oversight, obesity, organic food, genetically engineered seeds. There is so much to cover that no one topic gets the thorough examination that it deserves. The filmmakers spend even less time on discussing possible solutions. Note to some enterprising producer: there is enough material here for a four or five part series.
Like most people, my introduction to the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty is from film, specifically the one with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins (which by the way I have added to my Blockbuster que). I vaguely remember seeing the one with Marlon Brando. The Mel Gibson film is a fair re-enactment that gives equal treatment to both sides of the story. One version is that Bligh was a tyrant who had it coming and that Fletcher Christian had simply had enough. The other version is that Fletcher had overreacted and the mutiny was a spur of the moment decision made under the influence of alcohol. The truth lies somewhere in between.
There’s nothing more irritating than when the media tries to report on a story and distorts the facts because of ignorance. I’ve listened to a number of respected news agencies try to turn this flight into a major emergency. One reporter even stated that the first officer is on board just in cast the Captain can’t land. Are you kidding me?
This book doesn’t offer a step by step guide on how to implement renewable energy sources. Instead, Thomas Friedman takes a big picture view of where we are now and where we need to go in the years ahead. And he makes a very good case. The nation that is first in renewable energy will be the one to benefit the most.