Apparently many of us were all had about the US forces' discovery of some Big Rock Candy Mountain of untapped wealth in Afghanistan. It has been common knowledge since at least 1995 and the minerals have been buried in the earth for some millions of years before that. Sometimes, I guess, news like this is recycled, like resuscitating some failing tourism campaign in fancy packaging. Blood diamonds, get them while they're still cruel. It is telling how the media touted this story as if it somehow justified the on-going war, but in reality it was another distraction that re-shuffled some imaginary wealth for a few hours.Tuesday 15 June 2010
gravity's rainbow
Apparently many of us were all had about the US forces' discovery of some Big Rock Candy Mountain of untapped wealth in Afghanistan. It has been common knowledge since at least 1995 and the minerals have been buried in the earth for some millions of years before that. Sometimes, I guess, news like this is recycled, like resuscitating some failing tourism campaign in fancy packaging. Blood diamonds, get them while they're still cruel. It is telling how the media touted this story as if it somehow justified the on-going war, but in reality it was another distraction that re-shuffled some imaginary wealth for a few hours.
