I enjoyed blogger Michael J. Totten's photo tour of Libya (hat tip to Dennis). Totten captures the bleak Soviet-style architecture in Tripoli, vanishing Berber dwellings in the Saharan outback, and some beautifully-preserved Roman buildings, all framed against the empty desert landscape--in fact, there are hardly any people in the photos so the country looks weirdly depopulated. Of course, Ghaddafy has his heroic picture everywhere, which Totten mercilessly ridicules. But wait, isn't Moammar a good guy now that Bush's aggressive warmaking convinced him to "turn in his nukes"? Thankfully we don't have a Libya-esque, state-sponsored cult of personality in this country.
 Whoops, well, I'm sure this billboard in Florida paid for by the Bush-backing Clear Channel radio chain is a fluke.
Speaking of cults of personality, have you seen Robert Boyd's video in the "Democracy was Fun" show at White Box? Nice mix of video ranging from "Triumph of the Will" to war footage to red, white, and blue cheerleaders at the Republican National Convention, all set to Donna Summer.
Hey, I like Donna Summer.
Oh, I love Robert's video, if that wasn't clear from my earlier post.
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I enjoyed blogger Michael J. Totten's photo tour of Libya (hat tip to Dennis). Totten captures the bleak Soviet-style architecture in Tripoli, vanishing Berber dwellings in the Saharan outback, and some beautifully-preserved Roman buildings, all framed against the empty desert landscape--in fact, there are hardly any people in the photos so the country looks weirdly depopulated. Of course, Ghaddafy has his heroic picture everywhere, which Totten mercilessly ridicules. But wait, isn't Moammar a good guy now that Bush's aggressive warmaking convinced him to "turn in his nukes"? Thankfully we don't have a Libya-esque, state-sponsored cult of personality in this country.
Whoops, well, I'm sure this billboard in Florida paid for by the Bush-backing Clear Channel radio chain is a fluke.
- tom moody 12-06-2004 8:25 am
Speaking of cults of personality, have you seen Robert Boyd's video in the "Democracy was Fun" show at White Box? Nice mix of video ranging from "Triumph of the Will" to war footage to red, white, and blue cheerleaders at the Republican National Convention, all set to Donna Summer.
- barry (bloggy.com) 12-06-2004 7:40 pm
Hey, I like Donna Summer.
- anonymous (guest) 12-07-2004 4:17 am
- bill 12-07-2004 6:59 pm
Oh, I love Robert's video, if that wasn't clear from my earlier post.
- barry (bloggy.com) 12-07-2004 7:30 pm