INGRID BETANCOURT IS FREE TONIGHT

Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he. -Johann Gottfried Seume, author (1763-1810)



Tonight, we're told she's free.
Or is she? In another kind of jungle? The political jungle?
How free? Debriefing doesn't sound like freedom to me. And I'm afraid she'll have to go through it.
But Mrs Betancourt is strong. She has proved that much. Surviving with dignity "out of her outward circumstances"... in the Amazonian jungle,
She's also very wise. She's had time to think of it... She's been a prisoner since february 2002.
Here are the last words of her first speech after her release, or extraction...
"LET US ALL HAVE COMPASSION FOR OUR ENEMIES"
Now, I hope the media will give her the free time she deserves...
And now that she's not trapped in the jungle anymore, let's see what she does. And what she doesn't.

For your information, this cbsnews article, and if you're too lazy to read it all, some extracts...
in case you were told otherwise... the U.S. did play a part in the whole event.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/02/world/main4228714.shtml
"Colombia freed Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors from leftist guerrillas on Wednesday after military spies tricked rebels into giving them up without a single injury, the defense minister said. "...

...CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that the release of the hostages and Ms. Betancourt was carried out by Columbian military forces, working closely with United States intelligence. Currently, Martin is told, the hostages are being taken by the military to Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. ...

"This was primarily a Colombian operation," one U.S. official told CBS News correspondent Bob Orr. "They did all of the heavy lifting and deserve the lion's share of the credit."

..."The rescue came as U.S. presidential candidate John McCain was visiting Colombia. When news of its success reached McCain on his campaign plane, he said he and two other U.S. senators traveling with him - Joe Lieberman and Lindsay Graham - had been told about it in advance by Uribe"


Most of us are free. And have been for quite a while. How free are we?

And let's see what we all do with our endangered but still palpable freedoms in Europe at least. Free to come and go, free to look for "fair and balanced" information, free to meet the ones we love and all the ones with whom we share values and hopes, free to talk to them and on the web to express ourselves and be as creative as we can, free to fight for our rights, free to fight for peace, free to believe and free to challenge the others with respect, free to look for truth and peace.
May we all prove worthy of those freedoms and ready to fight for them if need be and have compassion, even for our enemies.

PARODY: guns & teleshopping

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Fist Bump

Michelle Obama and the new "high five".
When Woopy refers to the "chest bump", she is refering to a scene that lately took place between McCain and a military. They bumped their chests to greet each other.

A SPEECH IN 1992...

NOTHING HAS CHANGED...

IT WAS A HOAX !!!

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Cell Phone Popcorn Hoax Revealed - These bloopers are hilarious

A MUST SEE... UNBELIEVABLE... AMAZING...SCARY...EXHILARATING...

Here is the comment added by the person who Utubed the video .
"We tried but didn't make it...maybe only with phone brands or models ???"



THIS IS FOR REAL AND IT WORKS IN FRANCE TOO ??????????????
TRY AND DO THIS AND REPORT YOUR RESULTS IN THE COMMENTS...



REALLY SCARY ISN'T IT ??
WE MIGHT HAVE TO THROW OUR PHONES AWAY...
OH... AND WHAT IF IT WORKED ONLY WITH GMO CORN ?!!!

NAOMI KLEIN

Naomi KLEIN Le capitalisme du desastre
par Weasreopen

Clever exercises

I particularly enjoy the one on September 11th, 2001
for its exercises about Oral comprehension exercise and
Airport Vocabulary

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/michel.barbot/hotpot/cohome.htm

another ad for OBAMA

An Ad for OBAMA

BANKSY : One nation under CCTV

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-559547/Graffiti-artist-
Banksy-pulls-audacious-stunt-date--despite-watched-CCTV.html

SAVE THE "PALAIS DE LA DECOUVERTE"!

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE? GREAT SCIENTIFIC STUFF.
I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE PI ROOM...

http://www.sauvonslepalaisdeladecouverte.fr/
Sign the petition!

Un moyen mnémotechnique populaire (mais peu pratique) est le poème :

Que j'aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages !

Immortel Archimède, artiste, ingénieur,

Qui de ton jugement peut priser la valeur ?

Pour moi ton problème eut de pareils avantages.

Jadis, mystérieux, un problème bloquait

Tout l'admirable procédé, l'œuvre grandiose

Que Pythagore découvrit aux anciens Grecs.

Ô quadrature ! Vieux tourment du philosophe

Insoluble rondeur, trop longtemps vous avez

Défié Pythagore et ses imitateurs.

Comment intégrer l'espace plan circulaire ?

Former un triangle auquel il équivaudra ?

Nouvelle invention : Archimède inscrira

Dedans un hexagone ; appréciera son aire

Fonction du rayon. Pas trop ne s'y tiendra :

Dédoublera chaque élément antérieur ;

Toujours de l'orbe calculée approchera ;

Définira limite ; enfin, l'arc, le limiteur

De cet inquiétant cercle, ennemi trop rebelle

Professeur, enseignez son problème avec zèle

Le nombre de lettres de chaque mot correspond à une décimale, sauf pour le chiffre "0" dont le codage correspond à un mot de 10 lettres.

En 2005, un japonais de 59 ans, Akira Haraguchi, a réussi à aligner par cœur 83 431 décimales de π en 13 heures. Il réitéra son record un an plus tard en 2006 en mémorisant et récitant publiquement 100 000 décimales pendant 16 heures. Cet exploit a été homologué par le Livre Guinness des records

The CANS Festival

http://cansfestival.com/
The CANS Festival Leake street, London
Some people are calling it the greatest stencil art show that has ever taken place in a tunnel underneath Waterloo Station

I'm watching live on cbsnews.org...

Barack Obama is speaking in Grand Rapid, Michigan with John Edwards.
Mr Edwards, another democrat, has also been competing in the democratic primaries
but he quit 4 months ago.
He didn't say who he would endorse (support).
He didn't say whether he would support Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
He is a popular man, well-known for his honesty and his concern for poverty and health care and his determination towards peace and freedom.
Well, tonight, John Edwards is declaring that he endorses Obama.
Obama Obama OBAMA OBAMA

This week Time cover

The election of the president of the United States is very different from the French presidential election.

The American elections are MUCH MORE complicated !
The US president will be chosen next November by delegates. (indirect suffrage)
So before the "general election", each great party, organizes elections called "primaries" or "caucuses" to choose the one who will compete with the 4-year-presidential mandate which is a competition between two men... well, two human beings!

Former democratic presidents backwards: Clinton, carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, Roosevelt ...
Former republican presidents onwards: ... Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, G.H.Bush, G.W.Bush
See the succession here: http://mistupid.com/history/presidents.htm

So: Right now ! The Democratic primaries are still taking place among the Democrats to select the candidate who will face the Republican candidate who has been chosen through the Republican primary elections : John McCain.

For now, Barack Obama has 1882 delegates, selected during the different elections that have been taking place successively in the different states.
See the calendar here: http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html Youl'll notice that the race is soon over.
Well, it is not because Hillary Clinton has 1711 delegates and she says she can still win the primaries against Obama... She could quit but she says she can still win.
2025 delegates are needed to secure the nomination.
See the evolution of the democratic primaries here http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2008/index.shtml

So, the next US Presidential elections in November 2008 will be a race between

EITHER Barack Obama versus John McCain

OR Hillary Clinton versus John McCain

Well, this week's Time cover believes Obama will run for president against John McCain.
And I hope they're right.
Not that I wouldn't like a woman for the US presidency, but I like Obama's vision better. And after all, Clinton has already been in the White House as a first lady...
I believe new politicians are needed. Read about his life here:
http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet.php

Divers Find Ancient Bust Of Caesar Near Arles

and other wonderful works of art. Read about them here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/14/tech/main4094913.shtml

Agreat site to learn more English

http://www.cdlponline.org/

Listen, read, learn!!!

LEONARDO DI CAPRIO

His movie, "The 11th Hour", deals with environmental issues and our responsibility.

PANGEA DAY ...

Can your film save the world?
http://www.planete.tm.fr/dossiers/template/page.html?PAGE_ID=1372&AFF_SS_PAGE=
oui&FOLD_ID=110&PAGE_LEFT_TEMP=10&PAGE_RIGHT_TEMP=11

Here are the lyrics by David Byrne:
Like Humans Do Lyrics

For millions of years, In millions of homes
A man loved a woman, A child it was born
It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry
Like Humans Do

Chorus:
I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out
So slip inside this funky house
Dishes in the sink
The TV's in repair
Don't look at the floor
Don't go up the stairs
I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do
I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do

I work and I sleep and I dance and I'm dead
I'm eatin, I'm laughin and I'm lovin myself
I never watch TV
Except when I'm stoned
Like Humans Do

[Repeat Chorus]

I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out
So slip inside this funky house
Wiggle while you work
Anybody can
The rain is pourin in on a woman and a man

I'm achin'
I'm shakin'
I'm breakin'
Like Humans Do
I'm breathing in
I'm breathing out

PANGEA DAY for WORLD PEACE

Samedi 10 mai à 20h00, première édition du "Pangea Day" en direct depuis le Caire, Kigali, Los Angeles et Rio de Janeiro.

Pour la France c’est PLANETE qui a été choisie pour participer à la diffusion de cet événement Planétaire.
Et l'on pourra le suivre sur le site même de Pangea Day. Vous pouvez d'ores et déjà y trouver des videos sur les motivations de l'organisatrice de cette initiative.
http://www.pangeaday.org