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The Ghost of RubangB on 15 November 2010
Kasz216 said:
ameratsu said:

Power of Nightmares, The (2004) - 3 Part BBC Documentary about the use of fear in politics. The first part of this documentary is a must watch as it shows the links between the early neo-conservative movement in the US and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Available for free on Google Video.

I'm confused by "the power of Nightmares".

The early Neo-Conservative movement in the US started during the cold war... because of the USSR... and a certain branch of the democratic party splitting off and joining the republicans.

So I think the BBC is off on this one.

Yeah that's what the Power of Nightmares says.  I think ameratsu meant to say "similarities between" and not "links between."  It discusses how both movements came out of the Cold War, and they both claim to have defeated the Soviet Union, and they both use fear to try to control people.  It doesn't say that Wolfowitz planned 9/11 or anything crazy like that.



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Kasz216 on 15 November 2010
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Kasz216 said:
ameratsu said:

Power of Nightmares, The (2004) - 3 Part BBC Documentary about the use of fear in politics. The first part of this documentary is a must watch as it shows the links between the early neo-conservative movement in the US and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. Available for free on Google Video.

I'm confused by "the power of Nightmares".

The early Neo-Conservative movement in the US started during the cold war... because of the USSR... and a certain branch of the democratic party splitting off and joining the republicans.

So I think the BBC is off on this one.

Yeah that's what the Power of Nightmares says.  I think ameratsu meant to say "similarities between" and not "links between."  It discusses how both movements came out of the Cold War, and they both claim to have defeated the Soviet Union, and they both use fear to try to control people.  It doesn't say that Wolfowitz planned 9/11 or anything crazy like that.

Makes more sense,

desription of it just confused me because a lot of people think Neo-Conservatives are a new thing.

When the reality is, they've been around forever, they were just irrelevent till 9/11 put them back on the big stage and back when they were relevent we were living in a state of perpetual nuclear armegeddon. (Or our parents in anycase.)

To a lot of people neo-conservatives are a new thing, but really they were just biding their time... on the fringe of the republican party... and somewhat in the middle of some of the democratic party.  (Look towards democrats that are social conservatives but fiscal liberals, they are out there but generally don't have a group like the bluedogs because most votes are financial.)



Kasz216 on 15 November 2010
highwaystar101 said:
A203D said:
highwaystar101 said:

Yeah, I actually watched that particular documentary twice. It was very good. Actually I mentioned it earlier in this thread.

Horizon has a great way of making almost any topic very interesting.There are some good one's from the past few series that may be worth tracking down if you liked that one, 'Who's afraid of a big black hole' and 'How long is a piece of string?'

I must have missed it when it was mentioned, but it was excellent.

I will check out those documentaries youve just mentioned when i have more time, the Horizon ones are very good. the Dispatches ones are also very good sometimes because of the focus on controversal issues like immigration, or racisim.

Yeah, I posted a link to it earlier on when I posted a bunch of Horizon links. Another good episode of horizon is "Is everything we know about the universe wrong?".

Now that is a documentry i'd be interested in.

Largely because my philosphy in life seems to have boiled down to

"We never know as much as we think we do."



DeadNotSleeping on 15 November 2010

Waiting For Superman is a good one. About how broken the education system is.



d21lewis on 23 October 2011

Earlier today, I watched a documentary on Netflix called "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash" and I have never been more afraid of anything in my life. Watch that and try to sleep soundly.

I've made the decision to try and watch at least one documentary on a different subject each week. Hopefully it will make me a better, more well rounded person.



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Kasz216 on 26 October 2011

Oh yeah, just remembered a documentary I did like quite a bit...

http://www.garbagewarrior.com/



The Fury on 26 October 2011

I totally missed First Life when it was on, didn't even know about it.

Tonight is the start of the new BBC life documentary The Frozen Planet. Much like Blue planet just exploring though animals living in the freezing places. Looks good but then most BBC ones are.



Hmm, pie.

Dr.Grass on 26 October 2011

Since no-one here has mentioned it:

''Nature's Great Events'' (BBC)

First BD I bought - really stunning in HD.



sethnintendo on 26 October 2011
d21lewis said:

Bigger, Stronger, Faster:  Are steroids as bad as we think?  Well yes.....and no.  Interesting and funny story about three brothers who use steroids and the effect on their family and their lives.


That was a pretty good documentary.  I would recommend it to anyone and rated it 4/5 Netflix rating.



sethnintendo on 26 October 2011
d21lewis said:
Earlier today, I watched a documentary on Netflix called "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash" and I have never been more afraid of anything in my life. Watch that and try to sleep soundly.

I've made the decision to try and watch at least one documentary on a different subject each week. Hopefully it will make me a better, more well rounded person.


Or you will turn into a scared shitless person that thinks the world is about to end at anytime or that everyone is out to get them.  Don't be too scared now!  The world isn't always a pretty place and humans seem to make it even more ugly.  You can bang your head against the wall at all the stupid shit that goes on but it usually doesn't help too much.  I wish I was more active in areas that I am interested in. 


If I were to recommend Netflix documentaries it would be on the subject of food.  I recently watched Forks over Knives (pretty sure that is what it is called, Fast Food Nation is also a very good documentary) and it made me want to eat as much fruit and veggies as possible (hopefully US food system doesn't kill me with shit produce products, aka e coli, etc..)   I put on a few pounds while I was unemployed being lazy, drinking too many 40s, and eating too much.  Since starting work a little over a month ago at my new job, I have lost at least 20+ lbs.  I still have 20-30 lbs to go (damn how the fuck did I get so fat during the 6 months of unemployed... oh yea I did everything I wasn't supposed to do).  Anyways, the premise of most of the health documentaries are to eat more veggies, fruits, nuts and less processed foods, meat, and dairy products (mainly reduce cheese intake considering I can't resist yogurt).