Democracy Now! looks at <I>Taxi to the Dark Side</i>
By Nicole Belle Friday Feb 01, 2008 6:02pm
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Democracy Now! speaks with writer/director Alex Gibney about his Academy Award-nominated documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side, which looks at the torture practices that the United States used in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo by following the tragic fate of an innocent taxi driver who was tortured and killed in Afghanistan in 2002.
In anticipation of the Oscars, Taxi to the Dark Side is playing in limited release nationally. You can click here to see if it's playing near you. No word on its DVD release date.
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These animals who use retarded women to explode in market places, chop off heads of captives, torture to the limit...certainly there is nothing more they can do to us. They aer the worst of the worst.
Problem is, we have stooped to their level, and now we are no better in the eyes of the world. One major loss for the USA, under Adolf the chimp and co. I know we have been responsible for the same in Vietnam, and most probably in other conflicts, occupations, wars, etc. I saw it with my own eyes in Vietnam. Anyone who denies it simply doesn't know what the hell they are talking about. I SAW IT.
We are #1 is a hollow statement anymore. Just bullshit that the lapdogs and geriatric generation continue to mutter in some sort of empty response to what we have become.
bush/cheney are the drivers of the American taxi to the dark side.
Go Giants!!!
sorry, got carried away for a second there.....
Talk about a Taxi to the Dark Side. It is happening right here in America.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82447 (disturbing video)
Liberal propaganda do the idiot side!
When, oh WHEN is Amy Goodman going to get a Pulitzer????
Democracy Now! Rocks. Spread it. Word.
HulksHeroes @ 1:
The problem is also that we invaded these "animals'" home. We are not "stooping" to their level; they are defending themselves just as many of us would should our homes be violently taken over by a bunch of foreigners.
BTW. the evidence that those two women suicide bombers were "mentally retarded" is very weak (see C&L post earlier today).
HulksHeroes @ 1:
You are absolutely correct. Mankind can't cure the common cold, but sure invents all kinds of ways to kill each other.
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I just watched a movie starring Juliette Lewis called Chasing Freedom. The film's execution was not particularly good, but it had great redeeming social value.
Seriously.
Taxi to the Dark Side sounds like a Pink Floyd follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon.
Now their too old to fly there on drugs but have to hail a hack.
freejack @ 3:
Is it ironic that I have no interest in Giants, despite by nom de'guerre Ysbaddaden, or merely reflective that I'm already drunk?
CIA CLAIMS THEY ACTUALLY ‘TAPED OVER’ INTERROGATIONS WITH ‘TAXICAB CONFESSIONS’
millie wink @ 6:
Absolutely fantastic program.
To put the show in context, as I listen to it every day, last week was an excellent program on E. Timor and the human rights abuses by a U.S. backed regime. And during this program the guest had great clips of questioning both Clinton and Amb. Holbrooke about our financing of this dictatorship. Including a $500 million dollar contract under Clinton to build an air force that would be even more devestating in attacking those in search of genuine Democracy.
Amy Goodman is another American who does an invaluable service.
Listen to her program.
its available on bittorrent.
afghanistan was a reprisal, iraq was an invasion... there is a difference..
That being said..I've been to yaquiba, no wonder they have an attitude..
shilo @ 9:
bush/cheney are the drivers of the American taxi to the dark side.
you are a fucking idiot and just trying to spread more of this false shit.
go suck jesus and repent
shilo @ 9:
I would bet $100.00 that at least one person has a restraining order out on you.
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odanny @ 14:
She does. The Amy Goodman Propaganda Hour is some of the best leftist spin you can find.
Btw, looks like the WGA strike might end next week, saving the Oscars. Which is good news to everyone in LA, no doubt.
HulksHeroes @ 1:
Using high-explosives left unguarded by the invading force. Thanks, George.
Calling human beings 'animals' fits right in with being a torturer, Hulk.
Why don't you get your SHARED HUMANITY issues clear.
'Taxi to the Dark Side'
Probably should see it, but...just don't have the stomach for it. I don't need anything more to feel sickened by.
John,
It is nice to see someone with a site as popular as yours actually notice Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales exccelent work. The mainstream has been ignoring her for years.
I suggest to anyone interested in investing in her book "The Exception to the Rulers" The audio version is very good in that when she writes about events that they have taped, she includes the original audio in place of her reading it out loud. So you actually hear her giving Bill Clinton no slack and asking tough questions, or Tom Brokaw's lame attempts at humor when called to task on abysmal journalistic practises.
Anyway, John thanks for putting Democracy Now out there on your front page.
James
I saw this at the IDA Film Festival in Los Angeles. It was good, but I wish that it had fewer computer graphics. However, the general story is very good and I reccomend the film. His father, who fought in (WWII?) speaks about torture before his death and he showed the footage at the end of the film.
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