Here is my political ‘rant’ for the day. Since the days of Marx and Engels, we have been told that Communism is our future – after all, the dialectic proves it (whatever that means). If Communism is so good, why do governments that espouse the communist ‘faith’ have such tight controls on their citizens?
Chinese President Hu Jintao is advising that ‘unhealthy’ content should be purged from the ‘net and replaced with Communist doctrine. He was speaking at a meeting of the Communist Party Politburo, which pledged to impose firmer propaganda controls on the net. The move is the latest in a series of crackdowns on China's 
estimated 137 million net users. In January officials were told that they must nurture a healthy online culture and that development and administration of internet culture must stick to the direction of socialist advanced culture, and adhere to correct propaganda guidance. Recently, a campaign in China's media has highlighted the negative impact of indecent internet content. The number of internet users in China grew by almost 24% last year and now one tenth (wow!) of the population is thought to be online. The drive to clean up the internet follows directives earlier this year aimed at ‘purifying’ television broadcasts, including demands that stations reserve prime-time slots for ‘ethically inspiring' TV dramas and clampdowns on talent shows (now that I can understand). Don’t you just love these political ‘buzz’ words.
The Hubble space telescope is 17 years old today. Need to do some topics on the space technology.
Posted by: B Alexander | April 26, 2007 at 01:13 PM