Intermittent Rant

Seems like the History Channel these days has more and more programming revolving around end-times. There was a program called Nostradamus 2012 a few months back and just today there was a program about the Seven Signs and Armageddon. And tonight there’s something about the “next” Nostradamus. It seems like it was only yesterday all you could see on the History Channel was stuff about The Da Vinci Code and the Bible Code. And it seems like weeks ago that the History Channel had programs about Jesus.

And it seems like eons ago that the History Channel had programming about history.

UPDATE: Here’s a breakdown of the History Channel’s lineup: http://graphjam.com/upcoming/?pid=11861

Yeah, I know…pun intended. I confess I have somewhat of a man-crush on Hitchens. Sure, he’s out there and is a proud contrarian, but that’s why I like him. It’s important for people to be pushed out of their comfort zone. It’s important for people to be challenged. I think that is the moment when you can create real openness. It is when you are surrounded by people that agree with you that prejudices are born.

This video reminds me of Sartre’s famous lecture Existentialism Is a Humanism…for some reason I dunno.

And of course the pièce de résistance:

The last 5 seconds speak for themselves…