Rupert Crowe is the man who designed Universal City.
Some call him the saviour of humanity.
Relative Clauses – Rupert Crowe
Watch this historical video of Rupert Crowe, the man who conceived
the Pillars of Universal City.
the man who conceived
the man who designed
the man who financed
the man who engineered
my agenda
your agenda
his agenda
our agenda
to shape an agenda
to have an agenda
We don’t have the power to change it.
We do have the power to change it.
Which one did you hear?
obviously if you are in cement, you would like to make a difference
obviously if you are in media, you would like to make a difference
Adverbial Phrases
if you are concerned about events in the world
if you are concerned about what is happening in the world
to be concerned with
to be concerned about
What is the difference between the two phrasal verbs?
if you are concerned with what is going on in the world
if you are concerned with events in the world
Plurals
by putting forward a diversity of opinion
by putting forward a diversity of opinions
by putting forward your opinion
by putting forward your opinions
Questions
What is your opinion about media ownership?
What is your opinion about cement ownership?
Should one man be allowed to own the media?
Should one man be allowed to own all the cement?
Can you trust him to be in charge of the composition of the cement that holds together the pillars that hold up our city?
Hero or Villain?
He saved us from the Ooze with the news but he has also shaped us.
to manipulate – to be manipulated
Has he manipulated us and dumbed us down?
to dumb down – to be dumbed down
Has he kept us in the dark and played us off against one another?
to be in the dark – to be kept in the dark
He is the only thing between us and the Ooze.
Do you watch the news?
Is he a hero or a villain?
What do you think about Rupert Crowe?
Write your answer in the comments section below.
your opinion
your opinions
we can’t change elections
we are not allowed to change elections
it is illegal to change elections
it is illegal to bribe politicians
Do you vote?
the perception of the war
how the war is viewed
the perception of ourselves
how we view ourselves
the perception of corporations
how we view corporations
the perception of human potential
how we view human potential
the perception of life on earth
how we view life on earth
the perception of life on mars
how we view life on mars
the perception of certain ideas
how we view certain ideas
the perception of reality
how we view reality
Notes for a Polemic
the systematic long term manipulation of consciousness in order to keep people uninformed about political reality and preoccupied with insignificant alternatives to that reality
(leaving them ripe to be played off against one another, exploited, manipulated, fed, addicted, misled, deluded, fooled)
the denial of political reality when in a position of power and responsibility to the people of earth
the media is not just a business – it is the sense organ of society
What are the sense organs? (coming link to the sense organs page)
The Importance of Cement Companies and Construction Companies working together.
cement companies
phone companies
software companies
newspaper companies
television stations
advertising agencies
I think good strong news organizations can shape … and maintain the pillars of society
I think good construction companies can build and maintain the four pillars
I think good cement companies can design and mix the mixture that we need to shape …
Do cement companies work with construction companies in your area?
Tell us about it.
Write your answer in the comments section below.
only in a limited way
in a very limited way
in an extremely limited way
Reporting that you have tried ..
We have tried.
We have attempted to.
Support for the Policy
We basically supported the … policy
we were in support of the policy
the Execution of the Policy
although we have been very critical of its execution
although we have been very critical of the way it has been done
although we have been very critical of the way it has been carried out
the execution of the policy
the execution of a death-row inmate
the execution of our mission
Public Opinion
Clearly public opinion has grown very very tired of the whole enterprise.
public opinion
popular opinion
informed opinion
Lexicon leads to Topic
private enterprise
free enterprise
the whole enterprise
clearly
quite clearly
very clearly
Link to the Pillars of Society
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