Author: Ruby Sinreich
Damn, Slim!
I can’t deny, Eminem has kicked serious ass with the video for his new song “Mosh” by GNN (who have been kicking ass online since the 90’s).
I’m embarassed to say… this video gave me chills. Especially the scenes of the soldier retuning home to his family only to find he’s been redeployed, and the mother getting an eviction notice while Bush gives away tax cuts. Visually, this video is calling on people to put on the black bloc hoodie and bring it to the streets.
Oh, and also VOTE. Here’s an excerpt from the lyrics:
Imagine it pouring, it’s raining down on us
Mosh pits outside the oval office
Someone’s tryina tell us something,
Maybe this is god just sayin’ we’re responsible
For this monster, this coward,
That we have empowered
This is Bin Laden, look at his head noddin’
How could we allow something like this without pumping our fists
Now this is our final hour
Let me be the voice in your strength and your choice
Let me simplify the rhyme just to amplify the noise
Try to amplify the times it, and multiply by six…
Ten million people, Are equal at this high pitch
Maybe we can reach Al Quaeda through my speech
Let the president answer a higher anarchy
Strap him with an Ak-47, let him go, fight his own war
Let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil
No more psychological warfare, to trick us to thinking that we ain’t loyal
If we don’t serve our own country, we’re patronizing a hero
Look in his eyes its all lies
The stars and stripes, they’ve been swiped, washed out and wiped
And replaced with his own face, Mosh now or die
If I get sniped tonight you know why,
Cause I told you to fight.
Scandals galore, come ‘n get it
The folks who run the parody site georgewbush.org have been getting a lot of mail that was intended for accounts at georgewbush.com. It includes a lot of banter among staffers for the President and his brother Jeb, including discussions of whether certain strategies are legal, remarks about the First Twins, and other stuff that I’m sure is illegal.
Now you can read all of this mail (attachments, too!) at
GeorgeWBush.org’s Dead Letter Office. Here’s one to Mary Matalin!
From: jschmidt@schmidtpa.com [mailto:jschmidt@schmidtpa.com]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 10:30 AM
To: mmatalin@georgewbush.org
Subject: FW: Response to Kerry’s Stem Cell Attacksomething needs to be done about this (below). can’t we say something intelligent? can’t Bush announce something progressive like dedicating even more federal funds to stem cells and other, more advanced areas such as cord blood? i am so tired of this nuttiness. (and when he says he was first prez to dedicate funds, the dem retort is that this research was not around several years ago, and amount is insignificant)
when healthcare is discussed next debate, things like stem cells and health care insurance and expensive drugs could bury him. i hope this is registering out there.
Not just scaring you, also lying
No Direct Evidence of Plot To Attack Around Elections (washingtonpost.com): “U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials say they have found no direct evidence of an election-related terrorist plot. Authorities also say that a key CIA source who had claimed knowledge of such plans has been discredited, casting doubt on one of the earliest pieces of evidence pointing to a possible attack.”
Two awesome things
Once in a while, Planned Parenthood really nails it!
This cute flash shows a group of young women “voting” for American Idol
while the country falls apart outside their window.
saveroe.com/americanidle
Then there is this stunning short film starring Helen Hunt as a woman who
discovers the power of voting. I know it sounds cheesy, and it sort of
is, but it is really moving! Plus it has music by Black Eyed Peas. I cry
everytime I watch it!
You can get to it directly at saveroe.com/working/vote_video.htm
or you can let it popup when you visit saveroe.com/register
Please share these with all the women you love! Victory is within reach,
but the polls are little droopy this week. Everything we do to educate
our friends and family and to get voters out to the polls this FINAL WEEK
will help!
Two bonus (non-PP) links: abortion clinic days thoughtfully chronicles the experience of women with unplanned pregnancies, I’m not sorry is fighting the stigma associated with abortion.
Radical!
What do you get when you combine brilliant concept design, smart Italian Flash developers, and the anti-globalization movement? Molleindustria! I am especially excited about the political potential of their “games” like Enduring Indymedia, and the May Day NetParade. These are great organizing tools! And the Orgasm Simulator game, well that looks, um, interesting…
Vote, baby, vote
(I miss
Deelight.) I will be out of town this weekend, but you might already be
going to the polls. For your voting pleasure, I offer the first-ever
Orange Politics Voter Guide and my personal endorsements, as follows:
POTUS & VPOTUS
John Kerry & John EdwardsStraight party ticket choice: Democrat
(I don’t usually do the straight ticket, but it’s actually how I would vote this year anyway)N. C. Supreme Court, Associate Justice, seat 1
Sarah ParkerN. C. Supreme Court, Associate Justice, seat 2
James A. Wynn, Jr. (Manning is a close second)N. C. Court of Appeals Judges
Linda McGee
Wanda G. Bryant
Alan ThornburgN. C. District Court Judges, district 15-B
Charles Anderson
Alonzo Coleman
Pat DevineSoil & Water Conservation District Supervisor
Roger TateN. C. Constitutional Amendments
1: no
2: yes
3: yes
Enjoy The Draft
McLuhanisms
Just a few of Marshall McLuhan’s insightful quips:
The story of modern America begins With the discovery of the white man by The Indians.
Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public
incredulity.Whereas convictions depend on speed-ups, justice requires delay.
Mud sometimes gives the illusion of depth.
The trouble with a cheap, specialized education is that you never stop paying for it.
People don’t actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.
The road is our major architectural form.
Today each of us lives several hundred years in a decade.
When you are on the phone or on the air, you have no body.
The answers are always inside the problem, not outside.
TV B-Gone
Now I know what I want for Hannukah, er… solstice: TV B-Gone! “The device, which looks like an automobile remote, has just one button. When activated, it spends over a minute flashing out 209 different codes to turn off televisions, the most popular brands first.”