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OBAMA VOX POPS IN BERLIN
Fussing about whether or not the man is allowed to speak at the Brandenburg Gate, the German chancellor Angela Merkel made no friends with her petty remarks.
But it seems like young Berlin folks and even Eastern European tourists are excited about his speech at the Victory Column. Maybe OBAMANIA comes to Berlin.
According to some polls 83% of the German population would vote him for president!
Check out the three young girls from Romania with their sexy accents... Fussing about whether or not the man is allowed to speak at the Brandenburg Gate, the German chancellor Angela Merkel made no friends ... more -
Obama makes the moves on M.E.
The New York times just wants you to know that Barack didn't slip up on his trip to Iraq yet. As if most of the media didn't have bets going.
NYT goes on to point out that, "The central tenet of Mr. Obama’s foreign policy is suddenly aligned with what the Iraqis themselves now increasingly seem to want. Not only have the developments offered Mr. Obama a measure of credibility as a prospective world leader in a week when his every move is receiving intensive attention at home and abroad, but it has complicated Mr. McCain’s leading argument against him: that a withdrawal timeline would be tantamount to surrender and would leave Iraqis in dangerous straits." The New York times just wants you to know that Barack didn't slip up on his trip to Iraq yet. As if most of the media didn't have bets... more -
Obama: The Middle Class's Grand Illusion
Barrack Obama is having an identity crisis with the middle-class voters of America. It is this disconnection with middle-class voters that casts a grand illusion on Obama's campaign. Barrack Obama is having an identity crisis with the middle-class voters of America. It is this disconnection with middle-class voters ... more
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McCain Has Worse Afghanistan Hearing Record Than Obama
Shudder --- hypocrisy in presidential election politics? I can't believe it. Apparently, McCain's campaign was busting on Obama for his record of attending Senate hearings on Afghanistan (ABC reports Obama attended 1/6), but McCain attended zilch nada none (0/6). Lots of pointing of fingers on who attended what meetings and when.
"McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers, in a statement to ABC News, argued that McCain's years of previous foreign policy experience make up for his recent lack of attendance at hearings." Shudder --- hypocrisy in presidential election politics? I can't believe it. Apparently, McCain's campaign was busting on Obama for hi... more -
McCain looks to attract black voters
John McCain will look to make much needed gains among black voters when he speaks before the NAACP conference in Cincinnati, Ohio today. The Republican candidate has a meagre 2% approval rating amongst black voters.
He is expected to focus his speech on education, and to say that "the worst problems of our public school system are often found in black communities." He will attempt to win support by promising a new approach to the issue of the historically low 'African-American' college attendance record, and pledge to allow parents to "pick which school their children attend" if elected.
In an earlier address, Barack Obama said that all Americans had to "seize more responsibility" in their own lives. John McCain will look to make much needed gains among black voters when he speaks before the NAACP conference in Cincinnati, Ohio toda... more -
Is McCain Eligibility to Be President?
The NY Times revived an issue that got buried months ago: John McCain was born in the Panama Canal prior to a 1937 law, making him ineligible for the Presidency. Doh! The Republicans are truly f*cked if this is the case.
Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution contains the clause: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
John McCain was born at the Coco Solo U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone to U.S. parents. Although the Panama Canal Zone was not considered to be part of the United States, federal law states that "Any person born in the Canal Zone on or after February 26, 1904, and whether before or after the effective date of this chapter, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such person was or is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States". However, it should be noted that the law that conferred this status took effect on August 4, 1937, one year after John McCain was born.
While all this with out a doubt makes John McCain a U.S. citizen, it falls short of making him a natural born citizen. However, John McCain has survived this long, I doubt that this tiny stipulation would keep him down.
Your thoughts? The NY Times revived an issue that got buried months ago: John McCain was born in the Panama Canal prior to a 1937 law, making him ine... more -
Out of Iraq in 6 Months
A plan that gets us out, keeps peace and restores our relationship with the international community
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gObama 2008 - generation X strikes back
Dear friends,
gObama 2008 - "generation X strikes back" is raw, a work in progress.
So, my teaser is a 20 min ruffcut without a soundmix, graphics or color corrections.
I am editing at the moment and current-ly can not chat with all of you out there.
I like to put it up here because I would need your help for a first feedback-
before I go into more (10h) exciting material.
YES! Web 2.0 is a great democratic medium and I greatly appreciate your written input !
Here are a couple of brainy questions for you - to help me built up organic juice in Berlin.
Thanks for taking the time and enjoy the first bits and bytes!
Point of view - VOICE
1.Are you interested in my very personal commentary?
2.Is my voice-over distracting you or compelling enough to learn more?
3.Do you need to know more personal context - like why I did this film at the beginning?
4.Do the personal encounters interest you enough to see a story there?
Structure
1. Does the story build up to keep a momentum?
2. Is there enough tension between the different elements?
3. Do you want to follow events chronologically or otherwise thematically?
4. Is the structure compelling you to follow through with questions for part 2?
5. Do you want to see more twists that tell little side stories?
6. Was the current structure emotional enough to get a feeling for the finished film?
Theme
1.What do you think is this story really about? (Describe your first impressions)
2.What societal issue and social concern does it tell that is relevant to your life?
3.Was the theme revealed throughout the scenes or did you get lost?
4.What do you think this story should be about if you could decide ?
Style
1.Do you enjoy the freestyle (cinema verite style)?
2.What do you think of the pace of the editing? (too slow, ok, too fast)
3.Do you want to see more graphic design between the different segments?
4.Do you like the handheld camera all the time or do you want more controlled shots?
Music
1.What do you think about the use of music?
2.Do you want to hear a musical score that combines elements of the music on location?
3.Should the music be just coming from the campaign events?
4.Do you want to hear a particular style of music?
Length and Format
1.How long do you think this film should be? (26 min or 56 min or 90min)
2.Do you think the story has potential as a trilogy gObama 2009/2010?
3.Do you want to see a different format (7-10 min webisodes) altogether?
DVD/ Online Distribution
1.Would you buy the film as a DVD or prefer to watch this in a cinema?
2.Would you enjoy watch the film via IPTV on your laptop/TV?
3.Would you enjoy a download to own this on your PC/MAC via a peer2peer network?
4.How much would you pay for one copy (as a product 60 min docu)?
(less than 10$, 13$, 15$, 20$)
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NRA's $15 million campaign to portray Obama as threat to second amendment
The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.
“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, could be taken away from us in the future,” Chris Cox, head of the NRA’s political arm, said.
The politically powerful gun rights group will split its message efforts between communicating with its 4 million members and the tens of millions more firearms owners across the country.
This fall, NRA members will get automated phone calls, mail pieces and pre-election editions of the group’s three magazines making the case against Obama. More broadly, the group will use an independent expenditure effort to hammer the Democratic nominee via TV, radio and newspaper ads in some of about 15 battleground states in the Midwest and Mountain West. The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted... more -
Scholar finds original writer of "Obama is a Muslim" false chain letter
Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama that has become one of the most effective -- and baseless -- Internet attacks of the 2008 presidential season. The anonymous chain e-mail makes the false claim that Obama is concealing a radical Islamic background. By the time it reached Allen on Jan. 11, 2008, it had spread with viral efficiency for more than a year.
During that time, polls show the number of voters who mistakenly believe Obama is a Muslim rose -- from 8 percent to 13 percent between November 2007 and March 2008. And some cited this religious mis-affiliation when explaining their primary votes against him.
As the general-election campaign against Sen. John McCain has gotten underway, Obama's aides have made the smears a top target. They recently launched FightTheSmears.com to "aggressively push back with the truth," said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor, and go viral with it. The Web site urges supporters to upload their address books and send e-mails to all of their friends. "
But long before this, Allen had been obsessing about the origins of her e-mail at the institute, which is most famous for having been the research home of Albert Einstein. Allen studies the way voters in a democracy gather their information and act on what they learn. She was familiar, of course, with the false rumors of a secret love child that helped sink McCain's White House bid in 2000, and the Swift boat attacks that did the same to Democrat John Kerry in 2004. But the Obama e-mail was on another plane: The use of the Internet made it possible to launch anonymous attacks that could reach millions of voters in weeks or even days.
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Laid out before Allen, a razor-sharp, 36-year-old political theorist, was what purported to be a biographical sketch of Barack Obama t... more -
In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying
On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, is a Christian family man with a track record of public service. But on the Internet, in his grocery store, at his neighbor's house, at his son's auto shop, Peterman has also absorbed another version of the Democratic candidate's background, one that is entirely false: Barack Obama, born in Africa, is a possibly gay Muslim racist who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
"It's like you're hearing about two different men with nothing in common," Peterman said. "It makes it impossible to figure out what's true, or what you can believe."
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Cut it out with the anonymous lies. On the television in his living room, Peterman has watched enough news and campaign advertisements to hear the truth: Sen. Barack Obam... more -
American Indian Activist Winona LaDuke on Colbert Show
June 12, 2008
Our sister Winona LaDuke appears on the Colbert Show in a segment on American Indians and the 2008 Presidential Political Race.
Anishinaabe Environmental Activist Winona LaDuke who ran for U.S. Vice-President in 1996 and 2000 on the Green Party Ticket with Ralph Nader is gracious when Stephen Colbert says "Migwetch" (Anishinaabe for Thank You) for electing George W. Bush.
Winona gifts Colbert with a flag souvenir from the White Earth Nation and $24.00, and jokes, "That should make us all set."
Watch the video to hear Winona LaDuke's Indian humor.
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com
where Charleen Touchette has been friends with Winona LaDuke
and her mom Betty LaDuke since the mid-1970s when Winona
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Historians: Obama will trounce McCain, democratic lanslide win in the fall
One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any.
Historians belonging to both parties offered a litany of historical comparisons that give little hope to the Republican. Several saw Barack Obama’s prospects as the most promising for a Democrat since Roosevelt trounced Hoover in 1932.
"This should be an overwhelming Democratic victory,” said Allan Lichtman, an American University presidential historian who ran in a Maryland Democratic senatorial primary in 2006. Lichtman, whose forecasting model has correctly predicted the last six presidential popular vote winners, predicts that this year, “Republicans face what have always been insurmountable historical odds.” His system gives McCain a score on par with Jimmy Carter’s in 1980.
“McCain shouldn’t win it,” said presidential historian Joan Hoff, a professor at Montana State University and former president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency. She compared McCain’s prospects to those of Hubert Humphrey, whose 1968 loss to Richard Nixon resulted in large part from the unpopularity of sitting Democratic president Lyndon Johnson.
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Sources: Politico, http://www.electoral-vote.com/ One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a... more -
McCain's Pastor Is Worst Then Obama's
John McCain's pastor Rev. John Hagee said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual "sins." He has called on Christians to wage war against Islam, which he considers to be a "false religion." In the past, Parsley has also railed against the separation of church and state, homosexuals, and abortion rights, comparing Planned Parenthood to Nazis.
The media has said little about Rev. John Hagee instead they focus a lot more time on Obama's pastor. They make Obama's pastor look worst. That is racism. John McCain's pastor Rev. John Hagee said God created Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for its homosexual "sins." He has called... more -
Future Man
Jacque Fresco is a genius, architect, engineer, designer of cities and transportation modes, inventor, economist, philosopher and futurist. Did I mention that he has comprehensive plans to redesign the world? Jacque Fresco is a genius, architect, engineer, designer of cities and transportation modes, inventor, economist, philosopher and futu... more
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McCain: America Established As A Christian Nation
Last fall, John McCain said that he wanted a Christian to be president because he felt that the Christian faith was a better guide than other faiths. He also said that his faith was an important part of his qualification to lead, adding the the United States Constitution established the America as a Christian nation.
Ask yourself what the media would have done if Jeremiah Wright had uttered those words, especially if he had been talking about race instead of religion?
What if Barack Obama himself had said them?
Yet when John McCain spews religious bigotry during the middle of a presidential campaign, the media barely paid his comments any attention whatsoever.
Last fall, John McCain said that he wanted a Christian to be president because he felt that the Christian faith was a better guide tha... more -
McCain's Young Backers Push Elders to Embrace Obama Web Tactics
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Political activist David All gushes over Barack Obama's record-breaking success on the Internet, which has helped the Illinois senator's presidential campaign raise more than $250 million and mobilize armies of supporters.
``He understands the importance of having a people-powered revolution,'' said All, 29.
All is no Obama supporter. He isn't even a Democrat. He's part of a cadre of young Republicans pressing their party to embrace the Web-fueled cultural shift that has transformed the way campaigns communicate with youthful voters.
All, who backs Senator John McCain and co-founded an online site that helps Republicans raise money, blames party officials ``who control the purse strings'' for not grasping the Internet. ``They are over the age of 35 or 40,'' he said, ``and they are unwilling to be anything but a modern ostrich.''
Republicans, who once held a commanding technological lead over the Democrats by pioneering techniques such as direct-mail messages to voters and dominating talk radio, are being out- raised, outspent and outmaneuvered on the Internet.
While the Democrats' Web prowess didn't begin with Obama, it's reaching new heights with his campaign.
Obama, 46, has 953,000 Facebook backers to McCain's 142,000, according to techPresident.com, a Web site that tracks such support. On MySpace, Obama has 394,000 supporters, more than seven times the number McCain has. On YouTube, the Internet video site, Obama videos have been viewed 50 million times compared with 4 million for the 71-year-old McCain.
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Political activist David All gushes over Barack Obama's record-breaking success on the Internet, which has help... more -
Bill Maher Defends Obama
Bill Maher defends Barrack Obama against people who try and throw dirt on his name for stupid reasons.
WARNING: This video contains adult language. Bill Maher defends Barrack Obama against people who try and throw dirt on his name for stupid reasons. ... more -
Generation Gap
Mariana van Zeller looks at the impact of the youth involvement in the 2008 presidential election.
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McCain Keeps Bush Fundraiser Under Wraps
McCain apparently does not want any media at his fundraiser in Arizona tonight, at which, current lame duck G. W. Bush will be the main attraction McCain apparently does not want any media at his fundraiser in Arizona tonight, at which, current lame duck G. W. Bush will be the mai... more
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