Comments | lferion: Grassroots creation and politics

lferion

Grassroots creation and politics

Oct 26, 2008 00:04

On the wall of the Starry Plough in Berkeley is a quote about how when a cause has caught the imagination of the people, the people make songs that draw in more people and express feelings in ways that mere words cannot (this is very much a paraphrase. I would love to find the actual quote.)

It occurred to me, while watching this:
( YouTube vid of great wonderfulness )

civics, vid, thoughtful

Comments 5

darthneko October 26 2008, 16:05:29 UTC

Okay, that wins the award for awesomest video ever. Heeeee!

mad_duchess October 26 2008, 16:44:46 UTC

That is brilliant!

teresa_c October 27 2008, 15:47:41 UTC

Thank you for this. Can I hide here? I'm still reeling from a blast of vitriol in a friend's journal about how she would never vote for someone who wants to "redistribute the wealth." She's worked hard for her money and there are deadbeats out there who don't deserve to get anything, and if she wants to give money to charity, she'll give it where she chooses. ::sigh:: This is a cyber friend of mine. Someone who sent me sassafras root from her own yard when I wanted to brew original root beer. Reading her post made me feel sick.

reshcat October 27 2008, 16:59:02 UTC

Thank you so much for posting this video - Watched it twice for the squeals & giggles. Living as I do in a VERY pro-Obama state where just about everyone I know is voting blue, I'm sometimes caught by surprise when folks I've met on-line say things like, "I'm a feminist so I'm voting for Palin," or comments like those of the friend of the poster above. These are people I really LIKE and I know the ethical thing to do is to respond civilly, try to engage in rational discussion on the points and policies, etc. But I often find myself too wary these days, having been caught in irrational on-line flame-wars in the past ( ... )

reshcat October 27 2008, 21:26:27 UTC

Fuck, I hate it when I'm prescient...
From the AP Wire via Washingtonpost.com:

ATF Disrupts Skinhead Plot to Assassinate Obama

By LARA JAKES JORDAN
WASHINGTON -- Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.