CNN: Dan Savage V. Tony Perkins

Ok. I don't usually post mainstream clips but this will be a rare exception.

I'm not gay. . . but I love me some Dan Savage. This is one of the best smackdowns I have seen so far of the whole premise of "defending marriage."

236.com presents: Election Day in a Minute

A very nice comedic recap of election day as told by the 4th Estate:

52 to 48 with love

After this election I think what everyone needs right now is a big hug. A great big unifying hug.

I think this is a pretty positive concept, a conciliatory gesture to the 48% of Americans who didn't vote for Barack Obama. Make your own photo asking for unity and submit it to 52 to 48 with love.

This was my photo:

Read about the concept of 52 to 48 with love at the author's original blog entry.

"Fake America" shows its Patriotism

Obama victory celebration in NYC at 1:45AM



Ya know, food tasted better this morning. Colors seemed brighter. The air felt crisper. A spring has returned to my step. And my blanket of cynicism I hold so dearly to my heart is being enveloped with an unfamiliar sense of patriotism and pride in my country again. Lets hope it lasts!

"Remember, Remember, the 5th of November...

...Gunpowder, treason and plot. We don't see a reason, why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot."

You've woken to a new world. What will you do now? Where will we go together?



Congratulations America, we have picked a wise leader.

Don't let them Steal Your VOTE

Rachel Maddow gives some good analysis of the schemes used to trick people into NOT voting on election day by intimidation, scams and lies:

Milton The Monster

Another Halloween has passed.

Many thanks to seedmoon for sharing this wonderful distraction with me:

VideoTheVote.org

Bring your cellphones, digital and video cameras to the polling booths and document anything you think is delaying, preventing or disenfranchising your vote this Nov. 4th.

videothevote.org

"Video the Vote is a national initiative to protect voting rights by monitoring the electoral process. We organize citizen journalists—ordinary folks like you and me—to document election problems as they occur. And then we distribute their footage to the mainstream media and online to make sure the full story of Election Day gets told. Watch our 2006 highlights and join us as we Video the Vote this November."

Feature Film: Zeitgeist - Addendum

This is a sequel to the movie "Zeitgeist" by Peter Joseph which was a web phenomenon from last year. The movie was very controversial and it has been attacked from many angles but I think it did what it set out to do: get people talking about the subjects.

In this sequel, Joseph spends all the time on something that was only a part of the original movie: the financial system. It is 2 hours long but the content was so fascinating to me that it went by very quickly. I'm not sure that I agree with all of the analysis but it is certainly something that makes me think. I think this movie might be more approachable than the original because it taps into something that everyone can relate to. It is still asking us to radically rethink the world around us but I think it does so more productively this time that will not be such a big turnoff to some people.

Obama vs. McCain - Dance Off!

Let the election be decided... on the Dance Floor!