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From the Frontlines of Comic Con ‘08
More photos and tales to come of our OBAMA/ADAMA stickering of Comic Con in San Diego and its 125,000 attendees. Below are some X-Wing pilots (The academy had to start admitting chicks).
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Vote Theft For Idiots, Part 2
With a tip of the hat to my leading man, Greg Palast.
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Comic Con ‘08 Diary, Part 1
THINGS I YELLED AT PEOPLE WHILE HANDING OUT OBAMA/ADAMA STICKERS
Guest blogged by Asterios Kokkinos
*Make sure to vote on paper! A vote on an electronic voting machine is practically a vote for the Cylons! It’s practically voting ON a Toaster!
*No more Floridas, No more Ohios, No more New Capricas!
*Don’t let them cut the corners off your vote!
*Humans vote, Cylons don’t! (Although that’s wrong, I liked the rhyme)
(Ennis note: Fuck that! They’ll keep producing extra voters! If there were complaints about the ‘dead voting’ in old Chicago, how about when voters can literally resurrect on Election Day!)
*Help safeguard democracy throughout the fleet!
*Don’t forget to vote this Colonial Day!
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Carl Weathers?!
Okay, this was a sublimely surreal experience tonight.
There I was, debating the significance of referencing the anxiety about Barack Obama being assassinated with Carl Weathers, A.K.A. Apollo Creed from Rocky, or B.K.A. “Carl Weathers” from Arrested Development, the funniest show ever shot on tape (i.e., not The Simpsons).
This dude Van has made a documentary about Obama’s campaign since January. What angle you ask, in such a rich topic? That is what me, Carl Weathers, and other friends of Van were discussing after watching 15 minutes of his film.
If there’s one thing I learned from both making FREE FOR ALL! and teaching doc film making at UCLA Extension, it is asking “What is PERSONAL about this?” It’s a challenging line of questioning that is both dismissive and guiding.
What Van’s piece started to touch on is the real racial reactions to Obama: Black people saying it wasn’t his time, White people saying it was.
I did assert at one point that if Van’s intention was to convert undecided voters to choose Obama, his doc might as well be “Obama: He’s Not That Black.” Because the people hung-up on voting for him at that point would still be trying to make themselves feel okay about it.
And deep down, while many Americans are more racist than they will admit, they are even more practical.
At any rate, Carl and I differed on how taboo it was to include a reference to the widely held fear that Obama would be assassinated. If everyone was sharing that fear, it bears a mention in my opinion. Carl felt that since everyone knew it, don’t put it out there any more. Carl must be 60, but he looks like he flattened Sylvester Stallone yesterday. So I made my point, but politely.
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The Power of Presidential Images
Obama in Berlin…
Obama excites 215,000 Germans into cheering his name, waving suddenly-trendy US flags at the massive, hard, statuesque tower of strength.
This park is the center of the bacchanal Love Parade.
McCain in Buffalo…
McCain defends his suddenly unpopular foreign policy in front of frozen weenies.
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“The New Media War”
In case the online spite wasn’t clear enough, we’ve now been dubbed as soldiers in a “War” by POLITICO.
Maybe one reason the Left leads in online reporting instead of just playing catch with hand me down talking points is that our corporate media is already handing down right-wing approved angles on news.
Or maybe it’s because those that are informed have more to talk about than reassuring each other that they’re right.
As ironic proof, you can view the right wing trolls’ comments on the article, seizing upon any random participle from Obama as proof of a “flip flop,” while McCain struggles to remember which decade he is in.
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Barack Hole Sun
Approximately all of Berlin waits to hear Obama speak as I write this. The last time I saw this many Germans packed in Berlin like this was when Audioslave rocked Live 8. Wonder if Barack will close with “Black Hole Sun.”
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Define Irony
As a new right-wing smear machine gears up against the internationally-adored Obama, of course there will be a quickie attack movie on him. But guess what ‘expert’ weighs in on the ‘real’ Obama?
None other than my leading man in FREE FOR ALL!, J. Kenneth Blackwell.
Apparently ol’ JKB wasn’t satisfied only starring in one election year documentary. I guess he has plenty of time on his hands to show up as a GOP talking point dispenser when they need a black guy to give it legitimacy.
But for an African-American politician that oversaw the disenfranchisement of more African-Americans in an election than a whole convention of Southern Sheriffs, perhaps Blackwell aspires to run all blacks out of politics until it is just him and the ‘Club’ that he still desperately wants to get into.
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And Obama’s V.P. is…
We will be distributing 5000 of these stickers at Comic Con in San Diego this weekend!
For those who are not familiar with Admiral Adama, I strongly recommend that you watch the entire series of Battlestar Gallactica on Sci-Fi.
The fact that Adama is really a character played by Edward James Olmos is not a big deal; he’s just a cooler Bill Richardson.
And while Adama has at times imposed military rule on the surviving humans of his fleet while imprisoning the President, let it be said that he has done what he thought was right and necessary. His strong armed forces background and intimacy with politics (like putting the moves on Roslyn!) makes him the ideal running mate for Obama.
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Why Voting by Internet Is a Bad Idea (Very Bad) http://shar.es/mHLNp [#]
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About the California Fair Elections Act - YesOnProp15.org http://shar.es/mHNey On the June 8th ballot! [#]
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They won't let a boy operate as flight control, but they'll let a boy blow up a stadium: http://shar.es/mHMHL [#]
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ARREST THEM! Help put @AHIPHIWIRE under citizens arrest for crimes like denying care & blocking health reform: http://is.gd/9Mk2f #m9 #hcr [#]
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Dude wins RT @kbondelli: That Oscar is really going to tie the room together. [#]
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RT @carr2n: James Cameron looks like he might fly up to the podium like a winged beast if he wins. #Oscars [#]
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Total win with THE COVE and Ric O'Barry holding up a sign urging all to text DOLPHIN to 44144 - Japan, stop the dolphin slaughter! [#]
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RT @daveweigel: Oh, so that's how you mime "suicide bomber." Okay. #oscars [#]
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FTW! @ellenpaige: Im pretty sure Lead guy in glasses dancing during hurt locker was the son of the crazy jewish lady that broke in earlier [#]
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WTF #Oscars Dance Tribute? Pop locking to dramatic score totally captures "The Hurt Locker," & doing the robot totally evokes "Up." [#]
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Seriously...WTF? Awkward! RT @ebertchicago: The big question: Martin and Baldwin: What happened? #Oscars #footinmouth #chilloutlady [#]
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Worst part of ABC #Oscars red carpet coverage is their ripped off music loop from Arcade Fire's "Wake Up," used over and over. #otrc [#]
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Posted Oscars Red Carpet: Best Doc Nominee The Cove Dazzles!
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It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp Smear Job - http://www.johnennis.tv/blog/its-hard-out-here-for-a-pimp-smear-job/ [#]
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The only Oscar that matters tonight should go to the very deserving THE COVE for Best Documentary. See it, and tell Japan to come correct! [#]
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If only the LAPD could fight back against these destructive Mafia Wars. [#]
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Madame Peggington Noonington, Arch Duchess of Opining Upon That Which She Knows Nothing - Here, on costs of #HCR http://ff.im/-h55hG #tpot [#]
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#Oscars weekend in LA is like a massive construction project tying up the city, yet more pretentious. [#]
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More #RNC Fundraising Slides! http://digg.com/d31KloJ?t P.S. @dceiver The political impact of tchochkes cannot be denied. #gop #tlot #tpot [#]
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You Betcha Your Life #palinshowtitles [#]
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CRIBs notes #palinshowtitles [#]
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Extreme Makeover: Pageant Loser Edition #palinshowtitles [#]
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BBC America: Palast Hunts the Vultures http://shar.es/m3wQM [#]
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#ClarkHoyt @NYTimes, you humiliate yourself, your paper, & your readers every day you refuse to retract O'Keefe's #ACORN lies you carried. [#]
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Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race http://bit.ly/bioyGY [#]
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WILD GIRLS GONE website now up for soon to be released Upright Citizens Brigade movie! http://wildgirlsgonemovie.com/ Check it! [#]
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Attention all news media outlets: Please give up the breaking coverage today that Megan Fox has only slept with 2 guys. Please. #notcool [#]
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To think this fool was elected Vice President... RT @mparent77772 - John Edwards Indictment Imminent http://bit.ly/cQVMHC [#]
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