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hedphukkerr
from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-11-01 05:37 [#02249331]
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for those of you who haven't seen it (usa or not) omaba's infomercial is simply... breath taking. sure, it's super produced to tug at your heart strings, but beneath that lies the confidence of a man who knows how to steer this country back into the right direction, and WANTS to do it. as cheesy as it sounds, i feel like this election could be another pan-american uniting experience akin to jfk.
i'm not posting it to campaign or anything, this is a historical document which i think all those who have any interest in the future of this planet should see.
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J198
from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2008-11-01 05:46 [#02249332]
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the course of usa is set to continue sliding down the slope, into hell and oblivion. what's obama going to do, stand in the pit with arms wide open?
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2008-11-01 08:27 [#02249353]
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McCain is going to win. It doesn't matter how many people want to vote for Obama. What matters is who gets to have voters deregistered, who gets to assign too few polling stations to Democratic districts, and who gets to set up intimidating roadblocks in black districts in Florida on election day.
And if the Democrats squawk, well, Scalia's still on the bench.
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2008-11-01 08:29 [#02249354]
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Oh, haha, did I mention that the DoJ is completely staffed with Republican loyalists since the Bush loyalty tests and purges?
Hahahaha! America, enjoy your Christian fascist taliban regime. Irony dictates that you have earned it.
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phonopix
from Perth (Australia) on 2008-11-01 09:27 [#02249361]
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well if mcsame and failin are elected, then the americans will revolt and we can all watch america crumble, so it's win-win either way.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2008-11-01 10:18 [#02249368]
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If the Republicans do win, it won't be as easy as watching America spiral further downwards.
I think you're forgetting the negative impact USA has on the planet as a whole, phonopix. In terms of environment and loads of other factors.
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2008-11-01 10:25 [#02249369]
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oh wow, better watch out for that christian taliban regime you mentioned, never actually seen it though. oh right i'm ignorant by default so what does it matter
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2008-11-01 12:04 [#02249389]
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The Bassoons make me want to vote.
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-11-01 12:08 [#02249390]
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don't get your hopes up. of course is barack going to win. can it be any more obvious?
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2008-11-01 12:11 [#02249392]
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the black dude in the white house hehe
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2008-11-01 12:41 [#02249396]
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I think a lot of the worlds problems could be solved if people were more sensitive to what goes into making multimedia. It might sound far fetched, but I find it's easy to get trapped into advertising/video/marketing and not know it. A media studies class in high school or something would do wonders. Teach kids about product placement, what color the eye sees first, just stuff like that. Our perception is being tricked constantly, and I think XLT can agree that with all our music making/ video editing skills we are able to see through some things quicker then someone with less multi media knowledge.
I'm just watching this video and getting sucked in and it's just spoon feeding me a bunch of stuff that could very well be made up, dramatized, or even true. It is invasive to my perceptual sphere, which is naturally reasonable and will instinctively follow reason which resembles my belief. Not to get all metaphysical or whatever.
If you look at all the worlds problems they seem to stem for our desires, not to sustain our own lives, but to sustain a lifestyle of some sort.
How many times did he mess up his lines? Would his speech be just as powerful if they were playing the A&W song on tuba in the back ground. Is there really a message being projected or is it a feeling instead ? To make me feel sad, but he offers a solution? Like the guy selling an Abmachine after watching 5 minutes of fat people eating hamburgers?
The majority keeps buying into all sorts of ideas by direction of some multi medium. I honestly think it effects people negatively. I just cringe now I don't like watching shit like this anymore, It's like I'm being robbed or something, I feel dirty!
All the conspiracy movies, and all the documentaries, commercial art (advertisements) I'm just kind of cautious about them now that's all I'm trying to say.
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bit bare
from Chilean Vulture Rising on 2008-11-01 14:19 [#02249439]
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myspace.com/oxygenfad
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2008-11-01 14:31 [#02249440]
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bit bare: shut up
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2008-11-01 14:59 [#02249444]
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well i saw barack was a lion in his star sign = they like to be leaders,also like bill clinton was.also the leader of sweden now is lion huhu.
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freqy
on 2008-11-01 16:44 [#02249477]
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he seems so nice i love him ;.)
I hope he's not a puppet in disguise that would break our hearts.
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J198
from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2008-11-01 17:36 [#02249491]
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don't get me wrong. i think obama might be able to 'ease the pain' for many people
until the ship inevitably goes down.
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phonopix
from Perth (Australia) on 2008-11-01 21:38 [#02249525]
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his parents were atheists, and he has expressed skepticism in regards to the supernatural and life after death, but still considers moderate christianity a cultural candle in the dark, and is like a deist or something (but probably has to say that to get dem votez). so either he's the spawn of satan here to join forces with dawkins and destroy monotheism, or he's going to finally introduce america to THE AGE OF REASON where every other developed nation happily resides... just throwin that shit out there
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goDel
from ɐpʎǝx (Seychelles) on 2008-11-01 23:16 [#02249529]
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only a spawn of satan could introduce the age of reason to america
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freqy
on 2008-11-02 16:03 [#02249622]
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i sense a power far higher than any president , doesn't matter whos in that white house. security for those higher people and those around them is paramount and all the millions of companies they control. although i think its gone so far that they quiet look forward to the time when disaster strikes and they can test out their underground cities.
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Tractern
from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2008-11-02 16:14 [#02249624]
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"test out their underground cities."
lol- wouldn't be surprised.
Is America really ready for a a Black president who actually cares about the world though? Could this mean he doesn't get voted in?
I still don't think he is the definate winner. People could say one thing on the popularity polls, then in the voting booth go the other way, into McCain's dirty, immoral hands. I don't think there is enough for USA-ians to vote for the greater good. There prolly never will be.
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KEYFUMBLER
from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2008-11-03 05:49 [#02249729]
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i'm hoping obama/biden nails it over mccain/pailin..
Its a pity that his presedentship will lead to a refocusing of the crackerhead racist brigade who probably hadn't much cause for getting together till now. now they can unite is some dillusional argument against the black man again....
Sad times ahead but Obama seems level headed enough to battle though it calmly... Biden is pretty cool too and they have a great dynamic ... with support by powel and clinton... how can anyone consdier the alternative?
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hedphukkerr
from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-11-03 11:51 [#02249760]
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how can anyone consdier the alternative?
Exactly like you said, because he's A BLACK! And a terrorist! Probably one of them gays too.
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010101
from Vancouver (Canada) on 2008-11-03 12:20 [#02249761]
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This election is interesting for the fact that the powerful demographic is that of the under 30s. Utilising 'new' media Barack has run a very sucessful campaign in that he is getting you kids to vote. I wish Canadian politics had a similar candidate. Voter turn out was crap here and the people who didn't vote were the kids. He has changed the face of a political campaign for sure.
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hedphukkerr
from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-11-03 12:46 [#02249763]
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Agreed. One of the oddest uses of new media which I have seen is that there is now a site where you can sign up to have your Facebook and Twitter statuses updated periodically to encourage others to vote Obama. It does this every hour or so I believe, keeping the statuses at the top of most people's feeds.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2008-11-03 23:08 [#02249987]
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this thread needs a bump
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Indeksical
from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2008-11-04 05:14 [#02250008]
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That video looks like it was made by Michael Bay.
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