Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Jellykka (Angelica Oung) explains that her inspiration for this song came from the Patriot Act, US-Mexico border issues, and Guantanamo. She had the idea, she says, a couple of years ago but had to "get some guitar skillz" before she could write it. She aimed for "a song that tied ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
General store in Butcher Holler, KY
[jimmywayne22 / Flickr]
Jonathan Gay, aka Cyberhillbilly, grew up on a small tobacco farm in Kentucky's Appalachian mountains. His father was a coal miner. A recovering lawyer, Jonathan now works on economic development. He knows old and new economy, he knows Appalachia, and he thinks he ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Sticking with the FISA story for one more post, here's a video (found by Sarolta Cump) from an angry former Obama supporter. Jim is from Columbus, Ohio, and he explains how Obama gained and then lost his vote:
Notice how he left a little loophole at the end?
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
[Vaguely Artistic / Flickr]
Voters are using my.barackobama.com to tell Obama they don't like something he's done. Specifically, they don't like his promise to support the FISA bill in Congress. So they've created a special group called Get FISA Right. It was started on June 26th and already has over 15,000 ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
[taberandrew / Flickr]
The Supreme Court's 2007-2008 term just ended with two decisions that are resonating on the campaign trail. Number one: in a Second Amendment case, the Court struck down DC's handgun ban. Number two: the Court confirmed the habeus corpus rights of Guantanamo prisoners; they can challenge their ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Tyler Oakley is from Michigan. He's gay, he's in college, and he likes "awkward moments." He also has a way with comic argument, as you'll see in this video that he made after California's Supreme Court ruled to allow gay marriage. (Thanks, James Mills.)
Tyler would like you to know ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Eighteen-year-old Heather from Alexandria, Virginia, just graduated from 12th grade home schooling. She isn't sure yet what her occupation will be, but she knows she likes John McCain (also her church, Starbucks coffee, and reading). On a post-primaries jaunt into DC, she spotted this cutout. (Thanks, Ann Raber).
[Rag Muffin ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Dictionary [sAeroZar / Flickr]
[Ann Raber is a BallotVox co-curator.]
Urban Dictionary is a free-for-all dictionary of slang, where anyone can post words or definitions. With little regulation other than a thumbs-up/thumbs-down poll rating a definition's veracity, the site has come to include proper nouns, colloquial expressions, and a plethora of portmanteaus.
Feelings ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
James Mills found this photograph. Eric Adolff (aka Buzz Killington) -- failed musician turned graffiti hunter -- took it in Denver. At first view it's just another example of great Obama street art. If you look a little more closely, though, you'll notice that the quotation isn't what Obama ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
[Steve Rhodes / Flickr]
We've posted several times about the racism Obama faces in his campaign. (Here, here, and here.) This story, found by Sue Salinger, is the rawest example so far. Frank lives in Tuscon, Arizona, and he's a "blue collar-type fella." His interests range from lifting heavy stuff to ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This one is a puzzle. Ruben Carbajal, a writer in Brooklyn, NY, took the photo a few weeks after the primaries started. I love the fact that the poster references a specific neighborhood and is on a mailbox, but who controls Obama, Edwards, Clinton, and Giuliani's marionette strings? Is the ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
American TV-network coverage of the Iraq war is dropping off significantly. In fact most mainstream US media seems to be following the trend. Add to that the Pentagon's ongoing reporting restrictions for caskets and funerals and it's no wonder it's hard to absorb the human cost of the war.
This photograph ...
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