much blood, much foul... actually. On 12/28/06, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh. Well, in that case, no blood, no foul. ;) > > > -- > Rhett. > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > > my post was not directed at you nor a direct response to anything you > had > > said. > > sorry for the confusion there. > > i injected it here in this thread as a general sentiment towards how > > fucked > > up and backwards the system is. > > > > On 12/28/06, J. Rhett Aultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<wlight%40weatherlight.com>> > wrote: > >> > >> Imagine all the people living life in peace? > >> > >> I won't profess to know what elections would look like under your > >> hypothetical model. I'm not concerned with the hypothetical. Nor does > >> any of this have anything to do with my original statement, which is > >> that > >> I perceive John Edwards as being cannon fodder in the upcoming > election. > >> I wish him well. I like the guy. I just think that, should he survive > >> the primaries, he won't survive the shooting gallery waiting for him. > >> > >> I also do believe that Internet-based media and online small-donation > >> funding will play a role in the upcoming election. I just happen to not > >> believe that the grassroots is sufficient today to overcome the kind of > >> dialog control that America's right executes. > >> > >> Furthermore, I'm in Internet video because it's an alternative to film > >> school that I can afford (in terms of both time and money). If and when > >> I > >> make something that voices the previously unvoiced, that's good, and I > >> am > >> grateful for the opportunity, but I'm not interested in revolutions. > I'm > >> not interested in what "ought to be". My interests are in what lies > >> before us right now and how to deal with it. I'm also not interested in > >> being told what I should personally be doing. I'm glad you're out there > >> living and speaking your truth, but the truth I'm interested in is the > >> immediate and quantifiable. > >> > >> -- > >> Rhett. > >> http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > >> > >> > Imagine if Campaigning+MSMcoverage+NetworkTV were disallowed? > >> [...] > >> > The system and foundation must change for elections.... at some point > >> in > >> > the > >> > next 50 years. Not enough attention is on the proper type of reforms > >> > needed. That should be one of the next revolutions that YOU should be > >> > getting involved with. > >> > > >> > In the mean time, let's hope that the supplemental sources of > >> > communication > >> > that we have today such as net video, audio, blogging and online > >> > crowdfunding systems help make at least a bit of difference in 2008. > >> > > >> > sull > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Sull > > http://vlogdir.com (a project) > > http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) > > http://interdigitate.com (otherly) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >
-- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
