Well, I hadn't been out to offend you and I take it that you weren't out to offend me, so I'd hope we could just shrug and move on.
-- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime sull wrote: >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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
