General Colin Powell: Endorses Barack Obama

Oh. My. God. My New Favorite Song (funny)

You HAVE to see this!



(Hat tip to my friend Pat, who is PTBB)

McCain: Grassroots Video

This says it all.

(Hat tip to DailyKos)

MUST WATCH: Gore Vidal

Okay, I haven't paid a ton of attention to Gore Vidal. If you too haven't followed so closely, but you're curious, check out wikipedia's bio of Gore Vidal.

When I ran across the following YouTube interviews I was stunned. Oh. My. God.

Check them out:

Part One:

Part Two:

The above video is raw interview footage from May 22, 2008. An edited version was shown on the BBC program HARD TALK.

Now tell me this. How amazing would it be to see Al Gore interview Gore Vidal? You heard it here first folks.

GO GORE(s)!!!

Accepting our beautiful daughters precisely as they are

Accepting our beautiful daughters precisely as they are is the first step in allowing them to accept and love themselves.

If you know any thing about me, it's that I am pretty skeptical about advertising claims. I am pretty turned off by corporate America (especially under the BushCo regime) and I am offended by how women are portrayed in media and film.

With that said, I've been consistently impressed by Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty. I believe it was a risky move, and I appreciate bravery. The films and commercials have been real eye openers, because women and men alike are negatively impacted by media's never ending lie about the real beauty of women.

In honor of Dove, I am posting two of my favorite impact pieces, please view them. Also, support Dove and their products. Let's show them how much we support reality in media (god knows it been missing too long...)

(NOTE: Some of the links have been disabled, I'll try to find alternate sources and relink)

DOVE: Onslaught

DOVE: Evolution

The Dove ad in the following link was disabled, click to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li3mg1GrKe0

Keith Olbermann: Speaking The Words In My Soul...

My friend, if you do nothing else, please watch the below "Special Comment" from Keith Olbermann's Countdown on MSNBC. It's only 10 minutes out of your life, but Keith has so eloquently spoken the feelings in my heart, he can tell you how I feel better than my feeble attempts below.

The real fun begins around 5 minutes in.



(Hey Keith, you there? You still single? I have fallen in love with your brain (and you're a cutie too). I want to explore its depths. Check out my pic over there on the right column - not bad eh? What do you say.. wanna go out? Maybe have a cup of coffee? Discuss some politics? Rant and rave together? -- HEY don't sign off yet, give me a chance! I am not a weirdo, I am a realy nice person... hey Keith, Keith, you still there?)

BUSH-LOVING ALBANIA: Watch Stolen During Photo Op!

All we've been hearing in the US for the last couple of days is how much Albanians LOVE Bush.

There has been news story after story showing Bush glad handing a frenzied crowd of Albanians, patting his head, hugging him, shaking his hand...

And... he got his watch stolen in the whole dog and pony show!

Hat tip to ROOK at DailyKos.com. See the YouTube video: Click Here

What do you bet it's found on eBay. Or perhaps it contains a tracking device of some sort and the culprit is located via GPS?

Enjoy!

May 10, 2007: Banned in Congress

On Thursday, May 10th, Robert Greenwald testified on outsourcing in Iraq. Mr. Greenwald appeared before the Congressional Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. At the request of Congress, he brought the above four minute film.

Republican Congressmen banned video from being shown. Now you can see part of what they don't want you to know.

Protect America from George W. Bush

If you are a veteran of the armed forces, you will want to see the above embedded YouTube video of Maj. Gen. John Batiste, former Commanding Army General in Iraq, 1st Infantry Division.

Music: New, Amazing, Instrument

In the words of Arthur C. Clarke, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic."

This YouTube video is honestly amazing. It depicts an interactive group of pieces of technology that together create a musical instrument (of sorts) capable of auditorially generating electronic music, and allowing us to visually see the sound waves and their interactions.

I send a heartfelt "Thank You" to the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra - who've created this inspired piece of.... reactable music technology.

Again, the creativity that exists in this world, and that emerges from the human mind; that which can be manifested through technology and shared with the world just blows my mind.

Blows. My. Mind.

If you'd like to see more, click here. And to see a demo of an improv session, click here.

Video: Downs, Dignity, Respect

I ran across this YouTube video on an autism blog, and thought I'd share. It's out of Brazil however it's in English. (HINT: Read the subtitled text)



And, if you're curious to see an autism blog, check out Autism Diva. It's a great site.

--Shella

Bush Administration: Criminals, each and every one.

Below is a YouTube of today's Congressional hearing and investigation on the leak of covert CIA agent Valarie Plame Wilson's identity.

Some say that very senior Bush Administration officials leaked this classified information to the US mainstream media to retaliate against and discredit Ms. Plame's husband (Ambassador Joe Wilson) having written an Op Ed critical of the "Yellow Cake Uranium" (WMD) excuse the Administration used to justify the US invasion of Iraq.

The below clip is only 7 minutes, but I urge you to listen and watch the entire thing. It is patently unbelieveable what this Administration has done. I consider it treason. Impeachment is too good.

Just watch and tell me if you don't feel the same.



And.... below is what they said BEFORE the Democrats re-took the House and Senate, embarking upon the first credible investigations...

Parody: Apple iRack

This is a brilliant Mad TV parody. Enjoy!

--Shella

Molly: "They Don't Know About Love"

I found this on YouTube. It is sweet and moving to me. It reminds me that the need to express one's creativity is beautiful. The simplicity and transparency speaks to me.