I must admit though, sometimes, I can only shake my head. I've been posting here long enough to foresee the oncoming comments, but I never imagined the bizarre comments I would get after posting a short John Lennon Documentary about the song "War is Over."
I learnt from a member of the AOL community that I was not being a "fair" reporter, and that in order to "balance" out my John Lennon video presentation I would have to post about the Iraqi Election (purple fingers.)
What the Iraqi election has to do with John Lennon and fair reporting? I have no idea, but I'll take the bait and report on the election that happened two years ago, today, for you. (btw, I am not a reporter, I am a video blogger.)
Ok, so in December of 2005, 70% of Iraqis participated in the Iraq General Election, all things considered, this was a clear sign of progress. There ya go. Fair reporting..booya! Now all we need a happy purple finger video (oh yeah, found one and posted it below.) Let's all take a moment to remember that this election did happen. I suppose you can choose to imagine that time stopped at this moment and no new news has since left Iraq. Now my question is do bloggers have to mention this event every time they post about world conflict...or in this case John Lennon?
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Damnd, ur so cute! Do u want a lover!
Marvin Schliing at 1:54AM on Dec 13th 2007
2. their elections were interesting,
they braved through insurgent threats yet risked their lives to vote ( thats wat it said in the 06' almanac) yet here in the US people won't do that to vote? makes u wonder who really values freedom
el mariachi at 5:57PM on Jun 17th 2008
3. If an Iraqi crew came here to make a video about an honest national election, they'd have to travel back in time. The second election of President William Jefferson Clinton is the last one that wasn't stolen.
Captain Negative at 3:39AM on Dec 13th 2007
4. Some people are so damn preoccupied about protecting their screw up in DC, that they'll see a threat in anything posted. If they'd just admit to them selves that George Bush is an idiot, and they voted for him twice then the healing could start. As it is, they haven't even admitted to themselves that there is a problem, one we all have to deal with.
Dennis at 7:08AM on Dec 13th 2007
5. Sorry to take this "report" onto another tangent, but I imagine, unlike the John Lennon song, that the Muslim girl, beaten to death in Canada, by her own father for not wearing a head scarf, is purple all over, but if she lived in Iraq she could vote as long as she's not dead for not wearing a head scarf while voting.
Terrell Rittenhouse at 5:45AM on Dec 14th 2007
6. Somehow this purple finger thing escaped me, but I think George Bush should dip his finger in red.
Terrell Rittenhouse at 4:01AM on Dec 14th 2007
7. If an Iraqi crew came here to make a video about an honest national election, they'd have to travel back in time. The second election of President William Jefferson Clinton is the last one that wasn't stolen.
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Go back and take a hard look at Kennedy's election. Do you have any idea how Richard Daley and his democrat machine worked?
The fact is, our elections are more fair than ever. Your problem is not with the election but with the outcome. So, you whine about stolen elections without any proof at all. Must be a Lefty.
Thomas J Gassett at 3:22PM on Dec 13th 2007
8. Some people are so damn preoccupied about protecting their screw up in DC, that they'll see a threat in anything posted. If they'd just admit to them selves that George Bush is an idiot, >>>
OK, Bush is an idiot ... what does that make you, a moron?
Did you graduate from Yale with better grades than John Hines Kerry? Did you earn a Harvard MBA, while young Alvin Gore and Teddy Kennendy were both asked to leave Harvard emptyhanded?
NO, I doubt you graduated from junior college, so tells us again how Bush is an idiot ... I need a good laugh.
Thomas J Gassett at 3:26PM on Dec 13th 2007
9. Gassett, your comment was typically irrelevant. I said they would have to go back to the second election of PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON if they wanted to make a video about an honest national election.
I said nothing about Kennedy. The neo-fascist tactic of always pointing to something totally irrelevant and saying "see" is really old and tiring.
It's like the red-publicans saying that governement doesn't work and then doing their best to screw it up so they can say, "see."
Captain Negative at 4:03PM on Dec 13th 2007
10. Gassett, this world is filled with people whose education far exceeds their intellectual capacities. George W. Bush is the best example we can point to. Unless you want to share your academic background with us.
Captain Negative at 4:05PM on Dec 13th 2007
11. Jeff, thanks for responding to my request. I had to watch that clip three times. Very moving. Hell, I may even buy you a "Blue." Too bad this will only be short-lived from you, but I'll savor the moment. Now if you can only produce the Marine recruiting commercial where Iraqi kids are riding their bikes along side troop vehicles giving them the 'thumbs up' and soldiers are driving kids around in their HumVees, you'd hit a home run.
I understand that you can't keep this sorta stuff going for very long as you'll be alienating some of your liberal crowd, as freedom, democracy, and liberation are the arch-enemies of liberals. Imagine how much torture you just doled out to the liberals with this video. To them, watching this must be like sunlight to a vampire.
No Jeff, you won't have to show this clip everytime you play the myopic, naive thoughts of some no-talent druggie, who claimed to be "more popular than God." An individual (Lennon) who'd preach "peace" to the purveyors of peace, rather than to the enemies of it. Seriously, how smart is that? Oh, I forgot....that's the liberal backwards logic at play.
lizard at 8:03PM on Dec 13th 2007
12. 10. "Somehow this purple finger thing escaped me, but I think George Bush should dip his finger in red."
Terrell Rittenhouse at 4:01AM on Dec 14th 2007
Terrell. You are a 'good', model liberal.... How anyone could view this clip and not be moved is beyond me. If Bush were standing on a street corner handing out $100 dollar bills of his own money to the poor, you liberals would find a problem with it.
Actually, I'm surprised to see you here. This post has been up for several days, and only has eleven comments at present. Proof that progress and success stories have a way of keeping the libs away. especially when you don't have a hand (or finger) in sharing that success.
lizard at 6:36PM on Dec 14th 2007