Great speech for sure, but the video is a bit jarring.

You must not watch MTV.

I have no idea who most of these people are (Common?), and I think the first line sounds a little pitchy, but it gets really catchy as it goes on.

You can see the full talent list here:

http://www.dipdive.com/

Elissa, if you don't know Common, I highly recommend you check out his album, Be. It is excellent.

I kinda like where politics meets graffiti art-- did you see the poster made by Shepard Fairey (of Obey Giant fame)?

http://obeygiant.com/post/obama

Sold out in 15 minutes and now selling for upwards of $500 on ebay. I hope those people are donating the money to the campaign!

Yes, it's a great image. A guy in the Yes We Can video is wearing a t-shirt with it, I think.

It's actually a different illustration, one that was sanctioned by the campaign. (They were afraid, I hear, to be associated with Fairey, a guy who graffitis and plasters posters around). I have that t-shirt, as does LA Anthony.

Ah. They be similar tho.

a little naive/schlocky, but an effective video nonetheless.

sadly, i am fearing that i may go 0-2 this week if hillary wins big.

Perhaps, but like the Giants, Obama is the underdog.

bite me.

not that you asked, by the way, but i reject the notion that the giants were "underdogs," and i rejected it all week. they are the best team in the NFC and on sunday, became the best team in the league. it's the NFL for chrissakes, you don't get to the big show if you're not a team capable of beating other teams.

i never said they didn't have a chance. any patriots fan that did say that, and predicted a 30-point blowout, contributed to the bad karma looming over the pats from the moment they lost the coin toss.

This video is a bit jarring and looks a little "We are the world." But it does makes Obama look like JFK in the black and white kind fuzzy imaging next to the crisp video of the celebrities. I don't know, I just not into celebrity culture unless it is about international adoption or Britney Spears.

Scarlett J is supper cute.

PS. Voted for Clinton! YEAH!

Oh and the Patriots were totally the front-runners, but with regards to Obama and Clinton, I love how the media are painting Super Tuesday as, "If Obama wins CA, he won the super Tuesday" while if Clinton wins the most delegates, she might still be considered a loser. Talk about a double standard.

Lots of people dis 'We Are the World', but:

"Including revenues from the single, the album, the video and related merchandise, "We Are the World" raised over $63 million for famine relief."

Not bad. I stand by calling "Yes We Can" a cross between Starbucks and politics.

Mandrews, I don't think it's a double standard. Looking at the national polls, it's clear that Obama is enjoying the hockey stick phenomenon:

http://www.pollster.com/08-US-Dem-Pres-Primary.php

This is evidence that the more people know about Obama, the better he does. So it's going to take a bigger loss to hurt his hockey stick curve, than it will to hurt Clinton, who has seen only small increases.

well, yeah, the pats were "front-runners" in the sense that they were favored by most to win. what i'm saying is that the national media pumped them up TOO MUCH so that it seems like a major upset. i'm saying that no one should ever be surprised when 2 playoff teams face off and the score is close. neither team expected a blowout; why should the media and fans?

The media is more about hype and the horse race than about ability and talent. Obviously Manning was amazing last night, but I have to say, the Giants did miss quite a few catches. It was all in their defense, which the media underrated because its not as hot as Brady, his body, and his great arm.

I'm torn because I went into the game wishing the Pats would win (born in Newton, MA), but when the Giants made that comeback, it was SO awesome, I just thought, what a great game and what a good team.

Oh and I like a separation of celebrity and state. They can donate money, but their support I respect as much as a preacher's support. I'm more into who scientists, doctors/nurses, and teachers/professors support. I wish they reported on that in the media 9prominent leaders not just Union endorsements), if any one has anything about it, pass it along. I'm just not that into political, celebrity, or religious endorsements. I also think Super delegates are stupid. What ever happened to democracy. I would love to have a huge change in primary organization.

To change the primary process, you'll have to appeal to your party.

As for professional endorsements, that's a hard one to determine. I do know that 80 lawyers for the Gitmo detainees endorsed Obama:

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/lawyer...

And Clinton seems to have the support of most teacher's unions, so therefore probably teachers. If I had to guess, professors/scientists probably lean Obama as he tends to do well in academic areas. Here's one prominent professor's endorsement:

http://lessig.org/blog/2008/02/20_minutes_or_so_on_why_i_am_4.html

Nurses have tended to endorse Clinton, though again that's through the unions.

By the way, I love this political flyer:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/04/ultraminimalist-poli.html

undeniable facts about the superbowl:

- great game
- manning outplayed the Pats' D (not Brady, they played equally mediocrily until their respective final drives)
- amazingly similar to the Pats' first superbowl win in 2002; but the shoe was on the other foot

i hate new york(ers) but i hate the jets more than the giants, and peyton more than eli.

so while it hurts (emotionally AND financially), i'll get over it. the big blue deserved the win.

besides, the pats'll be back. strahan won't.

Crazymonk, that flyer is ridiculously funny. I don't think her vote on the war will really affect much.

What else is funny is that I was texting last night, you know, drumming up support for HRC and I by accident texted my partner's friend in CA who was hosting a Obamarama. We debated for a 1/2 hour about the candidates and then he asked me "Who are you." And I was like your high school friend's boyfriend. It was amusing.

Thread hijacking is now STANDARD on crazymonk!