NBC News: Lyndon Johnson’s Last Day as President (1969)

Source:NBC News- covering President Lyndon B. Johnson's last day at The White House.

“LBJ’s last day as President …as reported on 1/20/1969 (Nixon’s first day as president.)” 

From Mike Gardner

I’m guessing Lyndon Johnson was ready to leave the presidency and had enough. 1966, was a really rough year for President Johnson and the Johnson Presidency. House Democrats, loose over forty seats in the House and three in the Senate because of the Vietnam War and how unpopular it was. Plus with the Republican Party and House Republicans, finally figuring out how to campaign and win in the South, Richard Nixon of course was a huge help there and he campaigned for a lot of House Republicans and House Republican candidates and did that in the South. Which helped him with his 1968 presidential campaign with all of these new Freshman Republican Representatives, who now owed him favors.

1967, the war gets even worst for the Johnson Administration in Vietnam. And now he’s having a lot of problems with his own party in Congress. Starting with Senate Democrats holding Vietnam War hearings that started in 1965, but continued through the next Congress in 1967.

In 1967 several Senate Democrats are now weighing presidential bids against their party leader in President Johnson. Like Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. The anti-war movement and the New-Left emerges in the late 1960s. And they’re against President Johnson and calling him a war criminal, and war monger and a few things that you can’t say on network TV, even today.

1968, was the topper with LBJ now being the most unpopular elected politician in America. And now there’s talk if he can even win the Democratic nomination for president, let alone with the presidency against Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, or George Romney, in the Republican Party.

By March 1968, President Johnson decides that he’s had enough and doesn’t want to run for reelection and announces that to the country. But 1968 is just getting started with two great political leaders, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Dr. Martin King, both being assassinated. There racial riots in Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles.

The Democratic Party, is now divided between their mainstream Progressives, which LBJ represents and their Far-Left. LBJ, was really smart not to run for reelection in 1968. 

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Alba Gu Brath: Grace Kelly- 'The American Princess'

Source:Alba Gu Brath- The Amazing Grace Kelly. 

"Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 -- September 14, 1982) was an American Academy Award-winning actress and Princess consort of Monaco. In April 1956 Kelly married Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and became styled as Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, and was commonly referred to as Princess Grace."

Source:Alba Gu Brath

The United States has never really ever had official princess’s. The closest we get to that, is the First Lady of the United States, of course the wife of the President of the United States. And in many ways our First Lady, plays the role of a Princess. Someone without official power as it relates to government, but someone who represents the country wherever they go and does have the power to focus on causes she believes in. And push for things to advance whatever cause they believe in. Without the ability to officially require the President or Congress to draft legislation in behalf of their cause.

But the First Lady can bring attention and awareness to whatever cause or causes they believe in. With First Lady Michelle Obama its fighting against obesity in America. for First Lady Nancy Reagan it was fighting against illegal narcotics and drug abuse. But Grace Kelly is about the closest America has ever produced in coming up with a private Princess. Someone who possessed incredible beauty, hotness, (to be blunt or more accurate) baby-face adorable looks, incredible sex appeal. As well as the ability to act and sing and work with some of the best people who’ve ever worked in show business. 

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Mitt Romney: 'Big Day Marred by Etch A Sketch Remark'

Source:CNN- Ann Romney vs Rick Santorum on CNN.

"Mitt Romney picked up a highly prized endorsement Wednesday from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush after a convincing victory the night before in the Illinois primary but then saw a top adviser’s televised comment provide new ammunition to his trailing rivals in the Republican presidential race.

Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney’s senior campaign adviser, was asked in a CNN interview Wednesday morning whether the former Massachusetts governor had been forced to adopt conservative positions in the rugged race that could hurt his standing with moderates in November’s general election.

“I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes,” Fehrnstrom responded. “It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up, and we start all over again.”  

From CNN 

"For a candidate who has spent months battling the title of "flip-flopper," perhaps the last thing he would want associated with his name is an Etch A Sketch, those do-over drawing boards that let you shake your scribbles away with the flick of a wrist.

Unfortunately Mitt Romney won't be able to shake away this comparison any time soon. When his campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom was asked this morning on CNN how the GOP frontrunner would make the pivot to the general election, Fehrnstrom compared Romney's primary campaign to an Etch A Sketch, a gaffe that spread like wildfire to Romney's rival's stump speeches." 

Source:ABC News- 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum.

From ABC News

A President Mitt Romney and I doubt this would ever happen, but if it did it would be better for comedians. Because he's a gaffe and flip-flopping machine, that would provide comedians and bloggers mountains of material to make fun of him. 

Every comedian in America should endorse Mitt Romney for president for their own careers. Because they would make all the material they had against George W. Bush look as original as the New York Yankees winning the World Series, or Lebron James playing in the NBA Finals and losing. Because when it comes to taking political positions for Mitt, it depends on which group he's talking to and which Mitt is speaking to that group. 

Businessman Mitt, religious fundamentalist Mitt, or whoever Mitt is when he's not running for whatever political office he's interested in at the time.

The fact that someone like Mitt Romney who flips backs and forth more often than tennis balls at a tennis match, could win the Republican nomination for president, is like a quarterback winning the starting position for an expansion team: "Since no one else seriously tried out and you haven't done any time in any mental institutions and don't see same-sex marriage as a threat national security, we'll give the job to you. And good luck to you as we're more interested in 2016 anyway. When we might have at least on candidate who can actually win." 

Mitt Romney won the GOP presidential nomination, because he seemed like the only person who was sane to the GOP establishment and would embarrass them the least and not cost them the House of Representatives. Which they can't afford to lose in 2012.

So yeah, a President Mitt Romney (I'm shitting bricks just saying that) would have been great for comedy and blogging interesting. Especially bloggers who right comedy and I'm one of them. But bad for the American people, because for them to have any idea what their President thinks about any issue, they would have to listen and read every single he says. Because his positions could change the next time he opens his mouth about anything depending on who he's talking too. And what the polls in the Republican Party are saying.

President Romney Senior Adviser- "Aw Mr. President, your current position on that issue is not popular."

President Romney- "Okay, I'll change it."

Senior Adviser- "But you just took that position yesterday."

"Romney-  "So what! I'm speaking to Americans. Their memories aren't that long anyway."

That is what a President Romney would be like. Who knows what the President, because he doesn't even know. Great for comedy, but bad for the country.  

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Rosie Perez: 'Rosie Perez Mocks Mitt Romney’s ‘it Would be Helpful to be Latino’ Comment in New Video'

Source:New York Daily News- Hollywood actress/comedian Rosie Perez, talking about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

"Mitt Romney says it "would be helpful to be Latino" to gain the White House.

"Actually," actress Rosie Perez says, it would probably be helpful if Romney had a history lesson.

Perez mocks the Republican nominee in a YouTube video posted Sunday — part of a series of humorous ads targeting Romney, entitled, "Actually ... the truth matters."

The super PAC-powered campaign, which is backed by the Jewish Council for Education and Research and the American Bridge 21st Century, aims to spread "the truth, because the truth matters — even in politics," according to the actually.org website." 

From the New York Daily News

I'm with Rosie Perez: why would Latinos vote for people who consider them to be Un-American and should've even live in America? Not saying that Mitt Romney believes this. Actually, I'm not saying that Mitt Romney believes anything. You don't earn the nickname Flip Flopper by being someone of high principles. But Governor Romney represents people in his coalition that he has to have vote for him in 2012, that does see Latinos as invaders and people who are Un-Americans, Even though a lot, if not most Latinos are of European ancestry, like Rosie Perez.

Aerosmith: 'In the Studio With Joe Perry and Steven Tyler'

Source:Aerosmith- in studio.

"Steven and Joe are locked in working on the new Aerosmith album.  No click track... just classic, raw Aerosmith." 

From Aerosmith

Still the best Classic Rock band in the world.

Thom Hartmann: Mike Papantonio- 'The Decline of Broadcast News in America'

Source:Thom Hartmann- left-wing talk radio show host Mike Papantonio.

“Thom Hartmann talks with Mike Papantonio, attorney and Host of Ring of Fire Radio about the decline of broadcast news since Ronald Reagan did a way with the Fairness Doctrine and Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act.

If you liked this clip of The Thom Hartmann Program, please do us a big favor and share it with your friends… and hit that “like” button!” 

From Thom Hartmann 

If as a country, we want to have strong broadcast news divisions, then Americans have to actually watch network news. Instead of just getting all of their info from cable or online.

We live in a liberal democracy, meaning people get to see what they watch. Rather than programming being forced on them. You can’t force people to do what is in their best interest and make the best decisions for themselves in a free society. Which is what a liberal democracy is.

We have a First Amendment which includes our free press (meaning not controlled by the government) and that means our private media is owned privately. Which means our broadcast networks, including their news divisions have to make money in order to stay in business. Unlike big government propaganda agencies that you see in communist countries that are literally owned and operated by the party in power and the government.

So for hard news to be seen and read in America, Americans actually have to watch and read that news coverage, otherwise it won’t make money and put the operating budgets of news companies, including news divisions, at risk. We get all the soft news and partisan news coverage in this country, because that’s what American watch, listen to and read and what makes money in this country. 

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Al Jazeera: 'The Stream- Redefining Happiness?'

Source:Al Jazeera- on sale in America.

"We look at altering the cycle of consumerism." 

From Al Jazeera 

"Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized: al-jazīrah, IPA: [æl (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ], literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula in context)[3] is the state-owned Arabic-language international radio broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera Media Network. The flagship of the network, its station identification, is Al Jazeera.

The patent holding is a "private foundation for public benefit" under Qatari law.[4] Under this organizational structure, the parent receives funding from the government of Qatar but maintains its editorial independence.[5][6] In June 2017, the Saudi, Emirati, Bahraini, and Egyptian governments insisted on the closure of the entire conglomerate as one of thirteen demands made to the Government of Qatar during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.[citation needed] The channel has been criticised by some organisations as well as nations such as Saudi Arabia for being "Qatari propaganda." 

From Wikipedia

Let me guess: the leftist answer to materialism, is raising taxes on everyone, so we would have less money to be materialistic. Leftists always have an excuse to raise taxes on everyone.

On Demand Entertainment: 'Argo Cast Spill The Beans On Ben Affleck As a Boss'

Source:On Demand Entertainment- talking to actor/director Ben Affleck.

"At the premiere of Argo at the London Film Festival, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman dish the dirt on what director Ben Affleck is like as a boss. Report by Louise Hulland." 

From On Demand Entertainment

The 1979 Iranian Hostage is something that I've very interested in and lived through as someone who was 3-4 years old at the time. So I would be very disappointed if this movie isn't very good. 

I haven't seen Argo yet, so I can't really say anything about it. I've seen documentaries about the true story and how some of the Western hostages were able to escape early pre-1981 when most of the Western hostages were freed, but I don't know much about the movie. So I don't feel comfortable about trying to go into detail about it.

The Daily Beast: Sidney Blumenthal- 'Lincoln: Professional Politician'

Source:The Daily Beast- Author Sidney Blumenthal, talking about his book about Abraham Lincoln.

"Though we have a romanticized view of Abraham Lincoln, the truth is that he was a master politician who knew how to play to the American people. Sidney Blumenthal, author of Newsweek's cover story, discusses the 16th President's political acumen."

From The Daily Beast

Abraham Lincoln was a great politician and I mean that in the best sense possible. That he knew exactly what he believed and what he wanted to do and how to communicate that to Americans, to get them behind him.

The Daily Beast: Robin M. Henig & Samantha Henig- 'Should You Be Facebook Friends with Your Mom?'

Source:The Daily Beast- author Robin Marantz Henig.

"How do moms and daughters interact in the digital age? Robin Marantz Henig and her daughter Samantha, co-authors of Twentysomething, discuss how the digital age and social media have brought about new challenges for parent/child relationships." 

From The Daily Beast

Not unless there are aspects of your life, that you post on Facebook, that you don't mind having your mom or dad seeing. 

Not that I'm an expert of this, but I believe for every relationship to be successful and for people to at least be able to keep some parts of their individuality alive and well (especially for individualists) there are parts of your life that you might want to keep from you mom or dad. Just for no other reason that you come from different generations and what might seem perfectly acceptable to you, might seem unhealthy to them. And if you are friends with either of your parents on social media, they could see things about you that look unhealthy to them, even if they seem perfectly normal to you and your everyday friends. 

Janet Jackson: 'Black Cat Official Video'

Source:Janet Jackson- 1990 Black Cat music video.

"Best of JanetJackson:Google.  Subscribe here:Google. Music video by Janet Jackson performing Black Cat. (C) 1989 A&M Records."

From Janet Jackson  

Black Cat is a great classic rock song with the lyrics, the beat, the music, the band, and of course last, but most most important, the lead vocalist and dancer Janet Jackson who makes the video very memorable with her great delivery and sexy dancing. The great outfit as well. 

Source:Janet Jackson- Janet Jackson's Black Cat.

One of the best classic Rock songs I've ever heard, just listen to the guitar and it comes from a rhythm  and blues singer. Which might sound strange, but if you listen to lets say the rock band Aerosmith and how Joe Perry sounds on guitar and then listen to Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Jimmi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and then listen to a Janet Jackson, or a Aretha Franklin, the Blues Brothers, the sounds are very similar. The beat is similar, but different enough that you know that it's two styles of music and not one style with two different names.

I think it would have been a stretch for Janet to play and sing to country or classical music, but rhythm and blues and classic rock and perhaps even hard rock, are very similar. Which is one reason I love both and are really the only two sounds of music that I listen to at all. I'll listen to Aerosmith just to hear Joe Perry on guitar. And Aerosmith is a great classic rock band and they're more than just Joe Perry, but Perry alone by himself I believe is all you need to hear to know that they're a great band.

Janet sounds like a great rocker chick here and I believe at least part of that has to do from going to r and b to classic rock. 

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Guns N' Roses: November Rain Music Video (1992)

Source:Guns N Roses- lead vocalist Axel Rose.

"Official Music Video for November Rain performed by Guns N' Roses." 

From Guns N Roses

The last great GNR song, with Axel on vocals and Slash perhaps the best guitarist in the business, doing his thing.

Chrissy Ozioma: Janet Jackson- 'Black Cat Remix'

Source: Etyyy Qishunli- Janet Jackson's Black Cat live.

"Janet Jackson ft. Vernon Reid - Black Cat"  

From Chrissy Ozioma 

If you like beautiful, sexy, hard classic rock music videos, that sort of have a blue rock feel to it, then I think Janet Jackson's Black Cat will be one of the best classic rock videos that you'll see. The lyrics, Janet singing the song, the dancing, her outfit, body, face, it's really the perfect music video.

Source:Chrissy Ozioma- Janet Jackson's Black Cat music video.

A great version and you really get to see Janet Jackson's versatility in her music adding classic rock to her rhythm and blues sound. Black Cat really is a classic rock if not hard rock sound that is performed by a rhythm and blues band. But where you also get Janet's performance and dance team.

You generally don't see classic rock and hard rock bands with dancers and with vocalist dancing around on the stage and doing rehearsed dances. It's generally a lead vocalist singing on stage and moving around to some extent and moving with their bandmates, but you generally don't see them dancing around together.

Blues rock is where you mix in classic rock like say something from Aerosmith and mix that in with rhythm and blues. Like something from Janet Jackson. (To use as an example) The Dave Matthews band does that, Bruce Springsteen does this, Eric Clapton does this, Elvis Presley did that, Jim Morrison and The Doors did that combination. But with Black Cat you get a classic or hard rock song and sound played by r&b band with an r&B singer. And they did a great job with that.

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Guns N Roses: Sweet Child O' Mine Music Video (1987)

Source:Guns N Roses- Guess who?

"Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (Alternate Version)" 

From Guns N Roses

"Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (Official Music Video)" 

Source:Guns N Roses- Guess who?

From Guns N Roses

The best GNR song of all time, pure and simple and it all started with Slash just ripping on guitar. Imagine that, one of the best rock songs of the entire 80s and perhaps 70s, 80s, and 90s, and it all starts because of one great guitarist just ripping on his guitar, with someone else in the band hearing that and deciding to make that part of a song. Would love to know how GNR got the lyrics of this song as well, because it's so perfectly done with the lyrics and music.

Jim Morrison & The Doors: Live at The Hollywood Bowl (1968)

Source:Integral Options- The Lizard King Jim Morrison: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1968)

“Do they look a bit scruffy, the Doors on live Danish TV in 1968? My image of the Doors is forever colored by Oliver Stone’s The Doors. But the real Jim Morrison had even better hair than his doppelgänger Val Kilmer (“not a case of casting,” quoth Ebert, “but of possession”), even if the above performance is less Lizard King than lounge lizard. John Densmore lays back on the beat, gets out the way of Morrison’s free associative poetry. Guitarist Robbie Krieger riffs intently, looks subdued. Always the one to watch, the recently departed Ray Manzarek plays hypnotic baselines with his left hand while his right dances around melodic blue note phrases. It’s a very cool show, but the lack of an audience is palpable.”

From Integral Options 

“Official live video of The Doors performing “When The Music’s Over” Hollywood Bowl in 1968.” 

Source:The Doors- The Lizard King Jim Morrison: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1968)

From The Doors

I believe Live At The Hollywood Bowl, is the only full concert of The Doors, that's not just live, but live and in color, as if CBS, or some other broadcast network taped it and showed the concert. It's the only concert that's available to watch, that's in color, with Jim Morrison in his brown leather jeans and vest. It's his most famous concert, but the only one in color and with The Lizard King in his brown leather jeans, instead of his black leather jeans, where most his concert footage, he's in the black leathers. And it's also probably his sexiest concert, because you see him go all out in his leather jeans and cowboy boots, with the camera people missing nothing.

Source:The Doors- The Lizard King Jim Morrison: Live At The Hollywood Bowl (1968)

I’ve seen this concert several times and I’m no music expert, but I am a pretty big fan of The Doors especially Jim Morrison and I disagree with the critics about this concert at least to this degree. I don’t believe Morrison was as off as the critics believe he was. I think he did a great job with the vocals and how he entertained the audience in general especially the women, with how he danced and moved around and played around with his leather jeans.

If you watch the PBS film from 2010 about The Lizard King there is this line in it about how Morrison picked out his clothes. That his skin-tight leather pants, which were leather jeans and concho belt were about showing off and showcasing his crotch. And you see him messing around with his pants all through the concert and the camera zooming in on his crotch, butt and legs in those skin-tight jeans, throughout the concert.

Not the best Doors concert and not Morrison at his best. But it was classic Lizard King on the vocals dancing around and showing himself off. And a great chance to see Jim Morrison and The Doors live and in color and I just wish there were more opportunities for that. Especially since they were big in the late 1960s when color TV and movies were very common if not expected by then. It would’ve been nice had they filmed more of their concerts in color. 

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Geo Beats: 'Style Guide- Denim Faux Pas'

Source:Geo Beats- skin-tight denim jeans, for women with curve appeal, like these two women.

“How to Pick Denim – Women’s Fashion Guide as part of the Women’s Style series by GeoBeats.”

When shopping for denim, the number one place you want to look is the back. Most people look at the front, we look at the side, make sure nothing is hanging out, but we are not spending a lot of time back here. This is where you need to look.

So make sure you have got a three-way mirror and you have got a good view of what is going on back here. This is a classic five pocket jean, which means you have got the two pockets on the front plus a coin pocket on the right side and then your two pockets back here. You want to make sure the pocket size is no, just a little bit smaller or maybe a little bit bigger, about the size of your hand, not grossly out of proportion from this.

Because, the pocket size, if it is a tiny little pocket and you have got some junk in the trunk, your butt is going to look that much bigger. If it is this huge pocket and you are very small back here or very flat, it is just going to make it look worse, and you have pound cake butt. So what we want to make sure we are doing with the pocket placement, if they are too high, any volume sitting down here is going to feel like you have got that saggy mom butt. If they are too far down here, it is going to look like your butt is coming out the middle of your back. Same thing with the sides. The more these pockets move out this direction, the larger this proportion becomes, and that is going to give you more volume. That can be good and that can be bad. Contrastly, pockets that are too far in, we start to get a larger a volume of space over here, and we do not want to look too hippy.

So, on Adrianne here, we have got good pocket placement. We want it to be just about right here where it is cupping the bottom of your butt, where really starting to give some definition. And you want to make sure we have a little bit of this inverted heart shape right here. Not so tight that it looks like your butt is eating your pants, but we want to still see some shape. If I can grab fabric here without even pulling, they are too big. So you want to make sure you have always got this. So as long as you can keep these things in mind, inverted heart shape, pocket size and pocket placement, you are going to be successful in your denim shopping, every time.”

Source:Geo Beats

 They picked the right if not perfect woman for this video. A tall, curvy, woman, who is very pretty, but the fact that she's tall and curvy for what they're talking about here is more important. 

If there's a group of women (regardless of ethnicity or race) that has the hardest time finding the right jeans for them, it would be curvy women and probably especially tall curvy women. And I'm not talking about fat or obese women, but big-bone, strong women, who wear a larger size than the average woman, obviously and because of that have a harder time finding clothes that look good on them, but also fit. And perhaps jeans whether they're denim like in this case, or leather jeans which are less common (at least in America) are the hardest pants for attractive women to find for themselves that again look good and highlight their curves. 

One of the main, if not the main reason for tight jeans, (denim or leather) is for women to showcase their legs and butts and if you're an attractive, well-built curvy woman, you're going to want good jeans. Jeans that fit and showcase your curves. 

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Janet Man: Janet Jackson- 'What Have You Done For Me Lately: Live'

Source:Janet Man- Janet Jackson live and in concert in 1990.

"JANET JACKSON -WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY (LIVE AND RARE) JJ LIVE IN DC DOING HER THANG IN 1990!"  

From Janet Man

"What have you done for me lately?" Another way of saying what have you done for me, period. Where have you been. It's one of those things that people say when someone who isn't very close with them suddenly appears out of nowhere and asks for help. And someone might say: "Why should I even care and help you, where were you when I needed you, what have you done for me lately?" 

Janet Jackson is a very good communicator and app at using her music to communicate a broader message. Her 1989-90 album Rhythm Nation was about race relations in America and is a perfect example of that. 

This is not one of my favorite songs, but it's a great song in the sense that the message is clear. And is about someone perhaps in Janet's life who perhaps hasn't been there for her lately and perhaps that person was once close with her and what's she saying in this song about that person is essentially where have you been. And "What Have You Done For Me Lately" I believe is her way of delivering that message.

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Barack For America: 'Olivia Munn- Gotta Vote'

Source:Barack Obama- Hollywood entertainer Olivia Munn.

"Actor Olivia Munn reminds Virginians to register to vote by Monday, October 15th. For all the information you need to vote go here:Obama For America." 

Source:Barack Obama

O.M.G! President Obama will like totally have the celebrity cool vote stumping for him in Ohio, which will be, awesome!!! For him and it may help get Democrats to the polls for the President but not do much else for him. The celebrity vote is more important for Democrats than Republicans. Sorry for the valley impression, but it's appropriate for this story.

But seriously (for a minute, anyway )whatever it takes to get hipsters to the polls who view what technology and pop culture and how politicians dress and are up to date with current pop culture catch phrases, as more important than what a candidate or incumbent's view on these tiny non-important issues like foreign policy, national security, economic policy, taxes, national debt, law enforcement, civil rights, to vote for President Obama and other Democrats, especially in Congress ,or running for Congress, instead of Tea Party Republicans and Mitt Romney, then I'm in favor of doing it.

It worked in 2008 when millions of young people voted for a man for President because they saw him as totally awesome. Even though they probably couldn't tell you to save their lives what then Senator Obama would do about Afghanistan, the economy or health care and perhaps didm't even know what state he's from or struggled remembering his first name. And hopefully it will work again in 2012 with the beautiful and adorable Olivia Munn and other like totally awesome celebrities campaigning for President Obama to reelection. 

Al Jazeera: 'Film Hopes to Revive Afghan Cinema'

Source:Al Jazeera- an Afghan film audience.

"A new short film shot and produced in Afghanistan hopes to rekindle the nation's cinema after it was a Taliban-era ban and a three-decade-long conflict.  Buzkashi Boys, a story of two Afghan boys coming-of-age in the Central Asian nation, was shot entirely on location in the Afghan capital.  Featuring icons of Afghan culture like the national sport of buzkashi and prominent visual placement of the now destroyed Darul Aman palace, the film hopes to inspire a new generation of young Afghan filmmakers who will once again make original features in the nation.  Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse reports from Kabul.

At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.'

Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained.

Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on.

We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen our reputation as one of the world's most respected news and current affairs channels." 

From Al Jazeera 

"Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized: al-jazīrah, IPA: [æl (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ], literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula in context)[3] is the state-owned Arabic-language international radio broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera Media Network. The flagship of the network, its station identification, is Al Jazeera.

The patent holding is a "private foundation for public benefit" under Qatari law.[4] Under this organizational structure, the parent receives funding from the government of Qatar but maintains its editorial independence.[5][6] In June 2017, the Saudi, Emirati, Bahraini, and Egyptian governments insisted on the closure of the entire conglomerate as one of thirteen demands made to the Government of Qatar during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.[citation needed] The channel has been criticised by some organisations as well as nations such as Saudi Arabia for being "Qatari propaganda." 

From Wikipedia

A film industry would help the Afghan economy. It's always good to see free speech anywhere in the world, but especially in places that don't have much of a history of free speech for the people, that have long histories of authoritarian rule and state information, like in Afghanistan. And hopefully this becomes a trend for Afghanistan that 10 years from now looks like everyday activity in this country that's been overwhelmed by war, poverty, corruption, and authoritarianism.

Public Resource: Longines Chronoscope- Former Progressive Party Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace: From 1952

Source:Public Resource- Progressive Party candidate Henry A. Wallace: on The Longines Chronoscope in 1952.

Source:FreeState MD

"LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH HENRY A. WALLACE - National Archives and Records Administration 1951-12-28 - ARC Identifier 95964 / Local Identifier LW-LW-409 - TELEVISION INTERVIEW: Col. Ansel E. Talbert and William Bradford Huie talk with Wallace, former Vice President of the United States and former Secretary of Agriculture, on critical areas of concern in the world, displaced Arabs in Middle East, economic "peace" assistance, aid federal spending. DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Katie Filbert."

From Public Resource

Henry Wallace, ran for President in 1948, when the United States essentially had four major presidential contenders: Democratic President Harry Truman, Republican Governor Tom Dewey, Dixiecrat Governor Strom Thurmond and Progressive Henry Wallace. And apparently President Truman a Democrat, even though he advocated what was called the Fair Deal, which was to build on the New Deal from the 1930s, wasn’t left-wing enough for Henry Wallace. So Wallace, ran for the Progressive Party. Henry Wallace was a Social Democrat t, or Democratic Socialist, Social Democrat and I mean small d when it comes to Democrat. Someone who believed in democracy obviously, but a certain type of democracy.

Henry Wallace, believed in democratic socialism or social democracy. Thats common in Europe and wanted to expand on the New Deal and go even further in guaranteeing health insurance and health care. To use as examples, college as well and using the Federal Government heavily, to produce an economy that was as strong and as fair as possible. Investing heavily in public infrastructure, Federal aid to Education, that sort of thing. And combined his economic socialism with social liberalism. Big believer in civil rights and equal rights for all. Way ahead of the Democratic Party in the 1940s and deserves a lot of credit for that.

I think what really separates Henry Wallace from mainstream Progressive Democrats like Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Hubert Humphrey, has to do with foreign policy and national security. That would be the negative side, where I don’t believe Wallace took the threat of the Soviet Union and communism around the world seriously enough and perhaps even sided with them on some things.

Wallace's positive aspect and I believe the best part of Wallace’s political legacy and what he had in common with Hubert Humphrey and where he separated from Roosevelt and Truman, had to do with civil rights and equal rights. Wallace and Humphrey, supported what became the 1964 Civil Rights Act that was finally passed by Congress and singed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. And Henry Wallace, deserves a lot of credit for that

Viking Books: Stacey London: 'The Truth About Style - Book Trailer'

Source:Viking Books- fashion consultant Stacy London.

"In her new book The Truth About Style, available on 10/2/12, Stacy London shares her philosophy of the healing power of personal style -- illustrating it with a series of detailed "startovers" with eight real women, demonstrating how personal style helps them overcome the emotional obstacles we all face." 

From Viking Books 

If you ever watched more than a few episodes of TLC's What Not To Wear, then you should have an excellent idea of who Stacy London actually is. (Unless you were drunk or high when watching those shows) If you were drunk and high watching those WNTW episodes, I can see why, because that might be the only way you could've gotten through it. 

I think you really need to be a reality TV addict, who loves watching people beat the hell out of other people verbally, especially people who blindside complete strangers in public to tell them how bad they are, at least when it comes to fashion, to be a true fan of WNTW. But that's what Stacy London did, at least when she was on that show.