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Snoop Dogg Gets Out the Vote
Moe Napoli writes "Using footage from the PC game True Crime: Streets of LA, a small collective of artists created a 'Vote or Don't Bitch' Machinima PSA with True Crime star Snoop Dogg as the center of the minute long spot. Premiering last evening at the start of New York Law School's State of Play II conference, the PSA is highly critical of the Bush Administration and even has Snoop run-over by a Bush-Cheney van at the end. While everyone may not agree with its message, I feel it's another clever use of machinima for creative expression."
Vote or die, bitch!
Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich
"Sometimes a woman is a kind of religion, she can save your soul & set you free from all your sins" - Bad Examples
With a single comma, you can get a much more apathetic motto:
"Vote or don't, bitch!"
Sadly, that's the attitude of a lot young ones today.
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I always thought that that dilemma was unconvincing. If I don't vote, I can still bitch about everyone else screwing the country up. Hell, in some cases I'd have more of a right to bitch than someone who did vote.
Rob (Apologies to George Carlin)
I mean there's some stringing together of scenes, but it's not as expansive as, say, Red vs. Blue. It's a little bit more like Warthog jump, where it's just scenes from a game used to convey a different message. That's not to say I didn't like it, I just expected it to be a lot different.
OK, ok, a bonus Snoop Dogg joke.
Q. What does Snoop Dogg use to keep his clothes bright and white?
A. Bleeoch!!
*Ahem.*
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
However, the actualy "machinima" of it isn't too impresive. mostly just pictures and small clips of him running and hitting people.
It would have been nice if they expanded it more and pushed what you can do with machinima.
~ Mooga
I'd pay five bucks to see that. Hell, even seeing Bush with attitude crossed arms and his posse behind would be cool. Not that I'm going to be voting or anything.
It's not just "highly critical", it's just a minute long blame-Bush screed.
A better title would have been "Vote out Bush or Don't Bitch".
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Wasn't he convicted of a felony? This whole "get out the vote" campaign he's on seems a little odd. He looks to me like the poster boy for the "to indifferent to vote" crew or the "to stupid to edumacate myself about nothin'" at least. This is sadly all to common nowadays.
If you want a nice ad, try this one... it's a "get out the vote ad" too, it's a PSA that's highly critical of Kerry.
http://www.clubforgrowth.net/
and why?
I don't really care for either of the primary candidates. In fact, there hasn't been a decent candidate for president in way too many years.
I'm amused that this got an FPP, but Eminem's Mosh didn't. MTV wasn't going to play it, but counterterrorists flooded the request page and forced them to play it.
Same site also has a pretty good analysis of the video.
If you haven't seen the video, then please watch it. Regardless of what you think of Eminem (in fact, the video probably assumes you know who he is and have already formed your preconceptions), the climax is pretty damn amazing.
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..Snoop Dogg Gets Out the Vizzote?
Fo' shizzle!
I hear 'vote or don't bitch' and similar a lot. But I voted already (absentee) and need to know something. I plan on bitching even though I voted, no matter which way the election goes. Is that okay?
Quotes from here.
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Lyrics:
Puff Daddy "Vote Or Die!"
Vote Or Die, mutha F***, mutha f***, Vote Or Die!
Rock the vote or else
I'm gonna stick a knife through your eye
Democracy is founded on one simple rule
Get out there and vote or I'm a mutha f****** kill you (yeah)
I like it when you vote bitch
shake them t**** when you vote bitch
I'll shove a jimmy through your mouth root
Now get your big ass in the valet booth
I said vote bitch,
or I'ma gonna mutha f****** kill you
Vote or Die, mutha f***, mutha f***, Vote Or Die
Can't run from a
let your opinion be heard,
you gotta make a choice
Cuz after I slit your throat,
you won't have a f****** voice
Vote Or Die, Vote Or Die!
--
Puff Daddy: Haven't you heard of my campaign 'Vote or Die'?
Stan: What does that mean, anyway?
[Puff Daddy and his posse pull their guns on Stan]
Puff Daddy: What you think it means!
--
Stan: So my vote didn't matter after all?
Randy: Of course not Stan.
Mr. Garrison: Hey everyone! All the PETA members are dead!
Clyde: Now we can go back to being the Cows!
[everyone cheers]
Randy (to Stan): Okay, now your vote doesn't matter
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Am I the only one who sees voting in state or national elections utterly pointless? Am I the only one not buying into the hype that my vote can make a difference? Thanks to the electoral college, one vote hardly matters, since all a candidate has to do is to get a majority of votes in a state to get the electoral votes, and after that the individual breakdown of the state doesn't matter. If the race within the state does happen to be close where the winner could be decided by a dozen votes, it's just going to be decided by the courts anyway, so one vote will never ever matter. Case in point, I live in massachussets, a state where Kerry will without a doubt win the electorate, but given the bible thumping heartland this country currently has, Bush will win overall. So if I were to vote for the president, here's all the possible outcomes.
I vote for Kerry - Kerry wins Mass - Bush wins the election.
I vote for Bush - Kerry wins Mass - Bush wins the election
I vote for Nader - Kerry Wins Mass - Bush wins the election
I don't vote - Kerry Wins Mass - Bush wins the election.
Why is it that third world nations have it where one person gets one vote and whoever has the most number of votes wins, whereas the US has the most perverted system out there? I don't see anyone suggesting a system in Iraq where you tell people "You can vote, but since you live in western Iraq, your votes don't count as much as the votes cast by people in the more populated eastern provinces". So I'm not voting, but I still plan on bitching, because there nothing I can do about it. I'm a Yankees fan, so I didn't like the outcome of the ALCS this year. I didn't play in the game, I didn't attend the games, and I didn't even watch games 4 and 5 on TV, but I couldn't do anything about the outcome, so I'm going to complain about it. I'll end my ranting by recalling the scene from "The Matrix - Reloaded" where Neo is talking to the Architect about the Matrix. The Architect said how people would only accept the system if they believed they had a choice. It didn't matter what it was, but as long as people felt that they were being given a choice about their own matters, they would willingly accept their situation rather than fight against it. That's what the elections are, the government is giving us a token choice to make over who we believe should be president, even though the system is set up so that it doesn't matter what choice we make since the outcome will be the same either way, but as long as we believe that our choice affected the outcome, we will be satiated with the outcome.
(Note : I do not care for either candidate. As far as I'm concerned, whoever wins the election, it will be America who loses. It is a sad state of affairs where a president must be "chosen" not on the basis of who is a better leader, but who is a lesser idiot.)
In my life, I never remember seeing such a divide and force to vote. Rappers in and making vote videos? Debate viewer count sky high? I am happy to see America, and the world, getting so involved, but there must be some reason this election seems so important. I'm scared. In my life there was scandal, cold war, war, blow job, and lastly terrorism/war/unemployment. I pine for the days where a blow job was the big news.
First of all, I'm not American, but I'd still like to ask you to vote! No, not for any of the main two wankers, but for a third party candidate. It's up to you which one, but my personal suggestion is Michael Badnarik. You can safely vote for him because he is not an idiot.
... But that makes me actually respect Eminmem...
... Wow, that hurts just to type...
...Also, I didn't know Buggalo could fly.
While bush v kerry is the college. Almost ALL the other elections are popular vote.
Also voting is a good way to make sure they are not trying to sneak some extra 'tax' on you. Also for example my state they want to extend term limits to 4 years after the first 2 years for judges this time.
Also in my state the lottery has been voted down every time it has come up. Clearly the people here do not want it.
The LOCAL elections going on at the same time have a MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH larger effect on what happens to you than the presidential.
Also by NOT voting you are letting others vote for you in effect. The presidential election of the people who COULD vote only half did. Of the total population it is about half that can vote. So 1/8th of the country decided who was the next pres? THAT is why the more people who vote the better.
It is your RIGHT to vote. Use it or loose it. Of course it is your right not to vote. But you are a fool to think that is a good decision. I can see you have rationalized it away though.
Now why did the people framing the college do what they did? They knew by experiance that people tend to congregate into cities. The mob rule was a very fresh thing in their minds. As people will tend to do what those around them do 'to fit in'. They did not want something in a city to effect what happens out in the boonies. It is a way to balance the interests of the city dwelers vs the non city dwelers. Sometimes the two sides do not always agreee. For example in a city a rifle is a dangerous weapon. You do not really want one there. Yet out on a farm it is a tool to keep away animals you do not want around. But that is just one small example. Or take taxes I own 1/4th an acre of land. Lets say they tax that at 5% (not even close but just for example) of the value. Decent ROI to keep the town I live in going. Something I probably could afford. Now think about someone who owns 150 acres? 5% would be a HUGE burden on them. Yet there are no city type services out there.
Go vote I would be willing to bet money there is something on that paper you care about.
Also you want to see something very weird write your congressman. Not your senator he will probably blow you off. You will probably get a PERSONAL response back... They DO read their mail you know. WRITE a letter. Do not email him. If you take the time to write a letter they usually read them. They are YOUR represenitive. They represent YOU. They usually listen to what you say. As you belive it or not have a HUGE outcome on them if you talk trash about them. BLAH BLAH BLAH did not help me out he could have but he ignored me. Does not get you re-elected...
So help a third party out with your vote instead. I live in MA too, and I'm going to vote for David Cobb of the Green Party. Ya, he won't win (that's not my intention anyways), but if he gets enough votes it'll keep the Green Party on the ballot for the next election. They may not win any near-future election, but given enough time the party will gain enough power to do so. And if you don't like the Green Party, vote Libertarian instead. Or pick another third party that better fits your opinions. When these parties are finally as powerful as the Big Two, we'll finally be able to have a real democratic election in this country.
You can safely vote for him because he is not an idiot.
*cough*, *cough*, *cough*, and *cough*.
I'm going to chime in for third parties as well. They don't have any chance of making it in, they might not even have much of a chance within my lifetime. But every percentage of voters who cast for them brings them just a bit closer to the point where the general public will start taking them seriously as a canidate. Or, at least that's the theory.
Everything will be taken away from you.
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