The citizens of this nation need a good talking-to, not a talking point. It's time for the citizens to stand up and insist that their elected officials perform their duties as public servants and defendants of the Constitution instead of as tin-plated demigods of political voodoo and power-plays.
Earlier tonight, in light of my posting of a video from 2004, I was encouraged to post some additional information about the video, the artist -- anything, actually -- just to get the video out in front of people. Here is that post.
The creator of the video is one Alrick Brown; the words were written by Max Skolnik.1 There was even a site that hosted the videos -- The Battle for America -- but it appears to be going defunct.2 What prompted the creation of such a powerful piece? The failure of our election process in 2004. Alrick explains the project in a brief blurb on his website. Here's an excerpt, slightly edited and shortened to present here:
A few days after the 2004 election I walked the streets and rode the subways of New York and was amazed at the look of hopelessness on peoples' faces. They stole another election and then we let them cripple our morale as well. They were winning twice. [...snip...] I told him that I would not change or edit his words because whatever passion drove him to write it the way it was should be respected. The purpose of the piece was not to start a movement or a revolution but to inspire those would get up and start the movement, the paper, the website, etc. Max did his job by getting off his ass and writing it. [...snip...] Our simple hope was that people would see this, get up and go out there and do something productive and proactive. It is not time to sulk or complain. It is time to stand up.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
- Margaret Mead
["Snips" denote areas removed from within the text; minor formatting changes were made for the purpose of this excerpt.]
The video is potent. Here it is again:
Please pass it along, and encourage everyone who is disheartened to take heed: the Battle for America has begun in earnest. Get up, stand up, and let your voice be heard.
Originally posted Wed, 11/14/2007 in the wee hours of the morning, here, here and here.
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1. From The Battle For America. Directed by Alrick Brown, written by Max Skolnik, produced by Paola Mendoza.
2. The website The Battle for America was created on 04-Dec-04; it expires 04-Dec-07. Unless I miss my hunch, the Battle will be far from over at that time. Let the creators know that you'd like the site maintained. See if funding is an issue and if there are options to help out. Below is the contact information for the site host (courtesy Domain Tools dot com (formerly DNSSTUFF))-- drop them an email, too, as courteously as you can. Let them know you heard them, and that we need more people to know that hope is not yet lost.
Registrant:
VR Associates Online LLC
PO Box 194
Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: THEBATTLEFORAMERICA.COM
Created on: 04-Dec-04
Expires on: 04-Dec-07
Last Updated on: 04-Dec-06
Administrative Contact:
Sabatino, Vincent Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
VRX
PO Box 194
Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722
United States
7325919000 Fax -- 7329464008
NOTE: The email address provided for the creators comes from the partially defunct site, so may not be valid. Let me know, and if you find a good, working email addy, please add it to comments. Thank you.
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