New Voters Poll Results (FRESH FROM BOSTON)

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Monday July 26, 2004 · 1:01 PM PDT

2004/07/26 · 13:01

I'm at the DNC. Well, I'm in boston for the hoopla. I still have yet to fenagle credentials. Anyway: I was just at the Rock The Vote/Pace University presentation of their poll of new registrants (people who are new as of 2000).

50% Kerry / 40% Bush
44% Bush / 42% Kerry / 6% Nader

Also:

39% of new voters are evangelical/born-again
(37% are under 25 and evangelical)

More details at Music for America

Remeber Florida! A Concert Can Be The Difference!

Outlandish Josh

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Thursday July 22, 2004 · 4:56 PM PDT

2004/07/22 · 16:56

Hello all,

Shameless plug here for my org, Music for America. We're running our first ever fundraiser. We're trying to raise $15,000 to help finance 15 concerts in the swing states this fall.

Donate!

For those of you who've done your homework, you know we're a 527 that exists on the big-money private funding tip. You might ask yourself why we're hitting up kids online for $25. Here's the honest truth:

We want to be independent. While our main benefactor is really a cool guy and I like him a lot both as a person and a partner, I'd like it even better if we didn't have to rely on him. I'd like nothing more than to have the people we're trying to mobilize -- people like the Kos community and my peers -- be the primary source of our funding.
We're hoping to establish patterns. We're hoping that by getting kids who aren't super-political excited about politics and used to donating a little scratch for the cause, that they'll take a greater interest and grow up to be real political players. I know I turned some kind of corner the first time I gave to the Dean campaign. I'm hoping to bring the same experience to more people in my generation.
We want to build a movement. Similar to point 1 above, we can't be assured of having a lasting presence if we're dependent on the generosity of a few people. Learning how to gather financial support from our peers is essential to the long-term survival of our organization. We want to give the left back it's Teen Spirit (in the words of Danny Goldberg). To do that, we'll need to be more than an election-year flash in the pan.

You can help our first ever fundraiser by kicking us the cost of a couple CDs right now. If you want to be super-cool, send this link to some other people:

http://www.musicforamerica.org/donate?c=1

Thanks for reading. Feedback of the non monitary sort is welcome in the comments.

Taguba Report Supports Hersh's Worst Claims

Outlandish Josh

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Tuesday July 20, 2004 · 5:25 PM PDT

2004/07/20 · 17:25

There's an old voodoo saying; Evil Exists.

I saw [name deleted] fucking a kid, his age would be about 15 - 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard the screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn't covered and I saw [name deleted] who was wearing the military uniform putting his dick in the little kid's ass. I couldn't see the face of the kid because his face wasn't in front of the door. And the female soldier was taking pictures. [name deleted], I think he is [deleted] because of his accent, and he was not skinny or short, and he acted like a homosexual (gay). And that was in cell #23 as best as I remember.

Update: For clarity's sake, this is an interview transcript from the Taguba report (which is 6,000 pages long, incidentally). As you might guess, this exerpt (and more) didn't make it into the 50-page summary.

Further comment escapes me at the moment. It's a long way down.

PARTISAN JAB #3: "Coalition of the Wild-Eyed" Remix

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Wednesday July 14, 2004 · 1:25 PM PDT

2004/07/14 · 13:25

This is a repost, but I'm just doing my level best to get this stuff out there to more people. Jason Woliner, Music For America's video remix guru, has unleashed his latest creation onto the next. It's an ammped up laugh-out-loud funny parody of BC04's already outlandish "Coalition of the Wild Eyed" internet ad:

http://www.musicforamerica.org/jab

We do one of these about every two weeks. Pass it on. Read More

PARTISAN JAB: Bush's "Coalition of the Wild-Eyed" Remix

Outlandish Josh

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Tuesday July 13, 2004 · 1:02 PM PDT

2004/07/13 · 13:02

Music for America has its latest Partisan Jab up for the world to see. The "Coalition of the Wild Eyed" ad from BC04 was too tempting a target not to lampoon. Feast your quicktime-enabled eyes on this:

http://www.musicforamerica.org/jab

And if you're so inclined, you can sign up online to see a free concert, register a few new voters, and grow the peer-to-peer political revolution right here:

http://www.musicforamerica.org/event

Partisan Jab: Iraq Handover Training Video

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Monday June 28, 2004 · 11:52 AM PDT

2004/06/28 · 11:52

With the Iraq "handover" coming two days ahead of schedule, it's a good thing the CPA had this training video made. Music For America's Partisan Jab uncovered it a few days ago.

It's a 5-minute promotional piece released by the United States government called "Blast Off To Democracy!". Hosted by Animal Planet's Jeff Copeland, "Blast Off To Democracy" is a fun, edgy video produced with the goal of "easing" everyday Iraqis into their new form of government. And with the stakes as high as they are, lets just say we're all lucky to have a tour guide as good as Jeff on our side.

http://www.musicforamerica.org/jab

Pass it on!

Graphic of How Torture Happens

Outlandish Josh

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Thursday June 10, 2004 · 3:54 PM PDT

2004/06/10 · 15:54

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. I've been trying to distill the Iraqi prisoner narrative down to its essance for a while. Obviously the photos of the real thing are the most potent communication of what happened, but I'm trying to create something that shows the story of how we got here, and why the President is complicit with or without his own direct authorization.

Click through and let me know what you think! Read More

Music For America's PARTISAN JAB Video Series

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Monday June 07, 2004 · 1:25 PM PDT

2004/06/07 · 13:25

Music for America is proud to present the first installment of "Partisan Jab", the new biweekly series of political shorts from filmmaker Jason Woliner.

You might know Jason from his "funny" Bush Ad Remix or his "mean" Bush Joke Video, but those are but a glimpse of the substantial body of work that has earned him a reputation as a force in activist filmmaking, both internet-based and otherwise.

This first episode is a remix (of sorts) of John Ashcroft's terror-themed press conference last week. A new Partisan Jab will be premiering at Musicforamerica.org the first and third Monday of every month. We hope you enjoy them.

Music for America is an independent nonprofit political organization getting 1 million new voters fired up to participate in the 2004 elections. Through live concerts and an interactive website, we are connecting culture and politics, exposing political hypocrisies, and igniting a grassroots movement.

Jason is honored to be a part of the MfA family and hopes to bring the trademark subtlety and wit that made "Hit Me Cheney One More Time!" into such a sensation to this current set of videos. Read More

National Hip Hop Political Convention Tergets O'Reilly (Great Reading)

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Friday June 04, 2004 · 5:51 PM PDT

2004/06/04 · 17:51

In their second in a series of email-list broadsides against the proprietor of the No Spin Zone, the National Hip Hop Political Convention channels Al Franken (but even better IMHO) over O'Reilly's anti-hip-hop agenda. This particular action targets his pressuring Pepsi to drop Ludacris as a spokesperson. It's a cracking good read, and enclosed below in full since I only got it via my email.

I really got a kick out of it. Excellent tear-down of Bill's pompus facade.

They're also calling for letters. Read More

Drupal Module for dKosopedia

Outlandish Josh

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Monday May 31, 2004 · 5:11 PM PDT

2004/05/31 · 17:11

I've created a module for drupal-based websites to easily link up with the dKosopedia. The module allows users any drupal/deanspace/civicspace webiste to reference the wiki using simple shorthand.

[kos:some term] = link to "some term" in dKosopedia

This will help users of these sites to easily reference the wiki in online conversation, saving time and eliminating the need to deal with html formatting.

I'm working this into Drupal's real CVS, but for now you can download it here: outlandishjosh.com.

Music For America: Site Relaunch!

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Sunday May 23, 2004 · 8:43 PM PDT

2004/05/23 · 20:43

I'll be promoting this all over in a little while, but for all my late-nite kossak peeps, check it out:

http://www.musicforamerica.org/

Totally rebuilt with a lot of new possibilities. More blogs; more music; personal playlists and live streaming radio. It's been a labor of love. Let me know what you think.

The Worm Turns: Friedman Tears Into Bush

Outlandish Josh

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Thursday May 13, 2004 · 8:51 AM PDT

2004/05/13 · 08:51

Tom Friedman has always tried to be the serious adult about Iraq. While at first I found his notions of what we might do to be admirable (if wildly optimistic), I quickly grew to resent his inability to understand that all his high-minded defenses of this war were wasted on a pack of charlitans and profiteers.

Well, Friedman may be many things, but he's not a total idiot. Today's column:

Yes, that's true. I still believe that. My mistake was thinking that the Bush team believed it, too. I thought the administration would have to do the right things in Iraq -- from prewar planning and putting in enough troops to dismissing the secretary of defense for incompetence -- because surely this was the most important thing for the president and the country. But I was wrong. There is something even more important to the Bush crowd than getting Iraq right, and that's getting re-elected and staying loyal to the conservative base to do so. It has always been more important for the Bush folks to defeat liberals at home than Baathists abroad. That's why they spent more time studying U.S. polls than Iraqi history. That is why, I'll bet, Karl Rove has had more sway over this war than Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Bill Burns. Mr. Burns knew only what would play in the Middle East. Mr. Rove knew what would play in the Middle West.

There's more... oh yes, the worm is turning. The whole column is worth reading, and it should mark the final act of for the liberal hawks.

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