In Plain English
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio’s 9th District lays it out on the floor of the House in plain English…
And, for kicks, a video that you probably don’t want to see. Just a hunch, but I don’t think God wants to see it either.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I watched that video from start to finish.What the hell is wrong with me.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
You love Evangelical break dancing?
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Two words: Haunted House
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Finally someone has cut through all the B.S. And says it like it is. It’s one thing writing a blank check for to try and solve an ‘uncharted’ economic disaster. But there needs to be some CEOs held accountable for this mess. Plus they need to also look at back tracking on the deregulation of Wall St.!
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Why is this congresswoman not in the presidential race?
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
AaaaaaaaaaaaH!! A fresh glass of water with lemon. Just as i was feeling a bit dizzy from dehydration.
This video was awsome! Thanx Matt!!
As for the second Vid….WTF OVER!!!
You taking them on the road with you next time out!?? Opening act maybe?? It was funny nonetheless!
Go get’m Marcy!!!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Love Kaptur. I could rant all day on topics like CEO bonuses while companies crumble and ordinary worker bees get laid off–nice to see someone else doing the rant. Do you think this will finally be the wake-up call? Although opening eyes would be a relief, it would be somewhat disturbing that a financial collapse is a stronger alert than a trillion dollar war based on lies.
Hate the video–only lasted about 10 seconds. It just wasn’t natural.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
[quote comment="66194"]You love Evangelical break dancing?[/quote]
I do now. That was great. Did you see the one with the red guitar guy? Awesome.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Wow, Kaptur is so right on. This is a topic that I’ve become focused on. It’s too infuriating to not pay attention to. Side note; may I recommend the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It’s the ultimate example of corporate greed and the worker bees who paid for it. It’s an eye-opener.
As for the second video… I feel so freakin violated! But I have to admit that I watched it in its entirety.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
That “for kicks” video is just disturbing although I admit I watched it all the way through too. It would tie in nicely with Bill Maher’s new documentary :)
http://lionsgate.com/religulous/
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
The horror. The horror.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
[quote comment="66199"]Do you think this will finally be the wake-up call? Although opening eyes would be a relief, it would be somewhat disturbing that a financial collapse is a stronger alert than a trillion dollar war based on lies.
[/quote]
I think you’ve answered you question right there - what hope is there that this will be the wake-up call if a seven year war hasn’t galvanized the American people into a frenzy? Honestly, I think Ahmadinejad might have it right ( http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/23/ahmadinejad.us/index.html ). In my experience the word ‘bailout’ has the same effect as ‘Iraq’ - same old news again. We’re becoming de-sensitized to all this catastrophic news - it takes much more than the collapse of a few major financial giants to hold the public’s attention for more than a few days.
At this point, anyone opening their eyes would be a relief. Until then, I’ll just sit back with a beer and be a spectator, hoping I get to say I told you so to one of my friends.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Loved the first video!
Washed my eyes with acid after the second video;
And now require shock-treatment to remove that recurring melody stuck firmly in my head.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
The renewed mind is the key to the barf in me! The renewed mind is the key to the barf in me!
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
[quote comment="66204"]At this point, anyone opening their eyes would be a relief. Until then, I’ll just sit back with a beer and be a spectator, hoping I get to say I told you so to one of my friends.[/quote]
That’s the problem with American democracy right there. They don’t realize that “we the people” includes themselves–they think political organizing and political opposition is for other people. Everyone needs to do their part, even though it’s frustrating, because otherwise the establishment can run hog wild and shred the country.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
The Christ in me just threw up a little. Though, that may have been caused by the Maker’s Mark.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
As St Carlin would say “they got ya by the balls” on the bailout scam.
Where the fuck did you find that video? It was like watching Karl rove dance. I think the video should be called “The devil wears JC Penny”.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I’d like to see Marcy beat the shit out of those 3. My money’s on Marcy.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 pm
We have to have “Bohemian Rhapsody” playing in the Background while she speaks… I think she was on pitch even… Lower octave.
“Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)”
LOVE THAT!
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Matt,
I just hope your not using that last video as inspiration for any new material. **shudders**
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Wow… i watched that entire video. and I’m not talking about the congresswoman…
“A renewed mind is the key to the Christ in Me” — Do I sense cover material Matt?
Please say no. I mean it, please.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
An enema is the key, to the enlightenment we need.
An enema is the key, to the enlightenment we need.
More like it! LOL
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
i rather enjoyed the dancing video. there must be a way to work that routine into your act for your next tour.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
either that or they would be a wonderful opening act…
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
You thought we wouldn’t want to see that? That’s by far the best thing I’ve seen all day… maybe even all week. (And that includes the weirdness currently camping out over Peter Mansbridge’s upper lip.)
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 pm
[quote comment="66218"] (And that includes the weirdness currently camping out over Peter Mansbridge’s upper lip.)[/quote]
YES! What the hell is going on there????? I’m watching him right now. Is he trying to get a ’stache on? Make him stooooooooooooop!!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
[quote comment="66218"]You thought we wouldn’t want to see that? That’s by far the best thing I’ve seen all day… maybe even all week. (And that includes the weirdness currently camping out over Peter Mansbridge’s upper lip.)[/quote]
Is Trebek’s stache finally trying to find a new home?
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Day by day
Day by day
Oh Dear Lord
Three things I pray
To see Harper more clearly
Love Dion more dearly
Follow May more nearly
Day by day, by day, by day…
(a blasphemy of Day by Day, Godspell the Musical brought on by too much wine). Now I can’t get the song out of my head!
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
The first video was brilliant.
My eyebrow was raised for a good amount of time for the second video. Wow…
That guy really tore shit up on the stage with his dance solo. A definite throw down for God.
…
Okay, yeah… that was just scary.
September 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
This is quite possibly the most intelligent piece of media that I have seen concerning the current state of the economy to date. If only more people could pull their heads out of their asses and tell it like it is, just like Kaptur and Dr.Dre
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
After 6 hours in class and another 6 or so split between the library and my desk writing a lab, that video really cheered me up. A lot. Thanks for that.
I watched the first one as well, but I can’t lie, it’s 1 in the morning, I’ve been reading journal articles for hours on end, and all I want to do is pass out, so I didn’t retain much. There wasn’t enough singing and dancing for me to appreciate it at this hour, so I’ll be sure to watch it again tomorrow.
Side note: Have you seen the film Jesus Camp? That’s some freaky shit.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Those three had an orgy with the keyboardist in the back. You can just tell these things.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
How bored did you have to be to stumble upon that video? LOL
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Unfortunately, I’m with Dory and am way too sleep deprived to fully appreciate the first vid right now … will have to come back to it tomorrow … but that second one. Whoa! Just what I needed before putting my nose back to the grindstone … and wow, those people must have practiced their moves. That routine was tight. And scary. I wonder what they’ll come up with next to make Christianity appeal to the masses … evangelical porn? (This is the lack of sleep talking …)
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
That’s Sarah Palin in that 2nd video!!
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNVuuhurbZA
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I bet Cliff Richard choreographed that one. Love the mock Tudor backdrop. Very kitsch.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Christ… I think that burned my retinas into little black coals…
Ever get the feeling that when they talk about the devil’s music, they get the genre wrong?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:10 am
That’s it, I’m moving to Toledo.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:12 am
As funny as that video was, would we all be laughing if Matt had posted something similar making fun of Muslims, Jews? I think not.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:56 am
[quote comment="66248"]As funny as that video was, would we all be laughing if Matt had posted something similar making fun of Muslims, Jews? [/quote]
Hmmm… Yes.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:13 am
[quote comment="66249"][quote comment="66248"]As funny as that video was, would we all be laughing if Matt had posted something similar making fun of Muslims, Jews? [/quote]
Hmmm…
Yes.[/quote]
right on…im not racist, i hate everyone equally lol!
September 24th, 2008 at 8:14 am
[quote comment="66248"]As funny as that video was, would we all be laughing if Matt had posted something similar making fun of Muslims, Jews? I think not.[/quote]
Not really. Wouldn’t be able to see the fancy footwork under the burkas.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:40 am
[quote comment="66248"]As funny as that video was, would we all be laughing if Matt had posted something similar making fun of Muslims, Jews? I think not.[/quote]
Only if there were subtitles so I could understand the ridiculous crap they were singing about.
(P.S. In Islam, men and women are prohibited from dancing together. I mean, if we’re just looking to spoil the fun of posts…)
September 24th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I had no idea Paula Abdul was choreographing Christian dance now.
September 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Evangelical breakdancing! This might be the artistic niche I’ve been waiting for. I’m thinking I’ll try and book myself into that church for “any given Sunday” and perform my own specialized form of dance that I’ve perfected over the years which I call “drunk Irish guy at a wedding”. It means shirt hanging out or off entirely, necktie tied around head, drink in one hand - sloshing around carelessly. For realism and just plain fun old theatrics I could bring my wife and have her stand on the sidelines with that “I’m going to kill you when we get home” look that she does so well. I was thinking “Jesus built my hotrod” by Ministry would be appropriate for the accompanying music?
September 24th, 2008 at 9:49 am
How did you find that renewed mind video? I couldn’t stand even to watch the whole thing…
September 24th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Here are the three BBC documentaries that, shortly after being aired in the UK, resulted in Tony Blair’ being fired. That’s right, I said fired, and he was.
http://www.oneplanetonenation.com/ponightmares1.html
And here is one human being trying to show us that a 100% renewable energy economy is not only possible, but is being done elsewhere. Dr. Hermann Sheer, from Germany, speaks at the World Wind Energy Conference, held this year in Kingston, ON.
http://www.ontario-sea.org/media_wwec2008speakers.php
You know, it wasn’t that long ago that all of our energy systems were 100% renewable. Most of the industrial revolutions our species went through over the centuries were all renewably powered.
And so, I’m sitting here trying to tell you that, while I appreciate your political activism, your efforts are doing nothing to resolve the current crisis on Earth that has us teetering on the verge of extinction. Yes, both Bush and Haper are funded by the fossil industrial complex, which is married to the military industrial complex, but somehow your political activism side-steps both of these issues. These physical changes are real, and are happening right infront of your eyes, and you have a voice that is much further reaching than any of us in the scientific community. Science has become the enemy of corporate funded politicians world wide.
This is a reposting of one of our recent letter to the editor:
Remember Phillip Morris? They spent millions trying to convince us that smoking is good for you. If they had their way, there would still be cigarrette vending machines in schools. However, with thousands of airline stewardess with lung cancer, they were not able to win that debate.
Now look at Exxon Mobil (E/M), using exactly the same playbook that Philip Morris used, only E/M have thousands of times the money to throw at a campaign of dissinformation. All the while, (go to google earth and LOOK at the north pole) everything frozen on Earth is melting, and melting rapidly. Ice melt is now being measured in 100’s of cubic miles. Most people on Earth do not know what latent heat is, nor the principles of refrigeration (the melting of one square foot of ice [remember the old ice boxes?] being used as the scale to which tons of refrigeration are measured) but if they did, alarms would be going off in their heads upon learning of this. When ice melts, it has a profound cooling effect. Melt 100s of square miles of ice, and you will get a number that will not fit on most calculators; in other words, a cooling effect that is so large it will be felt for hundreds of miles from the location of the melting. This cooling effect will continue right up to the point where there is no more ice left to melt, and then you will not recive it anymore. Then, you will beging to notice a heating effect like never before. The waste heat from one car, from one minute of opperation, is enough to completely convert your body to ashes in 10 seconds, if it were applied to your body. And, waste heat, like me, is trapped hear on the surface of the planet, held by its inescapable gravity. The waste heat from steam trains from hundreds of years ago has not left either. Cyclones world wide come sooner every year, there are more of them, they last longer, and they are more fierce. All severe weather is increasing in force and frquency. And, record high temperatures are still being recorded daily: globally. These record high temps have been increasing in frequency steadily over the last 30-40 years. To argue with empirical data is an exercise in futility; yet many argue away. (ask yourself why anyone would want to argue against empirical data) The worst thing that could possibly happen is being allowed to continue. We have become (at the bidding of those who sell fuel) a world full of pyromaniacs. The last 30 years has seen radical increases globally of systems and processes which all require fossil fuels. Not that long ago, all of our systems relied 100% on naturally occuring, renewable resources; but all that has changed.
And, our atmosphere is finite, and this is the example I give to non-scientists: I can go into a two car garage on the side of any house, close all the doors (garage doors are not air tight) and as long as someone brought me food and water, I could spend the rest of my life there. As soon as you start a lawn tractor in there with me, my life expectancy is reduced to a matter of minutes. Cause of death? Lack of Oxygen to the brain. So, in the world full of pyromaniacs (making many rich along the supply chains), we have calculated the volume of the Earth; added 5 miles per side (where our air and weather happen) and subtracted one from the other to come to a figure representing all of the air in the world. Then, with hundreds of millions of motors, (you have to include everything from coal plants down to woodstoves to make an educated guess at this figure) at several hundred cfm (cubic feet per minute) being passed through each of them, we now pass all of the air in the world through a fire based system 2-3 times per year.
This can only continue for so long before everything here dies.
Textbooks from the 40’s and 50’s list our Oxygen level at 24%. Currently it is under 20% and falling. We know from experiments that at around 19%, humans begin to loose conciousness. Left unchanged, we are not going to be here in 10 years. And, with so many calling the scientific community “global warming conspirators with an agenda” or “environmental whackos” there is little hope. E/M have full media control: and their moto is: “We don’t care. We don’t have to care. We’re Exxon Mobil.” And, they are spending hundreds of millions on this campaign of dissinformation. (many have bought stock in these arguments against empirical data) The Royal Society in Britain issued a cease and disist letter to E/M two springs ago, asking them to stop funding some 39 corporations whos only purpose is to dis global warming. To no avail.
A quote about this from Albert Einstein, who said: ” When the bees go, humanity will only have 4 years left”
…and I’m really bad at not following my own advice … (that you cannot tell someone that something really bad is happening, and then just leave them hang with it) so, the most important part of this post is: that we do have solutions to all of these circumstances. We can produce Oxygen at amazing rates, and we can shift the entire transportation sector to one that is all electric, and we can start using the existing knowledge that we already have, (or have burried) so that in as few as 8 years from now we could put down fire completely, and walk away never needing it again.
But
This is going to require co-opperation. The single largest endeavour ever undertaken by humanity is about to begin. Or not … but in any event, we cannot continue to have fire in the same room with us any longer, and presently it runs our entire world.
snap snap people; according to recorded measurements, we ARE running out of time ….
Addendum:
…and so, the reason the example of the tobacco companies is so relevant here is this:
With the thousands of cases of airline stewardesses who all had/have lung cancer, that/those corporations were not able to pull the wool over our eyes about the use of their products; although they tried hard to do just that.
In the case of Exon Mobil, we have not yet been able to prove, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that the use of their products has given the planet we live on: cancer. So, they continue to pull the wool over our eyes freely.
In both cases, the products they sell are consumed completely, relatively quickly, so you always end up back for more.
I have installed propane furnaces, oil furnaces, wood furnaces, wood-oil combo furnaces, electric furnaces and ground source heat pumps. The ground source heat pumps (aka, geothermal heat pumps) are superior heating units. They are just better in every way to all the others; they are cheaper to operate, they last longer, they produce no by-products, their waste heat is sent into the ground, they won’t ever malfunction and burn down whole buildings/blocks/homes, and their climate control ability is second to none.
However, there are still people who say they suck. Why is that? Why do some people insist on arguing against empirical data? Why do they insist that fossil fuel consuming products are the only real way of heating space or water?
?
Hmm?
The same is true in transportation. A fuel powered vehicle has never, ever, been able to beat an electric motor in a race. They have raced, many times, and the electric motor wins every time. In the 50’s, the milk trucks were driven by electric motors with batteries. Very simple devices and very efficient too. They just plug them in at night, and then run them all day. Great system, until Chrysler bought that battery technology, and as the owners of those patents, refuses to let us use it anymore. The fact that we came up with other batteries, the nickel cadmium and ion batteries and such, is testament to human ingenuity, but those earlier batteries were much simpler, much cheaper, easier to manufacture, and much more efficient.
That corporations would buy stuff, and patent it, and then not use it is, is a surprise to anyone here?
Why is it that so many seem to be sucking the teat of fossil fuel providing companies, or at the very least, insisting that we have no choice but to consume their products?
The reality about products and devices that do not consume fossil fuels, is that they are vastly supperior to those products and devices that do. You can argue this point all you want, and some will, but it won’t change the empirical data that has already been recorded about all of them.
Why do I bother some times ….. you are too fucking stupid, or too fucking owned by the fossil industrial complex, to bother saving …. and for more than 30 years now the scientific community at large has tried to save you, tried to prevent this cancer on a global scale, and you vehemently insist that you do not need saving, well for all intends and purposes, we likely cannot save you now.
Way to go.
You won.
You won, and death is your reward.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
From the above comments I have decided to wait to view this from home as it clearly needs some high volume and perhaps a few drinks after to get over the apparent trauma…
September 24th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Fantastic first video! Makes me wish that the Canadian entity of AIG was far removed from the American mother company. In my opinion CEO’s should have to forfiet their income for making stupid and greedy financial decisions. The fallout for everyone else is hell.
As for the second video. I’m sorry I watched even a few seconds of it while I was eating lunch. It’s burned in my brain!!!!
September 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
There is a point, near the beginning of the second video, you can see the Satan in that guy’s eyes. That’s all I could watch, and then I came back to the comments and read something about a dance solo. I went back to the video just in time to see it. WHY? WHY DID I DO THAT?
September 24th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
That kind of fresh, hip approach to preaching the Gospel is just what it’s going to take to get our youth interested and involved with ‘The Way’. Why oh why could they not have had a dancing minister and his ladies when I was in high school… I probably would have turned out much better had I known about the way.
September 24th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
There are OTHER amazing videos on that sight as well!
Look here at “He’s our promised seed”.
http://www.theway.org/Current/Mar07/Mar07Flash2.htm
Sweet.
September 24th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Earthlink: Thanks for the videos - extremely interesting. I suspect a good friend of mine was at the Wind Energy thing in Kingston as he’s in that business in Kingston. I’ll be calling him to see if he has anything on it.
I’m not sure who your rant is directed at though. Among other things (like “you’re too fucking stupid”etc.) you said:
“And so, I’m sitting here trying to tell you that, while I appreciate your political activism, your efforts are doing nothing to resolve the current crisis on Earth that has us teetering on the verge of extinction.”
I agree with many of your points and your general proposition that there exists an environmental crisis. However in my opinion, the earth’s environmental crisis cannot be solved by environmentalists or environmental crusaders alone. A more global perspective / effort is necessary to do that.
You’ll agree I hope, that everyone is different and has different strenghts and interests. In order to address the kinds of global issues you mention, we need the combined efforts of political activists, environmentalists, economists, scientists - because the issues that we face cannot be put into one category. As an environmentalist (I assume you are one) you should understand better than anyone the concept of the “ecosystem” - all of those interests, sciences, professions, perspectives - that I just mentioned are all related to one another like an ecosystem and it requires the best from each of them for us to combat the fossil fuel issue. Like an ecosystem, there is a necessity for dependence on other entities in that ecosystem; you take krill out of the arctic ecosystem and it crashes. Likewise, we will not get far in understanding the global environmental crisis without the input of political activists or political academics. It takes an environmentalist to explain the impact of the Alberta Oil Sands - but I need someone who is politically more savvy than me to explain why Eastern Canada gets it’s oil from the Middle East, a lot of the oil from Alberta goes south of the border, and why oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, if they drill there, will not likely go to the U.S., but probably to China. I does not make much sense to me - but maybe “I’m too fucking stupid” as you suggest.
September 24th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!
and they call it democracy….
September 24th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I work at a small college in Ohio where my students are spending thousands of dollars to get a degree not so that they can be millionaires and live in fancy houses but so that they can get a job that will provide food for their kids and health insurance - if they are lucky. I regularly have students unable to attend class because they can’t afford gas. I have students riding bikes for miles, getting up at ungodly hours to catch the bus. All this so they can MAYBE get a job that is a little over minimum wage. And I’m supposed to look them in the eye and tell them that they are going to have to pay because of the greed of Walstreet CEOs who made more in one year then the lot of them combined? It’s staggering.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Brian:
The people who are stupid, are the ones who argue against the scientists. Argue against the barely funded scientists, who do the work of building devices to take readings, and then take those readings, and who are then suposed to tell all the other people what the readings are. The ones who have reason to argue against the scientists, and then proceed to do so, are the stupid ones.
I don’t want to live in a world where science is the enemy any more anyways ….
September 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
OMG! I’m fucking BLIND!
I think it was the guys weird unblinking zombie eyes that did it, or that jazzy little turn that they kept doing.
Matt, would you consider surrounding your drum kit with flowers? All you would need to do is add some astro turf & your set would look very telatubby-ish.
creeeeeepy
September 25th, 2008 at 8:22 am
oh yeah, you’d also need the dismembered floating giggling baby head.