The video came on and people stopped and watched it. I have never seen anything stop these people from working out before.
I had not seen it before. Very strong, not too fascistic, in that it really does call for the people to rise up and do it.
Maybe it will get some people to go and vote. You can catch it on the internet for free with a tiny bit of searching. The video is now in heavy rotation and is ranked as the #9 most popular on MTV
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "snit snat" <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Eminem
> At 11:39 PM 10/26/2004, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
>>I haven't had a chance to see this myself but I understand this video is a
>>nice parody of our Commander in Cheif
>>
>>http://www.gnn.tv/videos/video.php?id=27
>>
>>Also Eminem says Bush isn't his Homie....
>>http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/10/2508.cfm
>
> Wow. You'd better see it. It's not a parody. It is advocating revolution.
> And, while he attacks Shrub, one of his last lines is a plea to both Shrub
> and Kerry-- and you see a TV, split screen, with both Shrub and Kerry.
>
> Marshall deserves many hummers.
>
> I strongly suspect that a former mentor of mine would see it as
> fascistic -- if I'm hearing the lyrics right. The light at the end of the
> tunnel imagery reminds me of the fascistic scene at the end of Batman --
> where he gives the city a search light, tells them to shine it when they
> need him, and he'll swoop in and save them. Well, come to think of it,
> this video isn't advocating a savior but that people rise up and _become_
> their own saviors. I guess it's just the dark colors, the military beat,
> the brooding uniformity of the people who all dress in the same clothes as
> they rise up.
>
> I have not been paying attention to the news. Is this getting a lot of
> play? I would think it would scare the crap out of the administration. Is
> it being denounced by major media players?
>
> Off to Google!
>
> K
>
>
> "We live under the Confederacy.
> We're a podunk bunch of swaggering
> pious hicks."
>
> --Bruce Sterling
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