Bitterness in Small Town USA
April 12, 2008
A slow news cycle means the silliness returns to the Democratic primary campaign. The most important issue facing Americans today, is Barack Obama’s “elitist” comment on the roots of bitterness and the justification of bigotry in small town USA.
My problem with the Clinton camp making a big deal out of this is first, there are much more important issues at stake (the whole reason Americans are bitter with their government) and it looks desperate on her part. And second, it’s pretty common knowledge that Obama does not pull well in rural areas of uneducated, white voters in the first place. Other than solidifying her base in rural, predominantly Republican districts, I’m not sure where this gets her.
Hell, either way, I thought I’d do a little pot stirring myself.
Pixelmarx Podcast…spare your ears, the tongue is not mighter than the pen in my case
March 26, 2008
Now if you actually listen to this thing after I’ve done a pretty good job of dissuading you, I’m sorry. This is my first attempt at doing a podcast, and while it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, there’s a lot to work out before it reaches any level of quality that I’m proud of. My only consolation is when I think of my first cartoos I posted, and how much they sucked.I am curious how many other bloggers out there have tried podcasting? What did you think? Was it fun? A waste of time and you’d rather type? I’m actually enjoying it although it took me forever to finally figure out how to get my mic to work. Finally I ordered a Tapco MIX100 10 channel mixer, which I’m now realizing was probably overkill, but it’s really nice in that I can control the volume of the input. I also noticed (after it was too late to change) that one of the reasons I can’t listen to NPR is the mouth noises and I ended up with my fair share in this record. My apologies. But hey, what’s life if you don’t try something new. And it’s late. And a person shouldn’t probably try to make their first podcast at 10:00 at night….but hey.
Here’s the audio file. Take a listen. Tell me what you think - if you care to. I’m open to comments. If you don’t care to listen though, here’s a quick rundown of what the podcast contains.
1 - For Portlanders there’s an Obama for America Kickoff this Saturday to get out the vote. Address is 3016 SE Division St.
2 - Paul - I’ll let you think you won :). BTW I enjoyed the dialogue.
3 - I read a bit from Bertrand Russell’s “Why I’m not a Christian” essay
4 - No Paul, I take it back, if you listened to me read that dull essay, then I won.
5 - Then I have some fun with Hillary’s Bosnia sniper fire gaff.
And that’s about it. It’s kind of fun. I’m a huge talk radio fan, especially of The Ed Schultz Show, and based on the quality of his show, I know this production ranks way below at somewhere around … well I’d prefer not to say.
