BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jan 04 - 09:47 AM

Yes, SRS, I did try them both and yes, I know you have to click on it to start it. It's been an ongoing problem with my old OS. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but that hasn't helped. I'll probably have to wait until I can upgrade. Hopefully they will run it on tv in this market. Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jan 04 - 12:56 AM

Kat, did you try the different Quicktime settings? Also, Quicktime doesn't start by itself, you have to find the little arrow at the bottom of the screen to start it.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 11:48 PM

I can't get it to play for me, either, though I think there is something wrong with my Quicktime.

SRS, thanks for sharing that!

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 10:05 PM

A segue here to another Bush abomination. Americans aren't just asleep, they're brain dead. They can't see everything that Bush is taking away--he is so much worse than Reagan for enriching his friends. This from a news release, then some observations from an engineer friend of mine below it:

Jan. 17, 2004, 2:21PM

Hubble's doom in the stars: NASA to retire its telescope

By PATTY REINERT
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- Two days after President Bush redirected NASA toward the moon and Mars, the space agency on Friday announced the first casualty: the Hubble Space Telescope.

"This is a sad day," said John Grunsfeld, NASA's chief scientist and a four-time shuttle astronaut. The decision shook the astronomy world.

Grunsfeld said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe made the decision and broke the news to workers at Goddard Spaceflight Center in Maryland on Friday morning, saying a planned space shuttle mission to service the telescope would be canceled.

The bus-size telescope, which has been sending home spectacular images of the universe for over a decade and forced the rewriting of astronomy textbooks, will continue its mission until it wears out -- likely by 2007 or 2008, Grunsfeld said.

Then NASA will launch a robotic spacecraft to grab the telescope and guide it through the Earth's atmosphere to splash down in a remote area of an ocean.

NASA scientists and engineers working on Hubble eventually will be shifted to the new moon-Mars effort, Grunsfeld said.

The rest of it is at http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/space/2358102.

My friend, an aerospace engineer, remarked:

It was pretty clear what is going on, unfortunately there are a bunch of zombies in the country that can not read. The BBC had a story back in December stating that the white house was feeling out reporters about a bush speech where he would announce a return to space and the mars mission. The white house source asked if the reporter if he thought bush should give the speech at kitty hawk for the 100 the anniversary of flight. The reporter asked how the mars mission could be funded due to the huge deficits. The source said that was the beautiful part, it would/could not be funded, but that the president could look presidential, and give a lofty goal speech. I had hoped he had abandoned the idea when the speech was not delivered at the kitty hawk site. I suppose he is coming under a little pressure to match the Chinese announcements about their space programs. What he had better think about is the trade deficit, the dollar dropping 26 percent against the euro, and the budget deficit. I think the back to back father and son recessions are making Clinton look better all the time. That reminds me, I am going to frame the letter I got from Clinton, that should make some of my neighbors eyes roll, ha. I am so tired of hearing, "that Bush is such a nice Christian man", SHIT!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 08:58 PM

Won't be too long before there won't be any ads shown on TV but those of Republicans. Yeah, if Bush wins '04, you can just as well pull the plug on democracy. Tne Repubs have done run the table boys. Game over. Go home, stick a flag in front yard, don't complain when ya loose yer job or end up takin' a drastic pay cut, don't complain when they draft yer kids to send to be killed off in their wars de joir. Just smile, like the slaves did, say "Yes, sah... I likes everythin' jus fine, massa. Kin I get ya' sum mo tea, sah?"

Yeah, just today the Supremes did their part in the complete take over in refusing to here the Texas redistricting! Man, geeze, oh, man! Are they ever partisan. Wonder what they're gonna do when Bush's henchmen come for the 4 unbrain-dead justices?

And folks like my pal, Doug an' Teribus thinkin', "Great"... Well, my friends. When there is *no* opposition left then I hope you all don't find yerselves on the wrong side of an issue and wishin' that we had democracy back...

Yeah, democracy as we know it, even if the Dems win the White House, is slippin', slippin', slippin' into history...

That's the way I see it...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 07:42 PM

i wonder if they'll play a pro-bush ad....wouldn't be surprised if they do...

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 07:29 PM

CBS is not going to show that ad because it is not controlled by
a "liberal-bias." It's controlled by lobbyists and sponsors who
are suppressing free speech and opposing points of view in a country
that professes democracy but acts otherwise. Democracy has been sold
to the highest bidder.

You will not see different points of view on prime-time.

Much of America is still asleep and doesn't realize how their freedoms
are being eroded by corporate interests that are trying to "privatize" (a euphemism for destroying) our participatory
democracy.

The general news media is pretty much useless when it comes to
valuable information. As Bill Moyers showed us through his TV show "Now",in the interview with the guest from from the Annenberg Institute, the news media is mainly interested in personality profiles, infotainment, and doesn't want to bore what they call the "American people" with information about the government.

I watch the BBC news and Bill Moyers when I want
some valid information on TV. (I don't have cable).

Did anyone really believe that CBS would run a MoveOn ad?

Long live the Net.

Frank

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 12:44 PM

What a bunch of wusses over there at CBS. There's another thread with discussion of their refusal to play a Michael Moore spot also. I betcha won't see Dan Rather walk off of the air for 12 minutes over it, though.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Alice
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 10:46 AM

UPDATE.
I just read on the Dean BLOG that CBS has REFUSED to play MoveOn.org's Bush in 30 Seconds "Child's Pay" ad during the Super Bowl.

ALice

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Bobert
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 06:56 PM

Well, I didn't get all of the "Funniest" of the 4 but the other three were all great. My favorite was the animated one, followed by the one aimed at the yopung voters. Man that one hit like real hard...

Good stuff...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 05:37 PM

I couldn't use the low bandwidth Quick Time, it said I needed to load it (and I'm not an administrator on this system) but I know it's on my office machine, so I tried the high bandwidth and it worked. They seem to be two different programs.

I did go back to your page, Alice, and saw that it was there. There are more links to choose from on the other page, is all.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Amos
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 05:17 PM

Man, all three of those winners are..well, winners. What can I say!!

They get it said.



A

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:56 PM

Won't let me in.....says I need Quicktime, and I have it....

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Alice
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:54 PM

Well, on my page link, the winning ad can be viewed on the right side of the page (donor info is on the left) and you can choose fast or slow bandwidth under the ad image. I got the link from an email from moveon.

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:41 PM

Alice, that link goes to a donor page.

This link goes to the page where you'll find the winner, and this goes to the front page of http://www.Moveon.org.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:22 PM

I keep getting Internal Server Error messages. I'll keep trying.

But, meanwhile, here's Bush in 41.2 Seconds.

Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Amergin
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:05 PM

I wish I could afford to contribute to have the ad played during the super bowl....

Subject: RE: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: TIA
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 04:02 PM

Brilliant. Had to watch all the finalists.

Subject: BS: Bush in 30 seconds - the winning Ad
From: Alice
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 03:38 PM

The winning tv ad for Bush In 30 Seconds has been chosen from hundreds submitted. Go here to view it:

Click here