I agree with you, Mr Aries. I wasn't advocating sifting vapid empty submissions based entirely on popularity, although I can see how you could interpret what I said that way. I think if you look at my submissions that I aim for a balance of both interesting / funny / thought-provoking AND universal appeal — and those tend to be the videos that do well here.

In fact, I would go so far as to say that most popularity-based sifts that have no substance won't get very far on this site. This is a much more discerning crowd that the video hosts, which is part of what makes the site so great.

I guess it comes down to the old question of whether to be a starving artist who's a purist, or a successful one who caters at least somewhat to the market. I can respect the former, but there are still lots of greats who were the latter — and obviously my post was aimed at sifters with that mindset.

to clarify: i think that the sift would be better if more people sifted from the heart, regardless of votes. i don't think the popularity contest is the most important thing, and the rankings should be motivation to post the stuff you believe in yourself, not motivation to post crap that everyone else kneejerks to. There's loads of popular stuff, we don't need more people posting more of liveleak's top ten, we need more variety. I see the Sift as a way to find stuff i wouldn't normally find out in the big bad internet, and a way to show other people my personal world (marinegunrock does this best, especially in his blog, i try to do the same with my lithuania/russia stuff). I want to look at my sifted vids and be proud. i want at least one person to get some new insight out of my posts, rather than just 100 people having a laugh.

of course we all post with votes in mind, but posting with votes as a priority is empty IMO. better to at least do something useful like deadpool fixes or quality sift talk if you want to boost your ranking.

but like i said, each to his own. the way this site is set up, i don't blame you, you're not breaking any laws, and contrary to the most common criticism of my comments... i don't actually insist that everyone agrees with me. i just have a brash confrontational aries streak that's fun to flex. do what you like.

Oh, and not to be a dick or anything, but when I read "gunny" (which is short for Gunrock, I know) I think Gunnery Sergeant. You can just call me MG

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
Ahh, yes. Remember that Ari clip well, also.

You understand perfectly why i said "...and don't wanna' know. ", but after perusing there, thanks for doing so anyway, Gunny.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:

Check out what he said here: http://www.videosift.com/video/15M-in-ads-from-WH-propaganda-group-try-to-make-911Iraq#comment-260217

Ahh, yes. Remember that Ari clip well, also.

You understand perfectly why i said "...and don't wanna' know. ", but after perusing there, thanks for doing so anyway, Gunny.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:

Check out what he said here: http://www.videosift.com/video/15M-in-ads-from-WH-propaganda-group-try-to-make-911Iraq#comment-260217

Wikipedia had this concerning the original "One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari)" 2004:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Missed_Call


. . . and this on "One Missed Call" 2008:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Missed_Call_%282008_film%29

In reply to this comment by smibbo:
read the book more than a decade ago. Its just NOW being turned into a movie?

The Hitchens movie about mother teresa was originally broadcast in 1994.
It was aried again october 23, 2007

Norwegian Marxists.
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/17480/26/

*latenight FTW, again.

Around 2:30 you've got the *lies overdrive. LMFAO @ "is the Pope Hindu?"

And Stewart NAILED Hannity on the 'terrorism award to the army' - wow. Hil-ari-ous!

DJ Ari...

I don't see anything wrong with that. Ari Fleischer is articulate and he makes sense.

Islamic Extremists are gathering in Iraq. And yes, Islamic Extremists attacked us first. Whether or not you agree with the reason why we went there in the first place, you've got to agree that we have to stick around in Iraq until the Iraqis can police their own country.

Ari is a sophist and a deceiver. I hope his fellow citizens never forgive him.

nice shit eating grin there Ari... fuckhead. people wonder why we get stung when we keep hitting the hornets nest.

Oh and BillO, Ari couldn't even name the Vet they exploited in the video. It really barely looks like Ari, but it is Gannon's little buddy.

UH jmzero it WAS written in 1967. Wikipedia says so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Place_to_Stand%2C_A_Place_to_Grow

"A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow (Ontari-ari-ari-o!) is an unofficial anthem of the Canadian province of Ontario. The song was written as the signature tune for a movie of the same name that was featured at the Expo 67 Ontario pavilion.

The song was written by Dolores Claman, who also wrote the Hockey Night in Canada theme, with lyrics by Richard Morris. Lyrics for a French version were written by Larry Trudel.[1]

It was commissioned by the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts for the Ontario pavilion at Expo 67, the World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec in Canada's Centennial year of 1967, and was used again in the following decades.

The song was featured at the Province of Ontario's exhibit in the short film A Place to Stand, which won the 1967 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (see below)."

^ only about 3 people in the world really understand me, that's normal isn't it?

i like choggie's style because it is consistent and an entertaining puzzle.

my style is maybe random, and i am an aries so, you know...

james: no problems, thick skin, it's a fine line between "your video is shit, it disgusts me, and i wish it didn't exist" and "YOU are shit, YOU disgust me etc"
people should know i never intend ad hominem and if they feel i have attacked them personally then just drop me a comment and i'll probably melt and apologise.

i believe the 80/20 rule applies here, i want to read 80% nice good useful comments, and 20% ranting. it's fun to have the spice in there.

From Today's Jerusalem Post-News to meditate upon, as in, not the drama of diversion, or politics.....to hell with anyone who sees this as a platform to further the idea of gun control in America......



Joe Librescu, son of murdered Virginia Tech engineering professor Liviu Librescu, expressed overwhelming pride in his father's life, and in his death, on Tuesday.

"He's unique on multiple levels," Librescu told The Jerusalem Post by phone from the family's home outside Tel Aviv.

Professionally, "he's one of the finest researchers in his field in the world." As a father, Librescu said, Liviu Librescu "believed in excellence and was a strong figure."

li> Violence rips deep into America's soul

# Virginia Tech shooting

"He saw himself as the ambassador of Israel to that part of the world, to an American university that had few Israelis but many representatives from the Arab world," Librescu said.

Liviu Librescu's life in Romania, which ended with the family's move to Israel in 1978, was difficult from the start. A teenager during WWII, he survived fascist Romania and life in the shadow of the Gestapo. His father was deported to a forced labor camp during the war, while Librescu spend part of the war in relative safety in Russia, Joe Librescu said.

"Afterward," he said, "he endured [communist dictator Nicolae] Ceaucescu's Romania."

As a scientist, his contacts with the outside world were blocked. When his desire to leave for Israel became known, he was forced to resign his position without knowing whether he would find other work.

"Nevertheless, and at risk to his life, he continued to publish," Librescu said. "So I wasn't surprised at what he did when [facing] the shooter [Monday]."

His life was devoted to his science, "and we were proud because we understood that he was creating something big, even if it was abstract and formulaic and hard to pronounce," Librescu said about his father's research on aircraft design and materials science.

Liviu Librescu's oft-tested personal courage, coupled with his devotion to science, made him a man unafraid "to die in the place he loved the most, the classroom," his son believes.

Now, Librescu's murder is bringing "a family that has lived far from one another, with the parents in the United States and the children in Israel, back together," Librescu said, "closing a circle over 20 years old, from when [his father] first left [Israel] for a sabbatical [in the US in 1986.]"

Prof. Librescu's wife, Marlena Librescu is preparing to fly to Israel with the body for a funeral Thursday in Ra'anana. She is receiving help from her friends and "the few Israeli families in the area," Librescu said.

She and her two sons, Joe and Arie, are the only immediate family his father had, so "she doesn't have a reason to stay there [in Virginia] anymore," Librescu said.

He is making arrangements with the burial society and the Foreign Ministry.

"We feel pride despite the tragedy and the sadness," Librescu said. "The story of his actions [during the shooting] is unbelievable. There's a whirlpool of emotions. But pride stands above everything else, pride that there will always be people, students and others, who grew up in his teaching."

In Romania, the academic community mourned Librescu's death.

"It is a great loss," said Ecaterina Andronescu, rector of the Polytechnic University in Bucharest, where Librescu graduated in 1953. "We have immense respect for the way he reacted and defended his students with his life."