Keep in mind, this film was made in 2003. And it's a film, not a documentary. From a filmmaker's perspective, there's always value in transposing current events to the past. I'm no Nazi apologist; I'm quite sure there are parallels to be had but I encourage you to watch a documentary like "Hitler, a Career" from 1977.

Congrats netrunner. TBH, I've been avoiding political and news videos recently, but no doubt you are a sifting machine for current events - definitely a major sift asset.

^You just can't apologize, can you? For the life of you, you simply can't see how calling someone a lyncher might offend someone, even if you're using it metaphorically. Well how about I call you a fucking asshole? By "fucking asshole" I mean someone whom I strongly disagree with, that's all. Is that okay?

Lynching is still a charged term, in case you're not up on current events. Just ask George Allen, who besides his "macaca moment", also had a noose hanging from a plant in his office. You know, a LYNCHING noose. That also didn't sit well with a lot of voters.

So if you're not going to apologize for using the term "lyncher", then I'm not going to apologize for calling you a fucking asshole. Fair enough? And from now on we can all each other whatever we want, because we can all claim that we're merely speaking in metaphors. Ad homs are a thing of the past.

Fucking great, eh?

kronosposeidon;

If you believe that, you are truly out of touch with middle eastern current events. The Kaffeiyeh is not what it once was. I hate to break it to you kiddo, but the meaning of symbols change throughout time, whether you want them to or not, whether you deny it or not.
I do not believe that DD wanted to support terrorists or that the thought to do so even crossed DD's mind. I do not believe that the ad in any way supports terror. But, the fact is that people took offense, on both sides of the issue; one group because they thought it supports terror and one group because they thought the symbol of their oppression was being commercialized.
And I know the Kaffeiya isn't a swastika - that was what the Nazis used while trying to kill every living Jew, the Kaffeiya is what Hammas and Hezbolah use as a symbol while trying to kill every living Jew, so you're quite right.

I created a Books channel because I wanted to create a space here for everyone who was trying to avoid you. So far, so good
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I like the sound of News, that way people can tell if a video is about a current event. I think that's your best sounding idea. Fear would be my second choice.

Oh my, I never expected this!

I think the sleeper cell description is apt. I've been a lurker here for a loooong time, and only recently started actively participating.

As you guys know, pretty much everything I post is tagged politics. I can't help it, but right now my head is so wrapped up in the things that are happening in the political arena, and I definitely need an outlet for it.

Thinking back, the 'Sift is largely to blame for activating me. After the Iraq war started, I quite deliberately stuck my head in the sand and stopped paying attention to current events -- it was too hard to bear. Then one day in 2006, I found this site, and saw some clips of The Daily Show, and later Keith Olbermann. I started watching them, then watching them religiously, and from there it snowballed.

Now I feel like I spend every moment trying to absorb every bit of information I can find. Most people I know seem blissfully or willfully ignorant of what Bush has turned our country into, and I want to be armed with knowledge in case an opportunity arises to clue them in.

I realize I'm pretty much preaching to the choir here, but I felt it was time to give back to the site that opened my eyes, and share what I find with the rest of you.

I'm starting to feel a little bit like you guys are like a support group for living in this dystopian future we've created for ourselves. I can't help but think as long as places like this live and thrive, it's not too late for things to get better.

Thanks everyone. =)

>> ^MarineGunrock:

But more to the point, I've never seen it. Is it like a more socially acceptable version of Star Trek? I've always liked ST (at least TNG, Voyager and Enterprise - I never could get into TOS or DS9) but I've just never made the effort to watch BSG.


I'd say its more epic than any of the Star Treks, in that way its more like star wars, where they have a seemingly insurmountable task they must succeed against. All the characters are well developed and flawed, something I relish as too many times our hero's are personality less, 1 dimensional and/or stoic. There's a good bit of poignant social commentary, often on current events, I know that can turn some people off, but I like it. Plus I don't know many other shows that have made me switch between loving and hating a character so many times.

But anyways if you're a big sci-fi fan I highly recommend watching it. Its kind of hard to pick up mid-way through, but all the episodes and mini-series are on DVD, and probably available to rent at your local video store. Worth a try I say.

As for the original post and the rest proceeding it, I have taken to not wearing pants as none can contain the massive erection I have for the show's return, and I am very glad this is the last season because I'd hate for a good show to get ruined by being dragged out longer than is plausible for the given plot.

Great video. A related personal anecdote: when I was a senior in high school, I read Philip Gourevitch's "..We Will Be Killed Tomorrow: Stories from Rwanda," a book on the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and the aftermath (500,000 - 1.2 million people were killed in 3 months). This really got me interested in politics. Eventually, while helping my brother move out of his apartment, I saw that his girlfriend had a big collection of old TIME magazines. They covered the entire 1994 year. So I looked through them to read through the coverage of the Rwandan genocide and was amazed at how little there was. I then compared it to how much coverage was given to video games and found that video games were given more coverage than the genocide. Even though I was (and am) a huge fan of video games, I was disgusted by this gap. No doubt there are many reasons for this gap, but there is also no doubt that one of those reasons is market economics: demand for Rwandan news coverage by Americans was low, and thus supply was as well.

Ever since then, I've been convinced market rules of economics (supply and demand) are immoral when applied to things such as the media. Ideas, such as compassion, should not be bought and sold to people in the same ways a hamburger or a video game are. There needs to be a better way. My personal belief is that we need more democratic media in this country and in the entire world, something that gives the majority of the human race, no matter their economic status, a voice and way to be heard.

If you've agreed with me so far, I'm sure what I have to say next may change that. There needs to be a way to force people to listen, to a certain extent. In the same way that we require people to pay taxes and get a basic education, to learn history here in the USA, and we use the force of the law to do so, we need to be willing to require people to give time to those voices of the world. I think there needs to be mandatory education for our entire lives on such subjects like history and politics. It may be oppressive to have the government force people to learn about global current events, but it was also "oppressive" to force our children to learn about the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. But we agreed that such a requirement was for the greater good. And so I'm saying that forced learning about subjects, even perhaps the religions and ideologies of our enemies, is also for the greater good. And I'm also not saying such government-influenced education would replace the market driven "education." It would be a competing alternative. And as capitalists say, competition is good.

@quantummushroom.
I like how you picked and choose what evidence the video used to support the points, then dissected that one example instead of looking at the whole issue.

" 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Liberals want foreign invaders (as well as illegal aliens) to automatically be protected by American law. Abu Ghraib was an anomaly, not the norm."

They also talked about, Long prison sentences, general complacency for assassinations and the like. It's funny that you think Abu Ghraid is not the norm. You need to brush up on your history and current events. Your country has more secret prisons in various countries all over the globe than all other countries put together. Your general disdain for human rights is not limited to Abu Ghraid and illegal aliens... all one needs to do is go to a prison to see that (almost 50% of all your prisoners are there for personal addiction) , but thanks for participating.

Also I noticed there are no Current Events or News channels. Not really sure this belongs in the channels I put them in.

Personality I don't care too much about Dinesh, although his community does spill over onto my blog. I recently felt inclined to help people learn about the theory of evolution.

Although I tend to blog a lot about politics, My AOL blog is for Current events, news, culture, science, religion, activism, environment, war..you name it.

The problem I've been having is that after nine months sans TayTV I've forgotten what type of videos I'm looking for and I've forgotten how to present them to an audience. The Neo-con commentary is only a small portion of my daily problems with this blog. I find myself censoring my posts to avoid mass hysteria and a trip to an American gulag (yes, i've been threatened with that.)

I remember when people asked why I started the video blog I would say "You can do a lot more with 30 minutes on the internet, then you can spending 30 minutes in front of a TV."

No matter how low they price the next HDTV the younger generation has abandoned TV, viewership worldwide has already started to decline, people don't want to spend a third of their down time watching programmed television commercials. I've felt we can be doing more productive things with our time. This consumer culture I grew up in is out of control and the internet feels like the right place to start fixing it.

I remember when people asked what I planned to get out of TayTV I would say, "the opportunity to work online, so that I never have to return for another shift at my day job" - The labour I put into online video sharing, possibly combined with my lunacy, landed me this golden opportunity quicker then I expected. However I may have squandered it. Which is why I have come out and started this blog topic. If I'm to fix this I will need help of the sift, which I will only accept after it is thoroughly discussed and we find a way for the Sift to benefit and grow from this experience.

Yeah, seems anger should be pointed towards CTV and Global. It would be nice if Comedy Central could work something out where maybe Canadians can watch the Archived clips. It is after all current event program, me thinks CTV will not be going out of business if I watch clips from the mid 90s.

i like this video because it tries to place current events in order, to make a greater picture and make sense of the changes I see. It support the conclusions pretty well, and I like stuff like this so i hope to see it make the sift!

no, basically all production for South Park is done in-house right before the show airs. Almost every episode is entirely produced in a week. This lets them talk about very current events, and having their animation, sound, and editing equipment in the same building lets them do very late rewrites.

Hey MarineGunrock, stop looking up at shit and define "I rest my case". Oh wait here it is:

something that you say when someone says or does something that proves the truth of something you have just said

Your statements do not make any sense. You can not make this simple just by wishing it. You proved nothing, and no one else's statements proved your point for you.

I understand that you are angry that not everyone believes 100% what you think, but you have to persuade them. Yelling at them or using 3rd grade logic does not persuade people. Personally I'm in agreement that knowing one's rights, understanding the constitution and being aware of current events is very important. However the discussion, as far as I am concerned, is about the context in which the message was given not the message itself.

I must say that I am watching the complete lecture and I find it interesting even if he does strew a few fallacies here and there. I found it ghastly at first when I was under the false presumption that he was a history teacher. But now that I know he is a politician,... well I reserve final judgment until I've seen the entire thing.