The Politics of Posters | The Online Version

Award-winning ad exec ad exec Rich Silverstein who is known for creating the "Got Milk" campaign -- among many -- has created three posters designed with input from the public to depict "The Bush Years". The results - Events, Slogans and People. Of the project Silverstein said:

"Here is my thinking. What if we could TiVo the last six-plus years and play them back - without comment -- for the American people, and let them connect the dots?"

Republicans respond with posters of their own: Posterizing the Democratic Party.

    - From Metafilter "The Politics Of Posters"

We want to create an online version of the posters with each event, slogan and person linked to relevant articles and background information, you can check out the test version of the project at http://69.59.88.146/index.html which will make more sense then me describing it.

We are hoping to put it together with the help from the VS community, we are looking for relevant videos (yes you can use a VS link) and relevant articles which will be linked for each of the phrases from the posters.
James Roe says...

We being me and farhad. That's my test server so please be kind with the ip, it isn't ready for large scale traffic.

However if you think you might be able to help with finding some links for each phrase let me know in this thread and I will add you to a google document we are using to keep track of urls.

Anyway I would really appreciate any help you could lend us, and it will certainly be a pretty sweet resource when it is complete.

qruel says...

Congress Releases Report on White House Science Manipulation

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1653

http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071210101633.pdf

Here are some of the key findings in the report:

The White House exerted unusual control over the public statements of federal scientists on climate change issues.


Regarding Climate Science


The Administration’s Censorship of Climate Scientists was
Widespread - 150 federal climate scientists from eight federal agencies personally experienced at least one incident of political interference during the past five years.


The White House systematically minimized the significance of climate change by editing government climate change reports.


The White House Edited EPA’s [Environmental Protection Agency] Report on the Environment.


The White House Eliminated the Climate Change Section of
EPA’s Air Trends Report.


The White House was Involved in Editing EPA’s Legal Opinions.

James Roe says...

Hey qruel, if you look at the site it's actually a list of phrases. We want to find one link for each phrase. Let me add you to the google document you will maybe understand a little better there.

Please don't delete anything though, just add yours on a new line.

qruel says...

PBS FRONTLINE has covered many topics of this adminstration in a very thorough manner.

THE DAR SIDE
In "The Dark Side," FRONTLINE tells the story of the vice president's role as the chief architect of the war on terror, and his battle with Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the "dark side." Drawing on more than 40 interviews and thousands of documents, the film provides a step-by-step examination of what happened inside the councils of war.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darkside/view/#morelink

KARL ROVE: THE ARCHITECT
In "Karl Rove -- The Architect," FRONTLINE® and The Washington Post join forces to trace the political history and modus operandi of the controversial figure who has been on the inside of every major political and policy decision of the Bush administration. With the campaign over, Rove has turned his attention to the battle for Bush's legacy on issues like Social Security, taxes and tort reform. But his ultimate goal is something larger.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/view/#lower

Rumsfeld's War
In "Rumsfeld's War," FRONTLINE and The Washington Post join forces for the first time to investigate Donald Rumsfeld's contentious battle with the Pentagon bureaucracy to assert civilian control of the military and remake the way America fights.

This report traces Donald Rumsfeld's career from his time as an adviser to President Nixon to his rise as the oft-seen and well-known face of the George W. Bush administration during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In interviews with key administration officials, military leaders, and reporters from The Washington Post, the documentary examines how a secretary of defense bent on reform became a secretary of war accused of ignoring the advice of his generals.

"He came in determined to reassert civilian control over the Joint Staff and the rest of the military and it was a pretty tough process, a lot of friction in those first months, with Rumsfeld saying, `No, I don't think you heard me clearly. I'm the boss. I want it this way,'" reporter Thomas Ricks of The Washington Post tells FRONTLINE.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/view/#rest

winkler1 says...

Please add me. How would it work - a popup video when you click a word?

Those posters are awesome. (Though some phrases are obscure-triple canopy? ) That tall vertical format is impossible to print though..where is a dot matrix printer when you need it?

These ideas could be delivered in a digital picture frame..they are cheap and could have text+graphics in a slide show.

Related idea - timelines using DHTML and javascript showing direct quotes of the moving goalposts in Iraq:
http://jeffwinkler.net/2007/12/04/visualizing-the-lies-about-iraq-timelines/

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