Political and Controversial Videos and Web Sites
Politics, politics and politics - where do you stand on the
issues?
A guide to Web Sites for those who
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It's
becoming clear that if anyone can save the world from global
warming and pollution, it's today's kids. And the hot new
web series,
Gorilla in the Greenhouse,
shows kids how to make real change in
the real world.
SustainLane's
Gorilla in the Greenhouse because
it shows actionable steps that kids can take to become
eco-activists. And it's a lot of fun.
Politics, politics and more politics. The Internet, and
Internet streaming video, is becoming a powerful channel for
promoting politicians and their views. Check out this very
cool video promoting Barack Obama and his ideas, his
campaign. Whether or not you like him, regardless of whether
you support his ideas or not, this is a very well produced
video.
DipDive - Obama Song
Hey Hillary, your turn.
Mex Vs. BC (Born Citizen) Pt. 1-
"TRAVEL"
- This is great - sort of a parody of the Apple Mac vs PC
Microsoft commercials - this compares the travails of a
whiny US citizen versus a Mexican "illegal"/ Wonderful.
MyDamn Channel and Harry
Shearer present
Silent debates - Joe Biden
and Fred Thompson face off with Anderson
Cooper as the moderator
Lets all live in peace
by understanding our differences
The
New Jersey Chapter of MAS (Muslim American Society) put
together this message dispelling some of the stereotypes
of Muslims, calling for peace and unity and encourages
Muslims to be proud of their faith. This informative and
very entertaining message is brought to you by the
Muslim American Societies Media Foundation.
www.masmediafoundation.org
The
North Pole is Melting-
This is a great little eco-friendly jingle and animation
by
Santa's on
thin ice because of global warming. So let's all sing along!
More at toccionline.com
So what do you
think is causing Global Warming? Check out this cool funny
animation from the Friends of The Earth
http://www.foe.co.uk for info.
One of
the entries for their green film competition.
Polar Bears
Check
out the latest video from Dove - this anti-advertising,
anti- plastic surgery, and anti beauty propaganda flick is
great.
Dove Onslaught
- Share it with your daughters before it is too late. Also
check out the other Dove Self esteem videos
Here
is the amazing original
dove evolution
video
Want to
find out what is happening all over the world? Check out Link
TV's global news and current
affairs programming - now
available at
www.searchforvideo.com. Link TV news and
current affairs programming
covers issues not typically
covered by the U.S. media and
provides Americans with a
diverse, non-American
perspective on global issues.
www.searchforvideo.com will
feature Mosaic, a Peabody award
winning program that features a
daily 30 minute compilation of
translated broadcasts from news
broadcasters in the Middle East,
Global Pulse, a regular review
of news stories from TV
broadcasters worldwide, and
Latin Pulse, a bi-lingual
current affairs program that
covers critical issues in Latin
America from a Latin American
perspective.
more
Fresh from the Onion
For a
majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be
the most important factor in deciding who they will vote
for in 2008.
Heada
State -
So you want to get political? Check out
these interesting and well made animated
shorts from HeadaState.com that spotlight the current
United States
campaigns and politicians.
We love
a little politics and controversy - The battle for a fair
2007 Farm Bill is on! If you're ready to watch an apple
and a snack cake in a fight to the death, check out
www.foodbattle.org.
Every
five years, the $70 billion Farm Bill gets rewritten. In the
past, junk food makers have controlled the subsidies of the
bill, wiping out small farmers, destroying the environment
and making America fat.
Foodbattle.org
is the first step in a massive campaign to put the farm bill
back in the hands of the people who pay for it -- us!
Here
is the political music video you've been looking for -
Debate
'08: Obama Girl vs Giuliani Girl - its funny, its campy,
its cool
The follow up to
"Crush
on Obama" includes pillow fights and dance offs and all
the other things that go on over the course of a typical
campaign.
Vocals performed by: Leah Kauffman (leahkauffman.com)
Song produced by Rick Friedrich
Directed and Edited by Kevin Arbouet and Larry Strong
Hosted
at Guba-
Dear Mr Bush is a political ode to President Bush - with
a odd channeling of Marilyn Monroe thrown in as well. Ralph
Buckley performs with the activist spirit of John Lennon, in
his many songs aimed at social change and political
awareness. Ralph's music is diverse and entertaining. If you
are concerned about the direction the US is taking - if you
care about politics - you will enjoy this music video.
Can Dick Cheney sing? Check
out Harry Shearer's great little video - "No
Cooler for the Scooter" - how Scooter Libby
got rescued from the joint ....featured at the
new MyDamnChannel -
Have you ever
been accosted by pollsters, political activities and
volunteers carrying petitions? this is BRILLIANT and funny.
You got to see this.
So Human A Zoo
- Watch tour
developers Brett and Omar Melzer venture to Putao, in the
northern region of
Myanmar.
Their quest to set up a river running tour is tempered by
respect for the communities they encounter. This twenty
minute documentary outlines some of the issues facing
westerners as they visit parts of the world not yet affected
by Western tourism and culture. Produced by John Cassils.
Hosted at
StableRoad.com
Gwen
Stefani Director Makes Funky Video About Global Warming
“Sunny Day,” is by Sophie
Muller, who’s best known for her work with
Gwen Stefani,
Annie Lennox
and
Garbage;
it features one really happening dryer speaking out against
climate change.
Are
you paranoid? Do you think that governments are using the
fear of terror and terrorist activities to intrude too much
in our lives? Is Big Brother truly here now? This is a very
interesting animated video...
Agree or
disagree - it will make you think and maybe argue a
bit...
Big
Brother State -
Director:
David Scharf
Producer: David Scharf
Writer: David Scharf
Narrator: Stephen Taylor
Honors -
Semi-Finalist, Adobe Design Achievement Awards
also at http://www.huesforalice.com/bbs/
You can help
save the planet and have a good time as well.
Check out this one-minute clip
"Postcard from Chicago" -
The "Cool Globes" public art exhibit along Chicago's
lakefront is really quite nice, with a compelling global
warming story.
Grand Prize Winner - DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL (DOC) AND VMIX
‘DO IT YOURSELF’ DOCUMENTARY CONTEST
“A Grassroots Analysis of the 'N'
Word” by Thomas Patrick
Huston is a very interesting documentary featuring a
grassroots analysis of the N word's past, present, and
future in the English language.
Here are the other two
top winners -
Second Prize Winner -
“Loosen My Tie”
- By Director Michael A. Hagan - A snapshot of a band trying
to make music their lives. The film follows the band on tour
and in the studio as they try to gain more recognition.
Third Prize Winner -
“Get That Camera!”
- By Director Flux Rostrum - A photographer’s startling
personal encounter with the war on journalism, both abroad
and at home.
TrueTube is a new video
hosting and community site for teens and adults who want to
share their opinions -
They
have lots of interesting and provocative videos, produced by
Broadcast producers from varied backgrounds, MTV,
Documentary etc. The idea is to encourage young people to
engage and think, but there is plenty of info on the site.
more
Would
you do this to your kid?
What has
this world come to when
a mother takes her 8
year old girl to a
tanning saloon and pays
$1300 to run her kid
dark...
Whether
you love Hillary Clinton or hate her, you got to admit this
video clip from YouTube is pretty darn funny.
Hillary: I Know I Can't Sing
But can she
cook?
Here is Hillary trying to sing. She really can't carry a
tune.
Check out this
Starr site
and the short video about BOOBS. this is a amusing
retro site designed to promote the film - From the film
Staar - She'd Rather Be a Mistress. A story about a little
girl who could, would and did. "I'd rather have my freedom,
than a housekeeper's life." Read the press clippings to find
out really who is behind this....you may be quite surprised.
You got to see
Doll Face (4:12)
INCREDIBLE!!!!
A machine with a doll face mimics images on
television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll
Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and
identities fractured by our technological extension into the
future.
This is great
- a brilliantly conceived and very funny animation - hosted
at VMIX. Our planet has a bad case of humans. Will it
survive? Not only will this video make you giggle, it is a
bit political and educational as well.
Humans - you'd better watch out....
Featured at the
Galway Film Centre
and
Galway Film Festival
film award initiative, Ronan Gallagher's six
minute short
'Guest of The Nation'
stars
Nigerian actor and writer
Eugene Ebhonuaye
a Christian who fled sectarianism and racism in
his own country to end up in Ballinamore in
Ireland with his Ukrainian wife Irene who is a
Muslim.
The
film highlights the plight of many asylum
seekers who have been traumatised and tormented
by evil forces in their own countries, many of
whose regimes are encouraged and supported for
financial and geo-political reasons by the very
countries in the west that seek to stop such
people seeking sanctuary.
Are
you ready to ponder what Earth's message to our outer space
neighbors may be? Check out this extremely well made and
thought provoking short animated video from Fox SearchLab -
Terra

An innocent Martian girl is excited about the
new “God” in the sky
Have you ever wondered what is
really going on in Iraq? How is the war impacting the
average Iraqi? Check out "Hometown Baghdad" It tells the
true stories of three young guys in Iraq. According to the
producers, "Our crew in Baghdad risked their lives to make
these videos and we want the world to hear their stories."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsK0MT-aYM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsK0MT-aYM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVTzpEOWbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVTzpEOWbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDGYJiOuRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeDGYJiOuRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpXFAmyRmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVpXFAmyRmA
A secret held for thousands of years is about
to be exposed at
DaversityCode.com.
Join animal symbologist
Robert Penguin and the dashing agent Sophie Minnow as they
race to expose the greatest lie ever told. Can they crack
the
Bio DaVersity Code, or will they fall victim to the
lurking killer just a step behind?
Sure it's just a cartoon, but
this may be the most important movie you'll see this year.
In fact, mankind's very survival may depend upon it!
This is
not a video but a humorous politically tinged
Flash comical gadget created by Lenny Boudreau Website:
http://www.superturbosonic.com
Click on
the noise names "ocean", "forest", "white noise". It's a
white noise generator. It creates inconsequential
background sound to help you sleep.
Hilary
raps - getting ready to run for president. Pretty good
whether you luv or hate her. It's the
Rodham Rap
Hey, if her husband got
elected president after playing a saxophone on The Arsenio
Hall Show, then Hillary should win in a landslide with this
impressive rap video. Not only do we get to see Hillary's
untapped hip-hop talents in full effect, but you'll learn so
much about her political agenda!
The
Mouth Revolution is a hilarious and very well made
live-action film that parodies history and contemporary
culture while informing viewers about the vital importance
of eating real, organic foods. Narrated by revolutionary
mouths who take it upon themselves to decide what they will
and will not eat, personalities like “Sojourner Tooth” and
“Captain Mouth” unveil their "Mouthifesto" -- a Declaration
of Indigestion that details their objectives and demands: No
Trans Fats, No GMOs, No Pesticides, and No Artificial
Ingredients.
more
Stephen
Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Some who witnessed this over-the-top roasting of President
Bush in April 2006 said it simply wasn't funny, but millions
of YouTube.com visitors made it a sensation in the days that
followed.
Mix a
little politics, current events with some cool Latin
tinged rap, and you get Alfa's controversial video "SI
SE PUEDE". Its all about the plight of undocumented
workers in the US.
OK
- the elections are over but maybe it is time for a new
political party.
The
Vagina Party. This flick is amazingly clever and funny
and has the ring of truth. Doesn't it sound like a party you
would like to be invited to?
Orgasms
for Peace?
Calif. couple calls for orgasm for peace AP -
Two peace activists have planned a massive anti-war
demonstration for the first day of winter.
Watch the
video and learn how you can help bring peace, or a
piece, to the world.
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