This is one frame from a possible video, processing now to see if it looks like anything. Below is the song that inspired the title of today's Daily Photo.
UPDATE: Video came out semi-interesting, so it gets embedded below. Wasn't sure if taking half second exposures while driving would be too blurred, but when run in sequence, it's an interesting effect. Decided to run the whole thing backwards at 3 times the speed, just because that was always my favorite part of rainy day movies back in elementary school, when they'd kill time projecting the film through the projector backwards rather than rewinding it the normal way. Kids nowadays, they miss that sort of entertainment. I bet when gym is cancelled for weather reasons(assuming they have gym), all the kids just whip out their Nintendo DSs or PSPs and amuse themselves.
Anyway, it's me driving down Santa Monica Blvd, then Wilshire, then reversed on a misty/drizzly Wednesday night.
Noticed that the model I captured along with the Dodge Challenger commented on the YouTube clip where she's seen. The stills I shot at the same time are underexposed, so I changed the exposure, and recropped them to highlight her as much as the vehicle.
I forget my camera also does video. Because of the rolling shutter problem, shots where the camera stays mostly stationary are best. Also, since you have to focus manually, that places another limit on the kinds of scenes you can capture, on top of that there's a five minute limit to recording, so it's a limited tool (also, I don't have proper editing software for video, and now that record companies have gotten much better at finding their material used in clips, means you have to go with boring rights free music, the live sound at the scene, audio free, or come up with my own tunes a la James Lileks).
Still, guess I can post the occasional video, but the things I do well with this camera when taking stills do not serve in shooting video, and the subjects I like don't lend themselves to video, either.
I'm doing this the lazy way, just screencapped the playlist, click on the pick for the full sized pic
01) I like this little song. Sounds like a goof, but it's a pleasant goof.
02) Natacha Atlas stuff is pretty damn good. It's kind of World-Lite dance music, but it's good World-Lite dance music, and that makes all the difference.
03) This is by far the best version of this song. The Beatles original pales in comparison.
04) From Goldfrapp's most recent album, they've gone from thumping dance tracks to a far more melodic sound. This is a nicely put together song, as is this whole album. Don't know if changing the entire sound of your 'brand' is ever successful, though, their old fans probably aren't on board with this, and anyone looking for this kind of sound probably wouldn't be expecting to find it on a Goldfrapp album, so it's hard to get the word out that you've changed as a band if you keep the old name.
05) This stuff sounds seriously dated. It's very much exactly of its time. Good for nostalgia's sake, but wouldn't make a steady diet if this stuff.
06) Now that's a song! One of my favorite Jam songs, great piano, great horns, great vocals from Peter Weller. Makes me want to put on some Doc Marts, skinny pants, and an overcoat. Too bad it's in the 80s today, could get sweaty. Used to be kids in Junior High who committed to that whole ska-two tone look no matter the weather. Works in dreary London, not so smart in sunny Los Angeles.
07) One of those story songs that they used to pump out back in the day. Not much else to say about this one.
08) Poor Macy, got kicked off first from Dancin' With the Stars. This is a song fragment more than an entire song. This is from The Id, her follow up to her breakout hit album, it had the unfortunate bad luck to be released on September 11, 2001. Can't have helped getting the word out, it's a fine album, though, still holds up.
09) I do still love me some Psychocandy. This album holds up very well. Still sounds fresh to me, maybe cause so many 'indie' bands are still pumping out albums that sound a lot like it.
10) This album was revolutionary at the time it came out. An entire album of samples, woohoo?!? In retrospect, it makes for a bit of a disjointed experience, and 13 years later I get the sense that all the fuss over this album was a bit overdone.
11) Marc Bolan's first band wasn't T.Rex, but was John's Children. He doesn't sing lead on this song, but you can recognize his voice in the choruses. According to his wiki, this song got banned by the BBC, cause of the lyric, "lift up your skirt and fly", it's amazing how easily you could get your stuff banned back in the day.
12) Another Nuggets track, these random songs don't always seem all that random. This is a solid, percussive, urgent song. I love these tight little songs from the first garage band era.
13) Oh man, Nina Hagen, yeah, ummmm, this is one of her weirder songs. Songs don't get weirder than weird Nina Hagen songs. It's insanity, set to a disco beat. Works, surprisingly well.
Looked for Iki Maska on youtube, but the only version was a poorly recorded live version, so I'll end this post embedding a different Nina Hagen performance, just cause I find it adorable, and I never expected to find an 'adorable' Nina Hagen video.
Shots presented as originally posted at Flickr, don't think too much retouching was done on any of these.
Should she and Meade find themselves out this way later this summer, Getty Villa should definitely be a place high on their lists to visit, if only as a place to snap some pictures.
Speaking of Green and Purple, Voices Green and Purple, by The Bees...
Trying out the Nikon D5000 as a 'dashcam'. HD video, above, also comparing YouTube as a hosting service with Vimeo. Upload was slower, can't download the original file, but it's in HD as soon as it's available, while the Vimeo video uploaded yesterday is still only streaming in SD (Vimeo's FAQ says it takes time for HD streams to be available, doesn't define how long that delay is, also limited to one HD video per week on their free account, no limit on YouTube)
The camera has a limit of 5 minutes per clip, and judging from the results, probably a good idea to turn off the auto exposure settings cause the color goes wonky from time to time. There are four more clips being uploaded now, nothing special just wandering around my city with a camera wedged in front of the passenger seat.
(and next time I'll remember NOT to chew gum while the mic is hot)
It's 4/20, also known as Stoner Christmas, here are 24 (aka 4 and 20) songs (culled from my collection) that last 280 seconds long (aka 4:20), just because.
Diamonds and Pearls, Prince (Diamonds and Pearls) Given the ton of Prince songs I have on my hard drive, surprising that only one clocks in at 4:20. It's one of his crappier, sappier, efforts, I'm afraid. The less said, the better. (Prince is fanatical when it comes to takedown notices of his music on Youtube, so the only clip is of a Skating With the Stars performance).
Everybody Got Their Something, Nikka Costa (Everybody Got Their Something) So long as you can accept the grammatically unacceptable, this song is fantastic. Without a doubt, you should own her last three albums, each is great, that none of her last three albums have cracked the US Billboard top 100, is a shame.
Good Times, Yaz (You and Me Both) So the Youtube link above goes to a recording of a concert from last year. Alison Moyet still sounds great, Vince Clarke's beats still sound like they were created on a cheap little Casio kiddie keyboard, but it works great, anyway. Yes it's dated, but so what?
Goodbye, Alicia Keys (Songs in A Minor) Hard for me to believe that album was released eight years ago. Her two follow up albums haven't really lived up to the promise of that first one, she's had a tendency to indulge the worst aspects of her vocal gift in later recordings, all that 'diva' crap gets old real quick, on this album her vocals are pure, later they get absurd.
Goodnight Ladies, Lou Reed (Transformer) This is one of those, 'Lou Reed is trying to be Kurt Weil' songs that he recorded with some frequency during the early 70s. It's one of the better one, the horns really work in this song. The video mates Lou Reed with a ballet performance, it's a bit strange, but works.
Gravemakers and Gunslingers, Coheed and Cambria (No World for Tomorrow) They are slingers of neo-prog metal. They sling it fairly well. It's an acquired taste, I suspect.
Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison (The Best of) Damn, great song, though the bones for some real horridly schmaltzy crap are there for lesser artists to expose (see: Stewart, Rod)
I Found Love, Lone Justice (Shelter) I can't express in words how in love/lust/awe I was of Maria McKee back then. (if I met her today, I'd still get flustered as hell, I'm sure)
I Get So Scared, Thelonious Monster (Beautiful Mess) The first song on this list that's completely Youtube proof. The Monster were kings of the local scene for a time in the 80s and early 90s. Torn apart by the usual things that tear apart talented musicians, their frontman, Bob Forrest, was a force of nature some nights, and an incoherent mess, others. You never knew what you were getting when Thelonious Monster were on the bill. Now Bob can be seen on VH1s Celebrity Rehab as a drug counselor. Here's an extended version of Sammy Hagar Weekend, instead (in three parts) where Bob talks about the 'scene' back in the 80s. (part 1, part 2, part 3)
I'll Pray for You, Love (Love Story 1966-1972) Another Youtube proof clip. Love were another L.A. scene band that was huge locally, but their internal demons destroyed their chance for wider success. If you don't have Forever Changes in your collection (or this Rhino Records compilation this track is from), you are doing yuorself a disservice. There's a documentary on Love, here's a promo clip, haven't seen it, don't know if it's worthwhile.
Jingo, Santana (Santana) Probably the most 'fitting' song to make this list, so far. Dude can play guitar, that's for sure.
Killer in the Home, Adam & the Ants (Kings of the Wild Frontier) Of all the ridiculous looks Adam Ant had over the years, I think the faux-Indian thing was the most ridiculous, but as a band, they were really tight, then. The look is dated, but the sound holds up better than most stuff from early 80s Britpop. Crunchy guitar chords, and two drummers, don't need much more than that, I guess.
Last Chance on the Stairway, Duran Duran, (Rio) I waxed poetic about Rio, awhile ago, and I still stand by those words. The bass line really drives this song, sure it's dated, sure it's cheesy, but it's still a good listen.
Le Freak, Chic (Dance Floor Divas: The 70s) Talk about dated, damn, disco. Great song, anyway. The story behind the song is pretty famous (at least famous enough to be on wikipedia). Also, if they ever add some disco songs to Rock Band, this wouldn't be a bad place to start (tough, drums, great bass line, decent vocals, and even the guitarist would have something to do).
The Limit to Your Love, Feist (The Reminder) I blame those iPod ads for this being in my collection. This is my favorite song from that album, Feist ain't so bad, for a Canadian.
Mi Confesion, Gotan Project (Lunatico) Can you successfully mate Tango with Hip-Hop beats? Yes, you can, Gotan Project shows the way (Lunatico is a great album, all around).
My Love is Growing, Marvin Gaye (Let's Get It On, Deluxe Edition) Damn, what else can one say?
Send His Love to Me, PJ Harvey (To Bring You My Love) Damn, I'm tempted to just say what I said for the song above. A Polly Jean at full power is an awesome thing to behold. This performance goes up to eleven.
Someday, Kylie Minogue (Body Language) Couldn't be more different than the last song, yet Kylie is pretty remarkable in her own way. As a vocalist she understands her limits, and uses what she has as perfectly as just about any singer out there, plus she always surrounds herself with great producers, that doesn't hurt.
Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel, Todd Rundgren (Anthology) The Todd is The Todd. This is from A Wizard, a True Star. Have to link something, so here's The Todd doing Hello It's Me, the less said about the outfit, the better.
Soon We'll Be Found, Sia (Some People Have Real Problems) Her voice is a remarkable instrument. Most singers just sing, there are a few, though, whose voices are uniquely musical, she's one of the latter. You ought to own everything she's ever been on, whether it be her albums, or her work with Zero 7, go out there and seek it out, already.
This Land Flows With Milk, Isobel Campbell, Amorino This is a delicate little vocal in a delicate little song, from a delicate little album. But, hey it's got a theremin going for it, so it can't be all bad. It pushes the limits of what 'twee' can be and still not be annoying (or not, depends on your tolerance level for 'twee' pop). No video, so have to go with another sweet little song from the same album, instead, gives you an idea of what this album is like, though.
Tokoloshe Man, Happy Mondays (Loads) Ah, yes, the Madchester sound. I miss that, 24 Hour Party People is a good introduction to what that was all about. It's a b-side cover of a John Kongos song. How similar the two songs are, while being true to their respective genres, is interesting.
Windpower, Thomas Dolby (The Golden Age of Wireless) Has it been 24 songs, already? Yes, yes it has. Early 80s synth-pop was not the most live performance friendly genre, was it? I remember seeing Howard Jones open for Eurythmics and he did the, 'lone English bloke behind a stack of synths' thing, and finding it all pretty ridiculous (Howard Jones, not Eurythmics, the Eurythmics may have also been 'new wave', but they toured with a real band). I think this stuff still holds up, but that's probably just cause I was around at the time, if I hadn't heard this stuff the first time around, it'd probably sound really strange, and really dated.
So there you have it, 4 and 20 songs, of 4 minutes and 20 in length, posted precisely at 4:20pm PDT. So sit back, follow the copious links, and enjoy your 'holiday'.
(via Leo Laporte, in turn who tips his cap to ds1069, so any women who want to point out how unfair this portrayal of women drivers is in the above video, please direct your complaints to Youtube user, ds1069, and given that he lists his location as Ukraine, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was a touch misogynistic himself)
(prejudice against women is a bad thing, prejudice against people who are presumably ethnic Russians or Ukrainians, that's OK, cause those dudes deserve it)
Hey there! Look forward to chatting with you about politics or, uhh, my dinner. It happens.
She's lucky she's so damn scrumptious, witty, and intelligent, or else I might be pissed off getting spammed on my phone.
Instead, I'll dream of showing her around town should she ever visit the Los Angeles area. I'm sure she didn't just spam all her followers, instead it's a real personal connection she feels towards me after she read my twitter account and my blog. I'm dead certain, that's the case.
(and that's a sincere offer, she just needs to email me, and I'll be ready to be her chauffeur/tour guide)
UPDATE:
(how could I not upload her latest bit of YouTube fun?)
The Christian Bale David After the Dentist Mash-up (NSFW language, but who cares? it's funny as hell, and if you are listening to YouTube clips with the sound turned up at work, then foul language is probably the least of your worries).
Awesome stuff, this YouTube thing might be around to stay.
(I had oral surgery when I was a bit older than David, don't remember any tripping, do remember the post surgery vomitting, though)
So, it's a Friday, and I'm feeling Funky, so why not a return engagement of Friday Funk (without the lyrics)? I was doing these before YouTube took off, so didn't embed videos back in the day, but now, I can rectify that situation.
Not one of the more intellectually stimulating tracks to be found in the PFunk oeuvre, but hey, it's still funky, and Bootsy's bass line on this is pretty sick.
Bears, wood, shit, I'll be liveblogging the debate, even if nobody notices.
5:55PM PDT
Why is a Panda sneezing in my semi-liveblog? Cause I expect this Townhall to be PANDERFEST 2008™
6:00PM PDT 80 uncommitted voters selected by Gallup, vetted by NBC, that makes me feel good about this being fair to the GOP candidate (or not).
6:01PM PDT Tom Brokaw's the final arbiter of what's asked and unasked, Brokaw begins with woooooeeeeeeeee, the economy, we're doooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmm. Allen Shaffer asks the first question, Obama begins the littany of woe, depression is here, etc, and I guess that means a new New Deal is in order. But, that FDR crap screwed us over and delayed the recovery from that trough until WWII. Of course, this is an excuse for class warfare, boooooo!!! CEOs, yeaahhhhh!!! middle class. That's Obama's solution.
McCain's solution is socializing home ownership. Uggghhh.
Neither candidate is really offering anything interesting or sensible.
Brokaw asks who would you appoint to replace Paulson, McCain's answer, maybe Warren Buffett, maybe Meg Whitman, someone folksy folks can trust. Candidate Obama unanswers the question, instead he wants to hit the wooooooeeeeee is the middle class crap again. Meh.
6:11PM PDT Oliver Clark asks what's up with this bailout? McCain hits the Fannie/Freddie link to the current mess, and links Obama to it, and touts his own calls for reform. Will anyone hear him (Obama can be seen smirking as he listens). McCain pushes the home loan thing again, along with reform of Fannie/Freddie presumably.
Obama gets up to answer, says it's about the credit market (so why didn't the money go straight to the credit market?). Obama blames deregulation, Fannie/Freddie had nothing to do with it, I suppose.
James Brown sums up both responses.
6:17PM Brokaw asks, 'will things get worse before they get better'? McCain's answer, American workers are great, Obama doesn't get that question.
On to Teresa Finch, 'both your parties suck, why should we trust either of you?' Obama's answer, GWB, GWB, GWB, McCain=GWB, GWB=Satan, therefore McCain=Satan. Obama claims he's a deficit hawk who will shrink government (seems hardly believable).
McCain's answer, DC is broken, he's Mr. Reform! Oh, no he didn't he mentioned his crappy ass McCain-Feingold, the same bill both candidates have run circles around and raised huge wads of cash. McCain hits Obama on being a big fat liberal, and big spender, Obama's smirking again, I guess he's going for bemused disdain. Somehow McCain brought in Energy Independence, I guess he figures that's a winning issue for him.
6:23PM Brokaw asks Health Care, Energy, Entitlement, which is highest priority? McCain answers first, McCain says you can go after all three, and 'my friends' Social Security is a joke, it won't be there for you if you were born after 1960. Nuclear power, all the above, domestic production of energy, and health care, whatever, all three can be done, no priorities.
Obama's answer, energy is first (I guess), specifics, naaahhhhh. $15B over 10 years to create magic fairy dust that will power our cars using the bottled farts of unicorns and dragons. Obama still seems to think the President has a line item veto, guess he hasn't read the U.S. Constitution lately. Hits McCain on that $4B to BIG OIL (Booo!) bit.
6:29PM Internet Question from 78 year old Fiorra (or 12 year old Candi, it's the internet, who knows?) What sacrifices will we ask from our citizens, McCain pushes for earmark reform again. Reduce the size of the federal government with spending freezes to non-essential programs (why not eliminate the non-essential? I hate half measures, Federalism would be nice for a change). McCain goes back to the importance of not prioritizing.
Obama gets up to bat, brings up 9/11 and how GWB (booo!!!) squandered all that good will and not asking for sacrifices (derides, 'go out and shop' back in 2001). In the great ObamaNation that will follow his inaugural, we will all happily reduce our own energy use by buying smaller cars, weather stripping, and serving in the Peace Corps, and starting up a Volunteer Corps so that everyone gets drafted into non-military service (he didn't say that, but he did say that as far as I'm concerned).
6:34PM Brokaw asks how Government will restrain itself. Obama answers, we must punish the rich (not what he said, but what he means). Derides freeze proposal, cause government is wonderful. McCain calls Obama changeable with regards to his various tax proposals, compares him to Herbert Hoover, and even invokes Smoot-Hawley (but not by name). McCain wants to leave taxes alone, and game the system with tax credits rather than actually fixing the system and reducing the complexity of the system.
6:39PM Internet Langdon asks, unfunded entitlements will eat the whole budget within a few decades, what are you gonna do about it? Obama won't give up on his 95% OF YOU WILL GET A TAX CUT, PROMISE, PINKIE SWEAR, CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE. Let's ignore the entitlement question. Hit's McCain on tax cuts for the rich thing again. Whatever, soaking the rich will have a 'trickle down' effect, things that trickle only trickle down, wanting the economy to work from the bottom up instead of top down defies history, experience, and physics.
McCain's answer, 'I'm a Maverick!' He'll attack Social Security (no specifics), he'll attack Medicare with a Commission! (similar to the base-closing commission of the 90s). McCain hits back on Obama's tax record.
6:44PM Ingrid Jackson asks 'Climate change, green jobs, why can't Congress always act so fast as on the bailout'? McCain answers, me and my buddy Leiberman are green, we're so green we green glow with Nuclear Power! (woohoo!!) Go Nuclear! Pushes his 'all the above' approach, cause American workers are great.
Obama describes this as both an opportunity as a challenge, and we'll have 5,000,000 new green jobs if the government gets involved. He implies that the computer was a government project, but that's bunk, computers were big room filling pieces of hardware before the PC revolution, and computers as they are used in our daily lives and have changed the shape of the world were decidedly NOT a government aided phenomenon. Green Tech will be similar, I suspect, the more government stays out of the way, the better, but Obama wants the government to pick which companies and solutions win, and which lose, which is why we end up with porkbarrel crap like E85. Grrrr, Arrggggghhhhhh.
Brokaw's getting sniffy, do we want incubators, or Manhattan project? McCain wants both, start off with government project, and once it gets going, hand it over to the private sector. McCain hits the pork thing again, which is relevant given that much of our energy policy is pork based in one way or another and that's why it has failed so miserably and Obama's suggested solution will most likely fail miserably (hey, I'm not impartial, I can through in a partisan screed from time to time).
6:50PM Lindsey Trella asks, 'should Health Care be a commodity'? Obama answers, 'waahhh, waaahhh, waahhh, boohoo, boohoo, boohoo, health care is broken, and the government must step in and save everyone and everything'. Somehow socializing health care won't lead to socialized medicine. If the government steps in and offers a gold-plated health care system of first resort like what Congress gets, then health care will be effectively socialized, private providers will not be able to compete. Either he's lying about his intentions, or he's an idiot.
McCain answers, expand effeciency, and the market can work and folks can afford it with a bit of a bump from the government with his tax credit. Let folks shop, they'll make the better decisions. Choice will work, markets will work, that's his mantra.
Brokaw asks, health care, privilege, right or responsibility? McCain answers, it's a responsibility, we ain't Canada biyaaaatccchhhhh!!!! (I may have maed up the part about Canada). Ohhh, 'nother smirk. Obama, health care is a RIGHT, cause his mother died of cancer fighting with insurance companies (Earth to Obama, socialized medicine paradises don't do half of the stuff we do for cancer patients, they would have stuck your mama in hospice care and morphined her up and she probably would have died months earlier than she did here, but why let facts get in the way of a good personal anecdote?) That sums up the difference between the two, doesn't it, and it shows that if health care is a RIGHT, then how can you leave it up to the private sector? Someone isn't telling the whole truth about what he wants to do about health care, and it ain't McCain.
7:00PM I missed Obama's rant against deregulation while I was doing my own rant. Phil Eliott asks, 'will our economy effect our military?' (obviously I've been paraphrasing the questions, that's why the single quotes). McCain answers by singing the little ditty below:
(I know the above video is meant to be anti-American, but screw that, we kick too much ass for some little snot on the internet to make us look bad). OK, I lied, he didn't start singing that song, but he should have.
Obama's answer, we are in decline, Iraq was a mistake, everyone hates us, woooooeeeee, wooooeeeeee, woooooeeeee is us, Unless we elect The One.
Brokaw, what's the 'Obama Doctrine' and what's the 'McCain Doctrine'? Obama answers, Rwanda should have been considered, genocide is very, very bad, and we should intervene where possible, but defining what's possible is entirely up to The One. Darfur, we could do some stuff, but only if everyone loves us.
McCain answers, goes back to Obama being wrong about withdrawal, would have screwed Iraq and the whole region. The USA (F Yeah!) is a force for good in the world, McCain won't repeat the mistakes of Somalia, or Lebanon in the early 80s.
Both said about the same, but Obama emphasized international cooperation.
7:12PM Katie Hamm asks about hitting Pakistan with or without their approval to hit Al Qaeda and Taleban. Obama blames Bush, Iraq is why Bin Laden is dead somewhere (hey, you can't prove he's alive, so I'm assuming he's dead) in Pakistan. We need to talk tough with Pakistan, so far hasn't answered the question, he'll waive his wand and get them to do what we want, I guess.
McCain answers, Teddy Roosevelt is a hero of mine, I knew Teddy (oh, wait, sorry, he wasn't pulling a Lloyd Bentsen). Goes back to driving out the Soviets, should have helped rebuild Afghanistan in the 80s, won't make the same mistake. Petraeus will save Afghanistan, and we'll work with Pakistan, McCain won't talk tough (but he'll act tough, as implied, and also implying that Obama is all bluster with his talk of going after Bin Laden in Pakistan).
Obama demands a rebuttal, rambles, accuses McCain of being unhinged and bloodthirsty.
So far nothing new from this dog and pony show, neither is hurting the other (nor helping themselves, really).
7:17PM Brokaw, Oh Noes! Afghanistan is a disaster, we need a friendly dictator there. Obama, answers, Iraq is the problem with Afghanistan. Blah, Blah, Blah, this is going nowhere, refutes friendly dictator suggestion, but thinks Afghan government can be more responsible to their people.
McCain answers, tactics need to change, NATO needs to be better commanded, and the Afghans and Pakistanis most step up, and the surge can work in Afghanistan (and also, Obama won't admit that he was wrong about the surge in Iraq). In Petraeus we trust. Honor, Victory.
7:20PM Russia, they're bad, how do we get them to be better? McCain answers, Russia is bad, they're fat with oil money, they're being run by ex-KGB, and they're acting agressively in their backyard. We must support Georgia and Ukraine, and get them in NATO. Get the rest of the world on our side (ahhh, but there's all that oil, and Europe and China are weenies, so that's a non-starter).
Obama answers, Russia is one of the central issues for any future adminstration, and we must help these ex-Soviet Republics, and we must talk alot without actually saying anything (oh wait, that's what he's doing, not what he's saying he'll do, but he's still not saying anything, and brings Bin Laden back into this somehow).
7:25PM Russia, Evil Empire? Obama, they have evil impulses. McCain, maybe, can't answer either way, Russia will play ball, but we must play from strength.
7:26PM Two more questions Retired Navy Chief Terry Shirey asks will we defend Israel if Iran attacks? McCain shakes the CPO's hand, can't wait for UN to defend our friends, must prevent Iran from getting nukes, cause Iran having nukes means Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and any one else with the means will want their own. Sanctions will prevent the possibility of an Iranian attack on Israel seems to be his answer, and that we won't allow a 2nd holocaust, so I guess that means we'll defend Israel (and possibly bomb the hell out of Iran with our own nukes, though he doesn't say that).
Obama replies diplomacy will keep us from having to make this decision (but only if we have a president the rest of the world lurrrvvvvvvvs, like The Obama). He's still talking, goes back to the idea of direct talks with Iran, cause there's nothing wrong with a President Obama meeting with President Ahma-dinner-jacket.
7:31PM Last Question! Peggy asks, What Don't You Know, and How Will You Learn It? Obama's answer, Michelle has my balls in a jar by her dresser (oh, wait, that's not what he said, but sounds like it to me). He's giving a closing statement, he's not even thinking about answering the question, Brokaw should break in with an, "Obama, Please" (is that racist of me to suggest that?). More Wooooooooeeeeeeeee, woooooooeeeeee is we, but that woe will be relieved if we have the courage and nerve to elect The One.
McCain steps up, McCain doesn't know what everyone doesn't know, nobody knows the trouble we'll see.
But, that trouble will be overcome by the great folks of the US of A, and his steady hand will guide us through these troubled waters.
7:36PM MY IMPRESSIONS Nobody did nothing, they told the same half-truths, spun the same spin, neither hurt themselves, or the other, neither of them seemed to really have any solution more than 'more government' to the domestic issues, and as far as foreign policy, Obama believes the consensus fairy will come and build global consensus at the waive of a wand, while McCain seems to believe that more of the same with a slight McCain twist will do the job.
Watching the NBC feed, Brian Williams and Andrea Mitchell are immediately spinning it as a big Obama victory (without directly saying so).
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