WHICH IS IT GOING TO BE?
The presidential campaigns continue to court the undecideds, especially in those key and decisive counties in the "battle ground" states. I'm not sure how someone can be undecided at this point, but this is also the age of the "low information voter, so..."
BTW, does the concept "low information" voter give you pause too? Or maybe just scare you?
To those who might be still undecided, we send along
memories of that MeatLoaf classic Paradise by the Dashboard Lights.
"What's it going to be? I need to know right now!"
"Let me sleep on it."
"Tell, what's it going to be? I need to know right now!"
"Let me sleep on it."
Etc., Etc., Etc. until, you may recall, the refrain "Now I'm praying for the end of time..."
You know, for some, it may be better to remain
undecided eh?
BTW, does the concept "low information" voter give you pause too? Or maybe just scare you?
To those who might be still undecided, we send along
memories of that MeatLoaf classic Paradise by the Dashboard Lights.
"What's it going to be? I need to know right now!"
"Let me sleep on it."
"Tell, what's it going to be? I need to know right now!"
"Let me sleep on it."
Etc., Etc., Etc. until, you may recall, the refrain "Now I'm praying for the end of time..."
You know, for some, it may be better to remain
undecided eh?
DAY FILE
DECIDING
Cloudy & Gray or Blue and Sunny
sort of stuck in the middle
If you wait long enough around here,
that California sun shines through
and the skies go blue.
REEL THOUGHTS
THE INTOUCHABLES
REEL THOUGHTS
This French film has been playing The Palm, our favorite art and foreign house, for a few weeks and continues to draw crowds and great reviews. We know why.
The story of a wealthy French aristocrat who suffers a paralyzing accident and the Senegalese emigre from a poor extended family who becomes his caregiver is hilarious, touching and true. Subtitles seem to disappear because the acting and story line are both superb. It's a great little film that will give you a lift.
AND HERE IS ONE TO WATCH FOR
It seems this has greatness written all over it.
Actors, producer, director, and the storyline itself.
Do you think he could be elected today?
See you down the trail.
Great pictures. Say, I have a question for you as the only journalist I know. I was watching "This Week" yesterday and guest host Jake Tapper received a Twitter question asking who he was going to vote for. He gave a little speech about how he didn't think it was proper for him to vote because he was a journalist and if he voted he'd be giving up his objectivity. Is objectivity worth forfeiting the most prized thing we have as citizens? I'm curious what you think about this.
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DeleteIt is a great question and dilemma. I never voted in primary elections because you needed to declare a party. The idea of aiming for objectivity disappears the moment you select a party preference. I sat out a few general elections, as Tapper does, but I thought my individual franchise was too valuable not to use, so I voted more frequently
than not. But to this day I don't discuss how I vote. I don't mind that others do, but the privacy of the voting booth is near sacred.
Now, a final thought on this. I believe that a vote is indeed important and the
"business end" of our relationship to self government, however our vote is but one digit. Our opinions on the other hand, our speechifying, essaying, posting, cajoling and other forms of expression may have greater influence and power than our single vote. Our opinions, or questions or challenges may in fact check falsehood, counter opposite views and could have the affect of changing how others might think and or vote. The vote is a powerful, but a single tool. The opinion is a bullhorn, rectifier or airstrike.
I put "The Intouchables" in my Netflix queue. "Lincoln" was already there. I may have to break tradition and go see "The Master" in a theatre, though.
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