Obama Shoulda Did Like Washington To Get To Washington

Harold Washington that is, the first black mayor of Chicago. Back in 1983 I was but a precocious 7th grader living just south of the Chicago border. My parents were enthralled with any news regarding the possibility of a black mayor in the seriously segregated city of Chicago, so we were all watching a lot of local news.

One of the things Harold Washington did while campaigning was he and his crew registered over 100,000 new black voters - not new to being black, new to being voters. They did this drive in the months before the election by going into the projects and even more surprising by going into the county jail. I recall seeing on the news Harold Washington speaking to the inmates, and registering every single one that was eligible to vote. A crazy move, but it did get him in office when it all came down to it.

Now here we are just a few weeks from election day, and I have yet to hear of Barack Obama or his people going into a single county jail or even a ghetto. And, really, can you imagine how many unregistered voters are in places like Gary, Indiana, East St. Louis, Illinois, New Orleans, or Compton, CA?

This election is kinda reminding me of last time, when John Kerry would not defend himself against the fake swift boat guys that Bush hired to talk shit.

Hey Barack, are you throwing this one?

Article by: Amy Bugbee

Swap Meet Economy Meets Wall Street - The Roadium

The Roadium, Torrence, Ca. An open air market where we were introduced to the swap meet economy. Shady merchants whose ‘job’ it is to sell an entire family’s belongings lost in an eviction, a storage area, foreclosure, or death .

This was hard to film, especially because we were there searching for our own memories and mementos, all lost in a storage area snafu. More in the book & film…

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What’s the Best and Worst thing about America???

As my wife and I, with the help of our dog and turtle travel the entire election year, self producing a book and film, and regularly updating a website along the way… working from town to town, sleeping on floors, couches, in the truck and depending on the kindness of strangers.

We Ask America stuff. The Question, “What do you think is the Best and the Worst thing about America?” is the favorite… it’s actually become a requested question from some of our subjects and supporters.

This video features members of the band Arson Anthem and eyehategod.

We hope you enjoy Part 8 of Best and Worst thing about America. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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To VOTE or not to VOTE? I challenge Ralph Nader to a debate!

Nader want’s a debate… So do I, don’t we all!

I challenge Ralph Nader to a debate - To VOTE or not to VOTE? - that is the debate.

Politicians and candidates make promises about the future only to let us down again and again… why not debate on something that matters and matters NOW!  Something like the myth of ‘getting out the vote’, and why ‘we the people’ should or shouldn’t participate in voting.

Let me state, I’m a proud, non-voter. I’ve also been called, among other things, an activist. An odd combination, I know.

When my wife, dog, turtle and I decided to spend the ENTIRE election year, at the wheel, on the streets, and talking to the people. We did it without the comforts of home or security of income,and as my teeth scream out in pain, I’m realizing it’s sorta nuts - but desperate times call for desperate measures.

One of the reasons we set out on our journey was to find a reason to vote. Guess what?

WE HAVE YET TO FIND A REASON TO VOTE!

Sad thing is, we have found more reasons to turn our back on the system and not vote, than to participate in, what seems to be a fraudulent and criminal system.

Because of my over two decades of fighting the good fight for the stepped on and shunned, I feel I can represent the zipcodes that haven’t mattered in a long time, the blue collar, working class, non-voting zipcodes.

Even you Ralph Nader - the candidate for the forgotten, has forgotten the forgotten.

Fuck the colleges, come to the canneries!

Forget the college educated, future employers of the world that you and the rest of the ‘politicians’ seem to cater to with your debates and speaking engagements. I’m talking about the working stiffs in the factories. You remember the truckers, the plumbers, the cashiers and waitresses of the world. Hell Nader, you come from, and have built your name on the working class, so why not a visit after all these years?

As logic goes, why fight over the same handful of voters?

Why not a visit to an Indian reservation or two.
Why not the ghetto?

Isn’t this where the apathetic as well as a majority of non-voters reside?

Nader, I see you have a new onslaught of YouTube videos that are directed at the apathetic, but what’s the percentage of computers in the ghetto or on the rez? And, let’s say they have access to and see one of your video tributes to apathy… why would they care, they are apathetic after all.

Maybe if you registered 20% of the non-voters, a third party candidate might have a fighting chance.

I challenge you Ralph Nader to a debate on the virtues of not voting.
I challenge ALL of the third party candidates to a debate on voting and or not voting.

Here’s audio from a debate we participated in regarding “to vote or not to vote”  with American Atheist Lawyer Edwin Kagin. (fwd a bit to get to the debate)This was for his radio show, Answers in Atheism. http://www.answersinatheism.net/

DIRECT LINK: http://ayearatthewheel.com/media_files/shane.amy.kagin.mp3

Interested in voting? Registration deadlines are here, check this site out for more info: http://www.voteforchange.com/

Interested in making real change, venture outside of your neighborhood in to the scary parts of town. Find out why the lower the income is, the lower the voter turn out will be. Once you do, work to fix the system from the ground up.

 
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entering a contest… your thoughts?

Hey everybody!

We’re entering a YouTube contest and you should think about entering as well. It’s called PROJECT REPORT and has a prize of $10,000.

I’d love to get your thoughts on the list of videos I’m thinking about submitting. The video has to be 3min or less, I feel the videos below fit the contest guidelines.

I’d really LOVE your opinion on the you feel has a shot to win YouTube’s PROJECT REPORT http://www.youtube.com/projectreport

PLEASE POST YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENT SECTION - THANX!

The gift of time…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx1IZjA1y98

Pat Jolly - The Mayor of the NOLA scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLhvfvAPTtQ

Houma Nation DO EXIST - Just look under the Superdome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZx4EAcpy3U

The old man at the car… Old Chisum from Kentucky and …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBEUwKcHlQ

Junior - Assistant Manager of the Chicken, father and …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4QDqe2rUVE

HalliBURPton pt.1 The Halliburton BBQ Cookoff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMv7YKqbZ6Q

The annual, one and only, original and oh so cool Rock …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgwF7_zNcA

Builder of ships made of toothpics - Wayne Kusey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dql9ZMaXuUA

Artist Tim Smith and Unique Ink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4W_6RdO8Ik

Do you vote pt.3

In our ongoing Ask America series we Ask AmericaThis is part 3 of Do you vote? We feature more recurring characters from our year long road trip/election year coverage… Dennis Banks and The Longest Walk, Rozwell residence, The Pussycat Preacher Heather Veitch, and Satanic Witch dot com’s Szandora LaVey. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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X Stripper 4 Christ Heather Veitch is the Pussycat Preacher

Heather Veitch is an ex-stripper turned christian minister… we met in Vegas at an adult entertainment expo a couple of years ago - we’ve been friends ever since.

Heather is genuinely a decent person and is a real ’savior’ to girls working in Porn, looking for an out, looking for a change, looking to find their way.

Need a helping hand, a word of advice or someone to talk to -

She’s only a myspace message away: http://www.myspace.com/jcsgirls

Or, check out this documentary on her: http://www.pussycatpreacher.com/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Stripper 4 Satan… Devil Girl Szandora LaVey-Partridge

She’s a Satanic Witch, A Hula Striptease artist, An Entertainer, an Entrepreneur… she’s whatever she wants to be, she’s a witch. See the inspiring story of how Satanism saved her life in this video. http://www.SatanicWitchery.com Distributed by Tubemogul.

Acoustic Death Metal and our friend Jeff Beccera…

A good friend of ours, Jeff Becerra is sick.

While filming for the documentary, we made a friend in, and forged an acoustic Death Metal band with Jeff Becerra singer for the seminal Metal band Possessed. We have posted some behind the scenes footage as well as an interview and more info on Jeff and his illness at the bands website:

http://www.myspace.com/repossessed2112

As a very important member of the underground, and one of the founders of Death Metal, Jeff Becerra deserves our support and encouragement. Please post your suport at the bands myspace place.

There is something to be said for the power of the mind, and the will and shit like that. Light a candle, subscribe to the blogs, pray to God, Satan, Allah, but please keep Jeff in your thoughts.

You can also read more about Jeff and his illness here:
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/549/13948/Possessed.html

Here are some of the pictures from our stay as well as the press photos for our acoustic band - Re-Possessed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bum Fights creator comes clean on Jail Revolution & Freedom

Ryen McPherson created Bum Fights when he was 15.
At 21 he was jailed for it.
Bum Fights is now illegal and available only thru bootleg sources.

Ryen is one of our all time favorite artists and is a huge inspiration for us.
Please check out the work of Ryen here: http://www.stabtheprincess.com/

Tip - FIND Indecline: Volume One - It’s Worse Than You Think. - truly an amazing video.