I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
million dollar falafel?
me hooded
Um. Color me old fashioned -- but I didn't even know what a hoodie was until my teenage son informed me. Maybe I can borrow his. Or maybe not.
Too late. Have already voted.
It took an hour and a half on Thursday to do so, but I am so relieved.
I'm doing GOTV in Pitt in my black hoodie
I don't have a black hoodie, but I wish I did. I do plan on having Steve Earle's "The Revolution Starts Now" In my headphones as I mark my ballot.
Vote in this online poll--just for fun--before it's taken down.
http://www.japantoday.com/e/?con...e/?
content=home
Man, that video gives me goosebumps!
Imagine that army of disaffected youth getting involved and saving our republic for us.
Will the Army use it in a new recriutment drive?
nunc pro tunc
So why the hell did Eminem release his big go-vote song on an album coming out after the election?
Gotta say he missed the ball on this--how much airplay is that video going to get?
You bet! On sale at Target for $9.
I have a black hoodie ('real' hooded sweatshirt) , but since here in Dallas, it will probably still be in the mid-80's (dammit), I'm thinking more along the line of a black,short-sleeved tee...
No. The Unibomber look was so last week.
It's a powerful video.
It's been rated #1 on MTV since it came out. You can go to their hompage and it's listed front and center.
I live in a Latin 'hoodie', does that count? Ha!
clambreath:
Great idea! I do the same or try to top it somehow.
When I waited in line to get Michael Moore's autograph on "Dude..." the day it was released, I was was listening to an old Woody Guthrie recording. MM even seemed to appreciate it when I told him.
THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW!!!
The first thing I said to my boys after I saw the video was "I have to get me a black hoodie." My oldest son is voting for the first time, and he already has his. So I'm going hoodie shopping today.
I will represent in the Hoodie Army. Wore it to my office Hallowe'en party and broke off a few lines just to get in the mood.
To Mars, oh my bitches!
My hoodie is left for 3 November (if necessary).
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I've got a really nice LLBean black hoodie, very appropriate for Tuesday voting.... What can I say, it's that kind of 'hood.
I'm too old, I haven't worn a black hoodie in too long, I think I'll just vote for Kerry and that'll be enough.
I don't know if it's been suggested or not but if we want to wear hoods we should all dress like Abu Gharaib prisoners. Of course if we have the hood over our faces we will never see, plus I doubt the polls would like having people show up nekkid with roach clips attached to all their appendages(save one.)
MYOB'
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Padrusher --
Actually, I watched TRL on Thursday afternoon and it had gone down to #11, just outside the top 10, and Eminem's other single "Just Lose It" was back at #1. And there was no TRL yesterday. One could conspire, but let's keep voting for it.
I'm wearing a black hoodie to the polls Tuesday.
I'm also handing out the MoveOn voter's reference cards with Halloween candy tonight...
And, my halloween costume is "Jenna Bush's Diseased Liver", from the link someone posted on another thread yesterday.
I came up with a minor modification, as well...
If you don't have white bin liners... just use the black leaf bag and you are...
Dick Cheney's heart.
Awesome video. Hope it gets a few thousand college kids off their ass and to the polls.
Already sent in my ballot, but I had a lot of fun sending my kids off to school in theirs.
Steve Gilliard has some great tips for what to dress if you are doing any volunteer work that day.
In short "look professional" (no hoodies sorry).
But if you aren't volunteering for anything go ahead and wear what you want.
If I have a chance to buy one before Tuesday I will, otherwise it'll be the dark green one I already own.
You know, I like the vid and all, and I'm glad its out there, and it speaks to an important target that we need to GOTV, and etc., etc...
But I can't help but ask if anyone else doesn't remember the MoveOn or ActUp tv/net ad from over a month ago - which I believe that I found via an AtriosLink right here - that was the exact same live-action visuals of an inner-city gathering street-march, which provided the exact same thoughtful 'twist' at the end.
"Mosh" is appreciated, but its all "sincere flattery".
Already voted sans hoodie, but I sure enjoy telling my right wing friends and relatives to don their white sheets and hoods and help the repubs suppress the vote. It really pisses them off. The truth hurts.
hoodies are as real as the pink pajama-ed orphan army from The Diamond Age. i like the idea of swarming, though, and especially liked that photo of those japanese representatives swarming the speaker's podium in the diet earlier this year.
I'll be wearing my navy blue one.
But, of course.
Is it okay if it has a SJ Sharks logo?
I'm not a hip-hop fan, but I got serious (good) chills watching that video. I have had to completely re-vamp my opinions on Eminem and Puff Daddy after their GOTV efforts lately. My question: can we keep it all up even after Kerry wins?
I'd probably raise some eyebrows if I went to work that day in my black-with-brown-bits hoodie...
...besides which, I can't vote. Nevertheless, someone in my apt. block is holding a Halloween Pt II party on 11/2 (the election being quite as scary as anything risen from the depths of the afterlife), so I might drop in wearing said hoodie.
>My question: can we keep it all up even after Kerry wins?<
I don't think we'll have a choice. There is nothing more pissed off and nasty than a meglomaniac sore loser. The thugs are going to be all over Kerry's shit for a while.
At least Mosh is still listed as #1 on the Hot 5 Video list on www.mtv.com. Just showed it to my kids (from GNN's site, the MTV site thinks I don't have the right plug-in), while one daughter just put on the new Green Day "American Idiot" album.
Black hoodies are part of my regular stranger-wear - I think I got about 5 of 'em.
I'm wearing one on Tuesday. It'll probably freak out the workers at my polling place (in a redneck pocket of LI), but screw 'em.
They couldn't find my name on the rolls for the last county elections, made me fill out a provisional. Giving them a little scare will be my tiny revenge.
After this week, one of the next steps is to raise awareness about mid-term elections. Kerry can't do it without a congress that'll work with him.
No hoodie, but as a self appointed member of the Rapid Response Team, I did write a letter to the Editor (Cleveland's Plain Dealer) this morning emphasizing the fact that bin Laden is alive and well, and Bush is not keeping us safe.
Suggest others do the same if time permits.
Love you all.
Dude, you just gave me the wicked suggestion I'm going to use.
I vote in a wealthy suburban district of St. Louis. It must be 3-1 Republican.
And when I show up in that navy blue hoodie, with my face as concealed as possible...
I'll let you know.
I'll wear my dark blue one in solidarity. I'll get hubby to don Trogdor if he's not teaching that day.
Remember, Canada loves you all!
gray patagonia rincon hoodie...best this reluctant yuppie can do.
I voted last night, Friday the 29th, here in Dekalb County in Atlanta where we have had early voting all week.
I arrived to vote at 5:45 and finally made it in to cast my ballott at 10:45. I was not the end of the line either. The polls were open 7a - 7p and I think the last people who showed up at my polling place must have made it in around midnight.
As an Ohioan, I feel like calling attention to myself in this way might merely serve to get me challenged...
I'm going to vote in my "Code Pink" hightops. See the No Sweats website.
Steve Gilliard has some great tips for what to dress if you are doing any volunteer work that day.
In short "look professional" (no hoodies sorry).
Except that I'm volunteering to help with the local Rotary's Kids Vote project. Got my hoodie last night.
I'm going to feel mighty hip saying "Mosh The Vote" and seeing how many kids respond. The best part will be I doubt any adults for the other team will understand. Heehee.
I voted in my Fruit of the Looms.
Yeah, it was absentee...
They say revolution's in the air
I'm dancing in my underwear
And I don't care!
Of course the thugs will be all over Kerry like stink on shit. That's what they do - use any tactics at hand to get their way.
Which is why our job number 1 has to be to push aggressively for investigations and prosecutions. They'll howl like a bunch of howler monkeys over it, but they will do that anyway, and since we have to hear it, it might as well be in service to something that needs to be done.
There are so many opportunities ripe for exploitation: Valerie Plame, secret energy meetings, no-bid contracts, misuse of homeland security resources, etc etc etc. The one good thing about government investigations of this type is that they DO drag on and on and on - so they don't disappear quickly down the memory hole. A year or two of ongoing investigations/prosecutions, with weekly media dumps on newest findings/developments, will wake up all but the most zombiefied of the KoolAid drinkers. With the added benefit of warning them not to try it again.
Let's face it, these assholes would have never thought they could get away with half of the shit they've pulled if they hadn't watched the S&L looters get off without so much as a slap on the hand or seen the Iran-Contra crew take a shit on the Constitution with no adverse consequences (hell, half of them are back on our payroll again!). I don't want to hear any of the usual Dem mealymouthing about how the public has "scandal fatigue" so it's best to just drop it. These are the guys who have been insisting that OBL attacked us because Bill Clinton let him "get away" with the embassy and Cole bombings and it emboldened him. Let's just agree with them that allowing thugs to get away with anything emboldens them, and repeat their talking point to them whenever they whine about their heroes being prosecuted for illegal actions.
Prosecutions, bitches!
filed absentee; heading to ohio this afternoon for gotv with my hoodie in my bag.
Hm, I'd love to wear one, but I don't have enough money to buy one. Wonder why that is?
I don't have one of those type shirts or jackets or whatever they are, but I will see if I can dig up something.
Daddy-O - where in St. Louis are you? I have a feeling you and I are both in the same wealthy Suburban district of St. Louis. (if so, isn't it still heartening to see the Kerry/Edwards signs out? I didn't know if there would be anyone brave enough to put them up out here).
I'll be wearing my hoodie to the polls too.
"But I can't help but ask if anyone else doesn't remember the MoveOn or ActUp tv/net ad from over a month ago - which I believe that I found via an AtriosLink right here - that was the exact same live-action visuals of an inner-city gathering street-march, which provided the exact same thoughtful 'twist' at the end."
You can go see the Move-on ad on their website--www.moveonpac.org.
It's called "Everybody" by Benny Boom
It's in their archives. And it is very good, and worth a second look.
Funny you should ask - I plan to do just that!
This overweight suburban mom in Palm Beach County is going shopping at Old Navy and Target today. Black hoodies for me, hubby and both kids (including the 2-year-old) are on my list.
Am I wearing a hoodie? Fuck no.
Good for Eminem and all, sprouting a political conscience the week before the election, But where the hell has he been for the last four years?
if anything, people should be wearing a blogger hoodie to the polls.
_
I voted yesterday. Despite it being 72 and humid in usually chilly Minneapolis, I was rockin' my black hoodie.
Steady stream of people at the Mnpls. Gov. center, and I promise at least 70% were voting Kerry.
Oldwhitelady -- they're hooded sweatshirts. On sale at Target for $9.
(Of course, we could get pink hoodies and go as clitori.)
OT
Had one of my two Kerry signs ripped off yesterday, the one on the back of my property that faces a main throughfare street. All the Goper signs still in place.
The video may be quite similar to benny Boom's, but Eminem's gets free airplay on MTV so can influence lots of young, first-time voters.
And why do we have to be so analytical - the repugs go for the emotion rather than the facts, so enjoy the the emotion in Eminem's video is what matters!
Wonder whether cafepress might produce a modest 'I Am Atrios' hoodie....
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You know, if the GOP are going to have people in black neigborhoods checking the validity of votes, Dems should send threatening-looking blacks to white GOP neiborhoods. i wonder how the media would play that?
You have to be kidding me.
OK, I mean, politically, I'm glad that Eminem is anti-Bush, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hop on his bandwagon.
Woo-HOO! Gentleman-friend wants to change our Sunday night date from watching the season closer of Dead Like me to... goin' to the Kerry rally in downtown Tampa, so I GET TO SEE MY NEXT PREZNIT SUNDAY NIGHT!
Now THAT I could wear a hoodie to.
My ex-husband and I spent last evening shopping for black hoodies. Mine was easy, but he needs a XXXL, and Target only has XXL's. (He's 6'6" and built like a linebacker.) We've both voted but plan to wear ours on Tuesday anyway. (He's going to keep looking.) I'll wear mine to teach in with no comment--wonder how many of my students will pick up on the reference?
Think about this before you cast your vote.
Look at the following list of names and consider who they would most likely vote for if they were allowed to vote in our coming election,
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Gandhi
Eleanor Roosevelt
Robert Kennedy
Nelson Mandela
Bishop Tutu
The Lorax
When you cast your vote will you be voting the same way as you think the above people will vote?
How closely aligned with these people will you be?
I've been wearing my black hoodie since yesterday and I'll be wearing it on Tuesday. As a 40 year old in a fairly conservative neighborhood in N. VA, I've gotten a few questions, but it allowed me to explain what it means.
Well, this middle-aged, grey-haired white boy would look like an idiot in one - but probably no more so than Marshall.
I finally got around to viewing the video today - wow. Not a fan of rap or Vanilla Hoodie there, but any port in a storm.
Kerry, my bitches.
I've already voted for all of the Democrats on the ballot. I voted the minute early voting opened because I wanted to cast a vote for Kerry, and I did not want to take any chances of last minute fate taking that opportunity away from me.
So for those who need to look "professional" that day will a gray turtleneck do?
Silleigh -
That's a proposal if I ever heard one. G'wan. Marry him.
i think i most identify with comments regarding eminem's video via moby. i am surprized with the depth as opposed to his usual catchy playstuff. all i could think of tho while watching is maybe marshall is growing up and ready to lose the stupid ideas that made him famous and out of our house;i.e.homophobia & misogyny.
Thanks for the Target tip. I've already voted but I'm wearing the damned thing til Tuesday. I'll probably shower with it.
TOTALLY Duncan,
I got mah black hoodie and my army green pants ready to rock out fishtown on tuesday, I am gonna put that hood up and everything G!
Anyone in Philly looking for a place with good, cheap, BIG black hoodies can go to the Modell's sports--I think that is the name--by the shop-rite and Target down there on Columbus Blvd.
I got mine there last year, and I bet they still have tons of them.
Eminem is on Sat nite live tonight.
This retiree is wearing a black hoodie to my pollong place.
Funny, Iwasabout to throw it out when "Mosh" hit the internet.
Black hoodie, and I'll be rocking:
Johnny Cash -- Man In Black
Honeydrippers -- Impeach the President
Nas -- I can
Gil-Scott Heron -- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
And, of course, "Mosh".
Am I wearing a hoodie? Fuck no.
Good for Eminem and all, sprouting a political conscience the week before the election, But where the hell has he been for the last four years?
if anything, people should be wearing a blogger hoodie to the polls.
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snarkey | Email | Homepage | 10.30.04 - 11:56 am | #
Well, snarkey, I think by and large he's been trying to carve out his career in music, and make money, and live his life how he pleases. You know, be an American citizen.
So, you obviously have an ax to grind against Eminem... fine. But if you truly believed in this cause, the progressive cause, the liberal cause, the cause for change, whatever you want to call it... why the hell do you feel the need to slam a guy that's on your fucking side?!?
And people wonder why the progressives can't get anything done. As a centrist (middle-aged and voting for Kerry), this blows my mind. My advice to you, and anyone else who has united for this common cause: leave the petty shit at the door until after the work is done. We HAVE to speak with one voice, a strong voice, that what we believe is right, no matter the consequences.
doh, that's Gil Scott-Heron. And:
KRS-One: Sound of Da Police
KRS-One: Higher Level
...And many others, I'm sure I'll come up with more over the weekend. I would like to add more rock, country, and other genres to the list, but my brain decided it's Saturday and that's enough for now.
So, OK, the sentiment is all in the right place and all, the message is POWERFUL, and for THIS WEEK ONLY, I will look past the raging homophobia that has marked his career so far, but really, has he ever had a rap that actually FLOWS? And the beats are just SAD. Doesn't anyone remember the Bomb Squad or Jam Master Jay? Seriously, after VH1 devoted a whole week to the history of rap, listening to this song leaves me totally flat. FIGHT THE POWER, FIGHT THE POWER, FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE!!!
peace out...
A bunch of white people in hoodies? How about we wear nice SUITS AND TIES?! I know it sounds shallow but appearences are everything.
I always wear a nice shirt and a tie to protests (that I don't expect to become violent).
I would have worn mine anyways. I never go anywhere without it.
That's a proposal if I ever heard one. G'wan. Marry him.
GWPDA
Erm... uh... been there, done that, got THAT black hoodie, er, T-shirt -- it don't fit no more. 
We're supposed to have a cold front, so it could be. Gonna wear a tinfoil hat for Halloween though.
davey, and anyone else in Ohio, if you get challenged, do me a favor and ask the challenger if getting Bush elected is worth going to jail.
So, you obviously have an ax to grind against Eminem... fine. But if you truly believed in this cause, the progressive cause, the liberal cause, the cause for change, whatever you want to call it... why the hell do you feel the need to slam a guy that's on your fucking side?!?
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Concerned Pragmatist | Email | Homepage | 10.30.04 - 12:57 pm | #
I have no axe to grind with Eminem. As I said, good for him.
And excuse me bro, but who the fuck are YOU?
You think you know me? You think you know what I truly believe in? You know how much money I have given to campaigns these past two years? You know how much grief I have gotten for being against this administration and this war?
No you don't.
And no, we don't have to speak with one clear, strong voice. We can speak in a million, bajillion different voices. We can say and do and think and wear whatever the fuck we want, because progressivism isn't about adhering to some pre-packaged corporatized mindset, the last time I checked.
So how about YOU leave the petty shit at the door, friend.
_
Footlocker has hoodies 50% off right now, got mine and will be wearing it proudly.
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2. If you or somebody you know is registered, but unsure of where your voting location is, go here:
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Good grief, I finally got the chance to get rid of my son's Eddie Bauer black jacket, the one he's worn absolutely everywhere, regardless of season for the past two years. If I got a hoodie, he'd probably steal it and then I'm back to looking at him in that for another two years.
Besides, I've already voted.
Have you contacted your Media Whore today?
http://www.fair.org/media-contac...ntact-
list.html
Voted on Thursday in my navy blue hoodie. My wife wore her black one. Felt great.
I'll be a voter protection poll watcher Tuesday. I'm in an inner city Latino area in Denver. I'm wearing my power suit but will have a black hoodie to wear if the mood strikes.
it's already a near-daily accessory as-is... 'course, it'll be under a well-worn biker jacket.
Black hoodie...voting...done and done! It even intimidated some wingers in line at the absentee polling place.
Think I can sneak by with navy blue?
uh, i'd just like to point out that while i'm more than happy to share the black hoodie bandwagon, it's not mr. mathers'. he's jumped a ride with the direct action kids/black block. so wear it or don't wear it, but, christ, don't let mr. mathers take your black hoodie away. i do all my voting in my black hoodie 'cause it's part of the fall wardrobe. clearly eminem is posing off me.
I HATE HATE HATE the term "hoodie" its such annoying hipster-cool kids crap.
i'm going to go get one now. i want to dress at the heighth of fashion though. which is cooler, zip up or pullover?
This really makes me sick. Yes, follow behind a gay-bashing, mysogynistic, thug because he's voting our way. Give me a fucking break. If this dude we any smarter he'd be running the DNC right now. God, you freaking sheep will line up and bend over for any half-wit saying shit you think is cool, no matter how stupid and opportunistic he is. He even made the front page of the LA TIMES. Help us, Jeebus.
i never thought much of eminem until i saw 8 mile. good flick.
God, you freaking sheep will line up and bend over for any half-wit saying shit you think is cool, no matter how stupid and opportunistic he is. sorrell
baaaa baaaaa baaaaa
I always wear a nice shirt and a tie to protests (that I don't expect to become violent).
as the firesign theatre would say, "Take a tip from a cop who does!"
While clip-on ties are the nadir of all that is stylish, they do have the lovely quality of breaking away from your neck when grabbed and pulled, as opposed to merely breaking your neck...
Important voter information for you to have and to share:
1. If you are not sure what the poll opening & closing times are for your state, or know somebody who needs this information, go here:
http://www.fec.gov/pages/faqs.htm
2. If you or somebody you know is registered, but unsure of where your voting location is, go here:
http://www.mypollingplace.com
3. If anyone tries to stop you from voting or you see anyone being stopped from voting call
1-866-Our-Vote
A Non-Partisan Hotline
4. Move On PAC Election Protection Card
Please print it out and carry it with you to the Polls
http://www.majorityreportradio.c...tes/
ep_card.pdf
Have you contacted your media whore today?
http://www.fair.org/media-contac...ntact-
list.html
"I HATE HATE HATE the term "hoodie" its such annoying hipster-cool kids crap."
Well, kinda, if LL Bean defines the life of hipster-cool kids:
"Pebble-Washed Hoodie
Exceptionally Soft, in Fresh Colors That Stay True
* A hooded jacket in our popular Pebble-Washed fabric
* Remarkably soft cotton fabric in colors that stay true over time
* Mix and match with our other Pebble-Washed Separates
And it comes in British Khaki, Classic Olive, Deep Claret, Indigo and Strawberry!
"Yes, follow behind a gay-bashing, mysogynistic, thug"
I thought you were talking about GWB, who is much much bigger thug than Eminem will ever be.
Great minds and all. That was my first comment on Hullabaloo after seeing the video.
It would so freak out the opposition.
If only I could find the Blogger hoodie they sent me when they pushed all the Pro features out to the general community....
Guys,
Here in West Texas some local DAs are "reminding voters not to wear paraphernalia to the polls" and that "electioneering" is a Class C felony. Fine's up to $5 K.
Luckily, Lubbock High and Texas Tech both have black as a major school color.
Hey Tena, are they still putting hospital smocks on voters in Cowboys shirts in Arlington?
Think about this before you cast your vote.
Look at the following list of names and consider who they would most likely vote for if they were allowed to vote in our coming election,
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Gandhi
Eleanor Roosevelt
Robert Kennedy
Nelson Mandela
Bishop Tutu
The Lorax
When you cast your vote will you be voting the same way as you think the above people will vote?
How closely aligned with these people will you be
Hooded.
P.S For the clueless here - wearing hoodies is NOT some kind of homage to Eminem (I barely know/care who the dude is). However the simbolism of political revolution through voting is a powerful statement - one I want to support.
This person wore their black-hoodie and got spit on and harrassed for her efforts...
Hooded in CA.
I just saw the video yesterday...very powerful. My older son will be voting for the first time. He was thinking of going with a 3rd party candidate. I told him that sometimes, when you have a choice between corruption and good governance, you have to decide which is more important to you: voting 3rd party, or getting rid of corruption? He decided on a vote for Kerry.
i am in Chicago, where voter suppression attempts (at least in my 'hood) are unlikely, so i don't expect Tuesday to be exciting, especially as i am getting there at the crack o poll opening.
But i AM taking my camera, just in case i need to documant any rethuglican kkkrap.
Thinking about it -- I have a black fleece hooded jacket that's close enough in look. Probably nobody at my tiny little hole in the wall polling place would recognize the reference though.
ok. i'm back. i got a zip up one. i hope to god thats the kool kind!
The video is very powerful.
Kids are going to make the difference- me? I already voted sans hoodie.
Thought about it.
Steve Gilliard's right. I'm leaving the hoodie at home, suiting up!
cory -
Are you taking your camera to stand outside the polling place and watch for outdoor intimidation?
Or are you intending to take it inside the polling place when you vote?
I ask because Tena was posting warnings all over the place here yesterday: do not try to take a camera with you INTO your polling place. It's illegal in more places than not, and they can make you leave the premises. Wouldn't want that to happen before you cast your vote!
We voted in comfy PJs & sweatpants, 'cause we had vote-by-mail ballots. Went to the Post Office late at night in sweats (sorry, no hoodies, still too warm in Phoenix that night).
But we did a little dance around the post office mailbox after thrusting our ballots inside. Did the "Crawford Stomp," and the "Kerry Constitutional" and the "Wave Bye-Bye to W Waltz," and many other faves. Went for a late night bite afterwards, and made up many more names for celebratory dances the whole time.
I'd love to see Kerry make a public appearance in a black hoodie.
Eminem calls Bush and Kerry out at the end of Mosh: " And as we proceed, to mosh through this desert storm, in these closing statements, if they should argue, let us beg to differ, as we set aside our differences, and assemble our own army, to disarm this weapon of mass destruction that we call our president, for the present, and mosh for the future of our next generation, to speak and be heard, Mr. President, Mr. Senator"
What better way to say, "I hear you," than to don a black hoodie. It could be a very powerful symbolic gesture to the MTV generation.
Yes I will wear mine to vote in New York City, and I know thousands like me willb too. It'll be noticeable in the crowded streets and subways here. It could make a difference in GOTV (which isn't a real problem in solid-blue NY state).
Maybe reporting on hoodie-voting + hoodie wearing until Tuesday, nationwide, can help GOTV everywhere.
My daughter says I can wear one of hers. A Greenday, a Hurley, or a Soulfly. Which one do I chose?
Signed,
Undecided
I've been wearing mine for years (though sometimes a red one). I wore it when I voted this week. As I was walking to the poll a carload of kids nodded and waved. One flashed a peace sign, I answered with a fist. They drove off honking, fists raised through the windows.
Funny how the PC left was all slaggin on M a little while ago cuz he uses words people use in the street. If these last few years have shown us something it should be that it doesn't matter what anyone says -it's what they do in their lives. I hope the left remembers this after next week (LANDSLIDE!!!) and embraces all the cultures that exist side by side in this land. That's what we should really be about. Our interference in people's lives should be positive and empowering, not a lot of tut-tutting about their vocabulary. If we are going forward from here (ousting the chimp isn't enough) we need to embrace the dirt and the rudeness that surrounds most dissaffected americans, listen to people who say things in ways we find offensive, open our minds to all experiences and value them. The other guys are the ones who always need to be condemning.
Voted absentee Friday in a black hoodie and a union jacket.
I paln to vote in my hoodie, and with MOSH, emnimem has eanred my total and complete respect. His driving song seethes with the urgency of this election.
One of the people in my office has really been on the fence about who to vote for--which has been making me nuts. Yesterday another 50ish co-worker like me came in and started talking about the video. The fence sitter hadn't seen it (she's mid 30's), but got all over me about my earlier criticism of Marshall. "I'll support his messages I agree with, and not the others"---upshot is, she went and watched the video, came back to my office and said simply "I'm getting a hoodie for Tuesday!" Whatever it takes, whatever it takes.
Lolly - thanks for the link!
NJBrad - we have to be "so analytical," because, in the reality based community, we tend to like to have all our facts, and give credit where credit is due. To point out the similarity's to our own side's MoveOn's video was not counterproductive to our cause in the least.
Going soley for the emotional response, and disregarding any incomnvenient study of the underlying facts underneath the image - that's the other side.
re: to hoodie or not to hoodie
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...with a spraypainted circle-A, muthafuckas!! [sorry, got a little old-school there for a second]
what's the official what-to-wear - zip front or pullover?
seriously, i realize this voting thing is serious business, but you gotta laugh because otherwise you go crazy...maybe it's too late for me.
if it freaks out some rethuglican pinhead - more power to me.
see you tuesday!
My neighborhoodie says "Dungeon Master" on it (think "big geek," not "creepy SM guy"). I'll wear it to the polls on Tuesday, but I'll probably not wear it when I go door-to-door later in the day.
Yup. Sez PIXIES across the front, but black enough.
I'm in my early forties, a sorta uptight white guy who doesn't care much for rap music.
I watched the video.
I have a black hoodie and I'm wearing it on Tuesday.
I'm in my early forties, a sorta uptight white guy who doesn't care much for rap music.
I watched the video.
I have a black hoodie and I'm wearing it on Tuesday.
EVERYONE
If you can. After voting go to Repub districts and just hang around outside with your hoodie on.
Just be visible.
I guarantee you'll dissuade a least a few neo-fascist cowards from getting out of the car for the bushkid.
Keep your hoodies clean for showing up at the courthouse on Nov 3 when Bush files many frivolous lawsuits to get yout vote thrown out.
I'm an attorney and will be volunteering to work the polls for the DNC's Voter Protection Project. Wanted to wear my hoodie, then read Steve Gilliard's piece on proper attire for attorneys; I think a great compromise will be nice wool slacks, a black blazer, and a hoodie t-shirt underneath. Elegant, authoritative, understated--but down for the cause. I CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE!
Black hoodie?
Check.
Mars?
Check, oh my bitches.
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