December 2010
13 posts
And Secondly, Some Thoughts On The Video Reflection Process
(Yes, it’s a reflection on a reflection of a Rube Goldberg-Style Invention that played a video of a Rube Goldberg-Style Invention.)
Thoughts On My Recent Rube Goldberg-Style Invention Project
Thoughts on the Debate
I have just finished a multi-week project learning about the American Tea Party. I was working with Tati, John, and Charlie, who were studying the Communist Party, the Libertarian Party, and the Green Party, respectively. Our goal was to immerse ourselves in our parties’ ideologies through a live debate—where I, one of the most liberal people I know, went up as a Tea Partier against the...
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It’s easy to get caught up in the moment.
– Carwai :: Oh hell that is true.
Analysis of the Right
Sarah Palin is theatrical. Glenn Beck is theatrical—if you think about it, the entire Tea Party is theatrical.
In fact, Glenn Beck calls his program “The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment.”
Could anyone use something that calls itself an entertainment program as a credible news source? Apparently so, given his millions of nightly viewers.
That’s why the far right...