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• Trailer for My New Film, 9500 Liberty

  Monday, Oct 26, 2009 1:47PM / Standard Entry

  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL-kbeZenaE
  

  
  
  
  

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• Awfully Disappointed with Bobby Jindal

  Tuesday, Feb 24, 2009 11:06AM / Standard Entry

  If you missed Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's dreadful performance on Meet the Press yesterday, click here to see a man with a promising future throw it all away for cheap political points.

  But to truly appreciate how foolish Jindal made himself look on Sunday, you need to watch the subsequent interview with Florida Governor Charlie Crist rejecting Jindal's petty partisanship:
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4IKFdOcpp8
  

  Time Magazine's Joe Klein said it best, from both an economic policy and political perspective.

  Crist supported John McCain in the election, but says in "take 2" of his interview, "When the campaign's over, it's over."  He also praised President Obama's first weeks in office, and said he hopes he succeeds.  Jindal has another agenda.  He is siding with the Rush Limbaugh wing (the extremist wing) of the Republican Party.  If they howl and whine about Obama's efforts to rebuild the economy, they can say "I told you so" if their hopes come true and America falls deeperin into recession.  This is Jindal's path to the White House in 2012, or so he thinks.  But how much pain is he willing to inflict on the people of Lousiana in order to get his chance?
  

  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzlUKlVL2Uo
  

  
  

  
  

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• Changes in Repubican Party = Changes for America

  Monday, Dec 29, 2008 4:04AM / Standard Entry

  It’s clear that Barack Obama has captured the spirit of civic engagement that awakened in millions of Americans, aided by netroots techonology, and propted by the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina, two of many disasters that have resulted from 8 years of partisan politics without effective governance.  But it may be that the most important changes are taking place within the Republican Party.

  That is why I enjoy reading columns by conservative Republican authors like David Broder, who are telling the story of the transformation of the Republican party from the inside out.

  Anyone interested in American government should read this.

  
  
  
  

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• The Moment We Knew: Barack Obama Wins Virginia & The White House

  Friday, Nov 7, 2008 4:28PM / Standard Entry

  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUbEUB-BrBo
  

  
  But this article in the Washington Post explains what a long journey it has been in Virginia to overcome Republican dominance that has existed ever since Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” of playing to white resentment by blaming Democrats for the Civil Rights movement. The article focuses on the more recent past, of which Annabel and I have been a part.
  
  
  

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• Latinos, Asian Americans, African Americans Carrying Obama to Victory

  Saturday, Nov 1, 2008 1:58AM / Standard Entry

  
  
  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hljtL80klM
  

  
  

  After reading this article in today's Washington Post, I've been thinking about how the collapse of the Republican Party directly corresponds to its abandonment of any pretension of reaching out to communities of color. But which came first?

  
  The article in the Washington Post focuses on Colorado, where one of the nation's most notorious anti-immigrant politicians is a Congressman (former Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo). In my research on the immigration battle in 2007 (on which my upcoming film is based), I found that it was electoral dread and desperation that led Republicans all over the nation to experiment with the politics of fear and resentment that fuel the anti-immigrant movement issue. We also saw it on Republican news programs and Republican talk radio. I think it's safe to say it backfired.

  CNN reported yesterday that 70 percent of people of color in Florida are voting for Obama/Biden. Nationally, African American support is in the 90 percent range, and among Hispanics it is 66 to 70 percent. Asian American polls depend on the region, but I'm proud to say that in areas of the country where Asian Americans are empowered and informed, Obama/Biden is the preferred ticket by a 2 to 1 margin similar to Latinos (only with more undecideds).

  My analysis of this is that Sarah Palin's hateful speeches and the hateful reactions from her followers have reminded people of color across the nation how ugly and how dangerous racism can be. I think a similar repulsion is reflected in the movement of moderates and independents toward Obama/Biden in recent weeks.

  In contrast, you have Barack Obama, who's mixed ancestry and immigrant father say to all people of color that, if you look at America as a whole (as opposed to the factions of the Republican party) there is no longer a privilege or an advantage to being Caucasian, no, not necessarily. Obama doesn't have to say that in his speeches. We know this to be true because he is winning.

  So that's my introduction to this video demonstrating a strong collaboration between Latino and Asian American artists, including myself. It's a brand new English Language version of "Si Se Puede Cambiar" (With Obama, We Can Change).

  
  

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