Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Michael "I'm from Canada, eh?" [Last Name Deleted] — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:51:03 GMT

Wow, that celebrity-go-frigging-vote commercial is seriously way too long. I think I got the point about 30 seconds into the, what? 5 minute, video.
All I can say, is that come November 4th I WON'T be voting, and all those celebrities can just stick it in their ears

P.S. Our election is on the 14th and we have 5 different people to choose from: Liberal, NDP, Conservative, Green Party and Le Bloc Quebecois. No celebrities yelling at us to vote though. At least not that I've seen.

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

John in Cincy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:57:56 GMT

The smug factor is certainly high on the "Don't vote" video. Is there any evidence that these things work? I'm with you Will, it is almost enough to make me go out and not vote.

I would really like to meet the person who wasn't going to vote until they saw this.

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

R, New Jersey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:24:17 GMT

is that beyonce in the iwanexstudio.com link? it sure looks like her!

i might have to bookmark that for my own bad hair/clothes/body days :)

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Howlin' Hobbit — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:27:46 GMT

The Dripbook link leads to someone named Matthew Ingram wondering if the link economy is really broken.

And I was *so* hoping to see pouty-faced nekkid ladies.

C'mon, help an old guy out here!

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Ben Johnson, Chicago IL — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:39:44 GMT

Hi Will, re the economy and current crisis I would highly recommend checking out this guy's website http://www.chrismartenson.com/ . He is an ex-engineer I believe who has studied economics & finance etc for the last few years, and has some scary conclusions. The "Crash Course" is easy to understand, is not too long, and after having watched all of the parts available there is not a single thing in there that is 'wrong' in my opinion. After watching the course you will almost certainly have a very different outlook on the future course of our economy and world. FYI it is 95 % complete, he is still working on the last chapter, a sort of "What to do" chapter. (You can guess easily what it contains based on his blog comments)

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Will Femia — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:25:29 GMT

Sorry 'bout that Howlin' Hobbit. I fixed it.
http://www.dripbook.com/

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Chuck, Summerville, SC — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:43:44 GMT

I think anyone who wasn't going to vote until some celebrity told them to should immediately have his/her vote disqualified.

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Tracie, Jackson, TN — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:56:29 GMT

That celebrity vote ad is non-partisan (their description)? What a riot. I'm fine with celebrities saying it's important to vote. But stop there. You can't say you're non-partisan and then spout how you feel about this or that political issue. It becomes a campaign ad at that point.

Magnets and air or smoke and mirrors?

Sean, NY — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:37:26 GMT

The guy traveling "northwest at 60 mph on U.S. Route 101 in the vicinity of Hollywood" looks exactly like Oscar Goldman (Six Million Dollar Man's boss).