I was going to write another politically orientated post tonight but given that it is approaching 1am, I decided to post my first piece of music. I don’t think this will be a regular thing but a change every now and then keeps life exciting. Is politics like a piano? The way I see it, the piano is one of the very few instruments that can convey a complex melodic and harmonic interplay. This interplay is analogous, in a way, for the relations between Democrats and Republicans. Anyway I don’t want to delve to deeply into this idea, here is my favorite piece: Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 by Krystian Zimerman:
Eli Pariser at MoveOn.Org released a new video entitled: “5 things you should know.” This video touches on a few issues that some liberals like myself need to know in order to ensure an Obama victory in the general election. Everyone who has visited this blog has questioned the use of polling so I won’t go over this point again but here are the 5 things you should know:
The Polls
The Smears
The Misperceptions
The Myths
Our Path To Victory
Please watch the video for more detail but personally my number 1 goal from now until the election is to correct the misperceptions people have about Senator Obama e.g he is Muslim, and some of the deliberate smears spread around in emails and in books, you will notice that I have included the Obama campaign’s recent release of a document debunking every smear in the two most recently released Obama books:
