Dan Wood: The Eponymous Weblog

Dan Wood is co-owner of Karelia Software, creating programs for the Macintosh computer. He is the father of two kids, lives in the Bay Area of California USA, and prefers bicycles to cars. This site is his weblog, which mostly covers geeky topics like Macs and Mac Programming.

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Fri, 16 Jan 2004

Where are the rest of the 'Bush in 30 Seconds' ads?

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... The ones that didn't quite make it to the winners' circle?

There were some other really cool ones! Are you wondering what happened to them, like I am? Sign the new petition to convince MoveOn.org to put the other ads back online so we can all enjoy them... And of course, pass along word about the petition to sympathetic friends, to help collect a bunch more names....

We celebrated New Years a day early (with a list of my favorite Bush in 30 Seconds ads)

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Last night, we had a New Year's party at our house. Not a typical New Year's party, but one of 1400+ house parties around the country dedicated to take back our country from "King George" and learn more about the person whom I personally believe is capable of improving our lives, Howard Dean. We had about 30 friends and neighbors show up, plus their kids. Besides the usual food, drinks, conversation, and music, we showed a DVD with a brief bio of Dean, and Al Gore's recent endorsement of Dean. Plus, we showed a compilation of some of my favorite entries — listed below — to the Bush in 30 Seconds contest.

(Americans who want to take our country back are encouraged to contribute even small amounts to the campaign to go up against Bush's big-business war-chest. You can contribute via our party's home page -- beneath the image of the baseball bat, click the "Contribute" link.

My very favorite ones: Update, 1/16/04: Only the winners and finalists are available online anymore. Sign this petition to MoveOn.org to ask them to bring back all the others.

  • True War Amazing production values -- this was not made by a guy with iMovie, I bet.
  • Fantastic Iraq Beautiful, amazing graphics on this one. One inaccuracy now that they got Saddam, though.
  • Instant Messaging 9/11 This ad took my breath away when I realized what I was seeing in the background.
  • In My Country A man dark skin and an accent explains what is going on in his country. Why should Americans care?
  • Republican Legacies My submission; I wanted to target Republicans and swing/independent voters to show them that even though they may have supported Republicans in the past, George W. Bush doesn't belong in the White House.

Other great ones:

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A sobering explanation of Global Warming by Professor ... Gore???

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Vice President Gore would have made a good professor! I've just watched a sobering and very educational lecture -- not even that political -- by the former VP talking about Global Warming. Wow, what an eye-opener. I have been vaguely aware that it's a problem at some level, but now I'm realizing that this is a problem that, if unchecked, is going to have a significant effect in my lifetime and certainly my childrens'. (Living on Earth now is like the frog in the pot of water that is slowly getting warmer and warmer, never getting out in time to avoid being boiled to death!)

I highly recommend everybody check this out. Even if you're a Republican, you should learn about this. Gore gave due credit to Republican Teddy Roosevelt for being a great conservationist and forming the national park system! It's quite an eye-opener, and it gives me hope that we can solve this problem if we put our collective minds to the problem.

See the video linked from this page. (Skip to 09:30 to bypass the lengthy introductions.)