So You Think You Can Be President? « It’s Getting Hot In Here

“I remixed the remix; it was back to normal!” - Mitch Hedberg

Reality TV meets the presidential debates.

My friend Jonathan McIntosh remixes videos. Specifically, he takes aspects of pop-culture and jumbles them around to make them accurate (and really funny). In his most recent video, the “So You Think You Can Dance” judges are far more honest (and tough) on the candidates stances on Clean Coal and Nuclear than the “real press” ever has been.

(if the youtube video isnt working, view it here: http://www.rebelliouspixels.com/)

This Sunday, Naomi Klein spoke about the elections at the Bioneers Conference. She said…

“Obama is a centrist, and never claimed to be anything different. So if he is elected, what do we do? We move the center.”

This video is just another reminder that as we gear up for a crucial and historic election and put everything we’ve got into it for the next two weeks, we need to keep our eyes on the prize in holding the new president accountable to what climate science (and youth!) demand - because both their climate policies are hella weak. And we know that we will be up against well funded and well coordinated assaults from the polluters and despoilers; a battle for the soul of the new president.

In social movements past, the boldness of the youth voice has shifted the entire political spectrum in profound ways. Lets move the center.

About Joshua Kahn Russell

Joshua Kahn Russell is a grassroots organizer and trainer who has spent over half his life working to build movements for racial and economic justice. He currently works at Rainforest Action Network and directs RAN's Action Tank. Joshua serves on the steering committee of the Energy Action Coalition. He has contributed chapters to books such as Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century, We Don't Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the Next Generation of Feminists, The Art of Coexistence, and the forthcoming Less Than Settled: Critical Reflections on Travel and Privilege. Joshua's articles have appeared in Yes! Magazine, Left Turn, Peacework, Upping the Anti, and Znet, among others. His artwork has appeared on the cover of books authored by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, and Noam Chomsky, and in the Celebrate People's History poster series. He was a co-founder of the Activist Resource Center and other student activist groups at Brandeis University, where he graduated in 2006 with degrees in Women's & Gender Studies and Sociology. Josh Kahn Russell serves on the National Council of the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) and currently lives in Oakland, CA.

6 Responses to “So You Think You Can Be President?”

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1 Christine Irvine Oct 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm

I LOVE this!
2 Eugene Oct 21st, 2008 at 10:35 pm

looking forward for more information about this. thanks for sharing. Eugene
3 amy Oct 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm

This is brilliant…if a little long.
4 desiregrover Oct 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm

LOL Loved it. It was long but still ROCKED!
5 Jesse Jenkins Oct 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm

This is very well done! Nice work Jonathan.