Where it's at.

I went to see Where the Wild Things Are last night.  It was pretty fantastic.  I may have read it once when I was a kid, but it wasn't one of those childhood-defining books that it was for many of you.  In a way, this is a good thing, as I didn't have any attachments going into the film, no nostalgic investment.  This allowed me to really enjoy what Dave Eggers was doing with this script - making, as Jacquelyn said, not a movie for kids, but for people who had been kids.  This was a movie for us oldies.  Maybe not the really old, but those of us still close enough to our childhoods that we still lament their loss.

New Year's Eve

I've got another graphic job - this time it's a big NYE rave.  I've got several mockups done, and one of them was used for a preflyer.  (With big raves, often months before the event, a preflyer will come out with just a few details, to advertise while the main flyer is being created and details are being finalized.)  So, here's the preflyer, front and back:

Political Quickie.

I keep hearing people say, "There's no difference between Democrats and Republicans." This bothers me quite a bit, but I understand the view point. However, it is also mostly wrong, and here's where a lot of the problem lies.

First, there is a huge difference between the two parties on social issues. In fact, they are night and day, they are so far apart.

Here's where the trouble lies - the people who make the proclamation of no-difference are speaking really of economic policy.

Unfortunately many Republicans and some Democrats are really corporatists. They will always side with big business over the people. (This is fascism people - the merging of government and business.)  This is what the majority of people are really upset about. This is what the tea-baggers are really pissed about. They are just misinformed as to who to blame.

Now, there are some politicians fighting the good fight. Not all of them are corrupt. It is however difficult to blame to corrupt ones. The system itself is corrupt.

Do you have any idea how much money it takes to run for office these days? Millions and millions of dollars. Senators have to raise thousands of dollars every day to stay in office. Where do you think the majority of that money comes from? Big business. Extremely wealthy individuals.

When it comes time to vote, who's side are they going to take? They guys who pay the bills. Less than 1% of the population, and they have all the power.

So if you really want change, if you really want politicians for the people, then extreme campaign finance is needed. All corporate money needs to be taken out of politics. I would even argue for public financing of campaigns, closer to what the UK has (set amounts and only two months, if memory serves, to campaign.)

So before you go throwing one political party or the other under the bus as being "the same", look closer and realize that this is class warfare and the rich are winning. The real difference between politicians is their economics.

Want to know who your politicians are really working for?