The series has reached double-digits, so I suppose one could call it established. Of course I delve into the political, but my opening video from filmmaker Evan Coyne Maloney lends a new meaning (if you hail from the Midwest as I do) to asking about “pop” culture.
You see, the joke I made doesn’t work if you call it “soda”. This country’s not as united as we’d like it to be, and that’s not just in dialect. We obviously have a disagreement over health care reform too.
But as fellow blogger Bob McCarty shows in this video, the battle isn’t necessarily person vs. person but may be the power vs. the people.
I must say that these TEA Partiers are putting the rest of us to shame because they gather every weekend at the same Missouri intersection. Unfortunately, they won’t be along the route of TEA Party Express part 2, which is noted in a quick-paced commercial plugging the effort.
Not only is there a battle between sides on health care, but there’s a battle within the Republican Party. I didn’t believe Michael Steele said this either – frankly I was disappointed in the nod to political correctness.
Meanwhile, there are real issues out there we need to be united against, one being taxes. This is from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (who could be against either?) and talks about the bid for a value added tax.
Another issue is education. This upcoming film is called ‘The Cartel’ and looks at the influence of teachers’ unions in our schools.
Money is not the solution, and when you look at a local budget like our county’s you can see that they represent a large portion of expenditures but don’t always share in the sacrifice.
To wrap things up this week, I’m focusing on a local political race. We border on the 100th District in Virginia, a legislative district for the House of Delegates which includes all of the Virginia Eastern Shore and a small part of the Norfolk area. Melody Scalley is a friend of monoblogue and common-sense conservative candidate who’s trying to unseat a three-term incumbent. She got a pleasant surprise in the first debate between contenders in this three-way race.
Nice to make it a two-way race and add the support of the opposition. But having good representation in Richmond from the ESV will help us on the Maryland side of the border too because their prosperity wouldn’t necessarily come at our expense. I’ve donated to Melody’s cause and perhaps you should too.
That wraps another chock-full version of FNV.
I’d love to repost even the first few videos but it’s just too much work tonight.