A civil rights icon does it Gangnam style
A brief note of introduction:
“Gangnam” is a district of Seoul, South Korea. PSY is a South Korean rapper/video star — think of a cross of MC Hammer with Pee Wee Herman — from the Gangnam district. “Gangnam Style” is PSY’s worldwide viral dance video hit, viewed more than 500 million times on Youtube so far. (Original here.)
With that as background, here’s a video put together by the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center here in Atlanta, urging people to register and vote. You may recognize some of the settings — the state Capitol, the MLK silhouette on Freedom Parkway. You may also recognize the older voting-rights champion who gamely dances Gangnam-style to get his message across.
Whatever you think of his politics, you have to admire a politician who doesn’t take himself too seriously. Personally, I would pay a lot to see Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a dance-off, Gangnam-style.
– Jay Bookman
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Jm
October 21st, 2012
11:58 am
FL-GA
SC beats GA
FL beats SC
Granted it is the SEC, but I’d bet FL beats GA…..
They BOTH suck
October 21st, 2012
11:58 am
MR
Take all the liberties with that article that you need to take if it makes you feel better about yourself.
However, I will stand by my statement based on those liberties you have taken and asserted her today.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 21st, 2012
11:58 am
… then I am concerned both for your health and the safety of this nation.
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
I was concerned both for your health and safety of this nation back in 2002 when this drum was beat.
Your silence on this matter has been noted.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
12:00 pm
Getalife
Nope. The intelligent policy from Mitt versus four more years of stupidity.
It’s downright sexy.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
12:01 pm
Ok, it’s Sunday
More fun things to do than blowing time on blog
I’m outta here
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 21st, 2012
12:02 pm
More fun things to do than blowing time on blog
I’m outta here
Brand new sock-puppet in 3…2…1….
Mighty Righty
October 21st, 2012
12:02 pm
They BOTH suck
Prior to Obama, all of our presidents took to heart the Harry Truman slogan of “The BUck Stops Here”. I have news for you: All Agencies of the Fedeeral government are members of the “Administration” and he is directly responsible for them. This is particularly true of the defense of the nation where he is the “Commander in Chief”. The consulate in Benghazi is U.S. territory and it was under attack. Either Obama knew and was incompetent or worse he was sleeping at the switch and didn’t know. Either way he simply cannot remain in charge.
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
12:02 pm
I would much rather lose to Alabama in a conference championship game than lose to Florida at all.
I would love to see Georgia wipe Florida off the map, personally. There are two teams that I have little to no love for in the SEC, and they are Auburn and Florida.
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They BOTH
Two weeks from now will tell the tale. Les Miles only has 2 losses at night in Death Valley. I’m hoping we give him his hat trick.
getalife
October 21st, 2012
12:06 pm
It’s the recruiting most of the Louisiana high school football stars chose Alabama.
Not sure how he does it but he did it at LSU too.
getalife
October 21st, 2012
12:09 pm
jm,
mitt is sexy?
Too sexy for his shirt?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 21st, 2012
12:15 pm
SoCo/Bro
I have no love for Ga. Tech at all and not real fond of Auburn either, but I am embarrassed for the both of them this year.
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
12:24 pm
Kam
I really feel bad for Auburn. To be two years out from a championship team and losing like that will put Chizik on a very short plank to walk.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
12:55 pm
Just say NO to the November 6 Charter School Amendment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ACS4PgDFA
getalife
October 21st, 2012
1:04 pm
“Protesters Storm Lebanese Government Headquarters”
That was quick.
getalife
October 21st, 2012
1:16 pm
“Endorsement
Obama for president” LA Times.
paulo977
October 21st, 2012
1:17 pm
Fred …”NOW we have the Republicans with their money grab of our local school money so they can give THAT cash to their buddies after skimming off the top. ”
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Even some of my teacher friends voted yes! They have no idea what it means!!! Pathetic!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
1:24 pm
The consulate in Benghazi is U.S. territory and it was under attack. Either Obama knew and was incompetent or worse he was sleeping at the switch and didn’t know. Either way he simply cannot remain in charge.
Let me answer this with a Rudyism: 9/11
getalife
October 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
“obl determined to strike”
A noun, a verb and 9/11.
weetamoe
October 21st, 2012
1:34 pm
Not a race baiter? before the 2002 mid-term elections. * If you vote republican black churches will burn!!* After the 2002 midtem elections; *They comin for the childern; they comin for the old people; they comin for the poor…*
Just before the house vote on Obamacare, an unnecessary strut led by Pelosi and accompanied by Cleaver just salivating for a *disrespectful* word or gesture. And that was the only saliva drooled, since the claim of someone spitting was proved false over and over.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
1:37 pm
since the claim of someone spitting was proved false over and over.
Not intended to be an actual factual statement….
getalife
October 21st, 2012
1:42 pm
weet,
cons spit when they yell because they foam at the moth.
Unhinged.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
1:44 pm
Getalife
Smart policy s sexy
So yes
Jm
October 21st, 2012
1:46 pm
Nice walk
6 Romney signs
3 Obama signs
getalife
October 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
mouth.
getalife
October 21st, 2012
2:02 pm
mitt’s lover jm is back.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
2:18 pm
Getalife
Your attacks are as shallow as the Obama campaign’s attacks against Mitt
Big bird, romnesia, please
The Obama campaign is running on fumes
bman
October 21st, 2012
2:35 pm
Jm .. .. I think you need to prepare yourself for a Romney/Ryan loss. Unless something unexpected happens during the last debate, it will remain a close race.
I just don’t see how Romney can win.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:36 pm
“I really feel bad for Auburn. To be two years out from a championship team and losing like that will put Chizik on a very short plank to walk.”
They won’t fire him. They can’t afford to buy him out.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:38 pm
“McCain voters defecting to Obama are older white males.”
The article said that it was 5% of old white men. Not exactly a lot of people.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
“I look to see Elizabeth Warren as the first Dem running for president.”
Dances with liars will not win anything since she’s a liar and a fraud.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
2:40 pm
Bman
Yes it’s close and Obama still has the upper hand
But Romney now has a real fighting chance
I’d say 55% Obama 45% Romney chance of winning, for now
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:41 pm
“Obama for president” LA Times.”
What a shocker that is. Hey, maybe the NYT will also endorse him. I’m on edge right now. Like seriously.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:42 pm
“I think you need to prepare yourself for a Romney/Ryan loss. ”
Then prepare for the country to go bankrupt. Have fun with that one.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:43 pm
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like the slut can’t draw a crowd.
Sandra Fluke, the woman at the center of a media firestorm earlier this year after Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut,” spoke Saturday in front of about 10 people at the Sak ‘N Save in north Reno.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20121020/NEWS19/310200053/Fluke-takes-center-stage-Reno
bman
October 21st, 2012
2:52 pm
10 people? Are you sure those people weren’t there in line early for black Friday shopping at the sake n save?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
2:53 pm
huh sure do like to toss out those insults against women that scare the little kiddie because they have use their brains and not childishness…. Typical right conned wingnut
Jay
October 21st, 2012
2:54 pm
“HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks like the slut can’t draw a crowd.
I suspect — and I would hope — that your mother taught you better manners than that, and would be ashamed to see you talk that way.
And no, I’m not kidding.
bman
October 21st, 2012
2:56 pm
Mister Bookman is always close by….
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
2:57 pm
I suspect — and I would hope — that your mother taught you better manners than that, and would be ashamed to see you talk that way.
And exactly when has that ever stopped anybody from posting crap like that?
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:58 pm
“I suspect — and I would hope — that your mother taught you better manners than that, and would be ashamed to see you talk that way.”
Bookman, the woman, who goes/went to a 40 grand a year university, was crying to congress about how she and her friends could not afford birth control.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
2:59 pm
“do like to toss out those insults against women”
Sandra Fluke is one woman, Keep. Try to “keep” up.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:00 pm
“And exactly when has that ever stopped anybody from posting crap like that?”
What crap, bro? Are you just upset that I called her what she really is?
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
Jm
Right now it’s anybodies game. Obama has lost a lot of ground over the last few weeks and Romney has made major gains.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
huh… your misogyny is against all women, kiddie….
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:01 pm
I guess we’ll have to start calling Rep. Issa by his new name… Rep. Darrell “Julian Assange” Issa. Boy, these idiots have no shame in anything they do in order to “get the evil Democrats”. We don’t have to worry about foreign enemies nearly as much as the domestic ones.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/19/issa_s_benghazi_document_dump_exposes_several_libyans_working_with_the_us
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) compromised the identities of several Libyans working with the U.S. government and placed their lives in danger when he released reams of State Department communications Friday, according to Obama administration officials.
Issa posted 166 pages of sensitive but unclassified State Department communications related to Libya on the committee’s website afternoon as part of his effort to investigate security failures and expose contradictions in the administration’s statements regarding the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi that resulted in the death of Amb. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
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But Issa didn’t bother to redact the names of Libyan civilians and local leaders mentioned in the cables, and just as with the WikiLeaks dump of State Department cables last year, the administration says that Issa has done damage to U.S. efforts to work with those Libyans and exposed them to physical danger from the very groups that had an interest in attacking the U.S. consulate.
“Much like WikiLeaks, when you dump a bunch of documents into the ether, there are a lot of unintended consequences,” an administration official told The Cable Friday afternoon. “This does damage to the individuals because they are named, danger to security cooperation because these are militias and groups that we work with and that is now well known, and danger to the investigation, because these people could help us down the road.”
I wonder if there will be equal outrage over this as there was with the Wikileaks stuff. I seriously doubt it though.
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:03 pm
What crap, bro? Are you just upset that I called her what she really is?
Unless you or your best friend are f**king her, you don’t have a clue as to what she really is. As I said, crap. Unsubstantiated, regurgitated Rush Limbaugh crap!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:04 pm
Bro, I am certain that the cons will call for an investigation and prosecution just like they have don’t for other “leaks”
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:04 pm
“your misogyny is against all women, kiddie”
No not really. Just because you say so doesn’t mean it’s true.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:05 pm
“Unless you or your best friend are f**king her, you don’t have a clue as to what she really is.”
Nice language there, Bro. Stay classy.
Anyone who goes and cries to congress because they want taxpayers to pay for their birth control is a slut in my view. Especially since she went to a very expensive university.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:06 pm
Mitt Romney: The Great Deformer
Is Romney really a job creator? Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, takes a scalpel to the claims.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/14/david-stockman-mitt-romney-and-the-bain-drain.html
Skip
October 21st, 2012
3:06 pm
The fact that she never spoke about birth control for herself remains lost on these clowns.
bman
October 21st, 2012
3:06 pm
Sandra Fluke is attempting to take advantage of her popularity. Which, by the way, isn’t so good. It sickens me when people do that…
One of the Penn State/Sandusky victims is writing a book with his mom and shrink. On top of probably getting millions…amazing
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
Huh 3:01 agreed
And your points about fluke make her a hypocrite and fan of big gov
But not a slut
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
“I suspect — and I would hope — that your mother taught you better manners than that, and would be ashamed to see you talk that way.”
Not that I agree with using the word “slut” to characterize the woman, BUT I find it ironic how Jay plays MOTHER GOOSE except for when his comrades like “Code Pink”… or say “Occupy Wall Street” show their arses. OWS was defecating, having sex, doing drugs, and yelling obscenities in-front of children on their way to school, etc.
By the way, Great Halloween Parade in Little 5 Points yesterday!
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
“One of the Penn State/Sandusky victims is writing a book with his mom and shrink. ”
Penn State will always have a horrible stench. The lawsuits will fly and they’ll end up having to shut the school down.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:08 pm
Stay classy.
In all its irony considering the exchange, that has got to be the funniest post of the day. I feel bad, however, I usually don’t laugh AT the brain challenged like Huh.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:08 pm
Bro 2:57
One can always hope and expect a higher quality of dialogue
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:08 pm
USMC
They had no problem calling Palin’s daughter a slut.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:09 pm
Jm
Fluke is an angry person. I watched her speech and it was like watching a train wreck.
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:11 pm
“They had no problem calling Palin’s daughter a slut.”
Great point!
Palin’s daughter was a TEENAGER at the time and JAY “MISS MANNERS” BOOKMAN looked the other way.
But are we really surprised?
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:14 pm
Palin’s daughter was a TEENAGER at the time and JAY “MISS MANNERS” BOOKMAN looked the other way.
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Does anyone know if she ever got her GED?
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:14 pm
“Anyone who goes and cries to congress because they want taxpayers to pay for their birth control is a slut in my view.”
An idiot perhaps, but not necessarily a slut
The only thing I find funny is that anyone cares what she has to say, given she’s not expert on anything
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:14 pm
They had no problem calling Palin’s daughter a slut
Who is this imaginary “they”? I realize there are no clouds outside right now huh. I would suggest you direct yourself to the empty chair with your angry misogyny and lies…. Are you capable of intelligent posting?
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:15 pm
“I feel bad, however, I usually don’t laugh AT the brain challenged like Huh.”–Keep up the fight
Says the moron who votes for DemocRats with a Socialist Agenda.
The typical DemocRat voter…. Real Intelligent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
Go Navy
October 21st, 2012
3:17 pm
。☆ 。☆。☆
★。＼｜／。★
Obama 4 MORE
–Deal with it TroIIs–
★。／｜＼。★
。☆。 。☆。
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:17 pm
“Does anyone know if she ever got her GED?’– Ronnie Reagan
I don’t know, but I bet she makes more money than you do.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
Look if they’re going to give away birth control, I just can’t wait until some guys form a “taxpayers for Viagra” group
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:18 pm
Now now USMC…name calling will get you banned but you and Huh continue to show us those classy insults.
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:19 pm
。☆ 。☆。☆
★。＼｜／。★
Romney Wins 2012!
–Deal with it Rats–
★。／｜＼。★
。☆。 。☆。
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:20 pm
I don’t know, but I bet she makes more money than you do.
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Probably. If I had the skills that her mother has to fool all you backwoods Repubs into believing that Sarah Palin was qualified to be VP of the U.S. I would be rolling in dough now too!! Keep on believing Gomer Pyle.
Skip
October 21st, 2012
3:21 pm
So huh is a Sandra stalker?
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:22 pm
“Now now USMC…name calling will get you banned but you and Huh continue to show us those classy insults.”–Keep
Yeah you have a point there, Jay has such a Double Standard. He lets his LITTLE Pets attack all they want but bans conservatives that dare to attack back.
Go Navy
October 21st, 2012
3:22 pm
USMC feel free to use my logo as many times as you wish…no problem…while you are at it, I need you to shine my boots too!!
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:22 pm
Nice language there, Bro. Stay classy.
I’m simply following your lead. After all, you’re the one who brought up the topic anyway. Isn’t that what sluts do?
Anyone who goes and cries to congress because they want taxpayers to pay for their birth control is a slut in my view.
And when you have to repeatedly lie to make your point, you repeatedly don’t have a point to make.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:23 pm
“Who is this imaginary “they”? I realize there are no clouds outside right now huh. I would suggest you direct yourself to the empty chair with your angry misogyny and lies…. Are you capable of intelligent posting?”
The small chihuahua is nipping at my ankles.
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:24 pm
“Probably. If I had the skills that her mother has to fool all you backwoods Repubs into believing that Sarah Palin was qualified to be VP of the U.S. I would be rolling in dough now too!! Keep on believing Gomer Pyle.”–Ronnie Reagan
No Ronnie, you just need to get off of your couch and quit collecting Welfare. You can do it.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:24 pm
“So huh is a Sandra stalker?”
She’s too ugly and angry for me.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:24 pm
Taxpayers for Fun platform:
Free Viagra and birth control
Free pot
Free booze
No speed limits
No noise ordinances
Legal prostitution
No anti polygamy laws
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:25 pm
One can always hope and expect a higher quality of dialogue
jm
Expecting that here is as futile as expecting to stay dry while standing on the beach during a Cat 5 hurricane.
Common Sense isn't very Common
October 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
Bro
I always thought you were a gigalo, but i didn’t think you gave it up for free.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
“name calling will get you banned but you and Huh continue to show us those classy insults.”
Keep better take his own advice.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
Bro 3:22
No need to race to the bottom of the barrel
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:26 pm
Keep @ 3:04
If you believe that, I have some prime beachfront property in Calgary, Canada that you might wanna invest in.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:27 pm
“And when you have to repeatedly lie to make your point, you repeatedly don’t have a point to make.”
What did I lie about?
Common Sense isn't very Common
October 21st, 2012
3:28 pm
jm
no poligamy laws WTF. How many MIL’s do you want?????
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:29 pm
No need to race to the bottom of the barrel
Simply following the examples of the “God-fearing, highly educated, highly compensated, more patriotic Americans” that are the American Conservatives.
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NoCom
Never for free. I am very high dollar.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:29 pm
Palin ain’t got nothing on Joe “plagiarizer” Biden.
“Stand up, Chuck!” – Joe said to the guy in a wheelchair.
“How many of you served in Iraq? Now how many in Iran?” – Joe to a crowd of people.
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:29 pm
Bro 3:25 understood
I’m not expecting it
Jm
October 21st, 2012
3:31 pm
Common
Dude 1 is my limit
But to each their own
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:32 pm
Sarah Palin..I can see Benghazi from my back porch..YOU BETCHA
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 21st, 2012
3:34 pm
“Fairness is the enemy of rightness…fairness is not a biblical value, fairness ended in the Garden of Eden.”
Andy Stanley
Brosephus™
October 21st, 2012
3:36 pm
no poligamy laws WTF. How many MIL’s do you want?????
Sounds like somebody’s into S&M…
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:37 pm
Obama thinks he has the lead in 57 states.
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
Brosephus
I asked you this yesterday but never got an answer. Did you go to U of Bama? Are you from Alabama?
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:42 pm
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:39 pm
____
What high school did you graduate from? Are you from Gwinnett County?
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
Ronald Reagan Parkway
I asked Bro that because he’s a Bama fan. Nice try, though. I give you a pink sticker for at least trying to be witty.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 21st, 2012
3:43 pm
USMC
October 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
“the lame 57 states….:–Keep the fight
If GEORGE BUSH had said something this stupid, you would still be laughing!
Ronald Reagan Parkway
October 21st, 2012
3:45 pm
I asked Bro that because he’s a Bama fan. Nice try, though. I give you a pink sticker for at least trying to be witty.
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not trying to be witty..I have been surfacing this blog and was checking out your comments and I was just wondering if you are from Gwinnett or Cobb County?
HUH?????
October 21st, 2012
3:46 pm
“the lame 57 states…. Not even original, huh/doom”
I’m not sure what a “huh/doom” is but good luck with that. As for 57 states, nope not at all. It’s still as funny now as it was then. His teleprompter had a meltdown that day and could not give him the correct number of states.