{"id":6292,"date":"2010-08-11T01:50:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T06:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6292"},"modified":"2010-08-21T02:26:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-21T07:26:40","slug":"music_video_fac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/11\/music_video_fac\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Video faceoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have two videos for your viewing <strong>pleasure<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the total wingnut corner we have this &#8220;patriotic&#8221; anthem by Trade Martin making the rounds in conservative circles.  It reminds us why <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2010\/08\/obama-number-of-college-graduates-must-be-increased.html\" target=_blank>graduating from college is so important<\/a> in the modern day:<\/p>\n\n<p>&lt;<\/p>\n\n<p>p>\n<center><object width=480 height=385><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/okoN5xl0x_w&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\n<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/okoN5xl0x_w&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n\n<p>&lt;<\/p>\n\n<p>p>And in the opposing corner we have this video by Malini Sur, a surgery resident \/ singer songwriter in New York:<\/p>\n\n<p>&lt;<\/p>\n\n<p>p>\n<center><object width=480 height=385><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/33a5L8GV-W0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\n<embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/33a5L8GV-W0&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n\n<div align=left><\/div>\n\n<div align=left>I read a nice quote on blogger <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2010\/08\/jefferson-on-the-toleration-of-islam.html\" target=_blank>Andrew Sullivan&#8217;s<\/a> site yesterday:<\/div>\n\n<div align=left><\/div>\n\n<blockquote>&#8220;[When] the [Virginia] bill for establishing religious freedom&#8230; was finally passed,&#8230; a singular proposition proved that its protection of opinion was meant to be universal. Where the preamble declares that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed, by inserting the word &#8220;Jesus Christ,&#8221; so that it should read &#8220;a departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion.&#8221; The insertion was rejected by a great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend within the mantle <font style=\"background-color: #ffd2bd\"><span class=rp_highlight>of its protection the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mohammedan\" target=_blank>Mahometan<\/a>, the Hindoo and infidel of every denomination<\/span><\/font>.&#8221; &#8211;Thomas Jefferson: Autobiography, 1821. ME 1:67 [<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/etext.virginia.edu\/jefferson\/quotations\/jeff1650.htm\" target=_blank>Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n<p align=left>Well, I guess there was a good reason why the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aolnews.com\/nation\/article\/texas-removes-thomas-jefferson-from-teaching-standard\/19397481\" target=_blank>conservative school board in Texas decided to expunge Jefferson from textbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have two videos for your viewing pleasure today. In the total wingnut corner we have this &#8220;patriotic&#8221; anthem by Trade Martin making the rounds in conservative circles. 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