Kid Politik

Two cool pieces of kid political media this morning.

First, via my sister who runs a program for kid media literacy and digital video production in Oregon, some adorable blazer-d Ron Clark Academy kids covering T.I.’s “Whatever You Like”

Second, via Wonkette, intrepid kid reporter adorably interviews Joe Biden – the interview starts around 3:30, but the kid talking to the news reporter part is pretty cool, too.

I can has hope?

FROM UGGS:

I am so worn out over this election, but seeing kids involved (or at least, being reminded that their futures are involved) makes it all seem more worth fighting for.  This picture pretty much sums that up for me:

(That picture came from this amazing blog post, which quoted it from here.)

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GroupThink: Here Comes McCain Again

Noted photographer Jill Greenberg is in trouble for photoshopping outtakes from an Atlantic Monthly cover shoot featuring John McCain and publishing them on her website. (Whew! Mouthful!) Seems like Greenberg has crossed a professional line by using the detritus from a paid project to defame the subject of said project. Ya dig?

Anywho, BoingBoing has the scoop (and detailed instructions on how to view the rest of Greenberg’s pictures), but we Prerogatives thought that Jill’s pics make a perfect GroupThink (and maybe even provide a delightful visual correlary to our shamelessly leftist viewpoints). Without further ado: unleash the hounds.

CerealMom: Sarah Palin says we are ALL God’s creatures, from unborn to undead.

StyleBaby: The virginal brides file past his tomb / Strewn with time’s dead flowers / Bereft in deathly bloom / Alone in a darkened room / The count / Bela Lugosi’s dead.

MiddleChild: I don’t get it.

UglyStepSister: Here’s a haiku:

McCain drinking blood

won’t reroute our focused thought

“Hey Palin, eat shit.”

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