o hand in hand

so, i posted the howard dean techno remix in my new "stuff to look at" section (look in my column). and i did so because it's totally hilarious. and while i don't regret it, i keep reading about how these waves-of-the-future called "blogs" (kidding) have made his overly-energetic speech infamous.

in the opposite spirit, i'd like to point you all to this article from tompaine.com, about the myth of dean's downfall. i read something on john kerry today, and i think i'm still convinced that dean is a better front runner (kerry voted for the patriot act !@#!@???).

besides, isn't emotion a good thing in a candidate??? and not just in a candidate either. i think i oppose statesman-like calm in most of its manifestations. there's nothing more suspicious or condescending to me than people who never show emotion. in a certain sense, i can see the recent "news entertainment" phenomenon in a slightly positve light because of this. with al franken on one end and bill o'reilly on the other, i think people are beginning to abandon a very treasured-- and very false-- concept of "neutrality." sure, there's something terribly simplistic about how this is playing out, but i wonder if some understanding of this indeterminancy could eventually be reached, and if our relationship to media will be the better for it.

so hoot and holler, howard... just bear in mind we're gonna get creative with you.