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Bill Marriott on Proposition 8

Nov 23rd, 2008

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Bill Marriott on Proposition 8

What are your views on Marriott’s Public statement. Visit his blog and let him know.

Lame Ducks

Nov 20th, 2008

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The Post-Season Parade - Lame Ducks - Wikipedia - The lame ducks depicted in this Clifford K. Berryman cartoon are defeated Democrats heading to the White House hoping to secure political appointments from then President Woodrow Wilson.

VOTE! Early Election Turn-out in Flatbush Produces Long Lines & Hope

Nov 4th, 2008

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After arriving at my polling place at 6:15AM on P.S. 269 on Nostrand & Newkirk Avenues, I realized I should have set my alarm clock for an earlier time (and should NOT have played the snooze button twice) because the line stretched around the block all the way past New York Avenue. Talk was hopeful on the line but my hopes were dashed as I got to my election district’s line since the machine was inoperable and I had to fill out a paper ballot. Something about pulling the handle across, clicking the keys and pulling the handle back again that is so aurally and physically satisfying. Didn’t need to videotape this so I photographed it.

Long lines on election day - Nostrand Avenue - Flatbush - © Frank H. Jump

Line to polling place on Nostrand Avenue stretching around the block, around the park, and past New York Avenue © Frank H. Jump

Go Obama! Union City, NJ

Nov 3rd, 2008

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J.F.Kennedy Blvd - © Frank H. Jump

Writing on the Wall – Campus Progress dot org – Book Review

Nov 1st, 2008

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A new academic book on graffiti offers a far too uncritical look at the art form.

By Ben Adler
October 29, 2008

911 Graffiti Blog

A New York Transit Authority Number 1 subway car bearing the graffiti tag “Dani.” (AP Photo/NYPD)

In his review of Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York’s Urban Underground by Gregory Snyder, a sociologist and anthropologist at Baruch College in New York City – Adler asks:

So rather than attempting that, I wish that Snyder had devoted some space and energy to seriously examining questions he should have tackled: Can graffiti be harnessed as a force for social change? Do political pieces like this one [photo above] awaken the minds of the disengaged?