http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/uptake 2008-10-12T22:49:04Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56967--obama-is-an-arab-says-mccain-volunteer-in-letters 2008-10-12T22:49:04Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8XmerZEyHE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U8XmerZEyHE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56967--obama-is-an-arab-says-mccain-volunteer-in-letters"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69250" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> Gayle Quinnel, a John McCain supporter says at a McCain Rally that "Obama is an Arab". She is quickly corrected by John McCain who takes away her microphone. This is an interview with her done by a live streaming cell phone. Interviewers include Noah Kunin, Senior Political Correspondent from The UpTake, Adam Aigner of NBC News and Dana Bash of CNN. Quinnel cited that she obtained the information on Obama being an Arab at "her local library" and from a pamphlet obtained at a local McCain campaign office (provided by a fellow volunteer not the campaign itself). She has taken it upon herself to redistribute the information as widely as possible by making copies of the pamphlet and sending it to random names in the phone book</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56967--obama-is-an-arab-says-mccain-volunteer-in-letters">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55091-re-fox-ambushes-bill-moyers 2008-10-03T12:49:47Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzWCDdR_2II&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzWCDdR_2II&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55091-re-fox-ambushes-bill-moyers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66806" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/55091-re-fox-ambushes-bill-moyers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54729-benefit-concert-for-wayne-bledsoe 2008-09-25T18:41:40Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qhX5d0Ar8os&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qhX5d0Ar8os&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54729-benefit-concert-for-wayne-bledsoe"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66380" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> This video covers a Musical Benefit for Wayne Bledsoe, hosted by The Grotto Center for Living Arts in Newburg Missouri, in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. Wayne, a bluegrass celebrity and history professor, is running for state representative, as a democrat, in one of the reddest districts in Missouri. Among the muscians featured in the video, is the award winning bluegrass Band Midnight Flight.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54729-benefit-concert-for-wayne-bledsoe">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54715-3rd-party-candidate-moving-past-fish-and-bowlers 2008-10-12T22:49:05Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QUZxEMkaYA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QUZxEMkaYA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54715-3rd-party-candidate-moving-past-fish-and-bowlers"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66366" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> David Dillon is the Independence Party candidate running in Minnesota's race for the open seat in the 3rd Congressional District. Dillon comments on the recent debates, the rationale behind his run and his deconstructed campaign merchandise. Dillon began his political life as a Democrat, became a Republican through the 1980's and under the tenure of George W. Bush has moved his affiliation to an independent.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54715-3rd-party-candidate-moving-past-fish-and-bowlers">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54707-on-suspending-campaigns-disbelief 2008-10-12T22:42:53Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c8UiW0Npbx4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c8UiW0Npbx4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54707-on-suspending-campaigns-disbelief"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66358" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> This is Sock Le Puppet with breaking campaign news. <br />Senator John McCain says he is going to suspend his Presidential campaign so he can focus on the nation's financial crisis. He has challenged Barack Obama to do the same. <br />However, John McCain did not define what "suspend" would mean.</p> <p>To help fill the this void of information, I, Sock Le Puppet offer a list of items that should also be suspended so we can all focus on this financial crisis.</p> <p>First : Sex. You can't think about money when you're having sex. Unless of course you're being paid for it.</p> <p>Next: Mortgage payments. Isn't this what started this whole mess anyway? Give the consumers a "banking holiday" and get on with it.</p> <p>Third: Disbelief. The suspension of disbelief is important for any entertainment presentation. And what is politics but entertainment? Or as some washed up actor put it... watching Sarah Palin run for president is like a "Bad Disney Movie". We must suspend disbelief in our government's inability to control the economy. We should forget that the deregulation of the past 30 years has left our government powerless and given all the power to the world corporations. if this is so important to the economy why the fuck aren't Coke, Pepsi and Microsoft proposing a bailout for financial firms?</p> <p>Next we have a list of things that have already been suspended: <br />Habeas Corpus - <br />The right to free speech, <br />The right to assemble <br />And of course Vikings starting left tackle Bryant McKinnie for fighting outside a Miami Bar.</p> <p>Do we miss any of these things? I only have to point to the debacle of journalists' arrests at the Republican National Convention to confirm this was a bad thing. That and the Vikings started out their season oh and two without McKinnie.</p> <p>For those and many reasons... suspending the things we depend on whether it is civil rights, a left tackle or a political campaign is BULLSHIT.</p> <p>This is Sock Le Puppet.</p> <p>Goodnight.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54707-on-suspending-campaigns-disbelief">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54536-kissing-kissinger 2008-10-12T22:49:05Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V3QVPbWt-fs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V3QVPbWt-fs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54536-kissing-kissinger"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66164" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> <br />Citizen Kate runs into Henry Kissinger at the Republican National Convention and gets his "kiss" of approval. Kate says: "I can't believe it. I went to John McCain's hotel the day of his speech at the RNC to have lunch with Cindy McCain and in hopes to meet the maverick himself. Instead, I met a really old time political leader, Henry Kissinger. He may be old, but he's hard to catch up with. Kissinger is a man who has been around for world leaders for decades. Seriously, he's been around the block. Kissinger helped Nixon open the door to China. Now he's helping Sarah Palin understand the world. She hasn't been outside the US that much. But who needs to travel to foreign countries when you have Kissinger in your corner? Note to self: Peace and hugs and kisses can change the world. Well, at least it's a start. "</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54536-kissing-kissinger">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54212-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons 2008-10-12T22:42:54Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VppfmsLAJy8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VppfmsLAJy8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54212-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65787" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Medics from the North Star Health Collective, who tended to injured protesters, police and media point out that less lethal weapons have maimed and killed people in the past. Garth Kahl, EMT and volunteer firefighter, claims the actions of the police using these weapons often "exacerbated" the situation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54212-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54200-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons-at-the-rnc 2008-10-12T22:49:05Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3eNjGjXP1A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3eNjGjXP1A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54200-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons-at-the-rnc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65774" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Medics from the North Star Health Collective, who tended to injured protesters, police and media point out that less lethal weapons have maimed and killed people in the past. Garth Kahl, EMT and volunteer firefighter, claims the actions of the police using these weapons often "exacerbated" the situation.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54200-medics-question-use-of-less-lethal-weapons-at-the-rnc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53945-mccain-supporter-iranians-don-t-want-peace 2008-10-12T22:49:06Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eF6hDC5Iw-k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eF6hDC5Iw-k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53945-mccain-supporter-iranians-don-t-want-peace"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65463" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> A McCain supporter confronts peace activists outside of the John McCain Rally in Blaine, Minnesota. The McCain supporter claims that Iranians do not want peace.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53945-mccain-supporter-iranians-don-t-want-peace">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53944--let-our-men-die-for-nothing-great-idea-mccain-supporter 2008-10-12T22:49:05Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuuJK4UMQIc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iuuJK4UMQIc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53944--let-our-men-die-for-nothing-great-idea-mccain-supporter"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65462" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> <br />In response to a "stop the war" sign outside of the John McCain Rally in Blaine, Minnesota a McCain supporter sarcastically says "End the war. Let our men die for nothing. Great idea." The supporter was carrying a sign that read "Obama's NOT fooling this teen. I vote John McCain."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53944--let-our-men-die-for-nothing-great-idea-mccain-supporter">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53943-anti-mccain-palin-signs-and-protesters-at-mccain-rally 2008-10-12T22:49:05Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-fmodqZX1nk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-fmodqZX1nk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53943-anti-mccain-palin-signs-and-protesters-at-mccain-rally"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65461" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Protesters creatively jumped on Sarah Palin's image as a "hockey mom" and her "lipstick on a pitbull" joke to express themselves at a rally for John McCain in Blaine, Minnesota. Signs included: "Hockey Dads Against Incompetence" , "McChange = McSame", and "Read my lipstick,end the war"</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53943-anti-mccain-palin-signs-and-protesters-at-mccain-rally">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53796-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc 2008-10-12T22:49:06Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SLEpZaLBZWg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SLEpZaLBZWg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53796-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65284" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman spoke at a recent fundraiser for his reelection campaign. In his speech, he reflects on the RNC, in what he calls a "tough week" and "one of the scariest moments of [his life."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53796-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53769-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc 2008-10-12T22:42:54Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDd9o0WX7i4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CDd9o0WX7i4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53769-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65251" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman spoke at a recent fundraiser for his reelection campaign. In his speech, he reflects on the RNC, in what he calls a "tough week" and "one of the scariest moments of [his life."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53769-a-tough-week-mayor-chris-coleman-on-the-rnc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53610-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace 2008-10-12T22:42:54Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0U2IZAD2hek&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0U2IZAD2hek&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53610-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65067" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Citizen Kate found herself in the middle of a protest during the RNC in St. Paul. She interviews protesters and members of the National Lawyer Guild, and discovers the key to staying out of cuffs: your wardrobe.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53610-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53605-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace 2008-10-12T22:49:06Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tzU2ppm3mU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tzU2ppm3mU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53605-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65062" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Citizen Kate found herself in the middle of a protest during the RNC in St. Paul. She interviews protesters and members of the National Lawyer Guild, and discovers the key to staying out of cuffs: your wardrobe.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53605-citizen-kate-stars-stripes-and-mace">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53004-faux-france-report-what-s-wrong-with-america 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yvG2A365fV0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yvG2A365fV0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53004-faux-france-report-what-s-wrong-with-america"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64306" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> The UpTake's Sock LePuppet travels to a secret undisclosed location that sort of looks like Paris to ask Faux-Franceans what is wrong with America.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53004-faux-france-report-what-s-wrong-with-america">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53003-alaska-delegate-sticks-to-the-palin-script 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7P2rtlufQnw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7P2rtlufQnw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53003-alaska-delegate-sticks-to-the-palin-script"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64305" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> "A real Alaska woman" is how Alaskan Republican delegate Pat Fink describes Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Fink says she like's Palin's honesty. Of course this was at the Republican National Convention before several of the claims Palin made in her acceptance speech were debunked by factcheck.org.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53003-alaska-delegate-sticks-to-the-palin-script">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52890-mccain-supporter-president-obama-weak-country 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWU7Y9aNKR0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tWU7Y9aNKR0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52890-mccain-supporter-president-obama-weak-country"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64151" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> You might expect delegates to the Republican National Convention to give their Presidential nominee high ratings for his acceptance speech. The UpTake's Mike McIntee interviewed delegates and found there are varied reasons for supporting McCain, and some of them have more to do with his running mate than McCain himself.</p> <p>We also get analysis of McCain’s speech from a media consultant who says the Senator spoke too much about Hanoi and not enough about the economy and solutions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52890-mccain-supporter-president-obama-weak-country">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52889-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bM72kEfNIH8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bM72kEfNIH8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52889-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64150" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Phylis Schlafly, best known for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s is very happy with Senator John McCain as the Republican Party nominee for President. At the recent Republican National Convention she gives The UpTake a review of McCain's acceptance speech</p> <p>Says Schlafly about McCain "I know he's for our country. I'm not so sure about his opponent"</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52889-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52887-mccain-supporter-obama-weak-country 2008-10-12T22:49:07Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d85oBGgXyEs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d85oBGgXyEs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52887-mccain-supporter-obama-weak-country"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64149" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> You might expect delegates to the Republican National Convention to give their Presidential nominee high ratings for his acceptance speech. The UpTake's Mike McIntee interviewed delegates and found there are varied reasons for supporting McCain, and some of them have more to do with his running mate than McCain himself.</p> <p>We also get analysis of McCain’s speech from a media consultant who says the Senator spoke too much about Hanoi and not enough about the economy and solutions.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52887-mccain-supporter-obama-weak-country">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52886-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism 2008-10-12T22:49:07Z Veracifier <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqfo_BWo0rM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kqfo_BWo0rM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52886-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64148" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Phylis Schlafly, best known for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s is very happy with Senator John McCain as the Republican Party nominee for President. At the recent Republican National Convention she gives The UpTake a review of McCain's acceptance speech</p> <p>Says Schlafly about McCain "I know he's for our country. I'm not so sure about his opponent."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52886-era-opponent-questions-obama-s-patriotism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52784-fairy-tale-media-stories-with-sock-le-puppet 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fUKT7SSJSyw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fUKT7SSJSyw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52784-fairy-tale-media-stories-with-sock-le-puppet"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64028" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> The UpTake's roving Correspondent/Commentator Sock Le Puppet travels to an appropriate location to talk about the reliability of corporate media reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52784-fairy-tale-media-stories-with-sock-le-puppet">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52178-escaping-the-rnc-a-chuckumentary 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-zwD_ZHPmEQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-zwD_ZHPmEQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52178-escaping-the-rnc-a-chuckumentary"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63311" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Chuck Olsen, a seasoned veteran of political coverage and documenting events, managed to make it through the final day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN unscathed.</p> <p>This, however, was not accomplished without some serious maneuvering. From gas canisters to riot police storming parking lots and shouting, "Get out of the ****ing card and run", our man on the streets, Chuck Olsen, had a very busy day. These are the people that he met and the dangers that he encountered on his journey. This is how Chuck and his friends from the Uptake escaped the RNC.</p> <p>Please note: this is video shot from a live streaming cell phone camera.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52178-escaping-the-rnc-a-chuckumentary">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52163-bridge-blockade-at-the-rnc 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Vx-z399Ufw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Vx-z399Ufw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52163-bridge-blockade-at-the-rnc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63295" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> Protesters were prevented from marching on the Xcel Energy Center on the evening of John McCain's Republican Nomination acceptance speech by a growing mass of police in St. Paul, Minnesota today. The Uptake's Corrine McDermid was there on the ground documenting the tension, the frustration, and the spirit of those protesters.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52163-bridge-blockade-at-the-rnc">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52162-buckets-of-urine-activists-explanation 2008-10-12T22:42:55Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dRSty9eh9jM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dRSty9eh9jM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52162-buckets-of-urine-activists-explanation"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63294" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org.">www.theuptake.org.</a> "Buckets of urine" were listed on several of the warrants used to search homes of people with connections to planners of protests at the Republican National Convention. One of the protest planners is the RNC Welcoming Committee. One of its members explains his theory why police had that on their list and talks about what police found.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52162-buckets-of-urine-activists-explanation">Watch the video</a>