Lately, when I get bored with my Netflix queue and the random movies that I don’t even remember choosing, I have gotten in the habit of finding documentaries to break up the rotation. Here are some that I have seen recently with a political leaning to them. You may have already seen many of them, but I bet not all! Click the title to see the full description and if you are a Netflix member, throw it on your queue while you wait for Borat to come out.
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
No one would argue that John Lennon was one of the most influential musicians of all time, but I never realized how much influence his activism had over the people, forcing governments to react.
This Film is Not Yet Rated
The bureaucracy and secrecy of the MPAA.
An Inconvenient Truth
If you haven’t seen this, where have you been?
Who Killed the Electric Car?
This one is just sad.
Howard Zinn: You can’t be Neutral on a Moving Train
Should have been titled “you can’t be Neutral on a Moving BUS!” Zinn is an Anti-war activist and author of A People’s History of the United States
Why We Fight
The U.S. obsession with war.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
A bit dated now, but still an amazing account of greed gone bad.
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices
Don’t get me started…Don’t EVEN get me started!
Unconstitutional
How sweet is the Patriot Act? This movie will tell you. Some great cameos by our own Peter DeFazio!
Updated recommendations from James:
Dixie Chicks-Shut up and Sing
The Agronomist
French presidential candidate takes one out of the Bus Project with his 6 E’s platform:
His programme is designed to appeal across the political
spectrum, focusing on what he calls the “six Es” - employment, the
environment, education, the economy, exclusion and Europe.
Well, I guess they weren’t clever enough to come up with “‘Ealth care”, but the way they spell “programme” makes up for it.
Exclusion sounds pretty bad. I’m sure the Bus is against that!
-thanks to Timothy Sutton for the tip.
Change a bulb. Change Everything.
This is a nice thought and more true than you might think!
Yahoo has started up a tracking system for the energy efficient light bulbs and how they are having an impact.
I just got my first 8 pack at Costco and can’t wait for my old bulbs to burn out. Heck with it! They’re going away anyway!
I first heard about this a while back when bloggers started a push for this. Some friends of mine joined in!
Check out the stats for Eugene, OR here!
It seems like just yesterday when I was up in the woods behind Laurelwood golf course, hearing paintballs whizzing past my head, only to look up in a tree and see Chris Edwards picking off my teammates with his slingshot. I hope that he hasn’t changed now that he has entered the world of State politics.
It is a refreshing sight to see the young blood taking over up in Salem…look out, because The Lane Bus Project is about to start releasing press…
The Lane Bus Project
For Immediate Release
February 13, 2007
NEWS RELEASE
“Chris Edwards and the Oregon House bring much-needed youthfulness to politics”
Oregon House district 14, which comprises West Eugene, Santa Clara, Junction City, Cheshire, and Alvadore, has a new representative. Chris Edwards, a Democrat and fifth-generation Oregonian, is one of five members of the Oregon House of Representatives under the age of 35 elected last November.
With some of the highest youth voter turnout levels in the nation in the 2004 and 2006 elections, it may not be a surprise that Oregon has one of the youngest legislative bodies in the nation. The Edwards campaign was supported at a grassroots level by the Bus Project, a local organization looking to make Oregon a progressive model for the rest of the country.
Before beginning his political career, Edwards received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Oregon State University, where he served in student government. After graduation he spent time managing his family’s forest products business where he learned firsthand about the struggle of Oregon’s working families.
Edwards serves on three legislative committees: Business and Labor, the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government, and is the vice chair of Government Accountability and Information Technology. His top legislative priorities include maximizing government efficiency and accountability, implementing pragmatic healthcare solutions, and improving public schools for all of Oregon’s children.
Edwards is currently working to address the needs of Oregon’s senior citizens, fighting forced annexation, and advocating for mobile home residents. In January Edwards called on his fellow representatives to pass House Bill 2096, which would protect the state’s 1,300 manufactured home parks and their residents from displacement and competition with developers.
Born in Roseburg, Edwards spent several years in Bandon before his family moved to Eugene, where he attended middle and high school. He and his wife of eight years, Ali, have a son, Simon, and a dog, Lily.
Contact: Branden Johnson
Lane Bus Public Relations Intern
branden.johnson@busproject.org
(541) 954-9533
Don’t miss Chris at his townhall meeting at the Irving Grange this Saturday to find out more.
