7 posts tagged “donate”

I decided to upload an incomplete version of my little Obama video to YouTube just so it could get more views. I really want Obama to be our next president, and I get a little worried that people will think he is going to win and feel like they do not have to do anything to support him. I hope he does win, but I will be holding my breath until election night. I just hope everyone goes out and votes! I think the better the turnout, the better chances he has to win.

Here is the incomplete video of Obama in Red and Blue ...

It is incomplete because YouTube videos can only be 10 minutes long, and the song, "Rhapsody in Blue", is longer than 17 minutes.

I just got this email from Barack Obama's campaign that said you could get this shirt ...

if you donated $30 or more. That's not bad. Anyway, you can go to this link if you want to donate money and get the shirt ...

https://donate.barackobama.com/08tshirt

or you can donate money to Obama's campaign using my fundraising page ...

http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin

Every dollar counts!

Here is Obama's speech from the Democrat National Convention (last Thursday night) ...

 

M.I.A. posted a little mix she did (I think) of all her Kala songs. The mix is fun to listen to. Here it is ...

M.I.A. - Kala Mini Mix (from M.I.A.'s MySpace)

The guy in the photo with M.I.A. is Benjamin Brewer who is in a band called The Exit. His dad is Chairman and CEO of Warner Music, Edgar Brofman Jr. M.I.A. is supposedly engaged to him. The photo came from Bonafide-Hustler.com.  

Barack Obama will definitely be the Democrat nominee for the general election so that is very nice. Here is his speech from Tuesday night ...

Here is a video of a very awkward speech John McCain gave on the same day. The video shows reactions from lots of news pundits that agree he was not at his best when it came to the delivery.

Here's my link again for anyone who wants to donate to Barack Obama's (general election) campaign ...

http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin

I watched something on TV about various beneficial effects trees have on a city, and it was really fascinating how much trees can do to help a city. Here are some of the things they do ...

http://www.americanforests.org/graytogreen/energy

I think the above link just talks mainly about how trees can lower a city's electric bill, but the special I watched on TV that time showed a lot of other ways trees can help and improve a city (well, they are nice to look at for one).

Anyway, I looked up tree-planting programs in Austin to see if there were any programs in place, and of course there are (Austin is pretty nature-friendly). One that caught my eye was Tree Folks.

http://www.treefolks.org

Tree Folks helps plant trees in Austin and the surrounding area. They do other stuff besides that, but that was enough to make me want to donate some money to them. If you live in Austin, and you want to keep seeing signs of nature downtown and throughout the area, you may want to donate some money to them.

http://www.treefolks.org/store_donate.asp

I don't have that much money to donate, but I try to give a little here and there. I also donate to the Alzheimer's Association and Barack Obama's campaign.

Here is a Tori Amos song that I was listening to today. It's pretty cool (and old). The ending of it is the beginning of the song, "Horses", from her album, Boys For Pele (which was the first Tori Amos album I ever bought).

Tori Amos - Fire-Eater's Wife/Beauty Queen (demo)

 

I talked to someone recently about Caetano Veloso, Brazilian music, Marisa Monte, and Spanish music (like Shakira, Juanes, and Julieta Venegas) so I thought I would post some Caetano Veloso songs from a CD of his that I have called Noites do Norte. I am sure there are better Veloso songs out there, but I don't know them all. If anyone wants to recommend a better song from his library, by all means go ahead in the comments section. Eu falo um pouco em portugues. ;)

Here are some from the Noites do Norte album ...

I love that the title of the above song is the name of a famous Italian director, whose movie, L'Avventura, I love.

Here is the first song on the CD ...

Here is the second song from the album. I can't leave it out because it's very pretty. I used to play this song while driving back from lunch to my job, and I remember passing under the canopy of the trees while little bits of sunlight broke through the green leaves. It was a magical moment. Ha! I ususally don't talk like that. It's moments like those that make me want to travel more, but it's too damn expensive!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/obama.richardson/index.html

Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico, endorsed Barack Obama today. I think the endorsement is a big deal because a lot of people like Gov. Richardson and will respect what he has to say. I think John Edwards should endorse Obama, too. I don't know when that will happen, though.

Also, I found this video on YouTube, where the young girl from Hillary's 3 am phone call ad says that she is for Obama, not Hillary.

I am posting this link again in case anyone wants to donate to Obama's campaign ...

http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin

Also, here is my goofy YouTube video (again) of Barack Obama images set to the Deee-Lite song, "Vote Baby Vote". It's rather amateurish, but I love it when it gets views. ;)

I am usually pretty apolitical, but there's something about Barack Obama that I really like. I decided to create a fund raising page using tools from MyBarackObama.com. If you like Barack, too, and you feel like donating some money to his campaign, head on over to my page at http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/markinaustin.

Here is a video where singers/celebrities sing along to one of Barack's speeches ...