More wonderful election activism

Declare Yourself - some fantastic PSAs encouraging voter registration and participation

I found BagNewsNotes, a lefty politics blog, through Juan Cole, who writes Informed Comment, a blog about the Middle East, History, and Religion. Both are recommended. From BagNews, I found Bushout.tv.

Funny synchronicity moment. On Bushout, I found out that Errol Morris has made some ads for MoveOn, the best of which (chosen by viewers) will be aired during the Republican convention later this month. Earlier this morning, I happened to see a listing for A Short History of Errol Morris on IFC or the Sundance Channel (can't remember which) and set my DVR to record it. Morris came to national attention as a documentary filmmaker when he released The Thin Blue Line, a doc about the murder of a Texas police officer during a traffic stop. The man convicted and sentenced to death for that crime ended up being innocent (and was released), and the real killer was revealed after the case was reopened subsequent to the film's premiere. Morris also made (and won an Oscar for, if I'm not mistaken) The Fog of War, a documentary about Vietnam from the perspective of Robert McNamara, the SecDef under Kennedy and Johnson.

From Declare Yourself I also found out Kevin Smith directed some election-themed PSAs that will run on Comedy Central.

Ain't the 'Net grand?