The forum formerly known as the Video Forum is now called the POLITICAL VIDEOS forum

[Skinner]

Despite the announcement pinned at the top of the page, it is apparent that many people are still unaware that this forum is for POLITICAL videos.

We have changed the name to "POLITICAL VIDEOS" to make clear the purpose of this forum and the type of videos that we wish to see posted here. We hope that this will cut down on the amount of off-topic stuff that gets posted here.

If this forum were to become a dumping ground for everything, then there will be no point in having it at all. We might as well just put up a link to YouTube and tell everyone to go there.

Thank you for your understanding.

Skinner
DU Admin

[Catherine Vincent]

1. LOL!

Love that spanking! :)

[Skink]

2. No porn then.

:shrug:

[jgraz]

5. Just political porn

Mark Foley and a page

Rick Santorum doing his dog

KKKarl Rove and Jeff Gannon

Bush fucking the entire goddamned country.

:puke:

[Donnachaidh]

9. Bush and Condi as Rhett and Scarlett?

I'd watch that :evilgrin:

[progressoid]

10. Or any appearance by Katherine Harris on Fox

[jgraz]

11. Anybody else expecting her to put out a "Republican MILFs" video?

Seriously, what other career options does she have?

[William769]

3. Luckily I have not been smart enough to figure out how to post videos yet

I guess I'm lucky of this part.

[IndyOp]

4. B-b-b-b-b-b-but the videos of the smiling babies are SOOOO cute!

Especially the one who was falling asleep during it's haircut and you're about to become a Dad!

How could you?!?!?

:rofl:

[mr_hat]

7. And dog noses. What about dog noses?

[wryter2000]

12. Are you kidding?

I thought we had a whole forum dedicated to dog noses. :rofl:

[Elidor]

6. LOCKING

If you wish to post an actual video, please try again.















:hide:

[bridgit]

8. are issues concerning renewable energy 'political' issues? net...

neutrality? oppression of foreign peoples? oppression of american people? contemporaneous genocides? oil? 2nd amendment? consciousness? awareness? religion? the stifling of any or all three of the previous? or only what: Roll Call, KO, or the like considers to be political? :shrug: or just a flat read:

political

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po‧lit‧i‧cal  /pəˈlɪtɪkəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
2. of, pertaining to, or connected with a political party: a political campaign.
3. exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state, municipality, etc.: a political machine; a political boss.
4. of, pertaining to, or involving the state or its government: a political offense.
5. having a definite policy or system of government: a political community.
6. of or pertaining to citizens: political rights.


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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source po·lit·i·cal (p-lt-kl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.
Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: “Calling a meeting is a political act in itself” (Daniel Goleman).
Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.
Interested or active in politics: I'm not a very political person.
Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.
Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

po·liti·cal·ly adv.

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political

adj 1: involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a political machine"; "political office"; "political policy" 2: of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power; "political opinions" 3: of or relating to the profession of governing; "political career"

[XNASA]

13. Tell it, sister.

For instance, reflecting on how times have changed regarding social issues like Women's Rights by viewing old TV commercials that are obviously skewered towards a man's POV might be considered political.

Perhaps? :shrug:

[Skinner]

15. If you want to post a video reflecting on changing social and gender roles...

...in the context of advertising, you are of course welcome to do so. I don't think anyone would disagree that that is a relevant topic.

But just posting an old ad for Campbell's soup... Sorry, that doesn't cut it.

[Skinner]

14. Here's what is says in the pinned thread at the top of this forum:

3. VIDEO CONTENT
This is a political website so we expect the videos to have some political content or relevance to current news stories. Be aware that all DU rules -- including rules regarding which topics must be posted in which forums -- are applicable to the DU Political Videos forum. (For more information, see the section titled "Where to post various discussion topics" on our detailed rules page.)

I think most members of this website are perfectly capable of figuring out the approximate boundaries that include "some political content or relevance to current news stories." These are precisely the same boundaries that demarcate what is permitted in our General Discussion forum and in our Latest Breaking News forum, and most people seem to be able to figure it out in those forums without too much difficulty. With this in mind, I do not think it is necessary for me to provide a long laundry list of what's permitted and what isn't.

[Nomad559]

16. I believe that this video

I posted contains some political content

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x6315

Don't you agree? :)

I did leave out one word on the video description "political"

"Alan Shore" played by James Spader, delivering a five minute long "political" closing argument, In defense of a woman who wouldn't pay her Income taxes"

Can you and edit and unlock the post please, or should I repost the video

Thanks ... Tim

[Skinner]

17. I think something needs to be made clear.

Simply putting the word "political" in the description is unhelpful. I strongly suspect that if we just let people add the word "political" to their descriptions, then it's only a matter of time before we don't have any standards for this forum.

Don't tell me that it is a "political closing argument." Tell us specifically what he says that makes it relevant.

"James Spader's character delivers a political closing argumet" -- No.
"James Spader's character delivers a closing argument in defense of a woman who wouldn't pay her taxes" -- No.
"James Spader's character delivers an impassioned closing argument condemning Bush Administration attacks om our civil liberties" -- YES!

The moderators don't have the time to watch everything in this forum, and decide whether something meets the standards of this forum. It would be nice if they didn't have to, but apparently they do. When we see a music video or TV show, our assumption is that it is not relevant -- because already people have posted plenty of stuff here that is not relevant.

So, please, just write one sentence explaining what is in the video that makes it relevant. That will make things easy for all of us.

And yes... now that I have spent five minutes watching it, I would agree that James Spader's speech is relevant. I have unlocked.

[Nomad559]

19. Very well said

"James Spader's character delivers an impassioned closing argument condemning Bush Administration attacks om our civil liberties" -- YES!

I will try to do better, but I can make no promises.

:)

[orleans]

23. i remember something about this....all this talk about the clip w/james

spader--you made me want to watch it again. (got a link?? :D )

[Nomad559]

24. Posted here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x6315

:)

[bridgit]

18. very well, then for the sake of my participation even here in this 'political...

video forum', as i currently interpret; it remains "steady as she goes" :)

[Coexist]

20. Sorry I didn't get it

Lesson learned!

[DuaneBidoux]

21. Would it be possible to have a "non-political" video forum for all the left over cool stuff?

I think the idea is fantastic and would look forward to going to see choices of videos by DU folk that maybe have an edge in their humor but may not be necessarily "political."

[Nomad559]

22. I post non-political videos

In the media forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=109

:)

[Skinner]

25. My preference is that non-political stuff get posted in the Lounge.

Or in the Sports or Entertainment forums.

The media forum is supposed to focus on issues relating to the media.