SOY VIVO – The Personal Blog of Phillip Roman!

I was just watching the news and they announced that an Irish documentarian was cut off in a Q&A session with Al Gore. While over hearing the accent, Suzanne shouted, “That’s Phelim!”. Sure it was. Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney are the Irish directors the movie, Mine Your Own Business. When I was at Seattle University, I hosted Phelim and Ann on campus. It was a great honor to be involved with their Seattle premiere of the film. After the showing, Phelim invited me to have a drink at a pub. I was sad to remind him that the American drinking age was 21 and that I was only 19.

Phelim was at an Al Gore talk at The Society of Environmental Journalists. Phelim is making a documentary titled Not Evil Just Wrong. He is looking at many of the errors that the British High Court has found in Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth.

Would you believe what happened to Phelim when he asked Gore about the Court’s ruling? Journalists killed his mic. Journalists censored Phelim and protected a politician.

Watch for yourselves.

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Here is an email I just sent the president:

Hey Obama,

I also have a vision of peace. Can I go halfers on your Nobel prize money?

Your Constituent,

Phillip Roman

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Obama just won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. I really don’t know why. The committee stated that he has captured the world’s attention and has given us hope (too bad he could not give US the Olympics). The main thing they are citing is that:

“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.”

The only problem that I see is that this award is premature. Yeah, the US has changed its outlook on foreign policy and communication but we have not yet had the new policies tested, in other words, Obama has not done anything yet. I hope that he does, for the betterment of the USA and the world, but he hasn’t yet.

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Just saw this ad on TV. Effective? Probably.

Update: Dave’s Response

Moveon.org can tell anyone they want that I voted against a $1.1 trillion government take-over of health care that would increase the cost of care, impose new penalty taxes on small businesses, and prevent Americans from keeping the care they have if they like it.  That vote was in the best interests of my constituents and the American people, I stand by it, and I will continue to fight for common-sense reforms that incorporate the best ideas from both sides of the aisle.

“I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw … I saw this myself in the late ’70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. “This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and … I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made.”

The worst part was not even highlighted in the RealClearPolitics page (Must See Video). She claimed the American people’s ears are not balanced, implying that we are plain crazy and not capable of comprehending complex issues. What an elitist. People are mad for a reason! Although, some are mad that congress IS considering a national option and others are mad congress IS NOT considering a national option. People have an opinion and that is always a good thing, just because the majority (Rasmussen Poll)
are against the Speaker and the President doesn’t make them wrong.