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So, as you might have guessed, I've moved. Vox has been good to me. Great actually, but it was time for a change. PLEASE continue to check me (boo) at my new home.

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Jovian Zayne

I really don't know what to say...

See how easy it is for anyone to sound good with Auto-Tune?

This is actually kinda jamming....

shame.

You will dance, you will dive, you will COME ALIVEEE!!!

Continue the chase!

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Jovian Zayne & George 2.0

Today we learned that Chicago was looked over as the host city for the 2016 Olympics, and that Rio was given the nod. There’s been much debate over President Obama’s mini campaign to help Chicago secure the bid, and needless to say, many have a LOT to say now that the nail’s in the coffin.  I was originally disappointed Chicago didn’t get the bid, and even more disappointed to see Barack fail in his attempt. But after some thought – I realized, I’m not too upset. The majority of Chicagoans didn’t even want the Olympics. ( A WHOLE  ‘nother story ungrateful Americans much??)

With the recent focus on Chicago gang violence, highlighted by the brutal death of Derrion Albert, the attention on Chicago has been less than desireable.   It’s obvious this city (like many American cities) has a lot of work to do to clean up its streets.

President Obama didn’t fail us.  The reality is, while the Olympics would have brought more jobs to Chicago, and surely infused the economy with spending, these things will happen eventually with or without the Olympics.  It’s good to see President Obama fail at something.  We all need to be reminded that he’s human, and this CHANGE thing he’s been talking to us about for some time now, is ONLY going to happen when we all (republican and democrat) work together toward the best solutions.

Below is a great piece written by conservative Joe Scarborough. Joe is former member of congress and current host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” I don’t agree with him all the time, but as my dad said,  this article below is a class act.

Enjoy.

-Jovian

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Thank You,  Mr. President by Joe Scarborough

Count me as one conservative who is disappointed that President Obama’s hometown will not be hosting the 2012 Olympic Games.

Chicago is a beautiful city that would have made a perfect backdrop for the Olympics. The President was right to fly to Copenhagen to try to land the games, not for the sake of his city, but for the good of his country. The fact President Obama failed makes me respect him more for taking the chance, and the fact many right-wing figures opposed the President’s mission shows just how narrow-minded partisanship makes us all.

For the better part of 20 years, a bitterness has infected our politics that has weakened our country.

We Republicans spent eight years trying to delegitimize Bill Clinton.

Democrats spent the next eight years doing the same to George W. Bush.

Now that a Democrat is in the Oval Office again, it is the GOP who is trying to delegitimize a sitting president.

When I try to talk to Republicans about the need to break this cycle of viciousness, some cite the chapter and verse of every hateful left wing attack against George W. Bush.

Whenever I attempt to have a conversation with some Democrats about the need for us respect our president– whether he be an Obama or a Bush– I am told that Bush deserved whatever he got because he was a lying war criminal who hated the Constitution and loved torturing
people.

Fortunately, there are a growing number of Americans who believe we cannot continue going on this way.

You and I may disagree on how the CIA handled terror suspects. But that does not mean that you are soft on terrorism anymore than it means that I hate the Constitution.

You and I may have a different approach to Afghanistan. But just because you want to stay there another five years doesn’t mean you are an imperialist. And if I believe a decade in that forsaken land is more than enough, that doesn’t mean I’m soft on al Qaeda or the Taliban.

It just means that we view the world differently.

That creative tension–that intense give and take–has been what has kept America strong since Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton fought like hell in George Washington’s White House.

Hamilton wanted a strong centralized government while Jefferson believed that the government that governed least governed best.

Both men were frustrated by the checks and balances that stood in the way of their agendas, but that debate shaped America for years to come.

But something has gone terribly wrong.

Today on Morning Joe, NBC News Legend Tom Brokaw remarked to Pat Buchanan about how the level of partisanship is even more intense today than during the depths of the Watergate crisis. Brokaw was commenting on Congressman Grayson’s comments, but he could have easily
been talking about Joe Wilson or death panels or the bizarre claim that the President “hates all white people.”

Some of the rhetoric is dangerous. But what we saw from some conservative corners regarding the President’s failed Olympics bid was just plain stupid.

I’m happy for Rio and think it is past time that South America got a chance to host the Olympic Games. But put me down as one conservative who is glad my president flew across the ocean to try to bring the 2016 Games to America.

Nice try, President Obama. And thanks for taking time away from your young girls for the sake of your hometown and your country, Michelle. I know that’s never an easy thing to do.

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Watch these videos in order for more background on the project and to obtain the top secret password to the music video.

This is what he does when he turns off the TV, what are you doing?

I sent a request for Google Wave 6 months ago. 100,000 invites go out tomorrow. Here's to hoping.

Watch the video to learn more.