should there be another VFC tour?

stupidcorporatewhore
stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
edited November 2007 in A Moving Train
not necissarily pearl jam but in general.

I think they'd be stupid not to do it again. Granted, we were unsuccessful at overturning Bush and the right wing extremists, but when you get in a fight you should get back up even if your nose is bloodied.

They probably registered a lot of people to vote. There was a lot of great discussion abound even with people I didn't agree with.

I read somewhere that on average the gigs across the board were 70% sold out. so on a financial level alone it makes sense.

I think it would truly be a defeat if they don't do it.

thoughts?
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  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    I took in a VFC show and as a political event I thought it sucked. It wasn't really vote for change as much as it was vote Democrat. I think the Rock The Vote idea is much better, getting people to vote and involved is more important to democracy than getting them to vote Democrat.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    um...

    fuck yeah!


    any reason is a good reason for good music
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,919
    hell yeah they should do that ,just to get people to talk about the canditates is reason enough .......hell let's all AGREE TO DISSAGREE/AGREE
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  • The Severed Hand
    The Severed Hand Posts: 214
    It would be nice if Pearl Jam was playing too.
  • stupidcorporatewhore
    stupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    surferdude wrote:
    I took in a VFC show and as a political event I thought it sucked. It wasn't really vote for change as much as it was vote Democrat. I think the Rock The Vote idea is much better, getting people to vote and involved is more important to democracy than getting them to vote Democrat.

    unfortunately a two party system is what we are stuck with so if a change is proposed there's realisticly only one other choice. The opposite.

    hopefully, if Gulliani gets the nom, true conservatives will follow through on their promise to run a third candidate.
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    surferdude wrote:
    I took in a VFC show and as a political event I thought it sucked. It wasn't really vote for change as much as it was vote Democrat. I think the Rock The Vote idea is much better, getting people to vote and involved is more important to democracy than getting them to vote Democrat.

    agree fully. There is no choice but to vote for change this election; but a get out and vote drive with great music etc... would be great.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Unless Pearl Jam is going to play, I don't really care. I didn't mind the VFC stuff at the show, but I've been getting letters from Hillary and Ted Kennedy ever since!
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  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    stupidcorporatewhore wrote:
    hopefully, if Gulliani gets the nom, true conservatives will follow through on their promise to run a third candidate.

    I hope they do run with a third candidate if Giuliani gets the nod from the repubs. I just don't know who that would be. Granted no one in the race right now would say they'd run; but it could be interesting. If they run giuliani we may for the first time have a real 3 way fight for the presidency.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    I sent a letter to 10 Club asking them to try to get the band involved with something like putting out political ads for congressional candidacy -- except use the airtime to voice their concern about the fairness of the electoral process.

    For those who havent seen it, Hacking Democracy is a downright disturbing HBO Documentary about corruption in the election process.

    I THINK "VOTE FOR CHANGE" IS A STUPID IDEA, IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR FAIR \ HONEST AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS FIRST!

    What is the fucking point of voting if "they" just commit fraud and ignore your vote !?!

    Sadly, i got no response from 10 club.
    Not even a "we will pass it on" or "thanks for your suggestion" ...

    If the same big wig musicians (REM, U2, Bruce, Neil, PJ, Dave) got involved with something like this, it would be great.

    As a political candidate you are allowed, BY FEDERAL LAW, equal air time at cheap cheap rates ... all you need is like 1000 petitions to become a candidate, and then you have to pay like $7k or some such to get a good bit of local airtime.

    If you could duplicate that all across the US, with funds raised by band fanclubs doing raffles and such, and get signatures from those boards ... then PUT THE MUSICIANS ON THE ADS and bring PUBLIC AWARENESS to the problems with the process,

    THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE than this stupid "vote for change" crap, which is really not too valuable, imho.

    It's preaching to the choir.

    :(
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  • LukinFan
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    The Severed Hand wrote:
    It would be nice if Pearl Jam was playing too.
    I don't care what they call it as long as PJ is playing it.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    The only problem is... where is the 'Change'? It'll basically gonna be a 'Vote For The Same Shit Sandwich We've Been Eating For Decades' Tour.
    ...
    I don't want to see Pearl Jam that bad.
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  • MrStyles420
    MrStyles420 Posts: 272
    chopitdown wrote:
    If they run giuliani we may for the first time have a real 3 way fight for the presidency.

    History lesson on the election of 1912, it was Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Howard Taft. Though the electoral vote won't show it the percentage differences between them were very close for three well known candidates. It was 41.8%, 27.4%, and 23.2% respectively.
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  • satansbedbugs
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    How bout a No More BUsh Tour?
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Cosmo wrote:
    The only problem is... where is the 'Change'? It'll basically gonna be a 'Vote For The Same Shit Sandwich We've Been Eating For Decades' Tour.
    or Giant Douche Bag. :D
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    How bout a No More BUsh Tour?

    He's not running for reelection.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    know1 wrote:
    He's not running for reelection.
    Hooray.....term limits!!!!!!! :D
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