User:Colbydog

Colbydog was a long-standing apolitical consumer of American Culture, using his vote to select candidates he "felt" were the best for a position regardless of their party allegiance. Often his decisions were based of a media sampling made only weeks prior to an election. Seldom was there much research or in-depth attention to studying overarching alliances, historic or self-defining stances that defined the candidates he selected. If they looked good and had good headlines on TV or the Papers, it was good enough to make the selection. He followed the herd.

He owned an computer sales and service business with a graphic design and training division that consulted with agencies, in-house design departments and design firms. This afforded him unfettered access to many aspects of mainstream advertising and PR that were out of reach to most people. While he was busy assimilating the expanding universe computers began to hold related to advertising, printing and many other sectors, he made little time for understanding real-world connections or to politics.

He voted for the Bush/Cheney team in 2000 because they seemed better than the other choices. But it was during Bush's first State of the Union Address in Feb 2001, that things changed. He had an epiphany as he recorded and watched Bush outline and defend his budget. All the money intended to fund every program under the sun seemed as though the President was promising to more than he could deliver... but why? Colbydog replayed the tape and added it up. It appeared clear the President's intentions were not to fulfill these obligations, but rather to placate each of the organizations as they were mentioned. To ColbyDog, the Neo-Conservative agenda was revealed- and he felt betrayed.

At that moment, he vowed to renew his duty as a citizen in the greatest democracy, to participate in the political process. He dedicated himself to understanding history and politics... but not the manufactured consent of then mainstream, he dug deeper looking for independent media outlets and authors. He learned to connect the dots. Eventually he collected a series of movies that really helped to clarify the picture. He began showing the series to others and opening a discourse following the screenings. He felt it was the most effective way to reach the broadest audience in the least amount of time. Perhaps the effort over time, would help refresh perspective and awaken others like him who were carelessly moving through life, unaware of the importance of their role, being a voting member of the democratic experiment called The United Stated of America.