Calls for an elected school committee, and notes that Boston's three favorite pastimes are sports, politics and revenge.
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Those drapes or that mixer?
By adamg
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 8:06am
Which is a more effective background?
Nothing says filial piety
By anon
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 8:48am
Like filming your campaign ad in your mom's living room.
Everyone is trying to be
By ShadyMilkMan
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:19am
Everyone is trying to be like Joe everyman right now. In the past these ads would have been done in an office setting, or an impressive looking place that implied power. All of these youtube ads are in kitchens and living rooms, and the Yoon ad is off kilter, he is too far to the left! Oh thats a joke waiting to happen (Im not familiar enough with his politics to know if he is a lefty or not, but if he were that would be quite funny.)
Too far to the left or too tall?
By adamg
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:26am
The only distracting thing for me was the fact that the top of his head was cut off for most of the video. But, yeah, easy enough for me to criticize; it's not like I'm running for office myself (or making videos, for that matter).
I think its a reasonable
By ShadyMilkMan
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:45am
I think its a reasonable point to make, Im assuming it was done in more then one take. Would it have been that hard to look at it and move the camera back a bit?
Bestbuy Discount?
By edcop
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:13am
The top of his website looks like the top of Bestbuy's site right down to the search button
I'm not voting for him
By anon
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 8:40am
Until he goes through puberty.
Sam Yoon Drinking Game:
-Each time he says "young," take a drink.
Here's a fun experiment to try with a kid
By adamg
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:21am
Take a photo of Michael Flaherty, show the kid and ask her how old she thinks he is. Then repeat with a photo of Sam Yoon.
I will bet you $100 that you will not get a single kid who correctly identifies both as being 39. One guess which one they'll think is way older and one which they think is way younger (note: Yes, I tried it out on the kidlet and, sure enough, she pegged Flaherty as being around 50, and Yoon as being around 30, which is older than I would have guessed).
I did not know that they
By ShadyMilkMan
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:23am
I did not know that they were both the same age, very interesting. Im sure its party genetic, and partly it looks like Yoon keeps himself very healthy... Should we punish him for living a healthy lifestyle, which makes him look younger? Also once again the Yoon attacks seem to be coming from Anons... Im no Yoon supporter, but what Ive seen online are allot of anon cheap shots here and elsewhere against him.
I'm just jealous
By anon
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:41am
I didn't look that young when I was 25.
It's like he's got some freakishly ugly painting in his attic or something...
Listings of candidates for Mayor. Websites. Addresses for email.
By theszak
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:14am
a.
Who are the other people that may campaign for Mayor besides Sam Yoon, Kevin McCrea, Tom Menino, Michael F. Flaherty, ....? , ?...
b.
What websites or addresses for email are available for people to communicate with the candidates?...
b.
By adamg
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:18am
Here, at least for the Web sites. But you know that already, don't you? Because I link to it every single time you ask this question.
LOL
By DVDWow
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:23am
Nice.
Other people interested in campaigning for Mayor.
By theszak
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:57am
Who are the other people that indicated their interest in campaigning for Mayor?... not listed at http://www.universalhub.com/2009-elections.html
It appears others been indicated around the varied news services, blogs, whatnot...
John Tobin
By adamg
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 11:00am
And he says he's not running.
Ralph Martin.
And he says he's not running.
Tom Menino.
And he says he's too busy running the city to think about it.
Thanks For The Plug Sam Yoon
By Teddy Kokoros
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 9:39am
Thanks dude for Unbeknownstly (is that a word) plugging my website.
http://blog.sportspoliticandrevenge.com/
Three favorite pastimes
By anon
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 11:08am
And the problem is Politics.
Revenge? Nah, that's going just fine.
An elected school committee
By Rob
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:52am
An elected school committee will not solve much. It was a mess back in the day.
I think I agree
By david_yamada
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 11:33am
I grew up in a small city with an elected school board. The "non-partisan" campaigns to get elected to a position promising lots of headaches and a stipend-level salary were hotly contested and at times ugly, and the resulting decisions of the elected body were often infused with politics.
Appointed vs. elected school boards could be one of those six of one, half-dozen of the other situations.
Plus many of the people who
By ShadyMilkMan
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:03pm
Plus many of the people who you would want to sit on the boards do not have the knowledge on how to get elected.
In the past, it was actually
By Rob
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 9:01am
In the past, it was actually the opposite. You had politicians who knew little about the schools running for School Committee as a stepping stone to higher positions.
That was my point, the
By ShadyMilkMan
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 9:32am
That was my point, the people who should be there could not compete with the politicians who had networks to raise money and get foot soldiers from.
Gotcha. Misread your comment
By Rob
Wed, 03/04/2009 - 9:34am
Gotcha. Misread your comment before. Apologies.
I didn't mind the drapes or
By NotWhitey
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:45pm
I didn't mind the drapes or the cut-off of the top of his head. I was interested in his assertion that Boston is famous for politics, sports and revenge, and that politics is the problem. So..... we need more sports and revenge? That one really didn't work, did it?
He's got the Together We Can, Change You Can Believe In zero-content statements down. Now he needs to say what he's going to change from the Mumbles regime.
Well we have quite a bit in
By ShadyMilkMan
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:52pm
Well we have quite a bit in the area of sports, I dont think we need more of that.
So that leaves revenge, lets get on it boys!
Revenge you can believe in!
By anon
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 2:31pm
Your ass is grass, Mumbles!
Abolish the School Committee
By deselby
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 2:46pm
The appointed School Committee is a complete waste of resources. Abolish it, and make the Superintendent another mayoral appointee.
Interesting idea. I assume
By Rob
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 4:43pm
Interesting idea. I assume that would require a charter change.