Paul F. Villarreal on C-SPAN, in the NY Times

Title: Paul F. Villarreal on C-SPAN, in the NY Times

Description: My work, both the written material and my more widely-known video productions, has gotten widespread television, print and internet coverage throughout the current political election cycle. The coverage has been unexpected, humbling, and but for one exception, unsought. Some have attempted to besmirch myself or my work. The Times characterized some of the content of my videos as 'widely debunked.' I have been portrayed in any number of suspect and unflattering ways. And to that stilted coverage I say: So what. Hasn't anything changed on my end and I'm going to keep doing what I do, which is giving my audience what they want: Serious, hard-hitting, passionate information. Rush Limbaugh, a man whom I credit my brother John for turning me on to over the years, said it best. Don't rely on anyone to build you up (like the mainstream media) and then they are not capable of tearing you down, either. You have to hold firm to your convictions, no matter what. If you choose not to do so, then you end up the way Barack Obama is now on the issue of Iraq: Compromised, appearing untrustworthy and diminished. I won't do that, won't cede my believes because it's convenient or lucrative to do so. I won't do that to myself, and I won't do that to you, the reader or viewer, either. Some don't like that I have compared Obama to Hitler, or David Koresh. Too bad. There is a difference between making an analogy between two figures and saying that one person is the other. If you don't understand that difference, that is not my problem. Educate yourself, as I have done for myself. Learn the difference between what it means to have skill in the arts of debate, rhetoric & presentation and what ignorance is. I know what I'm doing when I write what I do and when I make these videos. There's a reason why the New York Times and the other outlets found me and they didn't approach others, people with far more views than my videos have or who are regarded more highly than I am in certain circles. Just remember that. I stand by everything I have put in these videos. All of it, in every video. You might not want to hear that but, again, that is not my concern. Politics, as they say, ain't beanbag. I'm not here to get anyone's approval; I am here to win and to see justice done. And I will use every arrow in my large quiver for that purpose. * The video discusses the media spots for my work and then segues into some discussion of PUMAs and takes a look at some pictures of Barack Obama. Some of the pictures are Photoshopped, some are not. It's not hard to tell the difference. Finally, we have some words about Obama and some thoughts directed to my fellow Americans. * * The links for the articles/TV spot in the video: James Taranto -- Wall Street Journal -- Best of the Web (See the section: "Habits of Hate ") May 5, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121000231715367781.html --------------------------------------------- The Hotline -- National Journal -- The Blogometer (See the section: "OBAMA II: I Only Did This To Show You What They're Gonna Do!") I am "Universal", no longer on MyDD March 31, 2008 http://blogometer.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/03/331_strange_bed.html --------------------------------------------- NYT "Political Freelancers Use Web to Join the Attack" By JIM RUTENBERG June 29, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29opposition.html?pagewanted=print --------------------------------------------- CSPAN "Washington Journal" program Third hour of the show, segment with Jose Antonio Vargas of the Washington Post (internet & politics writer) July 3, 2008 rtsp://video1.c-span.org/15days/wj070308_vargas.rm (Need latest version of RealPlayer to watch) http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=205733-4 Flash Video --------------------------------------------- http://blog.pumapac.org/ http://www.justsaynodeal.com/index.html http://hcsfjm.com/ http://noquarterusa.net/blog/ http://www.hillaryis44.org/ --------------------------------------------- As always, thanks for watching and reading. It is the feedback that I receive, including the large volume of negative comments, which makes all of this worthwhile. Have a great night. - Paul

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