Crooks and Liars: Ava Lowery on CNN [Video]

Crooks and Liars has posted the segment with Ava Lowery defending her activisim against the inane questions from the CNN talking head. I could not believe the lack of substance in this interview--not on Ava's part, but on that of the apparent monumental stupidity of Carol Lin, a pretty face with no brains at all.

Canofun - Post on Ava Lowry with video

Yes, that's DU's own Ava.

:D

Can't wait to see it.

Thanks for the link.

On edit: K&R

What a wonderful job Ava did! She showed such poise and grace ...even when confronted with stupid questions! I feel so much more hopeful knowing that there are young people with Ava's courage and conviction willing to stand up and speak the truth!

Way to go Ava! :yourock:

I saw the interview this morning and you gave better answers than I could. The host who was interviewing you was making me angry at some of her questions especially are they using you and my first thought was are the republicans using their puppet president, were they using terry schiavo? The question that really got me was " Do you think they would have chosen your videos if you weren't 15 years old. This was a stupid question to me because, Your videos are good and they should have been chosen whether you are 15 or 50. Where can I see more?

Carol Lin was patronizing Ava. Ava kept her cool. I might not have done so.

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No way was that reporter going to put her light out either... She blew them away!!!!

I couldn't even finish watching her video...*cries*

Ava did a great job. Calm cool and to the point just great.

I cannot believe the talking head called the jesus love me thing FLIP..uggg.

the significance of the song paired with the images (AND titled WWJD)!!! I'm so proud to have Ava as a fellow DU'er. You're a true inspiration!

edit to add I'm glad you'll be voting in '08!:)

Here is the Video: http://peacetakescourage.cf.huffingtonpost.com/animations/wwjd.html

That was such a stupid question:

"How did you find out about the War?"

As if to say:

"We the media try so hard to hide it from you with meaningless Bull Shit about what sports team is doing what, or what's the best fathers day present? How did you see through our camouflage? Why don't the death threats detour you?? Why don't you just give up like the rest of the sheep???"


Ava seems very Christ like. I'll bet she has a good Christian family. It is perfectly obvious what she is trying to do by linking the images with the song. She is trying to save the lives of children. Human children:cry:! Thats something that ever channel should be trying to do 24 hours a day. So Fuck you miss News lady for asking such lame questions and not doing your job.

Ava is truly an inspiration. We the People of the United States need more citizens like her.

Most of the other questions were not.

"Well, we haven't been reporting on the war, so how the heck did you find out about it?"

I guess I don't have a problem with Carol Lin at all, then.

Incredibly condescending question on the part of the interviewer. I mean, WTF? Does the interviewer think that just because Ava is 15, she should be more concerned with mall hopping and preening for boys?

I was offended on Ava's behalf at that moronic question.

Ava, keep up the great work.

I see a bright future for you, you're already made us here very proud.

I wish I had a friend like Ava when I was 15.

Brilliant job!

Ava rocks--big time!

I'm so proud that she's part of our community.

:applause:

:applause: :applause: :applause:

I am tremendously grateful that the Iraqi children were seen by an audience that usually does not see them.

atta girl. :applause:

i'm so glad they showed part of WWJD.

That makes them EXTRA UGLY in my book.

that is for sure.

My son has a tropical fish that is MUCH brighter than Lin.

:eyes:

Her favorite drink is Vinegar and Water

Last night I'm watching the Gore and Murtha things, and she kept breaking in with the hourly fear mongering update. Big smile on her face 'North Korea to Bomb US Targets' and a story on a dog that won the lottery are given the same reading.

2:45 pm can't come soon enough for me.

:)

As I watched your video, I realized that what this country needs is actual images of the war. That is what the media won't do. And you have done it for them.

You gave me the idea that we should all be making these videos of what this war is doing.

I salute your responsible behavior. And I support you in your own personal battle to stand strong. She wasn't very kind in her interview. And your age is actually putting them at a disadvantage. They can't slap you around like an adult.

You are a bright spot, Ava.

to Ava. The question was regarding the use of Christian "hymns" to make a point, and was she just being "flip"? I have heard that this is a "Christian" nation a million times from re-pugs across the board, yet they are shocked that the hatred and murder they are fostering around the world is related to it? First of all this is NOT a Christian nation. Most of it's people are, yes, but the founding fathers went to great lengths to keep this country secular. Second: This old testament, eye-for-an-eye type behavior that much of the Christian community embraces, is not Christian. That was the obvious point. How do people not get that? Ava's documentaries are wonderfully done, precisely for that reason. They force these many idiots to confront the consequences of their actions. They should be showing bodies, crying people, explosions, destroyed buildings and all the other horrors those that support any war have created, 24/7 on tv.

Thanks for letting me rant.

a question is designed to get out the respondants side of the story.

Some on the right are going to say and are no doubt saying that this was crass or flip. No problem with the question being asked, especially when she answered it so well.

question about basic truths and wastes time on "Who's on first" scenarios. I understand your point, but I'm tired of watching the "news" constantly dance around reality and never addressing the real issues, let alone working towards real solutions.

ions.


It's all crap. Thats the best they can do is fill time dancing around the real issues. They are so full of crap that they are backing up my plumbing.

You did not address the question.

her failure to address the substance of the issues that Ava and the rest of us are concerned about. I did go off on a bit of a tangental rant. I'm allowed. That's the beauty of these message boards is it not?

but what is the substance of the issue, and how did Carol Lin fail to address it?

I don't think it was up to her to address anything. I think her job was to ask questions, not answer them.

have asked? You think "How did you find out about the war" is a sensible question? I think the interview was mostly insulting to Ava's intelligence.
Just my opinion though...

then somebody replied to my post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1460028&mesg_id=1467758

Because I watched the video, and I didnt see any over the top questions from Lin, in fact, I saw her treat Ava like an adult and ask her adult questions. Some of them were mildly hard but Ava did a great job answering them and got her message out pretty well. And Lin ended it by saying "much older than her 15 years" which sounds fairly complementary to me.

I think we sometimes look too hard for slights. This seemed like a pretty balanced and fair interview in which Ava was shown respect and was given an opportunity to come off very well, which she did.

But I dunno, someone tell me where the problems were.

Instead of asking about the policies and failures of ChimpCo's policy Carol Lin "flippantly" asked only about Ava's age, her use of hymns to promote her position, etc.

I found Lin's questions to be patronizing and insubstantive.

you wanted Lin to simply attack Bush?

Why would she do that when the piece was clearly about Ava?

Ava's age IS an issue, her use of hymns IS an issue, I dont get it.

She didnt mock her age, quite the contrary. She allowed Ava to explain why she chose those hymns and the meanings behind them which IS an important part of Ava's message.

What was patronizing about those questions?

Insubstantive? I suppose if this were purely a discussion of policy then yes they were, but that isnt what this was, it was an interview about someone most of America knows zero about.

Like a fifteen year old person had no right to come to her own conclusions. I found that extremely patronizing.

to say that all 15 year olds are as interested, engaged and focused on these issues as Ava is.

Because that would be the only reason why you'd find that question patronizing, if it were commonplace for all 15 year olds to be as Ava is.

and though I have not even come close to accomplishing as much as Ava has.... I think the same way she does. And I found the questions that Lin asked to be somewhat rude, especially in tone. As if Ava didn't even know what she was talking about.

As a young person, I experience that everyday and there is nothing more irritating that that.

Some of us try to respect people of all ages.

And that is something I'm glad for :)

be considered a biased and insulting question.

Remember how many times they hit Cindy Sheehan with it.

Why is there always this assumption that, anytime a new person becomes an effective spokesperson for a progressive viewpoint, that that person is being USED? As if it is somehow inherently illegitimate for anyone to be an effective advocate of any progressive position.

By contrast, the media NEVER asks if anyone who is invoked in the name of the conservative position(like Jessica Lynch and her "rescue")is being used.

... even though they try do deny that they are doing so.

Which would I rather have, my fellow bloggers "using" an inspired 15 year old with wisdom beyond her years that gets more attention from the public, or an aging infantile loudmouth that spews hate towards certain people that those who "use" her don't like? I think the answer is obvious, unless you're a member of the KKK or some equally fascistic hate group.

Ava, we're proud of you for being such a decent spokesperson for your generation. If we can only get more to join with you and make it a youth movement that might rekindle the spirit we had as kids in the 60's, it would even be better. It is through numbers around you that you will become stronger and harder for these media leeches to try and marginalize you.

Something to the effect You are fifteen, how did you learn about the war in Iraq. That to me was very patronizing. It was as if Ava should be more worried about the latest Hillery Duff movie or she should be in a mall shopping.

I am very proud of Ava and that she is so politically aware. For those of us who were teens in the 60's who saw our President assassinated, saw the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, saw the deaths of our neighbors kids in Vietnam became politically aware very quickly at a very young age. Ava is basically seeing, feeling and communicating the questions of her government that she has.

Great job Ava.

I thought that an appropriate response would have been: "Despite your best efforts, Ms. Lin, I managed to become quite well informed..."


But Ava handled it with a lot of poise. She has a stellar career ahead of her, and I'm damn glad (and proud) she's on our side. She's like the Anti-Rove.

Most 15-year-olds *are* more worried about the latest Hillery Duff movie or shopping.

A matter of fact, most "adults" are the same way, sadly.

I'm sorry and perhaps this is a sad commentary on our culture but it is pretty darn rare for a 15 year old TO be interested in politics or these big kinds of issues.

Heck there are too many 25 year olds and 40 year olds are also uninterested.

So I thought it a valid question. There is a REASON why you are proud, justifiably so, of Ava, and it is because her interest in this is rare.

The war was Vietnam, and many of us were acutely aware of 18 years olds being forced to go to it and die.

I note that my 7 year old and my 11 year old can fluently discuss national issues, including the Bush Presidency. Why? Because that's what we do at dinner. Why do we do that at dinner? Because we want our children to be good citizens if the constitution survives us.

I'm sorry, but Lin's questions were stupid. Ava made Lin look like an ass.

Dumbass question by the babbling idiot Carol Lin, reader of White House and Pentagon press releases.

Ms. Lin, who made the claim that 15 years ago she and her friends were dutifully ignorant about "A war", tried to compare her experience with that of Ms. Lowery.

Lets' see.. fifteen years ago, that'd make it the First Gulf War. Yep, Ms Lin was clueless then, clueless now.

It's as if Lin announced, "I am a complete idiot," and Ava kindly condescended to speak with her anyway.

When your brother is 19 and has flunked out of college (no more deferments for him) you are more focused on the war than on pop culture, even at age 12.

But even when we thought the war would be over before he was out of college, we still discussed it every night at dinner, and watched the news (and body counts) every night. Vietnam, Watergate - it was all discussed at mealtime. This seems more important to me than soccer practice or gymnastics or whatever kids do instead of eating dinner with their families.

I was a senior in HS. Guess what? We were aware. We were cognizant. We were PISSED OFF! Maybe it's because I was in an amazing public school with amazing teachers, but there are more kids aware of the shit going on in the world than you might realize.

Most newspapers are written at the fourth grade level. Why should it be surprising that someone in Jr High or High School is on top of these issues?

If you ask me...we tend to infantilize our children up until Junior year of High School and then expect them to thru a switch and act like young adults.

By 15 you should have the critical thinking skills and sense of civic duty to be on top of these issues.

Is it any wonder the right-wing has been at war with public education?

content...It was a missed opportunity to discuss why she felt she had to do the film...and what feelings it was meant to ellicit, etc...more on the art and artist and less on trivial side issues...

what feelings it was meant to ellicit, why she felt she had to do the film, etc.

I guess I dont get how this interview makes Lin either stupid or a poster child for the RNC that one would get from this thread.

It seemed like a standard short interview. Now if this had been say ten minutes or so and this was all we got I would agree.

But it was about 4 minutes total minus the opening and closing bits by Lin.

That just is not a lot of time to go into detail.

:yourock:

The stupidest comment... and yes it was STUPID, was when Carol Lin suggested that Ava putting pictures of suffering Iraqi children to a "Christian hymn" might be seen as "flip". This made my skin crawl because I know that Carol considers herself quite the solid Christian, and she doesn't get the poignant irony of this juxtaposition? Flip?

Oh sweet merciful Jesus! Talk about the insipid vacuity of Ms. Lin's Christian convictions! The woman didn't even get it! :thumbdown:

she was asking a question about an accusation some on the right no doubt are making.

That this was done for effect, i.e. "flip".

It gave Ava a pretty softball opportunity to tell why it wasnt and I thought she did a good job with it.

It is just as I stated in my previous post. It is Carol Lin that does not "get it". This is stictly her opinion. She makes absolutely no suggestion whatsoever that it may be "some on the right" who are makng any "accusation". In case you don't have time to listen to it again, here is her statement verbatem:

"Ava, taking a Christian hymn and putting it to pictures of suffering Iraqi children... what is it that you are hoping to accomplish, because the disparity between the two, it almost comes across as flip?"

Where in this does she implicate "some on the right"? This is Carol Lin's opinion and hers alone. And NO she obviously does NOT "get it" if she doesn't see what Ava is trying to accomplish with this. I'm sure it was Ava's hope to shame some Christians into seeing the horrible travesty of the war when juxtaposed with Jesus' compassion and his message of peace. No, Carol (and probably 99% of the Bushbot, Bible-thumpin' "Christians") don't "get it".

so much that it just seems obvious to her that the use of that music could be "flip," when in reality there's a wide range of interpretations to Christianity, surely not all of them in support of gung-ho war rhetoric. She probably did mean it is right wing spin, but in truth that spin has become CNN's spin -- hence, internalized to the point reporters don't even catch it or note a difference.

I'm also waiting for the day that a mainstream news reporter asks a kid at a support our troops rally or pro-GOP event whether they're being "used" by those who support the war -- guess I'll be waiting for a long time on that.

Great work, Ava ... so glad they used actual images and content from your video work because it really tells the story :) :)

Maybe Lin could have asked better questions, but what she did ask gave Ava a setting in which to shine. A good interview does not consist of softball set-up questions, that does nothing to help the subject. Ava was dignified and took everything in stride. I wonder what people would have wanted Lin to say short of the, "Why do you think George Bush is such a schmuck?" type question that would discredit the entire interview.

--IMM

I was talking about Carol Lin's opinion of Ava's work and how it sucked. Ava did just fine... no disagreement there.

Carol Lin didn't have an opinion of Ava's work. She asked a few objective questions. What don't you get about that?

I thought Lin was adequate, and expressed no personal opinion. She asked some provocative questions which gave Ava a chance to look good. Lin wasn't brilliant, but in the end she expressed admiration for Ava.

What questions do you think she should have asked that would have made it better?

--IMM

I think that one must have irony-detector-ectomy surgery when you work for CNN.

That Ms Lin could ask about the video, that killing childrens and a solo christian children's song about how "yes, jesus loves me." Automatically they are assuming that the video belittles christianity. But the real mistake that Ms Lowery has made is to "flippantly" equate the universal value of Jesus' message in that song, with the innocent Iraqi's life.

Jesus' message is all well and good until it interferes with our plans for oil empire.

Salvation, selectively remembered... Actually, as it turns out children, yes Jesus loves *you*, but not that other kid with no arms and no legs.. see he is actually satan's minions, so kill on without fear of damnation, my little killbot. You see they have the same thing, and they call it Jihad, we just call it "The West"

That's the part of the lessonplan which we as dutiful christian fascist soldiers are supposed to skip over.
That our country's citizen's lives are more important than the incidental innocent collateral damage.

I think that this is the quintessential poison of Nationalism; That we should all see those outside of our borders as "Others" and more readily support killing them.

All good citizens must militarize our reaction, we are all the troops. We(The US public and the troops) are the product of extreme programming. These children could have been walking time bombs!! shoot first!! dehumanize the human soldier. Dehumanize the society, miltiarize, and pit the factions against eachother.

I'll say that I expected Ms Lin to be much worse, and I agree with other posters that are partially defending her. She clearly was no "puppet for the RNC" but had to play the "objectivity=equal time" card, and had to come at Ms Lowery with all the questions. "How dare you form an opinion" "Netroots are just using you"

edited for clarity, i hope

She gave Ava the chance to explain the irony. There are a lot of people watching who think it's flip. If Carol Lin just patted her on the back for her "poignant irony", that would be partisan and not something an objective journalist should be doing.

Ava's video is poignantly ironic? Some may call that "flip". Why shouldn't they?

http://peacetakescourage.cf.huffingtonpost.com/animations/wwjd.html

we should send it to every one.

into saying "Vote Democrat". Lin:"you feel like you've got something at stake?", implying she's partisan. Ave didn't bite. Thus, Lin "much older than her 15 years"

WTG Ave!

We can all do more!

Some on DU will never be satisfied.

She has received death threats? What in hell is wrong with our country?

Ava did an AMAZING job with the talking head.

K&R!

It's one of her videos on the page cited on Crooks & Liars:
http://peacetakescourage.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

Unbelieveable! I guess it's OK to cuss up a storm & threaten a 15-yr-old with death if she's speaking out against our kind and soon-to-be totalitarian government. Here's the Kos link cited on C&L about the death threats:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/28/143854/703

Her video that gets me the most is the one called 'THE TIME IS NOW.' I promise - it will make you cry.

:patriot:

Excellent job...Your interview itself is very powerful.

but I was screaming at the chick doing the "interview" I thought to myself, who wrote those stupic questions?

what ten questions would you have asked?

Mind you, these would be ten questions that had to:

1. describe the situation or get AVa to do so (why is a 15 year old girl on tv right now being interviewed)
2. get out Ava's side of why she does this or chooses this
3. do it in under five minutes

appropriate to ask if she was being used by the left? Do people ask Arianna Huffington if she's being used by the left? Would Skinner be asked if he's being used by the left?

And she's a grown woman with a grown and dead child.

So why not ask a teenager? Especially when she's been accused of same?

It's the question they ask when they can't pigeon-hole someone as a 'typical' leftie. Surely no one comes to such conclusions on their own, got to be brainwashed or something. Just shows a narrow mindset of what real 'Muricans are and how they should behave.

They have to minimize the fact that people are waking up to the Fraud-in-Chief or their nice little house of cards will crash down around them and they will be judged for their complicity.

Huffington, yes. Skinner, yes.

Ava nailed the question, saying that they WERE using her. And that she was using them. You can't give a better answer to a better question.

You should be proud of yourself, I am. You go, girl! :)

Even on this board.

Very good answers, and a perfect apperance overall on that interview :-)

Does anyone have a link to the original NYT thread with all the votes? I forgot to bookmark it.

As if she didn't make the decisions to work with them on her own? Damn patronizing lady... The bloggers weren't using Ava... They were WORKING TOGETHER, get it? :banghead:


Anyway, K&R. Great job, Ava.

Tell us, Carol, is the corporate media "using you" to insinuate that Ava's work is "against the troops"?

Who's being "used" here?

Brainless twit.

Good work, AVA!
:woohoo:

:toast:

and I don't know how anyone can keep watching that crap. Kudos to Ava for being the one adult in that interview.

I am completely blown over right now!

The video was absolutely moving and poignant. You captured the tragic consequences
of this ill-conceived war, so masterfully. It's so important that people SEE that
innocent children are being killed and hurt, as a result of this war. Your pictures
and the music...stoke so many questions.

The video was just so touching.

And the clip from CNN---Wow. You totally rock, Ava. You are so poised, honest and articulate.
You are a natural on tv and you have a very quick mind. Carol threw some difficult questions
that seemed like trapped, "Do you feel like you are being used?" but you didn't bat an eyelash.
You just answered the questions honestly.

Frankly, I thought you looked like a very sincere, thoughtful, solid person--and Carol Lin looked like very artificial and superficial.

I tell ya--I have two young girls--one in K and the other a first grader. I only hope that I
can be a good enough mother--to help them grow up to be as conscientious and compassionate as
you are. You truly are remarkable. It is so refreshing to see a young person--so confident and self assured--and to put yourself out there!

Just amazing!! Truly amazing!

K&R!

Ava, if you're listening, you a truly gifted artist, and thank you for telling these stories through your works of art. You also handled yourself like such a pro and we're exceedingly proud of your courage & media creations.

My 15-year-old son, who dreams of being a movie producer someday, will be totally impressed when I show him these videos!

I don't know where you found them, but those images are truly heartbreaking.

"Keep up the good work" and "Don't let the turkeys (or fill in your own descriptive word) get you down!"

Ava has, we would be in a whole lot better place than we are now....

Ava did so well in that interview and I hope her message continues to be heard...especially by lots and lots of 15+year olds who will be able to vote in Nov. '08!

Go Ava! :hug:

:toast:

Ava will be able to have her vote stolen too!

That pretty much says it all.

:)

It's very powerful and a wonderful interview. Ava is definitely older than her 15 years.

Brava, Ava!

;)

:toast: <------Non-alcoholic beverage

:pals:

You give me so much hope. You are an extraordinary individual. I am so proud of you.

What incredible poise Ava has, what commitment! Wow. Just WOW.

Bake

You were great, calm, poised, on point. Never let them up, gal. Keep telling the truth. :yourock:

(yeah... how?)

and "You say you support the troops"

Ava was the definition of grace under pressure. She did great (Ava- you did great!!! :thumbsup:)

I'm proud as hell that this "kid" (hardly) is a member of the DU community. I know everyone else here is, too.

WAY TO GO, AVA!!! :woohoo:

I've read about your exploits but never saw you before. I can think of *many* adults who could use your guidance to increase their poise and speaking skills ... to say nothing of their intelligence. I'm REALLY glad you're on our side!

What a bimbo this lightweight 'interviewer' is. Also, let's look at that question .....

"How did you find out about the war?" is what she asked. What was left unsaid was the next logical sentence: "Because *we* surely never told anything worth knowing."

"you're just fifteen Ava. How did you find out
about the war?"

Ava's measured and pointed response was a quiet
condemnation of Lin's own ignorance for asking
such a condescending question.

Poised, smart, and mature. Excellent answers!

You're an inspiration for us older folks to get off our butts and fight for what we know is right. Thank you.

Her ability to ask the most inane questions, coupled with her pre-chewed negative talking points posing as objective questions is infuriating. In any case, I have the HuffPo link as my URL as a result of Crooks and Liars.

Thanks, Ava.

that condescending tone - DUUUHHH, at 15, how did you learn this??? Like 15 year olds can not read yet. Sickening.

Ava, you were positively spectacular. Bravo !!!!

She was smart, informed, and answered each question knowledgeably and confidently! Way to go Ava!! :hi:

Wow, that Carol Lin is a dumb bitch! Nice job maintaining composure and getting our message out there, though, Ava!

:yourock:


:kick:

Ava, you're a natural in front of the camera. Great job. :)

All I can say is - wow, what a friggin chucklehead.

Well Carol Lin, we sure haven't learned much about the Iraq War from watching you, now have we....friggin jack***

I was thinking of the perfect response as well, something like:

"despite watching CNN, I found myself in the dark, so I went online."

No greater indictment of CNN's part in this whole deprogramming exercise known as news.

Ava you were amazing. Your videos are too, thank you very much. I also thought the interviewer was idiotic. How did you find out about the war? Did she actually mean to say that? Jeebus.

is becoming very blog/web/politically savvy. the sat. sun. 10p on cnn.

definitely one to watch.

Not Ava of course.

Thank you Ava!:patriot:

I wonder if you have found your calling in life, a job in reporting.

Ava, you did wonderfully! Carol Linn just didn't get it about the Jesus song and the wounded Iraqi kids, did she? Or was she being super-disingenous?

That's so Cool that you haven't gotten any hate mail from Soldiers, active or retired and that you got it out there on National tv.

Probably she was playing with Barbie dolls.

Of course, if Lin had been thinking about war at 15, she probably would be qualified to be a journalist, rather than a pretty face reading a script on national TV, trying to act confused about an obvious point.

I tried to make a similar point, but failed to capture the ineluctible irony in the anchorwoman's question.

Nice point about Lin trying to "act confused" it's clear she "got it" as others have pointed out. More of that "objectivism = equal-time" anti-pattern, play dumb, ask the editorial masquerading as interview questions, and you'll be seen as objective 50% of the time.

And I will watch the link tommorrow from home. I am at work and there's no audio on the computers here.

Way to go Ava! :bounce: :hi:

naturally polite this beautiful being is? When the commentator wrapped up the interview by saying "Ava Lowery, good to meet you"

Ava's parting words were:

"Thank you for having me"


She stayed true to herself till the end. That's what I picked up on.

Ava es muy cool!!

:loveya:

Thanks, Ava, for having conviction and guts, and for being so gracious on top of it.

n/t

You make us all proud...

I simply cannot beleive the inane questions that the bubblehead was asking. "How did you find out about the war?"....Ummm, cuz the right-wing media constantly promotes it?

My daughter just turned 15 and is also well-informed and passionate about this war as well. There may be hope for us all yet!

Very, VERY well done!

If she is 15 now, in 2008 at this time, she will be 17... with only 4 1/2 months until election day 2008.

If she is 16 soon, an early happy birthday and I'm glad you'll be voting in 2008.

I dunno, Ava, are we using you?

Considering we freaking worship you and your talents and are just blessed to have an artist of your caliber around....

and :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

I hope you don't feel used!

:yourock: :yourock: <-- get the picture yet?

I thought she was rather objective.

Go Ava!

She wanted to avoid being criticized for only asking softball questions.

Very good job.

:grouphug:

btw, i didn't mind her questions at all. she was very nice and talked to me before the interview to make sure i was comfortable. :hi:

calm and mature than Carol Lin, who always seems to be looking for the "sensation" angle. Your message is one of reason and peace. Way to go!!

I'm sure your family is so proud

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

:hug:

:hi:

Glad you are out there standing up for what you believe. Someday, you and people like you in your generation will shake the foundations of the rotten existing order, bring down the decaying shell of this tired old world and build a new and better one in its place.

Keep up the fight.

you are a warrior and I am proud of you. It is young people like you that will take this country down the right path.

:yourock: !

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

:thumbsup: :-)

Thank you Ava! You are awsome!

that Carol Lin is shit I mean she is an amoral person
describing your video as flip because you used yes Jesus Loves Me as the background.

Ava Don't Stop You've hit a nerve with these soulless fucks.

Don't Stop!!!

some kind of state secret -- info available on a "need to know" basis . . .

when you think about it, that's pretty much how the corporate media has been treating the war . . . THEY certainly haven't broadcast photos of suffering and dying children . . .

Ava did a magnificent job . . . made the interviewer look like the dork she is, imo . . .

btw . . . that is a GREAT video! . . . congratulations, Ava . . . :hug:

:yourock:

Is Ava media trained? Her sharp, logical and positive answers puts many adults to shame!

WTG girl!

This attitude reminds me of what Bob Dylan wrote in Masters of War

"How much do I know to talk out of turn?
You might say that I'm young, you might say i'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never forgive what you do."

BTW, Ava
:yourock:

I just watched it!

You are wonderful! :hi: :hug:

inane questions. Great job!:yourock:

You kicked ass.

Say, Ava - are you in any way related to Scott Lowery (Khephra), the DU'er that died so sudden? I hope you don't mind me asking, I just got curious to the similarity in names :-)