Video Roundup (October 15, 2008)

I'm still low on time, so once again, I'm going to offer a few interesting videos that I've come across. First, there is this chilling video from Gov. Palin's rally in Ohio yesterday that aired on Al-Jazeera (yes, that Al-Jazeera):



Is that really the country that we live in? That's the impression that the Arab and Muslim world have of us (and probably much of the broader Third World, as well).

On a much, much lighter note, I submit the following:





Finally, there is a very interesting essay in The New York Times. In "Bulls, Bears, Donkeys and Elephants", Tommy McCall examines how the market has performed under Democrat and Republican presidents. His analysis is summed up in a series of graphs:

Interesting, no?