This from FIORE ...quite powerful

[PatriotMom]

http://sfgate.com/comics/fiore/

[longship]

1. Whoa! That's hard hitting.

Kudos to Mark Fiore. More people should see and hear it.

[AuntiBush]

30. Really. Thank you Mark Fiore.

Placed a link from my blog to his visual tale.

The country knows. The world now knows, too.

[Im with Rosey]

2. thanks

that was very good.

[Blue Belle]

3. That was right on the money.

Leave it to Fiore to nail it.

[PatriotMom]

7. I can't stop crying

I emailed him to let him know what impact that had on me.

[Sydnie]

27. Me either

:hug:

[Heddi]

4. Wow. That was super

The last part was just fucking awful, but in a poignant way...

[jwirr]

5. That is awesome.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. only 2 votes people?

If it makes you cry... vote it up.

I did.

:cry:

[titoresque]

8. make that 3

:cry:

[Geoff R. Casavant]

11. Nope, 4

Actually, in the time it took me to watch and nominate, it went up to 6.

[burrowowl]

9. Fiore has suppassed himself

POWERFUL!

[DELUSIONAL]

10. Powerful --

[Mr_Spock]

12. Ouch!

Not many animations can bring a tear to my eye :(

[stevietheman]

13. Wow... speechless.

[alittlelark]

14. My kids saw the cartoon and came like a moth to the flame

We watched it for a minute or so, but when the pres. of Jefferson Parish's words came I had to stop it. I was all choked up and my younger one didn't get it. My older one did.

[lildreamer316]

15. Reco-fuckn-mended. There goes my rage again. n/t

[Raster]

16. kicked and nominated.

:kick:

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. He's never made me cry before

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[bleever]

18. I love Mark Fiore but...

this exceded all expectations.

Bless you Mark. I'm gonna track you down and buy you a burrito.

[intheflow]

19. It's hard to nominated that for something called the "Greatest" page.

The cartoon itself is hard-hitting and accurate, but "greatest" makes it sound like something good, and that cartoon was just tragic. Nominted because it must be seen.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

50. "Great" does not mean "good".

Some of the word's many definitions (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=greatest):

"Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent: a great crisis."

Or,

"Powerful; influential: one of the great nations of the West."

Or,

"Superior in quality or character."

I think all of those would describe this, so it is indeed "great".

[intheflow]

51. Point well teken, and I fully understand those meanings.

That's why I nominated it. But you know, we mostly do think of "great" being "good."

"How you feeling today?" "Great!"
"How'd you do on that test?" "Great!"
"I have the greatest husband in the world!"
"What a great new car you're driving!"

So it's more of a common usage... feeling (for lack of a better word) to the word, more than the dictionary definition that caused my comment.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

20. His stuff is...

... always very powerful. The more exposure the better.

[spuddonna]

21. God, I'm crying again....

These bastards... How can they turn their backs on the American citizens? I just don't understand... My heart hurts...

[MojoXN]

22. NOT cool.

Even when making an important point, farce designed on a tragedy like this has NO place in public discourse. No offense, just my opinion. Powerful, yes. Tasteful, no.

MojoXN

[libertypirate]

24. Are you kidding....

It was absolutely perfect... It showed how much a joke Bush Co. is and then shoved reality in your face...

It sucked and that is why it was perfect, it hurts and we shouldn't end much in a laugh now days at least out of respect for our fellow Americans who have perished.

[AAARRRGGGHHH]

32. I respectfully disagree

The message will need to take many forms, including satire (IMHO!).

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

38. I think the farce imitated farce quite well

[Gregorian]

23. :(

Oh my god. I hadn't heard the clip before. I wasn't expecting that. And Fiore has never done a serious piece with a real audio recording. Now I know a bit more than I knew.

[Up2Late]

29. Here a link to a thread I started about it, someone posted...

...a link to the video, if you want to see it:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2062863>

[psychopomp]

39. Me neither... after reading a transcript I studiously avoided it

I wasn't quite up to grieving yet.

[msongs]

25. ok so what does it show? nt

[Up2Late]

26. Wow

That recording still stops me dead in my tracks, and I's heard it dozens of time by now.

[ClayZ]

28. Powerful Hight Art!

Fiore astounds again!


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:kick:

[faithnotgreed]

31. .......

there are no words for that
just tears

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

33. Chillingly perfect.

Anyone who's familiar with Fiore's work would expect the whimsical style.
Then the last scene hits you out of NOWHERE and drives the point home.

[Kurovski]

34. Must be seen right to the finish.

It's hard to believe that all of the country is not on their own rooftops screaming for this all to finally end.

The lack of voices just adds to the sense of unreality.

[Spazito]

35. Wow... again, Wow!

[EC]

36. Thanks... n/t

[smurfygirl]

37. the ending makes me sad and even angrier than before

recommended.

[Karenina]

40. Kick!

:kick:

[justabob]

41. Great one

Fiore has put out a lot of great animations, but this is definitely the best I've seen. :cry:

[livetohike]

42. I'm sending this to my Senators and Republican Cong. n/t

[ohio_liberal]

43. Wow!

Mark Fiore nails it again.

[Dangerman]

44. Very powerful

Mark Fiore at his best.

[Misunderestimator]

45. wow

[bloom]

46. kick

:kick:

[ananda]

47. Right on!

Brilliant, as usual.

Sue

[Jokerman]

48. Holy Shit! I've got tears in my eyes.

Fiore usually leaves me laughing but this one has me choked up.

[welshTerrier2]

49. i wonder if Stewart would play this on TDS ???

instead of the "ha ha" polite satire Stephanopoulos shows with Leno or Letterman, maybe he would show this ... how powerful would that be?

[meganmonkey]

52. Damn - I have never seen a Fiore toon like that.

:cry:

That Broussard clip - it's the most heartbreaking thing I have ever heard, it's just as powerful every time.

[Pooka Fey]

53. This made it lose it.

I hate the U.S.A.

[oasis]

54. kick

[Gregorian]

55. Strange Fruit.

I put my finger on what this reminded me of. Billy Holiday sang that song.