Robert F Kennedy Jr - Commonwealth Club 6-16-11

Looks like a good one.

Here's a Petition to sign.. RFK Jr For President.

http://rfkin2008.wordpress.com/

Maybe he can run as an Independent....

I wouldn't have it any other way.

yes, please sign the petition.....so THEY WILL FUCKING KILL HIM ...lol

fuck corporatism. fuck capitalism. fuck rfk jr for thinking he can manipulate "business" to his ends without tackling the heart of the issue, the perpetual greed that manifests itself on an individual basis, handed down from generation to generation of born rich assholes (like himself).

ill give it a watch anyways, at least hes not running as a democrat (aka new age republican)

He seems like he might be an anarchist. He's been arrested twice. Each time showing clear tendencies to think and act as an individual.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy,_Jr.


1983

In 1983, he was arrested in a Rapid City, South Dakota, airport for heroin possession. A search of his carry-on bag uncovered 183 milligrams of the drug.[4] Upon entering a plea of guilty, Kennedy, then 29 years old and a first time offender, was sentenced to two years probation, periodic tests for drug use, treatment by joining Narcotics Anonymous, and 1,500 hours of community service by Presiding Judge Marshall P. Young.[4] After the court was satisfied with Kennedy's compliance with the sentence, it ordered that Kennedy's record regarding the offense was to be sealed and expunged.
[edit] 2001

In April 2001, Kennedy was arrested for trespassing at Camp Garcia, the United States Navy training facility on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Kennedy and others were protesting the use of a small section of the island for training. The trespassing incident forced the suspension of live-fire exercises for almost 3 hours. Despite the best efforts of his counsel, former Governor of New York Mario Cuomo, on July 18, 2001, Kennedy was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Hector Laffitte.

Well, he could be the president and even do reasonable policies, if only there would be functioning democracy in the US. I'd say Obama could be ok if he'd be responsible to the people and not to corporations, Wallstreet, money or whatever. It is the institutions, not the individuals, that suck.

Some Reason for optimism here....

http://www.alternet.org/news/149620/vermont_is_gearing_up_to_strike_a_major_blow_to_corporate_personhood,_ban_it_statewide/

Resolution Calling to Amend the Constitution Banning Corporate Personhood Introduced in Vermont

On the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, Vermont politicians are moving to deny corporations the rights that humans enjoy.
January 22, 2011 |

A year ago today, the Supreme Court issued its bizarre Citizens United decision, allowing unlimited corporate spending in elections as a form of “free speech” for the corporate “person.” Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the dissent, had the task of recalling the majority to planet earth and basic common sense.

"Corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires," wrote Stevens. "Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of human beings, to be sure, and their 'personhood' often serves as a useful legal fiction. But they are not themselves members of 'We the People' by whom and for whom our Constitution was established."........

Howdy, I listened to this on NPR and it was excellent. Can some kind soul seed this for me, I just started to d/l it and I am getting no seeders. Thank you in advance.

- BerkeleyGuy

There are two seeders showing at btmon:

http://www.btmon.com/Unsorted/Video/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr_-_Commonwealth_Club_6-16-11.mp4.torrent.html


I have used a free downloadable tool called Bit Che to perform this search. It is available free from convivea.com.

Thank you Loninappleton,

Yes I know about what you speak there is one seeder I can get at a very slow rate (less than 1kB/s which would take about 13 days to download).

Barring any fast seeders coming in soon I have found a different way to get this remarkable speech from RFK Jr. Here is how to get the full resolution 993MB mp4 file w/o going thru this torrent:

Step 1: Copy the youtube URL for the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDghU2bzQQ

Step 2: Goto the site keepvid.com

Step 3: paste the youtube url from step 1 into the box marked "Enter video URL or Search here"

Step 4: Click on the download button

Step 5: After a few seconds you will see the following:

Links found on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDghU2bzQQ&feature=player_embedded
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (61611) from youtube.com
›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 240p
›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 360p
›› Download FLV ‹‹ - 480p
›› Download MP4 ‹‹ - (Max 480p)
›› Download MP4 ‹‹ - 720p
›› Download WebM ‹‹ - 360p
›› Download WebM ‹‹ - 480p
›› Download WebM ‹‹ - 720p
›› Download 3GP ‹‹ - 240p
*NEW* ›› Download MP3 ‹‹ - Standard Quality (SnipMP3.com)

Step 6: Click on the video quality you want. The best quality is the 720p versions, and the "›› Download MP4 ‹‹ - 720p" is the exact same one (993mb mp4 file) used in this torrent.

Step 7: It took me about 1 hour to d/l the 993mb file, (your mileage may vary depending on your broadband speed)

Step 8: specify the location to save the video file to your local system.

Step 9: Watch the Video and Share it!

Godspeed,
BerkeleyGuy

Sort of complicated but a good tip.

I'm all for making torrents as small as possible rather as big as can be. Perhaps AutoGK can get it smaller but I cannot recall at the moment if it works on mp4's.

Word: my "mileage" is really slow.