ASHAMED: SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK AT MY NEW ANIMATION FOR DUers! *Hankie Warning

[Ava]

Hey everyone. My new animation won't be linked to my website until tomorrow, but I thought I would give you all a "sneak peek" at it before I put it up. The name of the animation is "Ashamed," Check it out at:
http://www.peacetakescourage.com/ashamed.html

Please let me know if you see any errors or typos, and as always, I would love to hear your comments and suggestions!

[babylonsister]

1. Ava, that's incredibly sad and powerful, and the music is

perfect. Thank you.

[Ava]

2. thanks!

glad you liked it! :hi:

[screembloodymurder]

49. What can we do?

*

[NanceGreggs]

3. Absolutely beautiful ...

... in an incredibly sad, heart-wrenching way.

Please add a 'Hankie' warning to the header. I can't imagine anyone NOT shedding tears (as I am right now) after seeing this.

You are so right - we should ALL feel ashamed.

[Ava]

5. thanks for your kind comments!

:hi:
i added the hankie warning too.

[Just Me]

4. BAH!!! Frustrates the crap outta' me that I can't pull this stuff up.

Living in rural America has its rewards and its disadvantages. x( Wish you the best, anyways, Sister!!! :hug:

[Ava]

6. lol, thanks

:pals:

[silverchair]

7. that was very touching

i liked your choice of music. it hits deep. you've done a very nice job. i think a lot of people don't realize how serious the situation is in iraq. they go on about their daily lives and act like it's a normal thing. ever since bush and co. took over our country, it's never been the same. this fiasco could have been prevented but too many people are not brave enough to go up against these monsters. thanks for sharing this. it means a lot.

[Ava]

8. thanks.

john williams has the BEST instrumental music. that song alone made me want to cry, so i knew i had to use it for an animation.

[MadMaddie]

9. Bravo.... Ava.....Bravo.....

What software are you using to produce the pieces?

What is the link to your website?

[Ava]

10. thanks MadMaddie!

I mostly use a program called "swish pro" but i also use Macromedia Flash MX sometimes. my website is: http://www.peacetakescourage.com/

:hi:

[MadMaddie]

12. Thanks for the info and keep up the good work!!

:hi:

[spartan61]

11. How incredible!! We tend to forget the actual cost in human

lives when we only hear the statistics. You really should make a CD of this and send it to the chimp. I'm sure he has no idea of the suffering he and his cabal have caused. His staffers had to make a DVD of the devastation of Katrina before he understood what was actually happening on the Gulf coast. Perhaps this would be the only way for him to understand the horrors of his war.

[MadMaddie]

13. To make an impact on him would require a conscious....

He has none, he has no heart....His true love is money and making money for his buddies.

He was in the Gulf and pointed at Congress for not slating enough money...yet his war of choice is sucking billions out of US coffers.....he is going to raid the retirement funds of government employees and retirees to keep funding his war....

[Ava]

19. thanks!

:hi:

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. The chimp doesn't care. He is incapable of caring. Death means

nothing to him. The suffering caused by his actions/policies mean nothing to him. He is a heartless, soulless bastard and that is the best I can speak of him.

[Auntie Bush]

14. The only thing missing is "Impeach Bush Now" at the end.

Excellent work, thanks for sharing and the sneak preview.

[Ava]

20. thanks Auntie Bush!

I though about adding that to the end but i decided "don't wait until it's too late" did it. ;)

[spindrifter]

15. Tremendous music accompanying the powerful photos!

Thanks you. This was great. I don't know if you want to put commas to set off your ,if not thousands clause(s).

[Ava]

21. thanks spindrifter!

thanks. like i said earlier i love john williams. he has some of the most beautiful music!

[madokie]

16. you make me cry, real tears, i'm sorry

i'm ashamed our country volunteered for iraqistan, so sad.

[Ava]

22. i would say thankyou but i'm not sure if i should!

i'm sorry i made you cry (even though that is what i was going for) ;)

[madokie]

26. Thank you for doing this, I feel much better when i watch your work

it gives me a sense of pride that our young ones are going to pick up where we left off, that my time wasn't for naught. You have a gift and you are using it well. Bless you and sleep tight, with many pleasant dreams.

[Ava]

27. thanks! you've made my day, or night!

;)

[rsmith6621]

17. bm

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

18. Sad. Powerful. Needs to be seen. nt.

[Ava]

23. thanks Mr. Jefferson!

:hi:

[brook]

24. Your work is magnificent.

My deep hope is that one day you will be able to use your talents to help us celebrate the end of this madness.

[Ava]

25. thanks brook!

i hope so too! :)

[understandinglife]

28. Recommended and Thank you!

Peace.

[Ava]

30. thanks!

:hi:

[stop the bleeding]

29. I hope one day they can forgive us, if they do they will never forget.

May God help us, I have to keep re-typing this because of the tears.

riveting...

[Ava]

31. i just wish my animations had the same effect on bush.

but i doubt that is ever going to happen.

[stop the bleeding]

33. no pulse/heart = no feeling/emotion = no regard for life

thanks again for the post

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

32. Thanks so much for putting that together. K&R

[Ava]

35. thanks!

:hi:

[in_cog_ni_to]

34. You did it again, Ava.

That is so sad.:cry: You couldn't have picked better music for that animation or a better title.

I'm ashamed. :(

K & R too.

[Ava]

36. thanks in_cog_ni_to!

i think those of us who are informed are all ashamed. i think if everyone realized what was happening over there they would be ashamed also, unless they were heartless.

[ClayZ]

37. OMG... Bravo!

How about something like this?

[Stockholm]

38. Well done!

Peace does indeed take courage. K&R

[laylah]

39. All I can figure is

you are a very old soul in a young woman's body. Your insight, empathy, and compassion are beyond impressive. Keep up the good work, sweet Ava! :hug:

Jenn

[Ava]

58. thanks laylah!

:pals:

[Me.]

40. Should Be

But how many are?

[Ava]

42. thanks everyone!

:grouphug:

[MadHound]

43. Great work, powerful and touching

Way to go:toast:

[Ava]

45. thanks mad hound!

:hi:

[Cults4Bush]

44. I am ashamed... disgusted... frightened.. depressed... angry... on and on

How the hell can anyone seriously think that we need to stay in Iraq? Who the hell are we helping? How come the so called "AQ in Iraq" didn't take responsibility for the Golden Dome, when they have claimed responsibilit for numerous Shia attacks? What were Brits doing dressed up as insurgents and fighting "legitimate" police forces? How could the administration have planned for this war worse than a two bit strategy gamer? Chaos means we stay. Staying means we get those bases and have some control over the ME oil. Staying means mercenaries and major corpos get to profit without end.

Staying means perpetual warfare, perpetual warfare means perpetual profit and that profit means power.

Staying means we treat the Iraqis like barbarians both in thought and deed, staying means feeding the bloodlust of ignorance. Staying means reinforcing pax americana, imperialism and sustaining an dfurther emboldening hatred of our country and its citizens.

Staying means more death and maiming than leaving (or withdrawing over the horizon) ever will.

Thank you for the tears Ava, they were real... as is my shame.

[Ava]

46. thanks Cults4Bush

:pals:

[Ava]

47. i put the animation up on my site this morning.

so now everyone who goes to my site can click on the link and view it. ;)

[JudyM]

48. Wonderful counterpoint between the understated music and the vivid photos

and facts. That makes the photos all the more dramatic. Great job!

[Ava]

51. Thanks JudyM!

:pals:

[libodem]

50. That is very sad

it gets the point across and left me in tears. I wish it could be played on Faux News between every segment.

[Ava]

52. Thanks libodem!

i doubt anyone who works at fox would watch any of my animations. then they would actually have to see what they are contributing to.

[lonestarnot]

53. Sadly I must say wonderful job.

:cry:

[Ava]

54. thanks lonestarnot

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

56. No thank you!

:hug:

[VaYallaDawg]

55. Thank you so much. I can see/hear your love in the piece.

[Ava]

57. Thanks VaYallaDawg!

:hi:

[ornotna]

59. Wonderful job Ava

Thank you for all that you do.

[Ava]

60. thanks notawol!

:hi: