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November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan

2007-11-05 · John · watch on YouTube · World affairs · news analysis

In a ten-part video John says he is really mad about what is happening in Pakistan, mocks George W. Bush's judgment of Musharraf and Putin and his claim that 'democracy is on the march', and fits in Paper Towns editing, earworms, the secret-sibling fund and scavenger hunt news.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting; today's video in ten very short parts; part one is the back-and-forth itself

  • ★ John announces that today's video comes in ten extremely short parts; the opening back-and-forth was part one. (playful) — 00:00:10

00:00:31 — Part 2: thanks for the Young Authors Award video; more likely the first moment he realized a girl might like him

  • ★★ Thanking Hank and Dad for the Young Authors video, John says it more likely shows the first moment he realized a girl might like him than his writing connecting him to others. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:42

00:00:54 — Part 3: Pakistan: 'Listen up, General Musharraf'

  • ★★ John tells General Musharraf, as if he watched the show, that he is angering John and to stop it. (playful) — 00:00:54

00:01:01 — Part 4: Paper Towns back for editing, 14-hour days; this week's vlogs fast like Contador at the Tour de France

  • ★★ Paper Towns is back with John, so for the next week or so he will edit about 14 hours a day, which will be very stressful. — 00:01:01 · Paper Towns
  • ★★ John warns that this week's vlogs will be rushed, joking they will be like Alberto Contador at the Tour de France: very fast, maybe on steroids. (playful) — 00:01:13

00:01:21 — Part 5: earworms: a Harry Potter song lyric and a Walt Whitman poetry earworm

  • ★★ John says lately he has poetry earworms as well as song ones (he sings a Harry Potter song lyric), such as Walt Whitman's lines on the luck of being born and dying. — 00:01:21 · Walt Whitman, Accio Deathly Hallows

00:01:46 — Part 6 'Nerdfighter Like': enough money raised to bring the secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together; names withheld; cuter than Cute with Chris

  • ★★★ John announces that the generosity of many Nerdfighters has raised enough money to bring the secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together. — 00:01:46 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Though the couple has been basically outed on the forum, John will not name them until they agree; he says they are cuter than the animals on Cute with Chris. (playful) — 00:02:05 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum

00:02:15 — Parts 7-8: Bush's judgment of Putin and Musharraf; 'democracy is on the march' versus the list of countries, fewer democracies, Mars

  • ★★★ John sarcastically faults George W. Bush's judgment of foreign leaders: he claimed to see Putin's good soul and praised Musharraf. (playful) — 00:02:15 · George W. Bush
  • ★★★ John says he is really mad about what is happening in Pakistan right now. — 00:02:34
  • ★★★ John rejects Bush's repeated claim that 'democracy is on the march', listing countries it is not marching to, from Pakistan and Russia to Venezuela. (playful) — 00:02:39 · George W. Bush, China
  • ★★★ John suggests a count might show fewer genuinely democratic countries now than when 'democracy started marching'. (hedged) — 00:03:03

00:03:19 — Part 9: outro: Pakistanis less free tomorrow than today; sign-off

  • ★★★ John says it looks like Pakistanis will be less free tomorrow than today, as they are less free today than yesterday. (hedged) — 00:03:19

00:03:33 — Part 10: scavenger hunt clues found in Indianapolis, Englewood and near Chicago; the hidden video found; a day's pause

Humor (significant)

  • John announces a ten-part video; Hank's incredulous reply turns out to be part one. — 00:00:22 > «Yeah exactly. That was part one.»
  • Hank called the award footage the moment John realized his writing could connect him to the world. — 00:00:49 > «I think it's far more likely that that was the first moment I ever realized that a girl might, for even one second, like me.»
  • John warns Hank this week's vlogs will be like Alberto Contador at the Tour de France. — 00:01:16 > «which is to say that I'm going to go really fast and I might have to use steroids to do it.»
  • After listing the countries democracy isn't marching to, John wonders where it is going. — 00:03:09 > «Hank, maybe democracy is marching to Mars.»

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