I'm just amazed at how things have changed now that the tools for making every kind of media are in the hands of pretty much everyone. It won't ensure a glut of quality material, but it won't rule out a lot of quality either - a lot of people are capable of creating great things but lack the time or tools. Apple, in my case, just provided a quick way to realize the kind of thing that was running through my head the minute I realized that I could download a raw clip of Dean's actual speech. Robert Smigel has been doing this for years on SNL with his brilliant "Fun with Real Audio" cartoons, yet he has a budget.

For those who have asked, I made the clip in Garage Band. I sampled the crowd noise and had that going anywhere there would have been silence. I clipped out the 'yeaaargh' and inserted it several times into the course of the 15 second song, the last three times with an echo effect. Other than that, I ran the rest of his speech without interruption along with the music - that's why MSBNC was able to synch it up perfectly with the video of Dean's remarks. Clever move on their part, really. Besides GarageBand, I also used the tool made by Felt Tip Software - Sound Studio - to compress the song and then normalize to 100% of volume so it would sound good in lower quality files.