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President-Elect Obama on the tube

DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
edited December 2008 in Social Entropy++
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U

This is pretty rad. He plans on doing weekly addresses via Youtube. Maybe people will actually hear/watch them now. I read somewhere that he also wants to bring the government into the 21st century, I forget where sadly. It's about time.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Holy shit this is actually pretty cool! Our President-Elect is actually doing something pretty fucking neat.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited November 2008
    watching his eyes read the script is creeping me out

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The one where he sings Chocolate Rain is the best.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'm gonna watch this after the game. What's he talking about?

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    The economy, what he's urging congress to do etc etc

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Keith wrote: »
    watching his eyes read the script is creeping me out

    Yeah, he needs to work on that. Regardless, I think this is a great thing.

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  • ShankusuShankusu __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    whatever fdr did it first

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Well, we all know they read a script anyway.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited November 2008
    Shankusu wrote: »
    whatever fdr did it first

    yeah and he hid his illness

    obama isn't even in whiteface

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Veretas wrote: »
    The economy, what he's urging congress to do etc etc
    Makes sense. It's really nice to see our President-elect embracing technology instead of ignoring or demonizing it.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    He'll even join your MMO guild if you ask nicely enough.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U

    This is pretty rad. He plans on doing weekly addresses via Youtube. Maybe people will actually hear/watch them now. I read somewhere that he also wants to bring the government into the 21st century, I forget where sadly. It's about time.

    Change.Gov's channel.

    Dude I am not looking forward to the Youtube comments on these...

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    dude if a president ever plays any MMo ever the world will end

    I have this stone tablet that depicts the end of days as being exactly that

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U

    This is pretty rad. He plans on doing weekly addresses via Youtube. Maybe people will actually hear/watch them now. I read somewhere that he also wants to bring the government into the 21st century, I forget where sadly. It's about time.

    Change.Gov's channel.

    Dude I am not looking forward to the Youtube comments on these...

    looks like they'll all be disabled

    Obama's no dummy

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yea I really like that he's getting on what is pretty much a personal level.

    It's pretty much like when people first watched the president on the TV.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U

    This is pretty rad. He plans on doing weekly addresses via Youtube. Maybe people will actually hear/watch them now. I read somewhere that he also wants to bring the government into the 21st century, I forget where sadly. It's about time.

    Change.Gov's channel.

    Dude I am not looking forward to the Youtube comments on these...

    Or the remixes.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Yeah I would imagine that he wouldn't permit any kind of dialogue in that context. The leader talks [to/with] the filthy masses in [public/private].

    You can talk with them in private.
    You can talk to them in public.

    But you never talk with them in public.

    Also Jesus Christ, Obama. You got elected already. Stop saying "Main Street."

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Hi Defender

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    defender stop being racist

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'll racist your asshole!

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    His 3 props: Flag, Books (law? encyclopedia?), and Autographed Basketball.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Scooter wrote: »
    His 3 props: Flag, Books (law? encyclopedia?), and Autographed Basketball.

    The basketball is rotting/decaying and has a plant growing out of it. It symbolizes his devotion to the earth and environmental issues, as well as his ability to sink sick-ass three-pointers without even warming up.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    And plant

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I am happy to see him doing this, though. I guess it's just because I've seen so much technophobic and technologically ignorant bullshit coming from the government, which I attribute largely to the age of most members of government. Well, their age plus that they are apparently stubborn old goats who at some point decided to start refusing to adapt.

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Having a president that can kick my ass in basketball is kind of cool.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Having a president that is capable of sending people an e-mail makes me happy

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I wonder if he'll be on AIM.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    You: Hey O-B
    YesWeCan08: Hey man, sup?

    Not much brosef, you?

    Oh you know the usual, making youtube vids and whatnot for the people.

    Ah cool, so hey could you like give every citizen a polar bear?

    Uh....no?

    Oh well I just thought I'd ask

    Why Polar Bears?

    Why not?

    Good Point.

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  • KilljoyKilljoy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I wonder if he hunt and pecks.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Killjoy wrote: »
    I wonder if he hunt and pecks.

    Do Blackberrys use a QWERTY keyboard?

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Depends on the blackberry?

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If the one Obama uses has one, there's a good chance he can touch type.

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Fix your sig MKR

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    HEY MARATHON DON'T BE THAT GUY

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  • MarathonMarathon Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP. STOP YELLING AT ME!

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  • Mr. Henry BemisMr. Henry Bemis God is love Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    chances are he wouldn't realize for a while if no one told him because it'd be hells of cached

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Marathon wrote: »
    Fix your sig MKR

    Way ahead of you.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I watched this, but was distracted by the basketball(?) with the inscription on it to the right, now I want to know what it says and who gave it to him

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It was the Harlem Globetrotters

    and it says

    "When the time is right,

    Spin this ball with all your funk.

    And we shall come to claim our rightful place

    On planet Earth."

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited November 2008
    all blackberrys use the qwerty keyboard

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