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- DeskFlyer, on 11/23/2008, -5/+16OMG BUT HE HE KNEW BILL AYERS
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -0/+8I was going to digg you up... but I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
But I don't want to digg you down either, because you might have been being sarcastic...
I'm gonna walk away from this one. - mhmandthen, on 11/23/2008, -0/+5You made a small typo there:
"(I guess when you've got people like *Bush in power who pardon people performing warantless wiretaps that its to be expected)." - str3ama, on 11/23/2008, -2/+7Actually this is part of the reason why I voted for Obama, he's more in touch with modernity and that means using Technology and the platform of the people to communicate with them, in older times this was via radio, and then television, but now it's the Internet. And we need a president who can keep up with the change, not someone who's going to hunker in for the long haul keeping things the same because they're afraid of change. Fortunately the right man won, and we can already see that small improvements are being made to help give the people more say in their governance, hopefully this will lead to the rebuilding of the public sphere which was taken away by Bush the 2nd (it just sounds cooler having that prefix, hmm Str3ama the 69th)
- inactive, on 11/23/2008, -0/+5A: Obama
B: Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, Myself, and 58,343,000+ Americans. - jcc6655, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4he's already planning on doing that. change.gov
- jcc6655, on 11/23/2008, -0/+4with tech proliferating a surveilance state is unavoidable. So to keep liberty strong EVERYONE needs to have access to the surveilance tech. if everyone can watch everyone suddenly no one cares about looking. So i think it's great that Obama is openly making what he is doing visible to us the people that it directly effects.
- joand315, on 11/22/2008, -4/+8Manny's is fine Chicago institution. I think it will be hard for Barack to give up his life as a regular guy.
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -2/+5str3ama,
I hate to break this to you but a President who uses twitter isn't any more likely to give a rat-crap what you have to say than a pretzel on the floor of a movie theatre.
Buuuuutt Good luck with that! - curunir, on 11/23/2008, -1/+3No, dude, that's not true anymore. We elected a black president, so we can ditch the White Guilt now.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -2/+4BILL WHO?
OH ***** YEAH
THAT GUY
WHAT A ***** - momomorrell, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2a contestant can't make it through a series of Survivor without every personal detail surfacing, so a lot of these types of statement, whether sarcastic or not simply elude me.
- newsbreakingnow, on 11/23/2008, -2/+4For the first time, were actually able to stalk the president
- dustbowl, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2So everyone is going to have Obama's picture, big deal, he's the President-elect, President to be, that's a given.
However, I think it would be a major problem for his Secret Service detail, to have their pictures taken along with Obama. I think it's okay for Obama's picture to be taken because that's the life that he's chosen, but I don't think his Secret Service agents that are protecting him should have their pictures taken as well. I actually think its a major security risk. - Vektuz, on 11/23/2008, -0/+2On one side, I kinda feel sorry for him. To have an utterly transparent life, to be unable to even go out to have a burger or a pie without being tracked and questioned and photographed.
But then again, he is the president elect. Becoming president, you essentially sacrifice any possible chance at privacy and normalcy in order to do the job the people elected you for. You give that up in order to serve.
I do feel sorry for his family though. - 919kwjc, on 11/23/2008, -3/+4 ..."more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant".
Two immediate thoughts:
A. Who would want this job?
B. Who's going to scrutinize Obama? The media? They haven't so far, why would they start now? - inactive, on 11/24/2008, -0/+1***** the media will still give him a pass and all the online pseudo-intellectuals will still fawn over his a "change".
- Vektuz, on 11/23/2008, -0/+1He already has a weekly youtube address!
Two weeks area already out. And many other videos.
http://www.youtube.com/rss/user/changedotgov/video ... - Barackalypse, on 11/23/2008, -1/+2No typo, Obama voted for FISA with telcom immunity, which basically gave every telcom that cooperated a free pass on their crimes. Unlike Obama, Bush never pretended to stand up for your rights.
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -1/+2@momomorrell:
Dude I am really tired tonight. So maybe I'm just a little thick this evening, but.. What? - SemiSarcastic, on 11/23/2008, -2/+2Using technology to scrutinize the government the same way they used it to scrutinize us? That cool. On the other hand however there are still plenty of crazy/stupid people out there...
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -5/+5Transparency will be a good thing. Especially when one party controls the Congress, Senate, and Presidency.
We have only one branch of government left that isn't controlled by a specific party, and the justices have been letting me down lately. - dieboldcracy, on 11/23/2008, -1/+1yeah, the same website that said there would be mandatory community service
- pulito, on 11/23/2008, -1/+0dugg for the classic pretzel in a movie theater analogy
- solid12345, on 11/23/2008, -3/+3The mainstream media dugg up info on Joe the Plumber's personal life and tax info in 24 hours yet they refused to investigate anything about Obama's past for the last 2 years? They just assumed everything he wrote about himself in "Dreams of my Father" were true.
- dieboldcracy, on 11/23/2008, -1/+1Bill Ayers is a straw man
Obama is controlled by the same people that controlled Bush. Presidents are puppets. Have been since JFK was shot trying to dismantle the CIA and abolish the Federal Reserve. This country will be a 2nd world wasteland in 2 years. It's not because of Obama, it's just in the cards.
bring on the hyperinflation - TinternAbbot, on 11/23/2008, -2/+2Scrutinize Obama? Does not compute.
- pulito, on 11/23/2008, -2/+1I wanna go to Obamaland :o( i herd the wallpaper tastes like change
- inactive, on 11/23/2008, -2/+1With an M4? Sheesh. No thanks.
- momomorrell, on 11/23/2008, -2/+0I'd like to see him move from the radio address to a weekly You Tube address.
or at least a weekly podcast? - Tsumuji, on 11/23/2008, -2/+1Because MySpace and Facebook are the key to global domination.
/sarcasm - DMCer, on 11/23/2008, -2/+1"Citizens and paparazzi armed with camera phones and a variety of other multimedia devices will chronicle every movement he makes in public and post it online."
...except that already happens to every president. Stupid article. - dieboldcracy, on 11/23/2008, -3/+2did he use this same technology to vote for
extension of the Patriot Act
FISA Bill
Wall street Bailout
did he twitter his desire to
-expand Afghan war
-start war with Iran
-create a million man "youth brigade" to spy on family and neighbors?
Wake the F#*) Up- Change is an ad slogan.
NO I did NOT vote for McCain - chasemassey, on 11/23/2008, -6/+3The last episode of TWIT addressed this. With twiter, facebook, myspace etc., Obama could become one of the most powerful presidents in history.
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -3/+1Are you serious? Those are your thoughts on surveillance?
You sound like the villian in The Incredibles. "Because when everyone's super.... No one will be!" - Barackalypse, on 11/23/2008, -5/+2It isn't unavoidable, the problem is that the Government seems to embrace it without suffering any consequences (I guess when you've got people like Obama in power who pardon people performing warantless wiretaps that its to be expected).
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/23/2008, -4/+1Oh good call. I forgot that Ayers helped him begin his business and political career.
Good catch DeskFlyer!
(I need a favor - Will someone who is more motivated than I am just go get a bunch of links and paste them in here before the "OMG HE DIDN'T KNOW HIM!" spamming even starts?) - Ajzimm3rman, on 11/23/2008, -9/+4But he's black, which means anyone who criticizes him is racist.
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