I can see it, YouTube is just the communication vehicle... it's not intended to be a place to collect feedback on Obama is doing. Political discussions can degrade to pretty insulting and inappropriate level pretty quickly...
I gotta say I agree with your first four paragraphs. People "are" hypnotized by this guy, and that is definitely not a good thing. If democracy is to work everyone must be well-informed, but these days it seems like people are only listening to one side. Now, the other side doesn't exactly deserve anybody's attention at this moment, choosing not to cause reasonable doubt but outright and nonsensical fear--but still, it would be for the greater good if people were not so blindly accepting of everything Obama says. You've also made a really interesting point that I've never heard before. "Has" Obama found a new way to maintain the status quot of transferring tax dollars into the pockets of the wealthy through economic bailouts? I've never thought of it that way, but will consider this possibility in the future. People need to remember that behind the rhetoric of every great leader is a man just as susceptible to the temptations of increased power and wealth as any other.
Though he will have to title the videos something more descriptive/reusable than "Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect" Imagine in 2010 we'll have "Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect vol. 456"
What exactly is it that you are connecting in B.Hussein Obama's ideology with the preamble or any other part of the constitution?Spreading the wealth? Collectivism?
"some crazy with a comment to this article claiming that FDR's New Deal caused the Great Depression, using some alleged Nobel Prize winners as supporting evidence"???????The evidence comes from UCLA economists. You are either stupid or to lazy to become informed.From <a class="user" href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx?RelNum=5409">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policie ...</a>FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculateBy Meg Sullivan| 8/10/2004 12:23:12 PMTwo UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they blame a suspect previously thought to be beyond reproach: President Franklin D. Roosevelt.After scrutinizing Roosevelt's record for four years, Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian conclude in a new study that New Deal policies signed into law 71 years ago thwarted economic recovery for seven long years."Why the Great Depression lasted so long has always been a great mystery, and because we never really knew the reason, we have always worried whether we would have another 10- to 15-year economic slump," said Ohanian, vice chair of UCLA's Department of Economics. "We found that a relapse isn't likely unless lawmakers gum up a recovery with ill-conceived stimulus policies."
Yes, we UK people are jealous.Needs to practise looking at the camera more and not his notes next to the camera for the next address!(although compared to his enormous brilliantness, this is a minor quibble...)
jgroverNov 15, 2008
I can see it, YouTube is just the communication vehicle... it's not intended to be a place to collect feedback on Obama is doing. Political discussions can degrade to pretty insulting and inappropriate level pretty quickly...
caitymacNov 16, 2008
am I missing something here?
gaijin21Nov 16, 2008
I think if he did it on a "green screen" he will get more people watching... with all kinds of backgrounds.
shdwfthsunNov 16, 2008
I gotta say I agree with your first four paragraphs. People "are" hypnotized by this guy, and that is definitely not a good thing. If democracy is to work everyone must be well-informed, but these days it seems like people are only listening to one side. Now, the other side doesn't exactly deserve anybody's attention at this moment, choosing not to cause reasonable doubt but outright and nonsensical fear--but still, it would be for the greater good if people were not so blindly accepting of everything Obama says. You've also made a really interesting point that I've never heard before. "Has" Obama found a new way to maintain the status quot of transferring tax dollars into the pockets of the wealthy through economic bailouts? I've never thought of it that way, but will consider this possibility in the future. People need to remember that behind the rhetoric of every great leader is a man just as susceptible to the temptations of increased power and wealth as any other.
kc9eciNov 17, 2008
Oh yes, I forgot, Obama is the 2nd coming of Christ so any critique is grounds for Digg.com burial by the followers.
madcapNov 17, 2008
Though he will have to title the videos something more descriptive/reusable than "Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect" Imagine in 2010 we'll have "Your Weekly Address from the President-Elect vol. 456"
montysbarNov 19, 2008
What exactly is it that you are connecting in B.Hussein Obama's ideology with the preamble or any other part of the constitution?Spreading the wealth? Collectivism?
montysbarNov 19, 2008
"some crazy with a comment to this article claiming that FDR's New Deal caused the Great Depression, using some alleged Nobel Prize winners as supporting evidence"???????The evidence comes from UCLA economists. You are either stupid or to lazy to become informed.From <a class="user" href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx?RelNum=5409">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policie ...</a>FDR's policies prolonged Depression by 7 years, UCLA economists calculateBy Meg Sullivan| 8/10/2004 12:23:12 PMTwo UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they blame a suspect previously thought to be beyond reproach: President Franklin D. Roosevelt.After scrutinizing Roosevelt's record for four years, Harold L. Cole and Lee E. Ohanian conclude in a new study that New Deal policies signed into law 71 years ago thwarted economic recovery for seven long years."Why the Great Depression lasted so long has always been a great mystery, and because we never really knew the reason, we have always worried whether we would have another 10- to 15-year economic slump," said Ohanian, vice chair of UCLA's Department of Economics. "We found that a relapse isn't likely unless lawmakers gum up a recovery with ill-conceived stimulus policies."
jordanwleeNov 24, 2008
Yeah, I posted the Wiki because I wasn't sure how many people actually knew what I was referencing.
thewibblerJan 24, 2009
Yes, we UK people are jealous.Needs to practise looking at the camera more and not his notes next to the camera for the next address!(although compared to his enormous brilliantness, this is a minor quibble...)