Obama Takes A Room At Bin Laden’s Ministry Of Peace
NOW Obama is our president elect, the rosy-fingered dawn of a new era in world affairs is upon us.
The world is changed forever. Now a goat farmer in Kenya can say that he can be whatever he wants. An Hawaiian can be King. A small child whose name ends in vowel can have hope. A half-white man can be cheered by Black Panthers.
And now it comes to pass that Obama can be at all places at all times. Thanks to the internets, Obama can truly be the world president.
As the Huffington Post reports:
President-elect Obama’s office gave the media a new way to present him as Franklin Roosevelt 2.0 by announcing Friday that it will be posting weekly addresses - fireside chats for the web generation - on YouTube.
A weekly address for the world as part of the “digital, transparent presidency”. How we will sit glued to the screen as Obama speak unto us.
Only one other leader has harnessed the power of the web in such a fashion, and he lives in a cave in Afghanistan.
Posted: 15th, November 2008 | In: Key Posts, Photojournalism, Politicians Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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November 16th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Does the newly elected President Of The World not realise that every literate or semi litertate person who did not drink the kool aid was absolutely sick to the back teeth of his patronising, preachey, chiche packed motivational speaking months ago.
Even the Roman Emperor Caligula had the self restraint to wait until after he was crowned Emperor before declaring himself a God.
And as for Obama, as the guys at Boggart Blog put it: “He’s not The Stig is he?”
November 16th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Fair point, Cosmo, must be aware of collateral risks.
But there is a down side to decency. The bad guys exploit the Anglosphere’s rules of engagement, shamelessly and without hesitation. Must find a way not to reward that.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Osama bin Liner, bit of a rubbish guy, lives in Pakistan borders. Not Afghanistan. Post codes crucial. Unfortunately, it appears that the US would like to blitz the area instead of getting it ‘right on’. How clever is that? How would you feel if your street was bombed because of a difficult family down the road and your kids were killed? Not a good idea in the battle for ‘hearts and minds’. Cosmo.l