Saturday, Barack Obama delivered his first regular weekend address to the nation as president-elect. To be followed by messages from the Oval Office.
Starting with President Roosevelt, these have been a regular feature of some of our chief executives. Pretty consistently on radio. There was nothing special, startling or advanced in this first effort. Just a continuation of campaign speeches from few weeks ago.
So, what will the president using YouTube offer us?
Obama first term is actually Bushes 3rd.
Intelligence Policy to Stay Largely Intact
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122636726473415991.html
It doesn’t matter what he says, what matters is what he does.
#20. given that the Feds just auctioned off a huge honkin’ chunk of spectrum for handheld devices, and now the white space between TV channels is going for super-Wi-Fi, I think it would be very hard to justify eliminating AM radio for more of the same.
It will die a natural death over the course of the next 10 years or so, as cars become equipped with internet radio appliances, and anyone who can afford cable modem service can launch their own ‘radio’ station. gramps can get his Paul Harvey over his in-dash iPhone.
And the fairness doctrine is obsolete – everyone with an opinion can spew it on the internets, including YouTube. If I were Obama, one of the ways I would demonstrate that I know that the media environment had changed was by refusing to revive the fairness doctrine.
It would really honk off the talk radio right-wingers, who are excited at the prospect of being ‘censored’ in the name of fairness. depriving them of a grievance they so desperately desire would really stick it to them.
Most media outlets have been very pro democratic, Pro Obama, etc.
He is still smart not to let them control his converstation with America. To many of them hold views he doesn’t. They also like to spin things to make the story bigger. You can’t trust them.
He needs to know what common people think about what he is doing.
I suppose he could drop into a few chat groups/news groups/etc. under another name…
It at least confirms that SOMEONE in his administration knows what the You Tubes are.
Thank god for that.
All that I really have to say is this…
Obama had better not suck as bad as GW Bush (and Mad Dog Cheney). If he turns out to be more of a tyrant than either of those two – then I’m sure that segments of the population will riot and protest as things get worse in America.
#21 Stars & Bars is right though… Obama’s policies are not much different than Bush’s, or McCain’s, or really any other president that is ‘allowed’ the office.
If Obama does promote a positive change in America – I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Building roads and stuff seems like a lot of work. Like really hard labor type work. Who wants to do that? Does he have any desk jobs available?