I voted for Mccain but if obama actually turns us around then I won't have any complaints.

slawre5

@jewsrock: OMG that sounded really racist. I meant is the screen just dark (solid black) with no sound the whole duration of the video for anybody else?

jewsrock

I'm loving all of connections with FDR Obama is getting.
First, semi-republican president (hoover/bush) increases size of government and economic mess happens. Then, next election is basically handed to democrat party. FDR/Obama create more government protectionism, and we get an extension of the crisis to 14 years. Afterward, WW2/WW3? pulls us out of bad economy and FDR/Obama get the credit.
This is fun! It's like ad libs.

rimshot515

Is the video just black the whole time for everybody else?

jewsrock

@deadhouseplantz: a good economic plan.

Stop spending money you dont need to. <-- solves a huge portion of problems.

granted there are the families who are struggling and having difficulty, but its difficulty to pin point any one economic group. Also i highly doubt anyone here posting on giz is desperate for money so its difficulty to be hateful towards each other. Mainly my point is, we (generally speaking) who post/comment on giz have no understanding what most of these people go through. Next time you see a homeless person or someone who looks like their down on their luck. toss a few dollars their way. if you really are worried about the economy go volunteer for a charitable organization that assists people. Im not saying you dont do this, im just randomly throwing out reasons and suggestions on how the economy could be saved by a few people.

So do as Obama said look after yourself and each other.

Monkiee

@Pokeysticks: "Politics aside though I agree that this new medium of communication is a great way to voice his concerns and plans with everyone without the nation having to be glued to a tv or radio. Its a good step forward."

Well, that is why the posted it.

92BuickLeSabre

@General Halfshaftery: His hair is already much grayer than when the campaign started. I think he's correct to blame it on the Dem. primaries.

92BuickLeSabre

@dopoognora: Perhaps, but that's completely unrelated to the fact that Obama will be the 44th President.

If we're screwed, it's because we already are.

92BuickLeSabre

@shan6: Why? Since your room only gets used once a week? Ba-ZING

saycarramrod

This will now replace Rick Rolling.

KSPRAYDAD (TAWKN.com)

Obamamodo???

Your treating this man like the new heart-throb on 90210... I kinda want to throw up.

Politics aside though I agree that this new medium of communication is a great way to voice his concerns and plans with everyone without the nation having to be glued to a tv or radio. Its a good step forward.

I still want to throw up though...

Pokeysticks

@Brandnew70x7: You don't need to; they will spontaneously generate from the chlorophyllic power of puppy smiles, the seeds of hope and change, and the fertilizer of unicorn poop.

92BuickLeSabre

@saycarramrod:

Maybe I can get somebody to do that for me when I'm bringing girls home from the bar....

shan6

tight

snowninja

@saycarramrod: this room is a room that gets used once a week. :) I bet their primary worry is dusting since no movement goes on in the room except for maybe 1-5 hours a day 52 times a year

Monkiee

I'm picturing what he'll look like in eight years as the stress of the job really ages whoever is in office.

General Halfshaftery

we are so screwed its not even funny :(

dopoognora

@Brandnew70x7: Hey, I have an idea, why don't you take your cynicism down to the unemployment office. They need all the yucks you can spare. Read the news, everyday, a different company or corporation is laying off hundreds and thousands of its employees. You think that is comical? At least Obama is showing concern, and is aware of the problem. Something that has been missing from Washington for the last 8 years.

Tell you what, if you even have the balls to respond to this. Please, share with everyone YOUR economic recovery plan. I'm sure the 6,000 Sun employees who were laid off yesterday would love to read it.

deadhouseplantz

I love the stuff behind his desk that is so perfectly placed there. I can just imagine the assistant that was in charge of putting everything together.

"Ok, I can't make this look too formal, he's not the president yet. Hmmm, alright. Let's put some biographies of presidents....John F. Kennedy, got it. Shows he's a reader. Now....a signed basketball. Shows he's a fun-loving guy. Gotta tease the shot with a bit of a plant, shows he's Green. And....American Flag. God Damnit I'm good"

saycarramrod

Now I understand everyone's shit's emotional right now. But listen up. I got a three point plan to fix EVERYTHING.

UofITom

Loving the Jerry Springer moment near the end...
"We need to not only look after ourselves, but each other."

Nickbee

GOBAMA :]

iAirmanshirk69

I guess I better start planting those rainbow candy trees.

Brandnew70x7

@Roddy: Oh, you annoying little jerk. Give the guy a break, he was quoting southpark. There is such thing as humor.

Oh noes! Somebody reduced mah complexity!

rimshot515

I'm sort of torn about this idea. I mean, I love the distribution of these videos and allowing everyone to see them, but I'm not as pleased about them being posted on youtube, what with the official government business and all. Especially since Eric Schmidt was such a vocal Obama supporter.

I know, I know, where else would they be posted? I'd prefer open distribution through something like bit torrent or hosting on a government-run server like any .gov site, but they'd get posted to Youtube anyway and this is perhaps the most effective way to have a lot of people see them. Youtube, after all, is the second most used search engine in the world (after Google).

It does seem like a natural progression, since there was that "Youtube debate" and all, but I still wish they had picked another option.

mhlaxp

@mikejonas: if only those jokes were funny anymore..

Jon B.

@geiko:

You have decended from primordial algae. You are so blessed you are actually skum, haha! Science is so smart!

Atheists are fools by saying in their heart this is no God (Psalm 14:1). Prepare for judgement that soon comes....

Roddy

@jewsrock: No didn't really sound like that. Stating the color of the video is not really racist, youtube sucks sometimes. You can calm down.
Though, to be fair, some asshole would troll your face off for the lulz.

mferrari

@Roddy:

Spouting massively debunked Fox News talking points is unattractive. The self-serving conservative media has done a great job of propagandizing the term "liberal" into what you have so ineloquently distilled it to. The conservative media that spends its time blasting the "liberal media", which barely exists in this country, does so because it makes them appear to be victims, when in fact, they are the perpetrators. Perpetrators of a massive fraud that has taken in the American people in vast numbers.

On the gadget front, I just got my Fujitsu U820 this week, and it's a nice, zippy piece of kit! :)

gadjitfreek

@Roddy: Fine, fine. You have your political opinions, and even if your facts were straight, you still wouldn't have supported Obama, but just to be clear.

1) Same baby killing not more baby killing.
2) Only socialism if you think the Clinton years were socialism. We're not going to be Scandanavia anytime soon (although God forbid if we were, those people are really suffering and unhappy.)
3) Higher taxes only if you make over $250K. A group of people who actually voted for Obama even though they acknowledged they would pay more taxes, because they recognized that a return to Clinton-era tax rates was actually better for the economy overall.

(I know, I know - I need to stop correcting this stuff. But seriously, disagreement I'm fine with. Lack of accuracy drives me nuts.)

92BuickLeSabre

The content of the video isn't unexpected... What's remarkable is how right it feels.

Obama has my respect as President. But those who offer him endless adulation, attribute him boundless inspirational powers, and expect him to cure all mankind's ills would do well to heed Wolfe: "A cult is a religion with no political power."

scarbrtj

@deadhouseplantz: get a job hippie

aeroworks

@CharitableNinja: Amen to that. =D

geiko

oh yeah, and i shook his hand XD!~

CharitableNinja

McCain would've started doing the same thing if he had won the election.

Except it'd be by carrier pigeon.

mikejonas

Science Bless America

CharitableNinja

From a production aspect, perhaps they might have chosen a room that's a little more sound insulated. I was easily able to pick up noise from outside, including the sirens of several police and/or fire vehicles.

LoadStar

@Pokeysticks: "Your treating this man like the new heart-throb on 90210... I kinda want to throw up."

First off, just like Buick said ^^, Obama is the first ever president elect to use the internet to talk to the nation on important issues. That right there is the reason it was posted, not because they are in love with the guy, but because it is a technological feat in itself.

Second, if YOUR president elect makes you throw up because gizmodo posted his video, then you've got problems up the ying yang. The fact that you read the post, clicked on the jump, and submitted a comment just isn't something logical people do when they are not interested in something, usually you just leave it alone and move on. But then again I guess your not "logical" in any sense of the word.

George Bush tries his hardest to make me mad everytime he opens his mouth, but knowing he owns the office in which he controls the country, I've managed to hold a decent amount of respect for the guy, maybe you can learn to do the same for the next four when Obama's in office.

geiko

@slawre5: here here!

Jon B.

"Change Change Change" is the moto.

Who wants a change to even more liberal ideas such as baby killing, socialism, and higher taxes? Sounds like a change for the worse to me.

Gizliberals? I lose respect for you :(

Roddy

@dopoognora: Bush baby I mean Georgie porgie oops Bush the II Ah hell the guy thats still there in the white house started it Mc Cain would have made it worse and Bob Barr would have fixed it or at least started to at least Obama can't make it much worse than it is

crash1105

Not nearly enough rainbows and unicorns in this thread people!

92BuickLeSabre

So harsh people. Well, except for the rainbow coalition here. I think this is just so awesome. I am looking forward to seeing what he is going to say to us in the future. Making us feel like we are part of the process. •OBAMA•

Illist

@jewsrock: lol.

shockwaver

What does this have to do with gadgets or an unnatural love of shiny things? Ooooh, wow - somebody used YouTube! I really hope he lives up to our cultish expectations.

AngryDrunk

Amazing how much vitriol there is against Obama. Give the guy a chance to prove that he is more than just a pretty speech. Get behind him. Americans continued to support the train wreck of the current presidency even as it became obvious that we were being run off a cliff. Who says Obama can't do the job? Give him a chance and stop it with the Fox News regurgitation. If the "pundits" spent as much time trying to actually help fix things instead of spouting their self-serving dose of venom, maybe things wouldn't be as bad as they are.

Nice video. I like Obama's recognition of the new mass media, one that is truly democratic and fair and balanced. It's YouTube by the people and for the people. The perfect medium.

gadjitfreek

@slawre5: That's the spirit!

92BuickLeSabre

ok so sorta cheezy but sometimes thats the way leadership comes across....shouldn't stop him from doin it again.....at some point it will make sense to everyone and the real heavy lifting will begin

Eye of Fatima

@deadhouseplantz:

Hey I have an idea, how about you quit crying like he said something about a family member of yours. Now I didn't either one of the candidates but hey I am an American and will always be. The dude can be sarcastic if he wants to, he didn't say anything to you personally, so grab that stick out of your ass and have a good day. Quit sweating the small stuff and enjoy life. Deuces!

colinv12

@deadhouseplantz: Hate much? Typical.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@aeroworks: I'm actually hoping Rahm does continue to plunge steak knives into the tables and call out Dems who betray the party.

"Pelosi, The President needs you stop acting like you run this party. Just as I did with Welfare to Work, I'm going to create a centrist, pragmatist position with or without you. And if you're not on board? You're DEAD to us! *knife plunge!*"

(And don't try to tell me Chicago is any worse than Alaska or Louisiana or New York or Oklahoma or anywhere Abramoff went or any of the other places with well-established corruption. The whole system is corrupt. At least he put in the most extensive rules against lobbyists in a transition team we've ever had.)

92BuickLeSabre

my only problem with it are the production values. Hopefully they will catch on and tweak things in the future, as they're good at doing.

orionburch

@Roddy:

1) Obama doesn't the power to do what you say, even if he wanted to. What Obama has supported is state restriction on late-term abortion so long as there is a real health of the mother exception (so you don't lose both the mother and the baby.) He does not include "mental health" in this definition.

2) How does access to the Congressional insurance coverage equal socialism? He has never proposed a state-run health care system. If anything, the Dems argued that his health care proposals were not strong enough, relative to Clinton and Edwards. Where is the socialism of education? Are you actually against Federal-backed student loans? Returning to prior tax rates is "stealing from the rich?" Unless you think that only a flat tax or no income tax is the answer - that argument holds no logical power. Obama has explicitly rejected the fairness doctrine and has said nothing about extending hate crime bills.

3. Most of the "taxes" are state taxes. Property, Sales, etc. If you think Obama is simply "lying" about under 200K cut, over 250K increase, then that's your prerogative, but the position itself is clear. And if you are in favor of tax loopholes and welfare for corporations that move jobs and incorporate overseas and in the Caribbean, then you are free to, but I would like to see their tax loopholes close so that they can pay taxes like the rest of us.

92BuickLeSabre

How do you know if the president isn't a high tech hologram?

I can't shake the feeling that this is kinda like Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again kind of universe almost.

kevinyung89

@UofITom: We got this guy Not Sure over here...

MilktruckHeist

Mr. Obama,

Campaign's over!

Now for the hard part: Tell us what you're actually going to *do*.

You wanted the job, you got the job, come up with a plan.

m/code

@KSPRAYDAD (TAWKN.com): You bite your tongue sir, NOTHING will replace Rick Rolling (Never gonna turn around and desert you)

returnofdarazz

@geiko:

I fail by not beliving in a system of evolution unsupported by facts or common sense?

Roddy

"yeah, we're a bunch of durn lib'rals here at Giz"

yes, yes you are, but we love ya anyway.

"but this is an important milestone in how we interact with our elected leader"

it's a you tube video, you don't interact with it, you watch it. yes, it is pointed towards you young'uns, but it is hardly the techno leap forward of the ages.

now get off my lawn!!!!!

godwhacker

@Roddy: What? ummm. No! You, good sire, fail. And epically at that.

geiko

I still find it amazing that this brilliant and awe inspiring man came from one of the most corrupted region of politics in this country(Chicago) and came out being such a good hearted guy. And not only that but i am sure being a junior senator he was tried to be bought off and dealed with through his while 8 months of government work. but his character is strong and his heart honest he stuck to his beliefs. During all this he even managed to convert one of Chicago's most notorious gangster politician(Rahm Emanuel)into the straight and narrow to become his chief of staff. No longer does he mail dead fish heads to opponents, or plung steak knives into tables shouting "DEAD!" as he calls out demacrats who "betrayed the party". The next 4 years will be nothing short of bliss. God bless you all.

aeroworks

@mhlaxp: I was actually the same thing. It's like if they decided to provide a TV feed to a single network or the radio address on just one station.

I'm guessing YouTube was a balance between being allowed a certain amount of control over the video while still being able to reach a wide audience. But a multiple party approach would be better.

It is, however, "primarily" posted on the change.gov cite. So maybe we should consider this the "posted to YouTube anyway"?

92BuickLeSabre

@92BuickLeSabre:

1. Obama wants to increase abortion to a later term in preganancy. Any abortion is murder and later term is more abominable.

2. Socialism comes by increasing socialism of our banking system (in progress), socialism of our health care, socialism of our education (done), socialism in our taxes (steal from rich, give to poor to make all equal), socialism in our thoughts (taking away free speech, guns, etc, espcially with the "hate crimes bills" and "fairness doctrines", and socialism in our national programs. More government control is always bad. I prefer freedom.

3. Don't go along with the liberal spewed lies. Even obama says 150k in certain speeches. Liberals raise taxes in many areas, not just income tax. We are taxed to death and it will get worse. Lower taxes boost the economy. Higher taxes stiffle it. Our national debt cannot be corrected at this point no matter what, so they will attempt to hyperinflate and tax us with this unseen tax.

America is going down the toilet even faster (repubs and demoncrats are mostly all liberals now)

Roddy

@saycarramrod:

BUUUUUURN!!!!!

jcrockerman

@Roddy: You're even pissing me off now. I think we're being punked here folks.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@cpthook: It is.

But, whether or not it's a good thing, from my perspective it's not about some shady backrooms, but that you can trace it pretty directly to when Kerry (not from Chicago) tapped him for the DNC keynote.

If you look at the grassroots organizations and liberal blogs (mydd, dailykos, HuffPo, etc.) after that speech, folks were ready for him to be a national player right then. It was after that speech that well-respected Senators, etc. approached him about running.

It's not just Reagan and the Repubs. Dems like some inspiration too and were tired of the Gore's and Kerry's of the world.

While I happen to think that he has since showed himself to be competent and right on policy since that night, I'll totally accept that it was purely Obama's ability to make a good speech that got him the national spotlight and the beginning of his base. A base that was totally disspirited and ready to latch on to anyone who could inspire "Hope."

92BuickLeSabre

@Roddy: No, actually you fail because you believe in something because when you we're old enough to talk, your parents told you "this is what you should believe in," and you weren't smart enough to at least question whether it was the truth, or whether or not you truly believed what you we're told, instead you just ran with it. And now, you'll probably tell your kids the same thing, and they'll be raised to just accept any crap their pastor or bible tells them, because that's the truth.

geiko

I've never seen so many f-ing trolls on a post. Exactly the reason I don't go to political forums.
Dan, I appreciate your columns, but you knew this would happen.

txpunk

@iAirmanshirk69:

Hell yeah!

dead_red_eyes

@gadjitfreek: As soon as I read the words "conservative media," you get tuned out. What the hell world do you live in?

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Roddy: Science also states that CO2 is not a pollutant and that man has little impact to create global warming. I find that faith in any form of religion is no more of a stretch than believing that we are creating global warming.

ArdonJillion

@92BuickLeSabre: "3) Higher taxes only if you make over $250K."

You've been lied to. He's already voted in the Senate to raise taxes on all who make over $42,000. In his own campaign, they've gone from $300,000 and are now down to $150,000. Hey, Koo-Aid!

The other points are wrong as well, but I'm tired. You'll see. You won't learn, but you'll see.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Illist: You need to quit feeling and try thinking for a change. Nah, never mind.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@AngryDrunk: Don't hold your breath.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@gadjitfreek: You wouldn't know vitriol if you fell in a big puddle. In fact it's surprising you haven't after all of it Obama's side has been spewing for 8 solid years.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@92BuickLeSabre: You do gotta admit though, this guy came out of absolute obscurity to the leader of the free world in literally 4 years. That's pretty astounding by itself.

cpthook

@slawre5: That's a HUGE if, but I'm with you.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Prey521: If they suck, then it'll be just like the last eight, so no worries, you should be used to it by now.

92BuickLeSabre

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Oh right. That too.

Since he's OUR PRESIDENT! and all.

(Sorry, did I accidentally say that really loudly?)

92BuickLeSabre

@geiko: We promise to treat Obama with just as much respect as the Left did with Bush. More actually, there aren't enough hours in the day to bash Obama like they did with Bush. I don't know how they did it. Wholesale fabrication takes time.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: As long as he doesn't listen to Joe Biden, I'm okay with whatever hair-care choices he makes.

92BuickLeSabre

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Noooooooooooooo!

92BuickLeSabre

@92BuickLeSabre: It was posted because it was Obama.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@92BuickLeSabre: They gray will most likely be gone before the inauguration. Clinton always tailored his hair color to his audience/situation. These people leave nothing to chance.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Brandnew70x7: @deadhouseplantz:

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware I was running for president and have to agree with the Senator.

Brandnew70x7

@crash1105: Watch him. And Bush did not cause this.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Brandnew70x7: Turn off Fox News and the fertilizer you're wallowing in will go away.

infmom

@Prey521: Are you a fucking prophet?

diabolusunknownTheSecond

These next 4 years are going to suck! Socialism FTL!

Prey521

@slawre5: Thank you for being a reasonable person. The spirit of what you just said is part of why America works as a society. While I'm a big supporter of his, I definitely acknowledge that he's not Jesus, and I'm sure that he'll have mistakes down the road, I'm just confident that they'll be few and far between in comparison to what we've got now.

Part of why I'm confident is what I'm looking forward to most about his administration. If you look at the sections on Service on both his transition website, [change.gov] as well as the campaign website, [www.barackobama.com] which is admittedly more detailed for now. His inauguration will include a new call to public service in our communities as well as nationally and internationally with expansions to national service programs like the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, in addition to the creation of new ones. The way that he is encouraging us to work together like this gives me confidence that once he's in office we'll be going down the right road.

davidfbecker

@Roddy: Yet you don't fail by believing in a book written by humans, the most twisted and untrustworthy form of life on this planet?

Ill take mathematical statements and proven scientific theories rather than word of mouth statements compiled in a fairy tale book.

And evolution is supported by facts and common sense. But i don't expect people like you to look into it too deeply. The theory of evolution isn't written elegantly in a psalm.

diabolusunknownTheSecond

@92BuickLeSabre: The rainbows are unemployed and we ate the unicorns. Hmmm,,,

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@gadjitfreek:
Actually they didnt support the "train wreck". I cant count how many "not my president!" or "W" bumper stickers Ive seen.

I wonder if theres a market for those same stickers for Mr. O.

deciBels

@txpunk: Yup...

Xterm11

@92BuickLeSabre: WIN

Xterm11

@txpunk: They want this to happen. It's like an escape valve, and cuts down on politspeak on other posts. And they LOVE Obama. In a manly sort of way, of course.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: I disagree that there are no policies set out now. But....I think cpthook, is probably still right on his second point.

"Independent" coverage has implied that Obama has been careful not to make specific promises to voting blocks (hence the lack of policy charge), BUT I'll still be (pleasantly) shocked if he can live up to expectations and the "vision" that people have projected on him. (Including me, I'll accept that.)

But then again, I am one of those people who can't really bring himself to cheer for Clinton since I do very dearly resent how he abandoned his promises, and I won't forget it.

92BuickLeSabre

Change.gov?? I thought vague campaign slogans were to be discarded along with lawn signs and such.

eblingmis doesn't know why he chose his name

@orionburch: Remember he's not in the White House yet. I'm sure they have a pretty good set-up there. Or just have one of his pet "journalists" tape it for him.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@m/code: Yeah, that's where things get a little tricky. How about hope and change? That sounds good.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@returnofdarazz: I feel funny, like I just got a little rickrolled. I'm not sure.

CYST!

@Roddy:
OK, now I'm a hating liberal...

No, but seriously, there is evidence for evolution. Lots of it. No evidence for God.

Interestingly, atheists also tend to be much more highly educated than believers. But maybe that's just the corrupting effect of education taking us further from the truth, eh, Roddy?

xThadd

@godwhacker: Well spoke, old timer!

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

Ok I will be honest I didn't vote for Obama and really did not want to see him at the helm of America but I'm actually starting to like the guy.

ab3

@geiko:

"Well, that and the way I just get lost in the music of his voice."

That is vomit inducing and that is precisely why people are treating him as a heart-throb. I have no problem with Obama, I have a problem with people who know nothing more about him other than he exemplifies change... Find me another politician that people will "get lost in the music of their voice"...

Pokeysticks

@92BuickLeSabre: What policy? Hope and change? Hope for change? He's said himself that he is a blank slate that people can project their dreams on. So dream on.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@92BuickLeSabre: Exactly. And thus, to say that he is not politically connected, or dare I say a true politician, is really silly. You can't get elected without being a politician, without owing tons of favors, etc. You don't get 65 million votes by yourself...

I think people are going to be rather disappointed when his 4 or 8 years are up with what he was actually able to accomplish. Well, maybe not: you rarely hear about how Clinton abandoned his promises (which were uncannily similar to Obama's).

cpthook

Did anybody else notice the intermittent sirens in the background? This video seems like a rehearsal to me, like something thrown together in a hurry. Perhaps that's meant to make it seem authentic, but to me it undermines the earnestness of the words and demeanor.

FarrellKeenan

@Roddy: Unsupported by facts or common sense? You're kidding right?

Actually, we can observe natural selection in nature. Ever heard of a guy named Mendel? Ever hear about Darwin's Finches? We can observe through only a couple generations as birds' beaks change size to work more efficiently with the types of seeds present on the island.

It makes sense.

1. Accept Genetic Mutation
- Are you a clone of your parents? No. All things differ from generation to generation. Yet, we still pass down traits that are similar. Has anyone ever told you you look like one of your parents?

2. Natural Selection
- Does it not make sense that plants/animals that are more efficient at, for example: collecting food, attracting mates, or evading predators are more likely to survive and reproduce?

Science is based solely off of evidence and proof. When a theory no longer matches the evidence, it is changed. I believe in what I can prove. You say you can't believe in a "system of evolution unsupported by facts or common sense". I for one have trouble believing word-for-word, a story that is over 2000 years old, and has been changed numerous times.

I do not hate you, nor do I hate religion, I simply am amazed at how many times people have "killed in the name of God", or hate other people because they think the "bible says so". I am getting off topic, but you are being a complete dork.

Please -- next time, post something you can back up.

P.S. Why all the liberal hating? I think that siding with one group and looking at our government as a competition is only splitting the U.S. down the middle. Don't support democrats because you are a democrat, or republicans because you are a republican. Side with a person because you believe in that one person.

Xterm11

@cpthook: See, I'd have said that's pretty suspicious. So much for all that experience. Can't have it both ways.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: well, what more can I ask for? nothing really, thank you, it's all I wanted to hear.

geiko

@92BuickLeSabre: Chicago is the worst. Always has been.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Roddy:
I think you're getting murder and abortion confused there, friend.

Mind you, as a liberal, I'm all about mass-murder, obviously.

xThadd

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

I think he means to say that Obama has a huge following with nothing really to show for it. But there is nothing wrong in placing your trust in an inspirational man. People can give off Inspirational Power simply by presenting confidence and the motivation to succeed, and Obama does that.

Back on track, pretty interesting how Obama is doing this. I find it both a surprise, and expected from him. I wonder if this trend will follow in future presidents.

MosesMonster

@Monkiee:

"Also i highly doubt anyone here posting on giz is desperate for money"

Yeah, I've been unemployed reading Giz before, and it may happen again.

Good try, though. I appreciate the thought.

"We (generally speaking) who post/comment on giz have no understanding what most of these people go through."

I ride the bus and walk everyday. There's some richkids here, but there's a big audience for Giz.

"Next time you see a homeless person or someone who looks like their down on their luck. toss a few dollars their way."

Or me. I have a home to pay for.

CYST!

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: We will both see!

Want to make some wagers?

*taps fingers together excitedly!*

The $150K number came from Biden, so it's worth, oh you know...nothin'. I think Richardson said $120, but he's not even part of the campaign.

The $42K was not an actual tax raise vote, but a non-binding resolution regarding overall priorities that included a number of details and implications that no one expected to ever become law.

It's like agreeing in principle to an outline of a discussion and then being told that it means you want to implement some particular element of the drafters notes.

92BuickLeSabre

@mhlaxp: They'll probably end up making it available in many different ways, once they get going with it. I think YouTube was a logical place to start.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

Now that is funny...good on ya.

Jordan Buller

@Roddy: Troll... -1

So are you pissed about Obama and looking for a place to vent, or are you just upset that the politics is getting in your gadget news? If it's the former, you are a prick but the latter I can understand. However, despite the fact that Dan so blatantly says all the editors are "lib'rals here at Giz," the news here is that this is the most expansive and groundbreaking use of new media by a politician since FDR. The parallels are apt because besides TV news clips and Q&As, the way the president communicates with the American people hasn't changed since then.

My guess is you just want a space to rant about how America is setting the world up for the onset of the events from Revelations. Go to HuffPo if all you really want to do is piss people off.

Jordan Buller

Did anyone else flashback to Red Alert for a bit there...

But I digress: how nice to have a president that actually informs me and outlines his plans and motives. I could get used to this. Gobama.

drewB

@scarbrtj: Sso Obama's gone from cult TO religion?

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@mikejonas: Actually, McCain's injuries suffered as a POW prevent him from using carrier pigeons. He loves carrier pigeons, he communicates with them every day, but Cindy has to actually attach and remove the little capsules on their tiny little legs. John does feed them and coo to them, though.

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@undefined: It's about time...two thousand years is a long time to wait!

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

You're not making any sense here whatsoever, and it's borderline trollish.

@Illist:

I think it's great for Obama to be doing this as well.

dead_red_eyes

@AngryDrunk: No President could. Just hope that he'll do a decent job.

TSlade

@Jon B.: They used to be?

Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler

@txpunk: What, are you kidding? Dan's post was half-troll in and of itself.

shiftyeyedgoat

@92BuickLeSabre: Oh hell, let's just extend it to 16, or 20.

I'm not including the Reagan 8, because that's just blasphemous, but I'll throw in Carter's 4 for a cool 24.

shiftyeyedgoat

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

Fixed your post..

They want this to happen. It's like an escape valve, and cuts down on politspeak on other posts. And they LOVE Obama. In a Prop 8 sort of way, of course.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@92BuickLeSabre: Let's hope the dems can get those extra couple of votes (hint keep recounting until they win). It would be worth the price of admission to see how much they could f*ck things up.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@livinzlife: In these parts, we typically expect such rudeness to also be funny.

92BuickLeSabre

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Speaking of trolls...

:P

20GB

@geiko: ...you know he was making fun of you, right?

Sometimes I just can't see through the thick, impenetrable layer of smug.

shiftyeyedgoat

@m/code: Hell this is the easy part. Brainwashing 50+ million people was the hard part.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Yeah, the last 8 years of the Bush administration has nothing to do with what's goin on now...IDIOT!

buzztechyear

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: I never liked the last 8 years, and I voted for Nader. I would've liked Gore more, but have come to accept Bush. Bush is a better president than Kerry would've been. I STILL make fun of him. Is it hard? No. It has become more of a farce since 2004 than a serious issue of the presidency.

I know that he'll be glad to be gone. Retiring from the only job he's actually done anything at sounds relieving.

Obama is at least working closely with the public. Isn't that a republican virtue? I am independent and will remain that way, but I know classical conservatism, and am glad to see some of it in use. The fact that he is using YouTube makes him look good. That's it. He gives you a window into what happens. Hell, if he screws up as badly as you make it, he'll give fodder to smash on him on a weekly basis. I just don't get what Obama's done to piss anyone off, yet.

CYST!

It's up to G20 now? Back when I was a kid it was just the G7 and they meet at the top of Mt. Everest.

Lupison

@CYST!: First of all, if your unemployment was that rough..You would sell the computer you are typing on and stop being concerned about the latest gadgets.

Second of all, riding the bus is your idea of "going through" shit? Wow, your life is great. Stop whining about having to ride decent public transportation and having a home that is hard to pay for. That is called LIFE. That is nothing like being homeless or living a rough life by any means at all.

Thirdly, stop posting on giz and go get a job. If you are unemployed, why are you posting on giz and not trying to salvage your future? Maybe think about things before purchasing a house that you may not be able to afford. ALWAYS take into consideration that your job may not be forever. ESPECIALLY when purchasing something like a house that must be paid off.

So, that completely debunks everything you just said. You are selfish and irrational. Have a good day.

livinzlife

@MilktruckHeist: I thought his head would be bigger...

Invisobel

@iAirmanshirk69: MORE LIKE "NOBAMA"

see what I did there? I turned the "Go" you portmanteau'd with Obama and replaced it with a "No" to voice my displeasure.

Take THAT.

shiftyeyedgoat

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

This one. Ever hear of Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, or Fox News? CNN is by no means a "liberal news machine," and there is far too much conservative media and propaganda spread around.

- PR-0927

PR-0927

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: If the right spends as much time bashing "O" (is that trademarked by Oprah...) as the left did Bush... nothing will get anything accomplished. Oh Snap! The last two years of democratic rule in Congress should be inspiring to all those who seek to wallow in the mud. After I get laid off from my tech job I plan on moving in with my parents and letting socialism work its magic. Who said mediocrity isn't rewarded?

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler:

"Wholesale fabrication takes time."

??? Are you delusional?

vitaminmax

I liked the tone of his message and look to the future with hope for all Americans, especially those willing to do their part (as most of us having been doing all along). At least Mr Obama is admiting that we have issues instead of denying that any problems exist like the current administration has been. I am willing to give him his chance. Peace Out.

Curves

@shiftyeyedgoat: Oh I see what you you're saying. I thought he was correcting to say they actually LOVE Obama in a non-platonic way and got it wrong, but you're saying he was really just correcting to express the same sentiment with more topical wordage.

92BuickLeSabre

@92BuickLeSabre: I wrote off KO while he was still doing Sports Center.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@92BuickLeSabre: No no, the passage of Prop 8 was "The elimination of same-sex marriages," meaning the only possible love they could legally have for him is platonic.

shiftyeyedgoat

@buzztechyear: You are so right! Another example is President Roosevelt that sent off over 400,000 young men to their deaths. Why did we have to loose so many. All to save some Jews and all of Western Europe along with a couple of continents? Did I mention that Roosevelt was a Democrat? Oh my.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@AngryDrunk: Don't hope, you'll be greatly disappointed. As history have shown, no president fought off any recession/depression, if anything, they make things worse than it already is.

UltimateIdiot

@CYST!: I'm annoyed at his planned. So far, all these changes that he plans to make and the fact that he's already gearing up for it doesn't look good. If he doesn't keep all his promise and do the opposite, I'll be happy. I am quite upset at the fact he's planning to raise the tax on selling stocks. This will only discourage people to invest in the market. If people fail to invest in the market, companies will fall faster than a bullet shot down from a building. If companies are force to downsize/go out of business, people lose jobs. It's a vicious cycle. Heck, if I'm an executive and I have more taxes, I make sure my employee feels it too.

Like I said before, never bite the hand that feeds the mass.

UltimateIdiot

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: Fox seems far right because they admit that they are.

And that's okay.

It's not like I think Rachel Maddow is trying to be objective either, and I don't lean on her for my objective news coverage.

(And now that I know Keith Olbermann doesn't even vote, I've pretty much written him off completely.)

92BuickLeSabre

@Lupison: YEAH! G20?

That's a lot!

CYST!

@Roddy: Conservatives are the biggest group of hypocrites on the planet. Totally against abortion but have no problem with sending that same baby to die in a senseless war when they're older!

buzztechyear

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E:

"...in an anti-Prop. 8 sort of way."

(Not that I agree, but that seemed to be what you meant.)

92BuickLeSabre

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: When did that "work"?

CYST!

@Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Now you know why Fox seems so far to the right to the choosen ones. MSM have rewritten the book. Hey that reminds me of an old Apple commerical.

+ Watch video

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@92BuickLeSabre: Oops, wasn't quite done.

So I'll take Alaska and leave it at that.

But what I would have really liked would have been to see Rice get in there over that joker Inhofe. It was never going to happen, but I think Andrew Rice would have been an excellent senator. (Maybe he can take out Coburn in 2010 - that would be even better.)

92BuickLeSabre

@buzztechyear: Guess what, the business cycle clearly shows the economy goes up and down all the time. Sure, Bush administration didn't do a good job overall but doesn't mean they could have stop a recession. Obama cannot get us out of a depression either. Right now, if he has any plans to keep all his promise and attempt any of these changes, he will destroy our economy. It's not smart to tax the rich when the rich has the most power. They are the hands that feed us.

UltimateIdiot

@godwhacker: Im still waiting for when the president can beam his ideas and "wisdom" directly into my brain. until then, youtube is for fans of "jackass"

aeroworks

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: This Dem. actually disagrees.

a) I trust Obama more than the Senate leadership, and while 60 would help Obama, it would also give the Senate a lot of power to prevent pragmatic solutions in favor of state politics.
b) I do not, do not, do not want Joe Lieberman to be that important.
c) I don't currently see any legitimate way we could win Georgia, and I don't want a "tricky" win.
d) Norm Coleman has the IQ of an 8 year-old, but I could live without Al Franken saying prickish things and making us look bad.

92BuickLeSabre

@livinzlife: Are you trying to say that electronics are an elitist item and that the Internet is not essential to those of lower incomes?

What I'm trying to say is stop acting like a cocky-know-it-all and realize that you know very little about the people on here and have no right to form opinions on their lifestyle. If you want to yell at people go somewhere else, if you want to talk about gadgets stay.

Toastie

@geiko: Well, "getting lost in the music of his voice" is actually vomit inducing, so I'm definitely giving him a pass there.

However, as JOURNALISTS Gizmodo writers should adhere to what slim level of non-bias they have left if they wish to remain palatable to the half (or more) of the audience that is not particularly pleased that Mr. Obama was elected into office.

shiftyeyedgoat

@LoadStar: Welcome to D.C. they have to haul off the dead and wounded somehow. I try not to venture inside the Beltway after dark.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

"(begin fawning) Obama made a YouTube video.... It's amazing.... He sooo understands todays technology and culture. (end fawning)."

utsava

Finally a president that connects to the public and keeps us informed.

vgart

@iAirmanshirk69: I know I am; I don't need your validation.

shiftyeyedgoat

@AngryDrunk: Lets just hope that we're not speaking Chinese and get to vote for Obama or Obama in 4 years.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@dopoognora:

You're iScrewed. Everyone is fine.

vgart

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: ...and that hair, it's so orderly and symmetrical!

92BuickLeSabre

@jewsrock: Dude the black helicopters are hovering over your head as this very moment.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@shiftyeyedgoat: I have to admit, this is why I never understand the "Dems are soft on foreign policy" meme.

We're just as capable and incapable of starting, leading, and/or ending both good and bad wars and invasions as the Repubs are.

92BuickLeSabre

@92BuickLeSabre: Joe was looking pretty good after the makeover. You could bounce quarters off his forehead! Dude looked more asian than my Vietnamese mother.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: As left as the Bay Area is, I find it difficult to believe that Kim Jong Il has donors in San Francisco.

92BuickLeSabre

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: Punching a hole in a card? I hear you.

But the ballots in the car thing has been established as untrue by the very local Republican who first reported it.

However it does turn out though, a fair result is all I really care about.

92BuickLeSabre

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: Don't forget (in order)

WW1: during Woodrow Wilson's presidency
WW2: during FDR
Korean War: Truman
Cuba: JFK
Vietnam: LBJ
Iran-Contra crisis: Carter
Kosovo bombings: Clinton (wag the dog anyone?)

But our current republican president attacks safe-havens for those who wish to exterminate every American/Western man, woman and child ([www.msnbc.msn.com]">Afghanistan, Iraq) in the age of the internet and instantly he's a villain.

shiftyeyedgoat

@shiftyeyedgoat: oh I know, its just sometimes we must leve the internets to go do things in the real world.

@Pokeysticks: Who the hell said anything about "heart-throb?" Because Dan said he thought what Obama said felt right? Or because I got on you after you said he made you vomit. Frankly, everyone has a right to like or dislike whoever they feel like, but you're making it seem like this thread was so out of place, or that it didn't belong, which is why I responded to the first comments you made in the first place.

geiko

@shiftyeyedgoat:

Yeah... your cool.

iAirmanshirk69

@92BuickLeSabre: Well technically Dear Leader doesn't support gay marriage. So I would assume he's a Prop 8 kinda guy except when entertaining donors in San Fran.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@CYST!: The wheels are in motion in Minnesota as we speak. All we need are a few more recovered ballots (you know from people's cars and such) and the anti-Christ...I mean Franken will win. Don't get me started on the whole if people are too stupid to punch a hole in a card rant.

duffyanneal killed WALL-E

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: Good call.

92BuickLeSabre

@undefined: @92BuickLeSabre:

It's best not to even acknowledge the whack jobs out there who are now finally resorting to scare tactics.

Sollus

@duffyanneal killed WALL-E: If only he hadn't been so distracted by the lust in his heart.

@shiftyeyedgoat: Absolutely. Although to be a little forgiving of them, the case is easier to make to the people as well. Most Americans don't actually care about what is going on anywhere in Africa either.

92BuickLeSabre

I love this guy.