Wednesday, April 29, 2009

On old news and new media

Or, You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Friends You

Okay, so they can try to take his Blackberry, but Barack Obama will be damned if they'll block Facebook in the Oval Office. The president tweets, he YouTubes, and now he keeps his constituents informed by hitting them where they live: in front of the computer, probably in sweat pants with a bag of Cheetos.

Highlights of Obama's first 100 days, as reported on his Facebook feed:
Barack Obama deleted the group I'm a Lobbyist AND I Work at the White House!

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Barack Obama deleted the group Guantanamo Bay Detainees 4EVA.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed likes this.

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Michael Steele created the group R to the N to the C.

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Senate Finance Committee invited Tom Daschle to the event Confirmation Hearing.
Tom Daschle left the group Cabinet.

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5 million people updated their Education and Work info to Unemployed.

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Barack Obama sent the Queen of England an iPod.
Barack Obama sent Somali Pirates a Trio of Snipers.

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Sasha Obama and Malia Obama added the Dogbook application.

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Barack Obama deleted "prosecuting torturers" from Interests.
Barack Obama added "prosecuting torturers" to Interests.

I don't know what the big deal is; we're all busy. I, for instance, posted some... photos... of my dog... and I... commented... on... stuff.

Oh, shut up.

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