January 09
Here are a bunch of celebs pledging to, like, do things and stuff in the spirit of the new presidency. It’s so great how they took five minutes out of their busy day to spew platitudes at the camera.
MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge
I pledge to punch Anthony Kiedis in the face.
Posted by: Aaron Retka in It's Okay To Be Obamatarded. Really. | Permalink
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Funny how we were so excited - moved, even - to see Obama trounce McSame just a couple short months ago. Now, of course, we’ve come somewhat back to our normal, cynical, distrustful-of-politicians selves. Thank goodness for that, and I mean it, but still there’s just a tiny part of me that wants to believe a person with no slimy connections and slimier obligations can actually become prez. Some bit wants to hope that Obama is what he appears to be, and that he will set the ball rolling in a new, encouraging direction.
Shit.
My point, I suppose, is how do I kill that last little bit of hopeful ignorance?
i pledge to be extra special bleak and pessimistic, and most especially sardonic with respect to the obama administration. i pledge to compare obama to the most vile of 20th century american politicians as often as possible (to make up for all the hopefulness). and i pledge to say, “i told you so” every time obama does something that any other president would do.
I pledge to forever lust after Princess Buttercup. Even 23 years later, that girl is hot. Mrow.
And by no means should Obama be held to different standards than anybody else. I was an Obamatard of the highest order, but I still want accountability. We should hold his feet to the fire on everything. Everyone should. That’s why this video is so silly—these vacuous celebs pledging to smile at their neighbors and find the lighter side of life seem to think that doing so absolves them—and their go-with-the-flow, feel-good endorsement of Obama—of any real responsibility. The fact is, all of us who voted for him or endorsed him or waxed swoony over him, his hot wife and his adorable family, have the responsibility of holding him accountable.
I thought you were just being grumpy, but this is one of the most shockingly annoying things I have ever seen.
And who will represent Jesus during the inauguration? California evangelical Rick Warren, proponent of Prop 8, and all-around hater of gays. This was the guy who called Michael Schiavo a Nazi for wanting to pull the plug on his already brain-dead wife….
Way to go, Obama!
For anyone concerned about your children’s education, about holding Obama’s feet to the fire, about the future of democracy, read this article on Arne Duncan, Obama’s choice for Secretary of Ed.
I’m all about the transformation of schools, but not at the expense of teachers’ unions, and not for the benefit of corporations. I’ll be keeping my eye on this one.
That said, we watched the inauguration in my class of mostly poor and minority adult students today (they are all studying toward earning their GED). Many of them expressed that they really do feel a difference. And what they feel MATTERS, because that feeling translates directly into what they DO to change their own lives. I know it’s not measurable, and many of them may well soon be disappointed, but I still believe that it counts for something huge in this country. They are walking taller, teaching their children confidence, seeing a future different than their own. This ability to finally have a vision is the first step, like a jump-start, out of learned helplessness…..
Kill all your own “hopeful ignorance”, but just remember that sometimes it can actually take people further than they could have gone without it.
Interested parties may also want to read about Obama’s latest gift to America’s global fascist enterprise:
“President-elect Barack Obama, who campaigned on lessening the influence of lobbyists in government, has chosen a defense expert who is currently a vice president and lobbyist for one of the country’s biggest defense contractors to be his deputy secretary of defense.
Obama’s transition office announced that William Lynn, an undersecretary of defense in President Bill Clinton’s second term, is nominated to Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ deputy.
Lynn is currently a senior vice president at Raytheon, which has billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts and is the maker of the Army’s Patriot Missile system and the Tomahawk missile used by the Navy. The company is also developing a global positioning satellite communication system with the Air Force.
As deputy secretary, Lynn would be involved in the process of budgeting and acquisitions, in addition to running the day-to-day operations of the Defense Department.”
“Liberals” complained ad nauseum about Cheney’s ties to Halliburton, but by all estimates, this is MUCH worse, and yet, we’re not hearing a peep about it. Why?
The rosy glow of horseshit “hope” has blinded everyone to the reality of Obama.
dude, if anything, buttercup is even hotter than she was. i mean, dude. i think she should go into politics. in fact, imma help jump-start her career. or maybe just her. buttercup for vice-president in 2012!
Well, if we are starting with day one, I already have a huge issue:
President Roosevelt served Chicken salad and pound cake at a private inaugural party in 1945.
Obama’s inaugural preparations and celebrations are going down as some of the most extravagant ever (Estimates that $100 million was spent).
That’s shameful considering that people are losing their homes, their jobs, and their health care benefits.
it was probably Oprah’s money. she just wanted to throw a big party.
Ok. I just read the news for the first time in a few days and the list continues to grow:
I voted for Obama because I was really hoping he meant what he said. Yes, he threw us a few token bones on some divisive partisan issues, but the problems of greater importance are being treated no differently from the Bush administration.
- On day one he made phone calls to all the players in the israeli-palestinian conflict EXCEPT Hamas.
- His Secretary of State is already vomiting propaganda (every major news outlet in the world has acknowledged the fact that Israel broke the ceasefire. Yet our SoS still defends Israel’s actions by saying they have a right to defend themselves from Hamas rocket attacks. I guess killing children, starving people, and withholding medical care continues to be condoned by the US government).
- He’s escalating the war in Afghanistan.
- He seems to think that his economic stimulus package is going to work. (Icelandic rioting anyone? It’s more likely than you may think.)
- He wants to talk to Iran but is demanding they stop uranium enrichment (if you were surrounded by the US military and had as much natural resources as Iran, you would want uranium enrichment, too). And besides, all evidence suggests it is being enriched for nuclear power (because despite all their oil, they have very few refineries in Iran). Yep, Ahmadinejad is a crazy, gay-hating, misogynist but so was GWB and everyone in the world (reluctantly) engaged with him despite this fact.
What worries me is that I seem to have less license to complain now than I did during the Bush administration. I am accused of being cynical and negative or my very favorite “everybody is going to have to step up and help make this change.” The “yes we can” campaign will be great when we are forced to tear down the fences that separate our yard from theirs to plant a community garden, but I have a growing suspicion that the minute we turn that attitude towards trying to make serious fundamental changes in our government policies, we’ll get the big smack-down.
Amen……..
The escalation in Afghanistan is what worries me the most. As if we somehow believe that we can fight these people? Well, maybe we can fight, but there’s no way in hell we’ll ever “win”. We don’t need any more long slogs.
Don’t worry. Distract yourself by playing Super Obama World. http://superobamaworld.com/