are you gonna watch obama tonight Options

[brooklyneast05]

9:00 eastern tonight obama makes his address to congress. better tune in kids and see what has to say. i am.

[hi-C]

He's supposed to be talking about the economy I think.

I hadn't planned on watching his speech, but if he interrupts American Idol, I guess I'll be forced to.

[sixfive]

I hadn't planned on it, but this seems to be a good topic to bring up one of the best youtube videos ever. It was Obama playing basketball with a bunch of middle schoolers, SHOWING NO MERCY. That shit was f*cking awesome.

[dosomethin888]

Is it going to be on certain channels?

[brooklyneast05]

Is it going to be on certain channels?

i don't know. i know it's gonna be on cnn just because they haven't shut up about it. carrie said it's gonna interrupt american idol though, so whatever station that is. probably the big stations will have it im assuming.

[hi-C]

The big stations (NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS) and the news stations (MSNBC, CNN, Fox).

Edit: They've moved American Idol to Wednesday because of this speech. He can't keep doin' this only on Tuesday.

[illriginal]

I'm betting there's gonna be more fear mongering.

Oh and this:

[shanaynay]

I'm gonna watch it, although I think we're watching most of it in class tomorrow.

[mipadi]

I'm betting there's gonna be more fear mongering.

Oh and this:

http://i411.photobucket.com/albums/pp194/p...ator3001784.jpg

Irony!

[illriginal]

Irony!

Wait.. where's the irony?

[mipadi]

Wait.. where's the irony?

[Blyat]

Im watching it in class too
hopefully this will be a hopeful speech

[brooklyneast05]

there's not really any way to win there...if he tells the straight up truth people cry about him saying crisis too much and being too harsh. if he sits around and is all hopeful and shit people are going to cry about how he's not being straight forward enough with us.

[illriginal]

there's not really any way to win there...if he tells the straight up truth people cry about him saying crisis too much and being too harsh. if he sits around and is all hopeful and shit people are going to cry about how he's not being straight forward enough with us.

<,<; he agreed with Nanci Pelosi (sp?) that more than 500 million Americans will lose their jobs in the coming months. There isn't even 500 million Americans in this country to begin with.

[hi-C]

^ Then I think you need to go back and check the quote, make sure you've got the number correct.

[brooklyneast05]

pelosi mispoke obviously. the estimate is 500,000 job losses a month i believe if we don't do something. she said million instead of thousand. people mispeak on numbers all the time, and she corrected it when someone pointed out what she had actually said. i don't really get how that's such a big deal. i've never seen anywhere where obama is repeating 500 million.

[coconutter]

<,<; he agreed with Nanci Pelosi (sp?) that more than 500 million Americans will lose their jobs in the coming months. There isn't even 500 million Americans in this country to begin with.

You've probably agreed with something because you thought the person said something else, even though they didn't

get over it, people mess up all the time

[smash]

i'll probably record it and watch it later.

[LittleMissSunshi...]

i am probably.. it's cause he controls muhh futuree (;

[illriginal]

^ Then I think you need to go back and check the quote, make sure you've got the number correct.

The joy of youtube:

This is classic fear mongering in order to get it their way.

[hi-C]

Ah well. I'm with JC, Pelosi obviously meant thousand, not million.

And I hope you accused the Bush administration of fear mongering as much are you are Obama.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah i just really don't see so far how this is fear mongering. too much of the crisis talk is a bad thing, i agree, but honestly look how many people are losing their jobs and businesses going under. it's not fear mongering to say things are bad. things are bad. they sure as hell aren't good.

[hi-C]

yeah i just really don't see so far how this is fear mongering. too much of the crisis talk is a bad thing, i agree, but honestly look how many people are losing their jobs and businesses going under. it's not fear mongering to say things are bad. things are bad. they sure as hell aren't good.

Exactly. Fear mongering is only fear mongering when there's not much to be scared of. Obama's being dramatic for a reason.

[illriginal]

Ah well. I'm with JC, Pelosi obviously meant thousand, not million.

And I hope you accused the Bush administration of fear mongering as much are you are Obama.

Of course I do. Bush, that piece of shit could not say a sentence without mentioning "terrorists, terrorism, terrorize".

Democrats and Republicans, different parties, same shit.

[dosomethin888]

The big stations (NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS) and the news stations (MSNBC, CNN, Fox).

Edit: They've moved American Idol to Wednesday because of this speech. He can't keep doin' this only on Tuesday.

K thanks. I thought it would be on ABC or NBC.

I'm gonna watch it, although I think we're watching most of it in class tomorrow.

Which class would you watch a presidential speech in?

SHIT i double posted sorry!

This post has been edited by hi-C: Feb 24 2009, 07:45 PM

Reason for edit: Posts merged. It's okay, just be more mindful next time! =D