Obama: All this darned media is putting “pressure” on our democracy
posted at 6:47 pm on May 9, 2010 by Allahpundit
A fine example of a comment that would sound banal coming from a generic Sunday morning chat show pundit but becomes postworthy when uttered by the president. All he’s saying, really, is that as media multiplies, it becomes easier to spread disinformation. Which may be so — but of course, it becomes easier to challenge disinformation too. The One neglects to mention that last part; I wonder why. In any case, enjoy this twice over — once for the odd inclusion of Xboxes and PlayStations in an argument about truth in media and the second time for the thought of how nutroots bloggers would have reacted to George “Adolf” Bush casually wondering whether having so many voices in the public square is healthy for a democracy.
Exit question via Weasel Zippers: This guy knows that his campaign advertised on Xbox, right? Click the image to watch.
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And how disgusting that he delivered this little “don’t read anything; you’re too stupid to understand it. Just listen to me” screed on a black campus. Barry and the dems really like their voting blocs ignorant, and that’s getting harder and harder. God help them if blacks ever start looking around at what half a century of democrat policies have gotten them (see Detroit, for example). It’s much better for the dems if they can control the media 100% and just convince the folks living in the inner city that what they see out of their windows isn’t really there.
Rational Thought on May 9, 2010 at 7:53 PM
“Information is a distraction”
And Mr. Wonderful says this at a GRADUATION COMMENCEMENT.
Thanks Barry. They will be thinking about that when they spend the next ten years paying student loans off along with everything else you have planned for them while they hunt for a job.
RobCon on May 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM
A little more Steve Diamond here. There was so much information to hide.
Buy Danish on May 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Bahahaha. At this point, I’d be shocked if Obama can hit the cheerio in the toilet.
capejasmine on May 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM
No. I had heard of the George W. Bush billboard version though, but I think we are now well beyond both Bush and Carter “Miss me yet’s”. Don’t you think?
BTW, am I the only one here old enough to remember the “Shake and Bake” commercials?
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Is he in Heaven, or is he in Hell….that damned elusive Pimpernel.
Patrick S on May 9, 2010 at 7:54 PM
But I have a plan to change all that exchange of information and it will necessarily have to stop if I’m going to get my plan done. That is why we will have a new bill on my desk next week to improve this flow of information. We will call it the My Way or the Highway bill.
Kissmygrits on May 9, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Obama-Speak, the fusion of sophistry and Newspeak. Most know it as just lies.
tarpon on May 9, 2010 at 7:56 PM
Right on, brother in bloghood;
How many black political aspirants want to emulate this example?
He has set the bar at the lowest possible point.
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 7:57 PM
I see him as a pirate!
No – a poet!
No – a prince!
A gypsy mopping sweat upon his brow?
Might it be this gypsy of yours stands before you now?
It could be him!
It could be you!
Odd’s fish, it could be me!
This scallawag could be most any sod
PercyB on May 9, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Obama wants it to be like China so he can control the information. He already controls the education system. He wants to control the internet and news no doubt.
Spathi on May 9, 2010 at 7:58 PM
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the quality of information at our fingertips is higher than it has ever been. There may be a lot of noise in the signal, perhaps even more noise than signal, but it’s easier to do research now on any given topic than ever before in history. As for empowerment, more citizens than ever before can become mini-stars and offer the world their insights into all kinds of issues, political and otherwise. Yes, there is noise and not everything will “rank high on the truth scale.” But that’s no different from before. What is different is that there are more filters in place; false memes can spread quickly, but they can also be debunked more quickly.
Bill Ramey on May 9, 2010 at 7:59 PM
I think the backlash to…
… has started the tipping point.
Seven Percent Solution on May 9, 2010 at 7:59 PM
And speaking of student loans, Sallie Mae had to lay off 2,500 people because of the government takeover. 500 in Killeen, TX which is pretty small. He’s a real job creator, that Narcissist in Chief. I can’t even listen to his voice because it induces projectile vomiting.
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 7:59 PM
If these students are college graduates, haven’t they learned somewhere in their education to discern what credible sources and facts are through honing their critical thinking skills? Or does ObaMao expect these young people to accept only the party line as promulgated via their Leftie professariat and through OFA and the White House Pravda feeds to the approved media?
onlineanalyst on May 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
You’re joking right? Iwent back to scholl to get my MA 2yrs ago, the only thing they are teaching is that which fiyts the progressive narrative.
I had a philosophy student who rented from me, he had never even heard of Rand, Orwell, Burke, Smith, Hume, etc. But was wellread in Marx, Neitcshe, Kafka, etc. Higher Ed is merely a breeding ground for new collectivists, as Disreali pointed out:
“Wherever is found what is called a paternal
government, there is found state education.
It has been discovered that the best way to insure
implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.”
Archimedes on May 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Paving the way for the FCC/FTC crackdown on conservative expression… 5…4…3…
petefrt on May 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Okay; I listened to “Gun Smoke” on the radio. So there!
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Yes, technology is bad, when you get rid of the TOTUS then we can talk or stutter, stutter is probably goof for you….
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:01 PM
Obviously my typing skills have dropped off since.
Dammit!
Archimedes on May 9, 2010 at 8:01 PM
goof = good. Now that I think of it though, either one could work.
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Profound statement, really. It’s astonishing to me that more black Americans haven’t realized the inherent racism of liberalism.
“Stay in your group and use your own water fountain,” in essence.
It’s disgusts me.
Bee on May 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM
With the way this assclown has been “running” the country (into the frigging ground!)since a majority of terribly misguided people were stupid enough to vote him into office, we NEED “distractions” like this!
pilamaye on May 9, 2010 at 8:05 PM
I know the shake and bake commercials. I also remember being the first generation remote control on the black and white, obviously I was the youngest.
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:05 PM
So who should we put in charge of filtering out “disinformation,” Obama? Media Matters?
Joe Caps on May 9, 2010 at 8:05 PM
Pressure?
I’ve got one for the Destroyer and it’s spelled….
N-O-V-E-M-B-E-R !!!!!!!
PappyD61 on May 9, 2010 at 8:06 PM
The United States needs a Trojan to protect us from this virus.
Lanceman on May 9, 2010 at 8:06 PM
You mean the one that always ended with “And I helped?”
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Much as the much smaller variation of the cockroach, his royal majesty doesn’t like the light.
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Maybe someone should point out to Obowma that his teleprompters are part of the technology he is dissing…
Oh, wait!
Seven Percent Solution on May 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM
Obama: All this darned media is putting “pressure” on our
democracyone-party rule(repaired misleading headline)
landlines on May 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM
What the Pretender-in-chief really means:
“It’s too damn bad that there is internet and other sources that keep a record of what I say! Its getting too hard to lie and not get caught.”
belad on May 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM
I remember “Winston Tastes Good, Like a Cigarette Should” commercials, so I’m old enough.
fogw on May 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM
I’d love to see that! Hundreds of TEA Party protesters dressed in condoms!
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM
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… oh my.
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Someone doesn’t like a real-time in-person fact-checking.
Arbalest on May 9, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Is there any significance to the fact that he gave this speech at an historically black university? Is he afraid the graduates will get so much information that they’ll find out about the dozens of black GOP candidates running this fall?
Wethal on May 9, 2010 at 8:11 PM
Standard liberal elite, doesn’t see the unwashed masses to as capable of making informed decisions about what to watch and whom to trust.
No it’s not. That’s like saying that the more car makers there are out there, the more likely someone is to buy a crappy car. Competition improves quality, not the opposite. When the only sources for TV news were the big three and CNN, it was phenomenally easy to spread disinformation. Because of the lack of challenge (that you point out), but also because only a very small number of people had to be co-opted to push actively an agenda.
Liberals hate competition, plain and simple.
29Victor on May 9, 2010 at 8:11 PM
I wish someone could hack into that teleprompter and have him pull a Ron Burgandy.
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM
I’ll skip the part where I think I heard him mispronounce the word ‘emancipation.’
He doesn’t know how to operate an Ipod? Really? That’s a lie. He gave one to the Queen of England. And he’s addicted to his Blackberry. The Ipad, Xbox too? I thought he was the young, hip President. Man, this guy is so full of sh`t, it’s unbelievable.
The last part where he talks about information as ‘distraction’ and calls the press [read: FOX News]liars is the scariest, by far.
Urban Infidel on May 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM
Those were back in the days of Rice-A-Roni the San Francisco Treat and Florence Henderson was pitching Crisco oil.
John the Libertarian on May 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM
So you think he’s “warning” them not to trust the non-Government Approved media? Excellent point.
29Victor on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Just listen to big brother and ignore the truth and reality. This guy is sick. Jim Jones would have been very proud of him.
rplat on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
President Malcolm Hussein Xbox, minister of disinformation, tries to wing it… and step on his loose tongue once again.
Are you going to believe your own ears, or mine?
Mine are bigger, don’t forget!
profitsbeard on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Attention!!! The subject of today’s “one minute hate” is…THE MEDIA”!!! We’ll begin when Big Brother appears on your telescreen….
landlines on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Sounds like The One really wouldn’t have liked those pamphlateers of the 1770s.
cs89 on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Olberdork: Teabaggers now practicing safe sex.
Lanceman on May 9, 2010 at 8:13 PM
I don’t remember that part. It was an advertisement for making “gourmet” meals with little effort. Buy the stuff, seasonings, etc., which was in a bag, put some chicken or something in the bag, then shake and bake.
Rather like Obama’s little experience to President.
It basically came to mean an extreme short cut. Back in the late sixties/early seventies the Army had a ‘Shake and Bake” NCO school where you could go from E-1 to E-5 or even E-6 in a matter of months.
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Yes Wii Can!
ronsfi on May 9, 2010 at 8:15 PM
In other words, Obama thinks our freedom is exposing us to too much information.
You have got to be living in a 6 year old mentality to still like this guy.
Oh, and I love how he talks about the war and economy like he’s running for President or something.
JellyToast on May 9, 2010 at 8:16 PM
belad on May 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Whats really hard is to get lefties to listen to allhis contradictions, Itry pointing things out he has said to my Lib brother, he refuses even to let me show him.
Yes I have archives of Obama’s lies going way back.
Head In Sand Syndrom, the hiss of snakes.
Archimedes on May 9, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Let the O=care words come back to bite the fool in the heinie: All of the media tools available to the people will provide “choice and competition.” If there are any aspects of governing that ObaMao dislikes in reality, they are real choice and real competition.
onlineanalyst on May 9, 2010 at 8:18 PM
All Dear Leader needs is a Joseph Goebbels to manage the “truth” for him. Information problem solved!
ncborn on May 9, 2010 at 8:18 PM
“Corpesman…”
Seven Percent Solution on May 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM
FIFY
Lanceman on May 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM
…
Funny, the only “news” i can get on my 360 (other than game-related stuff) comes from MSNBC.
Rude on May 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM
If it sounds like Karl Marx, acts like Benito Mussolini, lies like Joe Isuzu, wants to control all information like Joseph Goebbels, attracts followers eerily reminiscent of those Jim Jones attracted and stumbles like Bozo the Clown, it’s probably Barack Obama!!!!!!
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Couldn’t resist, 29. Too great a temptation.
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM
I know that well, I have a Obot that sits close to me at work. I happened to hear him telling allthe left wing talking points about the AZ bill. I walked over to straighten him out on the bill and offered to print a copy out for him to read. “I don`t need to read the bill, the President said it and I figure he knows what he is talking about!” I just handed him his sign after that response and walked off dismayed……..
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM
The availability of tall this information and knowledge obviously makes it difficult for the little dictator to own your mind.
rplat on May 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Yes Wii Can!
Thread winner!
Had to wipe my beer off the screen, LOL!
Archimedes on May 9, 2010 at 8:21 PM
It’s called soft tyranny.
WordsMatter on May 9, 2010 at 8:21 PM
Obama is giving the commencement speech at West Point. Wonder what he’ll warn them against.
Wethal on May 9, 2010 at 8:23 PM
Wasn’t that Viet Nam?
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:24 PM
Was this actually in the prepared text or is he improvising again?
When he goes off TOTUS, he gets in trouble. Or as did the Cambridge police, he acts “stupidly.”
Wethal on May 9, 2010 at 8:25 PM
Oh, jesus; Another game we have to buy with a tele-prompter!
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Frustrating isn’t it? I work for a big bad evil oil company and luckily, most everyone there is conservative. But whenever we happen to talk politics, we keep our voices down and look around first just in case. I even gave my boss a “Remember in November” bumpersticker.
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 8:26 PM
BRILLANT!
DeathB4Tyranny on May 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
You guys want old? I listened to the Lone Ranger on the radio and watched original airings of Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob. Now that was the real information age …. :)
Rovin on May 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Information IS a distraction to the Left. They don’t want to reason or discuss…they just want to emote, and control.
Ask yourself this every day:
If Obama was TRYING to destroy the United States, what would he be doing differently???
Justrand on May 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Usually prior to going there. 8 weeks basic, 8 weeks AIT, 13? weeks NCO “OCS”, presto … E-5. Top 5% off class … E-6.
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Why am I thinking Teddy Ruxpin, Muppet Babies and the Get Along Gang? How old are you, anyway?
Bee on May 9, 2010 at 8:29 PM
The foolish ask questions the wise can not answer.
-Oscar Wilde
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:31 PM
http://www.archive.org/details/The_Lone_Ranger_Page_01
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on May 9, 2010 at 8:31 PM
And you are still alive? You must be 125 years old. Almost as old as John McCain.
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM
I actually listened to those too; But if you want to claim the ‘Elder Badge’, you got it!
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM
If we are to succeed, we must maintain our anonymity, mask our identities. Even if it means suffering the mockery of others. Being taken for fools, fops, nitwits, even cowards.
fossten on May 9, 2010 at 8:36 PM
Crosstraining to helicopter pilot got you E-8 and E-9.
Hate to break it to you, bud. You got cheated.
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Wow! Thanks for the link Doc. I’ll immerse myself later tonight.
Rovin on May 9, 2010 at 8:38 PM
The guy can’t work an iPod? He gave one to the Queen of England. Does that mean he had a White House flunky download his speeches onto it? And a Playstation? Really, Barry? Even my wife learned how to operate the PS3 so she could watch Blu-rays.
Doughboy on May 9, 2010 at 8:39 PM
For all of us that can remember those shows, in a time when there was only black and white t.v. with 3 channels, we should consider ourselves lucky. We grew up in an era that the young kids today will never know. An era that’s now long gone. And that’s both heartbreaking and tragic.
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Executive Order needed to “save democractic freedoms” just in time to ensure free elections in Ameriazuela in 5…….4…….3…..
PappyD61 on May 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Right!! Really exposing himself, isn’t he?
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Of course it all makes sense. When I think XBox I don’t think Madden football or Halo I think of it as a device used to overthrow the Government and a viable threat to democracy. It’s sedition right?
Chrisin206 on May 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM
Looks like Captain Ed will have to take another look at the OAOTD!
Dire Straits on May 9, 2010 at 8:42 PM
I went the 8 weeks + 8 weeks + 23 weeks route.
MB4 on May 9, 2010 at 8:44 PM
I refuse to listen to the Teleprompter.
PappyD61 on May 9, 2010 at 8:44 PM
I had to build my own (crystal) radio.
OldEnglish on May 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I was 25 before I had something other than a 12″ B&W to watch. And I’m only in my 40s.
Lanceman on May 9, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Well we are in the same business then. Unfortunately, it is not as conservative as it used to be in my shop. I was confounded at the Obama stickers in our parking lot for the election. I can tell you that most of those have disappeared though :) :)
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:47 PM
That’s the easy part. The hard part’s not being able to boast about our exploits to the ladies.
PercyB on May 9, 2010 at 8:47 PM
I hastily disagree! Great times; Fantastic memories; Simplistic and sanguine.
“heartbreaking and tragic” I apply to what’s happening under the ‘precedent’ of the United States.
Hang onto your good memories for your sake and that of your grandchildren.
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Thanks but no thanks CG, I still do childish things like dreaming about California turning conservative, and liberals crawling on all fours.
Rovin on May 9, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Winner! Or should I say Wiinner?
onlineanalyst on May 9, 2010 at 8:50 PM
I.will.not.click.to.watch!
Any reporter got balls enough to ask The One how he think people would react if Bush said something like that? And then freakin follow up against The One’s bs response?
aikidoka on May 9, 2010 at 8:50 PM
Coming soon: the Fairness Doctrine in 3D.
Randy
williars on May 9, 2010 at 8:53 PM
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates could not be reached for comment.
booter on May 9, 2010 at 8:53 PM
That’s exactly what I meant. This generation will live with the consequences of the Anointed One’s socialist actions and never know what it was like to live under a real blanket of freedom and liberty.
TxAnn56 on May 9, 2010 at 8:54 PM
But you do know both of those idiots along with Google guys will continue to support Dear Leader to the end.
bluemarlin on May 9, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Roger that; I have ADHD: Oh, Look; A chicken!
Cybergeezer on May 9, 2010 at 8:55 PM
If you can’t stand the heat, go back to Chicago… Now…
Khun Joe on May 9, 2010 at 8:57 PM
The leader of the free world can;t even operate an iPod? An xBox is a threat to democracy?
Somewhere a Kenyan village lost its idiot…
IntheNet on May 9, 2010 at 8:57 PM
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