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Congrats Robert... best wishes to all - Rhys Amos

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Congrats. Now the fun begins!!! - Mike Shields

Awesome! - dstamand

Congratulations! - Stephan Planken

Congratulations! Welcome, Ryan! - Lance M. Brown

Awesome - RetiredTeacherD

Yay! Congratulations! - Jesse Stay

YAYAYAYAYAY! Congrats to you and Maryam!@#!@#! - drew olanoff

congrats Robert and Maryam, Welcome Ryan. - rick

Welcome to the world. - Dave Mora

Congratulations!!! - Mike Doeff

!!! - sean percival

Born 11:32. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

LOL He was keepin ya'll on yer toes. CONGRATS! - Danny Minick

Yay! Congratulations to you and your wife! Now off to buy RSS and iPhone - Lise

Congrats!!!!! - Mark Evans

Congratulations! - Kenneth

I hope you're well rested, Robert ... ;-) - Hieronymus Murphy

Congrats Robert! - Charlie Anzman

Congratulations! - 321

He looks like you. - Cjay

Congratulations! - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Congrats to you all - JanLawrence

Congrats Robert and welcome RSS! - Robb Brock

Congratulations! Happy Birthday Ryan! Lots of love to the whole family. - Jodi Church

SUBSCRIBED! - drew olanoff

Hello World! - CannonGod

Congratulations!! Welcome to the world Ryan!! :) - Laura Zickus

<rss> awesome! </rss> - sean percival

welcome to the new world little one! all hail our pink squirming screaming overlord! - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

LOL at CannonGod's comment. It's like he started a Wordpress blog. XD - Danny Minick

When does he start micro blogging? - Cjay

20.5 inches long. 7 lbs. 13 oz. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

nice alpha version. welcome RSS ! - Kaïs Miled

congrats!! welcome rss! - barbarars

Ryan is no longer in beta! LOL :D Congrats, Scoble! - Danny Minick

oww congrats.. welcome ryan.. be happy forever sweety(: - Cherry Mei Chan♥

Congratulations :) - امیرعباس

RSS is finally here! Congrats Robert & Maryam - Dennis Jernberg

Congrats Robert... best wishes to all - joupy

Congratulations! - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Blessings, and the best Robert! - Nakeva Corothers

Cute! - Charlie Anzman

مبارک باشه Congratulations - حضرت لپ

Congrats!!! - Jim Williams

Grats! - Denverken

مبارکه رفیق رابرت . خدا حفظش کنه - جـوان ایرانی

If Dave Winer comes on here and claims to have invented RSS I will smack him. - drew olanoff

Congratulations! - joey

Congratulations and all the best. - Bryce, Low in Sodium

Welcome Ryan!!! - Phil

Welcome Ryan :) - giuseppe c. | markgreene

Awesome. Congratulations! - John McCrea

Congratulations :-) - ѕнαнιη

Congratulations! - anna sauce

Congratulations :) Welcome Ryan :) - Mohamed Marwen Meddah

Congrats, Imagine where RSS and the web will be when he turns 30! - James Watters

Congratulations to you both. - Don McAllister

congrats Robert and Maryam :))))) - Conformist مخــدوش ™

congrats to the family!! - erik yuzwa

Welcome to RSS in Pubsubhub mode :) - Ouriel Ohayon

Congrats to you all!! We had our second child, a boy, on Tuesday. Enjoy!! - Alex Cordiner from iPhone

Yay! Congrats to you, but mostly congrats to your wife for doing all of the hard work. ;-) xo - Jennifer Leggio

Mazel Tov! - Robb Vaules

Congrats Robert....wishing all the best to your family.... - Carlos

Congratulations! Wow! Seems like we were there just the other day! Looking forward to your late-night feeds and tweets and blog posts! - Louis Gray

You rock! Congrats. Thanks for sharing. How's mum doing? - Steve Lacey from iPhone

congrats! and welcome ryan - Daniel Levine

Congrats Robert - It is a fine family.... - Simarprit Singh

"beautiful new baby" by Robert Scoble, photojournalist. I stepped away for coffee and bang! RSS - Brian Hendrickson

nice! - Josh Haley from iPhone

Thank you so much for sharing - Sherrie Belken

:) congrats - Shandiz

Born on Talk like a Pirate Day, too! Yarrrr! - Josh Haley from iPhone

congrads ms & mr scoble, :) - chaz2b

Thanks to the good Docs! - Keith Rowland

congrats!! ^_^ - Christine Lu

Congrats! - Mycaptain

Steve: mum is sleeping but got to hold Ryan. Instant love! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Welcome, Guest dear to our world / Now the world is on your own - Conformist مخــدوش ™

that feels good - Brian Hendrickson

Gonna have to learn to operate that iPhone with one hand. - Keith Rowland

Congratulations! - Parth Awasthi

Congratulations. Hope Maryam iis doing well - Rachel Clarke

Congratulations! Wish him all the best! - philos

Welcome Baby Ryan!!! My baby Ryan (17 years!) and I are honored to welcome another superstar to our planet! Love, hugs, and lots of kisses to Baby Ryan, Mommy Maryam, Dad Robert and big brothers Milan & Patrick and of course Grandma!!! My guess on Ryan's arrival (predication) was only 23 hours off. I thought he would arrive on Friday, Sept. 18th at 11:45 pm. Love to all, Kelly & Ryan Kim - Kelly S. Kim

Congrats, Robert and Maryam. - Derrick

Congratulations Robert, and well done Maryam! You are truly blessed :) - Nicola Quinn

So happy for you Robert and Maryam. Yeay...another FF baby! - Mark Krynsky

Congratulations! - Surachart Opun

What a moment, eh? I remember when my daughter came into this world, it was so exciting there were no words for it. Congrats on your wonderful baby boy! - Michael J. Carrasquillo

Congratulations - testbeta

Congratulations! Welcome to the world, Ryan. :-) - Yvette Ferry

Congratulations Robert and Maryam! And welcome Ryan. If I was having a baby today, I'd begin a blog for him/her straight away as an online diary they could look back on when grown up. - Sandra Large

he's so cute... - Sinem Vural

Robert, Congratulations to you and Maryamie! - Mike Fruchter

Wow, congrats to all of you! - Paul Salzman

Congratulations to you both! - Forrest W. Kobayashi

Great news guys! All the best! - Chris Nixon

الهــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــی چقده ناز نازیه.اینو فارسی نوشتم مریم جان بخونن ....راستی به باباش که نرفته:)) خوشگلتره:)) پس به شما رفته - joupy

congratulations!! - Jeroen De Miranda

Congratulations to you and your wife Robert! - Randy

Congrats Robert! - Terry Jones

congratz and welcome RSS! - Jon Winters

Congrats Maryam :-) - Terry Jones

Felicitations and humble prayers for your new son. - Victor Panlilio

congrats and best wishes! - Mike Chelen

Congratulations Robert! Welcome Ryan! - Jeff P. Henderson

Congrats!! - Tan Kaiquan

congrats and best wishes to all. :) - Naor Mark

Congratulations - Meral Alabaz

I was a c-section six week preemie in an era when that was seriously life-threatening, they didn't know if I would make for the first week. It always gets me a see a c-section / preemie come howling into the world. Welcome, little guy! - Bob Morris (polizeros) from iPhone

Beautiful baby! Congratulations daddy man :) - Gary

:) Congrats Robert... best wishes to your family! Get her name in twitter and ff! - Business Blogger【ツ】™

Congratulations to you and Maryam! - Elwin Witzke

AmazinG!! congratulations :) - Nakul

cutie pie baby - Debby Bruck

Congratulations :) - Baard @ Pixum

Ryan, good to see you. - Burçak Çubukçu

تولدش مبارک ^_^ Congratulations! - ‎‎Emad

Warm wishes and congratulations. Love that you posted him crying. - Irene Koehler

Congratulation to all of you! All the best for baby ryan!!! - Arne Krueger

Congrats to both of you :) - zephyrlily

Congratulation....best wishes to all - Opium

woooow like :) - کلیشه

Congrats M. & R. - Giuseppe M.

ووووی مبارکه، به مریم خانوم هم تبریک ما رو بگو - Zahra (raoros)

Congrats Robert and Maryam, Welcome to geekdom Ryan! - Andrew Wardlaw

Contrats!!! I'm so excited!! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Congrats.That pic brings back memories of my own baby's birth only ten months ago. C-section baby boys rock! - Georgiana Comsa

Mazel Tov to you and Maryam. - Michael Markman

Congrats... a few more Scobles make the world a better place ;-) - Aad 't Hart

Congrats! - George Mitsopoulos

Congrats... and Welcome Ryan. Good to have you among us. - fatima

Congratulations! I - Michael Fidler

Wonderful news. Congrats. - Keri

Congrats Robert, and the best to you, Maryam, and of course Ryan! - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Congratulations Congratulations !! - Farzad

Congrats - Sandeep Swaminathan

looking to to the same in 3 weeks - ROBIN SMITH

Congrats on the blessed event! :D - Joel Lovato

Congrats Robert and Maryam. Welcome Ryan !!!!!!!!! - Nir Ben Yona

Congratulations, Robert! - Mark Trapp

Congratulations to Robert and Maryam. - George Hall (Australia)

Right ON! I am so happy for you. I have 4 kids of my own and they are my greatest joys. Take care and I hope all goes so smooth for him and mom. - Robert Anderson

Congratulations! - J. Abdul-Qahhar

Daddy Scobleizer!!!!!!!!!! First things first....when will he be signed up for Twitter and FF? - krystyl

Congrats!!! - eric susch

welcome Ryan, it's a beautiful world - Michele Costabile

Congrats!! - Olivia Lovag

Congrats to the Scoble family from South Africa! Welcome to the world @RSS - Shaun Trennery

Congratulations to you all. - Roland Harvey

Good luck beatiful baby. - Oğulcan Selçuk Akbulut

Congrats, Robert! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Congratulations Robert, and welcome Ryan! - Giorgio Zarrelli

Congratulations Robert and R.S.S.: "Hello World" Cheers! - Louis Trapani

warmest congratulations - Peter Holland

what a beautiful baby=)Congratulations=) - Candan Celik

Such a miracle and a blessing - Congratulations to you and Maryam and "big" brothers! - Marla Schulman

Congrats, Robert. Amazing pictures! - Jordi Soler

Congratulations to all of your family! Enjoy! - Ed Richardson

Congratulations ... enjoy! - Hitesh Parashar

Congratulations!!!! He's beautiful! Welcome little one! I'm proud to share a birthday with you! - Martha

Congratulations Robert and Maryam! Welcome to the world Ryan :-) - Rasmus Lauridsen

happy birthday BABY - ≤ M@RzI

Best congratulations!!!! :) - Lucio Riccardi - CantorJF

Congrat Robert. It is wonderful what this new media could do to share your joy! - Gianto Widianto

congrats! - Pradhap Nirmal Natarajan

Congratulations! - Steve Garfield

به به . قدم نو رسیده مبارک مریم جان . خیلی نازه :) - RokhSaare

Hope the baby and mum are well. Congratz. Happy Ied Mubarak =) - zʍıɔ

WoW,Congratulations! - atalmatal from MojiPage

Congrats on the blessed event! Welcome to the world, Ryan - Jazz Baker

Congratulations! - Jim Hearts FF

appena nato e già dal dentista? - paolo beneforti

Congrats :) - Maryam Ardakani from FreshFeed

He was delivered by a Blue Man? - paul mooney

Congrats Robert. It's allways a special moment. I still have my child birth in my memory! - Rui

What a happy day! A healthy new Scoble and mom. - Dave Winer

آخي ، بچته ؟؟؟ مبارك باشه تو روز به اين عزيزي به دنيا اومده ، بت نميخوره بچه انقدري داشته باشي شيطون - mohammad

My goodness, congratulations! - DGentry

Congrats! - Ivo Mortani

Congratulations!! and best wishes - Johni Fisher

congrats! - masstrovato

Congratulations! I hope everyone's ok?! - Holger Eilhard

حاجي خانومت ايرانيه جدي ؟؟؟ پس خيلي مباركه ديگه - mohammad

Congratulations, Scoble family! - Bill Scherer

wonderfull - braciolanet from BuddyFeed

Congratulations to you and your family Robert! A very handsome baby boy! Cant wait to see more pictures! - TiffanyCarr

Congratulations, Robert. - motownmutt

Congratulations! - :: Kim Sherrell ::::

congrats :) - £lham

مبارکه :) - خیزران Has gone

Congrats! - Roozbeh

Congrats to Robert and Maryam! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

WooHoo! My best to the whole family. I hope Maryam is getting some rest after all that hard work! - Robert Couture

Congrats to you and your fam, Robert :) - LANjackal

Ryan was born when the Berlin Marathon was finishing. Perhaps he'll be a long-distance runner. Congrats. - Carl Jacobsen

Congratulations to you and the wife, Robert! Job well done. I see he is gonna take after his Daddy! ;-0 ,hehe:-) - Duliece

One more congrats won't hurt, right? Thanks for sharing the pics. - Kevin Sablan

Congratulations :) - A35G

Congrats - Exciting & now the fun begins :-) - PXLated

Wishing you and yours the best on this wonderful day! Congratulations! - Steve

Congrats on the RSS feed update :) I hope you've pinged both rsscloud and pubsubhubbahubba ! - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

Starting today. Sleep will be nothing more than a fond memory. :) Congrats. - Richard

Congrats! - Herb Hernandez from iPhone

Congrats! - YusufOzanTasdemir

Congrats Robert!! - Taehoon Kim

Congratulations! - Thomas Hawk

Congratulations to you both :) - 1x29

Congratulations to all! - malackey

fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - michele ficara

Awe!! Congrats =) - Brodie Beta

Congratulazioni!! ^______^ - Andrea | amnesiak1978

congrats!! - Clarita

Congratulations to your whole family, Robert :-) - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Welcome Ryan! Congratulations Robert and family! - Tim Probst from iPhone

Congratulations!!! God bless.... - Bob DeMarco

Congrats! - Jason Williams from iPhone

Congratulations Robert, Maryam and Milan! All the best to the four of you. - Eiso Kant

Congratulations :-) - Jalada

Congrats! Enjoy. - Jim Peake

Congrats - BeeLing

Congratulations!! - Paolo Leonardi

Congratulations, Robert and Maryam! - Helen Sventitsky

Congratulations! - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

Congratulations. - ashish

Congrats - Brian Appleby

oooww wonderfulll :)) - Ucandepik

Well done, my son's name as well. - Robert Kenney

Congratulations - Caleb Scribner

Congrats - Manuel Mas

Congrats! Best wishes to you, Ryan and all your family! - Lenny Post

congrats ^_^ - Furkan Tunalı

Conga Rats! - Michael R. Bernstein

Wonderful! Enjoy! - Alan Morris

Hello! - N.G. Gordon - RadarSync

Absolutely wonderful. Welcome to the world Ryan! - Loren Heiny from iPhone

Congrats :) - Hasan Al Shehabi

Congratulations to both of you. - Roberto Bonini

OMG Congrats to both of you, he looks healthy and promising. - Jeunelle Foster

Congratulations to everyone! He looks healthy! I am sure you must all be very happy! ;) - Altan Khendup

Congratulations! May your tribe ever increase in happiness, joy, and fulfilment. - trey pennington

Congrats! - Ben Parr

what would be ryan's reaction when he would read this post someday, so many folks who knew dad congratulating him! - testbeta

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

hiya RSS! - Laura Norvig

Yah!! Congratulations. - Micah Wittman

Congratulations to the whole Scoble family! - WorldofHiglet

Congratulations to the whole family! Enjoy these most precious times. - Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

best wishes to all - Hamza Şamlıoğlu @TEAkolik

congrats Robert and Maryam - Kevin Tunis

Congratulations, Robert! - Sabri Küstür from FreshFeed

Wonderful. Best wishes to Ryan... - Mitchell Tsai

Congratulations to the whole family :) - Chris Saad

Congratulations - Samaneh

Congratulations. cute :) - FFTornado

Congratulations. First picture on twitter! - Cindy Makonin

I just came to make sure you were getting a proper congratulations - Sherrie Belken

Welcome :))) - Flynn (Michael A. Volz)

congrats;) - خاتون

Congratulations to the Scobles! - Carlton Prest

Congrats Robert! - Jorge Escobar

congratulations, Robert and Maryam. - Valeria Maltoni

congrats! - Daniel Brusilovsky

WOW - what a miracle - congrats! - Mark Harai

Congratulations Robert & Maryam! - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

Congrats from Italy, Ryan! - Federico Bolsoman from iPhone

Congratulations Robert and sorry for delay, Best wishes - erfan

He is crying: "I want an iPhone". Felicitations! - William Mougayar

May he be blessed throughout his life! God bless you, Robert and Maryam! - Melanie Reed

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! - Greg Ness

congrats :) - Erdinc [bilimdiyari.com]

Congrats Robert & your family :) - Sampad Swain

what a beautiful little guy! congratulations! rock on! - B.L. Ochman

great day, congrats - imran

Wow congratulations to both you and Maryam you must be so proud :) - David Richardson from Android

Congratulations - Eric Logan

Wow, Congratulations, Robert and Maryam!! Ryan looks beautiful.:-) - Cathryn Hrudicka

Congrats man. That's so awesome. - Got Love For DB™?

Happy Babbie Day! - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

Congrats! - Zachary TG

Congrats! I wish a long and healthy life. - Muammer Okumuş

Robert, you newest addition is too freaking adorable. I hope you and Maryam are doing well. Congratulations! Here's to a long, prosperous future! - Mike Nayyar

Welcome, Ryan - you picked a good family! - Matthew Blaisdell

congrats to you and Maryam! And welcome, RSS! - Joshua Allen from fftogo

congrats!!! Welcome to Ryan - Dario Salvelli

Congratulations to you and Maryam! E benvenuto Ryan! - Marco Fabbri

Congrats! :) - Emmanuel Anumonwo

Congratulations! - mlazopoulou

Such auspicious times... Welcome, Ryan! - Red Label

O HAI, Ryan! Congratulations to Daddy and Mommy, too! - Ladybug Heather

What's Ryan's Twitter address? - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

قدم نو رسیده مبارک!congratulations - Jan Valjan

Congrats, best wishes. :) - Hunt

حوزه جان بیا در گوشش اذان بگو - مـــــــــمد

woohoo! congrats! - Tyson

That is a wonderful moment! All the best to momma, baby and the family! - Mary Gilmour

Congrats Robert! Welcome Ryan! - Garin Kilpatrick

Awesome, Congratulations Robert and Maryam! And welcome to the world Ryan. - Mitch Baldwin

Happy parenting! Congrats! - Natallini

Groovy + one geek on the planet - Yann Ropars

Congrats!!! Robert - Steve Chou

To the proud Papa.....Congratulations!! - Bonnie Foster

http://www.youtube.com/watch... - kevin fitts

Congratulations Team Scoble. Best of good wishes to all of you. - Morrie Johnston

Congrats Robert and family!!! Welcome Ryan :) - buvanesh

congrats Robert! - Joshua Guffey

Congratulations! RS - Sean Kelly

Congrats :D - Emre Misvaklı

Congratulations. he's so cute :) - Armando Grati

Beautiful! - Ryan Sholin

Congratulations - Kreg Steppe

Congratulations! - Gordon Saunders

Congratulations! - Hamid Reza

Congrats Robert....How amny more before you have your baseball team :-) - Alex Marrow

Seriously, Best whishes.............God Bless...... - Alex Marrow

Mazal Tov! - Raanan Avidor

All the best! Fun Times!!!! - Jim Turner

congrads now the fun starts, beautiful baby - Debra Moore

congrads ! - ★ Soner Gönül

Congrats and Best Wishes! - Tracy Benham

Looks like the baby's first trip to the dentist - Steve Borgman

Welcome, Ryan! Congrats, Robert! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

We haven't lost the ability to consider both sides - your actions with your son testify to that. Throughout history, some people have been able to consider multiple views, and some haven't. - John E. Bredehoft

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I am appalled at this concern about the President's address to school children, as if he is going to pollute their minds. So disrespectful of the institution and his position. It makes me wonder about deep-seated, unacknowledged racism. - Teri Gidwitz

We lost it when mainstream media over-covers rhetoric vice facts and the mindless drones of the general public blindly follow. I'm not a Big Obama "fan" but you still have to respect the office and the guy sitting in the big chair even if you don't "Like" him you can still respect and disagree. - Stan Augustyniewicz

Stan: yup. Media business has turned politics into a sports team. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

I don't attribute it solely to racism - some whites didn't like it when white presidents spoke to children either. It's this "my way or the highway" mentality that refuses to even listen to the evildoers, be they Commies or Baby Seal Clubbers. - John E. Bredehoft

"as if he is going to pollute their minds." - 50 years ago, the same nutters who are spewing about, quite literally, every single thing Obama does would have been ranting at the local barber shop about Flouride and Communist infiltration of the government. They are all Id, no Superego. That the cable "news" networks give these John Birch Society wannabes a platform is a disgrace. - John Craft

I'm not sure how many people believed in the ideals of the US when it was started. A system based on laws, checks and balances, a democratic republic, protection from the government. But enough people went along so that it worked. Now it seems people are tired with the experiment and feel entitled to remake the country as a theocracy. It's just easier that way. - Todd Hoff

Blue Cross presents the Senate Healthcare Reform debates! - Stan Augustyniewicz

It's unfortunate we've become so polarized; for or against, no appreciation for nuance or complexity. - Teri Gidwitz

News delivery is such an open market people can go and look and find whatever news they like that agrees with what they think. Combine that with "news" having such a wide ranging definition and much of it not being "and that's the way it is" anymore, we've reached that divide. I really think it'll have to get a lot worse until people start to wake up and realize they can't just listen... more... - Dean Clark

My impression of this (from the UK) is that people are more bothered about their kids writing a letter about "how they are going to help President Obama". It does sound kind of creepy. - Rob Fisher

Why aren't these same parents so concerned about the politics of the teachers and administrators who get to speak to their kids all the time? I've pretty much decided to wait and see how many people I know really hold their kids out and how many are just running their mouth. Not sure which is worse. My kids? They're homeschooled so we'll watch the speech together and talk about it. We'll also get to talk about their friends and their parents that didn't want to let them see that speech. - Jon Adair

The speech itself isn't that bad, however I can pretty much guarantee it was re-written. The worst part was the lesson plan that followed that sounded like it was written by ACORN. The other problem is Obama's cult following and how his narcissism has affected his ability to govern. - Spencer

Good point, Jon Adair, and a good solution too. Dean Clark, "they can't just listen to what they want, or bad things will happen" -- now *that* sounds kind of sinister. If you mean that people need to apply critical thinking, then you're right. I think the idea that *any* news reporting is unbiased is naive. There will always be the possibility of picking and choosing. That's why I like blogs: a much wider range of views than the MSM's narrow left vs. right. - Rob Fisher

Spencer: did you talk like that about Bush? I really hate that media has given us all permission to call each other names. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Robert: I think it works both ways. Remember bushitler? - Rob Fisher

I think most people can actually consider and respect both sides. It's the passion and consequent fervor that arises around specific issues. People want to have their views heard and respected. When they do not get this emotional-based reactions crop up. It has been there for ages and will continue to be so. - Altan Khendup

One of the major themes that was presented after Ted Kennedy's death was his ability to work with the Dan Quayles and John McCains of the world. - John E. Bredehoft

I believe racism is a big part of it. There's quite a few people out there who have issues with their children seeing that a black man can be president (and at the same time be more eloquent they can even dream of). Maybe they fear that he will empower all the black kids ... - Rene Wirtz

1UP Rene - Derrick

The last 16 years have proven that the moderates are way to quiet in this country. - Moved to Facebook

I'm just sad - Wayne Sutton from iPhone

I think Rob Fisher's hit the nail on the head twice here: the vitriol against the 43rd President was far, far harsher than anything the 44th has faced so far, and the suggestion about "writing letters about how you can help the President" — what about the majority who are opposed to his current agenda? Are they expected to help achieve something they oppose? It could easily and should... more... - James

I grew up in the 60's and I can never remember the President speaking directly to me as a student. I 'm not sure its a good idea no matter who the President is. That being said, if the President did speak I am sure my parents would expect me to be respectful. You respect the office of Presidency, even if you don't respect the current occupant. - Kim Landwehr

Over the past few years the American fabric has been broken down. People have embraced ignorance over knowledge. We listen to the talking heads on television and let them shape our beliefs instead of making our own decisions. We view disagreements as personal attacks w/o attempting to see the other side's point of view. Sad indeed. - Vaughn from BuddyFeed

.....well done..... - Gregg

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Two thumbs up for Rick Sanchez! - Paul Denlinger

Wow, I didn't like Rick Sanchez that much before, but this is great, I am changing my mind - Ginger Kenney

Why? A prepared, pro anchor sandbags a blue collar guy, and you get off on that? Would you cheer Sean Hannity for destroying some lefty waitress for stepping out of her realm? - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

@Ed: If that "lefty waitress" had claimed to be the owner of the diner and owed back taxes and claimed Bush planned 9/11 (akin to Sam's socialism garbage) and then used the media fame to take a job outside of her field (purely for money) and then defame that entire profession. Um, yeah, I'd be fine with Hannity for dressing her down. - AJ Kohn

Some lefty waitress wasn't brought into the limelight like 'Joe' was, sorry, he deserves little sympathy. - Nick

i'll cheer for @aj! i don't even understand how to make this into some red state/blue state issue. why? take it easy, cheney. this guy, joe the plumber, is an affront to ALL journalists—right, left, center, extreme or moderate. i'm reaching that conclusion on the basis of one, no, make that two facts: a) he's not a journalist; and b) he's a moron...allegedly. - .LAG liked that

I don't particularly like Joe. But I don't like a CNN anchor shaming some out of his league. Hell for all you know, Joe would stop and help your mom with a flat tire, and Sanchez drive right by - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

@ed: point taken, seems like bullying...but the Joe the Plumber he's pistol-whipping is a made-up persona, not a real person. no feelings to hurt here. - .LAG liked that

Cue the violins. I might be a little more sympathetic if not-Joe the not-plumber wasn't impersonating a journalist. - Victor Ganata

"Now, I want to be clear and speak directly to those of you who LOVED that Palin interview. You're an idiot. I mean that. This is not one of those cases where we're going to agree to disagree. This isn't one of those situations where we debate it passionately and then walk away thinking that the other guy is wrong but argued well. I'm not going to think of you as a thoughtful but misguided person with different ideas who still really cares about the country and the world. No, sorry, not this time. This time, if you watched those interview excerpts and weren't scared out of your freakin' mind, then you're mentally ill, mentally disabled, or mentally disturbed" - Dave Winer from Bookmarklet

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This is a great quote from this article: "Vote for someone smarter than you. Vote for someone who inspires you. Vote for someone who has not only traveled the world but who has also shown a deep understanding and compassion for it. The stakes are real and they're terrifyingly high. This election matters. It matters. It really matters. Let me say that one more time. This. Really. Matters." - good stuff. - darodave

I agree with Michael. - Graham English

I'm getting the feeling that all of this making-Palin-the-story is actually helping the McCain campaign. - Andrew Grumet

it is. Most Americans don't view the world through smart people's eyes. It is the economy stupid wins. This stuff fails. - Robert Scoble

@Robert: If it is the economy. Or more to the point, the pocketbook, then why shouldn't Obama win? His income tax plan puts more money into more people's pockets. Or is the point that Obama needs to hit that point again and again and again? - AJ Kohn

It is the economy stupid versus It is the Palin stupid. I'm not at all sure who will prevail. Palin is something new. The media like new things. - Benedikt Koehler

@AJ: Actually McCain means a more stable economy and in the long run means that people will maintain their lot in life. It is the fear of the unknown that drive voters away from Obama. His policies have the ability to move America is a better direction, but also will certainly shake things up a bit. This scares the shit out of the average Joe American. - Bob Blunk

Based upon the first paragraph of this article, I think there is a third category: the "responsible, informed, curious, thoughtful, mature, educated, empathetic, remotely serious", and civil individual. HuffPost just lost credibility with me when you post an article that starts off as crude as this one and then doesn't offer anything but one-sided, hot headed opinion. - Greg Lato

@Bob: By stable, you mean he's not going to do much to it, right? Then yes I agree and yes, plenty of folks are scared of change. But ... the economy is in real trouble. More than I think people really understand. Home values are still way out of whack versus historic trends (see Case-Shiller), personal debt is very high, savings at zero, the dollar is weak and inflation is growing. And the inflation and GDP numbers aren't really accurate: http://www.chrismartenson.com/fuzzy_n... - AJ Kohn

I haven't watched this but am so thankful you have prepared me to know how idiotic I am if I do like this interview. I do agree with darodave in that this electinon really matters. I am just certain that I want neither candidate in the office of the commander and chief. One wants to offer change without describing how that will be accomplished with the help and resistance of the... more... - Curtis "Billy" Cross from twhirl

It's about time someone wrote what a lot of people are thinking. - Jeff P. Henderson

Well I can now say for certain I hate the undetermined character limits of friend feed as much as the 140 character limits imposed by twitter, identica, plurk, etc... Though I am uncertain of that last statement is even remotely correct: yes.. corporations have put forth the pretense of caring.. the gist I was getting at was that this election for me is choosing the lesser of two evils. - Curtis "Billy" Cross from twhirl

What a JOKE! Where is the American Flag? - Thomas Capote from twhirl

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What's funny though is that Harley Davidson bikes are assembled using a lot of parts made overseas now. Just the nature of the business. Unfortunately, the US org in charge of this sort of thing (FTC?) was never able to enact rules that would have required "Made in the US" to mean that at least 75% of the parts of a product come from the US. So anyone that currently assembles the finished product here can pretty much use the term. - Alex Scoble

And requiring that the US government only use products made in the US would not work anyhow. Unless we want the US government to not use computers, or pretty much any electronics at all. - Alex Scoble

Because Red White and Blue doesn't say AMERICA loud enough for you? It's called branding. And the Obama campaign is doing it pretty brilliantly so far. - Alex Scoble

Brilliant, no USA Flag! Gezzz, Patriot? ha! - Thomas Capote from twhirl

In general building pride around a "Buy American" campaign is certainly not a bad thing. - scott willeke

@Alex Scoble - a synonym for make is assemble, so big corporations are technically correct yet, as always, morally wrong. - Bryce, Low in Sodium

Is there a flag on his Plane? Nope, His Campain? Nope, His lapel? NOPE! Patriot? nope! - Thomas Capote from twhirl

heh - mjc

I'm OK with "Made in America" meaning final assembly myself, but whatever :) It's a cute logo - but it of course has no US flag on it so again it seems like his team just doesn't get his image problem. It isn't quaint to hope that someone how wants to be president might fly a US flag in addition to himself with his own logo. There is no depth here - it's just a brand and marketing hype. If Obama was selling jeans he would kick ass but increasingly he is failing to sell himself as a leader of any substance. - Soulhuntre

@Thomas Capote: You really should try reading FactCheck.org before posting more lies to the Internet. http://www.factcheck.org/askfact... - Woodrow Jarvis Hill

That "factcheck" article is lame spin, like many articles there. Yes, there is a TINY US flag next to the planes ID number. It is in NO WAY the same thign as using a flagg as part of the design. Now, I don't really care about the plane - but let's be real - factcheck.org is not a non-partisan site. It has a clear pro-obama bias and doesn't check "facts" any more than "media matters" is a true watchdog group. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

so american made or american owned companies? Ford F150/Mustang made in Canada, Subaru/Mazda/BMW/Mercedes/Honda made in USA by UAW. just say good bye to all electronics, most textiles, and such - clarke thomas

@Soulhuntre : Thomas posted something that is untrue. I pointed to a resource that corrected his information. If you doubt their accuracy, note that they posted plenty of citations in their article, as well as photos you can check. Otherwise, let's focus on what's important -- the candidate's stances and policies. - Woodrow Jarvis Hill

Soulhuntre/Capote: Is there some doubt in your mind as to which country Obama is running for President of? I can't really understand the infantile focus on the lack of an identifying flag, otherwise. Additionally, OMG! Reagan isn't wearing a flag lapel pin! He must not be a patriot! http://bit.ly/2bHOm1 - David Worrell

Agree with David. It's so sad and painfully simple-minded to act as if waving / displaying a particular logo is a rational litmus test for "patriotism" (whatever the hell that means?) - Anthony Citrano

"The night’s theme will be “Securing America’s Future: Tribute to Veterans, Active Duty Military, and Military Families.” Obama’s VP candidate will be the “headline prime-time speaker.”" - Dave Winer from Bookmarklet

completely agree... - don loeb

Biden - Amyloo

It'll be Ayers - Morgan Warstler

Biden would show guts on Obama's part. - Dave Winer

I like Biden, but Wes Clark would be an interesting choice - Ralph Poole

Wes Clark sounds war hawkish to me, when he talks. No thanks. - David Lynch

Never in a million years. - Leo Laporte

I doubled down on my Wes Clark Inkling market investment. - Kevin Gamble

No chance. This guy would guarantee a loss. Clinton is going to ruin their chances anyway with her shenanigans at the convention. - Jim Bednarz

I just looked at a bunch of betting sites, and this one is the easiest to read, it has Clark at 4-1, not by any means the longest shot. http://politicalbetting.bestbe... - Dave Winer

I've still got to think Evan Bayh could be the surprise guy. He's been working his mojo for a couple of years now. Keep an eye on him. - Mark Edwards

Wes Clark == Fail - Jim McCusker

Clark has already proven to be an oppertunist and turncoat; a less than ideal running mate, but a awful choose for VP - Robert Hafer

come to think of it, that's why Obama doesn't want Clinton. Imagine 4 years of her plotting to get you thrown out so she can take over. - Robert Hafer

Because Clark is mental and almost started WWIII by being such an idiot. Please, oh please make him the VP to ensure a McCain win! Google is your friend: wesley clark world war iii - Andrew Leyden

Because the people who already have the Mac version do not want? - Cyndy

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There's a new SyncML app for iPhone that let's you sync with multiple SyncML services - Jason Carreira

@Jason: Care to share what it is? - Justin Korn

I like to think conspiracy but then I find that more fun then the realities of development schedules. - Shawn McCollum

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r... - Jason Carreira

Hmmm That link didn't work for me. I just did a search on SyncMl and found Synthesis SyncML Client for iPhone / iPod Touch. The proper URL is here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObje... - Greg

who ya talking about? - @baratunde from twhirl

Well said. I like just the way he tells the story. Just like how it is. we might not agree with everything he has to say or all his policies but he is the right man for the job. - Akshay Dodeja

I added this video to http://rep.ublican.com/ -- my scrapbook for the Republicans. - Dave Winer

He's really wonderful when he's on, like he is here. Whatever peptalk he gave himself before this talk, he needs to do that every time he takes the stage. This is the kind of leadership we need. Why shouldn't we all be doing that tire gauge thing. Make it a matter of civic duty, civic pride, keep your tires inflated, send less of our money overseas. - Dave Winer

@Baratunde ALL of them - Prolific Programmer

OMGZ he rocked it. Best quote of the week. - jeneane sessum

Totally love this guy, talk about being efficient all the way down the line! - Jean-Marie Moës

The Republicans big-wigs take pride in falsehoods, not ignorance. Thus, they take pride in CREATING ignorance. - Master David Goodmen

Love it. The last line gave me chills. This dude could sell me beachfront property in AZ. I sure as heck hope that ability translates to his future job as President. - cjmart

@ David - and electing ignorance, and appointing ignorance... - jcunwired

iDelete ...EPIC FAIL!! - Susan Beebe

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When I picked up my iPhone this morning, the salesman was trying fairly hard to get me to sign up for MobileMe but I kept on pushing him off, saying that I wanted to mess with the trial a little more before I committed. Very, very glad I did that. - Akiva Moskovitz

I use MobileMe and so far, no issues. knock-on-wood - Rom Feria

Been using MobileMe since it was called iTools and free with very few issues ever. It keeps my contacts and my calendars and my mail settings synced between 3 Macs. - Adam Turetzky

Is there a known set of circumstances in which this occurs, or are the circumstances fairly random? - Ontario Emperor from fftogo

No reason, no idea why it happened? I understand it's bad news for you, and could be for others, but couldn't this be a random incident? Isn't it a little hasty to go telling everyone MobileMe is a disaster? - Tim Hoeck from NoiseRiver

Thanks Robert. Signed up for MobileMe, but have yet to investigate. Looks like you saved me the trouble! - Bill Sanders

Tim: lots of other people I trust are having troubles with it too. It could be a random incident, but I'd rather have my readers be very careful with this. I've never seen this behavior before. No idea why it happened and since it's taken me more than two hours of resynching with Google Calendar to try to get it back I'm not very likely to try it again. Uninstall. - Robert Scoble

Walt Mossberg says not to go for Mobile Me either. What is his headline? "Apple's Mobileme is far too flawed to be reliable.": http://ptech.allthingsd.com/2008072... - Robert Scoble

I gave MobileMe a rather rigorous testing for a week, and found it to be just one aggravating issue after the next. http://tinyurl.com/6lnzg6 if you care to read. - Evan Sims

Is this just an Outlook problem? Or can it affect iCal too? - John

John: I don't know. I'm using Mobile Me on a Windows Vista computer with Outlook 2007. - Robert Scoble

Thanks. I just backed up my iCal just in case. Apple needs to get their sh!t together. First iPhone 2.0 and then of course the MobileMe disaster. - John

Thank god, this is one of the few mishaps of MobileMe that didn't happen to me, yet. Woke up to deleted contacts on my iPhone one morning. Thank god, they were "only" deleted on the phone, so nothing was lost. But it just makes you remember: "When was the last backup?" - Holger Eilhard

I don't like to rant about Apple, but don't they test this stuff. what about 2.0 firmware for iPod touch and iPhones that is really unstable with the appstore? I know they can't test every config, but atleast try to work out the bugs. Everyday I here of another mobileMe disasters.. I'm happy I still have old treo, which is buggy too, but at least it won't automatically delete my contacts and appointments for me... - Sebastiaan van den Akker

I don't have my calendar on MobileMe, but I know it screwed up my address book. - Francine Hardaway

While there's probably a unique circumstance in which this happens, the fact it is possible at all is scary to say the least. - Sam Law

I have found that redundacy is a good thing. Which is why I keep more then one calendar. - Paul from twhirl

Are there any free and/or open source products which fulfill the same features as MobileMe? Preferably open source so anyone can just up and install as required. - Scott Jarkoff

Before making such proclamations, you might want to do a little homework. Did you even talk to MobileMe tech support? http://www.apple.com/support.... There might have been a simple fix had you checked. I've been using MobileMe since July 18th; I sync three Macs and my iPhone and haven't had any major issues. I'm adding an XP laptop next; I don't expect any problems with that either. - Albert Willis

Albert: a simple fix? Google Calendar has been going for six hours recreating my calendar so far. This was a problem with Outlook. I have 8,400+ calendar entries. It's only recreated 2,400 of them so far. Sigh. Macs don't even have Outlook so, of course you haven't had problems yet. Hope nothing bad happens on your XP machine. I'd back up just in case. At least my calendar will be back tomorrow cause I had a backup. - Robert Scoble

That is, there could have been something Apple could have done to restore your calendar entries, assuming you synced your calendars to MobileMe. That would have been worth a shot. Again, we don't know the culprit here, between Outlook, Vista, MobileMe and whatever else is installed on your machine. I've done enough tech support to know we don't have the complete story here. - Albert Willis

Albert: no, once the calendar entries were deleted, you needed to move them over from somewhere else. There was no way in hell I was going to let it touch my calendars anymore after that. I know Google Calendar will work. My trust in this is shot. - Robert Scoble

I know it's not as critical a failure as calendar but you should try the gallery...I struggled with using it and sharing it for a week before giving up and going back to flickr... - Kamath (नमः)

I didn't have any problems with calendars on MobileMe, but it decided one morning to delete all of my contacts bar three. That was the point at which I decided I'd move back to using Exchange, which Just Works on the iPhone, and (via Entourage) on my Mac. And amazingly, I had people trying to tell me it wasn't Apple's fault, despite it being Apple technology, running Apple software, on an Apple machine! - Ian Betteridge

people love to piss on apple these days, ain't that right? Exchange deletes calendars as well as google calendar. It just happens. Ask an exchange admin how much fun it is to run that b*tch ;) - muzo

muzo: I dare you to come up with any Fortune 1,000 CTO who says that Exchange deleted a calendar like this with a recent version of Exchange. - Robert Scoble

yeah, but from the user end it WORKS. get it? Exchange == most worthwhile product MS produces. Period. I'm going to bed. - Andrew Feinberg

Andrew: right. And anyway, Apple is the beneficiary of more free good PR than any other tech company around. - Robert Scoble

It's a version 1 Apple product - that means "early beta" in anyone else's language. - Andrew Garrett

With every post I get happier that I did not waste my $100 on mobile fail. - Bob Blunk

I'm incredibly sad to hear that this implementation is failing so badly. It's a utopian feature we all benefit from. If Robert ditches this and convinces other to, Apple will really miss out of good feedback from the community. Anyone found out if Apple responded to this major setback? - Mark Aitken

Not worth the very limited utility given the fact that it won't sync up with Google Calendar, either. I got MobileMe through my brother's family plan, and still had to buy Spanning Sync to do that. And I have to keep the intermediary computer on (my home iMac) because it doesn't sync OTA. There's got to be something better than this... - Jason Menayan

Had the initial trouble with MobleMe during the .Mac switch and have stopped using it - even though I paid good money for the service. On the flip side, I'm finding Live Mesh to be surprisingly more useful and it's a free "Tech Preview." Go figure. - Paul Dain

For those who would like to uninstall Movile Me: http://tinyurl.com/6q37oo Talks you through the process. - Paul

I had some initial problems with the service but it's quite stable for me, so far. - John Staton

Oh my.... - Joanmarie

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Sometimes, I think about the future of our country and I feel scared. - Mohit

While this is forgivable in a person -- if I were as tired and stressed as he is, I'd probably do this kind of thing every single time I had to field two questions in a row -- this is just not tolerable in a candidate for president, who will, if elected (unless he's Reagan or Shrub), presumably have far more stressful moments on the job, and will need the mental stamina to stay with it. - Tegan Dowling

bush v2.0 - Krishna Gade

wow, just wow. - Morgan

McCain is freakin' me out.... how can this guy be a Presidential candidate...wow! - Susan Beebe

It's not a senior moment. That's the Straight Talk Express coming off the rails again. - Chris Baskind

i dont get the multiple camera angles. Was he taking a dump in his shorts while trying to answer the question? - Rodfather

Patrick: You're a gentleman, and your point is well-taken. But he's a pro, and should be able to handle that. - Chris Baskind

Patrick: I'm a republican - the fact that the guy can't answer the question about his campaign claiming Obama plays the race card is a joke. The fact that he can't speak articulately to his work to promote racially equality across his career with ease is either shameful or truly sad - take your pick. Every day I get closer to crossing party lines. I just want someone I can believe in - is that too much to ask? - Morgan

Yeah, everyone has a moment like that. I'm 38 and that happens to me all the time. I blank out. Imagine answering questions all the time, all day long. This is just dumb to pile on this one video, and I'm an Obama supporter. - Jim Kukral

poor guy. like others on this thread i don't take this against McCain. i'd be out of words myself if i'm in McCain's (or Obama's) shoes. i can't imagine the stress that these two candidates are subjected to 24/7. that said, there's a op-ed on NYTimes by Bob Herbert reminding people that John McCain as a maverick is just a myth. see http://bit.ly/3UGRPz - ~C4Chaos

And Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday...and everyday. - Jim Stanger

It'd be one thing if this was an isolated instance. How about the one where they ask about Carly's stand on birth control? Also, it's okay to have this happen but it's what you do that is crucial. Lose your place, don't ah, um, hem - that's not going to cut it as President. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that question?" would do nicely, cover any mental lapses and give time to process. - AJ Kohn

I like obama and i don't like this video. Those were non trivial questions asked in intelligent language spoken quickly in a row. I'm 36 and I could easily have gotten mixed up too. Posting this is no better than running brittney and paris in a video with obama as a "dog whistle". C'mon dave, you can do better. - Adrian Bye

Nobody is going to post a video of McCain here unless it shows him in a bad light. McCain is as articulate as most politicians but all you will see here are videos like the one shown. - Michael Tefft

Adrian, then you shouldn't be president either. - Dave Winer

I just posted 3 Obama gaff videos out of a number available on YouTube. Nobody, not even Obama, is perfect. - Michael Tefft

True nobody is perfect, it's just that McSame is worse than Bush at gaffing himself. - John McElhenney 2.0

The President might as well be called the Public Speaker in Chief. This stuff IS important. At least 2/3 of the job is about eloquently passing along a message that someone else has created - Nicholas Molnar

I think it's a shame that so much attention is played to such moments - on both sides. No one is perfect for sure, but these two both stand for more of the same - big government, high spending, way too much interfering in our lives, a slide toward a European style nanny state. - Ian May

ugh. when isn't he having a senior moment? - edythe

Obama having a "My ear piece isn't working moment." http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Michael Tefft

McCain still looks like a freakin' super genius next to the shrub. - Internet's Tad

That's right, Obama is not perfect. But he's fit and 46, and McCain has had cancer and is 71. Big difference, health-wise. You may not like it, but it's true. - Dave Winer

Another thing to look into -- I don't think McCain was all that smart, even when he was younger and in better health. We need to find out more about that. - Dave Winer

Eh - I was a big fan of McCain back in 2000. If it was McCain in 2000 vs Obama today I'd have a lot of thinking to do. - Internet's Tad

It's not McCain's senior moments that worry me, it's his lack of knowledge of foreign affairs, geography, etc. AND his temper. I also think he obsessed with military defeat due to his past trauma. - Rod Bauer from twhirl

I hate his hypocrisy. He makes a big deal about how he's always put his country first, and then he runs that fucked up ad that makes the presidency about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. He'll fuck the country just so he can win an election. That's the Republican Party. They should just disband they're such sad fucks. - Dave Winer

Dave, I like your insightful commentary. I'll bet you were on the debate team in college. - Michael Tefft

Thats just sad. Look at Crist's face. He must be thinking what have I done? I bailed on blocking offshore drilling for this guy???? - Brad Nickel

For the apologists, there is no excuse for this. If you want to be President you have to always be on. The entire friggin world expects it and acts upon your every word and facial expression. This is worse than Reagen in his 2nd term. Once I would say he was thinking about something else, but this happens everytime he faces a tough question about his record! - Brad Nickel

Interesting that something as stupid and insignificant as this gets 30 comments, while a story of real substance and meaning such as the Antrax investigation gets not one bit of discussion. I think some conclusions can be made about that. - Christopher Dickens

@Christopher Dickens. Yes, I guess it means you are a genius and all us others are mere mortals. Is there an alter I can worship you at? - Michael Tefft

Scary. - Paul Haahr

"Barack Obama and John McCain each receive 44% of the vote in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking presidential trial heat of nationwide registered voters. This is the second consecutive day the candidates have been exactly tied." - newsjunk.com

he's running for President of the United States of America not Prime Minister of Berlin .. we vote they don't so why is he holding a rally in Berlin???? - John Blanton from twhirl

uh I meant Prime Minister of Germany sorry - John Blanton from twhirl

There are an awful lot of US citizens and military in Germany don't forget. And it's a bloody good poster. (edit - 270,000, the fourth largest ex-pat community to be precise and apparently, they traditionally lean Republican) - http://tinyurl.com/6dvqka - mattpovey

I'm spending lots of time in Russia these days and more than one person has expressed the sentiment that the President of the United States has more influence in their life than the president of their own country. That makes the Presidential Election in the USA very important to people all over the world. - scott willeke

very interesting comment scott, I think tht the president of the US is sort of a role as president of the world, everyone worldwide has an opinion of him and knows who he is and his decisions have an effect on everyone - Andrew Fielding from twhirl

Ich bin ein beginner! - Ryan Petty

If the world citizens had a chance to vote in the US elections, Obama would be the winner. And, Scott is right. The US President influences a lot more people than just the citizens of USA. - Suhit Anantula

a cranky old man who's a night watchman at my company -- and I'm always working late it seems -- says obama will rise from obscurity and charm the entire world with nothing but his words and his charisma. check on the oratorical power. check on rising from obscurity. check on charming the world now. and then that cranky old man said, read the Book of Revelations to see what happens next... ummmm..... - .LAG liked that

He is doing the right moves. Go Obama! - Edwin Khodabakchian

Ryan, that would have been Bush's line :) - jcunwired

@mattpovey But why isn't it in English then? - Benedikt Koehler

@Jody, actually Bush had more executive experience than Obama does. I believe the phrase fits. - Ryan Petty

Not to mention Bush would probably repeat Kennedy's faux pax and declare himself a jelly-filled donut. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

@Benedict That's the problem with discussing an image. There may well be an English equivalent. @Ryan Petty LOL. - mattpovey

@Mark "The citizens of Berlin do refer to themselves as Berliner; what they do not refer to as Berliner are jelly doughnuts. While these are known as "Berliner" in other areas of Germany, they are simply called Pfannkuchen (pancakes) in and around Berlin." (Wikipedia) - linearthoughts

I've had Germans tell me otherwise. The use of the indefinite article "ein" was what made it wrong. The proper nomenclature is "Ich bin Berlinner." - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins

From the other side of the pond I'm actually really excited about what's happening in the US. I hope with all my heart that Obama gets for many reasons, mainly because he's a rare commodity....an exciting politician with a vision. I wish we had one in the UK. - Toby Graham

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Erm Toby the last couple of times we had that they were named Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. Do the Americans really want that kind of 'excitement'? - Adewale Oshineye

@ Adewale - Neither of them are what I would call exciting. Maggie did have a bigger pair of balls than Tony though. - Toby Graham

When I said 'exciting' I was referring to the wars (Falklands, Iraq) and the rapid transition from hope to bitter disappointment. - Adewale Oshineye

"A humbled Obama is worse than a proud McCain"? I can't imagine disagreeing more with a statement. Isn't the desire for Strong Leadership regardless of actual agenda what gives us Bush type people in the first place? - ⓞnor

You're interpreting it the way you want to and that's fine, but that's not what I meant. Read the rest of the piece. (And believe me I don't think a proud McC is very likely.) - Dave Winer

Nice call on Aaron Brown. I liked him as an anchor on CNN. Never understand why they ditched him. Happy 4th everyone. Let's celebrate CHANGE and a new direction today. PS - if you are in Seattle, you should stop by our 4th of July party. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Oh, I read it. Part 1: Bush sucks (no argument here!). Part 2: Obama's recent "centering" is disappointing (ditto!). Part 3 is the part I apparently misunderstand, probably something about how you're using "proud" and "humbled"? But it's hard for me to see how McCain could be better than Obama for someone who expressed the first two sentiments, no matter how proud or humble. - ⓞnor

Nor, glad we got back in synch on that. I still have hope. But I also now have doubt where I didn't before. - Dave Winer

Dave & Nor---I too disagree w/recent Obama positions. However, I never expected perfection or 100% agreement w/any man so I think people are coming back to earth a bit. I appreciated his post acknowledging those who disagree w/his position on FISA and not trying to browbeat them into agreeing with his position. - R. Ferguson

Obama figures 'You're all gonna vote for me anyway - I'll just move to the center to get some more swing votes.' - Andy Wibbels

Welcome Obama prostitute! Just a High class escort boy! - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

Since when does a candidate have to go "my way or the highway" on every issue? In an election year, with a (sort of) one vote majority, this was the best they were gonna get. Outraged Dems should be looking to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) who pushed the "compromise" bill through the House when the Senate had already passed telecom immunity and certain Committee Chairs did not want to consider the Senate Bill. I seriously suggest you read the rules of the House and Senate, - Andrew Feinberg

Andrew as much as I vehemently oppose Bush and his Cabal, how many compromises do we need to gulp down with disgust from the Democrats? - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

It's possible. Personally? I think it will be easier to beat Obama so that works for me. Of course, there is a lot of irregularity in the voting, so there may be lawsuits. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

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Oh God, please YES... send Hillary home... yucko! - Susan Beebe

Speaking as a person who happily voted for Hillary on Super Tuesday, the writing is on the wall, and it is time. It was time last week. It will also be time next week... but it's time. - Louis Gray

I don't think she will give up until the convention. It would be best for the party if she did, but she doesn't care. - Brandon Titus

And then you woke up. - Rolf Schewe from Alert Thingy

That would be a bomb for sure... but somehow I think it's more likely she goes Lieberman and run independent. - Michael Turro from twhirl

She's going to try to broker a deal for something. She's too much of a politician not to. She's willing to make Obama burn money to stay in the spotlight. - Dana Franks from Alert Thingy

As I've written before, she'll be like Ron Paul: running for the presidency long after the inauguration. - Akiva Moskovitz from Alert Thingy

Oh, how I wish. But she won't, she'll fight to the end, and then fight to re-define the end, all so she can win. - Grant Bierman

unfortunately does not look like it... - Travis Parsons

Hillary absolutely has not conceded. She is on the attack. - Soulhuntre from twhirl

Seems that she has done just the opposite. I can't believe she said Indiana was the "tie-breaker" and she keeps pounding her "gas tax holiday". - Brandon Titus

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTIO... Oh my home state of Indiana, you have failed me. I do see a pattern in the area of the state where Obama won, however. - Vince DeGeorge

If she loses tonight is it pretty much game over for her? - Joe Dawson

That is what I love about this country, every now and then the completely unexpected happens. This is in many ways the story of the nation. - Carlos Leyva

I still don't know why Clinton hasn't quit. She's a poison pill for Democrats. - Mike Reynolds

to Mike Reynolds. it's simple: EGO. She was supposed to be the shoo-in, and she's losing to an upstart. hard to accept (via Alert Thingy) - @baratunde

i agree wholeheartedly -- http://www.polyvore.com/cgi... - Jess Lee

Camilla likes the big star on the box. - April Buchheit

You could go for black turtleneck/blue jeans and be a tech mogul. I've heard it's been done. - Louis Gray

i've worn adidas sambas for going on 14 years...i feel you - Kevin

I almost (almost) pick up my first pair of Converse yesterday at Target. That's right, Target. I'm not afraid to admit I love Target, but it just didn't feel right buying shoes there. - Vince DeGeorge

@Vince: There's no shame in shopping at Target. They have some really good stuff. In fact, it was at Target where Camilla saw the display of Converse shoe boxes and pointing out the big stars exclaiming, "Twinkle twinkle stars!" - April Buchheit

Oh, thank goodness, I honestly thought it was a sign of getting old. Wait, I am old. - Vince DeGeorge

No, I honestly think that Target has gotten a little more hip these days. But then again, I'm old too... - April Buchheit

Target has definitely gotten more hip. They've been getting high end designers to sell cheap versions of their lines -- Proenza Schouler, Alice Temperly, Erin Fetherstone, etc. I heard that the guy who led Target's rebranding effort also led the design for Apple's retail stores. - Jess Lee

I wish Eddie Bauer hadn't scrapped their black jeans - I used to have them shipped to the UK as I liked them so much - Andy Davies

Converse shoes are so cool, they're Dexter's (the biped robot at Anybots) choice in footwear. http://www.marcofolio.net/images... - April Buchheit

Where I live they actually come and go into fashion. I would say in around 5- to 10-year circles. When they're completely out of fashion, I need to order from the US, but currently I can buy them here in all kinds of variants. - Philipp Lenssen

same for my 501 jeans. - Panayotis Vryonis

Well I've never done the same, but I now own TWO pairs of Converse which is a first for me. I love them! - Corvida

The Jack Purcells are particularly timeless....love em :) - Trisha Okubo

It has been my favorite from a long time. - Varun Mahajan

Worth watching. - Paul Buchheit

Excellent - Alejandro

No black tutleneck? (BTW -- loving the inline videos -- a pop-out like reader would be cool too. It would need to have live updating comments.) - Joe Beda

it is interesting seeing him speak and avoid his views on disease. (if you believe the stories) - paulm

i haven't been to many good concerts lately, but i did get to see this one live :) - Eric Eldon

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