Obama Announces for President, Boosts Broadband

Arlen writes "As many as 17,000 people (according to police estimates) watched Senator Barack Obama officially announce his candidacy for President in Springfield, Illinois today. He mentioned several things that will interest readers of Slashdot. The Senator said he wanted to free America from 'the tyranny of oil' and went on to promote alternative energy sources such as ethanol — a popular stance in the Midwest where he announced, because of all the corn farmers. He also talked about using science and technology to help those with chronic diseases, which is likely to have been an allusion to his staunch support for stem cell research. Perhaps most of interest to readers here is the following statement halfway through Obama's speech: 'Let's invest in scientific research, and let's lay down broadband lines through the heart of inner cities and rural towns all across America. We can do that.' Like nearly everything in his speech, this was met with robust applause from the crowd. You can watch a video of the entire speech at Obama's website."

Obama/Biden or Osama Bid Laden?

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

If Obama [senate.gov] and Biden [senate.gov] have a joint ticket, do you think they will call it obama/biden?

If they do, will they be "cashing in" on the popular the "dyslexic terrorist" vote?

(If there's going to be a political flamewar, it may as well be my political flamewar).

Summary of AC's comment.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

AC sez: "waaaaaaaaaah!"

Re:Midwest

[anagama]

Honestly, I don't even see a negative side to ethanol (other than it's still a fossil fuel).

How much does a bottle of 120,000,000 year old scotch go for these days?

Re:So...

[kripkenstein]

He's a black man running for president that actually has a chance.

If he gets elected, I hope he acknowledges his debt to David Palmer.

(Seriously, though, things like that may have an effect. Never underestimate the power of the media. In this case, at least, for good.)

Re:Obama/Biden or Osama Bid Laden?

[Anonymous Coward]

Time to update your sig. ;)

Re:Wow

[dreethal]

Why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles.

Re:Wow

[MillionthMonkey]

Bbb bb b... but he's black!

At this point most people I've met would be ready to vote for someone puce colored and covered with fluorescent-vomit polka dots.

Re:Obama/Biden or Osama Bid Laden?

[Rocketship Underpant]

So I'm not the only one who thought it was funny that the US would have a presidential candidate whose names rhyme with "Osama" and "Iraq".

Re:Put that back where it came from.

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

No, this is american politics, I don't NEED to cite my sources!

(I made the post with the factoid I used knowingly pulled out of my ass so I could set up that zinger.)

Re:Put that back where it came from.

[bky1701]

Clippy: It looks like you are ready to run for president of the United States. There are just a feel more things that you have to do before this can be done:

* Promise things you will never deliver,
* Side with devil A or devil B,
* Take over a massive company or many companies.

And no, this post is not offtopic, you insensitive clod(s)!

Re:Obama/Biden or Osama Bid Laden?

[ne0n]

speaking of dyslexia...
I like how the sig points to http://tinyurl.com/vg4na [tinyurl.com]
Looks kinda like vagina.

broadband is a great idea

[z-j-y]

those farmers deserve the same quality of internet porn as what slashdotters enjoy every night.

Re:i'd like you to meet someone

[PopeRatzo]

..I'd like you to meet "the Midwest" and "the South"

I'm from the Midwest. We're the ones who sent Obama to the senate, remember?

Obligatory Simpsons Reference

[c0d3h4x0r]

As many as 17,000 people (according to police estimates) watched Senator Barack Obama officially announce his candidacy for President in Springfield, Illinois today.

Obama was quoted as saying:
"NOBODY ROCKS LIKE... [quick glance at post-it note on back of guitar]... SPRINGFIELD!"

Re:Wow

[ari_j]

According to a black woman that Colbert interviewed, who authored a book entitled The End of Blackness (sorry, I forgot her name and don't watch such shows closely), Obama is not black. He's "African African-American." Apparently "black" isn't a color so much as a "had family who were slaves." From now on, you are a racist if you don't get the precisely correct number of Norses when you refer to the color my skin.

Where are my mod points?

[Cal Paterson]

Thankyou for that insight, I truely had never thought of that before.

Re:Obama is far to the right of the American peopl

[Anonymous Coward]

Nader is seen as the most viable third party candidate in recent years and he often writes for Zmag.

The best Nader ever did was 2.74% of the popular vote. Ross Perot got 18.9%. And that's why I get all my political news here. [weeklyworldnews.com]

How intolerant!

[JonTurner]

>>I want a black, gay, muslim woman for president!

I'm a white straight Christian man, you insensitive clod!

Re:spend spend spend

[Anonymous Coward]

War on Terror - SPEND!!!!!!holyshitthisisalotofmoney$$$$$$$$