Well TDS is on vacation so I'll go back updating this blog with the top stories on around the social web. These are archived under the Today in History page on Mahalo.
The big story today in history is that in 2000 the Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the presidency...how did that work out for America? Here is Al Gore conceding.
The Daily Show for December 8 The show features Canada heavily, unfortunately the clips below are only available in America (and those with sneaky computers) so Canucks, you are forced to watch these on the comedy network, where you will have to sit through ads.
Stephen Harper dissolved the parliament instead of facing a vote of no-confidence, basically he's a pussy and is clinging to power, what champ...and when I say champ, I mean Douche.
The Dion joke is well placed, I never thought Dion would make a good leader, in fact he resigned Monday (the 8th.)A new leader will be announced within the next 17 days, I hope its Ken Dryden...Only because he's a hall-o-famer with six Stanley Cups.
Here it is The Daily Show for December 2. (Sorry Canucks, embeds don't work in Canada, you have to go here, only CTV has is allowed to have Canadian eyes watching this program)
December 2, 2008: Obama/Clinton Sarcasm Jon Stewart and Rob Riggle go over the concerns you may have tension and drama that could come of Clinton's secretary of state nomination. Unfortunately Riggle doesn't understand sarcasm.
I had no idea Fareed had a show on CNN, here is an insightful discussion from November 23rd with Al Gore about Obama moving America forward and the upcoming challenges of the 44th presidency.
Here was a post I wanted to do last week, but with the whole "moving to a new city" ordeal it had to be moved back a little. This is a collection of how some prominent people reacted to the Obama right after it happened, enjoy!
First, the Young Turks is what I was watching, so this is what I saw, either way this is a real time reaction.
On November 5th the 43rd President, George W. Bush spoke about the Obama Victory.
Next is former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Here is a little celebrity comment montage from CNN including an interview with Michael J Fox who is obviously excited at the prospect of Stem Cell research booting back up.
How about the Rap Community? Busta Rhymes perhaps?
How about the Sport Community? Here is Lebron James reaction.
Larry King had a whole show with Reactions the night after the Election, In this clip we see Bill Maher with his first reactions, following Bill is Magic Johnson.
Might as well continue with Part 2 of this special, in this clip - Michael Moore, More Jesse Jackson and believe it or not Pat Robertson...which gets cut off, don't worry Part 3 is below, but he mostly speaks about Palin.
Part 3, Once Robertson is done speaking King lands and interview with Martin Luther King III.
How about the Redneck reaction.
ah yes and how can I forget! the TDS Gang Reaction. First Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announcing it.
Looks like Bill Maher will be on break for a couple months, tis a shame, but life will go on. Here is the opening monologue from the November 14 show.
Bill Maher spoke with Sean "Diddy" Combs about Barack Obama's safety and other random topics.
Finally the panel, today we have John Meacham who is the editor of Newsweek Magazine, Kelso from "That 70's Show" aka Ashton Kutcher, and Republican congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. They talk about the collapse and division of the Republican Party. However Ros-Lehtinen argues that John McCain actually ran a good campaign. Also Maher touches on the Bailout and when he mentions Reuben Jeffery III, he is referring to this article written by Naomi Klein in the Rolling Stone.
Gun Sales are up thanks to Barack winning the presidency, check out this quote from the Toronto Star.
MIDLOTHIAN, Va.–When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas?
That brought his mother, the camouflage-clad Rachel Smith, to Bob Moates Sports Shop yesterday, where she was picking out that special 20-gauge shotgun, one of at least five weapons she plans to buy before Obama takes office in January.
Pretty Incredible that an elected congressman is already comparing Obama to Hitler, they fight dirty on the right wing of the world, this is fearmongering slander at its worst. From NPR.
Talking with the Associated Press on Monday, Georgia Rep. Paul Broun said he's got concerns President-elect Barack Obama will lead the nation toward some kind of Gestapo-like Marxist dictatorship — this in apparent ignorance of the fact Nazism and Marxism were at odds during the Second World War.
South park is the cartoon on television, end of discussion. They're legacy will probably last longer then that of the Simpsons and Family guy, I am not sure how they do it, but they keep getting funnier, every year. The November 5 edition was an instant classic picking up exactly where the November 4 election night left off.
Naturally, McCain and Obama were in cahoots, thus begins the Ocean's 11 themed South Park episode.
Obviously, Sarah Palin is much smarter then she appears.
Of course, after the heist is complete, Obama decides to stick around and give this president thing a shot.
Mahalo Archive is collecting news clippings about the event, if you have any, feel free to recommend them.
Young Turks called it at 6:24 after Obama won Ohio, that's all I need. Here is the video as I watched it...
here is a classic Cenk speech to nibble on, i'll get their official announcement once its posted to youtube
*Update: Ok the TYT highlight reel is in, what an amazing night, I am incredibly proud to be America's neighbor, I've complained a lot about the states the past 8 years even to the point of hating them (wars, torture, corporate bullshit does that to a guy) but you have outdone yourself tonight, you have wowed the world, freedom and democracy is alive in America. Barack Obama is a great man and I have no doubts he will be a great leader not only for America but for the world, god speed my friends.
Or..faith heal...or something, I dunno why there doing it, and I dont know why its news, but it happened, check it out.
I found the above clip more interesting after watching the latest South Park, Watch it. You'll get it. the Peruvians Pan Flute Bans are important. Here's a preview.
Barack Obama bought airtime on a bunch of US Networks to air a 30 minute advertisement. Here it is below, and Mahalo has a full archive of related news and articles.
Some might think this is bizarre but apparently "Candidate Documentaries" are common before elections. This one was shot by Davis Guggenheim, the guy who brought us Deadwood.
Well if you ever wondered what happened the Fun Loving Whassup characters, they are back, and after eight years of the Bush they are looking forward to an Obama Presidency.
Here is the original from 1999.
Mahalo has a page, but needs more links, I'd like to know 100% that these are the same Budweiser actors.
America seems to have been shut down the last two years, no fresh ideas, nothing new, same wars, same enslaving corporations and the same fear mongering. The entire world is praying Obama will win, soon America will realize what a huge positive turning point COULD be for only for America but maybe even the idea of "freedom" in general, it's a huge win.
So I'm crossing my fingers, and after he wins, I hope he really does deliver on the "hope" because the world is pretty fucked up right now and could use a historical figure to get us out of it.
We know he has to do something huge and quick and that has to mute all of his criticizers, in other words he has to do something that would even make Sean Hannity love him.
(Hannity Hates Obama, but Millions watch him everyday broadcasting crap like this below, here are some links about Hannity's "Expert" from this clip, Andy Martin)
Catch Osama in your first Year, that'll shut up the attack media and prove he means business, Obama needs to catch Bin Laden, or at least find the body and solve the mystery. With Bin Laden dead, Barack could Broadcast a message of Peace throughout the Muslim world saying "Sorry about the last guy, we got what we needed, were out of here, we'll send in a cleaning crew right away". Far fetched, right, I know, but this is my crazy fantasy, write your own if you don't like it.
If Obama catches Bin Laden he can instantly end the "Wars" all three (Afghanistan, Iraq, Terrorism) or at least Declare victory and spin America back into its post 9/11 Patriotism again, America can start reconstruction in Iraq and turn the military/security operation into a "peacekeeping" operation, with happy allies from Nato and the UN.
(Barack Speaking at DNC Winter Meetings Feb 07, mentions ending war)
So Barack has now captured Bin Laden, ended the war on terrorism, replaced some of the US Military in both Afghanistan and Iraq with International troops. Now what?
Tens of thousands of American troops are now back in the US and they are probably looking for work. Well, time for the Barack-apollo program
By the end of Barack's first term, war is over, America's economy is fixed and everybody in the country has a job in the new energy sector, America becomes the worlds HUB for new technology and the workforce behind it. As a bonus the projects also will fix the worlds pollution and eco problems, nobody even cares to argue Global Warming because the economy is benefiting from fixing it. What a concept, cleaning up the place eh, this will probably make people healthier too, but what if you do get sick? Oh yeah, health care will be overhauled first term, over hauled to benefit everybody, not just the big companies but everybody in the new American workforce.
America will develop a new fondness and perhaps understanding for Europeans and Canadians after they reap the benefits of good health care, a higher age expectancy, and the new concept of "Peace of Mind" in regards to your medical bills. America with all their Western friends will spark a new technological and philosophical Golden Age it would be beginning of the greatest technological enlightenment of the all time, I am sure.
Boy, Joe the Plumber became a crazy central figure during the debate tonight. So the guy appears to be getting taxed for earning more then $250,000, I thought McCain made a pretty big deal of turning Joe the Plumber into his last hope to win this election, if he can get the Joe Six Pack er Plumber vote, he just might turn this thing around.
My only question was...How many Small Businesses earn more then $250,000 a year? That's a lot of plumbing. However Joe the Plumber is only going to be in the company of 4% of Business owners, the only 4% that earn more then $200,000/year. In fact 88% earn less then $100,000 and those are the ones who will be getting a good break.
the plumber told Obama he was considering buying a company that would earn more than $250,000 a year. Obama conceded that, under his plan, taxes for that company would increase. The vast majority of small business owners, however, break even or make a relatively small profit; their taxes would not increase under Obama's plan. Of nearly 20 million small business tax returns filed annually, only about 4 percent report taxable income of $200,000 or more, and nearly 88 percent report earnings of less than $100,000, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Fact-checking Obama's and McCain's assertions in final debate
I love this clip, btw, McCain said something about Joe getting fined or something, I wasnt really paying attention. But Barack is giving a ZERO dollar fine Joe! and McCain is totally caught in the headlights with this one, it looks like he's watching an infomercial and is just amazed..Zero!
Update..and Keith has much more about Joe the Plumber
