Obama Talking About Sri Lanka at Google. (not entirely)
US presidential hopeful Obama is talking about Sri Lanka for one brief movement in his discussion at Google. Obama here is talking about obviously what Sri Lanka famous for. The whole discussion is quite long, like a one hour. But I think it is worth spend an hour listening to him. I absolutely guarantee it will be far more uplifting than listening about Mervin Silva in Sirasa.
For some reason I quite like the fellow. In deep down inside we all want to see one charismatic real leader, not a politician, running any country in the world, in our life time. There was such a type of leaders before the Second World War. But since after, look like all the leaders we see everywhere in the world are just another politician, (except Mandela of cause..). But in this case, Obama seems to be a genuine article. At least I like to believe so. May be I believe it like a hopeless teenage girl. But it is nice to daydream some times.
Anyway it looks like Obama understand the new WIKI generation quite well than rest of the leaders. And at least he talks about using technology in the democratic process. I’m a big fan of that concept. I don’t think we are able to reduce the level of “representatives” involved in the democratic process and increase direct people involvement in policy making in our life time. I’m quite sure professional middlemen, who we call Politicians, will not like that idea that much. But at least, if we humans are able to start using Bits & Bytes in the democratic process, in our life time, at least we can start reducing middleman involvement in governing.
Anyway, old woman in US seems don’t understand the whole WIKI generation that much. Of cause America been a feminine country, when Hillary cried like she lost her puppy after the Iowa, old American woman rushed in to vote for her. Even though America is not my country, I don’t like the fact, Bush dynasty after Clinton dynasty coming to power in America - We South Asians know very well, how all that goes. It is quite interesting to follow American elections, but I’m been a Sri Lankan, I like spicy food and murder in election campaign.
For some reason I quite like the fellow. In deep down inside we all want to see one charismatic real leader, not a politician, running any country in the world, in our life time. There was such a type of leaders before the Second World War. But since after, look like all the leaders we see everywhere in the world are just another politician, (except Mandela of cause..). But in this case, Obama seems to be a genuine article. At least I like to believe so. May be I believe it like a hopeless teenage girl. But it is nice to daydream some times.
Anyway it looks like Obama understand the new WIKI generation quite well than rest of the leaders. And at least he talks about using technology in the democratic process. I’m a big fan of that concept. I don’t think we are able to reduce the level of “representatives” involved in the democratic process and increase direct people involvement in policy making in our life time. I’m quite sure professional middlemen, who we call Politicians, will not like that idea that much. But at least, if we humans are able to start using Bits & Bytes in the democratic process, in our life time, at least we can start reducing middleman involvement in governing.
Anyway, old woman in US seems don’t understand the whole WIKI generation that much. Of cause America been a feminine country, when Hillary cried like she lost her puppy after the Iowa, old American woman rushed in to vote for her. Even though America is not my country, I don’t like the fact, Bush dynasty after Clinton dynasty coming to power in America - We South Asians know very well, how all that goes. It is quite interesting to follow American elections, but I’m been a Sri Lankan, I like spicy food and murder in election campaign.
posted by Sam at
9:23 PM
14 Comments:
i have seen this before.. i think he says we have a religious war? guess he wasn't prepped enough. oh well, who gives a shit ne way.
thanks for that, i had read parts of it before but never seen it i do have to question some of his plans though, like making government data public, i dont know how feasible OR safe that would be. also his promise to increase teachers' salaries when theres so much national debt. i still support him though, hes inspiring and motivated and [seems] honest.
lol, just dropping a word is news to us. Imagine how much american will have to report if they started digging into what our vvips talk,lol
hee hee
misread the title of the post, for a moment I though it was OSAMA who was talking about Sri Lanka....
I love this cartoon for some inexplicable reason. Never miss a chance to spam it.
link (it's safe for work)
Deane,
I think u are talking about Christopher Hitchens. He seems to got it wrong, or make it “wrong”.
T,
I think government records are already public (but in paper format), if not they should be, because it is belong to the public. Most of the government records (in US and EU, not in SL), already available in bits and bytes too. After all, we should do the same thing we have done to publishing, trading, writing, matchmaking, social networking and all others in to politics too.
Planet Apex,
Not exactly. I was interested to know how knowledgeable the fellow is, since after Hillary start getting funds from a group lead by reincarnation of God Vishnu, commonly known as LTTE.
Jack point. Agree. I change the title a bit. :)
Well him and Obama.
Agree Obama provides hope for something that has been lost in modern politics.
Unfortunately, after viewing him in this campaign, felt a bit queasy about the way he comes close to using his religion/Christianity to attract votes. Would have been nice if he was above all that. But then I suppose this is the real world.
Hey Sam,
I like your style..kinda agree with you on most parts..No obama doesnt think its religious war he says it is similar to Ireland issue which is power struggle like ours with religion as a prop up device as ethinicity in ours.
What is Obama saying.. why get the Srilankan involved and he needs to get his facts right before you speaks out false statements. The Srilankan war is a CIVIL war. Tamils wanting their own land and the Srilankans who are sinhala,tamil and muslim all types of religions worked as one unity to fight war against the tamil tiger separatists. We can't let tamil tigers take their own land because it wasn't theirs to begin with. They came as migrants to srilanka to work in the tea plantations under the british colonial and if you take Australia or America where there is lots of ethnic groups its like each of them asking for their own piece of land would the Americans and Australians give them what they ask or fight for? i would say its a BIG fat NO and tamils already got a land of their own in INDIA and if they really do want one i think they should go back to India. Obamas understanding of the Srilankan war is he think we srilankans are racist instead of fighting against the terrorism. Obama you need to think twice before you let any false words slip out of your tongue. We are and always been working in srilanka as one big happy family until the tamil tigers came and killed innocent civilians and bombed every city and buses and buildings in srilanka. We have been victims of them. EVeryday someone dies in srilanka they are trying to stop the tourist from coming to lanka and threatening their own tamil people to join the tamil tiger groups people such ages like 12 to 16 and brainwashing them. So Obama do you still think the tamils are right and what they are doing if so you are helping the tamil tigers for their bribes.
From a true srilankan.
"the other" is an expression to identify people who donot go along with the majority feels. In democracy majority rules. Democracy devides people in ethnic , religous and other lines. Thats what is happening in SL. Tigers are a prolem for Tamils more than for Sinhalese. Tiger problem is quite different problem from Tamil issue even the President admits. Why donot the anonymus voice read papers before writing
"the other" is an expression to identify people who donot go along with the majority feels. In democracy majority rules. Democracy devides people in ethnic , religous and other lines. Thats what is happening in SL. Tigers are a prolem for Tamils more than for Sinhalese. Tiger problem is quite different problem from Tamil issue even the President admits. Why donot the anonymus voice read papers before writing
It obviously takes someone 'anonymous' to post hate. I'm sure he will get a position in the current administration.
"i would say its a BIG fat NO and tamils already got a land of their own in INDIA and if they really do want one i think they should go back to India."
I'm glad he says this though because it shows that SriLanka is not actually a land equally for Tamils in the view of many, which is why a lot of people felt a seperate state is necessary. Violence irregardless of whom should be condemned, I agree. Equal rights though should be given to everyone. If all the Sinhalese people pushed for equal rights for Tamils in all aspects of life in Sri Lanka, there would be absolutely no support for the Tigers. I truly believe this.
By the way if you don't support the war it doesn't make you an LTTE supporter. That is what Bush tried to say with Iraq - if you are not for the war you are unpatriotic. Give me a break!
Don't brand every Tamil as LTTE, but know that every Tamil wants equal rights and opportunities.
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