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A lot has been made about comedian's - white comedians - inability to make fun of Barack Obama. That's just silly. And a little dated because, of course, the best Obama parody is on-line.
Here's a link to a page that will show you nothing but all the good and worthy thing Obama is capable of doing - or has done - just for you. 'cause you need his help. Naturally, there's a book to to along with the fun that's available on-line as well.
Barack Obama: Too darn perfect not to ridicule his perfection.
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When Barack Obama's campaign rolls into town, the DeeJays get ready. Here's a sampling of some of what played at the Obama rally last week in San Francisco.
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone
Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
Waiting On The World to Change - Jon Mayer
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Think - Aretha Franklin
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Funky President (People It's Bad) - James Brown
Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
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In a July post from New Delhi, "Living with Terror" Gopika Kaul wrote the following sentence: "This year is proving to be deadly for India - literally."
Yesterday, with a series of violent attacks in southen Mumbai - the city you may know as Bombay - her fears and those of many other India citizens were realized. And while regular Spot-on readers may be shocked by the attacks in Mumbai you are probably less suprised than others. Gopika's been telling us about "India Mujaideen" since mid-summer.
For the past few months Gopika Kaul has been chronicling the growing sense of dread in her country. She's spelled out some of the roots of the conflict between the region's Muslims and Hindus in "It's Happened. Again" and she's wondered, with others, about the Indian police forces responses to the attacks in "A Constant Presence."
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A year ago, Christopher Allbritton wrote a smart and prescient piece about piracy, terrorism and the Somali Coast. Today, the international news, a little less worried about U.S. automakers and Obama's cabinet than the U.S. papers, has the capture of a Saudi oil taker on the front pages.
With that in mind, a look at Chris' post "Piracy 2.0: Deadly and Dangerous" is in order. And you bet there's a terror tie-in. What do you think they're going to do with all that oil anyway?
There's more, plenty more, where this came from. If you edit a news web site, produce a TV or radio show you might join us out here ahead of the news curve and think about adding any of our fine writers to your editorial mix. Our syndication fees are reasonable - free in some circumstances - our writers responsible and our editorial as sticky as fly-paper. Interested? Drop Doug Page, Spot-on's syndication guru a line. He's got all the details about pricing, availability and delivery.
Our newsletter - it's free, it's fun and we won't sell your name to anyone - is also a nice way to stay in touch with what we're doing with all phases of our business. You can sign up here.
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