Yeah... I'm much more on the "we'll see" side. It's certainly cool to reach out to a nation with YouTube ... But I'm not sure many of them actually have access to YouTube. So then, it turns into a dorky "I really don't get the web" moment. Something Obama can check off his list without actually doing anything.
David Sent from my iPhone On Mar 22, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Rupert Howe <[email protected]> wrote: > The even more astonishing thing is that it elicited a similarly semi- > direct response from Ayatollah Khamenei in his own speech to the > nation. The Obama administration couldn't go back on the stated US > policy of not talking to states who sponsor terrorism, so to get > around it Obama used YouTube and pretended to be 'reaching out to' the > entire populace of Iran. Who, if American dogma is to be believed (it > isn't) are suffering under a totalitarian theocracy and have no > democratic say over their government's policies. > Magic. Back in 2005, when people on this list were talking about how > web video was going to change the world, I was sceptical. But here > it is, changing the world. Fingers crossed. > > On 22-Mar-09, at 2:49 PM, Gena wrote: > >> The President of the United States on YouTube to communicate with >> the country of Iran? From a social networking, web video and "We >> really are going to do things different in a transparent kind of >> way" I am stunned. In a good way. >> >> He rocked me when the students of an Orange County (CA)school made a >> YouTube video about their lives and not only did he see it he came >> to meet with the teenagers last week. >> >> I'm not quite an old timer but damn, never saw this coming in my >> life, a POTUS using YouTube for diplomacy. >> >> He is breaking so many firsts I can't keep up with him. He's got to >> pace himself. He's wearing my tear ducts out and it ain't even three >> good months. >> >> Gena >> http;//outonthestoop.blogspot.com >> --- In [email protected], Rupert <rup...@...> wrote: >>> >>> That is the most insanely awesome thing. It's an election year in >>> Iran. This is the tone and content the people need to hear if >>> they're not going to re-elect Ahmadinejad. >>> I watched with Persian captions, you can turn them on with a click >> in >>> the YouTube player. >>> And the video quality was great. >>> >>> >>> On 20-Mar-09, at 4:50 AM, Jay dedman wrote: >>> >>> We know that Obama used web video effectively in his campaign, but >>> now he's >>> using web video to reach out to an entire nation and their leaders. >>> http://www.whitehouse.gov/Nowruz/ >>> They even include an MP3 and MP4 download. Subtitles in Farsi. >>> >>> Here's an article with more details: >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html?hp >>> >>> The president's message — released with Farsi subtitles to some >>> broadcasters >>>> in the Middle East and marking the Nowruz Spring holiday in I >>>> ran — >>>> echoed >>>> sentiments in Mr. Obama's first televised interview from the White >>>> House in >>>> January in which he hinted at a new openness toward Iran. >>> >>> >>> Jay >>> >>> -- >>> http://ryanishungry.com >>> http://jaydedman.com >>> http://twitter.com/jaydedman >>> 917 371 6790 >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Rupert >>> http://twittervlog.tv/ >>> Creative Mobile Filmmaking >>> Shot, edited and sent with my Nokia N93 >>> >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >> >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
