Tag Archives: obama

Presidential interest

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Doc Searls

Stephen Lewis has an excellent post from Istanbul on the occasion of President Obama’s visit to Turkey, which was completed this morning. Steve explains, “Yes, that’s Garanti with an ‘i’ and not a double-‘e’, as in Garanti Bank, one of … Continue reading →

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Just asking

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Doc Searls

Has President Obama made a single appointment that says “change”? Here’s his latest.

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Peelings

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Doc Searls

The Onion on the Inauguration: Security Measures For The Inauguration No One At White House Knows What To Do With Old Pair Of Rumsfeld’s Pants Most Frequently Heard Words In Obama’s Inauguration Speech Obama Inauguration Speech Ruined By Incessant Jackhammering … Continue reading →

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SourceForce

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Doc Searls

I just posted The Open Source Force Behind the Obama Campaign over at Linux Journal. I wrote it in August for the November issue, which would come out in time for the election. But it was too long for the … Continue reading →

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Voices and dreams

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Doc Searls

Say Hear is page that patches together voice messages from people who want to say why they’ve voting for whom. Interesting to click around. I just wrote in my vote for Obama. Somewhere back early this year I explained why … Continue reading →

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Obama’s temperament and Roedjak

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Doc Searls

Steve Lewis writes, Obama’s “Homeostasis”: It must be the Roedjak! — a deep and wonderful detour from the usual punditry about a candidate’s temperament, informed by Steve’s years working in Indonesia, as well as his exposure to many countries and … Continue reading →

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Post-debate thoughtdown

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Doc Searls

Slept between the last post and this. Just took a shower and sat down at the computer. Here’s my brain dump before I move on to projects where I can make more of a difference. 1) Both these guys are … Continue reading →

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Throwing the bums in

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Doc Searls

In response to my last political post, the subject of High Road vs. Low Road was brought up. One comment suggested that I thought Obama’s was the former while McCain’s was the latter. In fact I was suggesting that both … Continue reading →

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