Obama propagandizes you through your own handset
The same president who says to you through a TelePrompter is fine on his way to propagandizing the populace through a free App on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
One week earlier President Barack Obama’s defiant State of the Union Address, the White House proclaimed the novel White House App accessible for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. “The White House App delivers dynamic content from WhiteHouse.gov to the palm of your hand. (Dave Cole, White House blog, Jan. 19, 2010).
President In The Palm of Your Hand technology
The chief event of President In The Palm of Your Hand technology is live video streaming. Anybody with the App can watch the President’s public proceedings at the White House; take part in recurrent web chats with “Administration officials”, and get in on additional events like key speeches and press briefings in real time.
Who wants gluey T-shirts or running shoes with Obama’s images when you can have the real thing right on your mobile handset?
For Obama and his gang of czars, fingertip propaganda has become the 21st century equal of the bicycle brag: “Look, Ma, no hands!”
Tweaking in on da Prez through their handsets is something the poor, for whom he statements Patron Saint status, will likely never be able to do. The White House’s newest technology chimes and toots was launched at a time when Americans are aching through forfeiture of jobs and homes.
