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02/25/09
i'm probably then one of the few that say games can be an art as well that rivals that of books. games like bioshock and gta4+TLAD can show this if you know what to look for. that's not to say you can substitute literature with games, but they can go hand in hand with games as interactive storytelling where you, the audience, can experience first hand the themes. much more so than 99% of movies which some may say, and i strongly dissagree, that offer that of good literature as well.
this speech no doubt convinces me that obama is part of the aged, dead horse beating crowd that is cemented in "games are just a waste of time" thought which is very contradictory to the "progressive" image that obama touts.
most likely this will be read with blind eyes since i haven't made it in time to post on the first page -.-
02/25/09
He was talking about parents actually parenting children, not saying gaming is inherently bad.
02/25/09
He couldn't even get his facts straight about what country invented the car. He claims the US did but the U.S. Library of Congress credits German inventor Karl Benz with creating the first true automobile that ran on an internal combustion engine. Benz came out with his patented car around 1885, or about the same time when fellow Germans Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach produced a four-wheeled automobile with a four-stroke engine.
By contrast, U.S. automotive pioneer Henry Ford did not start rolling out his mass-produced Model T cars until 1908.
02/27/09
How could anyone take anything you say seriously when there's something as juvenile as "Bareback Osama" nestled in the middle of your post?
02/25/09
HA! TV!
The very media that is corrupting our children blames itself and parents still plop the little tikes down right in front of it every day. So sad how little owness there is from our "adults" in this country.
02/25/09
People, on the other hand, don't necessarily have the same agenda. A person who genuinely cares about things has the ability to make these statements. I'm not going to say that I know for a fact that Obama is this kind of person (worried more about that nation than his second term), but I'm hoping he is and these kinds of statements support that idea.
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He said he'd wait five days between a bills passage and signing it, and he did. It was online during those five days.
Overwhelmingly, US citizens support the stimulus, so they did sort of have their say. And you can always contact your district's representative or your state's senator to have even more of a direct impact.
I'm not sure what you want and or expect. He did exactly what he said he'd do.
02/25/09
I don't know what news you've been reading or watching but to say that this bill is overwhelmingly supported is a huge overstatement. I've been following local news, and just about every major television news stations and I seriously have only seen maybe 3 stories about people happy about what the stimulus will do to them.
02/25/09
So in five days the average working citizen is supposed to read the 1100 some odd pages and decide what they would like to see changed?
I'm not sure if you're familiar with how our representative democracy works, but that's not it, and that's not what Obama ever told anyone. He said he'd leave it up for five days before signing any bill, and that's what he did. Admittedly, it's not enough time for everyone to read and analyze the bill, but advocacy and watchdog groups have a chance to check it out and comment; far more than any time in recent history.
I don't know what news you've been reading or watching...
Oh, I don't know...how about this, this, this, or even Fox News.
Just over half of Americans - 51 percent - support the economic stimulus and spending plan passed by Congress last week and 40 percent oppose it.
Where I come from, an 11 point margin is overwhelming support.
Look, I get it. You're biased. That's fine. You're just not entitled to your own facts.
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I don't think a single commonly repeated line from his speech about parental responsibility is distracting him or congress from the important work they're doing.
Whether you agree with their policies or not, it's fairly clear they have been working on it.
02/25/09
but wouldn't it be better if video games could actually raise our children? that could save us all a lot of time.
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I wish he would stop bringing it up too because it is like he thinks the only problem with the education system is just bad time management by the students.
02/25/09
It happens to everyone who joins the political game. We're just counting down the days.
02/25/09
I don't think 'students' is his intended target for this call to responsibility; I think it's squarely aimed at parents.
02/25/09
Hmm, I'm pretty sure that if G. W. Bush had said the same thing, Kotaku would be all up on it like, "ZOMG PREZ THINKS GAMING IS EVIL".
Nobody ever said Kotaku provided balanced coverage but since you condemn knee-jerk reactions and hype all of the time, try not to do it yourselves.
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Remember kids! Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Tax cuts! Nothing can ever go wrong with tax cuts!
I love how the republicans are sticking to their guns on this. Nothing says loyal to a cause like opposing the stimulus plan bbut taking the money anyway.
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Or do you mean peoples inability to follow the political climate of their country is what's wrong?
I agree with both....o_0
02/25/09
Damn.
I'm have a Star Trek: Next Generation moment where it's a time period where the only people that still read actual books, instead of on a vid screen or holodeck, are intellectuals, collectors and hobbyists.
02/25/09
Oh damn, I just said you people. :O
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Too many parents blame video games and TV, but never themselves. I guess that's our American parents for ya.
Same thing goes for that CA abortion Prop in 08. If the kids don't trust the parent enough to tell them they've had an abortion, it's the parents fault. Whatever happened to earning trust and respect?
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OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHYAAAAAA you just drank the kool-aid
02/25/09
Sorry......
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Have you paid much attention to the state of our nation?? I can point fingers all across the aisle but take a guess at who bears the bulk of responsibility for the mess we're in.
Anyways, I didn't expect much from him anyways. Democrats and Republicans are one in the same.
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Not saying that justice shouldn't be served, but it takes a backseat to actual progress.
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