Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
Long long long live Barack Obama
Udupendra put tweet about this lovely joyful video of a Tamizh son-of-the-soil extolling the virtues of Barack Obama in a musical way. With rhymes constructed that combine words like 'optimism' and 'socialism', and with music that was best left to a 70s Tamizh movie, this video is as hilarious as it can get. And believe it or not, that is [...]
Shri Ram Sene changes name, stakes Claim on Madhuri
In unconfirmed reports that I just conjured out of thin air, it turns out that the controversial group, Shri Ram Sene has decided to change track all of a sudden from attacking the pub-culture in Karnataka and trying to enforce moral policing in the state, and has instead decided to launch a campaign to claim Madhuri Dixit as their own. Having [...]
Presidential Campaigns in TechSpeak
Imagine the entire world was overrun with techies. Yeah, I know. Suddenly the thought of being eaten alive by a pack of velociraptors seems that much more enticing. However, just for kicks, imagine the whole world was overrun with techies and TechSpeak, instead of English was the lingua franca. In that case, one of the US Presidential campaigns [...]
Obama v/s McCain
I was greeted this morning with the newspaper headline on Deccan Chronicle saying (and I paraphrase) 'Omaba might create history', and it went on to say how opinion polls strongly indicate that he is pitted to be the next US President. There were similar opinion polls and premature celebrations that had taken place eight years ago, when a [...]
Wordsmith US Election Words
Most of you might've subscribed to Wordsmith's 'A Word A Day'. I have done so, on my office ID. On days when I receive absolutely no mail due to inactivity for whatever reasons, Wordsmith sends me mail unfailingly, and indicates inbox activity. Usually, every week, a few words with a common theme are chosen and unleashed, and this week (19th [...]
Word of the day : Obaminable
Firstly, I am not supporting anyone in the upcoming US Presidential Elections. I'm more bothered about who my corporator, my MLA, my MP and my PM will be. However, you can't run away from, and you can't most certainly hide from all the attention that the media is paying to the entire campaign. Nevertheless, for the record, I think Obama [...]
