Obama's Comments on "Gov. Gone Wild" & Meeting with Al Gore

[ultraist]

Run time: 04:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2jBTljxuTA   Posted on YouTube: December 09, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 09, 2008 By DU Member: ultraist Views on DU: 1863

 
President-Elect Obama told reporters, following his meeting with Al Gore and VP-Elect Joe Biden, that, "All three of us are in agreement that the time for delay is over, the time for denial is over."

The meeting to discuss climate change, which Obama called a "matter of urgency" was somewhat overshadowed by the Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich scandal.

The Nation has more on the "Governor Gone Wild" story: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/388841?rel=hp_picks

[grantcart]

1. good video but the sound of the typewriter is quite funny

who uses typewriters anymore


Is that in the office or the home of the guy taping the video?

[ultraist]

2. That is the sound of camera shutters clicking

It's the photographers' camera shutters you hear in the video, I think.

[grantcart]

4. At the begining I agree but around 1:35 it sounds more and more like the

hitting of keys and even like there is a carriage return. Then in the 2-3 minute range the cameras aren't flashing anymore and the cadence of the clicks seem to match Obama's speaking, as he slows down the clicking slows down and then when he speaks faster the clicking picks up. lol

Also on the camera people - do they really need so many shots, and why arent' the cameras quieter - It is digital now lol

[ultraist]

5. Oh! I missed that.

Yes, could be then and as you noted, a bit odd.

[lapfog_1]

8. It''s the sound of motor drive for film cameras

as for flash, the scene is lit for TV cameras, still photographers don't really need the extra light from a flash.

Most of these folks are going digital now, hopefully making the future press conferences less noisy.

[DainBramaged]

10. Does 'court stenography' ring a bell?

[silverweb]

3. God, I love this man!

:loveya:

[ksimons]

6. who buys old cameras that click like that anymore

step up to the real world of good digital (and silent) cameras, you dolts!!!

they should outlaw anyone who comes in with a noisy camera - it would be like me walking in with a crying baby over my shoulder and expecting it to be 'ok' as long as I'm with the press corps

[lapfog_1]

9. Old habits die hard.

Some photographers insist that film is a better media than digital. And they are likely correct in this for some types of photos, but for these "press conference" type photos, where the display media is either magazines, newspapers, or the internet, I would suspect that digital would be way more than sufficient. We really don't need to zoom in on that one hair growing out of a mole on Al Gore's neck...

[quidam56]

7. Appalachia is turning into a toxic waste dump third world America

There is a stake in the heart of Appalachia but the purpose of the day will be overshaddowed by yet another crooked politician. Come see the prosperity on main street Pound and Appalachia, Virginia thanks to Presidebt Bush and THE COAL INDUSTRY. http://www.wisecountyissues.com

[DainBramaged]

11. The new "clean coal" commercials piss me off

they don't show you how they are changing the landscape and sawing off mountaintops, diverting centuries old streams and rivers, just to bring us clean (sic) coal.

[elleng]

12. Right; saw those yesterday,

and THERE IS NO CLEAN COAL! Saw an excellent discussion about that recently.

[GTurck]

13. Look more closely..

to those "clean coal" commercials. They are using irony to say that there is no such thing. It is empty space and air. Took me a few watchings to get it myself.