SHOCKING NEWS!!! OBAMA DOESN’T TWEET!
That’s right! We’ve learned all those messages on your Twitter feed from the President are really written by his staff. But don’t worry…all US Democrazy tweets are entirely written by us (at least until we can afford a staff).
Now that that is taken care of…. lets talk about the important news, like the comments President Obama made during his current visit to China (No offense to Tweeters but I am limited only 140 characters on stories related to Twitter).
The actual news is that Obama announced he is opposed to China’s “Great Firewall”. This firewall blocks Internet traffic such as Youtube and Twitter reaching Chinese citizens.
How effective will Obama be at breaking down China’s firewall? Well, currently China is restricting his contact with the public to a level greater than previous Presidents have received.
Also, tearing down the firewall is probably not Obama’s primary goal.
John Watkins, Jr. hopes Obama focuses on
open markets, energy and climate change, military ties, currency, and yes, those touchy issues of Taiwan, Tibet, and China’s treatment of its own people.
What will the actual focus be? A Financial Times video about the President’s visit suspects this visit is to build friendships not firm agreements.
Keep an eye out for more news from Obama’s trip to the Far East as he meets again with Chinese President Hu today.
Oh yeah, about the President not Tweeting himself. I think Nicole Ferraro, blogging for Internet Evolution, puts it best about the Presidents use of his Twitter account:
Thank you, Mr. President, for not taking even a millisecond out of your day to post an update on Twitter, and instead focusing on governing.
What do you folks in cyberspace think about Obama’s trip to China? Please let us know in 140 characters or less…in Haiku if possible.
In President Obama’s speech, he spoke of the US pressuring China on human rights issues but not on the style of government (republic [the US is not a democracy] versus communist, etc). Imposing a firewall ban on Youtube and Twitter is not a human rights violations.
Perhaps if US citizens self-imposed a ban (an unwritten right) on Youtube and Twitter our country would graduate engineers and scientists at the staggering large rate that graduate from Chinese universitys. Not to mention, achieving the ecomonic growth seen in China and being able to write full sentances.
Which contributes to a higher standard of living; a good education and growing job market or candy-for-the-brain.
Sorry more than 140 characters and I couldn’t write a Haiku if my life depended on it but I do know some who can.