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Obama to US voters: Stop playing Game Boy |
Listed in: News, Titles Tags: Associated Press, senator, Texas
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While we can understand his sentiment, Senator Barack Obama's choice of rhetoric was a bit stale. Game Politics notes an Associated Press report that mentions his use of gaming as an equivalent to slacking.According to the Associated Press, Obama was heard saying this at a a recent promotional rally in Austin, Texas:
Obama told the Austin crowd that they should try to recruit their friends to support his campaign. "I want you to tell them, 'It's time for you to turn off the TV and stop playing Game Boy,'" Obama said. "We've got work to do."
It obviously wasn't meant as a literal term, as the senator's been somewhat vocal in getting newer voters to go out and rock the vote (for him, presumably). He previously criticized youth culture as "watching TV, playing video games, and avoiding tough classes in school." Whether or not he wins the elections, we just want to tell him one thing though: "The new handhelds are the DS Lite and PSP. Take your pick for your next performance."
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i call prx loading >_>
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and he's obvoiusly playing his right wing card with this line. wants to get america's youth out there working, breeding hardworking self sustaining individuals. its how he got elected in illinois, and he's just playing his cards to get into voters minds.
remember that nothing politicians say is ever true. they say the right thing to get you to check their name in november.
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If u r reading this, am a Blk African American like yourself. But Hillary Rodham Clinton is the person i'm voting 4. 2b the next President of the U.S. of America. W/that have a Gud day.
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He was talking to adults, adults think videogames are "a waste of time"...and really, they are. They are just entertainment and nothing more, it's not like gaming is a way of life. You can't create anything while playing a game, and your life pretty much comes to a halt.
That said, he won't ban gameboys...and maybe some of the more fanatic gamers should heed his words, in fact, maybe some of the posters on his thread should. Maybe if you guys took your eyes off your gameboy(or psp), you'd see how stupid you look, lol.
{ps: I do play gameboy(and psp)}
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I have nothing against America at all though.
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If u r reading this, am a Blk African American like yourself. But Hillary Rodham Clinton is the person i'm voting 4. 2b the next President of the U.S. of America. W/that have a Gud day."
Isn't Hillary the one always giving speeches against video games and having meetings with jack thompson and *****? She doesn't sound like a "gud" choice either.
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>.> thing is freaking addicting... Like candy or strippers.
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*FOR FUN SOME QUOTES FROM YOUR POST.*
*He was talking to adults - Was he!
*adults think videogames are "a waste of time" - Do they!
*You can't create anything while playing a game - Can't I!
* Maybe if you guys took your eyes off your gameboy(or psp) - Sir Sir thats psychically impossible. Video games don't have eyes.
*you'd see how stupid you look, lol. - hahaha you'd see it, you'd see it.
*{ps: I do play gameboy(and psp)} - you're a douche.
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Off to rehab now.
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he should watch his words if he wants to get our votes.
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John McCain though, is a hell of a candidate to run against. It is a good thing that the republicans have recently lost favor from Bush for the Democratic Party. He is called a "maverick" by the media because he goes against his own party if he wishes. That makes him special in more ways then one and could be a good thing or bad thing. We can't have any arguments over trivial things when stuff needs to get done and that is why we have a two party system when you get to the roots.
Every other candidate is just a runoff catcher for the people that want to be able to say they voted and things would have been better if their candidate had won to me. Edwards, Dean, Sharpton, Giuliani, all of them. Vote for one of them if your too upset to leave your psp or ds for a second to do some research.
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:)
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There is notthing wrong with calling him black.
What would be wrong is calling him african american if he DID NOT have african blood in him.
I think its more politically correct to call blacks black...instead of "african american" as now ALL blacks are african and not all africans are black.
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What are you talking about?
The statement was meant to coarse the pubic to get more involved at a more grassroots level. Instead of simply sitting infront of a television, or handheld. He used the word GameBoy because it has become a general noun for handheld video game systems *which you stated*.
I dont understand how you got any of your other opinions from the article.
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Everyone knows something about poltics, its quite ignorant to draw conclusions based on a few stupid comments here. The news is everywhere from the newspaper, the tv, to your mobile phone. There's homeless people who knows whats going on politically.
You think because some people are goofing on this that they don't know whats going on. Its like saying that because Tom Green had once sucked a cows utter on national tv being goofy that he can't possibly know anything about politics or whats going on around the world either from hearing it from word of mouth or TV.
Most people here are no political experts but most of us are going to know a thing or 2 from it being absolutely everywhere. Its inevitable unless you are some hayseed who lives under a rock.
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People are goofing on him because allot of people don't care for him and his political agenda. Screw him and screw you. Hillary all the way for me.
She's overall the best choice as of now. Bill was a decent president and she would probably be too with him around aiding her.
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Obama vs Hilary is a tough choice, and allot of people are going to look at it as black vs women for office. Instead of the regular middle american white guy whose been involved with the senate and other governmental branch for years and years.
Who would you rather have?
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His mom was white, not Asian. You're thinking of Tiger Woods.
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I would have been mad if he singled out video games, but he included TV as well.
Point is, he is right, we gain absolutely nothing from watching TV and playing video games, aside from some quicker reflexes and better problem solving skills, and you can learn something from TV if you watch Discovery or TLC. It's still very little.
We do need our play time, but maybe not as much as some of us use. There are always better things to do.
I've wanted to be an artist forever, and i'm 25 and just getting to the point where i'm able to get jobs with my art. However, there are kids that are 18 or younger that are at the same level as me because all they do is eat and breathe art, whereas I usually spent more time playing games then practicing drawing...hence slower development and more time spent in *****ty jobs....the man has a point, to a degree...
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And HOLE....
Yes it was aimed at adults - Children can't vote !
And no you can't create anything(other then gas) while playing vids - 2 hands and brain engaged, please cite an example of something you actually create while playing vids....
Don't get me wrong, I play a *****load of vids(probably too much), but it doesn't mean i'm blind to the truth.
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I'm Irish so I don't care. Ireland FTW. Lets All have a good ole sip from the green Irish ale And play Zelda on ar PSP.
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Obama probably shouldn't be so careless with his words...
When gamers go wild in qj.net posts over a meaningless comment on Obama's part, it proves him right regarding our slacking tendencies.
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/sarcasm
There are a lot of things which are much more harmful to society than video games, maybe if you payed more attention to them I'd pay more attention to you
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The racism... i look at you people as trash...
The truth is... you morons only prove his point more and more as you say things like "im gonna go play my psp" because he meant it as a blanket statement concerning all videogames, and it probably had nothing to do with 90% of the people posting on this(most of you idiots are under the age of 18. So you cant vote for em anyway, and even if you will be 18 in time to register to vote; Will you actually take the time out of your day to go vote for anyone?). So how bout you kids go post on some other articles that actually have something to do with you and stop posting...
-sincerely egg
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Wow, are you stupid? Uh, hello DUH!! You know, before video games and other distracting media devices were invented, young men (and women) actually made USE of their day!! A durka durka durka durrr sorry that he didn`t say "Youth, stay at home and play your PSP. Let us adults do everything. And when you become adults, *****, keep playing your PSPs and be lazy and merry!".
Jeez kid, you`re either real dumb or real lazy.
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Although I am a little sick when I ever hear politicians use games in their topics, I'm not sure whether he is using them to get on people's good side and show that he cares or its so that he can "play with their emotions".
If they really want us to care about them, then they need to stop telling us whats good for us and what we should be doing, because we have a brain and can think for ourselves. A politician's job is to serve our interests, and they need to stop waisting our time and tax money.
No wonder people's involvement with politics has been declining in the past years. People probably didn't want to keep on seeing politicians involved in their every day life and don't want others to tell them what to do and what they shouldn't do. We need someone protects our freedoms and our right to live ever day the way we want to.
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it really bugs me, but hey, she can call it whatever she wants.
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All the guy meant was that we need to get off our asses if we want to see positive changes happen.
BTW Barak is a way better speaker than Hillary.
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Please download and watch the movie " 911 Mysteries " and the movie " Loose Change " (2nd Edition)... They can be found on Google Video and also on torrent sites.
Please visit www.infowars.com and listen to the radio program there in Winamp, for real news of what is happening in the world.
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HAHAHAHAHA! That seriously just made my day. Thanks for the laugh, man.
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@hartleshc, he was joking. it's illegal to ban something harmless. Even if something harmless is banned, and enough people like it, it will be legalized again. Think prohibition.
@kohaku, you said first post yourself!!! And, also, even though he didn't say first post, he did say, "lol w00t 1st jump". But, unfortunately, that won't catch on, since there's no public proof that he did in fact do the first jump. Also, 1st posters aren't jackasses. They do it to make people like you flame them. lol. Besides, I think you're just jealous that you can't post first. Don't worry, just keep hitting refresh, and you'll make it one day.
@everyone, when he says gameboy, he's just using the "general term". Gameboys became so popular that n00bs refer to any handheld now as a gameboy. For example, people at work make xeroxs on our HP printer/scanner.... People use kleenexs to wipe their noses when the boxes obviously say "cottenelle". People at wendy's sometimes order a double meat whopper. you get the idea, when something is famous, it becomes the name for the whole industry. Get it? No?! Well, think of it this way, if the atari lynx, or the sega game gear had reached the popularity of the gameboy, our psps would've been referred to as lynxes or gamegears by adults. Just like back when pokemon was cool: when digimon came out, we started playing digimon cards at school. There was a no "pokemon cards" rule at school, so we assume digimon was ok. of course, the noobish teachers confiscated our cards anyway (and probably gave them to their children). lol.
and finally @myself: you are such a geek.
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Barack obama is going to be the PREZZZZident so get used to it omfg!!!!1111
Oh wait, this was the most retarded article QJ could have posted. I think everyone knows what he meant. Hey, at least he finally took a stance on something.... :)
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On the other hand he could be referring to playing pokemon on an N64 Pokemon Stadium game, or playing an extremely complicated mod of the gameboy that allows the user to connect their gameboy to a tv. But then again, he could also be refering to playing game boy through a pc on t your television.
Or if Obama was smart enough, he could also be referring to the Multitasking capabilities that this Generation has proven to be capable of doing. I play my psp while watching tv, listening to music, and doing my homework all at the same time!!!..:D I wouldn't penalize Obama for being ignorant, but at least he's not as dumb as the Department of Defense!!!!.....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP7RspKrAQ
WATCH IT NOW!
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