Fire and Knowledge

There’s a new trailer out for the new Star Trek movie — watch it. J.J. Abrams is bringing a fresh eye to Star Trek, and it’s going to be better for it. It looks amazing.

If you haven’t heard, the weekly Presidential radio address will now be video recorded and put on youtube each week. Such a small thing, but smart. I mean, who listens to the President on the radio? I would have no idea when or where it was on. But youtube — that makes sense.

This is a great way for the President to bypass the media (and their inevitable lame commentary) and communicate directly to the people each week. My guess is this will only increase Obama’s image.

Here’s the first one:

I have no idea if this is real, but if it is, it’s amazing.

Interesting, but how long before my cell phone can project a 50″ 3D HDTV image? That’s what I want to know.

This is excellent:

We can’t afford to divide this country…. Let me tell you something… There are no “real” parts of the country and “fake parts of the country.” There are no “pro-America” parts of the country and “anti-America” parts of the country. We all love this country, no matter where we live, or where we come from….

There are patriots who supported the war, and patriots who opposed it. There are patriots who believe in Democratic policies, and those who believe in Republican policies.

[Those who fought in Iraq] have not served a Blue America or a Red America, they served the United States of America. Nobody should forget that.

That’s excellent. I find this far more appealing than calling certain parts of the country “the most pro-America, most pro-God” like McCain did a few days ago.

Politics blogging will stop soon, I promise. In the meantime, here’s Keith Olbermann talking about divisive politics:

Love the sound effects.