Barack Obama: More Owellian than Orwell !

I kid you not:

US president-elect Barack Obama is to make the first YouTube address to the nation on Saturday, recording a talk not just on radio but also on video, a spokesman said Friday.

“No president-elect or president has ever turned the radio address into a multi-media opportunity before,” Shapiro added

"Multi-media"? Will his face be appearing, unasked, on my cellphone when he desires to be heard? Will the visage of The One eminate from the sidewalks and bus shelters when he wants to address his subjects? Will all televisions sets (once again) be filled with his otherworldly glow as he imparts to us the importance of seperating the fools from their monies?

More:

“This is just one of many ways that president-elect Obama will communicate directly with the American people and make the White House and the political process more transparent,” [Shapiro] said...

Dear Leader's face is everywhere in North Korea; does that make their brutal style of communism a "transparent" government? Not to say that Obama and Kim don't have some policies in common, of course....