Sunday, 28 March 2010

Ray Bradbury and Obama



Firstly I'd like to pass on a link a friend sent me to a short story by Ray Bradbury.
http://raybradbury.ru/library/story/53/2/0
Wish I could write like that. :(

Secondly. Remember when Obama came to power and he was all like:
"I'm gonna get shit done!"
And we were all like:
"Wow. Cool. I hope he gets shit done."
And then he just got on with and started getting shit done. Kicking off at the carbon emissions conference? Radically changing America's healthcare policy? Nuclear disarmament treaties?
I'll tell you what. When America's done with him Obama's welcome to come over here and kick England into line. We need a man who'll just get shit done.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous29 March 2010 at 15:45

    Ray Bradbury! One of my favourite writers :)

    He was brilliant. He influenced so many writers and authors of movies etc. etc.

    A real master of his trade. Don't feel bad Charon. Not many can write stuff like he did. ;)

    I love his subtleness, the melancholy, the hidden realities behind the curtain.... Evil approaching on smooth steps, almost unheard.

    This short story is a good example.

    If you like his style you should check out more writings of him. It's worth it.

    Ray Bradbury always reminds me at my youth. Reading his stories in the attic in my room :D

    C.

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  2. Anonymous29 March 2010 at 15:51

    Yahoo for Obama.

    This man gets shit done. I agree. I am glad that such politician still exist. An honest man with ideals and determined with enough patience and dimplomatic skills.

    To get shit done. :) I like how you put that hehe

    C.

    P.S: Angela Merkel should take lessons with Obama. "How to get shit done" ^^

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  3. Charon30 March 2010 at 18:17

    RE: Ray Bradbury. Yeah, I was very impressed. He has a certain magic about his descriptive style that I'd find near impossible to replicate. He's been added to my mental list of authors whose names I look for when I trawl the second-hand shops for books.

    RE: Obama. He really does just get shit done. I call it how I see it. He came to power and just started doing shit. It's a whole new style of politics. Over here it works on a delay method. For instance, if our leader Gordon Brown was going to make massive changes to the healthcare system he would say "I plan on doing this... if you vote for me next time." and the other guy, David Cameron, would say "That's a terrible idea. Vote for me and I'll do the opposite." Then the general public, being a bit dumb, would pretty much vote 50/50 and nothing ever gets done.
    Whereas Obama got his foot in the door first then said "I'm president now, watch this!" and just did it.

    And I realise I didn't get chance for Bitemarks today. Tomorrow I promise.
    *Goes to work*

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