I was watching The Insider the other day and one of their main headlines was "Obama on the Late Night Show with David Letterman".It wasn’t shocking news for me. Yet I find it quite interesting that he marks history as the first President of the United States to appear on a late night talk show. President Obama was condemned by many people and on several tabloid television programs. Criticism included that “he is not fit for president” and that “he is busy working on his celebrity life and fame rather than fixing the problems conjoined with the country”. I personally believe that because the late night talk shows are the most viewed shows across America, Obama intended to make an appearance on one of the late night talk shows to advocate and deliver his message “America is undergoing a positive reform”. I had a feeling that Obama is trying to introduce a new vista on presidency. We, the public, have always had this view that all presidents must be strict and rigid. I guess it's up to the public whether to accept Obama’s appearance on the Late Night Show with David Letterman or not, but I find no need to over-react. It’s obvious that Obama is very much relying on modern technologies to give out a speech to the public. I find no problem associated with his reliance on modern technologies; he is just trying to “fit in” and adapt to the whole “21st century virtual world”. Why make a big fuss out of it?
Last week my friends were talking about the movie "2012" and the speculations that came along with it. During their conversation I felt kind of alienated since I was the only one that hasn't watched it. I honestly thought that the movie was horrible, before even watching it, and that it is basically a "wannabe" of the movie "The Day After Tomorrow". On top of that, I just felt that the speculations and predictions regarding the year 2012 are just bogus. But when my friends forced me to watch it, I had no other choice but to give a try. My first impression on the movie was that I should never judge a book by its cover. The movie was amazing and the visual effects they used for the movie were astounding from how real it looked. On the negative side, the movie made me ponder the idea of 2012 being the end of the world. As soon as I arrived home that day I logged onto my computer and researched the 2012 predictions. I was so eager to go in depth with this topic. Almost all the websites that were listed in the search engine supported and approved of the 2012 prediction, which was evident from the Mayan calendar. Upon my research I stumbled upon a very interesting website, I included the link below, which disproves the 2012 prediction with reasonable evidence that is supported by NASA. They also stated that "teenagers who don’t want to see the end of the world so they [decided] to end their lives "and that's just insane. I'm surprised how the ancient calendar created such a huge "buzz".