Celebrities Pledge Allegiance to the United States of Barack Obama
At first blush, it might seem like it would be difficult to find anything unsavory, weird or creepy (as opposed to simply obnoxious) about a bunch of millionaire celebrities pledging, through trendy editing, to do everything in their power to achieve a bunch of unachievable goals like making the country greener by "only flushing after a deuce" and ending world-wide slavery (how's that coming along anyway, Demi Moore?).
However, a little more than midway through the video, it takes a decidedly more unsavory, weird and creepy turn, when all the millionaire celebrities begin pledging their everlasting support to incoming President Barack Obama (who, apparently, lives inside Anthony Kiedis' biceps)…
MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge
I pledge to never do anything like this… ever.
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This is REALLY creepy! What about the people saying "I'll die for Obama", or that reverend of his saying "when the messiah speaks the youth will hear and the messiah is absolutely speaking". Who knows maybe he did have something to do with these actors and actresses "pledging allegiance to Obama" because he knows how we like to watch the shows and movies they make and often find ourselves dressing and sometimes acting like them. See he started off small so he could eventually be leader of the world. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there who feels this way.
These are desperate times. People need a hero, something to hold onto. Obama is like the Beatles, or Kennedy, or MLK. But his weird appeal is that he's very down to earth, unlike a lot of leaders. The other thing about too much power, doesn't fit. Why would he go out of his way to appoint such a diverse crowd?
I don't think Barack Obama is anything like Hitler or Stalin or whatever, but this is dangerous. If people get this attitude, then he could become more powerful than a President should be. I think I'm gonna have to turn on Fox for 4 years to keep from ending up like this.
The message isn't bad… but shouldn't we work for these things because they're just good for the world and not because we're "servants of Barack Obama." O__o I don't think he's promoting the idea of us all being community service honey-bee drones. But I could be wrong… maybe that's the secret message behing all of that "hope" and "change" rhetoric! Bees, my god.
Creepy?
Maybe if they were pledging to do stupid, destructive or dangerous things. Pledging to help others, to consume less and care more (despite the weird statement by the guy who kissed his own biceps) somehow does not annoy me as much as you seem to think it should.
Sorry.
I pledge to watch one part in Striptease again.
@ LF: As far as I know the American IQ rises inversely to the percentage of George Bush's approval rating.
This is beyond creepy. All the "left" blogs are typing/talking/acting like this. Did the American IQ drop in 2000?