tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527272.post-41428509794263453202008-12-20T15:21:00.001-02:002008-12-20T15:21:25.853-02:00Barack Obama its Person of the Year for 2008.<p><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SixApart/651c92b958/6d67897760/9956a194ba"></a><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SixApart/651c92b958/6d67897760/9956a194ba"></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866765,00.html"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://www.verdestrigos.org/agora/c5d2ba1dc8fd_C626/image.png" width="260" height="190" /></a> Barack Obama is <i>Time </i>magazine's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/obama-smoking-picture-and_n_151787.html">most obvious "Person of the Year" choice ever</a>, says Jason Linkins at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">HuffPo</a><strong></strong>. Beyond the fact that the history-making prezelect does merit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.obamamagazine.com/obama-art/obama-magazine-covers/">yet another magazine cover</a> (nice collection, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.obamamagazine.com/">ObamaMagazine.com</a><strong></strong>), struggling print publications realize that they can churn out valued keepsakes for people to buy and throw in a box in the basement, following what <strong>Ana Marie Cox</strong> has called <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/anamariecox">The Franklin Mint business model</a>. Of course, the real news is <i>Time</i>'s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1866765,00.html">gallery of Obama photos taken when he was in college in 1980</a>. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.celebitchy.com/">Celebitchy</a><strong></strong><strong> </strong>explains the snapshots were taken by then-aspiring photographer Lisa Jack, who dug the negatives from a box in her basement and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.celebitchy.com/27062/obama_smoking_funny-looking_cigarette_in_college_photo/">kept them in a safety deposit box until after the election</a> so they couldn't hurt him. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Speaking of which: "At this point, we know he's smoking a [regular tobacco] cigarette," says <a target="_blank" href="http://coverawards.com/">Cover Awards</a><strong></strong>, which warns that the real cautionary tale is to be careful about the pictures you pose for. "There are way too many people having way too much fun <a target="_blank" href="http://coverawards.com/2008/12/18/news_ny_post_barack_obama_smoking_34819/">posting every picture imaginable on Facebook</a> that are quite embarrasing." You mean like that <a target="_blank" href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obamas_27yearold_speechwriter_embarassed_by_facebook_1206.html">Obama speechwriter earlier this month?</a> Then again, as a commenter at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a><strong></strong><strong> </strong>notes, smoking and wearing a Panama hat <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/photo-of-young-obama.html">is still cooler</a> than <a target="_blank" href="http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/cheerleader_bush.jpg">this</a>. </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5527272-4142850979426345320?l=www.verdestrigos.org%2Fagora%2Fblogger.asp'/></div>VerdesTrigosnoreply@blogger.com