YouTube Stars!

Here is something you should see. President Obama was just interviewed by three YouTubeStars, so of course we had to cover it! This is not a typical three minute video. Invest 45 minutes of your time to see what issues these YouTube Stars asked President Obama about.

The first third of the video is the interview by Hank Green of President Obama. Hank Green is half of the popular YouTube channel vlogbrothers which he does with brother and author John Green who wrote, The Fault In Our Stars. Hank created VidCon, Project For Awesome, and DFTBA Records. Here are the issues Hank covered: State of the Union speech, Lobbyists, Drones, North Korea, Marijuana, Obama Care.

Next up was GloZell Green. Interesting that the first two interviewers have the last name of Green. Green energy is a hot topic in the Obama Administration. GloZell's popular YouTube Channel consists of comedy and song parody videos. She has also released a few music singles. GloZell covered these issues: Cyber Security, Police and African American males, Cuba, Same Sex Marriage, Obama's Legacy. Memorable lines from GloZell include, "Castro - the guy puts Dick in Dictatorship" and "I have green lipsticks, one for your First Wife."

The final interviewer was 19 year old Bethany Mota who has been vlogging on her YouTube Channel since she was just 13 years old. She became popular for her haul videos where she talks about, and shows off, things she got from various stores; as well as hair and makeup tutorials. Bethany was also on Dancing With The Stars in Season 19. She was bullied as a young teen and that came up in one of her questions. Bethany covered these issues: College affordability, Cyber Bullying, Boko Haram, Chinese internal internet restrictions, why should young people be interested in politics. Very good answer from Obama, at around the 40 minute mark, on relating politics to how every day people negotiate, spend money, make decisions, compromise, try to live together, treat each other with kindness, look after one another, how are we fair to one another. Bethany ends with a lightning round, where we find out that President Obama watches a lot of sports on TV when he has time, Obama wanted to be an architect or an NBA player when he was young, and Obama would like the super power of flying or would like to be able to speak any language. With Google Translate, this is almost possible! The video ends with the obligatory group selfie!

Here is the video! Watch it and share it with your friends. The SHARE button is at the bottom of this post. Consider having a discussion about any of these issues with your friends and you may also want to comment on the video. The three minute funny, cute or music related videos are great, but issues videos are important too!

Labels: Bethany Mota, GloZell Green, Hank Green, haul, interview, John Green, Obama, president, President Obama, selfie, vlogbrothers, vloggers

posted by KennyCrane at 1/23/2015 10:57:00 PM 0 Comments

Well at last its almost over!The campaigning for President of the United States seems like it has been going on for years. All the political ads, the debates, the media reporting every little statement taken out of context.

Tuesday is election day and you should VOTE because it is one of the responsibilities of living in a free country.  Many people around the world wish they had some say in who is making decisions that affect their lives.  If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about how bad things are.  THIS is your chance to do something.  It's going to be a close election and every vote counts.  Educate yourself on the candidates as much as you are able, then get out and vote!

Here are a few funny political videos!  Watch what happens when segments of the presidential debate are auto-tuned.  Enjoy listening to the candidates every word being parsed... into a song!


Here is the third presidential debate, songified! The moderator and Romney and Obama rap about the issues of the day Listen, laugh, and maybe even learn something!

I think the music that Schmoyho chose for the vice presidential debate songification is even better! Listen to Biden and Ryan sing a soulful pop tune using their words from the vice presidential debate.
Sometimes candidates complain that their words are parsed too heavily. Well what would happen if their words were dissected, cut and pasted into a string of words that matched the lyrics of a pop song? Have a listen as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama sing Hot and Cold by Katy Perry!

Labels: election, funny, Obama, politics, president, Romney, songify

posted by KennyCrane at 11/05/2012 12:08:00 AM 0 Comments