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Barack Obama has a Flickr photostream with a Creative Commons license?

Thumbs up!

Thanks, Barack Obama!

I learned this reading Jac's new post "3 thoughts on Election Day 2008 (with photos of the Obama family watching the results)." Jac's post is worth reading too. I liked this:

Considering that I've been supporting Obama since he announced his campaign in early 2007, I was surprised that my own reaction on the night of Election Day was muted. I had to tell myself, "You should be really excited."

Maybe this is because I assumed he'd win, so I'd already gradually absorbed the news.

Maybe it felt wrong to be gleeful about how America is transcending its history of prejudice on a night when California, of all states, deprived people of their right to marry who they want regardless of gender.

Maybe it's that Obama has such a facility at making you feel like you really know him personally that seeing him win was like seeing your friend become president. Sure you'd be happy for them, but you'd also be nervous about all the things that might go wrong.

Ha ha. I like this as an idea for a screenplay: The main character is a lifelong friend of a guy who becomes President.

IN THE COMMENTS: Bissage suggests a pop culture reference in a video clip (and I demonstrate my ability to make the clip start in exactly the right spot):

AND: Hey, it's the bus!

Full post as published by Althouse on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).