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A lot has been made about comedian's - white comedians - inability to make fun of Barack Obama. That's just silly. And a little dated because, of course, the best Obama parody is on-line.

Here's a link to a page that will show you nothing but all the good and worthy thing Obama is capable of doing - or has done - just for you. 'cause you need his help. Naturally, there's a book to to along with the fun that's available on-line as well.

Barack Obama: Too darn perfect not to ridicule his perfection.


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When Barack Obama's campaign rolls into town, the DeeJays get ready. Here's a sampling of some of what played at the Obama rally last week in San Francisco.

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone

Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes

Waiting On The World to Change - Jon Mayer

Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Think - Aretha Franklin

We Are Family - Sister Sledge

Funky President (People It's Bad) - James Brown

Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell

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For a few months now, we've been telling you that Spot-on's a syndication service. And we've been saying our writers are available for little or no cash. Today we demonstrate that our talk is not cheap.

Spot-on's pleased to announce the beginning of a syndication relationship with the East Bay Express, a weekly based in Emeryville, CA serving much of San Francisco's East Bay. We started this a few weeks ago - in the quiet holiday season - but the kinks are worked out and we're ready to go public.

And if you edit a news web site, produce a TV or radio show you might think about adding any of our fine writers to your editorial mix. Our syndication fees are reasonable - no cash needed - our writers responsible and our editorial as sticky as fly-paper. Interested? Drop Founder Chris Nolan a line. She's got all the details about pricing, availability and delivery.

We have a few other deals like this in the works as well as other changes in the new year. We'll keep you posted.

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In a July post from New Delhi, "Living with Terror" Gopika Kaul wrote the following sentence: "This year is proving to be deadly for India - literally."

Yesterday, with a series of violent attacks in southen Mumbai - the city you may know as Bombay - her fears and those of many other India citizens were realized. And while regular Spot-on readers may be shocked by the attacks in Mumbai you are probably less suprised than others. Gopika's been telling us about "India Mujaideen" since mid-summer.

For the past few months Gopika Kaul has been chronicling the growing sense of dread in her country. She's spelled out some of the roots of the conflict between the region's Muslims and Hindus in "It's Happened. Again" and she's wondered, with others, about the Indian police forces responses to the attacks in "A Constant Presence."

There's more writing and analysis like this here at Spot-on, plenty more. So if you edit a news web site, produce a TV or radio show you might join us out here ahead of the news curve and think about adding any of our fine writers to your editorial mix. Our syndication fees are reasonable - no cash needed, in some circumstances - our writers responsible and our editorial as sticky as fly-paper. Interested? Drop Doug Page, Spot-on's syndication guru a line. He's got all the details about pricing, availability and delivery.

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