The 3AM Phone Call
I never get a call in the middle of the night. My family in the US have Australian time down pat- and know when to call me at a reasonable hour.
In fact, the last time I got a 3AM call, it was September 11, 2001. I watched CNN till dawn. (it was piped live through all Australian networks)
So, when I awoke from a deep sleep last night to the phone ringing, my first thought was bad news. In fact, the very first thought that entered my head, even before I was fully awake was- "they got Obama". Weird, huh?
I suppose it's all of the comparisons to JFK, RFK and MLK - besides being great orators- those guys have one thing in common.
My second thought was that it was Lucky, telling me the Sift had been hacked by Russian pirates and was now serving trojans to all comers.
Turned out that it was some ad sales dude from the US wanting us to host their ads on VideoSift- sales people think the world works on a single time zone.
Persephone got up to take the call- her legs work better after a quick wake up than mine. She told me who it was, and I think I might have told them to fuck off or something. Sorry Mr. ad salesman- whoever you were.
In fact, the last time I got a 3AM call, it was September 11, 2001. I watched CNN till dawn. (it was piped live through all Australian networks)
So, when I awoke from a deep sleep last night to the phone ringing, my first thought was bad news. In fact, the very first thought that entered my head, even before I was fully awake was- "they got Obama". Weird, huh?
I suppose it's all of the comparisons to JFK, RFK and MLK - besides being great orators- those guys have one thing in common.
My second thought was that it was Lucky, telling me the Sift had been hacked by Russian pirates and was now serving trojans to all comers.
Turned out that it was some ad sales dude from the US wanting us to host their ads on VideoSift- sales people think the world works on a single time zone.
Persephone got up to take the call- her legs work better after a quick wake up than mine. She told me who it was, and I think I might have told them to fuck off or something. Sorry Mr. ad salesman- whoever you were.
12 Comments
darkrowan"they got Obama"? Osama, maybe?
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
No, I meant Obama- I have been a bit worried about the prospects of a charismatic black leader with the potential to win the presidency of the United States.
Not worried that he will become president - but worried that the crazies with guns will start to come out of the woodwork, the closer he comes to winning.
K0MMIEThats interesting... I myself have wondered how the non-right wing sexist racist demographic will vote. But it always is a possibility... however as far as I know all Presidential Candidates has secret service out the wazoo.
Farhad2000In all honesty I think Obama is getting shot... Every great leader working their way through a democracy has met the same end in the 20th century.
thesnipeIt's funny how it assassinations seem to be one sided towards the democrats in the US, maybe I need to check my facts. Of course I had the same concern about Bush and his cronies when they ran and got elected twice, I guess they just end up shooting themselves.
(Cheney hunting ref. not to be misquoted)
winkler1The last assassination attempt (I think) was Hinkley against Reagan - Repub.
gorgonheap^Correct! Except for that one time when Harrison Ford was president and those guys took over Air Force 1. I watched the documentary on it.
thesnipeI guess I was thinking successful assassinations, I wasn't thinking of Reagan though, Harrison Ford must have gotten me all confused.
Guardian-X says...Lincoln was a Republican, before the party was hijacked.
choggiethe dream is, that a black dude pres will change a single step towards destruction...s'pecially a dude from Yale/politician/Chicagoan, whatever his/her/its color
we're fucked any number of ways.....
choggieBTW dag...speakin' a wake-ups at odd hours.....where's the T-shirt, ya snail-mailer, op shopper!!???
Dignant_Pink says...apology accepted, dag.
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