Obama's first Wireside Chat (TM)

Yesterday via change.gov, P-E Obama released his first weekly address, a four-minute statement on the global financial Ragnarok, job loss, infrastructure investment, and his planned push for renewable energy.

Kind of strange to have our executive speaking in an earnest, enthusiastic fashion not concocted to sell us on the need for immediate military action...

And yes, we're calling dibs on "Wireside Chat." After each use, please send a check for $1.00 to my attention at Pacific Standard, Brooklyn. No cheating. We have lawyers. Not good ones, but lawyers nonetheless.