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Obama Spam

We all know him, we all seem to follow his every move.

Ever since the man started running for president, the world has become increasingly inundated with news reports about Barack Obamas every twitch of a finger. In this spirit, I've gone through my RSS feeds and harvested a few headlines that feature what must be an extremely busy President.

Obama’s Face (That’s Him?) Rules the Web
June 2, 2009 11:56:09 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama's Been in Office Long Enough. Time to Commoditize Him.
May 18, 2009 7:59:18 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama hopes for Mid-East progress
May 29, 2009 6:43:13 AM GMT+02:00
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Obama 'helped' Opel rescue deal
May 30, 2009 4:05:25 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama meets pre-election pledge: taking Michelle to Broadway
May 31, 2009 8:28:19 AM GMT+02:00
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Barack Obama retakes oath of office after inauguration day stumble
January 22, 2009 1:45:00 PM GMT+01:00
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Obama hopeful on Mid-East peace
June 2, 2009 7:02:49 AM GMT+02:00
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Barack Obama's inauguration: the menu
January 16, 2009 11:20:00 AM GMT+01:00
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Can Obama improve ties with Muslims?
June 2, 2009 11:54:44 AM GMT+02:00
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Al-Qaeda deputy denounces Obama
June 2, 2009 11:26:38 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama embarks on Mid-East mission
June 3, 2009 5:03:15 AM GMT+02:00
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President Obama 'has four years to save Earth'
January 18, 2009 1:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
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Obama opens key Mid-East mission
June 3, 2009 5:39:44 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama tells US of his radical new agenda
January 25, 2009 1:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
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Obama reaches out to Muslim world
June 4, 2009 6:52:59 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama has them rolling in the aisles
May 11, 2009 11:20:28 AM GMT+02:00
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Obama to deliver 600,000 jobs
June 8, 2009 6:31:06 PM GMT+02:00
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Airbus to offer Obama a superjumbo
January 15, 2009 3:12:00 PM GMT+01:00
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Richard Seymour: Barack Obama the imperialist
January 27, 2009 1:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
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Obama pledges billions for eco plans
March 23, 2009 9:59:14 PM GMT+01:00
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We must never forget, says Obama
June 7, 2009 4:09:31 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama should beware growing anger
March 22, 2009 1:08:09 AM GMT+01:00
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Obama climate bill beats Republicans
May 22, 2009 5:18:17 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama signs $787bn stimulus bill
February 18, 2009 1:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
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Obama seeks to stifle 'abuse' photos
May 13, 2009 8:30:51 PM GMT+02:00
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Michelle Obama on 'secret' London visit
June 9, 2009 8:05:24 AM GMT+02:00
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Obama to block 'outrageous' AIG bonuses
March 18, 2009 6:20:38 AM GMT+01:00
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Italy plans barracks for Obama
May 18, 2009 9:48:47 AM GMT+02:00
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CDU leiht sich Obama-Logo-Idee (CDU borrows Obamas Logo-Idea)
February 26, 2009 5:07:32 PM GMT+01:00
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Obama guard 'has swine flu'
May 1, 2009 5:30:08 AM GMT+02:00
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Cairo counts down to Obama
May 28, 2009 10:00:00 PM GMT+02:00
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Obama writes girl a note for missing school
June 10, 2009, Google News.

Note: These are about 30 headlines, randomly culled from the BBC , the Guardian, Al-Ahram Weekly, Fontblog and Adrants.

It would have been easy to put together more than a few hundred of these, considering that Obamas name is mentioned at least two times a day on one (1) news Channel. Put them all together and we could walk to the moon on Headlines.

Yahoo News has 72627 stories about the man, Google News gives me 290,294,554 results. And counting of course. The man's only been in office since february.
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