The Obamanic diaries

I think JFK will still keep the airport, but everything else runs the risk of getting Obama-fied, if the man’s present charisma and popularity are anything to go by. Don’t be surprised if say TOYS R US come out with Obama-robot Prez dolls that give inspirational speeches and which get used by schools and model parents to teach their kids “some good values” – the American way! ‘The ultimate good friend for your kid – Obamate.’
‘Obama rules’ t-shirts, mugs, pens, candies (?), and god knows what else the American entrepreneur brain will come up with to sell! One good thing though, from the US point of view that is, it might help overcome the recession by a bit. With the rest of the world equally taken up by the hottest new brand on tongue-tips, US could soon be selling its ‘revolutionary’ Obama accessories and insignia to the rest of the world. Perhaps even shift production base to India for the manufacture of its dolls, bags, caps, t-shirts etc at a lower making-charge and then sell it to Indians and others (excluding China, who’ll resist). And when sales are really high, and dim (in absence of a better euphemism) Americans can’t figure out how the batteries go into the Obamate robot doll or when the have queries on what new features the Obamate 2.0 version has – they will also set up a BPO in India to give chat support to American customers, with Rangaswamy pretending all the way to be Jason and trying to cover up his accent that’s as overwhelming as the Chennai filter-coffee he has every evening.
But all these major outsourcing plans could come to a grinding halt if – hypothesis 1.i.a) Mamata Bannerjee cries out for the ‘deepribhed’ people of the village where the SEZ land was to given to TOYS R US; or well, 1.i.b) If Obama comes down really hard on the outsourcing issue.
Hmm…don’t think TOYS R US will be too happy about that – paying more for making Obama dolls because Obama thinks it’s wrong to make Obama dolls outside Obamanation. That’s just bizarre and my sentence framing has developed a malfunction.