Election 2008: Race To Unneccessary Graphics

Last night, we all witnessed an historic first: the election of the first black president of the United States Of America. But if you happened to be watching CNN, you also witnessed a far, far less important first: the first interview via hologram in the guise of news for some reason. A century from now, when you're nothing but a head happily ensconced in a jar filled with warm, life-sustaining fluid, and you're telling your grandchild's grandchildren about the night that we elected Barack Obama, you'll smile at the memory and say, "Oh, yeah. That was also the year that CNN–they were a popular news organization at the time–decided to get all corny with the graphics. Like Hologram corny." Then your cyborg nurse's aide will place your cranium jar in its torso cavity, and take you for your afternoon stroll around the grounds of the Mars Sky Village Assisted Living In Jars Facility.