Here is the video of the casual press conference he held on an airplane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D22-dzp-g5U and also the LUCK charm http://metalmorphosisinc.com/search_results.aspx?Type=QuickSearch&Entry=luck#_top

“He was just “named official chairman of the recently opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India.”
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Here is hinduism one on one. Hinduism is attribute worship.Now compare to the notion that bigoted freaks believe even for a damn minute that their christian God is running the whole world and dictating who goes to hell and who goes to heaven.(pretty much retarded notion but neverthelss)?…Now Hanuman is revered as a manifestation of power and devotion. Remember i said attribute not person. Lot of great sages have been revered throughout the ages not only because of what they were(prince or a beggar or whatever) but also because of the qualities they possessed. Hanuman was symbolically made Chairman( and it takes a little intellect to wade beyond the literal sense of it) to give the credence to the idea that the institute would follow the path of service to people and devotion to knowledge. Now can your peasized brain get that??? I really pity your common place comprehension and sheer lack of identification which other cultures which let me tell you are much more assimilating than yours. It’s a shame that you have to carry the curse of being a blinded by your faith.

Even online I am a little bit shy, as ridiculous as that is. I appreciate the encouragement to comment more. Perhaps someday I’ll even work up the nerve to attend one of the meet-ups in Chicago, since I’m in the area.

Your $0.02 is worth quite a lot. Please continue to de-lurk and comment frequently.

I doubt very highly that Obama believes that these charms that he carries in his pocket are going to bring him luck and help him to become president. The more likely scenario is that they are symbols to him of what he wants his campaign and hoped-for presidency to be about. Perhaps they represent ideals such as maintaining respect for and dialog with others despite differences of religion, philosophy, race, etc. Maybe they are reminders of the real people who gave him the trinkets, people whose lives may be personally impacted by the decisions Obama would make as president. I don’t think carrying around these “lucky charms” is any more of a superstition than wearing a wedding ring or labeling your blog with a scarlet letter A or having framed photos of your children on your desk at work or getting a tattoo. Obama is not in a position to wear or display the symbols of what is important to him, of goals that he wants to be always mindful of, so carrying around those reminders in his pocket seems like a really great solution. I’d like to think that, despite the chaos of the campaign trail, anytime he puts his hands in his pockets (and I’ve seen more than one photo of him doing so) it reminds him to stay grounded and focused on the goals and ideals — his and the country’s — that he wants to realize as President of the United States.

Just my $0.02.

Did anyone else follow the link and see McCain’s lucky penny? There’s a guy with big, meaty hands. Honestly they’re like spades. He’s got banana fingers too.