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04/23/09
04/23/09
I would hope that the fact that you cell phone is sitting in a basket in the west wing of the white house outside the oval office eliminates the possibility of theft
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I would easily prefer that over any of the other phones in said basket type thing.
I once dropped it from 2 stories onto cement, it shattered into a bunch of pieces, but all the pieces snapped together and the phone was 100% again, only a smell indentation in the back.
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11/17/08
11/16/08
Before phones, there were no phones. And then there were, and it probably seemed strange for the President to use one. And now you can't imagine a president not using one. What makes anyone think that someone who is technology savvy - who is appointing the country's first CTO - would sequester himself to the 19th century?
At this point, a certain level of technology is part of Obama's daily life, and he will obviously continue to use the tools he needs and make any arrangements or mods to suit the circumstances.
Hell, if they can stage a moonlanding on a soundstage, what makes you think they can't get a BB into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave for the pres?
11/16/08
"Gatorade-It's what plants crave"
we WILL hit the ground running
okay, all jokes aside...I feel so empowered that we as Americans (collectively at least) have overcome another barrier. As long as he isn't wielding a StarTAC, his mobile phone preference/choice is probably more than he needs, and I as an American feel so gifted to live in such an empowering environment
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I guess you don't support McCain then because he was in favor of the bailout.
Deregulation doesn't work. Pure capitalism has the same problem that pure communism has, namely, it doesn't account for human stupidity and avarice. And if McCain, Gramm, Leech, and the rest of the Party of Business crew don't know that, they're not fit to govern. There was a movie 20 years ago that pretty much spelled out the financial sector's attitude towards greed. The movie is called "Wall Street" and the famous line is "Greed is good".
On a more realistic note - If you want to play laissez-faire, Friedmanist total deregulation, we'll play that. No bailouts for anyone. Not for the banks; not for the homeowners; not for GM.
Then, when the world economy plummets into a depression because the credit market fails, leading to bank and business failures, coupled with the destruction of the auto industry, soon followed by a complete rupture of consumer confidence, you might understand why the invisible hand of the market isn't invisible as much as it is blind.
If you want to see deregulation, go ask one of the madres in Bolivia how that worked out for them.
I'll take President-Elect Obama anyday. At least then, there will be someone watching over the market.
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