So you’re saying Bush DOESN’T sit around all day and watch Youtube videos??

Excerpt from a New York Times articled titled Lose the Blackberry? Yes He Can, Maybe.

"Sorry, Mr. President. Please surrender your BlackBerry. Those are seven words President-elect Barack Obama is dreading but expecting to hear, friends and advisers say, when he takes office in 65 days.”

"…Mr. Obama, however, seems intent on pulling the office at least partly into the 21st century on that score; aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so."

No American president has ever had a laptop in the Oval Office? Geez, what sort of technology have they been using in there? An abacus and some Texas Rangers baseball cards?

The rest of the article is worth reading. It talks about how former presidents have handled the issue of personal email accounts (deleted them) and it speculates whether Obama will be allowed to use his Blackberry when he becomes president. A president’s personal email account has a high likelihood of being hacked (perfect example: Governor Sarah Palin’s yahoo account), and apparently use of a personal account might violate the Presidential Records Act—which enforces that all presidential correspondence is recorded.

My favorite part of the article was finding out George W. Bush’s old email address: G94B@aol.com.
I admit I was a bit disappointed though.
I thought it would be more colorful you know? Like Dubya@aol.com, or Cheneyspuppet@hotmail.com, or perhaps even Iraqiwar4eva@yahoo.com.

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