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Post by heavyg on Jan 22, 2009 13:38:56 GMT -7
I guess rules don't apply to "The One" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is keeping his cherished BlackBerry for personal use, becoming the first sitting president to use e-mail. "The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday. He did not say with whom the compromise was struck. Gibbs said the president will limit its use, and security has been enhanced to ensure that Obama can communicate in a way that's protected. Previous presidents chose not to use e-mail because it can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts and may be subject to public records laws. Gibbs said the presumption from the White House counsel's office is that e-mails will be subject to the Presidential Records Act, the law that requires the National Archives to preserve presidential records. But he also said that some exemptions in the law allow for "strictly personal communications." He did not say how that classification would be determined. Obama's BlackBerry has been a constant companion during the campaign and transition, and he had noted publicly that he was in negotiations to find a way to keep the device despite security concerns and records-keeping issues. Gibbs said the president believes that using a personal hand-held e-mail device is an effective way to keep in touch with people without "getting stuck in a bubble." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/...ama_blackberry
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Post by ArkCowboy on Jan 22, 2009 15:14:23 GMT -7
I guess rules don't apply to "The One" so he is what? an elitist? amoral? for wanting to have personal email? what does that say about us? **rolls eyes mightily**
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Post by heavyg on Jan 22, 2009 16:52:52 GMT -7
I guess rules don't apply to "The One" so he is what? an elitist? amoral? for wanting to have personal email? what does that say about us? **rolls eyes mightily** Thats not the point. Im just doing what the ultra left wing has done for the past 4 yrs. If Bush had done that I would be front page news for weeks
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Post by ArkCowboy on Jan 22, 2009 20:03:51 GMT -7
Thats not the point. Im just doing what the ultra left wing has done for the past 4 yrs. If Bush had done that I would be front page news for weeks try to get into the new bipartisan spirit!! and take notes! lol! maybe in the next eight years, conservatives will learn a thing or two! lol!! it took the country gettign from bad to worse shoved in their face for 8 years to finally see the truth of the true colors of the past regime, but now the mass's seem to finally get it! it sure is nice to have HOPE for our country for a change!
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Post by heavyg on Jan 22, 2009 21:38:20 GMT -7
Thats not the point. Im just doing what the ultra left wing has done for the past 4 yrs. If Bush had done that I would be front page news for weeks try to get into the new bipartisan spirit!! and take notes! lol! maybe in the next eight years, conservatives will learn a thing or two! lol!! it took the country gettign from bad to worse shoved in their face for 8 years to finally see the truth of the true colors of the past regime, but now the mass's seem to finally get it! it sure is nice to have HOPE for our country for a change! The only hope I have is I hope you are right. But I have not seen anything yet that shows me any change. I am willing to give Obama some wiggle room. But I DO NOT LIKE Biden. There is just something about that guy that makes my skin crawl
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Post by ArkCowboy on Jan 23, 2009 9:31:19 GMT -7
I have not seen anything yet that shows me any change. per Newsweek: Erasing BushWith a call for 'relentless' diplomacy, Hillary further obliterates W's legacy.Michael Hirsh After Inauguration Day, departed presidents usually become footnotes pretty quickly. What we are witnessing now is far more dramatic. It's closer to a liquidation, or a cauterization. George W. Bush is being turned into an unperson, like a character out of Orwell. It's been only two days, and there is scarcely a trace of not only his personal presence, but of his policies. Or at least that is the impression Barack Obama would like to convey. The process of erasing the last eight years from American history began with President Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday. Between condemning torture and expressing a willingness to talk with enemies, the new president began eliminating Bush even as the former president sat listening behind him. Then, on his first work day, Obama signed executive orders reversing the Bush administration's emphasis on secrecy and reliance on revolving-door lobbyists, to be followed by three more orders: closing Guantanamo Bay (within a year), forbidding torture and suspending military tribunals for foreign terror suspects. Meanwhile Treasury Secretary-nominee Timothy Geithner (whose nomination was finally approved by the Senate Finance Committee) said brand-new strictures would also be applied to financial bailouts.
Then, on Wednesday, Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the appointment of two permanent envoys to major trouble spots—George Mitchell to the Mideast and Richard Holbrooke to Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was perhaps the surest sign of all that Obama intends a 180-degree reversal from the ultimatum-heavy approach of the Bush administration, which saw diplomacy mainly as an exercise in stating terms for surrender, whether to Iran, Hamas or North Korea (except over the last couple of years). "Anything short of relentless diplomatic efforts will fail," Clinton said, making it clear that Holbrooke and Mitchell would each be spending much of the next four years away from home. Both men, Holbrooke and Mitchell, gained fame by ending what seemed to be intractable conflicts, Bosnia (Holbrooke) and Northern Ireland (Mitchell). "There is no such thing as a conflict that can't be ended," Mitchell said. Obama himself, in his remarks, signaled strongly that his approach to the Mideast would immediately move from unswerving and unquestioning support of Israel, as seen in the last eight years, to more of a broker's role. While making the requisite commitment to Israel's security—and its right to respond to rocket fire from Gaza—he also said it was unacceptable to permit "a future without hope for the Palestinians." He called for an immediate opening of the Gaza border, which must have come to a surprise to those Israelis lulled to sleep by Bush's permanent endorsement of Israel's every action over the last eight years. So grim is the reality, of course, especially in the Mideast and Afghanistan, that no amount of shuttling by envoys may make much of a difference in the end. Indeed, it may not be long before Obama finds himself compared to Bush, at least when it comes to results. Something similar happened to W, who upon taking office in 2001 tried to erase Bill Clinton's policies from the map only to gradually adopt his approach in his second term. But it's only been three days, and as far as the Obama administration is concerned, its predecessor no longer exists in policy or even memory.
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Post by heavyg on Jan 23, 2009 10:03:52 GMT -7
So we are going to sit at the table and sing cumbya with the terrorist and believe them when they promise not to continue seeking out nuclear weapons to use against us?
Good luck with that. I'm just glad I don't live in a major metropolitan area especially on either coasts.
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Post by ArkCowboy on Jan 23, 2009 10:16:42 GMT -7
your ability to impose bias and twist interpretation is mind boggling, but i must say there should be points awarded for consistency! lol! **shaking head**
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Post by heavyg on Jan 23, 2009 10:35:28 GMT -7
your ability to impose bias and twist interpretation is mind boggling, but i must say there should be points awarded for consistency! lol! **shaking head** Thank you
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Post by scorpion42 on Jan 27, 2009 16:08:23 GMT -7
your ability to impose bias and twist interpretation is mind boggling, but i must say there should be points awarded for consistency! lol! **shaking head** Maybe that's why? King Obama hasn't went anywhere, yet? Like, taking a ride on his new jet, "Air Force One." He wants to stay in touch with, America's unknown domestic terrorist, William Ayers. William Ayers must be helping Obama with his new education bill. You know... The one called, "Every Child Left Behind Act." I heard there reserving an entire chapter to the chosen one, "King Obama." I heard, there having trouble writting the first paragraph. Other than being the first black man to live in that, little White House. lol Is it 2012, yet? ;D
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