The President Has a Blackberry
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The big news from today’s presser: President Obama has a Blackberry.
But don’t worry, it has “enhanced security.”
Hackers worldwide just began salivating.
309 comments
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Conservative in Liberal Hands Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:30:22am |
Gives a whole new meaning to “crackberry”, doesn’t it?
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:30:27am |
Now he can expand the socialist agenda from anywhere!
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Ben Hur Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:30:43am |
He’ll be getting emails in Chinese, soon enough.
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soccerdad Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:30:48am |
Change! Getting into his crack berry should be simple
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bellamags Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:31:00am |
How funny. I was just on the phone with ATT for 145 minutes trying to set up email on MY blackberry. For some reason, it took FOREVER. Kept getting kicked out, passwords were screwing up, usernames not correct. WTF?
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mean Gene Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:31:05am |
Countdown to hacking….
Is this how he’ll coordinate all of his cabinet (I mean basketball) meetings?
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thefallingman Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:31:07am |
Can it still call his brother in Kenya? Oh, I forgot, his brother lives in abject poverty and doesn’t have a phone.
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:31:43am |
What will Michelle say when she looks at it and finds some nasty porn the Chinese hacker put as his background?
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coldpizza Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:32:05am |
all I can say is “thank you Barry” considering I own a whack of RIM Stock.
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snowcrash Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:32:40am |
Hope he doesn’t keep the nuclear launch codes in there.
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wrenchwench Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:33:36am |
The PresidentHasIs a BlackberryBarry
/just the facts
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:33:40am |
Hopefully it’s more secure than his campaign website was.
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Ben Hur Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:33:41am |
Ooohh….Berry.
Thought you were all racists for a minute.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:34:26am |
re: #18 Bubblehead II
So much for National Security.
But this we knew before we heard about the Blackberry.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:34:39am |
Maybe this is his emergency teleprompter
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ColdPizza Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:34:50am |
I hope Rim comes out with the “BlackBerry Obama Model”. I’m already making money from this story… Who would have thought “Obama’s name” would be making me dough!
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:35:07am |
Maybe someone could hack his Blackberry so whenever he opens up a web page it’s LGF. I’m sure right now, it’s DailyKOS.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:35:43am |
re: #27 Jetpilot1101
Maybe someone could hack his Blackberry so whenever he opens up a web page it’s LGF. I’m sure right now, it’s DailyKOS.
Think he still has admin privileges there?
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Cathypop Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:35:48am |
re: #27 Jetpilot1101
Maybe someone could hack his Blackberry so whenever he opens up a web page it’s LGF. I’m sure right now, it’s DailyKOS.
I like that idea.
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MandyManners Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:35:48am |
re: #27 Jetpilot1101
Maybe someone could hack his Blackberry so whenever he opens up a web page it’s LGF. I’m sure right now, it’s DailyKOS.
He’d be chain-smoking after one week of this.
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Czarny_Smok Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:35:51am |
re: #18 Bubblehead II
So much for National Security.
Heck, that went out the window with the oath of office….
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suitepotato Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:18am |
I could have sworn that he was going to no longer use it because of the federal law concerning public archiving of all presidential communications applying to his cell and pda, therefore to keep his personal stuff personal, he’d not use them until out of office and back to private citizen.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:19am |
“Enhanced security”. Those are words that make hackers just try even harder for the sheer challenge of cracking it. Wonder if the MSM will report when it’s been hacked.
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itellu3times Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:19am |
I’ve got a raspberry seed in my wisdom tooth.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:30am |
re: #22 Guanxi88
But this we knew before we heard about the Blackberry.
But that was BEFORE he was inaugurated. This is NEWS because he is now POTUS.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:41am |
re: #33 Czarny_Smok
Heck, that went out the window with the oath of office….
What oaf are ou talking about? The one for the cameras and the sheeple, or the sooper-seekrit illuminati oaf he took yesterday?
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:44am |
re: #25 MandyManners
Barry has a Berry.
Black Barry meet Dusty brick…CRASH…In best Urkle voice..”Did I do that”…
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vxbush Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:57am |
Ahem. Some more info on this, according to Gizmodo: He will use a Sectera Edge for work emails; the Blackberry is for personal emails.
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Silhouette Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:36:58am |
He’s, like, so cool, and stuff. Like, he has a iPod, and stuff. And since he’s like so totally modern and stuff, not like those old guys who can’t even rick roll (as if!), that we were so totally right to make him president.
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:37:02am |
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happy_mama Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:37:10am |
so can I email him any time with my suggestions? He wants to keep in touch with us “little people”right?
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:37:21am |
re: #32 MandyManners
He’d be chain-smoking after one week of this.
Yeah. Obama could just feel the love we all have for his policies here.
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seekeroftruth Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:37:27am |
Wonder who he’ll keep in touch with on the blackberry? Ayres? Rev Wright? Mayor Daley?…….
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:37:55am |
BTW - BlackBerry is not easy to hack.
All of the com going to and from is going over a 3DES pipe. Even straight TCP connections get encrypted using 3DES. That is just the off the shelf variety. Then you have to catch and assemble the signal packets if you are trying to intercept what is going over the airwaves. Steven den Beste could better explain, but all of the BB carriers are on digital networks that spread a signal over multiple frequencies. Add whatever extra encryption the Secret Service has added along with a dynamic key and you have a big hacking challenge.
The big concern most IT depts have with BBs is when they get lost or stolen - can someone get the data off of them and (even worse) use the device to hack a VPN / network? The device that GD made has features to protect against that which I won’t post.
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davinvalkri Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:10am |
re: #35 Honorary Yooper
“Enhanced security”. Those are words that make hackers just try even harder for the sheer challenge of cracking it. Wonder if the MSM will report when it’s been hacked.
They’ll pin it on some conservative ill-wisher and some pundit will talk about how “it’s sad how some people just can’t get on board with the president” and crap like that.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:15am |
re: #46 buzzsawmonkey
Why worry about security on the Presidential Blackberry? Obama has pledged to be all about transparency, hasn’t he?
He was transparent before he swore the oaf.
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vxbush Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:16am |
Apparently the new Administration was horrified to find no instant messaging, no Mac computers, and—quelle horreur!—Windows XP machines in the offices.
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itellu3times Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:25am |
re: #45 seekeroftruth
Wonder who he’ll keep in touch with on the blackberry? Ayres? Rev Wright? Mayor Daley?…….
Kids. Wife. Putin.
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Honorary Yooper Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:29am |
re: #45 seekeroftruth
Wonder who he’ll keep in touch with on the blackberry? Ayres? Rev Wright? Mayor Daley?…….
That’s King Richard II to you, peasant!
/
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bellamags Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:43am |
re: #36 itellu3times
I’ve got a raspberry seed in my wisdom tooth.
ooooowwwwwww. I just got a sympathy pain for you. I remember what dry socket feels like.
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maddogg Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:38:47am |
Apparently he’s going to run the country like a sandbox in a playground. Where everybody is happy and friendly and there are no bullies or tattletales.
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MacGregor Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:39:06am |
What a headache for the NSA needing to divert technical assets and tax dollars to secure his communications to Soros and Abbas.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:39:17am |
Whatever it takes to make his job easier. I understand that there are serious security risks involved with a Blackberry, to say nothing of collecting and maintaining all the records from the Blackberry.
Just wait til the first investigation into Obama and his top staffers.
Mr. President, we’ll need to see all of your Blackberry records from x to y. Thanks.
Obama will be giving new meaning to Executive Privilege before long.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:39:30am |
re: #48 davinvalkri
They’ll pin it on some conservative ill-wisher and some pundit will talk about how “it’s sad how some people just can’t get on board with the president” and crap like that.
Would you quit stealing my thoughts! ;)
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:39:36am |
re: #54 maddogg
Apparently he’s going to run the country like a sandbox in a playground.
Watch out for cats. Gotta keep a cover on the thing.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:39:55am |
re: #22 Guanxi88
The Blackberry story has been out for a bit. I just wonder how he got around the USSSS.
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Eowyn2 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:40:01am |
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itellu3times Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:40:15am |
re: #53 bellamags
re: #36 itellu3times
ooooowwwwwww. I just got a sympathy pain for you. I remember what dry socket feels like.
Just kidding, riffing on the blackberry thing. Though I’ve had the dang seeds stuck between plenty of other teeth, or in old fillings, and yada yada.
And people do seem to get their crackberries wedged pretty solidly, don’t they?
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:40:33am |
re: #59 Guanxi88
Watch out for cats. Gotta keep a cover on the thing.
Yea SAND! MEOW! >^..^< Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….
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experiencedtraveller Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:40:52am |
What font does a blackberry use?
We could forge, say, an email from a dope dealer asking Barry if he wants any smack and then give it to Dan Rather to run with…
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itellu3times Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:40:56am |
Does LGF sell hardware? I might buy a greenberry!
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davinvalkri Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:41:02am |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:41:23am |
re: #57 lawhawk
Whatever it takes to make his job easier. I understand that there are serious security risks involved with a Blackberry, to say nothing of collecting and maintaining all the records from the Blackberry.
Just wait til the first investigation into Obama and his top staffers.
Mr. President, we’ll need to see all of your Blackberry records from x to y. Thanks.
Obama will be giving new meaning to Executive Privilege before long.
There won’t be any need for investigations, he will say he is clean and the media will believe him.
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bellamags Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:41:26am |
re: #63 itellu3times
Just kidding, riffing on the blackberry thing. Though I’ve had the dang seeds stuck between plenty of other teeth, or in old fillings, and yada yada.
And people do seem to get their crackberries wedged pretty solidly, don’t they?
its the qwerty keyboard. addicting. i swore it would never happen to me. but it did. i can’t keep my hands off of it.
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:42:02am |
But don’t worry, it has “enhanced security.”
/so do the Defense department networks, but guesss what?
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jcbunga Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:42:07am |
OT but can’t resist:
Pelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush’s exit from Washington. “It felt like a 10-pound anvil was lifted off my head,” she said.
My God. What will hold her face lifts down now? She’s gonna look like Jack Nicholson’s Joker. =8>
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akak Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:42:13am |
No wonder Rashid Khalidi says he has direct access.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:43:09am |
re: #33 Czarny_Smok
Actually, it went out the window after he was elected and started attending National Security Briefings.
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Eowyn2 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:43:23am |
re: #26 ColdPizza
I hope Rim comes out with the “BlackBerry Obama Model”. I’m already making money from this story… Who would have thought “Obama’s name” would be making me dough!
it will be the “Presidential Model 2009”
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:43:39am |
re: #68 davinvalkri
I’m sorry…:( But just watch. We’ll see what happens when the blackberry gets broken.
Or he needs some distraction to hide some scandal about to erupt into the public view.
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:43:54am |
Wait for the real snobs to sniff that Obama has already slid to “Old Blackberry” status vs the “New iPhone.” Aren’t BBerries part of the Bush Era? like Wall Street and Profit?
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:43:58am |
re: #72 jcbunga
OT but can’t resist:
Pelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush’s exit from Washington. “It felt like a 10-pound anvil was lifted off my head,” she said.
My God. What will hold her face lifts down now? She’s gonna look like Jack Nicholson’s Joker. =8>
My favorite moment will be when Pelosi finally exits stage left and leaves the capitol for good. Then a 1000 pound socialist anvil will be lifted of this country.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:44:45am |
re: #71 Killian Bundy
/so do the Defense department networks, but guesss what?
I don’t need to guess, I know. :(
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:44:53am |
re: #57 lawhawk
Whatever it takes to make his job easier. I understand that there are serious security risks involved with a Blackberry, to say nothing of collecting and maintaining all the records from the Blackberry.
Just wait til the first investigation into Obama and his top staffers.
Mr. President, we’ll need to see all of your Blackberry records from x to y. Thanks.
Obama will be giving new meaning to Executive Privilege before long.
As an FWIW, Sarbanes Oxley has already gotten RIM to put in “logging” features in the BES servers (the servers that BlackBerry communicates through) that pretty much captures everything on the device. So if Obama writes in the memo application “Get Bill Ayers a grant” it will be in the records. Even his brickbreaker score can be captured.
The real thing to ask is if his aids will turn on those features. Given that they didn’t turn on the security features for credit card donations to his site, there is a track record of “selective oversights” that Obama’s IT gurus are capable of.
/ Change!
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pegcity Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:44:53am |
Um does every person receiving emails from him also?
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Eowyn2 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:44:55am |
and RIM better send me monies for the name and their new slogan
The Presidential Berry, Its black, its sleek, and its uncorruptable by outside influences.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:05am |
re: #79 Jetpilot1101
My favorite moment will be when Pelosi finally exits stage left and leaves the capitol for good. Then a 1000 pound socialist anvil will be lifted of this country.
C’mon. Nancy don’t weight no thousand pounds! You sure you don’t mean the new Sec’y of state?
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Spiritualized Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:06am |
I doubt his personal account would ever be hacked, but seeing as this is for “personal” e-mails, it’s more likely that his associates will get sloppy and either hand out his e-mail address, or have their own non-blackberry accounts compromised.
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SWPaul Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:13am |
“Lol, Michelle i totally just bombed syria!1 lolz”
“OMG OMG, rly? so kool!”
“k, g2g, stupid cab meeting now. laterz”
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:24am |
Let’s see, he can’t quit smoking and he can’t give up his Blackberry.
/what does that tell you
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:28am |
Has he heard of the extensive ChiCom efforts to hack the US government?
It’s about Obama, Obama wants a Crackberry. All other considerations be damned.
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:45:35am |
re: #84 Eowyn2
and RIM better send me monies for the name and their new slogan
The Presidential Berry, Its black, its sleek, and its uncorruptable by outside influences.
Does it walk on water?
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:02am |
Saw an Ad this morning from a cruise line with the Obama logo all over it and HopeyChangey themes.
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RoughRider Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:05am |
re: #35 Honorary Yooper
“Enhanced security”. Those are words that make hackers just try even harder for the sheer challenge of cracking it.
This sounds like a job for David Kernell.
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:07am |
re: #88 Killian Bundy
Let’s see, he can’t quit smoking and he can’t give up his Blackberry.
/what does that tell you
He is never going to give up his lefty commie views?
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:16am |
re: #91 lifeofthemind
Saw an Ad this morning from a cruise line with the Obama logo all over it and HopeyChangey themes.
Ship of Fools, eh?
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amphibian Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:28am |
See? the MSM are starting to ask him the hard questions!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:31am |
re: #88 Killian Bundy
Let’s see, he can’t quit smoking and he can’t give up his Blackberry.
/what does that tell you
He’s a wimp?
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Wendya Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:37am |
So, are the recipients of his emails and text messages going to have enhanced security as well?
Sure.
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CIA Reject Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:46:48am |
But don’t worry, it has “enhanced security.”
Gee, that makes me feel better. I was worried that some eV1l HaX0r might be able to eavesdrop on BO’s private conversations with Ayers and Wright.
////////////
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Texas Heathen Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:08am |
re: #53 bellamags
ooooowwwwwww. I just got a sympathy pain for you. I remember what dry socket feels like.
*snicker*…… *snort*…..*guffaw*
/gutter thoughts
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:17am |
re: #87 SWPaul
“Lol, Michelle i totally just bombed syria!1 lolz”
“OMG OMG, rly? so kool!”
“k, g2g, stupid cab meeting now. laterz”
Hey, if giving him a crackberry will get him to bomb Syria, I say, buy him a few more: one for Iran, one for . .
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:29am |
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vagabond trader Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:37am |
re: #41 Silhouette
still dances like a girl on her first date.
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albusteve Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:43am |
re: #95 amphibian
See? the MSM are starting to ask him the hard questions!
meanwhile his dirty pals back in Chicago just fade off the radar….
I really despise the MSM
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davinvalkri Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:45am |
Ya know, is there anybody here with dreams of cyberpunk stardom who might be interested in national secrets?
/disregard, disregard!
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:47:59am |
re: #101 Dustyvet
I know where there’s a war surplus German U-Boat in Chicago…:)
Ya know, I think I saw that when I was a kid. Amazing and very impressive, to a 12 year old.
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:48:33am |
He should not be allowed to use his blackberry. There is no way they can secure it and more important the person or persons who receive it on the other end. It’s just stupid and arrogant of him to even think so.
And more bad news- George Mitchell is at the State Department presser.
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albusteve Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:48:45am |
re: #105 Guanxi88
Ya know, I think I saw that when I was a kid. Amazing and very impressive, to a 12 year old.
very long waits to see that boat now…looooong waits
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SWPaul Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:48:46am |
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winston06 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:48:53am |
Obamble is so fake… Is it just me who thinks this man is fake or others have the same impression too?
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:06am |
re: #94 Guanxi88
Ship of Fools, eh?
Imagine being stuck on a ship with 1200 moonbats when there is an engine room fire and legionnaires breaks out.
“Worse Things Happen at Sea” - Life of Brian
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JacksonTn Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:11am |
Hillary about to speak …come on …say it one more time with feeling …
“All he brings to the table is a speech ….” …you go bend over girl …
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:15am |
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Eowyn2 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:17am |
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logboy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:26am |
Future news headline:
“Pictures of Clay Atkin found on President’s Blackberry.”
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Eowyn2 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:51am |
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Son of the Black Dog Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:49:54am |
Don’t worry folks, they’ll build BHO’s enhanced security Blackberry to mil-spec standards. It will be the size of a 2-drawer file cabinet, weigh 150 lbs., and require a TTY as the input/output device. And run on an Intel 80286.
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NYCHardhat Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:00am |
Hack into the blackberry to get the codes for the nuclear football. I just vomited.
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:19am |
re: #107 faraway
Why would a Messiah need a Blackberry?
Hmmm, Why does God need a Starship?
James T Kirk.
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vagabond trader Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:26am |
re: #110 winston06
Nah, he’s not fake, just sensitive and misunderstood, like all commies.
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:34am |
Oh boy, revel in the Change and ethical transparency! Hillary gets to be Secretary of State and Bill gets to keep raking in foreign donations.
/just what manner of unholy scam is this?
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:36am |
Enhanced Security: disappearing fonts (transparency, you know)
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maddogg Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:50am |
Wouldn’t it be convenient to just be able to transmit the nuclear codes to Obama via his Blackberry? Save all the trouble of keeping up with that pesky football….
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:50:53am |
re: #117 Son of the Black Dog
Don’t worry folks, they’ll build BHO’s enhanced security Blackberry to mil-spec standards. It will be the size of a 2-drawer file cabinet, weigh 150 lbs., and require a TTY as the input/output device. And run on an Intel 80286.
You forgot to say that it will cost 47 billion dollars, 46 billion over budget.
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:51:01am |
Mr. President, what about this email re: #54 maddogg
Apparently he’s going to run the country like a sandbox in a playground. Where everybody is happy and friendly and there are no bullies or tattletales.
The only sandbox that I was in like that was mine, but I learned a long time ago the world isn’t like that.
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amphibian Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:51:13am |
re: #43 happy_mama
so can I email him any time with my suggestions? He wants to keep in touch with us “little people”right?
My parents can probably help. They still remember (barely) Letters to Dear Leader from Children. Dear Leader in this case, being one Comrade Stalin.
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:51:21am |
re: #113 Jetpilot1101
“What does God want with a starship?”
Beat me by that much,,,
Maxwell Smart 86…
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:51:22am |
George Mitchell who couldn’t even do a complete job on the Steroid problem in Baseball ( only seemed to go after New Yorkers ) is gonna solve the Middle East problem. Me thinketh he is only going to find Jews at the core of the problems. Oh he’ll mention the Palestinians but they will not really have to do anything concrete just say a few words and smile for the cameras.
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justacanuck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:51:51am |
Yahh. Oh-pium now has a Crackberry. Its all going according to our master plan. For those that are un-aware on the real story here, RIM has made a number of big time at-home investments in softwood lumber, and quite a other Canuck commodities and goods and services.
The truth is, my American Lizards, is that now that O has his Crackberry, we in Canuckistan are privy to his every secret - because we control the Crackberry servers. Now if Opie decides to mess with NAFTA or piss us off on any other matter of concern to us here in Canuckistan, well — what can I say. We’ll be looking in at all times - and we can pull zee plug on a moments notice.
Opie, you’re on notice.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:18am |
OT: The irony of defending Geert Wilders….
Today The International Free Press Society (no link - it’s a Spencer/Diana West venture) issued a statement defending Geert.
The International Free Press Society believes this court-ordered prosecution against Geert Wilders, a central figure in the fight against the Islamization of the West, amounts to a dangerous concession to the strictures of Islamic law, which prohibits all criticism of Islam, over Western traditions of, and rights to robust and unfettered debate. As such, it is tantamount to a surrender to totalitarian influences that undermine all Western freedoms. And as such, it must be resisted.
Not a hint of irony that Geert wanted to make possession of a book a crime.
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lostlakehiker Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:25am |
re: #9 Jetpilot1101
What will Michelle say when she looks at it and finds some nasty porn the Chinese hacker put as his background?
Chinese people are good. They would not do such a thing. Chinese style would be a quiet, polite app that sits for years doing nothing, then, on April 17 2011, transmits a securely encrypted log of key conversations and transmissions.
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vagabond trader Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:29am |
re: #121 Killian Bundy
They must be howling at the stooopid common folk who have been had one more time by the Clinton machine.
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caligal Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:42am |
they’ve got to tweak the rules for the almighty one!
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maddogg Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:44am |
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zato Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:56am |
Thats great but WHAT DOES HE STAND FOR? The media’s obsessed with reporting on Barry’s “hip” gym routine and blackberry addiction but we still don’t know where he stands on core issues.
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amphibian Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:52:58am |
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:05am |
How long before some techie at AT&T starts driving a new Porsche?
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:18am |
Imaging the phishing attempts:
To: boabama@whitehouse.gov
From: launchcodes@pentagon.mil
Mr. President
The Pentagon is conducting a security audit of your launch codes.
Please click on THIS LINK and enter the launch codes to verify them.
Thank you.
The launch codes team
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KingKenrod Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:19am |
Listening to Clinton give her first remarks as SoS.
They will appoint a special envoy for Middle East peace and for Afghanistan/Pakistan. No word on who will fill either yet…
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:30am |
re: #89 jcm
Has he heard of the extensive ChiCom efforts to hack the US government?
It’s about Obama, Obama wants a Crackberry. All other considerations be damned.
It doesn’t matter if he has heard or not, he wants his blackberry and NO ONE will deny it to him.
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:37am |
re: #135 zato
Thats great but WHAT DOES HE STAND FOR? The media’s obsessed with reporting on Barry’s “hip” gym routine and blackberry addiction but we still don’t know where he stands on core issues.
That is where he stands on the issues.
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Picayune Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:40am |
Speaking about hack jobs, anyone have an update on the status of the TN DEM State Rep’s college kid son who hacked Palin’s Yahoo account and broadcast it to the WEB? How long does it take to get to trial, or, has a deal been cut now that Hope and Change is here?
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:42am |
Why do they keep talking about American Values in relation to our Foreign Policy. Wasn’t there a past President who kept speaking about human rights and our Foreign Policy? A guy named hum its on the tip of my tongue- oh yeah Carter!
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MandyManners Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:56am |
This letter was sent by Wal*Mart’s Head Office to a customer in Peoria:
Dear Mrs. Murray,
While we thank you for your valued custom, the manager of our store in Peoria is considering banning you and your family from shopping with us, unless your husband stops his antics. Below is a list of offences over the past few months, all verified by our surveillance cameras:
1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people’s carts when they weren’t looking.
2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
3. July 7: Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to feminine products aisle.
4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official tone, ‘Code 3’ in housewares….. and watched what happened.
5. August 14: Moved a ‘CAUTION - WET FLOOR’ sign to a carpeted area.
6. September 15: Set up a tent in the outdoor clothing department and told shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring sausages and a Calor gas stove.
7. September 23: When the deputy manager asked if she could help him, he began to cry and asked, ‘Why can’t you people just leave me alone?’
8. October 4: Looked right into the security camera; used it as a mirror, picked his nose, and ate it.
9. November 10: While appearing to be choosing kitchen knives in the Housewares aisle asked an assistant if he knew where the antidepressants were.
10. December 3: Darted around the store suspiciously, loudly humming the Mission Impossible’ theme.
11. December 6: In the kitchenware aisle, practised the ‘Madonna look’ using different size funnels.
12. December 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed, yelled ‘PICK ME!’ ‘PICK ME!’
13. December 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, assumed the foetal position and screamed ‘NO! NO! It’s those voices again.’
And; last, but not least:
14. December 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited a while; then yelled, very loudly, ‘There is no toilet paper in here.’
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:53:56am |
Well, let’s recap:
— Close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention camp
— Stop the terrorist trials in their tracks*
— Close all the covert overseas CIA terrorist interrogation facilities
— Pledge more FOIA access so our enemies won’t have to spy so hard
*nevermind that the monsters responsible for 9/11 have confessed at least twice in front of a judge hoping to be executed
/and the week’s not even over yet, don’t you feel safer now that you’ve gotten your ideals and liberty restored to Clinton levels?
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happy_mama Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:54:30am |
Perhaps he’s waiting for that email from Nigera promising millions. It’s the next step in B0’s economic recovery plan….
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:54:38am |
re: #136 amphibian
Ring Kichard the Thrid?
If Tuesday Weld married Fredrick March’s grandson, you’d have Tuesday March The IVTH.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:54:57am |
True hacking story.
One of the offices I deal with had reported they were having problems with a printer taking forever to print. At first they though it was just taking forever to warm up, but they went thru all the diagnostics and the printer was working perfectly. So then they started looking at the print queues and everything looked fine. Then someone checked the logs, uh-oh.
Turns out that for 2+ years, the printer was set to forward all documents sent to it to an IP address in Russia, then it would receive the documents back from that same address to print locally. Turns out the printer was working fine all along, the delay was coming from the traffic having to go thru Russia first.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:54:59am |
*mich-UR so hot! but beyonce also rcoked..uR mrs. Commander-in-chief..which is ummm so wkced.did you call the Ayers for supr? gotta go =ahmedinejgad on the phonme! CYA at home..kiss kiss BHo*
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:55:30am |
re: #118 NYCHardhat
Hack into the blackberry to get the codes for the nuclear football. I just vomited.
BJ lost his nuclear code card and didn’t tell his aide for a day or two….
Tell me again how seriously the (D)s take national security.
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looking closely Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:55:52am |
Seriously, who gives a s@#t if he has a Blackberry (or a princess phone, or a passenger pigeon)?
That’s supposed to make him “cool”?
I just want to know if he has a sound economic and foreign policy.
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pyjoe Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:55:55am |
All I want to know is why? I am a Systems admin and have one so that I can be contacted and deal with issues that might crop up after “normal” business hours. As president he has the greatest blackberry known to mankind. We call it “staff”. That is what aides are for.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:55:58am |
re: #106 Nevergiveup
Let him get a farking Wii for gash sake.
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J.S. Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:55:59am |
re: #131 lostlakehiker
Exactly. the “better” hacks are stealth hacks — you never know you’ve been hacked, till it’s too late…(sure a hacker could also put in a tracer, noting the prez’s whereabouts; listening-in, open mic, etc.)
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albusteve Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:56:04am |
re: #135 zato
Thats great but WHAT DOES HE STAND FOR? The media’s obsessed with reporting on Barry’s “hip” gym routine and blackberry addiction but we still don’t know where he stands on core issues.
just use the Manifesto and apply it accordingly….it will all makes sense
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:56:35am |
DEAR BH OBAMA
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND ‘TOP SECRET’.
WE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPORATION OF GOODS INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN KENYA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID TRAPPED FUNDS.
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vxbush Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:56:40am |
re: #149 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
True hacking story.
One of the offices I deal with had reported they were having problems with a printer taking forever to print. At first they though it was just taking forever to warm up, but they went thru all the diagnostics and the printer was working perfectly. So then they started looking at the print queues and everything looked fine. Then someone checked the logs, uh-oh.
Turns out that for 2+ years, the printer was set to forward all documents sent to it to an IP address in Russia, then it would receive the documents back from that same address to print locally. Turns out the printer was working fine all along, the delay was coming from the traffic having to go thru Russia first.
Interesting. Let me guess—a website was available to set up the printer, and no one had set the admin password?
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Jetpilot1101 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:56:42am |
re: #154 looking closely
Seriously, who gives a s@#t if he has a Blackberry (or a princess phone, or a passenger pigeon)?
That’s supposed to make him “cool”?
I just want to know if he has a sound economic and foreign policy.
He doesn’t have either but we knew that 2 years ago.
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jwb7605 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:56:51am |
I sent this e-mail to my wife (at school, where moonbats rule). I hope somebody is with her when she checks her account:
At this morning’s press briefing, whoever-the-press-guy is let it slip that Obama still has a blackberry.On the LittleGreenFootballs site, the site owner (Charles Johnson) posted these thoughts:
The President has a Blackberry.
With “enhanced security.”
Ahem.
It’s like wearing a sign that says “Hack me!”
Obama is supposed to be high tech savvy? Holds the nuclear secrets?
God help us all.Recently, a press article appeared about some Al-Quaeda terrorist camp where the bodies of about 40 people were discovered to have died from Bubonic Plague.
This morning, a clarification was issued: The camp was working on biological warfare. It was a “work accident”.Just trying to cheer you up …
(link was from soccerdad, previous thread)
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vagabond trader Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:05am |
re: #151 Nevergiveup
As long as Israel is surrounded by Islamists they will always be in trouble.
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:14am |
re: #156 buzzsawmonkey
The US too, I think.
Yes but we “might” survive. I am truly afraid for the continued existence of the State Of Israel for the second time in my life. The first time was when I was little and was watching TV before the 6 day war and they showed all the Arab armies around Israel and were pretty much predicting Israel’s demise.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:22am |
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:34am |
re: #145 MandyManners
Their security is piss poor… that’s not even half the stuff I did. What’ a guy to do for entertainment while his wife shops?
//
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:35am |
re: #128 Nevergiveup
George Mitchell who couldn’t even do a complete job on the Steroid problem in Baseball ( only seemed to go after New Yorkers ) is gonna solve the Middle East problem. Me thinketh he is only going to find Jews at the core of the problems. Oh he’ll mention the Palestinians but they will not really have to do anything concrete just say a few words and smile for the cameras.
George Mitchell is half Lebanese, he is related to the problem, not disinterested. He did kick the can down the road once before but now things are much more serious. His buy them off approach in Ireland was not a disaster but there is no reason to empower Hamas that way. The IRA want at there maximal deman level to get the English out of Ulster, even if the majority in Ulster disagree. They do not want to get the English out of England. Hamas wants to eradicate Israel, in fat they want to eradicate every Jew.
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:58:45am |
re: #157 WriterMom
Let him get a farking Wii for gash sake.
Or even an old Atari. Just don’t let him play “Missile Command”, or he’ll be convinced missile defense won’t work.
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:59:13am |
re: #165 vagabond trader
As long as Israel is surrounded by Islamists they will always be in trouble.
Yup, but am afraid they are about to lose their only real friend in the world
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:59:19am |
The Blackberry allows him to communicate in Arabic to his closest friends - and family.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:59:33am |
re: #135 zato
Thats great but WHAT DOES HE STAND FOR? The media’s obsessed with reporting on Barry’s “hip” gym routine and blackberry addiction but we still don’t know where he stands on core issues.
His only core issue is to figure out what people want him to do.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:59:45am |
re: #170 Kosh’s Shadow
The nuclear codes better not be in his BarryBerry because Lord help us if he f&cks up “send”.
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:01pm |
Holbrooke and Mitchell, hope and change?
/what is this, an archaeological dig?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:10pm |
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:18pm |
This guy thinks ireland is just like the Middle east
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Kragar Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:19pm |
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caligal Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:26pm |
re: #145 MandyManners
ah, check out link:
not true
[Link: www.snopes.com…]
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:41pm |
re: #176 Killian Bundy
Holbrooke and Mitchell, hope and change?
/what is this, an archaeological dig?
I wish I could have dinged you up twice for that
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seekeroftruth Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:00:58pm |
re: #155 pyjoe
All I want to know is why? I am a Systems admin and have one so that I can be contacted and deal with issues that might crop up after “normal” business hours. As president he has the greatest blackberry known to mankind. We call it “staff”. That is what aides are for.
Perhaps he wants to be able to communicate with people without the aides and anyone else knowing who he is talking to. Considering all the grand juries in progress, Rezko’s, Fitzgerald Chicago mess, and Richardson’s, never know who he might want to have a private conversation with.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:01:02pm |
re: #174 WriterMom
The nuclear codes better not be in his BarryBerry because Lord help us if he f&cks up “send”.
What you mean “if”?
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:01:10pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:01:33pm |
re: #182 buzzsawmonkey
He only has the Blackberry because he can’t keep from checking LOL Cats at frequent intervals.
Either that or he wants to know how long before he appears on Failblog.
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:01:39pm |
re: #174 WriterMom
The nuclear codes better not be in his BarryBerry because Lord help us if he f&cks up “send”.
Well, I don’t keep my banking passwords in my BlackBerry (Actually I keep hints that no one else will understand - the words themselves are not there.)
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:01:53pm |
He is even using the same hackney phrases he has been using for the last 20 years.
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Kenneth Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:01pm |
re: #163 jwb7605
I sent this e-mail to my wife (at school, where moonbats rule). I hope somebody is with her when she checks her account:
(link was from soccerdad, previous thread)
Actually, from me. not that I need to toot my own horn, but…
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:10pm |
re: #167 FurryOldGuyJeans
Your query is even more amusing than the original parody. ;)
That one has been going around for a while. Funny though.
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:10pm |
re: #188 buzzsawmonkey
Condi Rice thought the Middle East was just like Russia. And Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement.
OK I’ll give you that one
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Ariel Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:18pm |
re: #47 karmic_inquisitor
This is a minor niggle, but it depends on the network. If he’s on Sprint or Verizon, the communications with the cell towers are in fact spread spectrum, so it’s pretty hard to get the individual packets. If he’s on AT&T or T-Mobile, it depends - on their 3G networks, he will be spread spectrum, but on their 2 and 2.5G networks, it will not be. Regardless, it’s still hard to hack - it’s just a question of whether it’s hard or even harder.
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bubbasbbq Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:57pm |
Let’s play a game kids! Let’s play Hack that Blackberry!
How many keystrokes will it take for you to Hack that Blackberry?
“I can hack that blackberry in 10 keystrokes, Bob!”
What a tool!
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Killian Bundy Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:02:58pm |
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J.S. Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:05pm |
Oh, also heard that Obama had told the press (when asked why Obama would insist on keeping his blackberry) that he [Obama] was “ok” with the knowledge that any e-mail he sent out could possibly “go public” — and ‘cause Obama is just so “transparent” that the thought of a private email going public just didn’t bother him…(what a naive response…) yeah, well, hackers aren’t just interested in intercepting email…(with that thing — that Blackberry — with Obama, will any conversation with the prez be “private?”)
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:06pm |
I’d like to know what Palestinians he intends to deal with?
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DeafDog Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:08pm |
Sung to the Beatles Blackbird…….
Blackberry pinging at three am
Destroy these Bush Doctrines and make me cry
All your life
You were only waiting to talk with Iran to compromise
Blackberry pinging at three am
Take the shrunken Dow and learn from Saul Alinsky
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to socialize the economy
Blackberry ping, Blackberry ping
It’s the fright of our poor country.
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Kenneth Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:23pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:25pm |
re: #194 Creeping Eruption
That one has been going around for a while. Funny though.
I know, that is why asking for a link was amusing. ;)
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:28pm |
Dear President Obama:
Please this is important and very urgent I have an urgent transaction of $1.2 billion USD used to transfer to your nominated account. I am a soon to be Treasury Official, who after going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account unfortunately died in a plane crash.
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is $1.2 billion United States Dollars.
I want to transfer the $1.2 billion United States Dollars into a safe and trustworthy lockbox account, I am only contacting you because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to certain banks within your circle of friends because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account is a foreigner too I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don’t know our selves before, but be rest assure that this is life time business for both of us even for our generation to come,
With believe in the Almighty that you will never let me down in this business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment.
The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and the money will be transferred successfully with all necessary back-up official documents showing legitimate source/origin of fund. The transfer will be affected within a period noting than two weeks as soon as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable response indicating your interest for processing the transfer. I plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or not, kindly do not expose this information to any one else. I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks either to me or yourself. Please, give me your response immediately
With Regards,
Mr. Tim Geithner
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KingKenrod Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:29pm |
Special envoy for middle east peace is George Mitchell.
Didn’t the Mitchell report in 2001 partially blame the 2nd intifada on Israel?
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:39pm |
re: #184 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Obama’s passcode is 12345
How linear, how progressive, how indicative of his bold clean new approach.
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:03:47pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:04:03pm |
re: #184 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Obama’s passcode is 12345
The Spaceballs are going to steal all the air from Druidia now!
Somebody call Yogurt; we need someone with the Schwartz to save us!
(Kind of funny that in Yiddish, blacks are called Schwartzers (literally, “Blacks”). But the Schwartz is not strong in this one.)
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:04:15pm |
re: #203 FurryOldGuyJeans
I know, that is why asking for a link was amusing. ;)
So that we do not keep explaining our jokes to each other, I am going to give you an upding and a hearty guffaw.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:04:42pm |
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:04:50pm |
I hope nothing gets screwed up if he orders the DVD “Apocolypse Now”
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looking closely Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:04:59pm |
re: #185 seekeroftruth
re: #155 pyjoe
Perhaps he wants to be able to communicate with people without the aides and anyone else knowing who he is talking to. Considering all the grand juries in progress, Rezko’s, Fitzgerald Chicago mess, and Richardson’s, never know who he might want to have a private conversation with.
He’s the flipping POTUS.
Its not like you need a Blackberry to speak to someone off the record.
If he wants a private conversation with someone, he can just call them to his office…
Or just talk to them on the “batphone”.
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Silhouette Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:07pm |
I figured Obama’s password would be OBAMA.
/they say his favorite ‘painting’ is a mirror.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:18pm |
re: #196 Ariel
This is a minor niggle, but it depends on the network. If he’s on Sprint or Verizon, the communications with the cell towers are in fact spread spectrum, so it’s pretty hard to get the individual packets. If he’s on AT&T or T-Mobile, it depends - on their 3G networks, he will be spread spectrum, but on their 2 and 2.5G networks, it will not be. Regardless, it’s still hard to hack - it’s just a question of whether it’s hard or even harder.
The operative word is HARD, not IMPOSSIBLE. And hacking the POTUS communications would be the crown jewel of hackerdom so a lot more effort will be expended now that the locus has been revealed.
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vagabond trader Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:24pm |
re: #174 WriterMom
They are carried by a military attache’ Clinton misplaced the code case when he was potus.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:30pm |
I’m sure everything is going to be just fine! BHO having his Blackberry is way more important than the potential security risk.
HEY OBAMA! EVER HEARD OF THE FORWARD FUNCTION?
/never mind
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Nevergiveup Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:39pm |
re: #205 KingKenrod
Special envoy for middle east peace is George Mitchell.
Didn’t the Mitchell report in 2001 partially blame the 2nd intifada on Israel?
It said although Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount wasn’t responsible for the Intifada it was and unwise thing to do. And went on with yada yada yada about 2 states etc, but never addressed the fact that the Palestinians were lead by terrorists and had no desire for peace.
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SWPaul Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:49pm |
re: #214 Silhouette
I’d guess “Iamthegreatestlivingthingonearth”
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:52pm |
I’m going over to Circuit City to see how Hopenchange is working for their Going Out of Business sale. Later
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formercorpsman Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:05:55pm |
OT: I am not a big fan of Dick Morris, but did anyone read his latest piece?
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justacanuck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:06:00pm |
OT: Her Majesty appoint George Mitchell as special envoy to the Muddles East.
Okay, I dunno just how qualified he is — but, what message is his appointment really saying? He is, after all, 75 years old. Is this Opie and Her Majesty’s best effort? How can he possibly be a long-term appointment to this important post?
Or … is this a post no one wanted - a career killer? Or is the Dem bench so thin that this is all they’ve got?
I question their collective commitment to the cause.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:06:43pm |
re: #210 Creeping Eruption
So that we do not keep explaining our jokes to each other, I am going to give you an upding and a hearty guffaw.
Party Pooper! ;)
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:07:05pm |
re: #155 pyjoe
All I want to know is why? I am a Systems admin and have one so that I can be contacted and deal with issues that might crop up after “normal” business hours. As president he has the greatest blackberry known to mankind. We call it “staff”. That is what aides are for.
POTUS has access to the the best comms set up in the world bar none. He wants to talk to somebody, in seconds that somebodies phone rings and a voice says “Please hold for the President.”
A goddamn motherf’ng crackberry is nothing compared to the comms the WH has, it’s a fricken joke! It’s a commerical network, once it leaves his “enhanced security” crackberry it’s on a FUCKING COMMERCIAL NETWORK!
If Obama really had a clue, or wanted a clue, he’d listen to the security and comms pros. But no, he doesn’t, he wants a fucking crackberry because he is the The One!
What advice is he ignore, who is he ignoring because he is The One? This is not an insignificant triviality, it is a glimpse of his mindset coming into office.
We’ve been asked to “give him a chance” well he had a chance to listen from the pros, he has the best comm gear available, yet he wants his crackberry. Those in the give him a chance crowd. Please tell me why The One’s personal perferences are more important than national security.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:07:09pm |
re: #202 Kenneth
Like sooooooooo wicked. If you contact me on the Zionist Secret Electronic Channels, I will tell you all about it.
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J Doc Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:07:14pm |
So much for Deniability. I am pretty sure that is the reason Clinton and Bush both declined to use email. All electronic records can be subpoenaed.
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lifeofthemind Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:07:54pm |
Last thought
So tell me, just between you and me and 5 billion other people. Do you think that Putin is really a threat to America? What do you think we should do about it? By the way are you planning to fly back to Boston tomorrow, on what airline?
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Wendya Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:08:19pm |
Gee, do you think ABC News will rerun this story about crackberry addition?
[Link: abcnews.go.com…]
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faraway Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:08:48pm |
re: #228 J Doc
So much for Deniability. I am pretty sure that is the reason Clinton and Bush both declined to use email. All electronic records can be subpoenaed.
Not to worry, nothing he says can be deciphered anyway.
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WriterMom Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:08:53pm |
re: #228 J Doc
True. Electronic records never really die. Unlike stains…nasty dress stains.
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:09:11pm |
re: #228 J Doc
So much for Deniability. I am pretty sure that is the reason Clinton and Bush both declined to use email. All electronic records can be subpoenaed.
Just keep all the disk drives in a room surrounded by electromagnets, and when they come for the drives, mistype the code that keeps them from turning on.
Then say “Sorry about that, Chief.”
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albusteve Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:09:11pm |
re: #226 jcm
POTUS has access to the the best comms set up in the world bar none. He wants to talk to somebody, in seconds that somebodies phone rings and a voice says “Please hold for the President.”
A goddamn motherf’ng crackberry is nothing compared to the comms the WH has, it’s a fricken joke! It’s a commerical network, once it leaves his “enhanced security” crackberry it’s on a FUCKING COMMERCIAL NETWORK!
If Obama really had a clue, or wanted a clue, he’d listen to the security and comms pros. But no, he doesn’t, he wants a fucking crackberry because he is the The One!
What advice is he ignore, who is he ignoring because he is The One? This is not an insignificant triviality, it is a glimpse of his mindset coming into office.
We’ve been asked to “give him a chance” well he had a chance to listen from the pros, he has the best comm gear available, yet he wants his crackberry. Those in the give him a chance crowd. Please tell me why The One’s personal perferences are more important than national security.
the “give him a chance crowd” has left the house in shock…
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Guanxi88 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:09:27pm |
re: #184 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Obama’s passcode is 12345
That’s the kind of thing an idiot puts on his luggage.
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x-wing Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:09:45pm |
re: #220 lifeofthemind
I’m going over to Circuit City to see how Hopenchange is working for their Going Out of Business sale. Later
Don’t buy yet. The discounts haven’t kicked in yet. Give it another month.
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Dustyvet Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:10:14pm |
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Silhouette Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:10:59pm |
re: #237 Guanxi88
That’s the kind of thing an idiot puts on his luggage.
Quickly changing my luggage combination….
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Kosh's Shadow Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:11:24pm |
re: #230 buzzsawmonkey
George Mitchell is of Lebanese descent and is no friend to Israel.
And I think Israel knew this was coming; that’s why they’re out of Gaza.
I hope they got something useful out of there, like pictures of Hamasshole leaders with their favorite goats, suitable for framing.
Or just pictures of them that they can Photoshop to have them handing over secret info to Mossad agents, and let the Hamassholes kill each other as “collaborators”.
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Colonel Panik Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:11:27pm |
re: #78 lifeofthemind
Wait for the real snobs to sniff that Obama has already slid to “Old Blackberry” status vs the “New iPhone.” Aren’t BBerries part of the Bush Era? like Wall Street and Profit?
I heard somewhere (Rush?) that a lot of Sillyclone Valley leftist technodweebs were all upset that Barry had a ‘berry and not an iPhone.
| 243 |
Picayune Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:11:50pm |
Amb. Holbrooke just got on O’s S*** list - he actually referenced “head-choppers” in talking about the Tali. Ohh, such tough talk!
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:12:41pm |
re: #243 Picayune
Amb. Holbrooke just got on O’s S*** list - he actually referenced “head-choppers” in talking about the Tali. Ohh, such tough talk!
Well that is kind of refreshing.
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Who Watches the Watchmen? Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:13:47pm |
re: #146 Killian Bundy
and the week’s not even over yet, don’t you feel safer now that you’ve gotten your ideals and liberty restored to Clinton levels?
Meh. I’m holding out until our economy and international standing reach Carter levels.
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mean Gene Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:14:26pm |
re: #205 KingKenrod
Special envoy for middle east peace is George Mitchell.
Didn’t the Mitchell report in 2001 partially blame the 2nd intifada on Israel?
Well…..wasn’t it a bloody-headed Jewish man in that photo of the Israeli policeman wielding the baton?
Sure the photo went around the world as a Palestinian man being attacked by a rabid Israeli cop!
And that photo started the intifada.
The fact that the cop was trying to ward off an entire mob of Muslims who had already stabbed and beaten this Jewish-American man in the photo (along with his Jewish companion) was beside the point.
So, you see, it sort of WAS Israel’s fault!
| 249 |
tfc3rid Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:15:03pm |
re: #221 formercorpsman
OT: I am not a big fan of Dick Morris, but did anyone read his latest piece?
I read it… Scary shit…
| 250 |
Who Watches the Watchmen? Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:15:33pm |
re: #235 albusteve
the “give him a chance crowd” has left the house in shock…
Not true. I gave him a chance for 48 whole hours. Nothing shocks me.
| 251 |
jwb7605 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:15:39pm |
re: #237 Guanxi88
That’s the kind of thing an idiot puts on his luggage.
I found that out. Had to change it to 54321.
/
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Robert Schwartz Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:16:21pm |
Not so fast boys and girls. NSA has few tricks up its sleeve. Like this $3,350 secure PDA. I am not inclined cut PBHO much slack, but fair is fair.
| 253 |
Picayune Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:17:01pm |
re: #244 Creeping Eruption
Yep, But O just said the US does not torture, so, so much for that hope for a change indicated by Amb. Holbrooke in his first statement on the job! We are doomed!
| 255 |
Wendya Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:18:13pm |
re: #252 Robert Schwartz
Not so fast boys and girls. NSA has few tricks up its sleeve. Like this $3,350 secure PDA. I am not inclined cut PBHO much slack, but fair is fair.
Are all his supporters, aides, family members going to have one as well?
Is every call and every message archived?
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:18:38pm |
re: #253 Picayune
Yep, But O just said the US does not torture, so, so much for that hope for a change indicated by Amb. Holbrooke in his first statement on the job! We are doomed!
Its a start calling them what they are. Baby steps, baby steps. I’m looking for something good here.
| 257 |
justacanuck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:19:15pm |
re: #252 Robert Schwartz
Yes, that’s nice. But do all of Opie’s friends on his Crackberry address book get one of these high-security Crackberry’s? And if so, haven’t those targets just opened themselves up to the efforts of the hacker/crackers — as it can be easily guessed who Opie might be in routine contact with.
| 258 |
MarkX Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:21:01pm |
re: #47 karmic_inquisitor
BTW - BlackBerry is not easy to hack.
All of the com going to and from is going over a 3DES pipe. Even straight TCP connections get encrypted using 3DES. That is just the off the shelf variety. Then you have to catch and assemble the signal packets if you are trying to intercept what is going over the airwaves. Steven den Beste could better explain, but all of the BB carriers are on digital networks that spread a signal over multiple frequencies. Add whatever extra encryption the Secret Service has added along with a dynamic key and you have a big hacking challenge.
The big concern most IT depts have with BBs is when they get lost or stolen - can someone get the data off of them and (even worse) use the device to hack a VPN / network? The device that GD made has features to protect against that which I won’t post.
Even so, there are thousands of Chinese on it even as we speak.
Their intelligence has the time, manpower, and resources.
I’m not concerned with some geek in his mom’s basement, I’m worried about the Chicoms.
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Picayune Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:21:15pm |
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:22:13pm |
re: #252 Robert Schwartz
Not so fast boys and girls. NSA has few tricks up its sleeve. Like this $3,350 secure PDA. I am not inclined cut PBHO much slack, but fair is fair.
See my…..
See nyre: #226 jcm
POTUS has access to the the best comms set up in the world bar none. He wants to talk to somebody, in seconds that somebodies phone rings and a voice says “Please hold for the President.”
A goddamn motherf’ng crackberry is nothing compared to the comms the WH has, it’s a fricken joke! It’s a commerical network, once it leaves his “enhanced security” crackberry it’s on a FUCKING COMMERCIAL NETWORK!
If Obama really had a clue, or wanted a clue, he’d listen to the security and comms pros. But no, he doesn’t, he wants a fucking crackberry because he is the The One!
What advice is he ignore, who is he ignoring because he is The One? This is not an insignificant triviality, it is a glimpse of his mindset coming into office.
We’ve been asked to “give him a chance” well he had a chance to listen from the pros, he has the best comm gear available, yet he wants his crackberry. Those in the give him a chance crowd. Please tell me why The One’s personal perferences are more important than national security.
What in God’s name on this earth does the President of The United States need a Crackberry for?
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Creeping Eruption Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:22:15pm |
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justacanuck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:28:27pm |
Gah. I was watching the O & Hillary show on CNN. And then it ended - and Rick Sanchez intones his ugly ass I’m smarter than you attitude. *spit* *puke*
What a colossal ass.
| 263 |
DistantThunder Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:30:22pm |
re: #260 jcm
What in God’s name on this earth does the President of The United States need a Crackberry for?
Because he’s self-indulgent, and raised as an only child you can’t tell him no.
| 264 |
Miss Molly Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:32:49pm |
Oh good Heavens — not George Mitchell again! I do not see how the Israelies can work with him let alone trust him. And, Hamas has only one item on the adgenda — destroy Israel.
After a couple of years of nothing working in the Middle East maybe Obama will get rid of Hillery which is probably what he had plans for all along. She can’t go back to the Senate — what would she and Bill do? Hillery and Bill can’t run for President again.
| 265 |
SixDegrees Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:34:25pm |
Hackers worldwide just began salivating.
Not to mention all sorts of foreign intelligence services.
| 266 |
redstateredneck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:34:43pm |
re: #260 jcm
What in God’s name on this earth does the President of The United States need a Crackberry for?
To keep in touch with his friends so he will remain grounded, dontcha know.
| 267 |
HippieforLife Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:34:59pm |
re: #154 looking closely
Seriously, who gives a s@#t if he has a Blackberry (or a princess phone, or a passenger pigeon)?
That’s supposed to make him “cool”?
I just want to know if he has a sound economic and foreign policy.
In a word, NO.
| 268 |
Robert Schwartz Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:35:27pm |
Are all his supporters, aides, family members going to have one as well?
Is every call and every message archived?
But do all of Opie’s friends on his Crackberry address book get one of these high-security Crackberry’s? And if so, haven’t those targets just opened themselves up to the efforts of the hacker/crackers — as it can be easily guessed who Opie might be in routine contact with.
What in God’s name on this earth does the President of The United States need a Crackberry for?
Good questions. I would guess that PBHO’s aides would get them and so would Michelle. I would also guess that NSA can interface with the public network and filter the traffic. If the traffic if it is going over NSA’s network, they can certainly archive it.
As to why. I don’t know. I have never owned one, nor wanted to.
| 269 |
redstateredneck Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:38:28pm |
Seriously, people who use blackberries become addicted to them. Like cigarettes…or coke.
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syndicate Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:41:33pm |
Great! Now Obama can keep in touch with old friends in Chicago who can “let him know if he’s doing anything wrong”. Friends like Bill Ayers!
Two days in and I’m already having doubts that things are going to get better.
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jcm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:48:43pm |
re: #268 Robert Schwartz
Good questions. I would guess that PBHO’s aides would get them and so would Michelle. I would also guess that NSA can interface with the public network and filter the traffic. If the traffic if it is going over NSA’s network, they can certainly archive it.
As to why. I don’t know. I have never owned one, nor wanted to.
He already has access to NSA, MIL, State, and all the secure networks we have. Everyone on his access list can be provided a secure unit on those nets. Using a crackberry as you suggest would link the commercial Blackberry net to our secure nets.
It’s a security hole the size of the Lincoln Memorial because Barack wants one. That’s the problem, He wants it, screw all other considerations.
Name one thing he can do on the crackberry that isn’t provided by the available government nets?
Speed?
Security?
Access to certain people?
Convience?
I can think of nothing the WH Comms can’t provide, faster, better more secure than a crackberry.
It’s not so much about the crackberry as it is about the attitude shown by Obama in this matter. It’s about what he wants, not what is best.
| 272 |
Picayune Thu, Jan 22, 2009 12:54:29pm |
re: #270 syndicate
Nah, he wants to talk to Blago from that secret pay phone that Fitz can’t tap.
Gotta keep everything under wraps back in Chi, dontchano!
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godfrey Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:01:02pm |
How else is he going to get advice from Alinsky’s disciples? Farrakhan? Jeremiah Wright?
I don’t see those guys coming to Cabinet Meetings.
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HippieforLife Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:04:53pm |
He is all ego, all the time. I worried that he might be too naive about what being President of the US really means.
So far he has whined about not having any “privacy” and about not being able to keep his blackberry. So, now, regardless of what security says he is going to get his way.
All he is doing is creating more security headaches for the people who protect him.
Funny how he thinks that he should be given everything that HE wants but he has also revoked an executive order that protects health care people who do not want to provide medical treatments that they morally oppose. Yes, that will bring back American morality! He can force his view of morality on others but he does not have to follow rules himself.
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reloadingisnotahobby Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:05:00pm |
So F^&*($ What!
So now there’s one less asshat driving around in a car on thier F^&*%$ Blackberry!
He’ll be driven around while on his Fuc………………..well….
you know the rest!
| 277 |
Davida Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:08:05pm |
It’s hard to believe he is behaving this way.
It is a matter of national security.
Period.
But I guess his personal desires trump that trivial detail.
God help us.
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winston06 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:10:36pm |
re: #120 vagabond trader
you said it better… what a tragedy. Gonna last for the next 4 yrs, at least
| 279 |
jcbunga Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:11:05pm |
Bumper sticker for the Beast:
“Hang up and Lead”
| 280 |
jcbunga Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:14:05pm |
Intercepted message from POTUS to HAMAS:
POTUS:R U my BFF?
HAMAS: OMG STFU
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mojo jojo Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:16:28pm |
Yankee Doodle Pigeon is more secure than a crackberry. George Mitchell is a Arab. Israel is ready for Obama & his people.
| 282 |
foxsecret Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:22:16pm |
The MSM media mad big deal out of Sarah Palin for using Yahoo mail.
however, Barry gets to use his Berry.
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:25:36pm |
I’m sure when the government of Dubai buys Blackberry, Inc, there will be no reason for any security concerns.
/
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J.S. Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:26:13pm |
One last note (I’m not sure whether or not this has been mentioned before or not), let’s remember that it’s not just that Obama’s messages (email, on the phone, etc.) could go public — it’s also that everyone else who contacts Obama (through his blackberry) could “go public.” Thus, Obama puts others into jeopardy (assuming that his device is cracked), not just himself…which this President doesn’t seem to be able to grasp…(sooo, it’s all fine and dandy that the Prez knows his communicatons with others might not be secure — but, do the people who’d contact him realize that their conversations might not be secure and could “go public”?)
| 285 |
kynna Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:27:22pm |
re: #280 jcbunga
Intercepted message from POTUS to HAMAS:
POTUS:R U my BFF?
HAMAS: OMG STFU
ROFLMAO ;D
He needs a Blackberry. He has to keep the nuclear codes somewhere. /s
Bill Clinton kept them in a rubber banded stack of cards in his pocket.
| 286 |
_RememberTonyC Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:29:13pm |
i wonder if his email address is POTUS@tmo.blackbery.net
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Florida Lady Thu, Jan 22, 2009 1:57:29pm |
I think Obama is being a selfish SOB about this.
There, it’s said.
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sandspur Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:06:19pm |
re: #34 suitepotato
I could have sworn that he was going to no longer use it because of the federal law concerning public archiving of all presidential communications applying to his cell and pda, therefore to keep his personal stuff personal, he’d not use them until out of office and back to private citizen.
John Gibson on FNC said today he’s going file FOIA requests on those messages.
LOL
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:16:29pm |
The POTUS’ Blackberry role model
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trapper john Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:25:53pm |
Time to throw the toys out of the cot, Mr Pres-i-cool.
What a dumbo (not talking his ears!). A blackberry? Someone will find a way to either hack in to the content, or find a way to track him with it.
But then, he’s only a baby president.
Maybe when he grows up and realizes that his secret service team have an horrendous job at it is just keeping him alive, he’ll hand it over like the naughty boy he’s being by keeping it.
| 292 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:33:55pm |
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with Mr. Hopeychangey leaving his Blackberry where some third-world dictator can pickpocket it during an un-preconditioned meeting…
| 293 |
CEQAttorney Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:34:21pm |
I’m gonna talk about something very practical and technical about our new President’s Blackberry. It has nothing to do with intercepting communications but is probably much more threatening.
It’s obvious once you think about it. Nearly every wireless communication device operates on radio frequencies (the exceptions are the ones that operate using infrared, which does not apply here). Every wireless communication device will send on one frequency and receive on another.
As a general rule, a wireless communication device will continuously send a pulse to a receiver to maintain contact.
When I was in the Army, we could track and locate almost any cell phone in the local area. In fact, we did this to track down terrorists during Operation Desert Storm. And this was almost 20 years ago. If I understand it correctly, the old TRQ-32 (affectionately called the turkey 32) has either been upgraded or been replaced by better equipment.
So, all I need to do is get a receiver near the President and figure out what frequency is Blackberry is using. Then, using radio direction finding equipment, I can figure out his exact location (back in the day, we could figure out an antenna’s within 10 meters). Then, I can send some sort of mortar or artillery shell his way.
I could care less about intercepting the President’s communications. I can imagine that if it was something really important, it won’t be sent via e-mail. However, if I were the Secret Service, I would be worried that while that Blackberry is with the President, anyone can track his exact location.
Yeah, that’s a smart move, Mr. President.
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rabidfox Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:35:47pm |
| 295 |
mattm Thu, Jan 22, 2009 2:53:01pm |
How long before state secrets get sent to the wrong people by accident or the thing is hacked?
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who is john galt Thu, Jan 22, 2009 3:13:34pm |
Can the blackberry have the MIC turned on remotely like the Motorola phones can?
kinda scary considering the kind of conversations that must happen in the presidents presence.
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arizona9 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 3:13:36pm |
What’s the nation’s security matter when little Barry wants his toy?
Unbelievable.
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CEQAttorney Thu, Jan 22, 2009 3:25:56pm |
re: #295 mattm
How long before state secrets get sent to the wrong people by accident or the thing is hacked?
As I pointed out in my post, secrets are not a real concern. I imagine (or hope) that the NSA will provide an encryption for the Blackberry. People in the White House use cellphones all the time and they’re encrypted. It would not be difficult to encrypt the signal and then encrypt any messages being sent by the Blackberry.
You’d be surprised but the encryption used for internet financial transactions is really high. If there is any breaking of the encryption, it’s usually because the computer itself has poor security, not the messages being sent (a person sends his credit card # over the internet via a secure system but stores the number on his computer in plain text).
As I mentioned above, my concern would not be the encryption, but the direction finding. Worst case scenario is that he goes into a combat zone with his precious Blackberry and a smart combatant buys some RDF equipment and tracks his every move. Then, when the time is right, attacks via a remote controlled aircraft. Such an attack will probably not kill or even hurt the President, but may hurt others who are protecting him.
In my opinion, that’s the most significant problem with the Blackberry.
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legalbgl Thu, Jan 22, 2009 4:08:36pm |
re: #177 SasquatchOnSteroids
No, I heard he is closing the WHite House bowling alley and installing a basketbal court. Seriously, Magic Johnson said he wanted an invite to play 1 on 1.
| 300 |
Globular Cluster Thu, Jan 22, 2009 4:33:20pm |
I have Blackberry — can I be President?
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wordsworth Thu, Jan 22, 2009 5:00:29pm |
My guess is he’s not going to be messaging directly off his phone.
They’ll have a daisy chain to secret service decoys who will then send the messages. Nobody will have a direct connect to Obama’s BB under that system, they would just have a contact number that could be routed the way it would if you called the oval office.
At least, well… that is what I pray is going on.
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iceman1960 Thu, Jan 22, 2009 5:02:07pm |
Is anyone really surprised that Obama isn’t concerned with matters of national security?
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unreconstructed rebel Thu, Jan 22, 2009 5:22:04pm |
I am told the Pentagon was very careful with what it shared with the Clintons. I cannot imagine what must be going thru their minds just now.
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Cap'n Jack Thu, Jan 22, 2009 6:30:53pm |
How else would he communicate with the Mothership?
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Dotcoman Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:06:06pm |
re: #47 karmic_inquisitor
Wasn’t there something a while back, like a few years ago when there was a huge problem with all the blackberries, and they all went down. And about that time it was revealed that all their servers were in Canada, and that all the communication data from all of them was routed back through Canada and backed up there?
Seems to me there was something odd like that in the news.
I have a feeling that eventually this will come back to bite him in the arse.
I just read somewhere that Bush stopped using email the day he stepped in to the WH, as he knew that would be a weak link and those servers could be subpoenaed.
Then there was Palin’s email and the private v official communication.
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Dotcoman Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:07:07pm |
re: #304 Cap’n Jack
How else would he communicate with the Mothership?
You mean the Great Mother Wheel? I thought they used drums?
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William Thu, Jan 22, 2009 11:19:33pm |
Our new “tech savvy” president doesn’t even post press briefings on whitehouse.gov?
[Link: www.whitehouse.gov…]
GWB had a full transcript, MP3 audio, and a video up within hours of a briefing.
The Chosen One has zero available for today’s briefing, unless I’m just unable to locate it…
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KellyJ Fri, Jan 23, 2009 7:37:36am |
Just a year ago the Left were demanding answers regarding Cheney’s use of an RNC email account to keep VP records secret.
But when a Democrat POTUS gets to keep his private Blackberry account open and used, not a peep from them regarding the legal issues of maintianing records and “secret convesations.”
Hypocrits.
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Land Shark Fri, Jan 23, 2009 7:39:59am |
re: #307 William
That’s because his briefings are only available telepathically to true believers in The One. So unless you REPENT and cease your heathen evil conservative ways and praise Lord Obama (Peace Be Unto Him), you will never get those transcripts.
And worry not about hackers hacking in The One’s Blackberry, as anyone trying to hack into it will be struck by lightning and cast among the minions of HELL! Obama be praised!
The Most Reverend Land O Shark
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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