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Hopefully, U.S. citizens will vote for the candidate who promises to (and I believe, who can truly lead us to) make changes in our economy, global policy and trust in our fellow citizens. U.S. politics is cyclical, thank goodness, and it is now Barack Obama's time.
Became a lawyer-sistible,
Barack Obama, is how you say his name,
Bringing America his message of change,
He used to look good to me,
but now I find him...
Barack Obama-sistible!
But don't take my word for it, what do I know? Here's what Forbes magazine said, "McCain was a natural Web candidate. Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee and regarded as the U.S. Senate’s savviest technologist, McCain is an inveterate devotee of email."
Obviously, it wasn't his intention. But just because McCain was on a committee in congress doesn't mean he's responsible for every revolution in the telecommunications industry.
Being Canadian, I have all but a feigning interest in US Politics outside of the fact that most IT policies in Canada tend to be derivatives of US policy and special interests (Bill C-61 anyone?) - but electing someone to lead the US who doesn't explicitly understand the internet and its implications on commerce and communications would be a showstopper for me.
You can always hire someone that 'gets it' to run your technology portfolio, but the legacy of supporting big business that the Republican party subscribes to - would lend one to believe that issues like pro net-neutrality, that are completely obvious to most everyone, can be manipulated by special interests/telco's to create a stifling environment for US technology companies and the innovation they are famous for.
Obama proudly totes his Blackberry and obviously has a deep understanding of the importance of social networking and motivating/crowd sourcing support (heck I almost donated to his campaign). That would be the guy I would want to run the new "Cluetrain Manifesto" based economy.
"series of tubes" scares me; probably more than "drill baby drill"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYs8X0DZNI4
i mean, isn't that like gore saying he invented the internet?
yeah, i know greg just said that shit right above me, but really though. mccain is too OG (for the older people: OG = original gangster / old guy) to be able to contribute any worthwhile suggestions to enhance a phone that his short, stubby arms can't even fiddle with. i don't buy it. obama's people don't either. good grief. they even called it "preposterous" and you only really bring that word out when shit hits the fan.
so yeah, i don't buy it.
http://DCtoBC.com
and yo, throw me a bold when it drops, please. thanks.
1. Telecom is the premiere innovation of the past 15 years (I thought it was microwave popcorn).
2. Telecom does not work outside the US
3. Blackberrys are in a class with the Resurrection.
And, of course, now he's confessed to "flip-flop" by both regulating and de-regulating.
Can I vote for the Israeli 7-day campaign system, please?
Anyone who knows anything about Blackberry knows that it was Washington DC and the emergency services in the United States that put Blackberry on the map. Furthermore, anyone who knows anything about the telecommunication process in the United States also knows that all our telecommunication regulations go through Senatorial Committees. So, while McCain didn't "invent" the blackberry, as your politically slanted post implies, his committee was no doubt very instrumental in opening up telecommunication standards in the United States so that RIM could use their phones here.
Without the United States, the Blackberry would not have survived the long run.
A pissed off American at a Canadian.
Must a congressman understand how to do heart surgery to pass medical malpractice reform?
Must a congressman understand how to turn on a computer to know that they are beneficial to people and regulations should support people using them.
Maybe you should turn on CSpan sometime and watch what they discuss in committees and you'll soon find out that Mr. McCain probably knows more about your little blackberry than you do. Whether you can score 1,000,000 on Guitar Hero II does not distinguish you on if you understand the subject. It simply means you know how to play a game. Whether you understand the scope and usefulness of a device and how it impacts our commerce and trade agreements is what makes you qualified to sit in a Senatorial Committee.
The only thing Canadians need to worry about is if Obama gets elected. We will all have reason to worry then.
I'm not a McCain supporter, but if you are so ignorant that a politician claiming that opening up a market to allow competition isn't a valid point to brag about, then you should go back to school and try to learn about "macro" subjects. Or look up Cause and Effect. geeze.
If this is what we would come to expect for BlackBerry Cool's quality of political coverage--yes, please stay out of it. It makes me lose more respect for your blog than it does for McCain's aid.
You should be ashamed that you fell right into shitty (read; run with it and do no fact checking) journalism.
You assholes deserve Rogers...ROFL
DAB
re: "change"...it's all about what kind of change...bribing people with their own money (or the money earned by those who create jobs) is the well-worn path of "Old Europe," which ironically is actually trying to become more like the US in fiscal policy and competitiveness...change, indeed!