Obama’s BlackBerry Addiction : Bytchin

Obama’s BlackBerry Addiction

Posted on Jan 31st, 2009 at 12:39 pm by Megan Bodman in Misc Geek Stuff

It’s addicting, sapping your time, energy, and thoughts. While on it you appear to be a mindless drone, driven by the obsession for more, more, more. Unable to tear yourself away, you find friends slipping away, families growing frustrated, and your life becoming unmanageable. No, concerned reader, I’m not speaking of the latest designer drug. I’m talking about the addiction we don’t talk about, or joke around the table. The Blackberry. And our newest president is the latest victim.
Vital e-mail? or Cub's scores?

Mr. Obama, prepare for detox. The security risks are unimaginable. Remember when Paris Hilton’s phone was hacked? Imagine that, subtract a few racy pictures (we can only hope), add in a few nuclear secrets, and times the urgency by infinity. Still, the commander-in-chief has been in office for over a week now and is still spotted with the trusted phone in tow. It has been said that the phone has been modified, more secure, now able to block the president’s location. Security measures also prevent the phone from being modified into a two-way radio. Relieving.

Yet, he seems unshaken by the pressure to hand over the cellie. “They’re going to pry it out of my hands,” Obama said to several reporters when asked if he would be canceling his connection.

Apparently, the CrackBerry had quite a hand in the campaign. Briefings and daily itineraries were simply e-mailed into the president-to-be’s hands rather than explained by a giddy intern. E-mails containing advice were sent by the 100’s, particularly dealing with Hillary Clinton and how to deal with her. Seems they were conflicting, and Obama was advised by his top people to simply ignore most of them. Still, good try, America.

The Presidential Records Act of 1978 reads:
“The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.”

So think twice before you pass that FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD Hularious RedNeck Jokez!!!! along to Barack. They’re not really his, its the whole country’s. And a few Texans might be a little upset.

So is our entire country in dire straits because the president refuses to kick the Black Berry habit? Probably not. Should he and his entire staff be incredibly careful and put the best security you can imagine on that silly phone? Absolutely.

And Hell, I’d still rather a president hooked on a cell phone than cocaine and whiskey.