October 24, 2006

Bush Uses The Google Yes, hot on the heels of the megahit "The Internets", the red hot despotic act POTUS releases a new single The Google, on which the eponymous "Google Maps" is misunremembered, but email - is eschewed.

I wish I could find the audio link of the quote where he whines petulantly that he doesn't use email because he doesn't "want you going through my personal stuff!" More here Has our POTUS dropped the beat of a new generation of l337 waxisms? Will "The Google" p0vvN jo0? Did someone set us up the Bum? Tune in, as the November 7 elections barrel down the raceway toward a new political future (or not)!

posted by petebest 17 years ago
  • "'I tend not to email or -- not only tend not to email, I don't email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. I don't want to receive emails because, you know, there's no telling what somebody's email may -- it would show up as, you know, a part of some kind of a story, and I wouldn't be able to say, `Well, I didn't read the email.' `But I sent it to your address, how can you say you didn't?' So, in other words, I'm very cautious about emailing.'"" *taps blue pencil, wonders where to begin*
  • Bush is a fucking moron. The USA is run by a feeble-minded shit-for-brains. Surely life is a cosmic joke?
  • it would show up as, you know, a part of some kind of a story WTF? Some kind of a story??????????????? What does that mean, exactly? Gawd that makes my head hurt.
  • damn tags. SEE HOW CRAZY HE MAKES THE AVERAGE AMERICAN??? SEE!!!
  • *gives up on editing, crosses out entire paragraph, writes "PLEASE SEE ME"* *calls Barbara to schedule parent-teacher interview* *startled by old bag's vehement response*
  • It is excruciatingly surreal here at the moment, Chy. Sane, rational people from whom I sometimes purchase goods or services, and an astounding number of friends and relations are blatantly unawares that wrong-headed and right-wing neocons have wrested controls of the US plane long ago and are even now shoving the controls forward in a cruel and dimwitted move to gut environmental regulation, throttle the middle class in the name of big business, and wreak havoc across the globe under the thinnest of guises of competence. From the burning, looted and desecrated remains of what was at one time a promising human triumph, I'm petebest.
  • WTF? Some kind of a story??????????????? Mr. President is upset because he accidentally deleted the email from that nice Nigerian man, and now he doesn't know who he's supposed to give his account number to.
  • >>WTF? Some kind of a story??????????????? What does that mean, exactly? Some kind of a NEWS story. See, when New Orleans got drowned, some of the email correspondences of the dimwit that Bush had running FEMA at the time were made public, and they made it more difficult to gloss over the fact that the guy was a dimwit. Bush is saying he doesn't use email because he doesn't want to make it any more obvious than it already is that he's a dimwit. Refreshingly honest of him to say so, but given the way he constructs sentences while speaking off the cuff, I'd say it's too little, too late.
  • Thanks, Stan. From the burning, looted and desecrated remains I think we should begin the burning and looting. Most of the "uncivilized" world would surely have started this by now, ruining their country in the name of "Make It Stop". I'll head outside and try to light the sidewalk on fire (in the rain here in Seattle. Wish me luck)
  • A moron, but even he knows a(n) (e)paper trail is dangerous. And never mind, his handlers are quite apt at Teh Intertubes. He just gets to appear on TV spouting soundbites and sign the odd paper now and then.
  • Pete, dood, chillax, man. Shop for housewares. It'll take your mind off the fact we've got two years to go...
  • Sane, rational people from whom I sometimes purchase goods or services, and an astounding number of friends and relations are blatantly unawares that wrong-headed and right-wing neocons have wrested controls of the US plane long ago and are even now shoving the controls forward in a cruel and dimwitted move to gut environmental regulation, throttle the middle class in the name of big business, and wreak havoc across the globe under the thinnest of guises of competence. Are you my cousin? Gawd lawd my best pete, you have taken a fine sterling silver ball-peen hammer and whacked the itsy-bitsy rusty nail plum dead on the head. Sometimes I feel like a crazed alien. *Do any of you see what is going on??* Um, no, I guess not...
  • It'll take your mind off the fact we've got two years to go... Or 44. w/e
  • Or six. E. & O.E.
  • The NYTimes cleans the quote up. I kind of like to look at the ranch on The Google
  • "Yeah, i like to use the Googles. Helps me to see better, yeah."
  • The Googles! They do nothing!
  • I've pointed out a couple of times before that they've eliminated the "president@whitehouse.gove" address for sending messages that would be read only by and responded to by staffers (if at all,) so it aint just personal email he's talking about. I suppose they thought they should tally the opinions and didn't like the results, or that someone else would find a way to tally the opinions... You can still contact Cheney at "vicepresident@whathouse.gov " but that's not nearly so much fun.
  • The NYTimes cleans the quote up. I kind of like to look at the ranch on The Google If you read the quote in the article petebest linked to, this is exactly correct, not cleaned up. But Bush is still dumb! Ha ha ha!
  • If The Googles are anything like The Wiggles then they must die Now
  • Good luck with that. The Wiggles are some tough gristly customers.
  • Monkeyfilter:The Googles! They do nothing! Monkeyfilter:The burning, looted and desecrated remains of what was at one time a promising human triumph. Monkeyfilter: a cosmic joke? -bows-
  • I've pointed out a couple of times before that they've eliminated the "president@whitehouse.gove" address for sending messages
    doesn't that sum up the aloofness and disconnectedness of this administration? you used to be able to e-mail someone who was many levels of responsibility away from your president (who theoretically still works for you, by the way). but even this tenuous link between the president and the u.s people has been removed.
  • Clinton didn't use email either, did he? In his case, he said that he was worried emails could be supoenaed? (I can't spell today) My (the) Google-fu is failing me this morning.
  • THe director of the museum where I worked used to have his secretary print out all his emails; he'd read the hard copies, write responses on paper, and have her type and send them back. But I think that was more 'cause he was an egomaniac and more than a little loony than for security reasons.
  • TUM -- Mr. meredithea used to have to do that at his old job for his boss, too. And for much the same reasons.
  • I used to edit a website that we had to print out every page of every week so that my boss could read it. This is tragically not a joke.
  • Computerless Email Printer Mmm. Enviro-rude!
  • Grannies rejoice!
  • Yesss . . yess . . grow my little memetic precioussss!! *cough* Um, yes! Quite! Mmm! yes.
  • Am I wrong, or is there no way to respond to any emails with that computerless email printer? How will I tell that nigerian guy that yes, I want to help his dying father get their $5 million to the US??!?!
  • You just handwrite a response, snailmail it to your grandchild, and he takes care of all that intertubing. Easy!