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Obama's Supermarket-Scanner Moment: I Don't Know How To Work an iPod
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on Sunday, May 09, 2010 2:09:37 PM
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Remember when the MSM went crazy over [and likely exaggerated] George H.W.'s supposed unfamiliarity with a supermarket scanner? Pres. Obama has now had his supermarket-scanner moment, claiming he doesn't know how to operate an iPod, among other popular electronic devices. Do you think the MSM will pick on this in the same way to paint a portrait of an out-of-touch president?
Addressing the graduating class at Hampton University today, PBO said:
"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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What a complete moron.
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Maybe because he doesn't own one and has never seen it's screen?
Not "quite" the same as someone watching a supermarket scanner on the regular.
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He was too busy concentrating on taking over the world for screwing around with gadgets and the internet.
A less to us all. :)
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With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."
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He is dead wrong on that BTW. He is just pissed off that he cant control the media and the info disbursement.
He really needs to fuck off already. He is a joke and a disgraceful mistake.
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Seems like technical incompetence has been rampant on all Presidents for the last 30 years or so.
How would Obama be baffled with an "evil" ipod when he is supposed to be very proficient with the Blackberry?
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I thought he listens t jay z.
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He is lying again.
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I have an MBA and own MCSE and Net+ certifications. I also have an AS degree in computer networking and have experience in novell, linux, server 2k, etc.
I have always used a shittly little mp3 player - drag and drop - until this year when I finally got an ipod. I hated it at first, and didn't know how to use it for a few weeks until I had time to just play with it and learn it. So with all my computer skill, the little fvcker frustrated me.
So if Obama was too busy creating 210,000 new private sector jobs last month to read his ipod documentation, I'm okay with that.
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What about the fact that he is lying about it to nake a bogus argument about media and his inability to control it?
Leave it up to you to silverline this turd.
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I have an MBA and own MCSE and Net+ certifications. I also have an AS degree in computer networking and have experience in novell, linux, server 2k, etc.
I have always used a shittly little mp3 player - drag and drop - until this year when I finally got an ipod. I hated it at first, and didn't know how to use it for a few weeks until I had time to just play with it and learn it. So with all my computer skill, the little fvcker frustrated me.
So if Obama was too busy creating 210,000 new private sector jobs last month to read his ipod documentation, I'm okay with that.
Ummmmmmm, how exactly would he create "private sector jobs?" I think the CEO's of the companies and management created those jobs by running solid businesses. If you are talking about govt jobs, he didn't do shit to "create" them, other than just sign a piece of paper.
And if he can't work and ipod, he is either lazy or dumb....take your pick. BTW, you were lazy for not learning how to use yours. ;D
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what is there to silverline?
Unless you have the $ to buy a $179 portable music player, you're not going to know how to operate an ipod.
if he couldn't work a calculator, I'd consider him a dumbass.
if he didn't know they had automatic doors or grocery store scanners, I'd consider him out of touch.
If he didn't know the diff between "google" and "text messaging", i'd consider him technically out of touch.
But really... let's be honest... Many americans don't have nearly $200 to spend on a little muscie player when the radio is, well, free. if Obama was lecturing people owho didn't have skill with an expensive electronic, he'd be insensitive and elitist, I know.
My point, 33, is that there are plenty of things to bitch about obama for... but shitting on the guy because he isn't able to quickly program and navigate a $200 music entertainment center, is pretty weak dude.
Shit on him for that horrible BP mess cleanup. Shit on him for the lack of control on the markets.
This week, you're shitting on him for the 210 to 290k new jobs, and the fact he can't run an ipod. Focus, baby :)
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"Ummmmmmm, how exactly would he create "private sector jobs?" '
Well, he took blame for the job losses, so you have to give him credit when new jobs are created. can't have it both ways.
And I WASHED my ipod... I was so sick about it... $179 down the drain... shitty.... but now that I'm addicted, they have me by the short and curlies, and I had to buy another... ugh...
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How many of you have parents that still have probs programming a VCR/DVR? Nothing surprising about this.
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"Ummmmmmm, how exactly would he create "private sector jobs?" '
Well, he took blame for the job losses, so you have to give him credit when new jobs are created. can't have it both ways.
And I WASHED my ipod... I was so sick about it... $179 down the drain... shitty.... but now that I'm addicted, they have me by the short and curlies, and I had to buy another... ugh...
i didn't blame him for the job losses, so I won't give him credit for the gains.....same as Bush.
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you are in the minority here dude... many people here blame him for the job losses.
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Seems like technical incompetence has been rampant on all Presidents for the last 30 years or so.
http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=61371&highlight=defect#61371 (http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=61371&highlight=defect#61371)
I believe this is also why, e.g., US Presidents have traditionally been men with some sort of decided (yet concealable) mental defect along with their minimal level of electability. (Ability to govern no longer enters into it, if it ever has.)
you reminded me of this.
I'm off to the gym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How many of you have parents that still have probs programming a VCR/DVR? Nothing surprising about this.
I'm one of those parents. :) I'm totally dependent on my kids to program that stuff.
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"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, -- none of which I know how to work -- information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."
he really is an idiot if he thinks this is true...the information that ppl give and the information that ppl get from their ipods/ipads shit even gaming consoles is very much empowering those individuals. ::)
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I told you, he is freaking lying pofs. Only silverliners like Benny, 240, Blacken, Danny, and mons fall for his lies and bs,
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Presidential playlist: Obama opens up his iPod
(33)Tweet this (2)Angela Balakrishnan guardian.co.uk,
Wednesday 25 June 2008 11.44 BST Article history
Tuning in: As well as Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, Barack admires rappers such as Q-Tip ... but worries about the influence of rap lyrics on his daughters. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/EPA
The Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama showcased his diverse musical taste, ranging from Bob Dylan to Jay-Z and Bruce Springsteen, after revealing the playlist on his iPod.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, to be published this Friday, the Illinois senator said he had "pretty eclectic tastes".
The list of bands reads like the acts at a summer music festival, with the Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow and Ludacris all in the mix.
Obama said that, growing up, he listened to Elton John and Earth, Wind & Fire but that Stevie Wonder was his ultimate musical hero during the 70s.
The Stones' track Gimme Shelter topped his favourite songs from the band.
His selection also contained 30 songs from Dylan. "One of my favourites [for] the political season is [Dylan's] Maggie's Farm. It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric."
In the song, Dylan sings about trying to be himself, "but everybody wants you to be just like them".
The jazz legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker were also included in the compilation.
Many of the musicians on Obama's iPod, such as Bruce Springsteen, are supporting his White House bid.
Earlier this month, Dylan said he believed Obama was redefining politics in the US and could bring change to a nation in upheaval.
"I've got to say, having both Dylan and Bruce Springsteen say kind words about you is pretty remarkable," Obama said. "Those guys are icons."
Obama said he had not met Springsteen but that the two had talked over the phone.
"Not only do I love Bruce's music, I just love him as a person," Obama said. "He is a guy who has never lost track of his roots, who knows who he is, who has never put on a front."
He added that, when speaking to the singer, he addressed him by his moniker the Boss. "You've got to," Obama said.
The candidate said he thought rap music was also helping to break down barriers within the music world. Indeed it was reported last month that Obama will make a cameo performance on the rap singer Q-Tip's next album.
However, he expressed concern over his daughters – Malia, nine, and Sasha, seven – listening to some rap songs.
"I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics," he said, "but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music."
He said the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and the rappers Jay-Z and Ludacris were "great talents and great businessmen".
"It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying they were getting bad images of themselves," he added.
Obama appears on the cover of the Rolling Stone issue. The magazine endorsed him for president in March.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/25/barackobama.uselections2008
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This is right up there with WMD and 911 in terms of major lies that have changed american history.
That being said, did the interviewer ask him if he actually owned an ipod, or if this was the music list on his musical listening device of choice? In other words, if people ask me what my favorite flavor jello is... I'm not going to say "I am cheap and prefer the store-brand of gelatin..." Of course not, I will say "cherry". Ipod is one of those terms like Kleenex or JellO, brand names for industry wide terms. You say, "pass me a kleenex", even if it's another brand. Make sense?
Can we find pics of him wearing an ipod? i remember he was an avid blackberry user - do they hold music, and if so did he use both a blackberry AND an ipod?
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This guy really does seem to lie a lot. Fits right in with most of the politicians in Washington. Two thumbs up!
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Busted. :)
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“You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank all that high on the truth meter,” Mr Obama said at Hampton University, Virginia.
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No kidding you lying sack of shit.
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Ha ha hah - BUSTED AGAIN.
AND YOU GUYS WONDER WHY I CALL HIM ZERO AND YOU GUYS WHO SUPPORT HIM LEMMINGS AND DUPES?
Hypocrisy at its finest.
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It's funny to see how, especially in the US, so many people still fall into the trap of believing the front man (of anything, including political parties) is the root of all evil. The president (yes, for all of your two parties...) is the fruit of the tree, not the root. How childish to try to blame everything on the media relations guy of an organization, i.e., the president. He is just a figurehead who reads the speeches that are written for him. It's so bizarre to see kids getting extremely worked up about him personally, essentially (or even literally) declaring him the antichrist.
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Funny, when Bush was president people like yourself did not say the same thing.
As for Obama - fuck him and fuck everyone who supports him and what he represents.
Let him go lecture someone else and leave the rest of us alone.
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Funny, when Bush was president people like yourself did not say the same thing.
As for Obama - fuck him and fuck everyone who supports him and what he represents.
Let him go lecture someone else and leave the rest of us alone.
Well, I was. Bush is a borderline retard, yes. But I don't blame him for going to war anywhere. He got his marching orders, just like Obama and any other president.
Also: "fuck everyone who supports him?" Don't you ever say to yourself: "Maybe, if the majority of my fellow citizens think differently from me, could there be a slight chance that they are right and I am wrong?". I'll be the last person to say that the majority is always right. But to automatically assume that the majority is always wrong is infantile.
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No, because the majority does not support him, and even less when it comes to his NWO agenda.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
Is this is a serious issue? Of course not.
But to me, it just shows the complete comfort this pofs has with blatantly lying about anything and everything. If someone will tell lies for even shit like this, well, you think they dont lie about big things?
Plus, who the hell is he to lecture us? This dirtbag thinks he is doing us a favor by being president. If anything, this empty suit do-nothing should be on hand and foot thanking this nation for what it gave him and his family.
Maybe this ungrateful prick should go to Kenya and see how great it is over there.
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No, because the majority does not support him, and even less when it comes to his NWO agenda.
There you go again. "His agenda"? He doesn't have one, besides the one his bosses have given him. Blame them, not him. He's just doing his job: representing the people that paid to get him there. Just like any other white collar worker. I know it is easier to blame individuals for things you don't like, but people are expected to grow out of such simplistic world views when they reach their teens.
But to me, it just shows the complete comfort this pofs has with blatantly lying about anything and everything. If someone will tell lies for even shit like this, well, you think they dont lie about big things?{/quote]I lie all the time at work. Big lies, small lies, evasions, etc. I'm there to achieve a result, not to audition for a sainthood.
Plus, who the hell is he to lecture us? This dirtbag thinks he is doing us a favor by being president. If anything, this empty suit do-nothing should be on hand and foot thanking this nation for what it gave him and his family.
Maybe this ungrateful prick should go to Kenya and see how great it is over there.
Again such childish personal attacks. You haven't got a clue what he thinks, nor does anybody else besides he himself. Grow up and wake up to the fact that his bosses are laughing their asses off at the stupidity you're displaying. They'll throw him to the wolves when it suits them, and simpletons like you will be content with that and never go after the people really in charge. Why anybody over five falls for this shit is beyond me.
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So who is "really" in charge?
Give me names.
And please dont refer me to a David Icke book or article.
And BTW - we all have a choice and he chose to represent "their" agenda. So yes, he is to blame since he is willingly acting as a proxy.
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So who is "really" in charge?
Give me names.
I believe that in the US a lot of campaign contributions are done out in the open? If so, you undoubtedly can find this information yourself. Money goes from the corporations to the party funds. Then the party decides who will be the cheery face they throw on camera. Who actually does that? I don't know. Official power and actual power are not always interchangeable.
But just one that I seem to remember reading somewhere: didn't Goldman Sachs donate 1 million?
And BTW - we all have a choice and he chose to represent "their" agenda. So yes, he is to blame since he is willingly acting as a proxy.
Yes, he did. Because if he didn't, he wouldn't be in the White House. Just like every other president. That is the core of the problem: you cannot get someone as president without them being bought and paid for.
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Agreed. That is why I am in favor of gridlock and taking away as much power as possible from this power mad psychos.
Term limits should be at least a start.
We also need to shrink the govt at least by 50% IMHO.
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Agreed. That is why I am in favor of gridlock and taking away as much power as possible from this power mad psychos.
Term limits should be at least a start.
We also need to shrink the govt at least by 50% IMHO.
Agreed. A few suggestions (valid not just for the US, but basically any republic):
- a president must have at least X (20 or so?) years of experience working in real business. No more career politicians who never produced anything in their lives.
- no second terms ever. This should stop presidents from pandering. And it's absurd to assume that, e.g., the US can't find a suitable replacement out of a pool of over 300 million people every 4 years.
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You should see the people who run for Senate!
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another:
- campaign contributions cannot total more than $100 pppa, covering everything from county level up to federal. And corporations should not be considered persons.
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You should see the people who run for Senate!
Senate level is too detailed for me to ever look into, not being from the US. But I take it that it is worse there?
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Ha ha. You have no idea the freak show in the Senate. Think about the Star Wars bar scene.
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Ha ha. You have no idea the freak show in the Senate. Think about the Star Wars bar scene.
Don't mention that. The nerd is strong in this one. ;D
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Rush hitting on this now.
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Rush hitting on this now.
Has it right,McCain a big idiot because he couldnt email[of course it was because of his injuries serving the country at the age when Obama was rabble rousing as a community organiser].Now he admits he[obama] is an idiot.
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I'm not upset at his not being able to use the ipod.
What pissed me off was his message, which is disgusting. He really is a wannabe dictator.
He sounds pissed off he cant control the media 100% and the way info is disseminated when he himself got elected due to the use of the things he is now complaining about.
What rotten asshole the dingbats of the country elected.
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“You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank all that high on the truth meter,” Mr Obama said at Hampton University, Virginia.
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No kidding you lying sack of shit.
Dang. :-\