Because making fun of Dubya never gets old. . . last night we were watching NBC Nightly News (because I can't stand that lame "Free Speech" segment on Katie's show). An NBC reporter interviewed Senor Presidente and they showed clips from it. The only part we saw was when she asked him if he used Google to look stuff up. His answer (with our emphasis of course):
"Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps... I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite, like I kind of like to look at the ranch... reminds me of where I want to be sometimes."[Daily Nightly]
He then went on to say that he never uses email. He doesn't read it, and he doesn't write it, because of the Freedom of Information Act. So all those Amnesty International emails you've sent, all those Union of Concerned Scientists emails you sent, all the email petitions you signed, well, he's not getting them.
Which is not really a surprise at all. We already assumed that since he has people read the newspapers for him, he didn't have anything to do with the internet. If you want to reach him, TV may be the last way. . . and only if you can sneak on FOX News somehow.
And on that note, in an interview with Bush, our favorite speak-to-truth commentator Bill O'Reilly asked Dubya lots of hard-hitting questions. . . as well as throwing in a plug for his upcoming book.
lol
Teh g00gl3 mapz iz teh r0xx0rz!!1!
Listening to old people talk about technology is like listening to some 1920's dude talk about how automatons, autogyros, and a series of INTERconNEcTed tubes are going to bring about THE WOOOOORLD OF TOOMMOOOORRROOWWWW!!!!
Katie is America's dimwit or dunce, take your choice.
Not a bunch of NBC young execs... A bunch of Today show producers. Never thought that Katie had beady rat eyes, but that's, uh, an interesting observation.
"Um, the name of the program is called GOOGLE MAPS. Go figure, right?"
Not to defend the Dubya, but I think he *might* have been talking about the program that is used to do the satellite maps?
No?
Umm. . .no. I saw the snippet, and it's pretty obvious he was talking about Google Maps.
the program that is used to do the satellite maps is part of Google Maps. Go there and click "Satellite".
Or it could be Google Earth?
look, nobody calls it the google earth or the google maps or the google anything. it's just google.
hello?
must be kinky supporters again. ;)
First of all why the hell am I on PinkDome at 2:30 in AM, and second of all We all know the internet is the work of Satan! Of course El Presidente only uses Google Maps because that's the view the Creator has of Earth, and Satan has to look at the world through the tubes.
BacchusXY, we are glad for your dedication to this blog. =)
Hey, awesome. either one of my comments was eaten up by the works of satan (i.e. the internets or the google) or i've *finally* been banned from pinkdome.
click my name for the video or here's the link:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/
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I'm right there with you on that "Free Speech" segment, it's pretty painful and hoaky. It's like a bunch of NBC "young execs" holed up in a room somewhere and "thought outside the box". My guess is that it will be going away soon.
That and Katie's beady rat eyes are enough to make me steer clear.