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Dec 29, 08 - 07:21 pm Comment from: Nostradumbass

Golly. That's some really news-like news, there.

Any great pictures of naked women with iPods? At least that would be interesting.

i bet bush doesn't even know what an ipod is.

@ applecart

While I am definitely one of the 75% of Americans who are excited about the end of the Bush presidency (the long national nightmare is finally over), one must give credit where credit is due: George Bush does, in fact, know what an iPod is, has one and knows how to use it. And Karl Rove (ugh) is a fanatical iPhone user.

Hey, I have the same one!!





(me and 50 million other people)

applecart,

The related articles are your friend, you fscking idiot.

Yes, you, like so many are dumbed down and easily brain-washed by the left-leaning media.

Yes, Bush is satan, is retarded, etc. Yet, somehow, amazingly, he managed to get elected U.S President twice.

Fact: nearly half of the country voted for McCain / against Obama.

The cheap one. What a good Marxist he is. Go, comrade!

What I want to know, which hand is holding the cig?

Sarah 2012,
You are,along the rest of the people who voted for Bush, are the idiots. Just because half the people voted for someone does not make them qualified. Bush was selected the first time by the Supreme Court and his Dad's cronies in Florida. The "left" was right about Bush the entire time, it just took the rest of the country 8 years to figure that out.
Go play with your Zune and Vote for Palin in 2012, someone who went to six colleges to get ONE degree.

Yeah, war in Gaza, he's laughing it up with his ipod. The Cool One.

Sarah 2012,
You ,along with the rest of the people who voted for Bush, are the idiots. Just because half the people voted for someone does not make him/her qualified. Bush was "selected" (not elected) the first time by the Supreme Court and his Dad's cronies in Florida. The "left" was right about Bush the entire time, it just took the rest of the country 8 years to figure that out.
Go play with your Zune and Vote for Palin in 2012, someone who went to six colleges to get ONE degree.

Just seeing that photo, I felt a thrill going up my leg.

Brilliant showing your intelligence by posting twice as you don't understand the reload button. I think you proved Sarah correct.

seriously is this really news?

Said applecart
i bet bush doesn't even know what an ipod is.

Uh, actually...his is BIGGER!

He is..er, was a good capitalist, after all!

Pay attention

Hit Bait.

!news

@Sarah 2012!

You should hook up with 'handsome Shitty'; you two have a lot in common (sub-40 I.Q.).

Said: Ralph M
@ applecart

While I am definitely one of the 75% of Americans who are excited about the end of the Bush presidency (the long national nightmare is finally over

Your opinion. Everyone has one. Like a#*holes.

The nightmare is the egregious traitors that obstructed our war efforts, and protected Fannie May and Freddie Mac...and...and...

...aw, hell, never mind.

Said: Sarah 2012!
applecart,

The related articles are your friend, you fscking idiot.

Yes, you, like so many are dumbed down and easily brain-washed by the left-leaning media.

Yes, Bush is satan, is retarded, etc. Yet, somehow, amazingly, he managed to get elected U.S President twice.

Fact: nearly half of the country voted for McCain / against Obama.

You go, girl!!!! snap-snap

Jindal/2012

"You are,along the rest of the people who voted for Bush, are the idiots."

Aren't the liberals the ones always screaming about tolerence and what not? Yet when someone disagrees with them they are the first to call them idiots.

I for one supported Bush twice and McCain this time around, and yet I am not an idiot.

I did not support Barrack Obama, yet you will not hear me calling him an idiot, a moron, Satan, or anything else except 'The President of the United States'. While I may not have supported him during the election, I support him now and truly hope he is the greatest president ever. Why? Because if he is successful, we all win. I will not take pleasure in his failing.

Do not get me wrong, I will be the first to complain about bad decisions, but will not stoop to name-calling. Why? It doesn't accomplish anything.

Said: : Alex
Sarah 2012,
Just because half the people voted for someone does not make them qualified.

Uh, dude, you kind of defeat your support for The One by saying that.

Boy, do this hitwh*#es know how to drive some year-end hits, or what?!?!

Said: Alex
Sarah 2012,
You ,along with the rest of the people who voted for Bush, are the idiots.

Oh, yeah, and you and all the rest of the people who voted for Lord Obama are MORONS! Which everyone knows is stupider than idiots!

So there, nyah.

And my dead daddy can beat up your live daddy, I bet!

he needs an iPhone

Dec 29, 08 - 08:16 pm Comment from: alansky

@Sarah 2012:

Your name is a joke, right? You're not suggesting that Sarah Whats-her-face should run for president in 2012, are you? Hey, I'll bet she can see the moon from her house, too. I wonder if she's thought of applying for a job as an astronaut?

Said: Alex
Sarah 2012,
The "left" was right about Bush the entire time, it just took the rest of the country 8 years to figure that out.

No, you crybaby Lefties just whined and kicked your feet long enough that everyone got tired of listening to it and caved.

Bush's only failure was not throwing the traitors that aided and abetted the enemy (Pelosi, Murtha - direct support) in jail!

I'll bet you use PCs at work, doncha!

Said: alansky
@Sarah 2012:

Your name is a joke, right? You're not suggesting that Sarah Whats-her-face should run for president in 2012, are you?

Palin. You can't remember Palin, all the biased media coverage she got? You remember the one quote, but not her name.

That's okay, you probably intended to vote for Obama and wasn't sure how his name was spelled. Probably voted for Ron Paul. That's okay. You still voted for a nut, that's all that counts!

Ah...politics on an Apple site...how fun!

While it can be said that no new domestic attacks by terrorists took place during the REST of the Bush tenure. But by that measure every president BEFORE Bush gets the same kudos.


Nearly EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE IS WORSE TODAY.

Our economy is in the worst shape it has been in since the 30's
Our educational profile is worse today than when Bush took office
We are actually LESS secure since the invasion of Iraq BRED more terrorists than it eliminated
Our level of respect in the world is diminished tremendously
Our military power is diminished tremendously
Our national debt is at an all time high (this factors in separately from the economy)
Our balance of trade is incredibly out of whack
Our middle class has shrunk (and study after study, economist after economist all say the same thing...a healthy middle class is evidential of a strong democracy)
Our health care system is in serious trouble (44 million without insurance!!!)
Show me the 'bright spots' of the Bush years. Are there any?
He MISSED stopping the biggest attack on our nation in decades and now we should give him credit for 'stopping' others? Like I said by that measure Clinton, Reagan, Bush the first, even Carter and Ford could make that claim. Is it like they just got the IDEA of attacking us when Bush was elected?

The fact is Bush is a monumental failure as a leader. Every aspect of his life before led him to this outcome. No amount of revisionist history will change it.

Said: Quad Core

Do not get me wrong, I will be the first to complain about bad decisions, but will not stoop to name-calling. Why? It doesn't accomplish anything.

Uh, QC, dude, they won the election, so I guess it apparently works!

Said: PR
"The fact is Bush is a monumental failure as a leader. Every aspect of his life before led him to this outcome. No amount of revisionist history will change it."

Taking a speech class doesn't make you right. You and your commie friends the ones into revising history. The Man took care of business with the terrorists the best he could with the wimpy Dems snapping at his heels the last five years.

Just wait, buddy. You will not believe what is about to happen to this country - and to the world. Obama is a marxist - say goodbye to your overpriced Apples and a "free" internet.

The Dems/Commies made this mess.

And "PR", what an apt name for a commie!!!

One little pic of a nearly President with an iPod and just look what happens. Doesn't bode well for the future.

Dec 29, 08 - 08:40 pm Comment from: ken1w

Oh boy!

Must be why Apple stock was up today, while the NASDAQ was down...

Refuting PR's bullsh*t:

Nearly EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF AMERICAN LIFE IS WORSE TODAY.

Our economy is in the worst shape it has been in since the 30's
Wrong. Unemployment is lower than under Carter his entire term - and pretty close to Reagan's as well.
Our educational profile is worse today than when Bush took office.

Marks for skills in math have actually risen.

We are actually LESS secure since the invasion of Iraq BRED more terrorists than it eliminated

Uh, well, since you refuted this yourself with your opening - the US hasn't been hit since - not much I can say, except the LACK OF SUPPORT BY THE DEMOCRATS is the reason for this failure. They REFUSED to stand by Bush simply because he is a REPULICAN in power. PERIOD.

Our level of respect in the world is diminished tremendously
Oh, yeah, that's why more applicants than ever are trying to come here. Why don't you make like a tree and blow, make room for someone that wants to be here!!

Our military power is diminished tremendously

It is a FACT that we are stronger militarily than under Clinton - who SLASHED military spending!!! What are you, 12??? This is history - pay attention.

Our national debt is at an all time high (this factors in separately from the economy)
Because the DEMS refused to allow BUSH and CLINTON to change the idiocy going on at Freddie and Fannie!!!!

Our balance of trade is incredibly out of whack
And has been for decades because the DEMS have systemetically obstructed oil production in this country. It's also because we have the freest trade market in the world!!

Our middle class has shrunk (and study after study, economist after economist all say the same thing...a healthy middle class is evidential of a strong democracy)
The middle class has grown in numbers, shrunk in percentage. not the same. Who the hell is buying all those ipod touches, you think?

Our health care system is in serious trouble (44 million without insurance!!!)
AND HAS BEEN SINCE THE DEM/COMMIE LBJ instituted medicare/caid - it's what started this mess!! It drove the costs up and with the double whammy of taxes average people can't afford their own healthcare! I know. My daddy could afford it in the 60s, even with a lower-class job and four kids. In the 70s he had to rely on the VA for help!

Show me the 'bright spots' of the Bush years. Are there any?
He MISSED stopping the biggest attack on our nation in decades and now we should give him credit for 'stopping' others?
AND ATTACK PLANNED UNDER CLINTON'S WATCH - WHO ALSO STRIPPED THE CIA OF ITS ABILITY TO FUNCTION...and that criminal prosecution off the first TWIN-TOWERS attack probably didn't help!

Like I said by that measure Clinton, Reagan, Bush the first, even Carter and Ford could make that claim. Is it like they just got the IDEA of attacking us when Bush was elected?

You are so full of shoot it is downright scary, dude...

Dec 29, 08 - 08:59 pm Comment from: ron

He's guaranteed to become a multi-millionaire during the next few years, so he'll be able to afford the latest iPod. All the other crooked politicians also go from rags to riches while in office.

Good, glad to see that libturds use iPods too...

Look! It's Øbama! And he's, and he's, like carrying an iPod!
Is this a defining moment or what???

</sarcasm>

Definitely a slow news day, and I apologize for this interruption.

Back to our usual armchair politics and playground-worthy discussion...

A real liberal wouldn't make his oath of office on a Bible.

Invoking God is something Palin would do.

Where's that separation of church and state??

Let's hope he has all back issues of the National Review on it.

The political rants (right vs left) are rapidly pushing the comment section towards a moderated mode.

Hey, this is an Apple-centric website not a political pundits forum.

Dec 29, 08 - 09:20 pm Comment from: Jubei

Good for him. Only an idiot would use a Zune.

Thanks for proving me right.

Not a single bright spot in the entire eight years Bush was in power.
NOT ONE.

bfd
and get off your effing tirades already.

Dec 29, 08 - 10:06 pm Comment from: It's About Time

Oh the rancor. Children...children...stop acting your age.

Now would someone tap into the Bailout Fund and get the Pres an iPod touch or something a little more up-to-date.

Dec 29, 08 - 10:09 pm Comment from: Rheinhard

@Sarah2012:

"Fact: nearly half of the country voted for McCain / against Obama."

Fact: OVER HALF the country voted for Gore in 2000 (by over a half million votes). Unfortunately Georgie got his buddies to pull a coup-by-SCOTUS and subverted the will of the majority of the American people to install himself in office.

Fact: Obama won his election fair and square without a Supreme Court assist.

Fact: Palin in '12 will give the Republicans an even bigger butt-whuppin' than they got this year. To quote the Petit Empreur, "Bring it on!"

Wow this news is gonna air on CNN tonight! LOL. Who cares if he owns an iPod, Nano or chews juicy fruit

@in who we trust...
"A real liberal wouldn't make his oath of office on a Bible.
Invoking God is something Palin would do.
Where's that separation of church and state??"

Gee, that's just sad. Maybe you should read a little history. The United States federal government was set up as a set of secular institutions by, for the most part, very religious men (influenced, no doubt, by very religious women). From the Constitution...

"Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,..."

There IS NO reference in our Constitution regarding separating government from any particular religiosity, practices or beliefs regarding God or any other "Higher Power" one chooses to believe in. Only that the government shall not establish an official religion that everyone must follow.

Thomas Jefferson brought up the phrase of "separation between church and state" in his letter written to Danbury Baptists, whose State Legislature was meddling in their ability to practice religion as they saw fit. Jefferson wrote the following:

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between church and state."

NOTE that Jefferson's "wall of separation" was coined to support religious activities against a meddling government entity, NOT the other way around.

The same Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence the following:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

The BIG point of this is not that everyone needs to be actively religious, but that the "unalienable Rights" that we share as human beings, in general, and codified for us as Americans come from a power higher than any one man or governmental body. Without the acceptance of that premise it should be apparent to most what one strong man without ethics can do. See most Communist or Dictatorial regimes that begin with atheism and idealism as a foundation and devolve into gulags, ethnic cleansing, mass murder and enemies of the state as soon as a strongman of the wrong persuasion gets control of the state apparatus. The ends justify the means when there is no higher power to answer to (eg, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, etc.).

When Religious institutions have held political power there have been disasters too, but that is not the case here. Religious PEOPLE have influence only, and attempts to silence them is every bit as wrong as an ultra religious governing body, such as the Taliban, using the force of the State to compel people to follow their beliefs.

All in all, I would much prefer to be governed by people that know that they are not the top of the food chain. And even though I didn't vote for him, I hope Obama has a wonderfully successful Presidency, especially since he is an iPod user (back on topic).

Dec 29, 08 - 10:46 pm Comment from: Happy Harry

Look, guys...I agree with one of the above posts. You guys should go other places to discuss politics. This news site is dedicated to people who love apple and macs...NOT to people whose whole life evolves around starting online political flame wars.
[okay, ranting over, I can breathe now ]

On the article's topic, Obama (and other celebrities/politicians/etc.) who use apple products are a great source of free publicity...and I say the more the merrier!

Said: Let's Just Talk Apple - Not Politics
The political rants (right vs left) are rapidly pushing the comment section towards a moderated mode.

Hey, this is an Apple-centric website not a political pundits forum."

Uh, that's why they post The One...riiiiight.

I like vagina.

I can't believe consistently you all bite down on such painfully obvious hit-bait. Seriously, you haven't got something better to be doing with your time? I promise, you do. Shut the computer down and go find it.

worst economy since the 1930's, real inflation 12 -15%(includes food and shelter), real unemployment 10%( they play with the figures), 50 million people with no health insurance, thievery and corruption rampant.
THE ONLY WAY FOR THEM TO GET IN POWER WOULD BE USING THE SUPREME COURT AGAIN, HAHAHAHA!!!!

Ah to be young and stupid again...

What I'd like to know is what songs are on his iPod. That would be very revealing. Pity that reporters don't ask him this.