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Jan 12, 09 - 10:02 am Comment from: the other steve jobs

Let's get it out if the way...
As much of a constitutionalist as I am (meaning I side with the *theory* of the republican party) and that I'm an evangelical Christian...

Huckleberry is a two-faced douche bag, and I can't tell you how awful I know this thread will be and I'm so sorry it got posted.

In other news, The Messiah Obama slogs on with his CrackBerry.

He has a show on Fox?

Jan 12, 09 - 10:05 am Comment from: Connor MacBook

Kevin Spacey could play Huckabee in a docu-drama.

Anyone know what Huck was using before the switch? Dell? HP? Sony?

Don't waste 22-years fighting with your PC. You know you want a Mac. It's time.



Absolutely. MS itself knows what it's got is rubbish - as the internal emails it tried to not get revealed show:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?_r=1

Oh, and don't forget Jim Allchin's - the man in charge of Windows - comment:

"I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft":

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/110354.asp

Jan 12, 09 - 10:18 am Comment from: ron

Huckabee has come in from the dark.

@the other steve jobs. People in glass-houses.

Obama has been seen with several ipods as well as an iphone...

"when companies get so big that they get lost in their rules, and their policies they probably won't be big much longer...."

Just me perhaps, but when I heard that my mind first jumped to the Federal government

Obama has also been seen with his pastor...

Not to mention several terrorists...

@ the other steve jobs

Agreed. Huckabee is slimmy. I can't stand him. He never wanted to be president. His god-given mission was to stop the evil Mormon Romney from making it to the White House. And what a success it was! Huckabee took conservative voters from Romney, causing McCain to win New Hampshire and Florida.

Once McCain was the nominee, the the Democratic nominee was a shoe-in. Thanks Hukabee. Here's to hoping he doesn't run again in 2012.

I welcome any switcher to the fold of Apple Mac.

Jan 12, 09 - 10:43 am Comment from: Fergman

My company have just decided to go with Windows 7 and it isn't a real OS yet!
The IT guy told the CEO that Macs were a better option but he decided that he didn't want to learn a new OS and stuck with the crap option. I am the only one who uses a Mac and apart from the IT guy the rest live in Stockholm!

I caught that last night and it was great. That show airs 4 times over the weekend and the people watching are many times the old Windows PC users that also own or manage offices and companies. I would hate to be the IT guy that has told them to avoid the Mac. I bet there will be discussions with the IT departments today.

According to the Good Book (John 13:35), these two statements would seem to be in contradiction with one another.

"...I'm an evangelical Christian..."
"Huckleberry is a two-faced douche bag,..."

Jan 12, 09 - 10:49 am Comment from: HMCIV

And so Huckabee's 2012 campaign begins!

Fergman writes, "My company have just decided to go with Windows 7 and it isn't a real OS yet!" Man, does *that* sound familiar!

Back in 1992, I was evaluating Unix System Labs' new "Destiny" beta that became System V R 4.2, as well as Microsoft's NT 3.1. I was very impressed by the new Unix, but thought the NT was a piece of unusable crap. Then I learned from a former colleague that his group would be abandoning all its UNIX, Sun and Mac and going with Windows NT because they liked its "road map".

Jan 12, 09 - 11:10 am Comment from: Sir Real B. Czar

Typical Faux News Lies!!!!
(I have no clue how, I am just a knee-jerk reactionary...)

Jan 12, 09 - 11:10 am Comment from: Connor MacBook

Just realized I've been using Macs as long as Huckabee has been using Windows. His poor wasted life!

I also think Huckabee is a good egg.

Comment from: TruthMan
"In other news, The Messiah Obama slogs on with his CrackBerry."

Comment from: @: steve516
Obama has also been seen with his pastor...

Not to mention several terrorists...

IDIOTS! You are the type of morons that say about the civil war, "The Battle is over but the war rages on"

Its time to realize that the past 8 years of republican rule has nearly killed the GOP and caused the public to turn to someone that isnt playing the same politics game thats been going on over the past few years. I dont know if hes gonna deliver on his promises but I hope he will. I do know that for the first time in my life I see people wearing T-shirts and with bumper stickers and with self pride about the newly elected president. Get over the negative propaganda and do something constructive to make this place better. No hes not the Messiah but he does speak about peace, hope and making this a better America and incase you couldnt tell by the election thats what the people of this country and the world want. Its time to move on beyond the hate and work together to restore America to its full potential of greatness.

Oh and by the way its widely documented that the Obamas use MacBooks.

Have a great Day,

Dr. Itchie

Jan 12, 09 - 11:50 am Comment from: the other steve jobs

@ 7over

sorry - but being ACCURATE and love him are totally unrelated.

my actual physical brother is a total loser that i have to bail out all the time.. So if i was to call him a drug using lose that had to declare bankruptcy, that would be ACCURATE... i also love him, and i help him all the time and i pray for him.

calling a spade a spade doesn't change your love for them or not.

When Jesus called the Pharasees a "brood of evil vipers" - was He not loving them?

Unfortunately, this is how "The other steve jobs" started this thread:

"Let's get it out if the way...
As much of a constitutionalist as I am (meaning I side with the *theory* of the republican party) and that I'm an evangelical Christian...

Huckleberry is a two-faced douche bag, and I can't tell you how awful I know this thread will be and I'm so sorry it got posted."

My response:

You sure don't sound like an evangelical Christian; it's pretty lame to call anyone a "two-faced douche bag."

Also, calling someone the above without including any facts is a needless, negative waste of everyone's time. Plus, it makes you look unintelligent.

I'm guessing here - are you 12 years old?

Jan 12, 09 - 12:00 pm Comment from: ron

@anaknipedro, "Huckabee is slimmy." Yes he is getting thinner.

Slimey is a word. You probbly went to colllidge 2.

I wonder who's done more for his fellow man. Huckabee or the "Douchebag" comment guy?

a blatant attempt by MDN staffers to stir up exactly the kind of trash talking on display; must be a slow day at the office, guys. I love all the compassionate conservatism on display. . .

For a guy who thinks the Earth is ~6,000 years old, Mike's OK.

The 2012 dream ticket: Palin-Huckabee; that'll keep Obama in power through 2017!

Finally watched video...of course he got great service at The Apple Store; everybody recognized him from "The Colbert Report", especially since he promised Stephen the VP nomination for the patented "Colbert Bump".

Seriously though, one has to expect media celebrities will get great treatment at brick and mortar stores. I doubt many Bangaloreans know who Mike Huckabee is...

Obama this week: "Only government can solve this..."

Congress: "We like the spending part...but you need to reduce those take cuts."

Soooo...while I'm rooting for the guy I didn't vote for to succeed now for all our sakes, it fills me with fear when before he even takes office he's making statements that start with "Only governement can..." with out that sentence ending with "...spend money we don't have for ends we don't agree on thus mortgaging our collective futures."

That said, if he tells Congress to sit and spin on their "demand" that he reduce/eliminate the tax cuts he's proposed, I regain a modicum of hope again.

Finally...why all the vitriole towards Huckabee. He seems like a straight shooter to me. You may not agree with some of his stances, but he was clear where he stood. Color me crazy, but I'd rather disagree honestly with someone than agree with someone else only to find he was lying to me.

*sigh*

take cuts = tax cuts

Jan 12, 09 - 01:50 pm Comment from: Macintosher

I merely wonder if a group of Apple Macs could run for presidency. They seem to do most political work behind the scenes.

As a moderate independent who thinks evolution is an intelligent explanation for how we got here, and is confident that the universe did NOT begin 6000 years ago, I would normally not have much common ground with Mike Huckabee. But by most accounts he is a decent man and the fact that he switched to a Mac says a lot about his ability to embrace change. I suggest we welcome him to Apple's fan base and encourage him to use his MacBook to learn more about the diversity of America.

Jan 12, 09 - 02:09 pm Comment from: Buster

Not being American I don't care about Huckabee's politics. However, you must admit he is spot on about companies not caring being companies that will eventually fade away.

That Honeybee guy needs to watch a few BBC documentaries about the earth, and life on it, if what you say is true.

@rwr:

"take cuts = tax cuts"

Depending on your view of modern US tax policy, you may have been right the first time...

BTW - A lot of people on this thread seem to be calling Huckabee a retard for being part of the "earth is 6000 years old" lobby. I've never actually heard him advancing the so-called "young Earth" theory. If you don't like the guy's politics, that's one thing. But at least keep your criticisms factual.

Closer to the topic at hand, I applaud him for seeing the light and switching to Mac.

Jan 12, 09 - 04:06 pm Comment from: OBill-Wan Kenobi

The politics of Mike Huckabee aren't very interesting and, frankly, the guy's positions do not square very well with traditional Republicanism. But then again, you could say the same about 90% of the Republicans who are in, or are seeking, leadership positions. The guy is a social conservative first and foremost and the current ideas pedaled by social-cons run contrary to the very fundamentals of individual liberty. That being said, most voters aren't given much a choice in that department as liberty is being stripped left and right. In it's origins, the Republican party stood for limiting the size and roll of the Federal government, recognizing that we are a Federal Republic and that State's right reign supreme as long as they don't infringe on an individuals inalienable rights as described (not defined!) in the Constitution. But there's never been a Republican President that has actually limited or reduced the size of the Federal Government, ever. Even Abe Lincoln used the powers of the Federal Government to trample State's right, suspend Habeas Corpus, shut down the free press and steal citizens private property. This whole two party charade is an act that allows people to identify with one group or another and feel as if they are standing for certain principals but the truth is far more disturbing.

We are a people farm. You are a slave. You have the freedom to move but you are not free. You are defined by the State. From birth you are forced into a parasitic relationship with the State and, for the rest of your life, the fruits of your labor (or some portion, anyway) is owned by the State. This is the government we have wrought and, maybe, the one we deserve.

But hey, Huckabee ownes a Mac. Yeah for us!

Jan 12, 09 - 04:12 pm Comment from: TowerTone

Dr Itchie
I don't know if that was a joke or not. It seemed pretty funny to me that you could change 'republican' to 'democrat' and it be the same thing we said when Bush was elected. Twice.
I also thought it funny that most places I went over the past few years saw much support for Bush in the form of t-shirts and bumper stickers. Seriously.
Let me read it one more time.
Nope. Looks like you were serious. I wonder what else you don't notice going on around you (for the first time in your life) that we grounded in reality see.

and for (no) God's sake, get some Preparation H.......

Welcome to the dark side, Mr. Huckabee.

Everything is proceding as I have foreseen. HA HA HA HA HA

Jan 12, 09 - 04:48 pm Comment from: PT

"MacDailyNews Take: Microsoft's business model: Instill serious fear and trepidation. Make PCs so difficult and frustrating that it makes the very idea of switching unthinkable. Make them sheep, build a pen, and pretend to lock it tight."

To MDN: Ever heard the expression- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Are you truly arrogant or stupid enough not to realize that people, other than you lot, are capable of making a choice. People choose for various reasons and motivations but the fact remains, they make a choice. So get over yourself and get a dose of reality! My god...

Mike Huckabee's bass guitar is carved from petrified wood.

Jan 12, 09 - 06:09 pm Comment from: TowerTone

@Smar Tass
he also jams on an instrument made from terrified wood....

I Disagree with his religion and politics but I fully agree
with his comments about companies and service.
Remember the US quit manufacturing and concentrated on services.
NOW WE HAVE NEITHER.

Does anyone here really know what Huckabee's religious and political views are? I mean, does anyone here UNDERSTAND them?

*cricket chirps*

Bueller? Bueller?