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Old 11-17-2008, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Denver
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I much prefer to email for communication at work as well. Nice to keep a record of things.

I would be so sad to give up my phone and personal email......
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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They may have to hold Blackberry Anonymous meetings at the White House...
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:30 PM
 
Location: North Side of Indy, IN
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They may have to hold Blackberry Anonymous meetings at the White House...
Hi, my name is Barack, and I'm a 'Berryaholic...
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Old 11-17-2008, 12:37 PM
 
Location: In the sunshine on a ship with a plank
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Is it true that Obama's personal correspondence will also be subject to the PR Act?
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Old 11-17-2008, 03:40 PM
 
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I find it hard to believe no other president has had a laptop? ... wow if so unbelievable.
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Old 11-17-2008, 03:56 PM
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Location: Wisconsin
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I'm one of those people. I much prefer to write out my thoughts than to use the phone. It allows me to say what I want to say without being interrupted or forgetting everything I want to express. I love to write, and I HATE talking on the phone, so it makes sense for me.
I feel the same way. I think too that it helps prevent "misunderstandings" and that could be very important with a POTUS. You know, it honestly never occurred to me that a president WOULDN'T have immediate computer access. I'm an old lady and we are suppose to be the ones who are "out of touch" with the computer age. I've been using computers since they first started making PCs and I had just assumed that a president would be at least as up-to-date as me.
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Old 11-17-2008, 09:40 PM
 
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I'm on my blackberry replying to this post!! Will never surrender my blackberry!!
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Old 11-17-2008, 10:00 PM
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Poor guy, I love my Blackberry.
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Old 11-18-2008, 06:11 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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Hi, my name is Barack, and I'm a 'Berryaholic...
After 30 days, you get a chip. A computer chip, of course.
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Old 11-18-2008, 08:22 AM
 
Location: North Side of Indy, IN
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Is it true that Obama's personal correspondence will also be subject to the PR Act?
As I understand it, yes, anything he says or writes while he's President becomes a matter of permanent official record. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

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In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of subpoenas.
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