Obama and His Blackberry

Isn't it great to know that our President also has a crackberry addiction. If you haven't been following click on the below link to see that he will make history and be the first President that gets to keep his personal cell phone or Blackberry.


New York Time's Obama Blackberry article



What I find amazing is the bureaucracy that he had to go through to keep his Blackberry and then the rules that the placed on him. And he had to "compromise". Don't you just love it? Let's thank god he didn't try to keep an iPhone. Check some of the restrictions out:

• Only a select group of people can contact him or he can contact - a "hierarchy"
• Anyone selected must go through briefings from White House counsel
• Messages are designed not to be forwarded

As I thought about these rules and dilemmas that President Obama is faced, I seriously think that White House counsel missed some. Let's add a few to the list:

• President Obama can not ass dial anyone. For those that are BlackBerry illiterate - ass dialing is the wonderful act of accidentally dialing someone when the device is in your back pocket. I've had friends ass dial me (so they say) at 2am. Sometimes you can catch part of the conversation - clearly not what we want Obama to be doing.
• He must in no way shape of form wear the BlackBerry on his belt. Not only a major fashion faux pas, but just not hip. He's the king of capitalism. Not hip to be square. Seeing from the picture on the right - he's a pocket person! Good man.
  
• No BlackBerry at the dinner table. Even my kids have laid down this rule with me. Can't believe White House counsel would overlook this
• No using the BlackBerry at the urinal or on the toilet. Completely unacceptable.

Let's also consider some other logistics that White House counsel failed to observe and enact:

• What is his voice mail message. I think it should be scripted something like this: "You've reached Obama. Sorry I can't come to the phone right now. I'm busy leading the free world and fighting government bureaucracy. I'm trying to jump start the economy and enact world peace. If you really need f$(!@ something, please leave me a message and I'll make sure that in my spare time I'll get back to you!"
• Also, what does he set his out of office message for. Maybe something like this. "I will be out of the office from January 20, 2009 through January 19, 2013 unless I keep my 68% approval rating up and get re-elected. In that case, I will be out of the office through January 19, 2017. If your matter is urgent or requires personal attention, please contact my administrative assistant, Hillary Clinton at 55G-OT-HOSED or hclinton@sourgrapes.com"

Last do you think President Obama's cool enough to send some nifty text messages. Maybe some of these:

• I C LND, I C FRNCE, I C DCK CHNY'S UNDPNTS
• GWB - BFF?
• HRC I WANT U 2 KNOW THAT OUR FRIENSHIP MEANS A LOT 2 ME
• THIS BUD IS 4 U

Needless to say there are more that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could teach him. Wait do you think that Kwame is one of the select few in the hiearchy?!?! GOOD 2 B HIM!

DB