Comments on: McCain Aid: McCain “helped create” the BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: EducatedVoter http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-316507 EducatedVoter Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:19 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316507 Obama is a communist. Theyre back. Obama is a communist. Theyre back.

]]> By: EducatedVoter http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-491480 EducatedVoter Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:14:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491480 Obama is a communist. Theyre back. Obama is a communist. Theyre back.

]]> By: smitty65 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-316343 smitty65 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:49:12 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316343 stupid staffer...doesn't anyone know how to employ the English language anymore to its fullest effect?...that said, it's amazing how statements get misconstrued, intentionally, for partisan political purposes and people just gobble it up, aided by terrible journalism, because it coincides with their myopic world view... re: "change"...it's all about what kind of change...bribing people with their own money (or the money earned by those who create jobs) is the well-worn path of "Old Europe," which ironically is actually trying to become more like the US in fiscal policy and competitiveness...change, indeed! stupid staffer…doesn’t anyone know how to employ the English language anymore to its fullest effect?…that said, it’s amazing how statements get misconstrued, intentionally, for partisan political purposes and people just gobble it up, aided by terrible journalism, because it coincides with their myopic world view…

re: “change”…it’s all about what kind of change…bribing people with their own money (or the money earned by those who create jobs) is the well-worn path of “Old Europe,” which ironically is actually trying to become more like the US in fiscal policy and competitiveness…change, indeed!

]]> By: smitty65 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-491479 smitty65 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491479 stupid staffer...doesn't anyone know how to employ the English language anymore to its fullest effect?...that said, it's amazing how statements get misconstrued, intentionally, for partisan political purposes and people just gobble it up, aided by terrible journalism, because it coincides with their myopic world view... re: "change"...it's all about what kind of change...bribing people with their own money (or the money earned by those who create jobs) is the well-worn path of "Old Europe," which ironically is actually trying to become more like the US in fiscal policy and competitiveness...change, indeed! stupid staffer…doesn’t anyone know how to employ the English language anymore to its fullest effect?…that said, it’s amazing how statements get misconstrued, intentionally, for partisan political purposes and people just gobble it up, aided by terrible journalism, because it coincides with their myopic world view…

re: “change”…it’s all about what kind of change…bribing people with their own money (or the money earned by those who create jobs) is the well-worn path of “Old Europe,” which ironically is actually trying to become more like the US in fiscal policy and competitiveness…change, indeed!

]]> By: Doug Baden http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-316327 Doug Baden Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:24:40 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316327 I agree with Jonathan above (except that I am not a pissed off American). Folks, look more closely at what McCain was stating instead of raking him (or any other politician under the microscope) across the coals for any inaccuracy or misinterpretation. His statement was not that he invented the Blackberyy. A Blackberry was held aloft as an example of the telecommunications evolution/revolution that has changed the way the world works, thinks, and communicates. He's not claiming to have been an entrepreneur, but an enabler of the changes necessary to bring about great things. DAB I agree with Jonathan above (except that I am not a pissed off American). Folks, look more closely at what McCain was stating instead of raking him (or any other politician under the microscope) across the coals for any inaccuracy or misinterpretation. His statement was not that he invented the Blackberyy. A Blackberry was held aloft as an example of the telecommunications evolution/revolution that has changed the way the world works, thinks, and communicates. He’s not claiming to have been an entrepreneur, but an enabler of the changes necessary to bring about great things.

DAB

]]> By: Doug Baden http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-491478 Doug Baden Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491478 I agree with Jonathan above (except that I am not a pissed off American). Folks, look more closely at what McCain was stating instead of raking him (or any other politician under the microscope) across the coals for any inaccuracy or misinterpretation. His statement was not that he invented the Blackberyy. A Blackberry was held aloft as an example of the telecommunications evolution/revolution that has changed the way the world works, thinks, and communicates. He's not claiming to have been an entrepreneur, but an enabler of the changes necessary to bring about great things. DAB I agree with Jonathan above (except that I am not a pissed off American). Folks, look more closely at what McCain was stating instead of raking him (or any other politician under the microscope) across the coals for any inaccuracy or misinterpretation. His statement was not that he invented the Blackberyy. A Blackberry was held aloft as an example of the telecommunications evolution/revolution that has changed the way the world works, thinks, and communicates. He’s not claiming to have been an entrepreneur, but an enabler of the changes necessary to bring about great things.

DAB

]]> By: SteelValor.com http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-2/#comment-316305 SteelValor.com Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:17:53 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316305 We need to get McCain and Gore together ... THEY CAN BUILD CYBERDYNE!! We need to get McCain and Gore together … THEY CAN BUILD CYBERDYNE!!

]]> By: SteelValor.com http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491477 SteelValor.com Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:17:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491477 We need to get McCain and Gore together ... THEY CAN BUILD CYBERDYNE!! We need to get McCain and Gore together … THEY CAN BUILD CYBERDYNE!!

]]> By: netposer http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316303 netposer Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:11:07 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316303 What the fuck is wrong with you? I expect a bit more integrity from a tech site like this. If I want to read shit like this I'll head on over to perezhilton.com or some other gossip site. You should be ashamed that you fell right into shitty (read; run with it and do no fact checking) journalism. You assholes deserve Rogers...ROFL What the fuck is wrong with you? I expect a bit more integrity from a tech site like this. If I want to read shit like this I’ll head on over to perezhilton.com or some other gossip site.

You should be ashamed that you fell right into shitty (read; run with it and do no fact checking) journalism.

You assholes deserve Rogers…ROFL

]]> By: netposer http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491476 netposer Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491476 What the fuck is wrong with you? I expect a bit more integrity from a tech site like this. If I want to read shit like this I'll head on over to perezhilton.com or some other gossip site. You should be ashamed that you fell right into shitty (read; run with it and do no fact checking) journalism. You assholes deserve Rogers...ROFL What the fuck is wrong with you? I expect a bit more integrity from a tech site like this. If I want to read shit like this I’ll head on over to perezhilton.com or some other gossip site.

You should be ashamed that you fell right into shitty (read; run with it and do no fact checking) journalism.

You assholes deserve Rogers…ROFL

]]> By: MarvinK http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316270 MarvinK Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:21:35 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316270 This isn't news in any way other than that BlackBerry Cool is apparently big into Obama... or big into making fun of US politics... or big into stretching nothing into a story because they don't have anything better to write about. If this is what we would come to expect for BlackBerry Cool's quality of political coverage--yes, please stay out of it. It makes me lose more respect for your blog than it does for McCain's aid. This isn’t news in any way other than that BlackBerry Cool is apparently big into Obama… or big into making fun of US politics… or big into stretching nothing into a story because they don’t have anything better to write about.

If this is what we would come to expect for BlackBerry Cool’s quality of political coverage–yes, please stay out of it. It makes me lose more respect for your blog than it does for McCain’s aid.

]]> By: MarvinK http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491475 MarvinK Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:21:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491475 This isn't news in any way other than that BlackBerry Cool is apparently big into Obama... or big into making fun of US politics... or big into stretching nothing into a story because they don't have anything better to write about. If this is what we would come to expect for BlackBerry Cool's quality of political coverage--yes, please stay out of it. It makes me lose more respect for your blog than it does for McCain's aid. This isn’t news in any way other than that BlackBerry Cool is apparently big into Obama… or big into making fun of US politics… or big into stretching nothing into a story because they don’t have anything better to write about.

If this is what we would come to expect for BlackBerry Cool’s quality of political coverage–yes, please stay out of it. It makes me lose more respect for your blog than it does for McCain’s aid.

]]> By: _Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316248 _Jon Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:05:25 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316248 Yeah, just skip over that RIM *stole* the software and located it outside the US, then _bribed_ a lot of US officials by giving them free devices. I'm not a McCain supporter, but if you are so ignorant that a politician claiming that opening up a market to allow competition isn't a valid point to brag about, then you should go back to school and try to learn about "macro" subjects. Or look up Cause and Effect. geeze. Yeah, just skip over that RIM *stole* the software and located it outside the US, then _bribed_ a lot of US officials by giving them free devices.

I’m not a McCain supporter, but if you are so ignorant that a politician claiming that opening up a market to allow competition isn’t a valid point to brag about, then you should go back to school and try to learn about “macro” subjects. Or look up Cause and Effect. geeze.

]]> By: _Jon http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491474 _Jon Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491474 Yeah, just skip over that RIM *stole* the software and located it outside the US, then _bribed_ a lot of US officials by giving them free devices. I'm not a McCain supporter, but if you are so ignorant that a politician claiming that opening up a market to allow competition isn't a valid point to brag about, then you should go back to school and try to learn about "macro" subjects. Or look up Cause and Effect. geeze. Yeah, just skip over that RIM *stole* the software and located it outside the US, then _bribed_ a lot of US officials by giving them free devices.

I’m not a McCain supporter, but if you are so ignorant that a politician claiming that opening up a market to allow competition isn’t a valid point to brag about, then you should go back to school and try to learn about “macro” subjects. Or look up Cause and Effect. geeze.

]]> By: grayzweb http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316244 grayzweb Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:13:06 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316244 You are correct. You should stay away from American Politics unless you report the whole story. CNN puts their very biased spin on politics. John McCain has never said he help invent the BlackBerry. McCains war injuries prevent him from typing emails. He supported the BlackBerry USE in government. The only thing Canadians need to worry about is if Obama gets elected. We will all have reason to worry then. You are correct. You should stay away from American Politics unless you report the whole story. CNN puts their very biased spin on politics. John McCain has never said he help invent the BlackBerry. McCains war injuries prevent him from typing emails. He supported the BlackBerry USE in government.
The only thing Canadians need to worry about is if Obama gets elected. We will all have reason to worry then.

]]> By: grayzweb http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491473 grayzweb Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491473 You are correct. You should stay away from American Politics unless you report the whole story. CNN puts their very biased spin on politics. John McCain has never said he help invent the BlackBerry. McCains war injuries prevent him from typing emails. He supported the BlackBerry USE in government. The only thing Canadians need to worry about is if Obama gets elected. We will all have reason to worry then. You are correct. You should stay away from American Politics unless you report the whole story. CNN puts their very biased spin on politics. John McCain has never said he help invent the BlackBerry. McCains war injuries prevent him from typing emails. He supported the BlackBerry USE in government.
The only thing Canadians need to worry about is if Obama gets elected. We will all have reason to worry then.

]]> By: Garth http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316234 Garth Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:19 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316234 Typical. Effing Democrats take a simple statement and stretch it the far end of rational thinking. Go pound sand to all of you pot stirrers. Take the statement for what it is intended as. Would this be such a big deal if the staffer had held up a Nokia or a Motorola device? No. But because he held up his Blackberry, you all are jumping on him like the Al Gore comment. Come see me after Obama raises your taxes oh dearly departing middle class. You think it is disappearing now? Just you wait until your "sistible" candidate with little qualification comes into office. What remains of the middle class will be gone in a relative instant. They will hence forth be known as the Animal Farm class! Typical. Effing Democrats take a simple statement and stretch it the far end of rational thinking. Go pound sand to all of you pot stirrers. Take the statement for what it is intended as. Would this be such a big deal if the staffer had held up a Nokia or a Motorola device? No. But because he held up his Blackberry, you all are jumping on him like the Al Gore comment. Come see me after Obama raises your taxes oh dearly departing middle class. You think it is disappearing now? Just you wait until your “sistible” candidate with little qualification comes into office. What remains of the middle class will be gone in a relative instant. They will hence forth be known as the Animal Farm class!

]]> By: Garth http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491472 Garth Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:08:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491472 Typical. Effing Democrats take a simple statement and stretch it the far end of rational thinking. Go pound sand to all of you pot stirrers. Take the statement for what it is intended as. Would this be such a big deal if the staffer had held up a Nokia or a Motorola device? No. But because he held up his Blackberry, you all are jumping on him like the Al Gore comment. Come see me after Obama raises your taxes oh dearly departing middle class. You think it is disappearing now? Just you wait until your "sistible" candidate with little qualification comes into office. What remains of the middle class will be gone in a relative instant. They will hence forth be known as the Animal Farm class! Typical. Effing Democrats take a simple statement and stretch it the far end of rational thinking. Go pound sand to all of you pot stirrers. Take the statement for what it is intended as. Would this be such a big deal if the staffer had held up a Nokia or a Motorola device? No. But because he held up his Blackberry, you all are jumping on him like the Al Gore comment. Come see me after Obama raises your taxes oh dearly departing middle class. You think it is disappearing now? Just you wait until your “sistible” candidate with little qualification comes into office. What remains of the middle class will be gone in a relative instant. They will hence forth be known as the Animal Farm class!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-316233 Jonathan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-316233 @Melissa... Must a congressman understand how to do heart surgery to pass medical malpractice reform? Must a congressman understand how to turn on a computer to know that they are beneficial to people and regulations should support people using them. Maybe you should turn on CSpan sometime and watch what they discuss in committees and you'll soon find out that Mr. McCain probably knows more about your little blackberry than you do. Whether you can score 1,000,000 on Guitar Hero II does not distinguish you on if you understand the subject. It simply means you know how to play a game. Whether you understand the scope and usefulness of a device and how it impacts our commerce and trade agreements is what makes you qualified to sit in a Senatorial Committee. @Melissa…

Must a congressman understand how to do heart surgery to pass medical malpractice reform?

Must a congressman understand how to turn on a computer to know that they are beneficial to people and regulations should support people using them.

Maybe you should turn on CSpan sometime and watch what they discuss in committees and you’ll soon find out that Mr. McCain probably knows more about your little blackberry than you do. Whether you can score 1,000,000 on Guitar Hero II does not distinguish you on if you understand the subject. It simply means you know how to play a game. Whether you understand the scope and usefulness of a device and how it impacts our commerce and trade agreements is what makes you qualified to sit in a Senatorial Committee.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.blackberrycool.com/2008/09/16/mccain-aid-mccain-helped-create-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-491471 Jonathan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=8510#comment-491471 @Melissa... Must a congressman understand how to do heart surgery to pass medical malpractice reform? Must a congressman understand how to turn on a computer to know that they are beneficial to people and regulations should support people using them. Maybe you should turn on CSpan sometime and watch what they discuss in committees and you'll soon find out that Mr. McCain probably knows more about your little blackberry than you do. Whether you can score 1,000,000 on Guitar Hero II does not distinguish you on if you understand the subject. It simply means you know how to play a game. Whether you understand the scope and usefulness of a device and how it impacts our commerce and trade agreements is what makes you qualified to sit in a Senatorial Committee. @Melissa…

Must a congressman understand how to do heart surgery to pass medical malpractice reform?

Must a congressman understand how to turn on a computer to know that they are beneficial to people and regulations should support people using them.

Maybe you should turn on CSpan sometime and watch what they discuss in committees and you’ll soon find out that Mr. McCain probably knows more about your little blackberry than you do. Whether you can score 1,000,000 on Guitar Hero II does not distinguish you on if you understand the subject. It simply means you know how to play a game. Whether you understand the scope and usefulness of a device and how it impacts our commerce and trade agreements is what makes you qualified to sit in a Senatorial Committee.

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