In Time Magazine’s latest issue, U.S. President George W. Bush is profiled as Time’s “Person of the Year” and included among the photographs by Christopher Morris are a couple of President Bush on or near his Trek bike with the caption, “At a Secret Service training facility, Bush bikes and listens to Van Morrision’s Brown Eyed Girl on his iPod.” Bush also sports what look to us to be Etymotic Research ER-6i Isolator earphones (see our review “Review: Etymotic Research ER-6i Isolator earphones – September 10, 2004, for more information).
Earlier this year, MacDailyNews noticed a line in a piece by Susan Baer for The Baltimore Sun about Vice President Dick Cheney: “His family life, too, has been kept largely under wraps, though in some ways it is remarkably ordinary, right down to the iPod the vice president received from his children for Christmas,” Baer wrote.
So, now we know that the top two positions of the U.S. Government’s Executive Branch are occupied by Apple iPod users.
Full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Baltimore Sun: Vice President Dick Cheney a confirmed Apple iPod user – April 01, 2004
EB, when you wrote Xmas, I know you think you were being deliberately offensive to those of us who unapologetically call this the Christmas season. However, I believe you’ll be disappointed to learn that Xmas is originally derived from the greek word for “Christmas”, which is “Xristos”, and it goes back for centuries.
From xristos.com, a Christian website:
Xristos is a transliteration of the New Testament Greek word for Christ “criston.” The Greek letter Chi ‘c’ was retained to insure a connection to the roots and original texts, as well as visually represent the centrality of the cross in all. The visual symbol Chi-ro is also employed at various places by Xristos, recalling one of the earliest practices of the Christian community.
So, thank you for wishing me an authentic Merry Christmas.
And Merry Christmas to you too.
well you can keep abusing him and even wonder how he got elected for the 2nd term… but hv u thot how come if so many of u hate him and would hv def not voted for him how he got elected ?
I don’t understand this meaningless ourpour of rage from the Republicans. Yes, they won, but as far as presidential elections go, barely. The nation is deeply polarized. Each side had their own strengths and weaknesses. Bush may have had weaker actual positions and a much more conservative agenda (duh) and pushed extremely foolish agendas, but Kerry was less charismatic and had a nuanced position ,and so, consequentially lost the election in this day an d age of 24/7 news TV and media monopolies controlled by septuagenarian Australian arch-conserservatives. Also, what’s up with people being called fags and commies. I will not get into the part of calling people homosexual, but as for communists, I’d be willing to bet that none of you idiotic right wingers have seen an actual communist in your entire life. Just because you still believe in some antiquidated McCarthyite propaganda, that does not mean there are communists attempting to take over the country. We have one of the strongist capitalistic economies in the world, and that is not going to change anytime soon. So, in conclusion, Bush is misleading this country, weaking the dollar versus the euro over the long term by creating a huge defecit (which is what you conservatives should really be worried if you’re afraid of Europe), and leading this country into a war which is increasingly becoming more and more of a quagmire. Just look at the history of the middle east and you will see that this cannot be resolved within our lifetimes.
shit who cares
Does anyone even remember what this is about? After fifteen minutes of listening to the same shit nearly fifty times I realize the what a mess this country has become. No matter how many times the Donkeys, or whatever those opposed to The President consider themselves, say it will not do anything besides spur more opposition and resent. The same goes for the Elephants, no matter how many times you say how you will kill all the ‘Terrorists’ remember our forefathers where nothing more than terrorist leaders rebelling against an unjust rule. You are making no progress, at all. Iraq was and is in a sad state of affairs, and don’t forget Saddam Hussein was responsible for the execution and torture of hundreds of thousands of people (394,710 people as well as the nearly 400,000 refugee childred forced to starvation because of his regime). Intervention was necessary although improperly carried out.
With more than eight million Ipods sold it’s no wonder why the President owns one, nearly everyone does! Cheny probably talked him into it anyways considering there is no real reason why he would need to appeal to new demographics since he is on his last term.
This might shock you extreme “ipod loving” liberals out there, but it is a well-known fact that Republicans, much to my disappointment prefer Apple. Rush Limbaugh is quoted saying he prefers his iBook to any PC or laptop. The philosophy is that Apple much like the Republican Party is strict in adaptation, in a way where only compatible programs suit the character traits and mind sets of conservatives. Apple is likewise structured, by creating an operating system, which only runs its own programs. Lets face it, from what we now know about the hippie revolution, it spread love just as fast as PCs spread viruses, some might find the parallel quite interesting.
he’s using an ipod to try and ‘fit in’ with people but apparently its not working
almost makes me want to buy a PC instead of an apple!!
Rick O’ Shay, like most irrational homophobes, is just a hoot to watch.
Rick, save yourself some embarrassment and look up the term ‘liberal’ before coming back.
For you other neocons who possess the same level of grammar, let me pull out my ‘spin to english’ dictionary for you:
pro-homosexual – a clever way to state that Rick, obviously, is agasint equal rights.
pro-tax – Somehow Rick is able to imply that taxes are bad. Forgetting things like the fact that Bush had everything to waste every single taxpayer’s money more so than any president in recent history. Oh those clever neocons!
pro-abortion – Ah, yes…this one is a classic. Alas, it’s a myth. No one is a pro-abortion.
anti-Israel – Another great classic. This one is a tad odd, as a lot of neocons are also against any thing that isn’t WASP…making it hard from them to play along with this particular spin tactic.
blame America first – This one is great. It twists the term ‘being responsible’ and turns it into an assumption of ‘tattle telling’. This is a good one. Really.
Sadly, we have way too many Ricks in this country. They question nothing. Would rather be part of the club rather than think on their own.
Shut�n out the cries of thousands of dead families coming to haunt him and the US for a long time. Livin�in fear really sucks doesn�t it? Power is useless if you don�t use it for something good. Democracy, freedom… bullshit… just trying to install corrupt governments for good business. Doesn�t matter who dies on the way.
TURN THE VOLUME UP DICKHEAD.
As is the case anywhere, is the case here. All liberals can do is call people that disagree with them morons.
Makes for interesting fodder, but it will never get your guy elected.
Who is the moron now?
I just love how most of the liberal bashers can’t seem to form a coherent sentence without using at least one of the following words: Faggot, pussy, commie, pinko, asshole, dickweed, etc.
If you are going to form an argument, support it with facts, not blind hate.
“Good Riddance Are You GAY Too? We do not miss your queer smelly ass one bit. You belong in Europe with all the Eurofags!”
“So all you RAGING liberal left wingers need to pickup your gun (buy one and train first at the local NRA get together) and shoot yourself a piece of shit terrorist or let them shoot you.
Either way we win. Like we did in the last election.
KILLING RAGHEAD SCUM IS GOOD FOR YOU!!!” – Go enlist in the army and offer your own life.
Oh, and http://www.theboywhocriediraq.com
Actually, I bought a Creative Zen Touch and couldn’t be happier. “Think Different”
Oh yeah, I’m also a Republican. Flame away lemmings!
Who cares, get a life, do something productive people…
To the Canadian Guy:
How lucky you are to live in a banana republic. I see that your liberal government has been engaged in scams, fraud, money laundering and your public works minister engaging in activities with the NY mafia.
In raw IQ power bush is a border line genius, scoring higher on his tests than clinton, gore and even his dad.
Before you pass any kind of judgement yellow belied Canadians better check is their own house is in order. Your governement is rated as worse than the mafia and hell’s angles motocycle gang by one of your own criminal gang experts: yevs Lavinge.
You can live and love your rathole but please do not bring the USA down to your putrid and vile criminal level.
“Deus Imperator”-
first off, are you trying to infer that you are God? Isn’t that against your religion?
Second, why don’t you just go hunt some terrorists. We’ll all be proud of you.
Third, are you from texas? Or just some other southern state?
How do you spot a FAGGOT??? look for the queer azz apple/mac/iDILDO he’s showing off. BTW, the only way to look for an iDILDO is to check his rectum.
What is this all about (and it ia definetly wrong for all of the U.S. citizens):
THIS IS HARD TO BELIEVE!
If the immigrant is over 65 they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than my mom gets for Social Security, and she worked from 1944 till 2004, only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there is a “catch 22”.
It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890.00 and each can also obtain an additional $580.00 in social assistance for a total of $2,470.00/month.
This compares very well to a single pensioner who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 t o 50 years can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1, 012.00 and the pensioners up to $2,470.00 and enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years.
Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing over the past 11 years – to the over-taxed American.
SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW
Gordy painter – About your forward…I see that this forward is still in circulation. Please check out the following link and know that the story is false:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/refugees.asp