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McCain Does a Google on the Blackberry He Invented

Posted by ZP Heller, Brave New Films at 2:24 PM on September 19, 2008.


McCain desperately tries to shed his Luddite image when it comes to technology.

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Seems someone is desperately trying to shed his Luddite image when it comes to technology.  You see, Old Man McCain doesn't need to be able to use a computer, surf the Internets, or know what Google really is, because he's invented the Blackberry.  I guess McCain and Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens have more in common than just Sarah Palin's support for the Bridge to Nowhere.  Hey, if you believe McCain invented the Blackberry, then I have a bridge in Alaska to sell you!

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ZP Heller is the editorial director of Brave New Films. He has written for The American Prospect, AlterNet, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Huffington Post, covering everything from politics to pop culture.


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Posted by: InsertNameHere on Sep 19, 2008 2:47 PM   
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What an asshole.

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Blackberry? Thank CANADA!
Posted by: Prairie Waif on Sep 20, 2008 6:59 AM   
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Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA is the inventor and proprietary owner of the patent on the Blackberry and its related software.

Someone (a US firm) tried to step on their rights and LOST BIG TIME in copyright court.

One of my students who worked for RIM finds this probably the most humorous event of the election. Oh, outside of the Alaska Barbie Chronicles.

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BLACKBERRY
Posted by: shd1230 on Sep 20, 2008 8:44 AM   
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JOHN MCCAIN INVENTED THE BLACKBERRY--HEY, THE GUY DIDN'T MEAN THE LITTLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE. HE MEANT THAT LITTLE FRUIT THAT GROWS ON BRAMBLES IN THE SOUTHERN U.S. MECAIN SNEAKED A CUTTING OR TWO OUT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN....OF COURSE THAT MEANS HE DIDN'T EXACTLY INVENT IT BUT HEY, SEMANTICS.....

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X-POLYGAMIST WIFE in ARIZONA
Posted by: X-POLYGAMIST WIFE on Sep 21, 2008 6:34 AM   
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John McCain invented the Blackberry when he was in Colorado City, Arizona having dinner with Warren Jeffs the polygamist pedophile prophet.

Jeffs complained that he couldn't keep track of his 87 wives, so McCain came up with the Blackberry idea. Then he promised Warren Jeffs Carte Blanche with Arizona taxpayer money, and now the FLDS receives 25-30 million a year to support their culture of incest and underage brides.

BANKING ON HEAVEN . COM

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Confused old man..
Posted by: cyr3n on Sep 22, 2008 8:24 AM   
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There's no reason for a technophobic old man who doesn't email or go online to have a blackberry let alone invent one. He's clearly confused.. out of touch with the internet-able masses.. and his statements make me think he's genuinely senile.

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» RE: Confused old man.. Posted by: astockton
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Posted by: zombo08 on Sep 28, 2008 6:02 PM   
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