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northoftheborder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:36 PM
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The congress is being allowed to take their Blackberry's into House, and will be tweeting.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:38 PM
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1. Oh, I think that is disrespectful...
Granted, I've been attached like an umbilical cord to my blackberry in the past, but I do think this ought to be the one occasion they could turn them off.
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:44 PM
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2. Disrespectful, I agree
but...anyone I should be "following"?
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:53 PM
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5. Keith Olbermann
;)
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:49 PM
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3. BTW Olbermann is tweeting
he's very active on twitter at the moment.
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:50 PM
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4. Pretty sad, actually...
What I am getting out of this is that our representatives have read the speech, they've decided that they have absorbed everything they need to know, and that the President doesn't deserve their attention. They are, by their actions, saying that we're here because we have to be, but we're more interested in keeping ourselves entertained and entertaining our "followers".

I'm sorry, but I find it rather childish. :thumbsdown:
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:55 PM
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6. speech should not be released beforehand
then they MIGHT have to listen!
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 08:58 PM
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7. Completely agree n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 09:04 PM
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8. Completely ridiculous as well as disrespectful. Good example for students.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-11 09:05 PM
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9. Oh does that mean I need to read Boehner's tweets?
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