Originally published May 2 2005
President Bush may not send email, but it's for a good reason: personal privacy
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Though President Bush does not send email, he has very good reasons for it. After all, electronic content can be stolen and Bush does not want his personal correspondence to become matters of public knowledge. This is nothing new, as Bill Clinton, when he was president, also avoided email for the same reasons. Bush, however, does not have an altogether bad record with technology. He was the first president to ride a Segway, he wants broadband access available to every home by 2007 and he listens to an Apple iPod. Plus, he did get to play with the ultimate technological gadget when he flew a fighter plane.
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It's strange to imagine a president whose relationship with technology is so pre-1990s, but Bush has a point.
Lots of privacy types say you shouldn't send anything in an e-mail that you don't want the whole world to see.
Before he was president, he used e-mail.
But when he moved into the Oval Office, his top staff decided against it, said White House spokesman David Almacy.
The American people would be ROTFL ...
The White House Office of Management and Budget and other government agencies also have been working overtime and under budget on the tedious but essential task of making federal government services easier for the public to reach online.
Bush, after several years of silence on broadband, said that affordable high-speed Internet access should be available to all Americans by 2007.
While the Kerry-Edwards team often languished in the turnaround time it took to respond to the Bush campaign's potshots, Republican staffers ran a slick, streamlined Internet operation that was fearsome to behold.
The president has had more success with the Apple iPod, the 21st century's answer to the Walkman.
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