Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday's Notes

> On the Today Show this morning, there were knock-offs of Mrs. Michelle Obama's dresses from the Inauguration. They were very impressive.

> The Obama White House has been working quickly to take care of overturning some of Bush's EPA standings. Thank goodness!

> It appears that the tech-savvy staff have had problems with the draconian computers found in the White House. Washington Post:

..."It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said of his new digs.....
....One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right after the swearing-in ceremony, only to discover that it was impossible to know which programs could be updated, or even which computers could be used for which purposes. The team members, accustomed to working on Macintoshes, found computers outfitted with six-year-old versions of Microsoft software. Laptops were scarce, assigned to only a few people in the West Wing. The team was left struggling to put closed captions on online videos....

Wouldn't that be frustrating?

> Is anyone else concerned about the Republicans obstructionist behavior? Haven't they read the papers? We have a Democrat in the White House with Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate. Let us keep pressure on the GOPers to help support change in this country.