A matéria foi publicada pelo jornal britânico The Guardian ( leia abaixo, na íntegra) e o site Blue Bus noticiou.Quem sabe Lula resolve
imitar o Bush e diminui, assim, os gastos com o AeroLula, hein?
:-)))
Com saudades do rancho no Texas, Bush usa o Google EarthEntrevistado no canal a cabo MSNBC, o presidente Bush mostrou que ganhou intimidade com o mundo high tech. Há 2 anos, tinha referido coisas sobre as quais tinha ouvido falar 'na internets'. Agora diz que eventualmente usa o Google e o Google Earth, mas nao se lembrou do nome do programa quando explicou para a jornalista Maria Bartiromo que gosta de olhar os mapas feitos por satelite para ver sua propriedade no Texas. "Gosto de olhar o rancho no Google, me lembra de onde eu gostaria de estar de vez em quando". Na mesma conversa, revelou que nao escreve emails e nao gosta de receber nenhum. Teme que a troca de correspondencia pessoal do presidente possa ter consequencias indesejaveis. Noticia do The Guardian, em inglês.'The Google' lets homesick president keep an eye on the ranchDan Glaister in Los Angeles Friday October 27, 2006 The Guardian  George Bush admitted looking up his ranch on Google Earth Two years ago George Bush told the world about things he'd heard on "the
internets". Since then the US president has progressed, becoming more familiar
with the hi-tech world he leads.
This week, Mr Bush expressed his enthusiasm for "the Google". In a cable news interview he was asked if he had ever used the search engine, and if he had ever Googled anybody. "Occasionally," Mr Bush told MSNBC's Maria Bartiromo. "One of the things I've used on the Google is to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see that. I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite and you can - like, I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes. Yeah, I do it some." Google Earth's online images of the president's Texas ranch show a main compound with two outbuildings and what appears to be an outdoor swimming pool. Mr Bush, in common with other world leaders, said he drew the line at using personal email, fearing the consequences of creating an electronic paper trail. "I tend not to email," he said, before clarifying his position. "Not only tend not to email, I don't email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. I don't want to receive emails because, you know, there's no telling what somebody's email may - it would show up as, you know, a part of some kind of a story, and I wouldn't be able to say, 'Well, I didn't read the email'. 'But I sent it to your address, how can you say you didn't?' So, in other words, I'm very cautious about emailing." The interview has provided fodder for bloggers and online pundits, who have taken delight in posting clips of the interview and speculating about the president's technophobia. Mr Bush did use email before becoming president, but was advised to stop. Under the Freedom of Information Act anything written by a serving president becomes a matter of public record. Mr Bush gave the same reason more than a year ago to a gathering of newspaper editors. "I don't email," he said, "and there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff. I don't think you're entitled to be able to read my mail between my daughters and me." Tony Blair has no such constitutional restraint but has admitted being a technophobe. Asked if that was a fair description on a "personal level", Mr Blair told a parliamentary committee, "I am afraid that is fair actually, yes." Despite his email reticence Mr Bush has attempted to surround himself with trappings of modernity. He was pictured early in his presidency riding a Segway powered scooter. He fell off. He also received publicity when his use of an iPod was revealed - although it is programmed by an assistant. Mr Bush's predecessor made more use of email as president, although he too was wary of freedom of information. Bill Clinton sent two emails during his time in office: one was a test message, and the other was to the crew of a space shuttle as they orbited the earth. |
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