Indignant Desert Birds

These are the days when anything goes

Posted on January 18th, 2009 by Punning Pundit

The lawyers broke the bad news to Obama aides at a briefing Friday morning convened by incoming Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts: Not only are they leaving the modern world to enter a White House where some of the clunky desktop computers still run Windows 2000 but — worst of all — they’ll be forced to surrender a form of communication staffers have relied on for the last two years to communicate with each other, outside allies, and the press.

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To recap: The Lawyers said “You can’t use IM”. Team Obama said “damn, that sucks.” Now there is talk about changing the law.

This is the change we voted for. See, when team Bush learns that something is illegal, or creates a complicated legal situation, they simply ignored the law– sometimes hiring lawyers to tell them that Torture is Legal. Team Obama simply doesn’t do whatever it is that they shouldn’t be doing.

*swoon *