Okay Senator, what's on your i-pod?

[TayTay]

US Senators enter the iPod age

Source: Agence France-Presse English Wire
Date: February 08, 2006

WASHINGTON, Feb 8, 2006 (AFP) - The US Senate, a clubby haven for ancient
lawmakers, arcane procedures and stuffed shirt rhetoric, seems to take pride in
being behind the times.

But the venerable chamber is set for a giant leap forward, as a technology
lobby group kits out selected Senators with ultra-trendy iPods.

Visions of octogenarian Senators waltzing through the corridors of power wired
for sound might be absurd -- but the stunt has a serious purpose.

The 100-member Senate wields wide-ranging powers to regulate new technology --
but seems ill equipped to keep up with the pace of technological change.

"Young people get it, more than people who are making the laws about it," said
Ren Bucholz, co-founder of IPac, a political action committee set up to ensure
intellectual property laws don't shackle innovation.

"There is a large gap between people who understand technology and use it on a
daily basis, and legislators who don't have a technological background."

One politician already iPod literate is President George W. Bush, whose iPod
playlist has been a favorite topic of Washington gossip columnists.

But the crusty old Senate is a tougher proposition.

IPac wants to equip Senators who work on copyright and intellectual property
policy, including failed Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry, liberal
Californian Barbara Boxer and possible Republican 2008 hope George Allen.

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Not barfie, oh Lord and my daughter thinks I-Pods are cool! Well, he can get the download for all those Dr. Seuss books he never got to finish in high school.

[FreedomAngel82]

1. I love my Ipod

I got one for a birthday present and it's great! You can pile up on songs (mine is the one where you have 15,000 songs) and you can have tons of songs on there for days. Now they have them to where you can put video's on there. I should have waited a few months before buying one and than could've had one of those. Darn! But the IPod is so great when you're on a trip or going to the beach so you don't have to worry about having so many CD's and stuff. :) It's great and I love podcasts. I wonder what's on Kerry's IPod too.

[ginnyinWI]

2. my husband deliberately did not get the video kind

Something about the technology and being more prone to crashing. Don't ask me--I'm more into satellite radio these days. He bought his the first day they were available and still loves it.