PSYCH!!!!

God I'm evil.

DITTO!!

My phone is charging as I type. I put it on a special notify tone, "Maybe I'm Amazed" by McCartney. Will be carrying the phone at work (even though it's prohibited). I love bucking the system whenever I can.

Now that's funny! Nice burn!

I'm trying to find the story, but read last night that there has apparently been a flood of bogus text messages going out announcing supposed announcements. As I understand it, someone on Howard Stern's show explained how to spoof Verizon's text message system, that "hack" was discussed by others, and since then users have been reporting a flood of "announcements" supposedly coming from the Obama campaign announcing picks such as Walter Mondale, John Kerry, Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton.

Danged if I can recall where I saw the story initially, but I'll go back and look.

In short, many of the users admitted that, when the REAL announcement does come, they're likely not going to believe it until they see the text message reiterated with MSM coverage that matches.

Well, I found one version of it. I suspect I initially saw it at Politco:

Text hoaxes plague Obama VP plan

Carrie Budoff Brown Politco via Yahoo News

CHESAPEAKE, Va. – By the time Barack Obama is ready to announce his vice presidential pick, will anyone believe him?

In recent days, as speculation and anticipation has mounted, so too have phony text messages declaring Obama’s supposed running mate – from Evan Bayh and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps.

It’s a cruel twist in a prolonged game of guessing that has put political junkies and Democratic supporters on edge since the campaign announced last week that it would disclose Obama’s choice through text messaging, which is expected to happen by Saturday.

In the absence of real information, pranksters have filled the gap with guidance from the website Wonkette – and maybe Howard Stern, too.

“There is incredible enthusiasm for Barack Obama’s vice presidential announcement and unfortunately some people have used that enthusiasm and sent out hoaxes," said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who received one herself. “We can assure our supporters these texts did not come from the campaign and their data is secure. Everyone can also rest easy that despite their popularity, Mickey Mouse and Michael Phelps are not on the short list at this time.”

A Manhattan woman got excited when she received a message announcing Hillary Rodham Clinton, but soon realized it was a joke she saw nothing more about the choice on the Internet.

There also were reports of John Kerry, Walter Mondale and even Eliot Spitzer.


LINK TO FULL STORY

Rickrolled (not sure of the spelling)

But I knew it as I clicked it.

Edit- BTW, maybe we'll get a White house that can keep a secret. For gosh sake, they even have Biden zipping his lip. When was the last time Joe had no comment?

More porn?