Twitter is a problem for everyone

Twitter is an epidemic we need to stop as Americans. A few people like Senator John McCain and myself have already been taken to this zombie like website.

While I sit on my Blackberry and tweet away, I realize there are other people who twitter while they're doing things that are important. What if I were to say that Shaq twitters during a game? Rumor has it he does. Same with Steve Nash - maybe that's why the Suns failed to get into the playoffs yet again.

Senator Claire McCaskill twittered during President Barack Obama's address to congress back in February? Because she did and got caught too. Then there is our John McCain; he started using when he was running for President.

He had to scrap his old one and make a new one. When it comes to Twitter, the idea of it is that you have 140 characters to say what you are doing, or what you are thinking. Spaces do count, and Biz Stone needs to fix that. But that is neither here nor there. No, what I want to talk about is how John McCain found out about Twitter.

That staffer needs to be slapped by the age group for "Twittering", 18-30 something's, Sen. McCain is a little too old for this game.

This is game of "Twittering": 'pizza sounds better than tacos'. Or if you voted for Stephen Colbert's name on a Space Nodule fifteen times. Not if you met with the prime minister of Malaysia or if you're about to send a dead fish to a pollster.

That makes Twitter a news source. It's not trustworthy enough; it would be the Wikipedia of News Sources. Sockington the cat would become the Walter Cronkite of news. Greg Grunberg from "Heroes" would oust Brian Williams. Of course, Tom Brokaw would be replaced by Darth Vader. Yes, that Darth Vader.

This epidemic of Twitter does need to slow down. By this time next year, I will be complaining about Jon Stewart having a Twitter and not calling out Keith Olbermann with it. Stephen Colbert would have effectively brainwashed half of our country into thinking he's a serious newsman. All of that is in a good situation, of course.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that; Twitter shouldn't be in the hands of politicians or be used as a reliable news source. It should be used for what it is: to find out if your best friend is sitting on a lightrail or heading to work, just to make sure the suprise party isn't ruined.