A Confused Resident of Twitteronia

I really don't get Twitter, I usually get on, say something silly and check to see if QuietStorm has done a 140 character review of a movie or album. But it's really been picking up steam lately so I decided to play around with it a bit more.

In honor of my fifth favorite state, Arizona, I decided to follow my three favorite Arizonians on Twitter. They are in order - Shaq, Steve Nash (our nations favorite socialist), and of course John McCain (the senior senator from Arizona and father to the most self involved 22 year old ever).

All three are serious Twitter users but all have different agendas.

Shaq is constantly twittering. The Big InterWeb is basically on his Blackberry constantly; offering to buy people slurpies, letting people know he extra Suns tickets in his pockets, telling people to meet him on given street corners in downtown Phoenix, and goofing on Chris Bosh as he scores 45pts on him in a game. It's crazy.

Nash is much more nuanced in his usage. Steve only involves himself as a foil to Shaq, making witty comments and setting Shaq up on the break like a good straight man/point guard.

John McCain is a whole other matter. He has decided to use his twitter feed to keep us up to date on the latest "pork barrell" spending he finds in whatever bill is being argued before the Senate at that moment. Entries like this are common:

SenJohnMcCain #3. $380,000 to revitalize downtown Aliceville, AL
about 8 hours ago from web

Right, because I care. These are billion dollar spending bills, dude. If every once in a while a dude needs a lamppost painted somewhere, I think we as a country can power through. Wake me up if Eric Cantor attaches a rider that frees up 150K to pay off his bookie. Otherwise, leave me alone.

Still as I watch dudes twitter away, I wonder, what's the point? Everyone seems to be doing it. I am following Tina Fey and all she talks about is junk food. It's weird. Someone explain it to me, please