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Bush Says Americans 'Ought to Have' Broadband and a Pony by 2007

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the make-mine-a-unicorn dept.

wrttnwrd writes "George Bush is calling for universal broadband by 2007. He doesn't say how, or who's going to pay for it, or who's going to build it, but hey, isn't almost good enough? (for all of you Boondocks readers out there)" First step to universal broadband: don't have your Justice Department argue against communities providing their own broadband service. And don't forget the pony!

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  1. Your Poll by mrbrown1602 · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Just figured I'd let you know, your poll is unscientific as its a voluntary response poll - they're most likely biased because people with strong opinions, both positive and negative, are most likely to respond. Besides, every American knows that Jimmy Carter was the worst President ever.

  2. Support for those statements? by khasim · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    #1. Bush was AWOL. Absent WithOut Leave. He was not at the place he was supposed to be when he was supposed to be there. It doesn't matter how long Bush spent training, what matters is whether he was where he was supposed to be when he was supposed to be there.

    #2. Bush attends funerals? Do you have any support for this statement? Everything I've seen says the opposite. In fact, here's a petition to get him to change:
    http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/ petition. cfm?itemid=15977

    #3. Yet the suicide rate amongst our troops in Iraq is significantly higher than other times. I find it strange how you can know what "most" troops over there believe. Particularly when there are reports of low morale amongst many of them.

    #4. The failure in Iraq is Clinton's fault? But Clinton's policy was what made the invasion so easy. Clinton kept up the sanctions and Iraq was not able to rebuild their weapons. Or did you mean that Clinton was responsible for the lack of planning about how to handle Iraq AFTER the invasion?

    #5. Yep, under Clarke, 5 attacks did happen. So, because he wasn't infallible then, he's wrong now? Nice "logic" there.

    #6. Whatever. The guy is a registered Republican and worked for Bush the Elder. I find it hard to believe that he couldn't get another job in Washington.

    #7. No. Halliburton only met the criteria because the criteria was designed to choose Halliburton. A better use would have been to contract with other ARAB companies to do the work.