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Broadband Envy: Fixing American Broadband
Ant writes "Broadband Reports has a story on broadband services among countries including United States falling behind: 'Bombarded with tales of South Koreans and Swedes watching high-definition soap-operas via 100Mbps connections, the media has apparently developed a nasty case of broadband envy. This Reuters article suggests the US has "missed the high speed revolution", while last week Business Week dubbed America a "broadband backwater".'"
bomb them, then steal their broadband? It works for everything else..
I was so pleased by the response to my last letter that I decided to write another one. Don't worry; I have plenty of new stuff to say about Richard B Cheney and his henchmen. Although not without overlap and simplification, I plan to identify three primary positions on Cheney's screeds. I acknowledge that I have not accounted for all possible viewpoints within the parameters of these three positions. Nevertheless, it doesn't do us much good to become angry and wave our arms and shout about the evils of Cheney's pleas in general terms. If we want other people to agree with us and join forces with us, then we must tell you a little bit about Cheney and his prudish bait-and-switch tactics.
Should someone think that I am saying too much, I am not saying too much, but much too little. For if I have a bias, it is only against tactless blowhards who make excessive use of foul language.
Cheney seeks scapegoats for his own shortcomings by blaming the easiest target he can find, that is, discourteous sluggards. His method (or school, or ideology -- it is hard to know exactly what to call it) goes by the name of "Cheney-ism". It is a crass and avowedly raving philosophy that aims to batten on the credulity of the ignorant. It's not that I have anything against windbags in general. It's just that he keeps trying to demand special treatment that, in many cases, borders on the ridiculous. And if we don't remain eternally vigilant, he will truly succeed. No one that I speak with or correspond with is happy about this situation. Of course, I don't speak or correspond with deceitful know-nothings, Cheney's toadies, or anyone else who fails to realize that I overheard one of Cheney's apple-polishers say, "Cheney would sooner give up money, fame, power, and happiness than perform a brazen act." This quotation demonstrates the power of language, as it epitomizes the "us/them" dichotomy within hegemonic discourse. As for me, I prefer to use language to discuss the programmatic foundations of Cheney's irritable ideologies in detail. So, sorry for being so long-winded in this letter, but Richard B Cheney is calling for blind, impulsive action for the sake of action, for the sake of making himself feel good.
Defeat Bush Again: Do Not Elect Him In 2004,
Kilgore Trout
We've got still got Paul Hamm's gold medal, you freaking crybabies. Honestly, can't a single international sporting event go off without the Koreans pitching a fit at someone?
Dear Anonymous Coward,
Since your intention is to write unbiased material, I'd like to refer you to WikiPedia's Neutral Point of View article. Notice that NPOV doesn't mean you can't say your opinion, but you must say so ("my opinion is that ...") and possibly present other people's opinion. In your writing, there is a mixed personal opinion and small number of facts. It might have been better to highlight both of them separately.
I once had a signature.
America is busy fighting the war against terrorism, we haven't won any mayor battle but we are on it, what do you want?, Bin laden captured or download pr0n at the speed of light?.
hehehhe what about Space Balls? ;-)
"She's gone from suck to blow!"
-M-
"Life is all about strategy, mathematics and psychological perceptiveness."