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McCain vs. Obama on Tech Issues
eldavojohn writes "Ars is running a brief article that looks at stances from Chuck Fish of McCain's campaign and Daniel Weitzner from Obama's in regards to technical issues that may cause us geeks to vote one way or the other. From openness vs. bandwidth in the net neutrality issue to those pesky National Security Letters, there's some key differences that just might play at least a small part in your vote. You may also remember our discussions on who is best for geeks."
Jack Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: "I'm against those things that everybody hates".
John Jackson: Now I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man but, quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said!
Fry: These are the candidates? They sound like clones. [He looks a little harder.] Wait a minute. They are clones!
Leela: Don't let their identical DNA fool you. They differ on some key issues.
Jack Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far.
John Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
Fry: If I were registered to vote, I'd send these clowns a message by staying home on election day and dressing up like a clown.
My work here is dung.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Why Bother With An Election?
by Egregious Charles
Firehand of Irons in the Fire, one of my regular reads, got this great
email from a friend.
Sometimes, the Danes seem to have more sense than we.
Stuff White People Like says white people like Obama.
He's against trade, so if you want any equipment from overseas, you might have trouble. (On the other hand, some on his campaign say he's only pretending to be against trade to fool stupid voters.) If you want packets from overseas, he may be your guy.
I can't support any of the major party candidates or Ralph Nader because I care about freedom and liberty and all of them are anti-freedom. I can't support Bob Barr either because he has no effective foreign policy plan.
I think when you consider all the problems they've had, Floridians should just not be allowed to vote for a few years until they get their act together.
The Internet is generally stupid
What's up with his seeing dead people in crowds at his speeches? I know the dead vote in his town of Chicago, but I've never heard of them showing up at political rallies.
"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today -- our sense of patriotism is particularly strong." Barack Oboma, May 26, 2008, New Mexico
Yeah, I have a hard time sleeping at night whenever I think about all of FDR's failures. His failures were probably the biggest contributing factor to the Allied defeat during WW2.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
"I started following him back before it was popular "
So now that he's all popular and stuff you're gonna follow someone else?
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
As a white guy, I just want to vote for somebody who looks like me. Is that so hard to understand?
Dark Reflection
Sure no one has the patents to listen threw the whole serman and perhaps those words loose their power.
There has to be some kind of award for this one.
I'm a Programmer. That's one level above Software Engineer and one level below Engineer.
So... you look like Mc Cain ?
Freedom is the freedom to say 2+2=4, everything else follows...
Since you bring up Futurama, am I the only one who gets a Professor Farnsworth vibe from John McCain?
...and all politicians are liars so why not pick the new color option being offered in 2008?
Blar.
Careful, that's a pretty big demographic to offend ;)
(Yeah, I'm going to hell)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
If you mix up "your" and "you're" you deserve to be in prison. If you mod someone insightful for doing so, you should be shot.
Oh, I wouldn't worry about that.
- The Secret Service pre-emptive assassination threat elimination task force
So... you look like Hillary?
FACT - when you preface a sentence with the word FACT, you look like an asshole
Only Edgar Winter is that white.
I drank what? -- Socrates
Barak Obama consistently evaluates situations and sets goals in a dynamic and networked way.
if you could have fit the word 'synergy' in there someway you would have the perfect corporate-speak going on.