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Sarah Palin's Stance On Technology Issues
Revolution Radio writes "BetaNews has a short description of what we might expect from Governor Palin regarding technology issues. She demonstrated her familiarity with the internet by initiating an online education program for state workers, using the web for government transparency, and a supporting the general concept of 'long-distance distribution of services' (similar to net neutrality?)."
We've previously discussed Senator Joe Biden's tech voting record and compared the technology platforms of Obama and McCain. In addition to the above story about Palin, Betanews also has analyses of Obama, McCain, and Biden regarding tech policy.
And? To me, a vote for someone who professes a belief in creationism is a vote for the U.S. as a backwater religious theocracy. Sometimes a single issue is important.
Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the war room!
When that one issue basically exposes you as willing to accept something as truth based on nothing but word of mouth and a 2000 year old book, I'd say that's a pretty big one for someone with a scientific leaning (which I at least hope includes most of Slashdot).
Personally I just don't trust the judgement of anyone willing to accept something as truth not only without evidence, but also with the attached notion that evidence is impossible to produce and indeed not required. Feel free to disagree.
The whole argument about the big bang is this....
Either it just happened or a giant cosmic fairy that has existed for eternity and is eternal caused it.
What makes more sense and is simpler, the fact that the universe is "eternal" and subject to natural cycles, or something else exists outside the universe and caused those cycles to begin?
And yes, creationism IS so flawed. It makes no sense whatsoever, and if you are a creationist, I have about as much respect for you as a 40 year old who still believes in the tooth fairy and santa claus, and I don't care if you are the president or my own mother, I would tell you the same thing.
Finally, the whole reason that this IS IMPORTANT to the debate, is that if she doesn't think that one of the basest principles about science is correct and that things based on NO evidence are admissible as science, then it is a very scary future indeed.
Its not the fact that evolution is being challenged, but the fact that the science community is being looked down upon for doing what they do and coming up with the best explanation for our existence that is based upon evidence.
Seriously, are we really asking what a creationist book burner thinks about technology? She's literally 1 step away from Ted Stevens, hell she even supported his Bridge to Nowhere (until it became a political hot potato) and was a major member of his PAC. Reading up on JUST what has been found out in the first 24-48 hours after McCain chose her (but, apparently before he vetted her) she's by far the most corrupt politician that I've read up on in a long while.
You guy should read the Open Letter (confirmed true by conservative sources) about what she's pulled in her short stint as a poltician. It's a laundry list of disgusting nepotism and mismanagement.
http://thezaftigredhead.blogspot.com/2008/09/open-letter-from-someone-who-knows-gov.html
In short, she's a female version of George W. Bush. Her views on technology probably involve leeches and "internet tubes." Don't be swindled by the current spin cycle coming out of McCain's campaign -- she's woefully inexperienced and completely unsuited to even run a small town of 5000 -- hell, the almost threw her out of town and she drove them so far into debt they won't get out for 100 years.
And in spite of all that, she is able to run up a higher debt / capitia than was reagan or W. We do not need more like this that are incapable of running a gov without invading another country or running up deficits.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Science is nothing more than the ramblings of madmen. Jesus died for our sins and we should teach that to the world. If we need to bomb Jesus into them so be it.
I vote for McCain this fall as a libertarian
I remember listening to a Paultard explain to me once that Ron Paul was a libertarian because he believes the states should clamp down on drugs and abortion, and ban gay marriages. The explanation given was the fact that Ron Paul felt that states should be fascistic overlords and the Fed shouldn't made him a "libertarian".
This is a somewhat odd definition that most of us would say makes no sense whatsoever, but I guess if you have one group saying "The feds shouldn't do that! The 10th reserves that right for us", and then some other group saying "Hmm, the 10th says "states and the people", they must have meant states", then you can probably get to that bizarre viewpoint.
Where am I going with this? Well, Palin's a book banner. She had a city revolt against her because she fired a librarian for refusing to take certain books out of the library.
But, huh, she's a "libertarian" because... well, I don't know. Because Ron Paul's a "libertarian" I guess. Because liberty doesn't belong to individuals, it belongs to a government, we're not sure which one today but we know it belongs to one of them.
If you vote for Palin because you think the jackboots she wears makes her look like a cute libertarian, then you're a tool.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
That was the most concise explanation of Obama's nomination. We seem to be severely lacking education...
So now that you're all grown up and edumacated, who do you think has the "best justice system in the world"?
Conservatives are fond of saying that the US Justice System is based on religious (specifically Christian) principles. The only countries on earth that have a greater influence of religion in their legal systems are the fundamentalist Muslim countries. That's who the "Religious Right" wants to emulate.
You are welcome on my lawn.
"... Palin is going to do exactly what the GOP tacticians want her to do ..."
If McCain/Palin get elected, McCain will be dead within a year. The neocons will then have a president that they will be able to dominate completely.
The GOP is making a big deal about how she's a tough reformer, etc. Not so hard when you're a in a small pool with some salmon and king crab, but if she goes to Washington she'll be in the deep end of a big pool full of sharks.
OK, I'll bite
I'll wait for the video of Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter engaging in some hot G-on-G action.
Other than that, who cares. Nothing to see here, move along.
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself." Mark Twain
According to your logic, even if we were able invade North Korea without them being able to lauch on anyone else, it would be a bad thing. This proves that you're a fucking idiot. Or at least it proves it as well as you prove invading a country is bad.
excuse me,but give me a polar state twice the size of alaska with 600.000 total people, and a budget that is overflowing with taxes from oil, always in surplus, and even i will run that state without my pants on. thats no qualification. the commissioner of my neighborhood district has more 'experience' than that woman, it thats any experience. experience is running stuff when things are tough and people oppose you. winning them over. not making enemies. making friends out of enemies. all these describe obama. not palin, who, at the first instant of her nomination speech, started attacking obama, the same guy who told his supporters that her family was off the limits. if it was 20 years ago, liberal press would have palin to bits, saying that how could this woman be trusted with conservative ideals and keep the country in check, if she were not able to get ahold of her kids.
let me tell you as a foreigner - we dont like 'cowboys' or 'hockey' moms (whatever the fuck that is) as presidents/vps/prime ministers of any country in the world. this earth is a small neighborhood. and noone likes an annoying, blunderous, aggressive neighbor.
basically, let me put it this way - you have chosen a total retard as president for the last 8 years. he has brought down the world relations and disrupted the established balance so badly that, we are in an economic crisis as of now. he estranged previous allies and trading partners, and now those partners are trading with other countries, than trading with u.s.. when we add the total irresponsibility that is the negligence of regulating the financial sector in u.s. causing them go haywire and employing dangerous schemes to the extent of fucking up the entire economy, and as a result world economy, u.s. is in a huge depression than the world is.
hockey mom, schmockey mom. if you choose morons like that again, the world will shove your choice in your butts.
no, excuse me, there is going to be no 'this is a free country' shit and whatnot. this world IS a small neighborhood, and you are just another neighbor in it. you cant fuck around as you please. your freedoms end where others' freedoms begin.
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