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Obama Significantly Revises Technology Positions
method9455 writes "Barack Obama has edited his official website on many issues, including a huge revision on the technology page. Strangely it seems net neutrality is no longer as important as it was a few months ago, and the swaths of detail have been removed and replaced with fairly vague rhetoric. Many technologists were alarmed with the choice of Joe Biden before, and now it appears their fears might have been well founded." Update: 09/22 18:07 GMT by T : Julian Sanchez of Ars Technica passed on a statement from an Obama campaign representative who points out that the changes in wording highlighted by Versionista aren't the whole story, and that more Obama tech-plan details are now available in a PDF, saying "there is absolutely no substantive change to our policy - folks who want more information can click to get our full plan."
You must feel really betrayed.
I have an uncle, older guy, WWII vet. He thought the world of Newt Gingrich and the Contract for America crew. Thought Bill Clinton was the devil. Not a particularly enlightened man when it comes to racial issues, if you get my drift.
George Bush fixed him, though. He'll never vote Republican again, has a "Teamsters for Obama" sign in his window now. He's retired, of course, since he's in his 80's, but he's still a union man. He's also man enough to admit that he got "suckered" by Reagan/Newt/Bush.
You are welcome on my lawn.
No, but they are still lawyers.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
"I am an illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get." - John McCain
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1884558/6206369
Slay a dragon... over lunch!
After reading the website, it sounds to me like the plan is to nationalize the internet in the U.S. With Democrats in control of Congress and the Whitehouse, all dissenters will be sought out on the net, located, and imprisoned.
The Fairness Doctrine will be implemented in tandem and our transformation to the Socialist Republic of America will be complete.
Next, the eugenics program will move into full swing. First, we'll begin terminating all pregnancies that "fail" genetic testing. Next, well move on to roping up all the genetically defective persons running around and do away with them. Of course, I'll put a bullet in the head of anyone that comes after my daughter, who happens to have Down syndrome.
For those who are lucky enough to be left, you will get free healthcare. However, anyone who costs too much will be euthanized for the good of everyone. YIf you have a good consitution, you may be able to wait out the year-long waiting lists for certain procedures or tests.
Everyone will be reassigned to new jobs, as the government sees fit.
Ironically, no one on the left will say a word. The ACLU will be silent. The media will not cover it. For once, Bush will not be to blame.
Long Live the Revolution!
How does that apply to the idiots who voted Perot?
What about the ones that are lining up to thow away a vote on that other Texas idiot?
How about adjusting your statement...wait, adjusting your statement would destroy your argument.
If the "third party" is aligned with the Left, such as the Green Party, then yes it will draw off Democrat voters. If the party is aligned with the Right, such as the myriad of "Small Government, Law and Order" parties, then you will draw off Republicans.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong fix.
I feel like this is the veil of the darkside here. Net neutrality and government accountability were cornerstones of his tech platform, now they've been removed in the last month. I just don't know if I can support that. Those issues are extremely important to me.
I think Joe Biden has influenced these changes. Who knew he was so in bed with the IAAs? That's special interest. That's bad for America.
This is a slap in the face to plenty of people who have been supporting Obama since before the primary.
They're using their grammar skills there.
IIRC Obama is half white, 1/32 black and the rest is mostly Arab.
The government can't save you.
Obama is bad for America because he's a hardcore socialist and an enemy of our Second Amendment rights. Let's all quit attacking the stereotypes and attack the issues.
The government can't save you.
Obama & Dean struck a backroom deal which allowed (1) Obama to get the nod from the party's bigwigs and (2) Dean to replace the clinton's as the new democratic power broker.
The main problem for Obama is that he had to agree to take the old guard, in particular Biden, with him. All of a sudden, he has been reduced to a pretty face on the establishment. And now, the idealistic ideas he once explained clearly are now nothing more than vague lip service.
Obama is looking more and more like Howard Dean's puppet, with a tilt for Chicago-style politics.