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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."

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    aw yeh.

  2. Vote with a bullet. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They're all rich white men, regardless of their advertising.

  3. And the new winner is ... by sihker · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  4. A learning system ... by foobsr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and the swaths of detail have been removed and replaced with fairly vague rhetoric

    Which gives (rather odd) evidence that even politicians are capable of learning.

    Disclaimer: I may add that I do not believe that the outcome of the US-elections will initiate any notable change, some evidence may be the unitedly agreed upon upstream redistribution of money from the (poor) taxpayer to (for short) the rich. Besides, I am not US-citizen and located in Europe.

    CC.

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    TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
  5. Ocaca by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The far leftists from the Obama regime and the left-wing media camp are too concerned over McCain's old age while being in office..... So why haven't they taken a look at what Obama's life expectancy would be like if he were to be in office???

    If Obama were elected, he would be a constant target for assassination from hate groups and other wackos. His daily duties would be consumed by security measures and de-briefing taking up his time in would be raising taxes and "saving the world."

    Think about it, any vote to Obama puts him one inch closer to the grave.. Save a life, Save Obama 2008!!

  6. Payday Loan Advocate for Obama Significantly Revis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Many of our leaders, such as Obama, are trying to limit the accessibility of short term, high demand financial assistance. Some areas are attempting to put legislation in place that would limit where these legitimate businesses can operate. Some states, such as Georgia and North Carolina, have out-and-out banned the industry altogether, and others are close behind. Across the nation, citizens are trying to have their voices heard by fighting legislative bans on the payday loan industry. The odd turn of events is that Obama and others are trying to eliminate an entire industry, losing thousands of jobs in the process and thousands more in potential jobs, during a time when unemployment and financial hardship is at the highest in recent memory, all in the name of political gain.

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  7. Re:WTF? by vodevil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...No doubt this is just another republican troll.

    Republican Troll...should I mod this redundant?