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Obama Wants Broadband, Computers Part of Stimulus
damn_registrars writes "President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address that his administration's economic stimulus package will include investing in computers and broadband for education. 'To help our children compete in a 21st century economy, we need to send them to 21st century schools.'
He also said it is 'unacceptable' that the US ranks 15th in broadband adoption." No doubt with free spyware and internet filtering. You know... for the kids.
"To help our children compete in a 21st century economy"
It's bad enough that I have to compete with cheap "offshore" labor, now I gotta compete against someone willing to work for pokemon cards??
It would be great if the local cable or phone company could run their lines just 1 block further from my nearest neighbor so I could get broadband.
Maybe Obama can make it happen!
You're nothing; like me.
No doubt with free spyware and internet filtering. You know... for the kids.
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The creator of this post (Jacob Smith) hereby releases it, and all of his other posts, into the public domain.
Why, so the NSA could listen in on my lines and nail me for espionage?
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