They do need innovations. Sadly, they are not going to get them because their best ppl have been leaving. If Yang was serious about innovation, he would set up an X prize approach for ideas to come from OUTSIDE. They would then fund those ppl with great ideas, or even make offers to come onboard. The hard part is that the judges on it, can NOT have interaction with regular company, nor can they use the ideas without it winning.
The direction that we went over the last 8 years is NOT what I want. I want a president who is responsible with the budget. In light of McCain picking Palin, I do not believe that McCain/Palin would do it. Hopefully, this time, when the budget is balanced, a balanced budget amendment (anti-neo-con amendment?) will be passed.
my hopes from Obama during the next 2 years:
1) restore integrity to the white house; To be honest, it really can not get much worse. He MUST push for a full investigation of the W admin (spying on Americans; haliburton; email switcheroo; etc). He must also allow the reagan and now Poppa bush papers to be seen. W blocked it by allowing the family to block what ever they wanted to. What a joke that was.
2) restore integrity in other countries views of AMerica. Again, it can not get much worse. He will have a SHORT time for this, but it will be there. He will need a VERY GOOD secretary of State. I pray that he brings back Powell (sans rice). In addition, he should keep Gates as well as Petraus. The top intel ppl MUST go. They have been far more detrimental to the intel community than is generally known. Negroponte was horrible, and McConnell is not much better. They both have been trying to force out numerous ppl who were well thought of and replace them with idiots; Imagine moving rumsfeld into a number of top spots.
DHS has been a total joke from the git-go. It was loaded with idiots who must have been related to rumsfeld or cheney. They forced the group to go on Windows even though it is LOADED with so many security issues. Even now, those ppl have not been able to lock down their own computers let along systems elsewhere.
3) restore jobs here. While reagan and W put us deep in debt, we still have plenty of money to build our economy back. That means killing the taxcuts that encourage job movement overseas. In addition, it may mean tax cuts as well as RD in new areas; namely green energy (which is what he speaks of).
4) Start the big move off imported OIL. Drilling will not work. Since the majority of oil goes to our cars, he will have to focus on moving cars off oil.
5) Due to global warming (real or just perceived), we MUST cut our CO2 production. The majority comes from 2 items; Coal and Transportation. By moving our cars to Electrical, it will solve the above issues nicely.
6) GET US OUT OF IRAQ. If he does not have us withdrawing out of Iraq by 2010 (or gone), then dems will be finished. IDEALLY, we will have won the war against AQ. If it was retreat along the lines of when reagan showed his yellow belly in lebanon, then it will mean more future attacks against us. And yes, the pubs, and I suspect voters, would destroy dems in the polls.
Do you honestly believe that he was elected BASED on his skin color? I am hopeful that he was elected based on his ability to lead.
Personally, I was going to vote Libertarian, but I watched the election. He was WAY behind nearly all the other dems. And while HRC BLEW everything that she had up front, he spent evenly. More importantly, he took advantage of tech. He became the eventual winner. Then came Obama vs. McCain. I watched Obama act coolly when McCain wanted to attack Russia. It told me that McCain was a total disaster, since we are already in a disaster war in Iraq in part because of McCain. And with the economy, well, we all know how McCain acted; BOTH extremes.
Simply put, I voted for Obama because he appears to be a leader, but with a minimal record.
Exactly why did you vote for him? Did you put skin color first?
you limey's have to get up there first, before you start worrying about your bloody tea. Even now, you talk to death about attaching an extra living container to the ISS, but it is more talk than anything.
ALL THE MACHINES are tied to voters. I had to enter a code at the booth that I was at earlier. On the butterflies that I use to vote at, it was recorded on the outside of the ballot. All in all, they want to KNOW who voted where. After all, it is their job to prevent fraud. BUT your vote is secret, UNLESS 100% of everybody at that booth voted the exact same way as you.
The presidential election is OVER. Has been for a long time. Obama has won this in a big way. The question is the senate seats. The pubs pulled all their dollars on McCain nearly a month ago, as well as a number of seats such as Colorado's Schaffers and Musgrave. Instead, they targeted seats that are on the edge such as Coleman (vs. franken) in minn. If there is any cheating going on, it is doubtful that it will be systemic. But if the polls, and exit polls match up with results in most areas, BUT do not match up with those contested seats, then it will be time to consider what is going on. And I fully expect that neo-cons will pull garbage in those areas IFF they have the capability.
The real question is, what do you think it entails? It sure as heck does not entail pure myths.
I would put creationism in the same classes that teach zeus and hera. Are those now taught in Philosophy or in mythology classes.
Fortunately, it looks like Science and Logic are about to take the stage again. Sadly, here in America, we have upwards of around 20% that believes in creationism of some form. So far, nearly all that I have meet that believe in it, are real whack jobs. When I asked one of my past students about it, he said that James Dobson showed conclusively that Carbon dating does not work. Dobson tested a metal knife blade. When I pointed out that it only works on items that were living before, he said that dobson said otherwise. Sad, sad, sad.
Thank God we are heading back into cooler and logical minds.
Put a low power server in the basement/closet to store things on. Then on your desktops, switch to flash ram (I use CFL and a IDE-to-CFL converter), and finally change out the fan. Even now, I bought to noisy of a fan. I can still hear it. But will buy another one later.
We already know that Earth is our only hope for sustaining the human race inside the solar system. If we want to colonise anywhere outside the solar system, we're not going to achieve it with traditional manned spacecraft (in the sense of having a living crew).
And yet, every intelligent person in the space program that does not have their entire funding connected to robotics is saying the opposite. Ppl like Carl Sagan (well use to) and Stephen hawkings, but of course, you are SO much brighter than they are.
S W is currently trying to re-open a semi-consulate in Iran, and has said that it could lead to a full embassy there. At this time, Iran has SAID NO, they are waiting for the next president. So do you believe that W is trying to cowtow to Iran by doing this? IOW, he is putting his legacy ahead of the need of our nation? Or is it possible that W and ppl in his admin might know something about this?
The problem is that if they shrink the market, then MS will expand to compete. This is a simple issue; keep the fight on your land against an intractable enemy with near infinite resources, or go to their land and force them to be all over the place?
reagan put us in Lebanon when ALL THE TOP ADVISORS SAID NO!. We got hit with 300 loses. reagan showed his lack of spine and ran. That single incident more than any other probably gives more hope to AQ than any other until W got into office. This guy has done a better job of recruiting for AQ than Bin ladin EVER COULD.
Now, more because of W, we have to deal with a terrorist group AND a future war against a much larger group.
our enemies have been REAL afraid of W and our military. That is why they went into Iraq and grew into an ARMY over in Afghanistan. And yeh, those IEDs have done absolutely no damage to us. Yeah. That's the ticket.
The same will not change our situation. Time to grow up and move along.
is not Iraq. It is Afghanistan and future wars. Iraq simply needs their military rebuilt and that is fairly close to done. But we are going to lose Afghanistan to Al Qaeda unless we change our tactics AND attitude. McCain and the many NeO-cons keep claiming that we will do a surge there. The surge worked in Iraq because we have more than just troops in there. Sadly, many up at the top believe that talibahn and AQ have parted way, while I do not (though the lower level ppl MAY have called it quits). Personally, I am hopeful that Obama will leave Petraus in charge, since he appears to be making in-roads everywhere.
The real problem is our long-term issues. China is building 2-4 new nuclear subs each year. 1-2 attacks and 1-2 boomers. Those are targeting the west (not just America) and will be used to force Taiwan back under Chinese rule. In addition, their Space program has a lot more going on then is commonly known or even acknowledged. Unlike America's or Russian, there is no clean divide between civilian and military in china. They regard everything as belonging to the military when it comes to high tech. We have lots more issues with allowing our high tech manufactuering to go to China. It is building sent around the country into other groups. Not surprising. The west did the same. But we should know better. China WILL be doing more than flexing their might down the road. Right now, we are beholden to them due to the debt of ours that they owe. Basically, we are in the same boat with them, that we had USSR in in 1975; owing lots of money to. We bankrupted USSR by end of 70's and the cold war was actually over at that time. USSR simply had to fall over. I am concerned that we are in the same boat with China.
Even now, we are seeing our tech run to China, but do little about it. I have posted before about one experience that I went through. A taiwan businessman from Loveland CO, wanted to invest into a start-up that I worked for. We had communication tech that was not allowed to leave our borders except to Britain, Canada, and possibly Israel (and even these, only under special conditions). This man wanted a condition that said that if he considered company failed, he obtained the equipment. During discussions, it came out that he simply wanted that equipment and wanted to take it to China. Not Taiwan, but China. We were asked if there was a way to secure it, and there was ZERO chance of that. We did not do the deal, but I have little doubt that he intended to sell it. That NEEDS to be stopped. We have spies amongst us, and we are actually in a cold war with CHina. Clinton and W ignored it. The question to me, is who will do the right thing?
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They do need innovations. Sadly, they are not going to get them because their best ppl have been leaving. If Yang was serious about innovation, he would set up an X prize approach for ideas to come from OUTSIDE. They would then fund those ppl with great ideas, or even make offers to come onboard. The hard part is that the judges on it, can NOT have interaction with regular company, nor can they use the ideas without it winning.
The direction that we went over the last 8 years is NOT what I want. I want a president who is responsible with the budget. In light of McCain picking Palin, I do not believe that McCain/Palin would do it. Hopefully, this time, when the budget is balanced, a balanced budget amendment (anti-neo-con amendment?) will be passed.
just last night a (half) black man was elected last night, a first. So, it shows that things change. Hopefully, it will be for the better.
The reason why Nixon, reagan, and W all broke the law so much is because there is NO real penalty. W and his admin MUST be investigated.
my hopes from Obama during the next 2 years: 1) restore integrity to the white house; To be honest, it really can not get much worse. He MUST push for a full investigation of the W admin (spying on Americans; haliburton; email switcheroo; etc). He must also allow the reagan and now Poppa bush papers to be seen. W blocked it by allowing the family to block what ever they wanted to. What a joke that was. 2) restore integrity in other countries views of AMerica. Again, it can not get much worse. He will have a SHORT time for this, but it will be there. He will need a VERY GOOD secretary of State. I pray that he brings back Powell (sans rice). In addition, he should keep Gates as well as Petraus. The top intel ppl MUST go. They have been far more detrimental to the intel community than is generally known. Negroponte was horrible, and McConnell is not much better. They both have been trying to force out numerous ppl who were well thought of and replace them with idiots; Imagine moving rumsfeld into a number of top spots. DHS has been a total joke from the git-go. It was loaded with idiots who must have been related to rumsfeld or cheney. They forced the group to go on Windows even though it is LOADED with so many security issues. Even now, those ppl have not been able to lock down their own computers let along systems elsewhere. 3) restore jobs here. While reagan and W put us deep in debt, we still have plenty of money to build our economy back. That means killing the taxcuts that encourage job movement overseas. In addition, it may mean tax cuts as well as RD in new areas; namely green energy (which is what he speaks of). 4) Start the big move off imported OIL. Drilling will not work. Since the majority of oil goes to our cars, he will have to focus on moving cars off oil. 5) Due to global warming (real or just perceived), we MUST cut our CO2 production. The majority comes from 2 items; Coal and Transportation. By moving our cars to Electrical, it will solve the above issues nicely. 6) GET US OUT OF IRAQ. If he does not have us withdrawing out of Iraq by 2010 (or gone), then dems will be finished. IDEALLY, we will have won the war against AQ. If it was retreat along the lines of when reagan showed his yellow belly in lebanon, then it will mean more future attacks against us. And yes, the pubs, and I suspect voters, would destroy dems in the polls.
Do you honestly believe that he was elected BASED on his skin color? I am hopeful that he was elected based on his ability to lead.
Personally, I was going to vote Libertarian, but I watched the election. He was WAY behind nearly all the other dems. And while HRC BLEW everything that she had up front, he spent evenly. More importantly, he took advantage of tech. He became the eventual winner. Then came Obama vs. McCain. I watched Obama act coolly when McCain wanted to attack Russia. It told me that McCain was a total disaster, since we are already in a disaster war in Iraq in part because of McCain. And with the economy, well, we all know how McCain acted; BOTH extremes.
Simply put, I voted for Obama because he appears to be a leader, but with a minimal record.
Exactly why did you vote for him? Did you put skin color first?
Some of modders have absolutely NO sense of humour.
This is for the republicans who have been following the election. The corpse flower will be adopted, at least for the time, for the party emblem.
you limey's have to get up there first, before you start worrying about your bloody tea. Even now, you talk to death about attaching an extra living container to the ISS, but it is more talk than anything.
ALL THE MACHINES are tied to voters. I had to enter a code at the booth that I was at earlier. On the butterflies that I use to vote at, it was recorded on the outside of the ballot. All in all, they want to KNOW who voted where. After all, it is their job to prevent fraud. BUT your vote is secret, UNLESS 100% of everybody at that booth voted the exact same way as you.
The presidential election is OVER. Has been for a long time. Obama has won this in a big way. The question is the senate seats. The pubs pulled all their dollars on McCain nearly a month ago, as well as a number of seats such as Colorado's Schaffers and Musgrave. Instead, they targeted seats that are on the edge such as Coleman (vs. franken) in minn. If there is any cheating going on, it is doubtful that it will be systemic. But if the polls, and exit polls match up with results in most areas, BUT do not match up with those contested seats, then it will be time to consider what is going on. And I fully expect that neo-cons will pull garbage in those areas IFF they have the capability.
The real question is, what do you think it entails? It sure as heck does not entail pure myths.
I would put creationism in the same classes that teach zeus and hera. Are those now taught in Philosophy or in mythology classes.
It belongs in mythology only. Philosophy????? Not a chance.
Fortunately, it looks like Science and Logic are about to take the stage again. Sadly, here in America, we have upwards of around 20% that believes in creationism of some form. So far, nearly all that I have meet that believe in it, are real whack jobs. When I asked one of my past students about it, he said that James Dobson showed conclusively that Carbon dating does not work. Dobson tested a metal knife blade. When I pointed out that it only works on items that were living before, he said that dobson said otherwise. Sad, sad, sad.
Thank God we are heading back into cooler and logical minds.
Actually, it is not a disgrace. It is how it is being used that is a disgrace.
Put a low power server in the basement/closet to store things on. Then on your desktops, switch to flash ram (I use CFL and a IDE-to-CFL converter), and finally change out the fan. Even now, I bought to noisy of a fan. I can still hear it. But will buy another one later.
We already know that Earth is our only hope for sustaining the human race inside the solar system. If we want to colonise anywhere outside the solar system, we're not going to achieve it with traditional manned spacecraft (in the sense of having a living crew).
And yet, every intelligent person in the space program that does not have their entire funding connected to robotics is saying the opposite. Ppl like Carl Sagan (well use to) and Stephen hawkings, but of course, you are SO much brighter than they are.
S W is currently trying to re-open a semi-consulate in Iran, and has said that it could lead to a full embassy there. At this time, Iran has SAID NO, they are waiting for the next president. So do you believe that W is trying to cowtow to Iran by doing this? IOW, he is putting his legacy ahead of the need of our nation? Or is it possible that W and ppl in his admin might know something about this?
The problem is that if they shrink the market, then MS will expand to compete. This is a simple issue; keep the fight on your land against an intractable enemy with near infinite resources, or go to their land and force them to be all over the place?
reagan put us in Lebanon when ALL THE TOP ADVISORS SAID NO!. We got hit with 300 loses. reagan showed his lack of spine and ran. That single incident more than any other probably gives more hope to AQ than any other until W got into office. This guy has done a better job of recruiting for AQ than Bin ladin EVER COULD.
Now, more because of W, we have to deal with a terrorist group AND a future war against a much larger group.
this is absolutely NO reason to introduce facts into this. False emotions and traitorous loyalties are so much better.
If Iran Supports Obama, it is not for reasons of trying to scare somebody, but because they really believe that Obama will help them?
our enemies have been REAL afraid of W and our military. That is why they went into Iraq and grew into an ARMY over in Afghanistan. And yeh, those IEDs have done absolutely no damage to us. Yeah. That's the ticket.
The same will not change our situation. Time to grow up and move along.
is not Iraq. It is Afghanistan and future wars. Iraq simply needs their military rebuilt and that is fairly close to done. But we are going to lose Afghanistan to Al Qaeda unless we change our tactics AND attitude. McCain and the many NeO-cons keep claiming that we will do a surge there. The surge worked in Iraq because we have more than just troops in there. Sadly, many up at the top believe that talibahn and AQ have parted way, while I do not (though the lower level ppl MAY have called it quits). Personally, I am hopeful that Obama will leave Petraus in charge, since he appears to be making in-roads everywhere. The real problem is our long-term issues. China is building 2-4 new nuclear subs each year. 1-2 attacks and 1-2 boomers. Those are targeting the west (not just America) and will be used to force Taiwan back under Chinese rule. In addition, their Space program has a lot more going on then is commonly known or even acknowledged. Unlike America's or Russian, there is no clean divide between civilian and military in china. They regard everything as belonging to the military when it comes to high tech. We have lots more issues with allowing our high tech manufactuering to go to China. It is building sent around the country into other groups. Not surprising. The west did the same. But we should know better. China WILL be doing more than flexing their might down the road. Right now, we are beholden to them due to the debt of ours that they owe. Basically, we are in the same boat with them, that we had USSR in in 1975; owing lots of money to. We bankrupted USSR by end of 70's and the cold war was actually over at that time. USSR simply had to fall over. I am concerned that we are in the same boat with China. Even now, we are seeing our tech run to China, but do little about it. I have posted before about one experience that I went through. A taiwan businessman from Loveland CO, wanted to invest into a start-up that I worked for. We had communication tech that was not allowed to leave our borders except to Britain, Canada, and possibly Israel (and even these, only under special conditions). This man wanted a condition that said that if he considered company failed, he obtained the equipment. During discussions, it came out that he simply wanted that equipment and wanted to take it to China. Not Taiwan, but China. We were asked if there was a way to secure it, and there was ZERO chance of that. We did not do the deal, but I have little doubt that he intended to sell it. That NEEDS to be stopped. We have spies amongst us, and we are actually in a cold war with CHina. Clinton and W ignored it. The question to me, is who will do the right thing?
I am guessing that he will be a bit craigy about this. As it is, the media will be foleying over themselves to get to this story.