"the poorest sectors cannot currently afford computers"
is truly idiotic and ironic, given that those critiques are beinglaunched
by folks with computers and internet access.
Ah yes but we in this group are not among the truly poor, are we? Give
your ass a shake Jack and take a drive through some of the poorer
neightbourhoods in your town. Do you see kids with laptops sitting on
their porches, not likely. They are probably there watching out for the
next drive by.
Hang out with a few of these mostly good people and if your lucky...POP,
you're eyes will open.
Do you really want everyone chained to the internet? Come on down from
that cloud you evaluate from and touch the real world!



"Mike" wrote in message
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As usual, the right-wingers in the group want to make fun of something
Obama wants to do. I think universal broadband access would be a great
step for the long-term competitiveness of our nation. The simple fact
is that America is no longer the home to most heavy industry and it is
unlikely those days will ever return, given the cheap industrial labor
available in the rest of the world. America's future must involve
increasing the educational level of Americans and re-training American
workers for handling and servicing global info flows. The prices of
computing machinery have already fallen greatly and will decrease more
with current projects underway to produce cheaper laptops for 3rd
world access. Universal broadband will also greatly change our
educational system enabling new types of home education and even
replacing schools.

Already, online education is taking off and more people than ever
before find themselves working via the internet. To ridicule this
effort because the poorest sectors cannot currently afford computers
is truly idiotic and ironic, given that those critiques are being
launched by folks with computers and internet access.

So far, I'm pretty impressed with Obama's cabinet picks (moderate
centrists) and his choices of policy initiatives. He's not even
President, yet, and is already proving to be a much stronger leader
that what we've grown to expect over the last eight years!

Mike
Louisville, KY