I just had an epiphany. Mathematically, what you just said makes sense. (regardless of race, age, etc)
Mccain said that he agreed with bush policies 90% of the time. Which means we have a 90% chance of the same outcome as bush with mccain. We actually do not know how the democrats will do, so we can give them a variable of x. So 90% doomed failure vs x. I would choose x as well and hope for the best. I am not saying one is better than the other, I am just saying mathematically, mccain would have been a bad gamble. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are a lot of people who did vote for him based on race. But they can't be the majority of his voters, can they? I'm sure just as many voted for McCain because he's white. I think the sides of the race card might have balanced each other out. I voted for Obama pretty much because he wasn't Republican. Period. I don't know if the Democrats can do any better, but I just didn't want to take a chance on another 4 years of a very similar Administration. On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Tim Vander Kooi wrote: > We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I know of hundreds (and > I'm not that well connected) who voted for him simply because of his > race. They didn't know a thing about his policies (and let's face it, > he has no track record to speak of) but they wanted to "help make > history". > TVK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:er...@forestpost.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:48 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming > > I think it's progress that people DID look past color and voted for > the best candidate. 10 years ago, I think he would have lost no > matter who he ran against because of his skin color regardless of > qualifications. > > I don't think people voted for him BECAUSE he is black. > > On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Tim Vander Kooi wrote: > >> I'm not certain that the ability of the majority of Americans to care >> more about a person's skin color than their qualifications should be >> labeled progress. As far as I am aware, decisions based on the color >> of a person's skin are still racist decisions regardless of which >> color is being approved (or disapproved) of. >> TVK >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:18 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming >> >> Race shouldnt be an issue - but you know that it is. There are >> considerably few non-white males in politics (and any positions of >> considerable power) in general. >> >> I don't mean to turn this into a race discussion, but Obama's >> election has considerable historic significance. To add some >> perspective to this, many people in other countries (only knowing >> about he US via movies and global news) didn't think we would elect >> him specifically because he was black - that we were not a society >> that would elect a person of African heritage. That we, as a nation, >> were not of the cultural maturity to do so. >> >> In terms of cultural progress, I think Obama's presidential election >> is one of the most significant things to happen in my generation. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> That's the thing, it's not significant. He's just another president. >>> He might be a good one, or a poor one, but he's just another one. >>> His >>> race shouldn't be an issue, right? >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr >>> <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Heaven forbid people are interested and feel its significant >>>> because he's the first *black* president. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ME2 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I think either telling them to stay home to watch it, or to read >>>>> about it in the paper the next day would be useful. >>>>> >>>>> It's just another inauguration - they wouldn't do it for a >>>>> Republican, Green or Libertarian, would they? >>>>> >>>>> But, that's just my inner curmudgeon coming out. >>>>> >>>>> Kurt >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Walker, Clay >>>>> <c...@bridgeportisd.net >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> We are getting many inquiries from our teachers about streaming >>>>>> next Tuesday's inauguration to classroom. Unfortunately, our >>>>>> internet bandwidth will not support the number of those I think >>>>>> will want to stream the event (and this is assuming the media >>>>>> outlets' bandwidth will support it as well). >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking I could setup an internal video streaming server >>>>>> (Windows Media Server perhaps) and either pull the feed off of a >>>>>> capture card connected to the local cable TV system or pulling it >>>>>> from a feed off of the internet and re-streaming it to my >>>>>> network. >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately, we only have a couple of our buildings that have a >>>>>> cable feed in every classroom. I need to find a solution for the >>>>>> other buildings that have no TV option. >>>>>> >>>>>> Am I going in the right direction? Any hints or gotcha's to >>>>>> watch out for? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm way out of my league on this video stuff, so any help would >>>>>> be greatly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Clay >>>>>> >>>>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! >>>>>> ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> >>>>>> ~ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! >>>>> ~ ~ >>>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>>> >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! >>>> ~ ~ >>>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > Eric Brouwer > IT Manager > www.forestpost.com > er...@forestpost.com > 248.855.4333 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com er...@forestpost.com 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3769 (20090115) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3769 (20090115) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
