Nope, the last waves of an old, shitty one. The waste fraud and abuse that took place in this country over the last 20 years is astonishing.
Those money men Obama hired were part of the problem though, so who knows... peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 24, 2008, at 11:02 PM, liza jean wrote: > even as Obama's ecomomic advisors were being announced fed ex > delivered notice to my father that his '07 taxes had been revised > upwards by a little under $20K. due in less than 13 days. first > notice. includes 6 months intrest. > > the first wave of our brave new world? > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has the Internet been saved? > > > > When Stephen Schultze <http://managingmiracles.blogspot.com/> > stopped me in > > the hallway and told me that Susan Crawford > <http://scrawford.net/blog/> had > > been appointed head of Obama's FCC transition team, I thought I was > being > > punk'd. It was too good to be true. > > > > So, Stephen and I went to an open computer and Googled. Yup. But > the news > > was actually even better: Kevin Werbach <http://werblog.com/> has > been > > appointed as co-lead. > > > > I was giddy with joy, for two reasons. > > > > First, it just might mean that the Internet has been saved. > > > > There are many threats to the Net, and there always will be. But > one is > > particularly nasty and urgent. The business model of the incumbent > carriers > > in the US primarily telephone and cable companies focuses not > on simply > > providing us with as many bits as we want, but rather on getting us > to buy > > content and services from them. This makes it too tempting to them > to tilt > > the market toward their offerings, and to optimize the system for > the sort > > of content they provide (e.g., high def Hollywood movies), which > means > > de-optimizing it for other types of content (e.g., YouTubes). This > problem > > is exacerbated by the lack of a truly open, truly competitive > market. > > > > Susan and Kevin come at these issues not as representatives of the > incumbent > > industries but as Internet folks. They are, I believe, deeply > committed to > > the spread of the open Internet. But, they are not ideologues. They > are > > capable of listening, finding what's of value and what matters in > views with > > which they disagree, and moderating their views. They are informed, > > intelligent, reasonable, and sweet. You come out of a disagreement > with them > > feeling better about us all. > > > > Which brings me to the second reason I am so happy about their > appointment. > > Imagine a government that values the qualities Susan and Kevin > embody. > > Imagine a government that doesn't go for the lazy, safe wedge > issues that > > divide us, but actually tries to find ways we can move forward > together. > > Imagine a government that thinks not first about winning the > argument but > > about how we can live together afterwards. Imagine a government > that assumes > > our better natures. > > > > No need to imagine such a government. We just elected one. > > > > > > -- > > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
