Right on Eje! The other side hopes that their opposition wont vote and they win by default. I realize its usually the lesser of two evils but dont let that stop you. -RickG
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Eje Gustafsson <e...@wisp-router.com> wrote: > Every vote counts. For every guy that thinks not there is two other that > don't vote. If people came over this mentality your vote would matter > because no matter what people think they are not alone in their believes. > > Look at the 2008 President election > State Margin > Missouri 0.14% > NC 0.32% > Indiana 1.04% > NE 2nd cong dist 1.19% > MT 2.25% > Florida 2.82% > Ohio 4.59% (your state) > These states represented 88 electoral votes > > States/districts with margin more than 5% but less than 10 represented > another 64 electoral votes. > > Missouri there was a total of 3903 votes difference. Never say a vote do > NOT > count. > > I could really go at it and say that Americans should be ASHAMED of > themselves. You bitch you moan about government and politics but only 63% > of > those that bothered to register to vote did vote in the last election for > president. The SADEST part about it is that was a 10million voter increase > over previous election. > There is some 210million people registered to vote 132million bothered. > > Take this in comparison with say Sweden (which I know a lot of since I'm > original from there) > In Sweden you do NOT have to registered to vote. Once your 18 you are not > only eligible to vote but your expected to vote. Consider there is no > obligation and everyone 18 and older is considered a "registered voter". In > the last 30 years (vote for Parliament, no we don't have a president or > king > with powers) the LOWEST voting record was 80.1% and highest 91.8% turn out > to vote. > > So end of 2012 anyone here I do not want to hear that they didn't vote. Go > vote and while you are at it bring a friend or three to vote as well. Your > voice can be heard. I'm sure there are at least 4000 people in Missouri > that > are today glad they voted to show the color of their state. > North Carolina there is probably 14000 people today that wished they had > voted. > > Alright of my soap box. > > Back to wireless talk for me doing my once a year of topic outburst ;) > > / Eje > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:39 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article > > I have not voted to this day, to be honest. > > It is the masses and "the public" that votes and they well out number me. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue > that counts." > --- Winston Churchill > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Glenn Kelley <gl...@hostmedic.com> wrote: > > > Josh > > > > How does it feel to be in the middle of a state where your vote hardly > > matters? > > > > I, in NJ had the same issue until recently. > > > > Let's hope the larger cities finally wake the heck up! > > > > > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:56 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > > > You know I really didn't like Obama in the beginning. > > > > > > Now he's really pissing me off. > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > > 1100 Wayne St > > > Suite 1337 > > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to > > > continue > > > that counts." > > > --- Winston Churchill > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:53 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> I was just wondering about this the other day. It seems that we > > >> (USA) give > > >> things away so freely only to have them used against us. In the > > >> case of the > > >> net, I find it ironic that the very thing we developed is being > > >> used to > > >> attack our government and our people in so many ways yet we let > > >> everyone > > >> connect to it. I think we should start cutting of the ilk that hack > > >> or > > >> attempt to hack into our networks. > > >> -RickG > > >> > > >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Chuck Profito <cprof...@cv- > > >> access.com > > >>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>> From NewsMax: > > >>> > > >>> Obama Surrendering Internet to Foreign Powers > > >>> > > >>> Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 06:41 PM Article Font Size > > >>> By: Bradley A. Blakeman > > >>> > > >>> Without the ingenuity of America's brightest minds and the > > >>> investment of > > >>> U.S. taxpayer dollars, there would be no Internet, as we now know it > > >> today. > > >>> > > >>> Now, the Obama administration has moved quietly to cede control of > > >>> the > > >> Web > > >>> from the United States to foreign powers. > > >>> > > >>> Some background: The Internet came into being because of the > > >>> genius work > > >> of > > >>> Americans Dr.Robert E. Kahn and Dr. Vinton G. Cerf. These men, while > > >>> working > > >>> for the Department of Defense in the Defense Advanced Research > > >>> Projects > > >>> Agency in the early 1970s, conceived, designed, and implemented > > >>> the idea > > >> of > > >>> "open-architecture networking." > > >>> > > >>> This breakthrough in connectivity and networking was the birth of > > >>> the > > >>> Internet. > > >>> > > >>> These two gentlemen had the vision and the brainpower to create a > > >> worldwide > > >>> computer Internet communications network that forever changed the > > >>> world > > >> and > > >>> how we communicate in it. > > >>> > > >>> They discovered that providing a person with a unique identifier > > >>> (TCP/IP)that was able to be recognized and interact through a > > >>> network of > > >>> servers would allow users to communicate with others. > > >>> > > >>> The servers woulduse a series of giant receivers to recognize the > > >>> identifier > > >>> and connect networks to networks, passing on information from > > >>> computer to > > >>> computer in a seamless real-time exchange of information. This new > > >> process > > >>> of communication became know as the "information super highway," > > >>> aka, the > > >>> Internet. > > >>> > > >>> Now for the bad news: In an effort to show the world how inclusive, > > >>> sharing, > > >>> cooperative, and international America can be, the Obama > > >>> administration > > >> set > > >>> off on a plan to surrender control and key management of the > > >>> Internet by > > >>> the > > >>> U.S. Department of Commerce and its agents. > > >>> > > >>> The key to the control America has over the Internet is through the > > >>> management of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the giant servers > > >>> that > > >>> service the Internet. > > >>> > > >>> Domain names are managed through an entity named IANA, the Internet > > >>> Assigned > > >>> Numbers Authority. The IANA, which operates on behalf of the U.S. > > >>> Department > > >>> of Commerce, is responsible for the global coordination of the > > >>> DNS, IP > > >>> addressing, and other Internet protocol resources. > > >>> > > >>> In short, without an IP Address or other essential Internet > > >>> protocols, a > > >>> person or entity would not have access to the Internet. > > >>> > > >>> For years, the international community has been pressuring the > > >>> United > > >>> States > > >>> to surrender its control and management of the Internet. They want > > >>> an > > >>> international body such as the United Nations or even the > > >>> International > > >>> Telecommunications Union, (an entity that coordinates international > > >>> telephone communications), to manage all aspects of the Internet in > > >> behalf > > >>> of all nations. > > >>> > > >>> The argument advanced for those seeking international control of the > > >>> Internet is that the Internet has become such a powerful, > > >>> pervasive, and > > >> a > > >>> dependent form of international communications, that it would be > > >> dangerous > > >>> and inequitable for any one nation to control and manage it. > > >>> > > >>> Just this past spring, within months of Obama's taking office, his > > >>> administration, through the Department of Commerce, agreed to > > >>> relinquish > > >>> some control over IANA and their governance. The Obama > > >>> administration has > > >>> agreed to give greater representation to foreign companies and > > >>> countries > > >> on > > >>> IANA. > > >>> > > >>> This amounts to one small step for internationalism and one giant > > >>> leap > > >> for > > >>> surrendering America's control over an invention we have every > > >>> right and > > >>> responsibility to control and manage. > > >>> > > >>> It is in America's economic and national security interests not to > > >>> relinquish any control. We are responsible for the control, > > >>> operation, > > >> and > > >>> functionality of one of the modern world's greatest inventions and > > >>> most > > >>> powerful communications network. > > >>> > > >>> What better country to protect the Internet than the United States? > > >>> > > >>> We invented it, and we paid for the research and implementation > > >>> that made > > >>> it > > >>> possible. We are the freest, most tolerant nation on earth, we > > >>> believe in > > >>> the > > >>> fundamental right of free speech, and we practice a free market of > > >> commerce > > >>> and ideas. > > >>> > > >>> America has always been against censorship and has shared its > > >>> invention > > >>> with > > >>> the world without fee or unreasonable or arbitrary restriction. > > >>> The user > > >>> fee > > >>> to operate on the Internet is not one paid to the U.S. government; a > > >>> consumer pays it to private Internet companies, who provide access > > >>> to the > > >>> Internet through servers for their subscribers. > > >>> > > >>> Look no further than China's recent move against Google to censor > > >>> the > > >>> Internet, and you can envision what can happen when other nations > > >>> less > > >> free > > >>> than the United States seek to control the Internet beyond even > > >>> their own > > >>> borders. > > >>> > > >>> America needs to wake up. If we lose control over the management > > >>> of the > > >>> Internet, we have given away one of our nation's greatest assets > > >>> with > > >>> nothing > > >>> in return to show for it. > > >>> > > >>> The Obama administration's actions will set in motion a slow and > > >>> complete > > >>> takeover of the Internet by the United Nations or some other equally > > >>> U.S.-hostile and unfriendly international body. And once it is > > >>> gone, it > > >>> will > > >>> be gone forever. > > >>> > > >>> The surrender of the Internet will spell disaster for our nation, > > >>> financially, as well as for safety, security and our standing as a > > >>> great > > >>> power that values freedom and the free exchange of ideas and > > >>> information. > > >>> > > >>> As far as I am concerned, America is still the last best hope for > > >>> a more > > >>> peaceful and prosperous world and our president should not be > > >>> looking for > > >>> ways to weaken us. Rather, his job is to work to strengthen us and > > >> protect > > >>> our nation's greatest asset our people's creativity and ingenuity. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Bradley A. Blakeman, who was a deputy assistant to President > > >>> George W. > > >> Bush > > >>> from 2001-20004, teaches Public Policy & Politics & International > > >>> Affairs > > >>> at > > >>> Georgetown University. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> C Newsmax. All rights reserved. > > >>> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- > > >>> boun...@wispa.org] On > > >>> Behalf Of RickG > > >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:58 PM > > >>> To: WISPA General List > > >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Commissioner Robert McDowell's statement on > > >>> Broadband... > > >>> > > >>> I wonder what the catch is :) > > >>> -RickG > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:07 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> > > >>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> "First, do harm". > > >>>> > > >>>> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296081A1.pdf > > >>>> > > >>>> This speech was made at the end of January... At least ONE > > >>> commissioner's > > >>>> got his head on straight... > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> ---- > > >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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