Thank you Eje: Sadly I fear, many folks do not understand or take into account how important our personal role is in the government. - until recently perhaps
Thank you for the reminder. Now back to wireless chat :-) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com Email: gl...@hostmedic.com Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Eje Gustafsson 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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