I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out and design a President..... 5% of Lincoln, 25% Teddy Roosevelt, 25% Ronald Reagan, 20% Bush Jr., 25% ?? Suggestions? Patton maybe? Churchill? A blend?
Marco On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > I liked him. Voted for him. Now, had enough of him. Where's LBJ when we > need him?!!! :) > > Bob- > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article > > 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... 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