http://www.ddj.com/cpp/205917142
Which presidential candiate can best address this and why ?
After watching the video on the thread Technology Transforming Campaigns, Obama certainly does not yet convince anyone Obama is the best to handle this challenge
In 2003, I participated as a lecturer in two weeks of training sessions in China
On the flight back to the US, I sat next to a fellow who works for an American
cellular telephone networking company. He said he had been in Beijing for
a training session. I asked if he had been giving lectures (like I had been doing for 2 weeks).
"No, I've been taking classes and getting training. The Chinese are well ahead
of us in communications technology."
What is the reason for this gap?
It is because of Regulations. One major function of the massive regulatory bureaucracy in the US of A is to limit
Free Enterprise. The FCC interfered with the adaptation and implementation of advanced cell phone technologies simply
because the major telephone companies had invested heavily in wires. In China, where there were No Wires,
there was no IDEOLOGIC IMPEDIMENT to the rapid adaptation of new technology.
Corporations now use Government Regulation as a weapon to limit competition and prevent new entrants into business.
The ANSWER to the technology leadership problem is FREE ENTERPRISE.
If you want FREE ENTERPRISE, you will have to vote against Big Government.
Your candidate is Ron Paul.
I suppose that you knew that already. Vote your conscience.
Vote for Ron Paul.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA
Or Chairman Mao.
But I do agree that the kind of government power that many on the left think will restrain "big corporations" tends to be used by the corporations to help stop competition - which usually means less change and innovation.
Let me ask a question about Ron Paul. Why is it that when asked in debates about being able to afford various domestic programs does he answer by saying we are spending all our money supporting our empire abroad (not just Iraq, but places like Germany, Japan, and Korea)? That's the answer that the Democrats give. Why doesn't Ron Paul answer by saying he is not in favor of whatever domestic program needs funding?
If I thought that Ron Paul was really running as a libertarian I could vote for him, but from listening to him, what I hear most is how we need to pull our troops out of Germany and Japan.
There is no doubt whatsoever that the corporate bloodsuckers take full advantage of the regulatory structure to
shield themselves from competition and "Add Value" to their products. This has an incredibly stifling
effect on innovation and implementation.
If you want to know more about Ron Paul you can learn more on the internet.
Here is a recent speech...
there is a lot of cheering at the beginning but finally they give him a chance to talk....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF6SywCWHco
I will be sooooo glad when Tuesday passes if for no other reason than ewjohnson, a/k/a "ewwwww, johnson!" will close his piehole about Ron Paul.
I got nothing against Ron Paul, even considered voting for him (until that prejudice thing came up) but I am tired of hearing from ewjohnson.
It wont be over after Tuesday.
Do you really believe that Ron Paul racism thing?
"Do you really believe that Ron Paul racism thing?"
Yes.
And listening to his supporters (like you, ewjohnson) makes me believe it even more.
IP you have no foundation at all for saying that I am a racist.
Au contraire, mon fraire.
There is much more evidence that IP is a Liberal and a Democrat.
"IP you have no foundation at all for saying that I am a racist. "
Never said you were.
I said Ron Paul was racist, and that the ways that his supporters choose to advocate on his behalf reinfoces that conclusion.
"There is much more evidence that IP is a Liberal and a Democrat."
You may be the only person on Earth who thinks I'm a liberal and Democrat, which is further evidence of your atrocious political judgment.
Certainly, in the area of telecommunications and internet, government regulation has set us back.
But the article I cited was more concerned about about the loss of our intellectual edge.
Ron Paul is not viable as president. Of the five remaining candidates with a possibility of getting their party's nomination, none have addressed our nation's decline in technical leadership
Well, AnonyMe, the article was indeed on a conference sponsored by NOKIA
and there was a lot of telecom stuff in the article.
What people need is the opportunity to exercise themselves freely.
Chairman Mao was mentioned. None of us would be likely to approve of Mao's
methods even if we could understand them. However there is a salient principle here
and it is not the principle of power and the gun that I am getting at.
Mao said that one can paint a beautiful picture on a clean canvas.
By removing obstacles to progress, opportunity is created.
Here is the Challenge:
Please name 2 areas in which government regulation has not set us back.
Well, my phone service has sucked since it got deregulated. Flying on planes isn't too hot either.
That's not exactly you question, but it can cut both ways, right?
My land line is Vonage. Vonage significantly fails to suck.
The FAA (not the FFA) still regulates flying.
IP is conservative and Republican, but also pretty fair-handed and not an idiot. That might be what you find confusing :p
EE Times: Latest News
Tech workers' money is on Paul
George Leopold
EE Times
(02/04/2008 12:00 AM EST)
While the U.S. electronics industry isn't a major donor to U.S. presidential campaigns, generally preferring to focus its financial clout on congressional races, something unusual is happening this election cycle. According to early federal estimates, GOP hopeful Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, a libertarian, is attracting the most individual campaign contributions from employees of major U.S. high-tech companies.
Based on available donor data, the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics estimates that employees of Google Inc. and related political action committees are the top contributors to Paul's long-shot presidential bid. As of Sept. 30, Google employees had contributed $22,250 to Paul, and Microsoft Corp. employees were the No. 4 overall contributor to Paul's campaign, kicking in $12,863. Employees from Cisco Systems, Apple Inc. and Verizon have also contributed....
...Most of McCain's contributions have come from Wall Street, media companies and Las Vegas casinos
"IP is conservative and Republican, but also pretty fair-handed and not an idiot."
Thank you, xian.