“President George W. Bush said the government must encourage innovation to keep the economy strong as his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry, called for incentives to help spur high-technology investments,” Bloomberg reports.
“Bush, 57, and Kerry, 60, struck the same themes at events at opposite ends of the U.S. in which they highlighted proposals for encouraging development of new technologies and spreading broadband Internet access as a way to add jobs in the future and cut costs for both the government and families,” Bloomberg reports.
“‘Our economy is strong today,’ Bush said after he took part in demonstrations of broadband and wireless technologies at the Commerce Department in Washington. ‘The fundamental question is, What are we going to do to make sure we stay strong?’ At San Jose State University in California, Kerry said the government can help ‘create a business environment that will strengthen the American economy and fuel the creation of high technology jobs,'” Bloomberg reports.
“Surveys by the Pew Research Center, the Gallup Organization and other pollsters show the economy is the top single issue for voters less than five months before the election. U.S. companies have added 1.2 million jobs this year, though the nation still has a net loss of about 1.2 million positions since Bush took office and the economy fell into a recession,” Bloomberg reports. “Bush has set a goal of creating universal, affordable high- speed Internet service in three years and electronic access to medical records. That, Bush said, would cut medical costs and help small businesses. He called on Congress to reinstate a ban on state taxes on Internet access.”
“‘We’ve got to make sure broadband access is affordable,” Bush said. ‘If the goal is to spread broadband it doesn’t make sense to tax it.’ Bush’s budget proposal for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 would include $2 billion in research funding for the broadband initiative. His overall budget would put federal technology research and development funding at $132 billion, compared with $91 billion in the 2001 fiscal year, according to the White House,” Bloomberg reports.
Full article here.
well are vice president said the f-word today
First post!
Local Yankee News
Who cares!!!!!!!!
As my Grandfather used to say during the war (WW2)
Their over-sexed, overpaid & over here.
Everyone be forewarned: if you say anything negative about President Bush you will be seen as “helping the Terrorists” and will sicken the extreme conservatives to the point of expletives. Whatever you do, please do NOT say anything that might be considered unpatriotic, even if you have facts to base your statements on. For example, do not say that Bush is bad for the environment, even though he has repealed legislation that was enacted to make industry buy newer and less poluting equipment last year. The facts don’t matter in this case. If you find this to be contradictory to free speach and patriotism in general, take a deep breath and repeat this Mantra:
“Islam is to blame for everything. Islam is to blame for everything. Islam is to blame for everything.”
G-Spank:
Are you for real.
Can’t say anything about your “illustrious” leader then you talk about your so-called free speech.
As for the Islam comment: very 12th century.
We can’t complete our psychological profile project until every citizen and illegal has broadband – or at least a g-mail account!
Bush said the government must encourage innovation?
By permitting M$ to continue business as usual?
Innovation like: game consoles; media formats; internet browsers; word processors?
Funny money, like water, tends to flow downhill to the lowest point. And fountain out of the mouths of politicians. Sure let’s spread broadband; it’s cheap education and medication, and yields good campaign funds. Just make sure it’s not at the expense of our WMD industry.
are you under the impression that Bush is supporting M$? Because I most certainly don’t perceive that at all.
Bush took part in recognizing specific highly innovative technologies (broadband internet and wireless), which were never specific to M$. In fact, wireless was originally specific to macs.
Meanwhile, Kerry promoted ‘technology’ in general at San Jose State University, which I KNOW to be a bastion of M$ products and software.
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— believe me (I go there
Sara G-Spank’s comment was sarcasm.
ABB 2004 (Anybody But Bush)
I love being a European
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Thanx Jack A.
Already had figured that out but had already posted.
Apologies to G-Spank.
And Dave H: If I wasn’t an Aussie I’d be more than happy to be European like you.
Don’t care about local news from USA except if Bush falls off his Segway, but then if he fell on his head it wouldn’t do any damage at all.
(No sense no feeling)
Off Topic
Dave H: I see Beckham made same mistake as last time.
Sara, Beckham hasn’t been the same player since his move to Real Madrid. I don’t think that crappy penalty spot helped either. I’m feeling fine about the whole thing this morning, as I always expect England to go out of every tournament on penalties. It would be a pleasant surprise if they didn’t occasionally and actually won something, but at least I don’t get all heartbroken when they don’t raise the trophy. Expecting the football team to win is sort of like expecting Tim Henman to win Wimbledon, you know it’s possible, but it relies on luck rather than being the best, so it’s incredibly unlikely.
And at least the Germans left the tournament before we did. So it’s not all bad
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BTW, are you a London based Aussie? I’m working with three Aussies and a Kiwi at the moment, so I’m feeling a bit outnumbered.
Sara, you are an Aussie? You will like this then. I am an American but can still laugh at myself.
http://abc.net.au/cnnnn/video/ep07_stupidyankees.ram
Dave H:
Sorry still in Oz. But thinking of working in England next year when work commitments here finish. Have travelled a bit but never to Europe. Must be fun/torture at work for you. Hope you like their sense of humour. You guys still won the Rugby so don’t feel bad about the Soccer or Tennis.
Jack A: very funny (OMG how dumb) but unfortunately you can find people like that in any country. Yes even here.
Jack A: have you read the updates that scroll across the screen, funnier than the interviews.
Bill Gates and M$ did everything possible to stall the outcome of the DOJ case against them, hoping that Bush would be president, knowing that his administration would “go easy” on big business. It’s a travesty. Had Gore won (i.e. gotten his votes to count), then it would have a been a much different story for M$.
bush sucks
BTW, all americans are that stupid, trulee, we r all dumnb as rocks and as funny as that is, it’ just a rip off of Leno who seems to find stupid residents and touritst in Hollywood all of the time.
I would be interested to see the cutting room floor, I mean how much fun would it be to watcht he people who got it right.
Oh yeah, one of the best presentation was the interview with the players from the college football national championship. Outside of a big dumb looking Lineman who knew the answer to every question, the other guys could barely figure out their own names.
Sara (although you’ll be in bed by now)
Yep, there’s always the rugby team, although that pasting we took off the All Blacks was painful to watch 🙁
What about the 400,000 US homes that still have no electricity or running water?
Dang! Sticking to principles has its price. NO REAL crap on my comp; never was any; never will be.