I'm not certain that the ability of the majority of Americans to care more about a person's skin color than their qualifications should be labeled progress. As far as I am aware, decisions based on the color of a person's skin are still racist decisions regardless of which color is being approved (or disapproved) of. TVK
-----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming Race shouldnt be an issue - but you know that it is. There are considerably few non-white males in politics (and any positions of considerable power) in general. I don't mean to turn this into a race discussion, but Obama's election has considerable historic significance. To add some perspective to this, many people in other countries (only knowing about he US via movies and global news) didn't think we would elect him specifically because he was black - that we were not a society that would elect a person of African heritage. That we, as a nation, were not of the cultural maturity to do so. In terms of cultural progress, I think Obama's presidential election is one of the most significant things to happen in my generation. -- ME2 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the thing, it's not significant. He's just another president. > He might be a good one, or a poor one, but he's just another one. His > race shouldn't be an issue, right? > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Heaven forbid people are interested and feel its significant because >> he's the first *black* president. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I think either telling them to stay home to watch it, or to read >>> about it in the paper the next day would be useful. >>> >>> It's just another inauguration - they wouldn't do it for a >>> Republican, Green or Libertarian, would they? >>> >>> But, that's just my inner curmudgeon coming out. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Walker, Clay <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> We are getting many inquiries from our teachers about streaming >>>> next Tuesday's inauguration to classroom. Unfortunately, our >>>> internet bandwidth will not support the number of those I think >>>> will want to stream the event (and this is assuming the media >>>> outlets' bandwidth will support it as well). >>>> >>>> I'm thinking I could setup an internal video streaming server >>>> (Windows Media Server perhaps) and either pull the feed off of a >>>> capture card connected to the local cable TV system or pulling it >>>> from a feed off of the internet and re-streaming it to my network. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, we only have a couple of our buildings that have a >>>> cable feed in every classroom. I need to find a solution for the >>>> other buildings that have no TV option. >>>> >>>> Am I going in the right direction? Any hints or gotcha's to watch >>>> out for? >>>> >>>> I'm way out of my league on this video stuff, so any help would be >>>> greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Clay >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >>> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
