Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are a lot of people who did vote
for him based on race. But they can't be the majority of his voters,
can they? I'm sure just as many voted for McCain because he's white.
I think the sides of the race card might have balanced each other out.
I voted for Obama pretty much because he wasn't Republican. Period.
I don't know if the Democrats can do any better, but I just didn't
want to take a chance on another 4 years of a very similar
Administration.
On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Tim Vander Kooi wrote:
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I know of hundreds (and
I'm not that well connected) who voted for him simply because of his
race. They didn't know a thing about his policies (and let's face
it, he has no track record to speak of) but they wanted to "help
make history".
TVK
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Inauguration Streaming
I think it's progress that people DID look past color and voted for
the best candidate. 10 years ago, I think he would have lost no
matter who he ran against because of his skin color regardless of
qualifications.
I don't think people voted for him BECAUSE he is black.
On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Tim Vander Kooi wrote:
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
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