Good news! I remember how much of a burden was lifted off of my back when he and the first family were taking the stage in Grant Park.
I was never very fond of him either, but I'll tell you, for me, the world changed that moment. Great news on the internet front, but not so much on the financial front. His 'money men' are very disappointing to me. peace, Ron Watson http://k9disc.blip.tv http://k9disc.com http://discdogradio.com http://pawsitivevybe.com On Nov 24, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Mike Meiser wrote: > I second the surreality of it all. It freaks me out. Things have > definitely changed... the potential is amazing, but also scary... I > would have never thought in my jadded mind that educated non-special > interests / lobbiest would ever be sought out as advisors. > > It's freaking me out man. > > ...but in a good way. > > Not to scare anyone, but we're very much in an "atlas shrugged" type > moment in history... a new balance is being struck in dog-eat-dog > world of free market capatilism. Let's hope it's all for the better. > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:44 PM, scoobyfox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> This is wonderful news. It's kinda been surreal to watch >> intelligent things from Obama's >> actual answering of questions (in complete sentences no less!) at >> his first press conference >> to this! >> >> heather >> >> --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Has the Internet been saved? >>> >>> When Stephen Schultze <http://managingmiracles.blogspot.com/> >>> stopped me in >>> the hallway and told me that Susan Crawford <http://scrawford.net/ >>> blog/> had >>> been appointed head of Obama's FCC transition team, I thought I >>> was being >>> punk'd. It was too good to be true. >>> >>> So, Stephen and I went to an open computer and Googled. Yup. But >>> the news >>> was actually even better: Kevin Werbach <http://werblog.com/> has >>> been >>> appointed as co-lead. >>> >>> I was giddy with joy, for two reasons. >>> >>> First, it just might mean that the Internet has been saved. >>> >>> There are many threats to the Net, and there always will be. But >>> one is >>> particularly nasty and urgent. The business model of the >>> incumbent carriers >>> in the US primarily telephone and cable companies focuses not >>> on simply >>> providing us with as many bits as we want, but rather on getting >>> us to buy >>> content and services from them. This makes it too tempting to >>> them to tilt >>> the market toward their offerings, and to optimize the system for >>> the sort >>> of content they provide (e.g., high def Hollywood movies), which >>> means >>> de-optimizing it for other types of content (e.g., YouTubes). >>> This problem >>> is exacerbated by the lack of a truly open, truly competitive >>> market. >>> >>> Susan and Kevin come at these issues not as representatives of >>> the incumbent >>> industries but as Internet folks. They are, I believe, deeply >>> committed to >>> the spread of the open Internet. But, they are not ideologues. >>> They are >>> capable of listening, finding what's of value and what matters in >>> views with >>> which they disagree, and moderating their views. They are informed, >>> intelligent, reasonable, and sweet. You come out of a >>> disagreement with them >>> feeling better about us all. >>> >>> Which brings me to the second reason I am so happy about their >>> appointment. >>> Imagine a government that values the qualities Susan and Kevin >>> embody. >>> Imagine a government that doesn't go for the lazy, safe wedge >>> issues that >>> divide us, but actually tries to find ways we can move forward >>> together. >>> Imagine a government that thinks not first about winning the >>> argument but >>> about how we can live together afterwards. Imagine a government >>> that assumes >>> our better natures. >>> >>> No need to imagine such a government. We just elected one. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://geekentertainment.tv >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
