When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Friday, February 15, 2002
TOWARDS YOUR BUSINESS IDEA! - posting only not publishing this.......kate Second, our society has computer users and non-computer users. While
hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts dial into online nets around the
country, the general population is largely unaware that such systems
even exist, let alone as potentially important to them as their car
or their TV. Still, millions of dollars have been and are being spent
to bring online communications to the general public in the form of
dedicated terminals such as Minitels and smart phones. Moreover, the
phone companies and the cable TV companies are preparing to go to war
over who will carry video signal to the nation. But for all the talk
I have heard and all the reports I have read about hooking up the
"global online community" little is happening to create systems where
computer users and the general public can meet and talk on a common
system. This is incredibly short-sighted, in my view. The real
communication breakthrough will occur when those who use computers
and those who don't can exchange openly and freely because access to
the meetingplace is not confined by the equipment that gets you
there. The real system of the people will be one that combines these
two worlds in a way that works for both.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts dial into online nets around the
country, the general population is largely unaware that such systems
even exist, let alone as potentially important to them as their car
or their TV. Still, millions of dollars have been and are being spent
to bring online communications to the general public in the form of
dedicated terminals such as Minitels and smart phones. Moreover, the
phone companies and the cable TV companies are preparing to go to war
over who will carry video signal to the nation. But for all the talk
I have heard and all the reports I have read about hooking up the
"global online community" little is happening to create systems where
computer users and the general public can meet and talk on a common
system. This is incredibly short-sighted, in my view. The real
communication breakthrough will occur when those who use computers
and those who don't can exchange openly and freely because access to
the meetingplace is not confined by the equipment that gets you
there. The real system of the people will be one that combines these
two worlds in a way that works for both.
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