Dear FCC,
In the last few decades, our economy has vastly changed to an online economy. From almost everywhere, people can work, shop, research, watch movies etc. online. A key component to this ability is broadband internet access. Sadly, due to many circumstances, most of the US is subject to the whims of their cable providers as the sole provider of internet access. Even sadder, this industry, unlike phones, electric and water, isn't regulated for the public good so the industry has taken it on itself to throttle down internet speeds unless people give them even more money, both the content provider and the content user.
Imagine if the same happened to electricity or water. Imagine if we told factory B they can't have the water pressure they need, even though it's available, because they haven't paid their ransom (which is what anti0net neutrality really is). We'd be laughed at as a 3rd world country. Yet that is exactly what is happening to the internet.
Bad enough the cable industry doesn't have any incentive to offer the higher speeds offered by our nation's competitors, they now want to damage our economy for their own profit by making it more difficult for the constructive demolition that has marked our economy's ability to change with the times as new businesses come in to replace older businesses that don't adjust fast enough to changing times.
These broad band internet monopolies are bad for our economy. While I understand there is not much that can be done about the lack of competition at this time, you can do something. Don't let broad band companies throttle back internet speeds for those who can not pay for the high speed lanes. We are an online economy, this plan can only harm it. Furthermore, I propose the FCC regulate the internet providers similar to the way other public good industries are regulated. Don't let the K Street lobbyists win, do the work of the people.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
The bridge "scandal" that won't go away
Living in NJ, Governor Christie's "Bridge-gate" scandal remains in our news cycle, but I am more surprised it remains in the national news. If the governor wasn't seeking higher office (potentially) this would have just died down as NJ politics as usual with the usual cronyism from the NYNJ Port Authority. I can't imagine that a farmer in Iowa cares about what happens here but what do I know, aside from I am getting tired of all the coverage.
Unless there is evidence to the contrary, I believe Christie had nothing to do with the lane closings. However, I feel he has been less than truthful as to when he found out and his relationship with Wildstein. Minor stuff and I wouldn't be surprised to find out he was trying to save his friends from their own stupidity, hoping nothing else would come out. It's not impeachable but the possibility of a coverup keeps the press amused, which is fine to an extent (got to have a press that flashes sunshine in the dark corners where politicians do ill). At this point it seems like the media has gone overboard looking for anything for a "gotcha" story.
No matter though, there was no way he was going to get the 2016 nomination for president in the current national GOP. He is too "liberal" for that crowd.
Unless there is evidence to the contrary, I believe Christie had nothing to do with the lane closings. However, I feel he has been less than truthful as to when he found out and his relationship with Wildstein. Minor stuff and I wouldn't be surprised to find out he was trying to save his friends from their own stupidity, hoping nothing else would come out. It's not impeachable but the possibility of a coverup keeps the press amused, which is fine to an extent (got to have a press that flashes sunshine in the dark corners where politicians do ill). At this point it seems like the media has gone overboard looking for anything for a "gotcha" story.
No matter though, there was no way he was going to get the 2016 nomination for president in the current national GOP. He is too "liberal" for that crowd.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Hello 52,014
Well 52,015 but that title doesn't sound as cool. 50,000 years from now sounds better than 50,001 years. Why am I saying hello to the future? Well in the near future the spaceship KEO is about to embark on 50,000 year tour, a 50,000 year tour, and come back to earth, assuming the space weather doesn't get too rough.
As part of the KEO's 50,000 year mission, every person living on Earth, small, weak, powerful or rich is provided with four pages of liberty and equality to pen down his or her message destined for the future. All the messages received, without undergoing any censorship, will be embarked aboard KEO. Since none of us will be around so far in the future, I thought I would put my message in the public eye now. Here is my story [doink doink].
As I write this, it is January 13, 2014 (Common Era), approximately 3 weeks after the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. I am in the town [redacted] in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America. (Latitude: 40.058324, Longitude: -74.405661) [note: this is just a random spot in NJ]. Now that I have gotten that out of the way, I hope you can read more than my latitude, longitude position, even with your version of a universal translator (not to mention who even knows if there will be a civilization by then).
I grew up in the outer boroughs of New York City (a bit north of my present location). My childhood was somewhat typical of the last third of the 20th century. We lived in an apartment, one color TV, one black and white. No computers aside from primitive toys. My days were spent in school, my free time riding my bicycle with my friends to go to a park or video arcade. Occasionally we would take the subway or have my mother drive us into the city to see more exciting things. No computers in the classrooms then. We had to memorize everything, no simple recalling it on our devices. I and my brothers used to deliver a physical copy of the daily newspaper to our customers, the closest you could get to information that was more than a sound bite from the TV or radio news at your doorstep.
Assuming there is someone to read this in what we call 52,014, I wonder if you will see us like we see the ancient nomadic tribes from tens of thousands of years ago, a primitive people at the dawn of the information age or Gods from a lost, rumored magical time similar to the stories of the lost continent of Atlantis. I doubt the work I particularly do will be of little interest in a time so far away as well as my daily life's activities. Suffice to say, statistically, I will fall into the average highly educated, New York City suburbanite, top 10% demographic. Oh I may have some unique thoughts and feelings, but I imagine they will be as interesting in 50,000 years as the thoughts of an individual slave in ancient Rome.
It is easy to assume that in 50,000 years civilizations would have fallen, risen up, and fallen again numerous times. And if that is the case little will remain from our time except, maybe, some strange cuts in some mountains. Tales from our days, if remembered at all, would be like tales from the Bible, which is probably just exaggerated folk tales. Heck, we barely remember history from 5,000 years ago so I can't fathom what it will be like so many years in the future.
I am not worried of any of my possible descendants reading this, assuming my children and their children and so on keep reproducing. If I do have descendants my portion of their DNA code will be so small as to be de minims, especially as I have not had my DNA code saved anywhere, aside from swabs from doctors visits over my life, past and future.
So far I have said a lot of nothing, but I imagine many have written or will write about current entertainment and technology. Assuming history books from this time remain in some form, anyone reading this will probably have studied our ancient technology in their early grade education.
I suppose every generation says they live in exciting times, but to me it seems we do. 200 years ago was barely the start of the industrial revolution, where machines were just being created to help man fulfill their potential. Today we are creating machines and robots that are replacing man and are not sure what this will do to our economy. Information is always at our fingertips. If I want to borrow or buy a book, magazine or newspaper, I press a few buttons and voila -- information!
Speaking of computers, though today's computers that will be in this device will undoubtedly seem primitive so far in the future, computers 35 years were even more so. When I was a young adult I could scarcely imagine that in less than 30 years time I would be typing out a message that could potentially be read in 50,000 years, or sooner if there is life out there or man is able to conquer the stars, and someone comes across this much sooner. Speaking of the stars, aside from landing on the moon, our travels so far have been limited to probes such as this satellite.
I'd say the biggest change in my life has been the rise of the computers. Not that long ago, much research was carried out using dead trees, pencils and papers as that was the most efficient. We used to have to go to a physical building and spend hours researching a specific topic using several physical books. People waited on line at the store, not go online via the internet. Today a few clicks on my computer while I am sitting on my couch takes care of that in a few seconds. I suppose it won't be much longer until our computers become internal devices that automatically link is to the rest of the world, finding information instantly. I am very curious to see what the next 100-200 years have in store for man and machine.
My religion or spiritual belief is Jewish. Basically our core beliefs are: 1) "do unto others as you would have done unto you," with the rest being commentary, 2) They tried to kill us, they failed, let's eat! We also believe in one great invisible spirit in the sky who created the universe and protects us, unless we piss him off somehow. I'd like to think there is some higher authority out there, somewhere, but logic suggests this is not so.
At the present, our civilization is poisoning the environment. We use and throw strange chemicals into our grounds and waters without concern about what the effects of this may be. We are changing weather patterns and sea levels with our machines. It doesn't matter if some don't believe in climate change, climate change believes in us. I wonder if we will rectify this one day soon or if the Earth will simply shake most of us off like a bad cold. Right now it looks more like we better start working on some cold medicine.
Well 52,014 that about covers it. I will be barely dust by time you read this, my atoms scattered, reformed, and scattered again many times when you read this. To quote an ancient philosopher: "Live long and prosper."
So that was my letter for our spaceship in a bottle, for better or for worse. 52,014 will get a taste of our times, perhaps more intimate than tomorrow's history books will be. Even if an alien civilization stumbles upon this satellite before its journey's end, we of 2014 will most likely be long gone from this planet, giving those races an idea of what early 21st century earth was like. 50,000 years ago, cavemen were drawing pictures on walls, barely showing that can reflect on their dealings with the environment. I wonder if our descendents will see this time similarly.
I grew up in the outer boroughs of New York City (a bit north of my present location). My childhood was somewhat typical of the last third of the 20th century. We lived in an apartment, one color TV, one black and white. No computers aside from primitive toys. My days were spent in school, my free time riding my bicycle with my friends to go to a park or video arcade. Occasionally we would take the subway or have my mother drive us into the city to see more exciting things. No computers in the classrooms then. We had to memorize everything, no simple recalling it on our devices. I and my brothers used to deliver a physical copy of the daily newspaper to our customers, the closest you could get to information that was more than a sound bite from the TV or radio news at your doorstep.
Assuming there is someone to read this in what we call 52,014, I wonder if you will see us like we see the ancient nomadic tribes from tens of thousands of years ago, a primitive people at the dawn of the information age or Gods from a lost, rumored magical time similar to the stories of the lost continent of Atlantis. I doubt the work I particularly do will be of little interest in a time so far away as well as my daily life's activities. Suffice to say, statistically, I will fall into the average highly educated, New York City suburbanite, top 10% demographic. Oh I may have some unique thoughts and feelings, but I imagine they will be as interesting in 50,000 years as the thoughts of an individual slave in ancient Rome.
It is easy to assume that in 50,000 years civilizations would have fallen, risen up, and fallen again numerous times. And if that is the case little will remain from our time except, maybe, some strange cuts in some mountains. Tales from our days, if remembered at all, would be like tales from the Bible, which is probably just exaggerated folk tales. Heck, we barely remember history from 5,000 years ago so I can't fathom what it will be like so many years in the future.
I am not worried of any of my possible descendants reading this, assuming my children and their children and so on keep reproducing. If I do have descendants my portion of their DNA code will be so small as to be de minims, especially as I have not had my DNA code saved anywhere, aside from swabs from doctors visits over my life, past and future.
So far I have said a lot of nothing, but I imagine many have written or will write about current entertainment and technology. Assuming history books from this time remain in some form, anyone reading this will probably have studied our ancient technology in their early grade education.
I suppose every generation says they live in exciting times, but to me it seems we do. 200 years ago was barely the start of the industrial revolution, where machines were just being created to help man fulfill their potential. Today we are creating machines and robots that are replacing man and are not sure what this will do to our economy. Information is always at our fingertips. If I want to borrow or buy a book, magazine or newspaper, I press a few buttons and voila -- information!
Speaking of computers, though today's computers that will be in this device will undoubtedly seem primitive so far in the future, computers 35 years were even more so. When I was a young adult I could scarcely imagine that in less than 30 years time I would be typing out a message that could potentially be read in 50,000 years, or sooner if there is life out there or man is able to conquer the stars, and someone comes across this much sooner. Speaking of the stars, aside from landing on the moon, our travels so far have been limited to probes such as this satellite.
I'd say the biggest change in my life has been the rise of the computers. Not that long ago, much research was carried out using dead trees, pencils and papers as that was the most efficient. We used to have to go to a physical building and spend hours researching a specific topic using several physical books. People waited on line at the store, not go online via the internet. Today a few clicks on my computer while I am sitting on my couch takes care of that in a few seconds. I suppose it won't be much longer until our computers become internal devices that automatically link is to the rest of the world, finding information instantly. I am very curious to see what the next 100-200 years have in store for man and machine.
My religion or spiritual belief is Jewish. Basically our core beliefs are: 1) "do unto others as you would have done unto you," with the rest being commentary, 2) They tried to kill us, they failed, let's eat! We also believe in one great invisible spirit in the sky who created the universe and protects us, unless we piss him off somehow. I'd like to think there is some higher authority out there, somewhere, but logic suggests this is not so.
At the present, our civilization is poisoning the environment. We use and throw strange chemicals into our grounds and waters without concern about what the effects of this may be. We are changing weather patterns and sea levels with our machines. It doesn't matter if some don't believe in climate change, climate change believes in us. I wonder if we will rectify this one day soon or if the Earth will simply shake most of us off like a bad cold. Right now it looks more like we better start working on some cold medicine.
Well 52,014 that about covers it. I will be barely dust by time you read this, my atoms scattered, reformed, and scattered again many times when you read this. To quote an ancient philosopher: "Live long and prosper."
So that was my letter for our spaceship in a bottle, for better or for worse. 52,014 will get a taste of our times, perhaps more intimate than tomorrow's history books will be. Even if an alien civilization stumbles upon this satellite before its journey's end, we of 2014 will most likely be long gone from this planet, giving those races an idea of what early 21st century earth was like. 50,000 years ago, cavemen were drawing pictures on walls, barely showing that can reflect on their dealings with the environment. I wonder if our descendents will see this time similarly.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Bad parenting
I found this interesting letter on a blog taking a radio host to task because he disagreed with the host's views on parenting. Basically, the father argued that he was helping his gifted, unemployed college graduate 29 year old son by letting him play video games in his basement because he is too good to take any job out there and should wait for the economy to get better so he can get the job he deserves. And he also bashed the host because he favored children doing chores, likening it to slave labor.
Slave labor? Oh dear. We require our 12 year old take out the recyclables/trash to the curb, get the mail, take care of the dogs and mow the lawn (and help me shovel in winter). Worse our 8 year old daughter is following in his foot-prints by helping him bring the trash cans back up to the house, helping with the dishes and feeding her cat. I didn’t know that we’ve been doing it wrong, according to Nick, all this time, even though our son got almost straight A’s (one B) on his last report card.
By the way, I started working at 12 (paper route) and have pretty much worked continuously ever since. I graduated college just as the Bush I recession was starting and was laid off around the same time that we invaded Kuwait. I spent two years working temp jobs, some that made use of my college education and some that didn’t. However, it was those additional skills/temp jobs in my field that I could add to my resume that finally got me full employment. Sitting at home would have done nothing.
Slave labor? Oh dear. We require our 12 year old take out the recyclables/trash to the curb, get the mail, take care of the dogs and mow the lawn (and help me shovel in winter). Worse our 8 year old daughter is following in his foot-prints by helping him bring the trash cans back up to the house, helping with the dishes and feeding her cat. I didn’t know that we’ve been doing it wrong, according to Nick, all this time, even though our son got almost straight A’s (one B) on his last report card.
By the way, I started working at 12 (paper route) and have pretty much worked continuously ever since. I graduated college just as the Bush I recession was starting and was laid off around the same time that we invaded Kuwait. I spent two years working temp jobs, some that made use of my college education and some that didn’t. However, it was those additional skills/temp jobs in my field that I could add to my resume that finally got me full employment. Sitting at home would have done nothing.
Growing up I had a very good friend who really was gifted. He went to Cooper Union, graduated, worked as an engineer for the City of NY for a few years before going back to Columbia University to get his masters. He was on his way and then ... nothing. For the last 15 years or so he has been working in his mother's basement on a computer game that has been continuously become out of date (though, at least, it does force him to stay somewhat current in his field).
It is not for me to say if he has illness or is on the autism spectrum (back in the day children weren't tested for Asperger Syndrome) that has caused him to retreat from life but I do suspect that the worse thing his mother did was allow him to move back home permanently after Columbia. Granted there were circumstances that led to this -- his father was in poor health and passed around that time and his mother needed help but that is still no excuse for his long term unemployment.
In comparison my great-uncle, an orphan at 16 and forced to live with grandparents, went to Cooper Union, married, had two children and literally became a rocket scientist by 30. I'm sure it helped that, aside from a brother providing a couch to sleep on, he had nothing to fall back on. Compare that to my friend who was babied by his mother for all these years. He was the one of our group that we all thought would do wonderful things with his life. Now, at age 45, those of us who remain his friend see that will never be. Sad that the letter writer can't see that this will be the fate of his son if he keeps this up.
And for the final shot, after the letter writer suggests that the radio host grow up and get some life experience, the host noted that at age 27, two years younger than the letter writer's son, he was married with two children and on his way in his career at broadcasting and not wasting time in his parents' basement. At age 29 I was in law school, while working full time, married and had been out of my mother’s house for years. I don’t think I could have accomplished law school and working full time without the work experience of my youth that forced me to do more than just come home after school. The letter writer is not helping his son.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Wannabe cops and profiling
When
I was a child of around 12 or 13, my younger brother and I had a paper route that covered several
NYC apartment buildings. As this was the early 80s several of the
buildings had evening neighborhood watches that hung out in the lobby
observing. Also, as this was the early 80s, no one thought it strange that two young children would be able to go after dark to collect money for their little business without adult supervision -- except one person.
One evening we were buzzed into one of the buildings on our route by one of our customers to make our weekly
collections. This building had some residents in the lobby keeping an eye on things and, as we approached the elevator, we were questioned by the watch as to what we were doing there. We showed them our
collection book, what floors we'd be going to etc (no ID at that time, it was a simpler day) and were cleared to proceed. As usual we took
the elevator to the top and walked down floor by floor. Collecting the money could be time consuming, depending on the floor, as we had to go door to door. Somewhere in the
middle the local gestapo decided we were taking too long and kicked us
out of the building.
When we arrived home early my dad asked why we
were back so early. When we told him, he got up (a big deal, once he was
on the couch for the night that was it), had us go back to the building
and started telling the lead watcher off as he told us to finish
collecting. When we were finished our dad was still telling the guy off
and had us wait while he finished, basically accusing the dude of being a bully and making up for a small penis. Then, when he was finished, he told the guy - by the way, your fly is open. On the walk home he commented that certain people, who are otherwise weak, abuse power once they get it and that was one of those people.
From the little bits I've heard from news clips of his trial, neighborhood watch person George Zimmerman allegedly seems more and more like that wannabe cop with delusions of grandeur that my brother and I encountered all those years ago. Ignoring whatever prior bad acts that Trevor Martin may have done before his encounter with Zimmerman, the basis of the confrontation seems to be that Zimmerman allegedly just assumed a teenager with a hoodie (in the rain) was up to no good just as our neighbor did with us. Maybe Zimmerman felt he was doing the right thing, maybe he was just profiling, probably this whole mess has become political, but maybe he thought he was more important than he actually was -- a man who wanted to be something that he couldn't be and forgot that in the heat of the moment. Real officers are trained to not allow an encounter such as what occurred between Martin and Zimmerman to escalate (and that is true even if they are undercover). Neighborhood watchers are there to watch and report.
I guess I should be relieved that the apartment building's watch wasn't armed. I guess I should also be relieved we were allowed to quietly leave the building and go home (which probably would not have happened if we were a minority race in our neighborhood). Sad that Martin didn't get the chance to go home and get his dad to defend him like my brother and I were able to do because he was determined not worthy of standing his ground.
I guess I should be relieved that the apartment building's watch wasn't armed. I guess I should also be relieved we were allowed to quietly leave the building and go home (which probably would not have happened if we were a minority race in our neighborhood). Sad that Martin didn't get the chance to go home and get his dad to defend him like my brother and I were able to do because he was determined not worthy of standing his ground.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
The delusions of the new conservatives
A recent article in American Thinker, a very conservative blog, almost made me laugh out loud. To prove their point that America is one step away from destroying themselves as usual they point to a quote by Rush Limbaugh who is complaining that "America
as founded is slipping away daily." He's kidding right? That America is
long gone and for the better. Keep in mind the vote was generally
limited to white male landowners when the country was founded. Laws of
the time permitted child labor in modern factories (which didn't exist
yet), blacks to be slaved, women forced to obey their man. I could go
on, but you get my drift. And though I lean more conservative these
days, at least on economical and freedom issues, I don't vote Republican
because I find that party to be too far away from my inner core.
The conservatives of today are not those I could never wrap my arms around. I find they have been hijacked by a backwards looking people who refuse to evolve into what should be a robust 21st century movement. Why aren't they leading the charge on over government involvement in everyday lives? Why are they not working to educate anti-gun citizens on what gun ownership means and how gun safety and care by manufacturers and owners can go a long way to resolving illegal guns (not all the way of course, but you need to start somewhere)? Why aren't they pointing out the slippery slope that all these feel good laws take away our freedoms while admitting that some are good for us (clean water and clean air are kind of nice, higher gas mileage cars is also a nice way for us to tell OPEC where to go once we are free of them)? Instead they focus on abortion, Jesus and other issues that were settled over a half century ago. You can be conservative and still move forward with the times.
Perhaps it is because I am not Christian and do not care if gays want to marry or am appalled that my children, already tempted by all the commercial excitement of Christmas, would be forced to pray to Jesus. Maybe it is because I don't look at a book written 2,000 years ago and was probably the best knowledge of the day, written as stories for a simpler people to understand, to take precedence over what science has discovered over the centuries.
The conservatives of today are not those I could never wrap my arms around. I find they have been hijacked by a backwards looking people who refuse to evolve into what should be a robust 21st century movement. Why aren't they leading the charge on over government involvement in everyday lives? Why are they not working to educate anti-gun citizens on what gun ownership means and how gun safety and care by manufacturers and owners can go a long way to resolving illegal guns (not all the way of course, but you need to start somewhere)? Why aren't they pointing out the slippery slope that all these feel good laws take away our freedoms while admitting that some are good for us (clean water and clean air are kind of nice, higher gas mileage cars is also a nice way for us to tell OPEC where to go once we are free of them)? Instead they focus on abortion, Jesus and other issues that were settled over a half century ago. You can be conservative and still move forward with the times.
Perhaps it is because I am not Christian and do not care if gays want to marry or am appalled that my children, already tempted by all the commercial excitement of Christmas, would be forced to pray to Jesus. Maybe it is because I don't look at a book written 2,000 years ago and was probably the best knowledge of the day, written as stories for a simpler people to understand, to take precedence over what science has discovered over the centuries.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Out of touch
I have to laugh at how out of touch the GOP still seems. The only reason I don't is because I realize how bad this is for the country. We are headed towards a one party system and that is good for non one.
The GOP thinks all their problems with the younger generation will go away with just better marketing. Are they for real? I have to wonder what they are thinking if the following quote is the root to solving their identity crisis: "Fortunately, our ideas are already grounded in concepts that appeal across generations: the notion of a free market, where effort is connected with reward and equality is discussed in terms of opportunity, not outcome." I don't necessarily disagree with that last statement, but they don't put their money where there mouth is. How about applying those ideas so our children can get an affordable education that will allow them to use their skills to achieve the available opportunities and rewards GOP? [sound of crickets]
How many times has the GOP been behind cutting spending of education over the decades? They see the rich getting richer and everybody else left behind as the 1% has pulled up the ladder. Sure some can jump and still catch that ladder but fewer and fewer are able to.
In any event, the GOP is doomed to dwindle to nothingness as long as they allow the religious right to control their policies. The young see the GOP's hypocrisy over small government -- no government involvement unless it concerns what consenting adults are doing in their beds. Most young people don't want to be dictated by a religious morality that they increasingly see as behind the times, especially when you allow political leaders to ignore science etc because a book written a few thousand years ago, that was probably based on the best knowledge of the day, says something else. They don't care what God says about gays and who can marry who.They are tired of leaders who deny and mock modern science and ideals because it doesn't match the leaders' out of date ideological religious teachings
They are concerned about what climate change will mean to them and their children (long after most of us dead). They worry about the increasing costs of health care and how it still seems that the main beneficiaries of Obamacare are private insurance companies and not the People because the GOP refused to allow the government and its economic might strike a better deal for the People.
The young have seen the enemy GOP and it is you. Your small government ideals are fine, but they are not absolute. Yes, there is a danger of government getting too big, but no government is not the solution when the scars of a deregulated financial community is still fresh in our psyche. When you wake up to all this you will have mine and the youth vote.
In any event, the GOP is doomed to dwindle to nothingness as long as they allow the religious right to control their policies. The young see the GOP's hypocrisy over small government -- no government involvement unless it concerns what consenting adults are doing in their beds. Most young people don't want to be dictated by a religious morality that they increasingly see as behind the times, especially when you allow political leaders to ignore science etc because a book written a few thousand years ago, that was probably based on the best knowledge of the day, says something else. They don't care what God says about gays and who can marry who.They are tired of leaders who deny and mock modern science and ideals because it doesn't match the leaders' out of date ideological religious teachings
They are concerned about what climate change will mean to them and their children (long after most of us dead). They worry about the increasing costs of health care and how it still seems that the main beneficiaries of Obamacare are private insurance companies and not the People because the GOP refused to allow the government and its economic might strike a better deal for the People.
The young have seen the enemy GOP and it is you. Your small government ideals are fine, but they are not absolute. Yes, there is a danger of government getting too big, but no government is not the solution when the scars of a deregulated financial community is still fresh in our psyche. When you wake up to all this you will have mine and the youth vote.
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