The Great Innovation Challenge Of The 21st Century
The Great Innovation Challenge Of The 21st Century
Our guest blogger, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
When President Kennedy committed the United States to send a man to the moon, he said, “The vows of this nation can only be fulfilled if we are first, and therefore, we intend to be first. Our leadership in science and industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to make this effort.”
Kennedy’s leadership inspired and spurred American innovation. We reached the moon, and we did even more. The public investment we made to win the space race spawned a generation of discovery and technological dominance that made the United States the most productive, efficient, competitive and prosperous nation on Earth.
Today at the dawn of the 21st Century, we’re facing serious new challenges.
China, India, the European Union and others are steadily — sometimes dramatically — gaining on us in critical areas. South Korea, which has 1/6th of our population, now graduates more engineers than the United States. Japan and the United Kingdom award more doctoral degrees in science and engineering. U.S. elementary and high school students rank near the bottom among developed countries in science and math proficiency. The U.S. has slipped from 11th to 16th in broadband, and foreign-based companies are increasing their share of U.S. patents.
Fortunately for us, we can take action as we have in the past, and not allow the rest of the world to pass us by.
Two years ago, I joined then-House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to launch The Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1. We developed this Agenda after extensive consultation with our nation’s leaders in academia, high-technology, telecommunications, biotechnology and venture capital. These roundtable meetings which began at Stanford University in my Congressional District were repeated across the country and were critical in developing the Agenda.
The Agenda the Speaker unveiled in November 2005 is a non-partisan set of policies to keep America competitive and a call to action for our entire country. Now that we’re the majority, we are committed to implementing this Agenda, which focuses on five areas to foster a new century of innovation.
We will:
– Create a new generation of innovators by making college more affordable and increasing our investment in educating a skilled workforce in the vital areas of science, math, engineering, and information technology.
– Make a sustained commitment to federal research and development by doubling funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science within the next 10 years. We will also modernize the R&D tax credit to increase domestic investment, strengthen the patent system, and improve protections for the intellectual property of American innovators worldwide.
– Spur affordable access to high-speed, always-on broadband Internet and mobile communications which will dramatically increase the productivity and efficiency of our economy.
– Achieve energy independence, strengthen our national security, and protect our planet by supporting the development of clean, sustainable alternative fuels and energy-efficient technologies.
– Provide small businesses, the catalysts for technological innovation, with greater access to grants and capital to encourage entrepreneurship and job creation throughout our economy.
In the last few weeks, the House has passed five significant and bipartisan Innovation Agenda bills. These bills will generate 10,000 new teachers a year in math, science and technology; increase long-term support for scientific research and young researchers; strengthen access to capital programs for small businesses; and reauthorize and increase funding for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These are just the first of many steps to implement our Agenda while adhering to the responsible fiscal policies of pay-as-you-go budgeting.
Innovation is essential to our drive to be the best. It fuels our economy, bolsters our national security and extends our influence around the world. President Kennedy also said, “The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.” The Innovation Agenda will equip our citizens to meet the competitive challenges of the 21st Century and build a brighter future for our children and grandchildren.
– Anna Eshoo
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May 12th, 2007 at 3:14 pmat last a decent plan
May 12th, 2007 at 3:26 pmbetter than Bushes Plan A
May 12th, 2007 at 3:26 pmHmm, the biggest and best “innovation” that Americans could come up with would be to cut down their reproduction rate by 90% to 99%. That would be a giant step to reduce human destruction of our remaining natural environment.
As I recall, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D- CA) was one of the movers and shakers of NAFTA, the first of the modern trade agreements which started the destruction of our industrial and manufacturing base, with the shipping of thousands of good American jobs across the border into Old Mexico. This all happened under the allegedly “groovy” Clinton Administration, back in the 1990s. At the time, I dubbed Rep. Eshoo as the NAFTA Queen. All these fascist corporate trade agreements are for the benefit of major American corporations, no one else. The American workers got screwed, and the foreign workers fared little better.
We need to return to fair trade, which respects the workers involved and the environment.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:26 pmUnfortunately, America is already well on its way to becoming the largest third world nation on the planet. India, for example, is promising free broadband for the entire country by 2009. Go to Germany, for instance, to see what a modern country looks like. We’re already far, far behind, but our chauvinistic news media hasn’t a clue.
Your heart is in the right place. But what we face has very little to do with other countries “passing us by.” You’re fighting the last war, so to speak. The new arena isn’t about innovation and competitiveness. It’s about the evolution of consciousness, and Congress can’t do squat about that.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:28 pmScrew the environment
May 12th, 2007 at 3:29 pmThanks Ma’am.
Lots of work to be done, indeed.
~Sean
May 12th, 2007 at 3:35 pmIt’s college, not collage. Maybe that’s part of the problem?
May 12th, 2007 at 3:35 pmfree broadband in India, y’all hear that, free broadband, well shiiiit, let’s all move to some monkey town in India
May 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmdint dis b*tch usta b’a dude? Look for the adam’s apple
May 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pman honest plan by the democrats – nice
better than Bushes plan if you cant make it – steal it
May 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pmIt’s not just innovation, it’s also improvisation, collaboration and communication. I highly suggest R. Keith Sawyer’s book, “Explaining Creativity”. He’s an associate professor of psychology in the education dept. at Washington University in St. Louis. Basically, your domain is your domain, whether it’s physics or public office, creativity is something that can be incorporated into everyone’s lives very richly.Of course you just have to work at it.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:42 pmOur next equivalent of a “moon project” should be to pour our resources into replacing carbon based fuels (that turn solid and liquid forms of carbon into CO2, thereby increasing the earth’s temperature) with clean sustainable energy sources. In doing so, we need to make America the progressive leader in technology once again, as we were during most of the last century. We can invent our way out of this problem, just as we have in the past. We just need to get really serious about it, and quit squandering our resources on fraudulent invasions of other countries.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:44 pmScrew the environment
Comment by Mr. President
It’s not nice to screw mother nature.
May 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pmIt seems as though Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), has a plan
yes education ( like Scotland free Education from 3 years old at Nursery school to free college once you leave school ) after all education is investing in your countries future
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) This should be FREE to all
May 12th, 2007 at 3:47 pmis Mr. President the real one he seems to be acting like the real one
May 12th, 2007 at 3:49 pmThe age of innovation eh?
I say we build this big turnstile. With a large heavy wheel that crushes wheat. It is also hooked to a generatior and powers parts of Washington.. The turnstiles are then filled with members of congress and senate and the president and all the politicos and pundits and harnessed.
Waa laaa politics pays for itself! No time for lobbysists or fancy lunches! Imagine a fit and trim congress!
May 12th, 2007 at 3:55 pmDear Rep. Anna Eshoo:
Gazoontite. lol. I bet you’ve heard that one before.
America is mired in so many problems part of the problem is knowing which to address first. So let me offer you my opinion.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, is more important than returning America to a country ruled by law, not men. That means returning the Constitution as the law of the land. This can be accomplished by focusing your effort in two areas:
(1) Media Media Media. Return the media to the people. Break up media monopolies. Reenforce the Fairness Doctrine. We need to get accurate honest unbiased national and local news coverage. An informed public will take action to solve problems. We have an uninformed, propagandized and distracted population that has no clue what’s going on.
(2) Take the Corporations out of our Voting Process. End corporate ownership of voting machines. Draw up legislation to standardize voting laws for all 50 states. Make voting convenient for all citizens.
The neo-cons have used Media & Voter manipulation to gain control. Now you must take it away from them and return it to the people. The Democrats may only have a short time as the majority. Please get to work and solve these two ultra-important plagues on our country.
May 12th, 2007 at 4:08 pmWe needed mass transit yesterday. Now we are at the very beginning of a permanent energy crisis and we have made absolutely no arrangements to survive it.
May 12th, 2007 at 4:15 pmLiberals must be delusional to think they live in a world with free lunches, or free broadband.
May 12th, 2007 at 4:41 pmThe great innovation of the 21st century will be accommodating the old forms of power and nationalism in the face of democracy, the internet, shrinking oil supplies and global environmental difficulties ,that cannot be solved without acknowledging that the fate of the human species as a whole ,lies in our essential unity and not in warring nation states which act unilaterally in their own self interests !
In the summer the wind blows the pollution from China over the pacific ocean to the west coast ,we all breath the same air ,and our similarities go a lot further than that .
Hear that train ? thats the train of freedom !
May 12th, 2007 at 5:01 pmFantastic Rep Eshoo!
Add the ideas of the following commenters, we’ve got us a big old plan!
#4 — James K. Sayre
#5 — John H. Farr
#12 — fly-man
#13 — lw
#15 — Tobey Tall
#18 — Larry from C
#19 — bye bye GOP
We can do this thing!
But….will we? Can we find that “evolution of consciousness?”
May 12th, 2007 at 5:03 pmdint dis b*tch usta b’a dude? Look for the adam’s apple
Comment by Mr. President — May 12, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Would you please shut up and take your meds. You’re crapping all over yourself.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:13 pm#20 M12…I can get free-high speed internet at my public library. So I must be delusional!
May 12th, 2007 at 5:29 pm#22 Mistress Z…Evolution of Consciousness, the ultimate striving of every living thing in the universe (whether they know it or not), is an individual effort. As a collective undertaking I do believe it becomes easier. But ultimately, for us humans, it is a matter of personal undertaking.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:35 pm#24
Free to you, maybe. Who’s actually paying for it?
May 12th, 2007 at 5:37 pmBut ultimately, for us humans, it is a matter of personal undertaking.
Comment by Larry from C
That’s the concern…
Americans need to turn off the television, stop thinking me, me, ME! all the time, and WAKE UP!
May 12th, 2007 at 5:40 pmLarry, you should read Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics” and “Politics”. There “The Philosopher” explains that while, as men, we are concerned with individual “Good”, this can only be accomplished in a koinonia (community), because man is a political/social/rational animal.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:42 pmFree to you, maybe. Who’s actually paying for it?
Comment by m12
The PUBLIC — as in PUBLIC LIBRARY.
You are incurable. Why do you morons have to show your moronic ways on a thread by a Guest?
May 12th, 2007 at 5:42 pmHello Mistress Z -
Glad your alive! Hope you’re feelin well.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:43 pmGlad your alive! Hope you’re feelin well.
Comment by Shane
I feel great — not even hungover. :)
May 12th, 2007 at 5:44 pmFree to you, maybe. Who’s actually paying for it?
Comment by m12 — May 12, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
It’s a public library, the public pays for it with local taxes.
I guess where you live the locals thought it wasn’t worth spending tax dollars on a library. Which is reasonable if nobody in the district reads. But we don’t all live in the back woods. If you’re ever in a different part of the country, though unlikely, and you see a library you should stop in and look around. You’d be surprised how civilized people act.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:49 pmComment by Mr. President — May 12, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Would you stop acting like a fool. You do not have to repeat every piece of propaganda you receive in email from those idiots Limbaugh and Coulter. You don’t even understand what they’re saying you just act like their tool.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:51 pmThe Big Bang. The universe gave birth to the stars. A star died and exploded. The remains of that star formed another one. That star died and ejected its matter into space. Our star (the sun) was formed from that cosmic soup. It gave birth to planet Earth. We are all quite literally Star Children. Every atom in our body is nothing more than “star stuff”. Separateness is an illusion, a challenge. Those that wish to divide us to their advantage are lost souls. They see themselves as better or different because of their family lineage, money or schooling. They’re fooling only themselves. Its all illusory. They’re sick, blind and confused. They don’t understand. They can’t. They’re too busy plotting, planning and deceiving. Like thieves. There’s nothing to be gained at the expense of others. They’ve already lost.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:53 pm#29
This guest blogger, Ms. Eshoo is trying to roll back my tax cuts. How polite should I be?
May 12th, 2007 at 5:57 pmCreate a new generation of innovators by making collage more affordable
Are you kidding me? The Irony-Meter just burned a hole in the floor.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:57 pmIn fact, Plato and Aristotle alike drew a parallel between an individual person and a polis (or city-state). Accordingly, the soul of the person was similar to the constitution (or organization of offices/governing body) of the polis. It was the duty of the body to follow the guidance of the soul, and the soul had to maintain the body if it wanted to remain in existance.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:58 pmComment by m12 — May 12, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
See #34.
I’m sure you’re not in the top 10% of income earners in this country, get over yourself.
May 12th, 2007 at 5:59 pmYeah, you know. Like the collage my son made for pre-school. He cut up five good playboys and a hustler, my girly mags ain’t cheap
May 12th, 2007 at 6:00 pmStar Child here,
May 12th, 2007 at 6:04 pmIf you hear any noise it’s just me and the boyz
gettin down in 3D
so good its good for me
free ya mind and come fly on the mothership
Grooven’
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just please, please, PLEASE don’t call any plan
a MANHATTEN PROJECT, as i have heard some suggest…
that name conjurs up only death and destruction…
i’ve always been fond of naming a plan for energy alternatives, say,
the APPOLO PROJECT, in honor of JFK’s challenge…
May 12th, 2007 at 6:21 pm…
#28 Mr. President said that Aristotle wrote…
while, as men, we are concerned with individual “Goodâ€, this can only be accomplished in a koinonia (community), because man is a political/social/rational animal.
My individual “good” is, ultimately, not dependent on community or situation (although it can be enhanced or aided by it). We all choose our behavior and mindset. Some people go through terrible times of illness and distress with a positive disposition. Others are pissed off even when they own the world. Ghandi said he was just as content in prison as when he was free. He taught his followers never to show anger, even when the British soldiers were whacking them in the head with two by fours during peaceful demonstrations. If you do, Ghandi said, they will be in control of you.
I believe man is an animal striving to be something greater. Unfortunately, man is often more irrational than not.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:29 pmLarry from C
True dat, true dat,
But Aristotle also said that all of our actions are aimed at some “good” (that is, what we think is “good”) and it takes education and practice in order for us to be able to determine what is truly good, and what is just a false good which will really turn out to be an evil (for example eating a pound of fudge, or drinking a 5th of JackDaniels).
But once men have the virtuous habits (his brand of ethics is called “virtue ethics” by the bye) which allow him to make good decisions and to act how he ought, then in order for him to exercise thoughs virtues (honor, courage, justice) then he must be in a community.
Aristotle said he who does not live in a community is either a beast or a god. Neitzsche added “or a philosopher”
May 12th, 2007 at 6:37 pmI agree with james k. sayre. comment #4.
Outsourcing American jobs to other countries has devastated the American work force.
If James is correct when he stated: “As I recall, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D- CA) was one of the movers and shakers of NAFTA, the first of the modern trade agreements which started the destruction of our industrial and manufacturing base, with the shipping of thousands of good American jobs across the border into Old Mexico.”…. then we got a problem here.
What Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) has proposed is like putting a band-aid on a gaping chest wound, it won’t save the patient (American workers) but it will allow the nurse (Rep. Anna Eshoo) to feel that she’s done all she could for the patient as the heart monitor flatlines.
Thanks Rep. Anna Eshoo.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:38 pmerrata: post 43) Nietzsche
May 12th, 2007 at 6:38 pmerrata: post 43) Nietzsche
Comment by Mr. President
Lord, deliver us from philosophy majors. Try not to use every thread to discuss Aristotle, Hegel, Neitzsche, and other long-dead irrelevants, OK?
Any thoughts about the current topic of the thread?
May 12th, 2007 at 6:48 pmfree broadband in India, y’all hear that, free broadband, well shiiiit, let’s all move to some monkey town in India
Comment by Mr. President — May 12, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
Listen up, d*psh*t: I have met a lot of Indian scientists, and each one of them has more brains in his or her little finger than you have inside your thick, dumb skull. India has its problems, but they are poised to start kicking our asses economically. I am worried about MY job moving offshore, and I have a Ph.D. Lucky for you, car wash jobs cannot be sent offshore.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:51 pm#38
That post came straight out the USSR. No thanks.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:53 pmLiberals must be delusional to think they live in a world with free lunches, or free broadband.
Comment by m12 — May 12, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
It’s called infrastructure, idiot. It helps economic growth. You know, like roads and stuff. Countries that don’t invest in infrastructure cannot compete, and the Libertarian fantasy that free markets will foot the entire bill is just that, fantasy.
Do you realize that the internet has always been heavily subsidized in the U.S.? Do you realize that we would not have an internet if the government hadn’t put money into the system for 20 years? No, you don’t, apparently.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:54 pmmaking collage more affordable and increasing our investment in educating a skilled workforce
Did you go to collage (sic)? LMAO.
Reading the list and the comments, one can observe that the Libs are great at generalities.
“Lets have alternative fuels instead of fossil fuels.”
But then when it comes to HOW? Uh, no answer. Silence. But when somebody suggests that we can use nuclear power which is available today, and drill in ANWR and off the coast to increase oil now until other alternative sources are truly available, you bitch and scream.
LOL.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:58 pm#49
A bigger hindrance on economic growth is our ridiculous tax rates, and the fact that 52% of this nation is composed of deadbeats who live off the government.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:59 pmm12, I suggest getting off the Internet right now, because it is subsidized, and you are a hypocrite for accepting a free lunch the existence of which you have just criticized. Also get off the roads. Also forget about national defense. For that matter, forget about most prescription drugs, because most of the research is done under government grants, not by Big Pharma, which spends most of its money on marketing and bribing politicians. Don’t call the police. Don’t call the fire department. Just crawl back under your rock. Ultimately YOU are the one who says gimme gimme gimme but who won’t pay his fair share of the bill.
May 12th, 2007 at 6:59 pmVerbalKint… should be vaginakunt
May 12th, 2007 at 7:02 pmFor someone who follows his ideals, you sure don’t know how to spell Gandhi’s name.
Maybe his descendands have some free broadband for you. Please take your socialist authoritarianism there.
Comment by m12 — May 12, 2007 @ 6:56 pm
Looks like you misspelled descendants, idiot. Speaking of words, it appears that you do not understand the meaning of the terms socialism and authoritarianism.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:03 pmComment by muckdog — May 12, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
muckdawg’s making fools look silly
May 12th, 2007 at 7:05 pmA bigger hindrance on economic growth is our ridiculous tax rates, and the fact that 52% of this nation is composed of deadbeats who live off the government.
Comment by m12 — May 12, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Sources, please?
As for our tax rates being ridiculous, they are the lowest in the developed world. We also have the second worst health care system in the developed world (only Britain is worse), and a poverty rate that is shocking given our wealth.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:06 pmI want to point out that muckdog is a passionate global warming denier, which is prima facie evidence of zero credibility.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:08 pmComment by VerbalKint — May 12, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
But upon a posterior examination, muckdog has a point regardless of his stance on global warming (which is pretty much irrelavent to his position in post 50)
better luck next time Vsnatch
May 12th, 2007 at 7:12 pm#55, The Deadbeat parasite(s) living off the Government Most:
(1) Military Industrial Complex
May 12th, 2007 at 7:16 pm(2) Big Pharama
(3) Banking/Finace Industry
(4) Corporate Media
errata: post 43) Nietzsche
Comment by Mr. President
Lord, deliver us from philosophy majors. Try not to use every thread to discuss Aristotle, Hegel, Neitzsche, and other long-dead irrelevants, OK?
Any thoughts about the current topic of the thread?
Comment by barfly — May 12, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
errata: post 46) “Nietzsche”
May 12th, 2007 at 7:17 pmMuckdog, Two questions for you.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:20 pm1-Where do we store the Nuclear Waste that is generated?
2-Concerning ANWAR, Excersise in futility. Not enough recoverable reserves to make it worth it for the Big Oil. Besides, haven’t we done enough damage already to the Enviroment?
Wasn’t Nitschke a middle linebacker for Greenbay in the 60’s? I didn’t know he was also a philosopher. He must’ve done that in the offseason?
May 12th, 2007 at 7:36 pmA good indication of if this is working is if US companies no longer need to hire foreign workers for high technology jobs here in the US.
We should be making computers fun… for example using things like http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/robotics/default.aspx in high school to teach our kids the work involved in high tech areas.
Or something like this http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/ to teach kids software development.
Or http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937791.aspx to teach them to make games or other interactive media.
The schooling in this country is pathetic. This attitude that technology is for nerds needs to end.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:39 pm#53 VerbalKint… should be vaginakunt…Comment by Mr. President — May 12, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
Did you learn that base namecalling in Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics�
May 12th, 2007 at 7:39 pmSilence. But when somebody suggests that we can use nuclear power which is available today, and drill in ANWR and off the coast to increase oil now until other alternative sources are truly available, you bitch and scream.
LOL.
Comment by muckdog
Talkin about generalities… Why not try to convince people instead of just saying “use nuclear power” … everyone knows the dangers of nuclear power. And a terrorist running planes into them sounds real bad also…
Try looking up Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors… all the endless energy without any risk for an accidental meltdown.
When an intelligent person tries to solve a problem they must consider the negatives to any idea and try to find solutions to those negatives to make a better solution… THEN use that better solution to convince people of how to change.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:43 pmNo, Aristotle’s “Sophistic Refutations”, Larry. Also Schopenhauer’s “The Art of Controversy”, I highly recommend both.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:43 pmWhen an intelligent person tries to solve a problem they must consider the negatives to any idea and try to find solutions to those negatives to make a better solution… THEN use that better solution to convince people of how to change.
Comment by Gerald Gibson Jr — May 12, 2007 @ 7:43 pm
True, True… Double G.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:46 pmThe suggestion that nuclear can replace coal and oil is ludicrous. No one takes it seriously. Too many political problems. Huge waste disposal problem. Staggering capital costs, huge lead times for construction. David Goodstein, author of The End of the Age of Oil, says that the cost and availability of something as simple as concrete prohibits building the thousands of plants that would be needed. Also, the known reserves of uranium are rather small when compared against the amount needed to fuel these plants.
Basically muckdog doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about. ANWR? Give me a break. Six months of oil for the U.S.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:54 pmComment by VerbalKint
Try looking up Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors … those problems have been solved…
May 12th, 2007 at 8:19 pmTo: #12. Oh, you just have to WORK at creativity, eh? Try it sometime. Creative people need a LOT of freedom to create: by which I mean time when they are not wage slaves, nor are they domestic help for their families. Very few people can create while TRYING TO WORK AT IT. That just ain’t how ideas arise; especially artistic ideas. Yeah, the whole process is a lot of work –but it’s not like somebody sitting down at a computer and going “I’m going to work today” and art flows effortlessly through the keyboard. Only a bean-counter would think this way about art.
May 12th, 2007 at 8:44 pmThat post came straight out the USSR. No thanks.
Comment by m12
Which doesn’t exist. Please put down the crack, and crack a book.
May 12th, 2007 at 9:18 pmMr. President: Jesus Camp graduate.
Patrick1: Jesus Camp graduate.
Both pray daily to cardboard cutouts of Dubya.
May 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pmRep Eshoo,
Just by reading the comments on this thead, you should be getting an idea of how difficult it will be to implement your Innovation Challenge.
My apologies.
May 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pmLarry says: “Wasn’t Nitschke a middle linebacker for Greenbay in the 60’s? I didn’t know he was also a philosopher. He must’ve done that in the offseason?”
Speaking from the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, Nitschke was not a philosopher!!! He was a god!!!! :)
May 12th, 2007 at 10:05 pmZoo, Thugs don’t know much about history…or the present. You expect them to know the USSR has broken up? They still think liberals are the red menace. They really aren’t very…bright.
May 12th, 2007 at 10:07 pmBush is not going to do it. But maybe the next president will have a “Kennedy” moment that deals with energy. I don’t buy the doom and gloom predictions of global warming (I just watched Inconvient Truth), but I would like for the west (especially the U.S.) to become less dependant on foreign oil. Obviously many environmentalists have wanted energy alternatives for a long time. Regardless of the reasoning, I believe there is a solid majority of Americans that would like to use less oil. Developing energy alternatives and breaking our dependance on foreign oil is something most could embrace.
May 12th, 2007 at 11:20 pmWasn’t Nitschke a middle linebacker for Greenbay in the 60’s? I didn’t know he was also a philosopher. He must’ve done that in the offseason?
Comment by Larry from C — May 12, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Yeah Ray from Greenbay because he wasn’t content to be just a football player.
May 13th, 2007 at 2:12 amCHALLENGE FOR YOU Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA),
BROWN TO BUILD 100,000 new houses
Each of the new homes in the five towns will be built to zero-rated carbon standards and will be exempt from stamp duty.
All their energy supplies will be generated locally from sustainable sources, such as solar and wind power, the paper said. The towns will have new road and rail links and will include zero-carbon schools and health centers.
The detailed plans have been drafted by Yvette Cooper, the housing minister and a key Brown ally tipped for promotion to the cabinet this Summer.
THIS IS HOW TO WIN THE PUBLIC
May 13th, 2007 at 7:27 amANSWER TO THIS Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA),
Open Letter to the Members of he US Congress who Oppose the War on Iraq
To members of the European Parliaments who Oppose the War
Peace be upon you and greetings to you all,
We wish to clarify certain matters relating to events in Iraq for our friends among the members of the US Congress. It is common knowledge that the occupation spared neither the old nor the young, and that Iraq is passing through the most difficult of times because all and sundry are hounding it and covet a share of its riches. We see no good reason for linking the passing of the feeble Iraqi oil law to the withdrawal of the occupation troops from Iraq.
Everyone knows that the oil law does not serve the Iraqi people, and that it serves Bush, his supporters and the foreign companies at the expense of the Iraqi people who have been wronged and deprived of their right to their oil despite enduring all difficulties.
We ask our friends not to link withdrawal with the oil law, especially since the USA claimed that it came to Iraq as a liberator and not in order to control Iraq’s resources.
The general public in Iraq is totally convinced that Bush wants to rush the promulgation of the oil law so as to be leaving Iraq with a victory of sorts, because his project is failing every day and the occupation is collapsing in all parts of Iraq.
We wish to see you take a true stance for the children of Iraq, and we always say that history will remember those who advance peace over war.
With my regards,
Hassan Jum’a Awwad
May 13th, 2007 at 7:36 amHead of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions
Youffraita
Too much free time and you won’t create anything. You need some pressure sometimes.
Also, you should, if you want to be a writer, write for about an hour a day to build up your ability to write. The more you write the more you can write, though to some extent natural talent comes into play too.
May 13th, 2007 at 9:10 amThe U.S. does not have to be first in everything, how ridiculous. If someone else develops a cheap fuel for our cars that won’t destroy the earth, more power to them.
May 13th, 2007 at 10:22 amThe U.S. does not have to be first in everything, how ridiculous. If someone else develops a cheap fuel for our cars that won’t destroy the earth, more power to them.
Comment by Smith
Missed the point completely….
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