Comments on: Ideas Matter!

By: I.M. Wowed | Techfun

I.M. Wowed | Techfun — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:38:37 +0000

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By: Techfun

Techfun — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:28:14 +0000

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a trick question. I never said it was one of the candidates currently running for the presidency. I can see how easy that would be for some people to assume.

Since you are running Ubuntu, feel free to guess early. :)

By: erik

erik — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:18:34 +0000

You say this is a trick question? Then I have a guess.

By: Techfun

Techfun — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:28:02 +0000

Will, you can IM me your guess and I will confirm it if you like. And thanks for the heads up about ShareThis. I’ll try to figure it out.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:48:15 +0000

Are we allowed to guess? I want to win a prize! LOL! Seriously though, even if a speech like this speaks to us as individuals and even if we agree with the premises in it, the politics of implementing grand plans almost always prevents that implementation. I know I am more cynical than many about our government’s ability to do even 10% of what really should be done, but even a President with the best of intentions is prevented from putting most of their ideas into practice.

I agree with Christine that it picks up steam, gets more specific, and does more to point out that government can’t go it alone, as the excerpt goes along. It does speak to many of my own ideas and feelings. Unfortunately these ideas and feelings of mine have been looking for solutions and implementation from our leaders for 30 years or more. It is hard for me to have faith that new leadership a year from now will do any better than the past 6 or 8 administrations and Congresses have.

You know, come to think of it, I have been keeping our thermostat at 60 during the day and 50 at night for all of the aforementioned 30 years, so maybe there is hope for my faith yet.

By: Techfun

Techfun — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:43:58 +0000

Its those specifics that we lose with the current media coverage of the candidates. Lapel pins get more air time than energy policy.

Also, I never said that speech was by a current politician. :)

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:38:28 +0000

I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up. In that case… the speech as a whole has some good content… and it makes sense… getting more specific as they go along. At least this candidate is trying… would like to see more about how these changes would play out it real time…. and compare them to other people’s stances.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:02:08 +0000

Seems to me they are all blowing the same hot air… just from different valves. The third to last one seems fairly reasonable or well spoken. The 4th to last one gives concrete.. or something resembling concrete… governmental changes that would be made. This is such a popular topic though… pretty much everyone is trying to be the good guy with environmental issues… or pretend to be. Try a topic that clearly defines party platform lines and compare how the ideas diverge. Also… context matters.