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Posted on 02/02/2008 4:28:42 PM PST by SJackson
President Bush does not use e-mail. The most secretive chief executive since Richard Nixon does not want to risk having his digital communications revealed as part of the official record of the republic he is sworn to serve and protect.
Other Americans do rely on the Internet, however.
Unfortunately, our off-line president has set the tone for a White House that is almost ridiculously disengaged when it comes to the challenge of preparing the United States for a digital future.
A Bush administration report released Thursday claims that high-speed Internet access is now available to virtually every American. This self-congratulatory document suggests that, during Bush's tenure, the United States has taken the right steps to ensure that we have "an environment in which broadband innovation and competition can flourish."
In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
When George Bush assumed the presidency in 2001, the United States ranked fourth when it came to broadband penetration -- the measure of access to digital services.
Now, as Bush enters his last year in office, the United States has dropped to 15th place.
"Declaring mission accomplished won't reverse America's rapid disappearance from the ranks of world broadband leaders. Just ask the tens of millions of Americans still stranded on the wrong side of the digital divide," says Derek Turner, who has authored several reports criticizing failed U.S. broadband policies.
"Americans pay far more for much slower Internet connections -- when they can get service at all -- than the rest of the world. Too many people still live in areas that cable and telecom companies refuse to serve, and many more can only purchase slow and expensive connections that can't in all seriousness be called broadband," explained Turner, who serves as research director for Free Press, the nation's media reform network. "Yet while the Bush administration stands by and cheers over Internet connections barely faster than dial-up, countries like England and South Korea are bringing affordable and fast broadband to their citizens. Americans will be left on the sidelines as these countries reap the huge economic and social benefits of innovative technologies."
"What do these countries have that we don't?" asks Turner.
His answer: "A national broadband policy that goes beyond empty platitudes."
That's right, but it is only part of the explanation. Other countries also have leaders who read newspapers, watch television news programs and use e-mail.
America has George Bush.
Free broadband for everyone!!!!
A typical liberal a$$wipe: Only the government can prepare us for the digital future. Not the peeples, not our capitalistic society, only the politicians.
And by the way, I thought we were already in the digital age and it seems people are using it pretty damn well without the politicians getting involved.
Indeed, what a load. Technology is not driven from the top down. The market very quickly determines what is required.
So you don’t use e-mail, but you post here?
Some of the comments are pretty good. :)
Leftists think they should be able to litigate anything and have a double standard against GOP administration with no consequences. The idiot who typed this story probably participated in creating these incentives for ANY GOP president not to use e-mail. Bush knows he could not keep any e-mail private unlike conversation which are a matter of recall and he knows this inability to keep any e-mail private would be used asymmetrically against GOP administrations by the press.
I have to say this is just more evidence to me of how smart Bush is and how much he understand Washington now better than he did when he arrived trying to work with both sides of the aisle.
ROFL!
It is still fairly common for politicians in office to not use e-mail.
Hey, hasn’t Bush been cutting those Internet cables over in the Middle East?
Yes. And we'll save every character and binary that you ever send or receive until the day you die. Just in case we need to get you for something.
Not sure many politicians wouldn't turn the clock back on that one.
“When George Bush assumed the presidency in 2001, the United States ranked fourth when it came to broadband penetration — the measure of access to digital services.
Now, as Bush enters his last year in office, the United States has dropped to 15th place. “
I read this study. It’s a pantload. Measuring apples to oranges. The very fact that the US doesn’t include telcom as part of government biases the results against us. IOW it’s rigged in favor of certain (socialist) countries.
The only thing that lies better than the Capital Times is a rug. Marxist liars, all.
The US doesn't have as much broadband penetration as other countries because we are a much more geographically dispersed country. Our population density is a fraction of what it is in Europe or the Pac Rim. Same reason we don't have a good high speed rail passenger network.
However, if you look at the leading software companies, you'll find that the US is far and above #1.
The most secretive? Really? I don't recall too much talk about Bill and Hill e-mails.
Because of legal restrictions, W ceremoniously STOPPED using email when he became president. This type of article is a lie from start to end.
That's because the whole thing was invented by AlGore while he was on the government payroll. Broadband is IP that belongs to the government (not the people)! dot-slash ess
I knew everything was Bush’s fault, but I didn’t know slow servers were his fault too! Anyway, I thought Algore invented the interweb, or whatever the kids are calling it.
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JLS wrote: “Bush knows he could not keep any e-mail private unlike conversation which are a matter of recall and he knows this inability to keep any e-mail private would be used asymmetrically against GOP administrations by the press.”
Indeed.
I have heard that, for the same reason, Condi Rice doesn’t do e-mails, either.
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