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- Pelosi asks Yahoo users how to solve climate change
- Pelosi asks Yahoo users how to solve climate changeLess HOT AIR out of Washington!!!Politicians are the world's primary source of hot air and methane. If they stop the posturing, the junkets, the mass mailings, the PR photo-op trips, etc, that would have a great effect.It's ironic that Pelosi should...
- Tags: Public relations, Pelosi, climate change, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-25
- Pelosi asks Yahoo users how to solve climate change
- If a politician wants to find out what their constituents think should be done about global warming, why not ask them directly? That's just what House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi is doing when she appears on Yahoo Answersthis week, reports Green Wombat.Yahoo Answers is probably the biggest call-in show ever. Users...
- Tags: Congress, Web
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- "Oh, great," some techs say: "Pelosi's crowd wants to tax and regulate me to death!!"
- "Oh, great," some techs say: "Pelosi's crowd wants to tax and regulate me to death!!"voting irregularity!Hmmm! I just voted, and the total vote count was 2... but the tally reads 50% for "i'm happy", 50% for "i'm concerned", and %50 for "no change"...150%? weird! I guess voting irregularity can happen...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Federal government, Government, tax, FCC, Pelosi, Big Government
- Discussion threads 2006-11-10
- "Oh, great," some techs say: "Pelosi's crowd wants to tax and regulate me to death!!"
- Im just back this morning from the ISPCON conference in Santa Clara, Calif.This conference heavily draws from the ranks of Web hosting companies, small Internet Service Providers, and technology vendors who sell to each segment.The event- which I cover here- took place in parallel time with this weeks U.S....
- Tags: General, Regulatory, ISPCON, Pelosi
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
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- Would a re-regulated oil market destroy green tech investment?
- Would a re-regulated oil market destroy green tech investment?How do you define a speculator?The problem is not the guys who buy and sell commodities on an ongoing basis, it is the investors who have discovered a new asset class called "natural resources" and who take, and hold long positions betting...
- Tags: Commodity Market, green technology, green tech investment
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your business
- Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessIt's not your job to question.It is your job to feed Penelope and Rupert.RE: Cancer--censored, delayed, none of your businessYeah, remember that Alar stuff that was so bad? Oh, wait, it wasn't. Well, what about that really bad stuff, DDT? What do you mean I...
- Tags: Oops IT, green tech blog, bad stuff, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Move to increase H1B visas
- From TechCrunch: House Republicans are asking the Democratic leadership to act on Bill Gates' increasingly urgent calls for an increase in H1B visas for foreign high-tech workers. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House Republican Study Group said: As a country, we are...
- Tags: Republican, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Senate approves telecom immunity, rejects compromises
- The Associated Press reports this dire news: The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That's the Democratic-controlled Senate. After nearly two...
- Tags: Associated Press, U.S. Senate, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Bandwagon for electronic records rolls on
- The bandwagon on behalf of electronic health records EHRs or electronic medical records EMRs as a "silver bullet" solution to America's health care crisis rolls on, despite growing reports of problems. (Picture from Norman, Oklahoma school system.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest to jump on,...
- Tags: Electronic Record, Electronic Health Record, Fact, Health Care, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Congress passes 7-year Net tax ban
- The House unanimously passed a seven-year extension of a ban on Internet taxes, in harmony with a bill passed by the Senate last week. The bill goes to President Bush for approval, just two days before the existing tax moratorium is scheduled to expire, Computerworld reports. While...
- Tags: Tax, U.S. Congress, Final Version, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, E-mail, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- Bush Administration tells Internet advocates to vote Democratic
- Sometimes the truth is partisan. This is one of those times. If you want an open Internet, one where you're not being blackmailed by phone monopolists at every turn, whether you're trying to download or upload, then you better vote Democratic next year. And...
- Tags: Declan McCullagh, Internet, Bush Administration, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- Congress: they're back, but do they have the energy?
- It is unclear, as always with pols, to know what they will do, if anything. But Congress is back in session. Marketwatch, which is watched closely by lobbyists and folks with lots of money, signals K Street to get ready to lobby. It lists an energy...
- Tags: U.S. Congress, Energy, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Muni Wi-Fi in trouble unless cities cough up some (big) bucks
- Not that long ago, municipal Wi-Fi was the talk of the town, so to speak. These days the latest rendition of the information superhighway is getting a bumpy ride, or plenty of static choose your metaphor, as ISPs and telecoms are walking away from the business of partnering with local...
- Tags: EarthLink Inc., Network, Municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- "Car piece, electricity piece" & what will Nancy do?
- House Speaker Nancy Peloci (D-CA) is facing some crucial decisons on proposed changes in American energy laws. Her hometown newspaper says the Speaker hasn't said what she'll do about either tougher mileage standards for cars, or about forcing renewable energy for generating more of the nation's electricity. Currently,...
- Tags: renewable energy, global warming, fossil fuel, federal government, energy, climate change, cars &, traffic, Blogroll
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders
- Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holdersagain the congress sold us out!Everyting seems to be against the people that try to make a decent living.Importing cheap labor and exporting jobs overseas seems to be the the 'new trade' our elected officials have invented.I thought that a democratic congress could...
- Tags: Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Everyting, H-1B, salary, H1B, congress, job
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Will the feds phase out traditional lightbulbs?
- Will the feds phase out traditional lightbulbs?What about the mercuryI'm all in favor of saving energy. One also has to look at other things than just the end product. Cost of production (energy, materials, chemicals that are hazardous)and disposal. In the case of floresents you have the introducution of mercury...
- Tags: Engineering, Monitors & displays, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Feds: Microsoft not meeting deadlines in antitrust settlement
- Feds: Microsoft not meeting deadlines in antitrust settlementIf you say soit's your opinion to have :)Please name the servicesrequired for XP to "see" the network. I'm sitting at an XP machine right now and I'll check your list for you just to make sure.......shoot.The real truth MS wants to avoid...
- Tags: Corporate law, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice, McKay, antitrust, Abramoff, MSFT
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Who owns Congressional video - public or C-Span?
- Who owns video footage of Congress? The public or C-Span? It turns out, both. But this copyright question was clarified in typical Washington sniping. The issue exploded when Nancy Pelosi launched a blog, The Gavel, featuring video of House floor debate. As The New York Times reports, Republicans rushed...
- Tags: Congress, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Hillary TV: Will 'User Generated Politics' get Clinton to the White House?
- Hillary TV: Will 'User Generated Politics' get Clinton to the White House?misused wordThat's too, not to.Oh, pleaseThe naivete here is mind boggling. If anyone actually thinks this is going to be a conversation instead of a propaganda exercise, I have some land to sell you in Arkansas.Cringe factorI'm not likely...
- Tags: Government, User-Generated Politics, Hillary TV, White House
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- Congress off to slow start with tech
- Congress off to slow start with techSpam versus IraqWhich needs attention sooner? There are a lot of Republican messes to clean up before you can get to the tech stuff.This says it all:[i] When newly empowered Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launch into their much-touted 100-hours agenda...
- Tags: veto, Anne, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-01-09
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