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Obama Tech Guru to Be Named FCCChief
By Liza Porteus Viana (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 2:51:00 AM
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans,Barack Obama, Obama AdministrationBarack Obama is set to name one of histech gurus, Julius Genachowski, aschairman of the Federal CommunicationsCommission. Broadcasting & Cable saysthe announcement may come today.I've e-mailed Julius but, knowing howthe Obama team likes to keep a tight lid onthings, am not expecting a response.From The Washington Post:"Genachowski, 46, is a veteran of technology policy having served as chief counsel for former FCC Chairman ReedHundt. He also has business experience asan executive at Internet firmsIAC/InterActive and currently as a venturecapitalist in Washington. Obama's pick forthe nation's head telecommunicationsregulator has served as the president-elect'schief technology counsel and wasclassmates with Obama at Harvard LawSchool. Genachowski is credited forspearheading Obama's online campaignstrategy, which used social networking andother tools to spread Obama's campaignmessage and raise record campaigncontributions."Genachowski would have to beconfirmed by the Senate. Current FCCchief, Republican Kevin Martin, can stayon as an FCC commission member, sincehis term doesn't expire until 2011. But hehasn't yet said what he's going to do.So far,the reaction seems to be good from groupslike The American Cable Association andThe Progress and Freedom Foundation."All I've heard is good things about him,"one cable lobbyist told Broadcasting &Cable. The Free Press says he has an"impressive business resume," and that his"high-tech background, progressiveplatform and experience as senior legalcouncil at the FCC under President Clintonmake it likely that he will be a strongadvocate for the public interest on myriadcrucial issues."Gigi Sohn, president of PublicKnowledge who has known Genachowskifor 15 years, called him an "outstandingchoice.""It is clear that he understands theimportance of open networks and aregulatory environment that promotesinnovation and competition to a robustdemocracy and a health economy," shesaid. "I believe that in his new role, Juliuswill work to ensure that the FCC meets itslegal obligation to protect the 'publicinterest, convenience and necessity' andwill develop a principled, strategic policyagenda that promotes openness, freespeech, competition, innovation, access,economic growth and consumer welfare....I am certain that he will seek to restorepublic confidence in an agency that hashad a long history of opaqueness, industrycapture, and a lack of data-drivenpolicymaking. His collegial managementstyle will also help rebuild morale at theagency."Genachowski will have to oversee a hostof issues, including the transition to digitalTV, Internet neutrality, expandingAmericans' access to high-speed Internet,and possible re-auction of public safetyairwaves.Prior to joining the FCC, Genachowskiserved as a law clerk to U.S. SupremeCourt Justice David H. Souter and, beforethat, to retired Justice William J. Brennan,Jr. and to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.Circuit. He has served as an aide to U.S.Sen. Chuck. Schumer and to the Iran-Contra Committee, and has been on theBoard of Directors of Expedia, Inc.,Hotels.com, and Ticketmaster.Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
Barack Obama to 'Rebrand'Financial Bailout Program
By Mark Impomeni (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 12:15:00 AM
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama,Obama Administration President-electBarack Obama officially requested thatCongress release the second half of thecontroversial Wall Street bailout program.The request was made by President Bush,after Obama asked him to do so in orderthat Congress might approve the funds bythe time Obama is sworn in next week.The TARP funds, or Troubled AssestsRelief Program, as the program is known,has come under fire by CongressionalDemocrats who say that the first half of theprogram's funds, $350 billion, did not go tohelp struggling homeowners. They wantthe incoming Obama Administration toagree to certain restrictions on the use of further funds from the program. Obamahas signaled that be will comply.When the bailout was passed, it wasenvisioned as a fund to prop up the biginvestment houses on Wall Street, toprevent a wholesale collapse of the nation'sfinancial system. That is partly what madethe program so controversial. The BushAdministration has for the most part donewhat Congressional Democrats asked forwith the first $350 billion of the program,using it to shore up AIG, Citigroup, andother large financial firms. But the recentbad economic news has caused Democratsto second guess their support for theTARP, and now they are backing awayfrom their votes of last September.There is little danger, however, thatCongress will not approve President-electObama's request. Democrats rarely objectto spending large sums of federal money.But the program will be overhauled tomake it more palatable to Democratconstituency groups. Instead of fundingwhat some would call irresponsiblelenders, the fund will now supportirresponsible borrowers. But the effect of the funds in the short term will likely bethe same, minimal. Democrats and Obamamay feel better about where the money isgoing, but until the underlying crisis of confidence in the U.S. economy is settled,no amount of government spending willright the ship.Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
Prado and Google launch new collaboration
(World news | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 8:29:00 AM
Prado and Google launch newcollaboration
 
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Joe the Plumber Attempts to Nail IsraeliReporter
By Tommy Christopher (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/12/2009 11:52:00 AM
Filed under: Republicans, John McCain,Humor I think Joe must be watching toomuch "Colbert Report." He got allconfrontationiacal today with an Israelireporter, and continued to barf out hisJournalism School of the Absurd. FromHuffPo: It's not clear how this philosophy jibes with this exchange, transcribed byFiredoglake, where Joe tries to force anIsraeli reporter to judge whether or not thecountry is "bad." JOE: The story here ispeople are being killed and the media'sslanting it and trying to make it Hamas is,uh, as far as, that Israel's being bad. Doyou believe Israel is bad?REPORTER: Do I believe it?JOE: Yeah, do you?!REPORTER: I'm Israeli, so...JOE: So answer the question!REPORTER: No, I don't think Israel isbad.JOE: Do you think Israel has every rightto protect itself?REPORTER: Yeah.[pause]JOE: You do?!REPORTER: Yeah.JOE: Have you said that on air?REPORTER: I'm just a reporter."DoesHamas deserve a time-out? Answer thef**king question!!!"Oh, but it gets better. Joe's got somebang-up ideas on journalism, apparentlyincluding using word dice to compose hissentences during press conferences:Talking to reporters in Israel, Joe wenteven further, suggesting that journalistsshouldn't be allowed anywhere near warzones:"I don't think journalists should beanywhere allowed war (sic). I mean, youguys report where our troops are at. Youreport what's happening day to day. Youmake a big deal out of it. I think it'sasinine. You know, I liked back in WorldWar I and World War II when you'd go tothe theater and you'd see your troops on,you know, the screen and everyone wouldbe real excited and happy for them. Noweveryone's got an opinion and wants todowner-and down soldiers. You know,American soldiers or Israeli soldiers."Maybe we should just get a bunch of people into costumes, film them, andreport on that. In fact, maybe Joe ought totry and line up an exclusive interview withCobra Commander!Also, I hope Joe decides to take on thetraitors who anywhere allowed all of thoseevil correspondents war. That should bereally entertaining.Do you think John McCain stillconsiders Joe a role model?I almost feel a little sorry for Joe. Even athird-rate publicist would have gotten hima better gig than this, and a bunch of handlers to shut him the hell up. His newemployers must be loving the publicity,but I can't see Joe broadening his fan basehere.Of course, I don't feel sorry for Joe, thewhiny, hypocritical, mean-spirited whiner,because he's a whiny, hypocritical, mean-spirited whiner. What I will do is hope forhis safety, hope that PajamasTV's attemptto cash in on Joe's thick-headedness costshim no more than his dignity.Tommy on: BlogTalkRadio I Digg! IFacebook I TwitterPermalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
Mary Taylor for OH Senate... (The Next Palin?)
By Matt Lewis (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 1:40:00 AM
Filed under: Republicans, Sarah PalinWhile most establishment Republicans arerallying around the idea of a Rob Portmancandidacy to replace the retiring SenatorVoinovich, some Ohio conservatives arequietly clamoring for an attractiveconservative outside-the-box candidate toemerge. That candidate may just be OhioAuditor Mary Taylor.Like Sarah Palin, Taylor is thought of asboth a conservative, and as a maverick who stood-up to the Republican "good oldboys" machine in Ohio. A CPA by trade,she has also proven she can win in adifficult environment. In fact, she was theonly Ohio Republican to win statewide in2006.Taylor was even reportedly kicked off of a committee in the House for votingagainst the largest tax hike in Ohio'shistory, the Gov. Taft/ Larry Householdertax increases. Former Secretary of StateKen Blackwell led a ballot initiativeagainst those same hikes, and supporters of that initiative could form a base to rallybehind Taylor.Some have gone so far as to speculatethat Mary Taylor might be the fulfillmentof Sarah Palin's potential. As one bloggerput it:She was at McCain's rollout of SarahPalin in Dayton last week. Mary sees thatSarah Palin is 270 Electoral College votesand a heartbeat away from being President.Mary is smarter than Palin, has moreexperience, is not only not from a pretendstate but an actual swing state, and is moreattractive. If Mary plays her cards right,she's thinking, she could be VP soon. Butshe has to become Governor first.To be sure, Taylor is not known as aprolific fundraiser, and she likes beingauditor from what I have heard. There willalso be push for her to stay put because of the apportionment board. As a columnistfor the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes:Taylor is one of the state GOP's few starsof the future and might even be moreelectable than the far more experiencedPortman or Kasich. But Republicanleadership would exert enormous pressureon her to seek re-election as auditorinstead.Taylor does not appear to be angling forthis seat, but who knows ... perhaps a"Draft Taylor" site / movement willemerge???But Ohio's conservatives should stilllook long and hard at this rising star beforeanointing Portman -- a former BushAdministration official ... and a tradeofficial no less --- as the chosen successor...Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
LIVE VIDEO: HillaryClinton ConfirmationHearing
By David Knowles (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 1:15:00 AM
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats,Obama AdministrationVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News,World News, and News about theEconomyPermalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
Texting Making Today's YouthAll Thumbs
By Carlo Longino (Techdirt)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 6:49:18 AM
There's been a lot of talk about how therise of text messaging is affecting peopleand how they communicate. We've seenreports about texting's impact onfamilies(verdict: not clear), on the Englishlanguage(verdict: it's safe), and onstudents' grammar(it's okay too). But onemore area texting is having an impact:young people aren't using their indexfingers as much. Apparently becauseyounger people are using their thumbs totext all the time, it's become the digit of choice for activities like ringing doorbells.So will index fingers go the way of theappendix and become some extraneousappendage unneeded by modern man? I just tried typing this post with only mythumbs, and based on that, I think they,and their six other friends, are safe forsome time yet.Carlo Longino is an expert at the InsightCommunity. To get insight and analysisfrom Carlo Longino and other experts onchallenges your company faces, click here.Permalink| Comments| Email This Story
Al Franken asks Minnesota governor to declare him winner ofUS Senate race
By McClatchy newspapers (World news | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 8:21:22 AM
Former comedian also asks Minnesotadistrict court that it should not interfere inthe Senate race
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Picture John McCain or Sarah Palin onthe Cover of Ms. Magazine
By Tommy Christopher (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 5:10:00 AM
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama,John McCain, Media, Sarah Palin Ms.Magazine has created quite a stir with itsspecial Inaugural Edition cover image of Barack Obama. The cover depicts PEBO(I've been dying to use that; I love it andhate it at the same time) in a Supermanpose, revealing an undershirt that says"This is what a feminist looks like."The cover is a takeoff on Ms.' first coverever, depicting Wonder Woman. I'm surethere can be honest quibbles about thesymbolism, but I don't think they're tryingto say that women need a Superman. If anything, it's more about the "hiddenpowers" that men who support women'srights have, an acknowledgement of ourpart in the fight, and an expression of hopethat we live up to our end of the deal.Much, if not all, of the outrage has comefrom that particular quarter populated byWomen Who Hate Barack Obama ForCommitting the Unpardonable Sin of Defeating Hillary Clinton, or PUMA.These are people who are convinced thatBarack Obama is somehow sexist, and thathe marshalled the forces of misogyny todefeat Hillary Clinton. My friend (last timeI checked) Amy Siskind is among thosevoices, although she's not a PUMA, per se.Here's a little of what she had to say:( fromThe Daily Beast) The current women'srights movement is hardly recognizable tothose of us who are truly trying to advancethe discourse on gender. Exhibit A, theplanned " special Inaugural edition" coverof Ms. magazine. I will readily admit,when this visual first hit my inbox, my firstthought was that it was a hoax or a joke.But it is not, and this is hardly a laughingmatter. The current vision of "feminism" isa man striking a Superman pose. Now,everyone is entitled to their opinion, but onthis issue, Amy and the PUMA spherehave something in common that makes mecare little about what they have to say:They supported John McCain and SarahPalin.My question stands: Can you imagineeither of them on the cover of Ms.magazine, except maybe as a bonusdartboard? The same people who want totake umbrage at the Obama cover are thesame ones who wanted to elect the mostwoman-hostile ticket in modern history.Not only that, they were blissfullyunconcerned with the GOP ticket's assaulton gay rights. That doesn't sound like anyfeminists I've ever heard of.Obama, on the other hand, is a guy whonot only supports women's rights issues,they're one of the few things he's gone outon a limb on. One of his great politicalskills is his ability to craft positions thatdon't look risky, that are tough to assail.But in Illinois, he opposed legislation thatwas a trojan horse attack on Roe v Wade,at great political risk. It was this oppositionthat gave rise to all of that nonsensical"infanticide" talk.Does that make him Superman? No, butit makes him someone who supportswomen more than you might realize at firstglance. Either way, neither he nor Ms.Magazine should have to take shit frompeople who were ready to electMcCain/Palin. Tommy on: BlogTalkRadioI Digg! I Facebook I TwitterPermalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
John Kerry's Consolation Prize?
By David Knowles (Political Machine)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 1:42:00 AM
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Democrats,Obama Administration In the days andweeks following Barack Obama's victoryin the general election, the president-electset about assembling his cabinet, filling itwith ardent supporters, political rivals, andeven members of the Republican party.Through it all, many wondered when JohnKerry's name would be called. Earlyspeculation had it that Kerry would benamed Secretary of State. Hillary Clintontook that spot. Then came less obvious fits:Education, Commerce, and Energy. Ineach case, another person was picked,leaving Kerry, one of Obama's most vocalcampaigners, out in the cold.Well, here's the payoff. Kerry will nowchair the powerful Senate ForeignRelations Committee. His first gig aschairman? You can watch it live here.Now Mr. Kerry's first hearing aschairman on Tuesday will be to considerthe nomination of Mrs. Clinton, the womanhe did not endorse for president, to thepremier cabinet position in theadministration of the man he did back. Itcannot be the outcome he had in mind.Ouch.Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs|Comments
China Finally Issues 3G Licenses
By Carlo Longino (Techdirt)
Submitted at 1/13/2009 12:37:42 AM
Chinese authorities have apparentlyfinally issued licenses for mobile operatorsthere to operate 3G networks, followingyears of delays. The country had beentalking about getting 3G going since 2003or so, but its tech protectionist bent saw itforced to take delay after delay until itcould finally get its homegrown TD-SCDMA standard into acceptable workingcondition, while 3G networks built onexisting, widely accepted industrystandards flowered elsewhere in the world.It's great that China's offered up analternative to the WCDMA andCDMA2000 standards, and one that mightnot carry some of the same intellectualproperty burdens as those two, translatinginto lower costs. But by this point, anysuch benefit the standard might offer hasbeen rendered fairly meaningless by thelong delay in getting it to market --meaning China's protectionism willprobably have done more to hurt thecountry's position in technology than tohelp it.Carlo Longino is an expert at the InsightCommunity. To get insight and analysisfrom Carlo Longino and other experts onchallenges your company faces, click here.Permalink| Comments| Email This Story
A New Chapter in a Bitter Rivalry
By ChrisJBurke08 (AOL News)
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