Obama May Be Walking Into an Impeachment Trap
Sep 2, 2013 21:28:37 #
and here is a little bit for Al Gore.......Economy and information technology[edit source | editbeta]
Main article: Al Gore and information technology
Under the Clinton Administration, the U.S. economy expanded, according to David Greenberg (professor of history and media studies at Rutgers University) who argued that "by the end of the Clinton presidency, the numbers were uniformly impressive. Besides the record-high surpluses and the record-low poverty rates, the economy could boast the longest economic expansion in history; the lowest unemployment since the early 1970s; and the lowest poverty rates for single mothers, b***k A******ns, and the aged."[9] In addition, one of Gore's major works as Vice President was the National Performance Review,[10] which pointed out waste, fraud, and other abuse in the federal government and stressed the need for cutting the size of the bureaucracy and the number of regulations. Gore stated that the National Performance Review later helped guide President Clinton when he down-sized the federal government.[11]
The economic success of this administration was due in part to Gore's continued role as an Atari Democrat, promoting the development of information technology, which led to the dot-com boom (c. 1995-2001).[12] Clinton and Gore entered office planning to finance research that would "flood the economy with innovative goods and services, lifting the general level of prosperity and strengthening American industry."[13] Their overall aim was to fund the development of, "robotics, smart roads, biotechnology, machine tools, magnetic-levitation trains, fiber-optic communications and national computer networks. Also earmarked [were] a raft of basic technologies like digital imaging and data storage."[13] These initiatives met with skepticism from critics who claimed that their initiatives would "backfire, bloating Congressional pork and creating whole new categories of Federal waste." [13]
During the e******n and while Vice President, Gore popularized the term Information Superhighway (which became synonymous with the internet) and was involved in the creation of the National Information Infrastructure.[13]
The economic initiatives introduced by the Clinton-Gore administration linked to information technology were a primary focus for Gore during his time as Vice President. Gary Stix commented on these initiatives a few months prior in his May 1993 article for Scientific American, "Gigabit Gestalt: Clinton and Gore embrace an activist technology policy." Stix described them as a "distinct statement about where the new administration stands on the matter of technology [...] gone is the ambivalence or outright hostility toward government involvement in little beyond basic science." [14] Campbell-Kelly and Aspray further note in Computer: A History of the Information Machine:
In the early 1990s the Internet was big news.... In the fall of 1990 there were just 313,000 computers on the Internet; by 1996, there were close to 10 million. The networking idea became politicized during the 1992 Clinton-Gore e******n campaign, where the rhetoric of the Information Superhighway|information highway captured the public imagination. On taking office in 1993, the new administration set in place a range of government initiatives for a National Information Infrastructure aimed at ensuring that all American citizens ultimately gain access to the new networks.[15]
These initiatives were discussed in a number of venues. Howard Rheingold argued in The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, that these initiatives played a critical role in the development of digital technology, stating that, "Two powerful forces drove the rapid emergence of the superhighway notion in 1994 [...] the second driving force behind the superhighway idea continued to be Vice-President Gore."[16] In addition, Clinton and Gore submitted the report, Science in the National Interest in 1994,[17] which further outlined their plans to develop science and technology in the United States. Gore also discussed these plans in speeches that he made at The Superhighway Summit [18] at UCLA and for the International Telecommunications Union.[19]
On January 13, 1994 Gore "became the first U.S. vice president to hold a live interactive news conference on an international computer network".[20] Gore was also asked to write the foreword to the 1994 internet guide, The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking (2nd edition) by Tracy LaQuey. In the foreword he stated the following:
Since I first became interested in high-speed networking almost seventeen years ago, there have been many major advances both in the technology and in public awareness. Articles on high-speed networks are commonplace in major newspapers and in news magazines. In contrast, when as a House member in the early 1980s, I called for creation of a national network of "information superhighways," the only people interested were the manufacturers of optical fiber. Back then, of course, high-speed meant 56,000 bits per second. Today we are building a national information infrastructure that will carry billions of bits of data per second, serve thousands of users simultaneously, and t***smit not only electronic mail and data files but voice and video as well.[21]
The Clinton-Gore administration launched the first official White House website on October 21, 1994.[22][23] It would be followed by three more versions, resulting in the final edition launched in 2000.[23][24] The White House website was part of a general movement by this administration towards web based communication: "Clinton and Gore were responsible for pressing almost all federal agencies, the U.S. court system and the U.S. military onto the Internet, thus opening up America's government to more of America's citizens than ever before. On July 17, 1996. President Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 - Federal Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to fully utilize information technology to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public."[25]
Main article: Al Gore and information technology
Under the Clinton Administration, the U.S. economy expanded, according to David Greenberg (professor of history and media studies at Rutgers University) who argued that "by the end of the Clinton presidency, the numbers were uniformly impressive. Besides the record-high surpluses and the record-low poverty rates, the economy could boast the longest economic expansion in history; the lowest unemployment since the early 1970s; and the lowest poverty rates for single mothers, b***k A******ns, and the aged."[9] In addition, one of Gore's major works as Vice President was the National Performance Review,[10] which pointed out waste, fraud, and other abuse in the federal government and stressed the need for cutting the size of the bureaucracy and the number of regulations. Gore stated that the National Performance Review later helped guide President Clinton when he down-sized the federal government.[11]
The economic success of this administration was due in part to Gore's continued role as an Atari Democrat, promoting the development of information technology, which led to the dot-com boom (c. 1995-2001).[12] Clinton and Gore entered office planning to finance research that would "flood the economy with innovative goods and services, lifting the general level of prosperity and strengthening American industry."[13] Their overall aim was to fund the development of, "robotics, smart roads, biotechnology, machine tools, magnetic-levitation trains, fiber-optic communications and national computer networks. Also earmarked [were] a raft of basic technologies like digital imaging and data storage."[13] These initiatives met with skepticism from critics who claimed that their initiatives would "backfire, bloating Congressional pork and creating whole new categories of Federal waste." [13]
During the e******n and while Vice President, Gore popularized the term Information Superhighway (which became synonymous with the internet) and was involved in the creation of the National Information Infrastructure.[13]
The economic initiatives introduced by the Clinton-Gore administration linked to information technology were a primary focus for Gore during his time as Vice President. Gary Stix commented on these initiatives a few months prior in his May 1993 article for Scientific American, "Gigabit Gestalt: Clinton and Gore embrace an activist technology policy." Stix described them as a "distinct statement about where the new administration stands on the matter of technology [...] gone is the ambivalence or outright hostility toward government involvement in little beyond basic science." [14] Campbell-Kelly and Aspray further note in Computer: A History of the Information Machine:
In the early 1990s the Internet was big news.... In the fall of 1990 there were just 313,000 computers on the Internet; by 1996, there were close to 10 million. The networking idea became politicized during the 1992 Clinton-Gore e******n campaign, where the rhetoric of the Information Superhighway|information highway captured the public imagination. On taking office in 1993, the new administration set in place a range of government initiatives for a National Information Infrastructure aimed at ensuring that all American citizens ultimately gain access to the new networks.[15]
These initiatives were discussed in a number of venues. Howard Rheingold argued in The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier, that these initiatives played a critical role in the development of digital technology, stating that, "Two powerful forces drove the rapid emergence of the superhighway notion in 1994 [...] the second driving force behind the superhighway idea continued to be Vice-President Gore."[16] In addition, Clinton and Gore submitted the report, Science in the National Interest in 1994,[17] which further outlined their plans to develop science and technology in the United States. Gore also discussed these plans in speeches that he made at The Superhighway Summit [18] at UCLA and for the International Telecommunications Union.[19]
On January 13, 1994 Gore "became the first U.S. vice president to hold a live interactive news conference on an international computer network".[20] Gore was also asked to write the foreword to the 1994 internet guide, The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking (2nd edition) by Tracy LaQuey. In the foreword he stated the following:
Since I first became interested in high-speed networking almost seventeen years ago, there have been many major advances both in the technology and in public awareness. Articles on high-speed networks are commonplace in major newspapers and in news magazines. In contrast, when as a House member in the early 1980s, I called for creation of a national network of "information superhighways," the only people interested were the manufacturers of optical fiber. Back then, of course, high-speed meant 56,000 bits per second. Today we are building a national information infrastructure that will carry billions of bits of data per second, serve thousands of users simultaneously, and t***smit not only electronic mail and data files but voice and video as well.[21]
The Clinton-Gore administration launched the first official White House website on October 21, 1994.[22][23] It would be followed by three more versions, resulting in the final edition launched in 2000.[23][24] The White House website was part of a general movement by this administration towards web based communication: "Clinton and Gore were responsible for pressing almost all federal agencies, the U.S. court system and the U.S. military onto the Internet, thus opening up America's government to more of America's citizens than ever before. On July 17, 1996. President Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 - Federal Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to fully utilize information technology to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public."[25]
Sep 2, 2013 21:38:51 #
What to hell are you doing? This tread is 'Obama may be walking
into an impeachment trap' not history. You wanna take history start you own tread.
into an impeachment trap' not history. You wanna take history start you own tread.
sunspotbaby wrote:
and here is a little bit for Al Gore.......Economy... (show quote)
Sep 2, 2013 22:27:37 #
And take American jobs away to other countries. Even toothpaste is made in Mexico now. We don't have jobs because Clinton sold us out!
Sep 2, 2013 22:30:53 #
That t*****r Gore just sold his television station to Al Jarzie or however its spelled. He is a horrible man and even his wife said so. Greedy and narcisstic much like our president! He put a lot of men out of work in this country and lives richer that some kings in other countries. Wh**ever he did he did because it put money in his pockets and he is a womanizer too but the press won't tell you that. A dispictable man if there ever was one.
Sep 2, 2013 22:32:50 #
wasn't the dems that out sourced americas industry and big business.Big business is owned by repubs.They don't like the idea of paying a liveing wage when they can get sweat shop labor some where else
Sep 2, 2013 22:42:32 #
OH yes, George Soros, William Gates, Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomburg are all poor men.
sunspotbaby wrote:
wasn't the dems that out sourced americas industry and big business.Big business is owned by repubs.They don't like the idea of paying a liveing wage when they can get sweat shop labor some where else
Sep 3, 2013 00:01:33 #
Oh Stop with the old tired blame Bush stuff. He didn't do half the damage the democrats have done.Not near anything they have and continue to do. This i***t has been in office for 5 years and he has done nothing to improve America. He is a joke and its not funny anymore.
Sep 3, 2013 01:07:08 #
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Sep 3, 2013 01:16:32 #
no,nor are they the ones who off shored their businesses.As a matter of fact Buffet ,and I know your going to h**e to hear this,but he is one that wants the rich and big business to have their tax rates increased and the working class to be lowered.I know that goes against what you as a repub believe in.Gates and Soros are big time philanthrapists,and support public broad casting,which is one of the other things that as a repub,you detest,Never could figure that one out either.Then theres bloomberg,and I really don't know alot about him,except that he owns forbes magazine,which is still produced here in America.
Sep 3, 2013 01:19:18 #
Instead of repeating my self,just go back and read all my posts.So unless you have another subject,there isn't much more to say.
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