Universal Broadband

“While the US talks, other countries are acting. Both Finland and Spain have now decided to add ‘broadband’ to their universal [telephone] service requirements.

"By 2011, any Finn or Spaniard, no matter where they live, should be able to get a reliable 1Mbps connection at a reasonable price,” ars technical.com reports.

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It’s news to me: Who to trust?

“For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them,” Rasmussen reported today, 10-24-09.

The polling organization asked this question: “I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue.” Responses were:

Healthcare
...D-40%; R-46%

Education
...D-38%; R-43%

Social Security
...D-37%; R-45%

Taxes
...D-35%; R-50%

Economy
...D-35%; R-49%

Abortion
...D-35%; R-47%

Immigration
...D-33%; R-40%

National Security
...D-31%; R-54%

Iraq
...D-31%; R-50%

Government Ethics
...D-29%; R-33%

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Let’s see, now: Where is the communications breakdown here?

Former NFL quarterback star Michael Vick is in prison for his role in dog fighting.

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