The Political Environment: Walker To Kids, Libraries: Brush Up On Your Morse Code

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Walker To Kids, Libraries: Brush Up On Your Morse Code

You don't need that fancy-pants broadband.

7 comments:

Reagan's Disciple said...: Did you read the article? WI would have had a difficult time meeting all of the requirements required by the feds for this grant. Therefore, the state would have had to pay the money back. Another good move by the new state leaders in support of the state taxpayers.

Gov't isn't the solution to the problem, gov't is the problem.; February 15, 2011 at 10:06 AM
James Rowen said...: Yes, I read the article. The rules were the excuse to send back toe funding.

A slogan isn't much of a guide to the nuances of the real world.; February 15, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Reagan's Disciple said...: Yes, lets not let the Fed's rules or their requirements get in the way of our "Free" money. {End Sarcasm}; February 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM
James Rowen said...: Grant money - - federal, state, local, non-profit - - or a private business contract comes with strings, standards, goals. You name it.

There was no interest in really working to a solution because sending the money back gets another headline to please the base.

Walker and his people are making sure the brain drain starts early.; February 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Dave said...: Learning morse code isn't such a bad thing. I had to do it decades ago in the Boy Scouts ......; February 15, 2011 at 1:07 PM
James Rowen said...: That wasn't exactly my point. Maybe I should have said the kids need to learn how to make a telephone with two orange juice cans and some string.; February 15, 2011 at 2:10 PM
nonquixote said...: Copper wire has finite expansion potential as data conduit compared to readily available capacity with fiber optics. The real deal here is that ATT seems to be calling all the shots on this grant money, not the State government agency. ATT's one interest is that the grant money will not be easy because they will have to actually work to earn it. They will also likely be restricted for a specified time as to what they can charge potential new subscribers to the service.

Stuffing woefully inadequate "extra," capacity onto existing infrastructure (copper) and having fewer if no restrictions on what they (the telecom) can then charge for their so called "upgraded," services gets them bigger profits with less actual work, and helps protect a regional monopoly that could be threatened with fiber network options.

R's Disc can make all the ignorant comments she/he wants and display her/his lack of understanding of the issues every day. If one's main point is to embarrass one's self by displaying their myopic view of an economic and political issue, so be it.

OTOH, if this person is simply one of the many paid trolls assigned to make asinine comments to disrupt logical and thoughtful discussion about developing a healthy and strong United States economy where every citizen can potentially have an equal opportunity to contribute (work) instead of being a recipient of welfare from somewhere like R's D's back pocket, choosing against one's own self interest shows just how warped a person like R's D's uninformed comments can be.; February 15, 2011 at 4:00 PM