Politics

I recently was informed of a site called Camospace.com, which is a social networking site for outdoorsmen.   This is a protential place to advertise for TylerBrothers.net.  In the p

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President-elect Obama is looking to create a position for Chief Technology Officer.  This is a good thing.  Frank Greve at McClatchy reports that Obama will use new media in the form of YouTube in order to speak directly to the people, bypassing the various biased media.  This is a great thing, and will improve our democracy. 

One of the challenges of building a large Web site is getting the technical people to work with the graphic design and marketing people.  The city of Columbia, SC recently experienced this exact problem when the technical department unveiled their $107,000 web site just days before the marketing department was planning to launch their own $10,000 redesign of the site. 

Barack Obama has created change.gov as part of his transition to the Oval Office.  In addition, he has said he will appoint a Chief Technology Officer and will push to get broadband access to all Americans.  This is a good thing. 

Additionally, he has said he will have a five-day online comment period prior to signing any non-emergency legislation.  This is also a good thing. 

If you don't know him, you might want to get familiar with Rahm Emanuel and his book called "The Plan." Emanuel is likely to be Obama's Chief of Staff, and many of his ideas are likely to become part of Obama's program. Here is a lengthy interview with Charlie Rose:

I've been unhappy with John McCain's latest populist rhetoric, calling out the 'recklessness of Wall Street' and the'corruption and unbridled greed'. It bothered me because he was very vague and unspecific in his accusations. 'Name names!' I hollered at my car radio. In my heart of hearts I knew there was some truth to what he was saying but I wanted more details.