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Leave p2p unless people are using for profit or resale
Leave those alone or free from persecution and prosecution those who download for fun or personal pleasure, very much like the days when we could all enjoy the taping of a favorite film or music to watch at home with a friend, with no worries. We bought the movie, tape, disc, book etc and loaned it out to a friend etc. It's the ones trying to selling the stuff, making a profit off, running a business that the RIAA et al should be concerned with not the individual that justs is curious for a few hours then probably discards it…
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Ten pages of vision and architecture fast
Come up with 10 pages of vision and architecture for citizen - gov interaction within 100 days, based on Obama's beliefs, best practises, in the US and abroad, and visionary statements on twitter.
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Learn from chip industry: Turn Big 3 Into Car Fabs
The reason we have such a huge choice of low cost computers and all sorts of gizmos and gadgets, smart phones, and electronic toys is because of the amazing advances in chip designs. Hundreds of small chip design firms are producing incredibly advanced semiconductors that power a slew of innovative devices.
But the reason we have so much innovation in the chip industry is because of a manufacturing revolution that began more than twenty years ago. In 1987, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was founded as a new type of chip company--it was a semiconductor foundry--it made chips for other…
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Educate a 21st Century Entrepreneurial Workforce
Our public education is broken. Let's invest in our schools, We have the technology, we have the resources, and we can change our public schools from basket cases into showcases.
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End the occupation of the Confederate States of America
For almost 150 years the Confederate States of America has been under occupation of the imperialist United States of America. Now as the United States grows more corrupt, imperial, and anti-Christian, it is more important than ever the South become independent. The Confederate States was founded on strong Christian morals(slavery was not the cause of the Civil War, Northern Aggression/Imperialism was). From an early age children are brainwashed into thinking all Southerners were immoral slave owners. The federalist Yankees have even tried to take our flag off of the South Carolina capitol building. The Patriot has taken away liberties guranteed…
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Statehood for all territories, national capital, Puerto Rico
Yes, we can...a change for justice. No more colonies in the 21st century. Our fellow American citizens of Puerto Rico, Distirct of Columbia, Virgin Islands, Guam need equal rights and treatment. Please Mr. President Obama, with respect we solicit your attention to this serious human and citizen right violation. Please support their Statehood process soon.
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cirneco, NON-ALERGENIC
These dogs may be rare in the states, but we have two, a mom and her son. They are about 25 pounds an knee high. They love to play, hug and most especially, incredibly non-allergenic. More so than poodles, waterdogs an laberdoodles. They aren't in the AKC yet because there aren't enough of them in the states yet, they are very popular in europe. They look like an Egytian Pharoah Hound. The are incredibly sweet dogs
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"'bail-in' instead of a bailout"
The Portland (OR) Oregonian carried an excellent editorial on Dec. 29, '08, "A 'bail-in' instead of a bailout," suggesting that the Detroit Big 3 accept our tax bailout on condition they switch to creating "nationwide urban networks of streetcars, light rail and other public transit systems." This would bring us back to the excellent public transit we used to have before cars proliferated. <www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/12/a_bailin_instead_of_a_bailout.html>
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Jumpstart Manifest Destiny
The American people have forgotten their God given right the to Western Hemisphere! Stop these silly oil wars overseas and focus on expanding our borders to the north and south!
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Ensure in-depth computer science education in high school
Information technology is today where manufacturing was in the early 20th century. The opportunity for computer exploitation for human benefit has barely begun to be tapped. America needs it's youth to start taking it seriously and experimenting. Today's education gets them ready for Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Facebook. More intense high-school education will produce the next Bill Gates, Larry Eillisons and Steve Jobs.
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Appoint a CTO AND a Chief Innovation Officer
In President-elect Barack Obama’s technology and innovation fact sheet, he pledged to appoint the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The CTO’s duty, Obama outlined, is to “ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies, and services for the 21st century.”
The establishment of a U.S. CTO is long overdue as business media outlets are continually reporting that the United States is losing its competitive edge, inadequately prepared to combat cyber threats, and lagging behind in innovation.
But, a CTO is not enough.
As Bruce Nussbaum said recently in his BusinessWeek.com blog, Nussbaum on Design,…
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...be able to do MUCH more than power on a PC.
Have been in the Federal Governments IT division for over 10 years now, and find it VERY difficult to communicate with people who dont have the foggiest idea what I am talking about when I am relating to IT matters. I think it is VITALLY important that the newly appointed CTO have a broad range of knowledge, skills and abilities as they relate to IT and some of the issues that it may entail; therefore, I am of the belief that it will take someone with more knowledge of IT than just being able to power on a PC.
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Mandate Information Literacy Skills for all students.
As a nation, we need to be able to check the validity of the source of our information. As an Information Scientist, I provide training to State Department diplomats on how to find "verifible and accurate" information. As an aunt, I hear too many kids say they accept the information because it was found on the Internet, but most don't know how to evaluate a website. Finally, hire me to help the Obama Administration. I have more ideas.
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Poker
Repeal the online poker portion of the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006
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cybernetician as CTO
Appoint a CYBERNETICIAN as Chief
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Create a National Grapevine for live social networking.
We need to create a national social network that enables people to gather in live, public Conversation Spaces running on open source software such as http://palspace.tv
Citizens can self organize according to locale, issue, authority, etc. into communities that host on-going public discussions.
Officials, subject matter experts, stakeholders, journalists, students, reseachers, ... in short everyone.. will be able to join in moderated conversations about any social concern.
Conversations will be supported by easy access to tools such as related maps, charts, media, and more throught the use of an integrated suite of applets.
Citizens can install a destop application, phone…
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Create a database of every elected and applointed official
We need to know who is being elected or appointed to do what, wherever they are, whatever their level of authority...municipal, state or federal.
We need to know how and when to contact them, what their voting records and/or other accomplishments are, who helped them get elected or appointed, who they are in contact with regarding official business, and more.
We need to provide human assistance to people who need information or who would like to contribute.
The information needs to available in a variety of formats so that we can all access it using various devices and various interfaces…
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Completely re-invent the educational system
For example:
With the advent of the Internet, there is no longer any need to make large numbers of kids converge on factory-like buildings.
Instead, each neighborhood can have several learning resource centers, manned by staff that are trained to help students of all ages connect with the teachers and resources they need to learn. Some of which are local, and some of which may be on the other side of the planet.
Many resource centers can be housed in residential buildings, helping to create an increased demand for homes as a bonus. This will increase their value and restore…
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