More To Like
September 7th, 2008 at 9:36 am by Preston Taylor HolmesInsty links to this piece which takes a peek at Palin’s positions on a variety of issues related to technology, and, IMO, the report card looks good.
On using technology (a/k/a web apps) to help workers improve skills…
On addressing Alaska’s geographical challenges as it relates to healthcare…
Tele-medicine has often been lauded as a solution for providing individuals living in rural or hard-to-reach areas (and Alaska has plenty of those) with care and good judgment from a qualified doctor who would normally be easy to reach in town.
On what might be her approach to net neutrality, based on her restructuring of a new oil pipeline deal…
She didn’t like that much, and just about everyone in Alaska knew it. So she scrapped the deal, replacing it with one that involves a bidding process. Already, TransCanada has secured a deal with Alaska to build this pipeline which could dramatically improve the state’s economy.
Competition is good, which is why she’s pissed off the good-old-boy/GOP network in Alaska.
And my favorite, governmental accountability…
The article does lament Palin’s failure to clarify an official “broadband policy” due to Alaska’s poor data rates. I personally see this as the responsibility of the free market and private enterprise. If a company wants to spend the resources and energy to bring better broadband to the Alaskan citizenry, then there must be enough of a demand to make the investment worthwhile.
Despite the incessant whining of the left pushing universal broadband along with universal everything else, you do not have a right to 6 mps data speeds, unless you can find a provider and pay their fee. Her lack of an official position doesn’t bother me in the least.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Agreed. Besides, are we really voting on presidential candidates based on their internet views alone?
No one really likes voting for the best of the least, but do you really want the least of the least?
September 8th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Cap’n, my vote for McCain is for the hope that she gets a shot at the Big Prize either in 2012 or sooner (Note: I don’t wish death on McCain just doing the actuarial thing).
September 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Ditto Cranky.