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2007年11月7日，爱荷华州。在离开一家冰淇淋店之前，他将桌子擦干净。他完全可以不这样做。那时活动已经结束了，媒体都走了。他习惯自己将事情做好，我想这是将他与其他那么多我遇见过的政治家，区分开来的特点之一

Australia and Canada got up early to be at the front of the line, and both expressed concerns about the Chinese government's human rights record. The UK and other European governments expressed concern later on. But voices of praise for the Chinese government's human rights record predominated. Overall, the session was considered a victory for the Chinese government's position that it is on the right track when it comes to respecting the rights of its people. Where was the U.S. delegation in this line? U.S. diplomats made no attempt to stand in this line. Much to the outrage of human rights groups, the Obama administration chose to merely sit on the sidelines and quietly take notes.

This bill doesn't legalize every part of Bush's illegal warrantless eavesdropping program but it takes a large step beyond FISA towards what Bush did. There was absolutely no reason to destroy the FISA framework, which is already an extraordinarily pro-Executive instrument that vests vast eavesdropping powers in the President, in order to empower the President to spy on large parts of our international communications with no warrants at all. This was all done by invoking the scary spectre of Terrorism -- "you must give up your privacy and constitutional rights to us if you want us to keep you safe" -- and it is Obama's willingness to embrace that rancid framework, the defining mindset of the Bush years, that is most deserving of intense criticism here.

Beyond that, this attitude that we should uncritically support Obama in everything he does and refrain from criticizing him is unhealthy in the extreme. No political leader merits uncritical devotion -- neither when they are running for office nor when they occupy it -- and there are few things more dangerous than announcing that you so deeply believe in the Core Goodness of a political leader, or that we face such extreme political crises that you trust and support whatever your Leader does, even when you don't understand it or think that it's wrong. That's precisely the warped authoritarian mindset that defined the Bush Movement and led to the insanity of the post-9/11 Era, and that uncritical reverence is no more attractive or healthy when it's shifted to a new Leader.

Reed Hundt also recalled that the initial plan — one he now thinks may have been naive — was that the U.S. would have total control of the Internet for “the first ten years of its existence,” so that the United States could “establish a paradigm that would win the war of ideas.” Europe, he hoped, would then follow the U.S. lead in Internet-related regulation.

Mr. Hundt, who now works for consultancy McKinsey and frequently contributes to the popular blog Talking Points Memo, is an ardent supporter of Barack Obama and has been advising the Senator and newly- annointed Democratic nominee,  on technology and telecommunications policy. He will be debating Bush 43’s FCC chair, Michael Powell, on June 10 — one of the early proxy battles between Obama and McCain, where the technology policies advocated by the two candidates will be on display.

然而區區羊皮紙上的文字，並不足以助奴隸脫離桎梏；或是提供每種膚色及信仰的男 男女女，身為美國公民的完整權利及義務。所需要的，是世世代代願意盡一己之力的美 國人，透過抗爭與奮鬥、在街頭與法庭上、透過內戰及公民不服從並且始終冒著極大風 險，以縮小理想的承諾與當代的現實間之差距。

不知道要到何時，人們才會真正明白，民主與自由永遠都需要透過犧牲、抗爭和努力才能夠得來，權利永遠沒有自己從天上掉下來的那一天呀！

Under rules of public financing, a candidate has access to $85 million from a taxpayer-financed fund for the general election, a substantial amount to spend for the roughly two months after this year’s conventions. But this election cycle has shattered fund-raising and spending records and upended expectations.

The setting, which has the feel of an Internet start-up, is emblematic of how Mr. Obama, of Illinois, has been able to raise so much money.

Mrs. Clinton’s operation has also been pushing to improve its efforts online, with her campaign saying Tuesday that it brought in $15 million over the Internet in February, with donations jumping after news broke that she had lent $5 million to her campaign.

Apparently, America's president-elect is a Mac user, and a fan of sticking stickers on one's laptop. I dig the pac-man eating the Apple logo. Commenters: let the Apple/Obama fanboy flamewars fly! Our moderators have firehoses at the ready.

我们在国内开发新型清洁能源，同时将与世界所有国家分享我们的技术和革新。如果我们能够在美国建立一个洁净煤厂，中国也能。如果我们找到利用下一代生物燃料的途径，印度也将知道如何做到。我们在应对贫困国家欠发达的同时，将利用我们的知识帮助他们减少气候变化的负面影响，并建设一个清洁能源的未来。 最近，一个帮助中国推广清洁能源政策的非营利组织的主管称，中国人对他提出的每一个政策建议问得最多的一个问题是：“如果那么好，为何你们不做？”这是个最难以回答的问题。他说：“我们可以列举美国一些州、或城市、或公司的一些好例子……但是我们不能列举美国。”

四十年后的今天，美国黑人作为一个种族，政治上是“彻底解放”了，在这一点上，毛泽东的预言实现了。不过，美国黑人政治上寻求彻底解放的途径，却没有遵循毛的预言。毛当年相信，金牧师这位非暴力主义民权领袖的被枪杀，一定会把美国民权运动推向暴力革命的道路；受歧视最深的黑人，一定会拿起枪杆子，跟他们的对头拼个你死我活。毛的声明里强烈地寄托着这样的期望和忠告。

今夜的榮光屬于美國黑人Obama。無視轉移視線的五毛長篇大論。

- 使人们能够更容易负担上大学开支的资金，包括156亿用于把Pell Grant总额的上限从4850提高500元到5350，以及大学学费开支的课税扣减上限提高到每年2500；

为了使美国在全球竞争的能力，开支提供了100亿元用于科学设施，研究和仪器，“聚集美国的脑力解决能源和气候所带来的挑战，发现治疗治愈疾病的方法”，以及60亿用于扩展宽带互联网“以使那些原始和服务不周的领域能够和世界经济紧密相连。在宽带投入的每一分钱，在经济上可以成十倍地收回投资，”新闻发布还说。

“我们要使所有的学生在21世纪的教室、实验室、图书馆里学习，使我们的学生能够和世界上任何劳动者竞争，”在这篇叫做《美国复苏和再投资计划》的提案中可以看到这样的文字。

In an interview last week, Powell asserts that issues like Network Neutrality in Obama’s agenda are “in the weeds,” because “[a] lot of the FCC’s issues aren’t ‘president of the United States’ issues.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Reasonable minds can differ over the right policies to preserve the open Internet, promote next-generation broadband, safeguard online privacy, and create a connected digital democracy. Supporters of Obama (like me) can think he made a mistake in his handling of the FISA telecom immunity legislation (as I do). The absolute worst approach is to label these as insignificant technical matters that the President need not address. That’s been the mindset, with disastrous results, the past eight years. As chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, John McCain was exposed to a wide range of tech policy issues. On the other hand, he admits he’s “computer illiterate.” Ask yourself how you’d feel about working for a corporation where the CEO doesn’t know how to use a computer. No matter how smart, someone who can’t open a web page, type a letter on a word processor, or compose an email message, is going to be fundamentally out of touch with the daily experience of every member of the knowledge economy.

Illinois Senator has captured the Democratic imagination with his charisma, his silver tongue, and most of all, his claims to transcend the partisan and racial animosities of the day.

Mr. Obama's fault, rather, was to maintain a two-decade entanglement with Mr. Wright without ever seeming to harbor qualms about the causes espoused by his mentor and spiritual guide.

巴拉克·奥巴马读完《野兽国》(Where the Wild Thing Are)后模仿利爪手势。总统称Maurice Sendak的儿童读物是“我最喜欢的书之一”。