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(Unverified)Aug 18th 2008 9:38PM
I like how most commentators here seem to think that all politicians work in a vacuum, unable to find tech savvy folks to help them. Of course, every politician worked on a farm, built a highway, collected taxes, took a census, ran a hospital, and made guns and ammunition by hand, but if they never use e-mail, they have no right to deal with tech issues!
TurboFoolAug 19th 2008 2:20PM
In a day and age where technology and science are the foundations of our future, I think it's inexcusable to elect those illiterate on the topics. I'm not saying they need to be experts in the fields, but a lack of working knowledge is unacceptable and will lead to dangerous decisions on the subjects made due to ignorance. Advisers cannot make up for your own complete lack of knowledge. How would you even know how to pick an adviser on the subject if you don't understand it? Our government has time and again put people in charge of things they knew nothing about because the people hiring them knew nothing about it. And remember the RIAA's admission that they were so clueless about internet technologies that they didn't know how to even find or trust someone to help them come up with working solutions. You don't think our politicians are in the same boat? Just like I know little enough about cars that I can't know which mechanic is being honest to me, a politician who can't even write an e-mail can't possibly know which candidates for technology adviser are blowing smoke up their ass.