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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:44 PM Original message |
Obama Calls for Second 'Sputnik Moment' in Speech |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's pathetic |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Obama's statements or that we are falling behind?? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Both. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. It was a good speech. Many have been asking for 'the vision'... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I saw it it was ridiculous |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I'd be interested in what you... |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. The naive notion below |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama is absolutely right. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Agreed. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. 'jobs the U.S. has lost aren’t coming back' |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. So I guess the high tech jobs that were outsourced to India are not coming back? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. That jumped out at me too. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. And my nephew's borrowing abou $40k/year to go to kolledge. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. $40K/yr???????? |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. And growth in the Chinese economy hasn't been? |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. It has...Obama has been saying this since mid-late 2009. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. We've already had it: Our "What the fuck is that?" moment with him. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. I believe he's right, too. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. new products that will be outsourced? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. And 15 years ago we were going to sell IT to the world |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. Russia just lost three satellites in the Pacific in a botched launch. |
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elmerdem (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. too bad |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Do you really think the repubs would have passed bills to spend that money? |
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Iowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. +1. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. What are we going to do for money... |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. He'd have the money for better education, research, and infrastructure if he'd shown the leadership |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
51. Obama is pushing Charter schools .... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. No Mr President, what we needed was a "second FDR moment"............. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. Who cares about Sputnik? Now that we've abandoned space, |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "Sputnik Moment' is not about space. It's a wake-up call. n/t |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The reference relates to what happened after Sputnik. |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I was thinking of the increased focus on science and engineering training |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I was young, too. Young enough to remember... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Mine was partly funded by Title VI. |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Or we could work for what COULD... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. he has`t a clue..... |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good grief |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wow, |
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displacedvermoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. And the man was dreamy while he made the speech, wasn't he? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. People simply don't swallow Propaganda as easily as you do. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-06-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. well the FDR posing didn't last, so now it's a Kennedy reference? |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. Wow! Obama gives another meaningless speech! Wow! |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
37. Well, first thing they need to do is end our middle east occupations |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Everything Europe has already achived... |
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TheLastMohican (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. Obama doesn't have a clue |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The Obama-Bush War marches on |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
42. It won't be us. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
43. On the Mr Obama's Sputnik Moment. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I think it even more odd that he chooses Sputnik as his example. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. It's a 1957 reference |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Scared the crap out of our MIC .... |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
48. Like his predecessor, I have no interest in what this president has to say anymore. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. +1 -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. Education? Did Obama forget he and Arne are attacking public education .... |
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