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Monday, July 11, 2005
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Rove
The Moderate Voice: "See no evil, hear no evil, say no evil now seems to be the official White House position in the case of political bigwig Karl Rove's alleged role in leaking a CIA agent's identity - and President George Bush's ringing comments a year ago about not tolerating leakers in his administration."
Curious Stranger: "Shark attack in the Whitehouse press room."
Here's the link to the video. Thanks to the White House for being inclusive with their choice of feeds (Real Media). Here's the link to the transcript via TalkLeft.
New West: "You've got to love the Clintons even if you hate them.
"No other couple in the Free World could move without flinching from a meal at Boogie's Diner in downtown Aspen to shaking down the money tree at a $1,000-a-plate liberal séance the same day for a coven of dozens. But so it goes with former President Bill Clinton, now the royal consort to his loyal spouse, Hillary Clinton, the southpaw Democratic Senator from New York State who would be President come 2008 if only we would have her."
Blogs for Bush: "...we've known all along that no crime was committed."
2008 Presidential Election
5:44:07 PM 
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Clinton for President?
Here's a short article about U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton from the Rocky Mountain News [July 11, 2005, "Sen. Clinton keeps eye on big picture"]. From the article, "With her husband in the front row, the New York senator delivered a speech titled 'The Big Picture,' which sounded like a preview of her expected presidential run in 2008. With her focus now on her 2006 re- election campaign in New York, she never mentioned a bid for the presidency. But she did assail the current administration on more than one occasion while discussing the economy and the war in Iraq."
Political Wire: "Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) friends 'believe the probability of his trying again for president in 2008 has risen from 50 percent to 70 percent, with only the question of his future health raising doubt about his candidacy,' Robert Novak reports. 'McCain, who has suffered skin cancer, is reported by friends to be in excellent health. But he is said to be pondering prospects for a man his age. He would be, at age 72, the oldest man ever elected president.'"
Blogs for Bush: "Yesterday, Senator Clinton attacked Bush while giving a speech, accusing him of damaging the economy 'by overspending' and for giving tax cuts to 'the rich.'"
Political Wire: "Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) spent the weekend campaigning in New Hampshire, the Indianapolis Star reports. 'Bayh, who is making his first trip to New Hampshire as a potential 2008 candidate, knows it won't be his last.'"
Political Wire: "Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) was in Arizona saying 'I'm just focused on being the best governor I can be,' but clearly feeling out a potential White House bid in 2008, the Washington Post reports."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
7:17:51 AM
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Wi-Fi
Here's a rundown of some of the issues around municipal broadband from the Rocky Mountain News [July 11, 2005, "Worry lines"]. From the article, "Will a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling lead to even greater growth of high-speed Internet use, also called broadband? Will it help advance President Bush's goal of access to affordable broadband service for all Americans by 2007? Or will public policy work to cut competition, destroy the little players, and set the stage for a duopoly in Colorado controlled by Comcast and Qwest. Those are questions industry officials and consumer activists increasingly are debating in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision last month to exempt cable companies from being required to share their lines with rival Internet service providers. That decision, National Cable & Telecommunications Association vs. Brand X Internet Services, is expected to make it more likely that the Federal Communications Commission also will loosen broadband network-sharing rules for the Bells such as Qwest. The FCC already agreed in early 2003 to phase out rules requiring the Bells to share DSL lines, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told The Wall Street Journal last week that he wants to move forward quickly to establish broadband regulatory parity for cable companies and telcos. That has many worried that broadband competition in the future may be limited mostly to the big cable companies and Baby Bells, which control most of the communications lines that go into the homes and businesses. In Colorado, that would be Comcast and Qwest...Nationwide, cable modem service controls more than 55 percent of the market. In Colorado, 332,927 cable modem lines were in service as of Dec. 31, 2004, compared with 248,285 DSL lines."
In Colorado municipalities must go to the voters before building out broadband services since the passage of SB-152.
Meanwhile there is possible hope on the horizon in the form of Ethernet over power lines.
7:08:21 AM
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