In a message dated 11/21/07 5:00:16 P.M. Central Standard Time, News@JobDestruction.info writes:
<<<<< JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER No. 1787 -- 11/21/2007 >>>>>
"Coming to Google headquarters in Mountain View to unveil his technology
agenda Wednesday, you'd think Barack Obama would be barraged with questions
from techies about net neutrality and H-1B visas", writes Julia Sulek for
the Mercury News.
Let's ponder that for a minute....
Why would anybody that works at Google be stupid enough to ask a question
about H-1B visas in front of the plantation boss -- CEO Eric Schmidt?
Obama wasn't asked about H-1B but he did volunteer his position. You can
watch it because the video of the entire Obama meeting with Google is on
Youtube. Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo
In the remaining part of this newsletter I provide a review of the few
significant parts of the meeting. Several news articles follow the review.
(13:00) -- Obama says the following:
To insure that the America continues to attract the best and
brightest, we need comprehensive immigration reform that strengthens
permanent resident visas like the H-1B visa program,
That's sort of a weird statement. It seems that Obama may be getting H-1B
and green cards confused with each other. H-1B is a temporary guest worker
visa that has dual-intent -- in other words a foreign worker can use H-1B
as a steppingstone to getting a Green Card and permanent residence. At any
rate, it's probably fair to say that when Obama says "strengthens" he
actually means "increases". It goes without saying that the phrase
"comprehensive immigration reform" is politicotalk that means amnesty for
illegal aliens.
The Q&A session after the initial speech is mostly worthless, unless you
enjoy watching a hand-picked audience of mostly young males, who were
obviously not H-1Bs, asking inane questions about irrelevant topics
(8:45) -- Obama panders to Google:
Obama panders by promising he will provide every single American with
broadband internet access. It seems that variations of this type of
corporate socialism are all the rage among politicians nowadays. It's easy
to see why Google would like taxpayers to foot the bill for internet
service and perhaps laptop computers for everyone who wants to surf the
web.
(34:30) -- Obama plays the role of the sophisticated globalist.
He says that fear of globalization has been bred by politicians. It could
be worse, he could have used the word "protectionist" or "xenophobe"!
Obama says that "globalism is here to stay!" He continues with a few
platitudes about making sure the riches gained from globalization don't
just go to the wealthy 1% of the populations that is currently hoarding all
of the wealth. Obama has several ideas for guaranteeing that Americans
benefit from globalization. Here are his solutions to the globalization
problem:
* Will make sure more kids go to kindergarten.
* Will pay K-12 teachers more money.
* Will make college more affordable.
* Will retrain working Americans so they are employable.
* Will rebuild our social safety net.
Notice that most of his emphasis is on educating Americans. That's because
he is one of those free trade fanatics that believes the reason we are
losing jobs is because Americans don't have the skills to compete in the
global economy. In other words, Obama is just one more presidential
candidate that is totally clueless!
(40:00) Obama on immigration
He equates "virulent anti-immigration sentiment" with racism. Then he talks
about how he fought for amnesty but was foiled because there is so much
"raw anger" lurking around.
(43:00) Audience Q&A
From this point on the video is nothing but puffery. The hand picked
audience asks mostly inane questions that were probably chosen or
pre-approved by the plantation boss. Softball questions were asked about
whether Obama has enough experience, and what he can propose to do about
special interests. Huh? Isn't Google a special interest?
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http://www.siliconvalley.com/404/ci_7468118?nclick_check=1
Tech takes back seat during Obama's visit to Google
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ASKED ABOUT IRAQ WAR, HEALTH CARE
By Julia Prodis Sulek
Mercury News
Article Launched: 11/15/2007 02:27:56 AM PST
Coming to Google headquarters in Mountain View to unveil his technology
agenda Wednesday, you'd think Barack Obama would be barraged with questions
from techies about net neutrality and H-1B visas.
Instead, many of the engineers and scientists who overflowed the
auditorium, filled the catwalks upstairs six-deep, crossed the courtyard
and wrapped past two buildings asked the same things other Americans do:
How will he end the war in Iraq? What will he do to improve education and
fix the health care system? How can he end divisive politics and get
something done?
"I don't want to be just hearing about tech," said a 36-year-old software
engineer. "I think the issues facing this country are beyond that."
Some just wanted to be in the presence of this "rock star" candidate, as
one Googler waiting in line put it - a candidate who has raised nearly as
much money in California as Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton,
D-N.Y., but trails a distant second in most polls.
"Honestly, I'm not to the issues point yet," said Taylor Marcus, a
23-year-old account manager who was waiting outside. "I'm more interested
in the entirety of his character."
Obama, a senator from Illinois, received a standing ovation when he strode
up to the stage - a man whose mixed ethnic background and upbringing in
another country reflect the life experience of many in the crowd. (When
Obama talked about his white mother, his African father and his
half-Indonesian sister who married a Chinese-Canadian, Google Chief
Executive Eric Schmidt chimed in, "They would fit right in here.")
Obama told the story of his last visit to Google in 2004, a visit he wrote
about in his book, "The Audacity of Hope." In the book, he mentioned a
screen image of the revolving Earth in Google's front lobby with points of
light emanating from around the globe and shooting into the atmosphere.
Those were points where Google searches from computer users were happening
at the moment.
"What struck me wasn't the light, but the darkness," he said - those areas
in Africa, China, parts of America and elsewhere that don't have computer
access.
"You and I must not settle for anything less than bringing light" to that
darkness, Obama said.
He outlined his technology agenda, calling for a better infrastructure to
"connect all Americans" to the Internet with broadband access. He pledged
to put government data online in universally accessible formats. He would
double federal funding for research and development. He would appoint a
"chief technology officer" to make sure the United States is "always at the
forefront of technology."
"We could use technology to help achieve universal health care, to reach
for a clean energy future and to ensure that young Americans can compete -
and win - in the global economy," he said.
Obama said he supports comprehensive immigration reforms that would expand
the number of visas for foreign workers. "We have to make sure the next
Google happens here in this country," Obama said.
Obama spoke for little more than 10 minutes about his tech agenda. The rest
of the hour was spent answering questions about the war that Obama wants to
end, health care that he wants to reform and the experience that he
believes he has.
When asked about his perceived lack of experience for the White House,
Obama drove home a point the audience could appreciate.
"Sergey and Larry didn't have a lot of experience starting this Fortune 100
company," he said of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Contact Julia Prodis Sulek at jsulek@mercurynews.com or (408)278-3409.
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http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=6407
Big turnout as Obama seeks votes at Google
Presidential candidate Barack Obama searched for votes at Google
headquarters in Mountain View Wednesday and up popped two of the world's
richest men: Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
They were among more than 1,500 Google employees who turned out to hear the
Democratic candidate.
Obama, a freshman U.S. Senator from Illinois, said he will win the
presidency next year by "being straight with the American people.
"Democrats lose when they are not clear on what they stand for," Obama
said. "The problem we have is when we get defensive and we are not sure
about our beliefs or convictions."
Obama offered specifics during the forum, which was streamed and is
available for download on Google's YouTube site. He said as president he
would have American combat troops out of Iraq in approximately 16 months.
"We can safely bring out one to two brigades per month," Obama said.
He also promised to negotiate directly with Iran if elected. He criticized
his opponents, without mentioning any specific candidates, who have
rejected direct negotiations.
"The notion that not talking to our enemies makes us look tough I think is
fundamentally flawed. It makes us look arrogant," Obama said.
Obama, like every major presidential candidate who comes to Silicon Valley,
promised his presidency would increase broadband access and make more H-1B
visas available for foreign workers.
The Google employees crowded into a Google auditorium to hear Obama, the
largest audience yet at the company for a presidential candidate, according
to a company spokeswoman.
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http://www.searchnewz.com/blog/talk/sn-6-20071119BarackObamasSpeechatGoogle.
html
Barack Obama's Speech At Google
By: Philipp Lenssen
2007-11-19
Last Wednesday, on November 14th, Barack Obama " potential US presidential
candidate for 2008 " visited the Google headquarter. He held a speech and
was later...
...interviewed by Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In his speech Obama said as
president he would want to help the Googles of today to start-up their
dreams and innovate in science and technology, just like Larry Page and
Sergey Brin were able to do around a decade ago. Pushing for net
neutrality, as well as more broadband internet access, were some of the
important aspects Obama sees. When Obama mentioned an open internet, the
Google employee crowd listening to him spontaneously erupted into applause.
Also, Obama says he wants to put government data online in universally
accessible formats. (Googles self-proclaimed mission, too, is to make
information universally accessible, and this earned Obama another round of
applause.) Obama even wants to set up a Chief Technology Office for the
government to ensure that new technologies are applied properly.
Another item in Obamas speech was pushing for online health care records as
part of a bottoms-up approach of all US citizens empowered by technology.
Just imagine what we can do... if we commit ourselves to electronic medical
records, then we can lift up the quality of health care, reduce error and
dramatically lower costs. (Google is pushing for something similar with
their Google Health program announced for 2008.) Obama added, If we take on
special interests, and make aggressive investments in clean and renewable
energy, like Googles done with solar here in Mountain View, then we can end
our addiction to oil, create millions of jobs and save the planet in the
bargain.
Later in the Q&A with Eric Schmidt, the following quip took place:
Eric: Now Senator, youre here at Google, and I like to think of the
presidency as a job interview. Now, its hard to get a job as president ...
its also hard to get a job at Google. We have questions and we ask our
candidates questions ... What is the most efficient way to sort a million
32-bit integers? -crowd laughs-
Obama: Well, ah ... I think the bubble sort would be the wrong way to go.
-crowd cheers-
Eric: Come on, who told him this?! I didnt see computer science in your ...
Obama: We got our spies in there... -laughs-
The full video of the talk and Q&A is available at YouTube.
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