The impact of billions of rows of data on the election process.
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Obamanomics vs Reaganomics.
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Posted on 11/9/2011 5:00 AM By Craig Walker |
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So the President is accused of being an enemy of the rich out to destroy them, and his political base is rooted in 8 of the top 10 wealthiest states. While the GOP is accused of favoring the rich and out to destroy the poor and their political base is rooted in 9 of the 10 poorest states. Huh !?!
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"What matters is not winning the next election, it is acting while there is still time to save our republic." - Mitch Daniels
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In case you have not been following what is happening with the scoring of the Solar Decathlon happening right now in Washington, DC and to which UIUC has an entry, go to this web site http://www.solardecathlon.gov/blog/archives/tag/solar-decathlon-2011 There are 19 entries this year, including many from foreign counties--check out China and New Zealand.
Take time to look at the pictures and click through the 20 school that made it to the decathlon and look at the incredibly creative designs these students have produced. If I had not been in DC two years ago to actually see the whole process, it would be hard to imagine how smart and clever these teams are, whether they end up first or last in the scoring.
If you go to this web site, you can look at the scoring, which is changing every day, and click on the individual schools http://www.solardecathlon.gov/teams.html
I hope that many of you took time to watch the UIUC build the 2011 entry. Right now Illinois is 13th out of 19 entries.
Rather than subsidizing the production of unhealthful foods, we should turn the tables and tax things like soda, French fries, doughnuts and hyperprocessed snacks. The resulting income should be earmarked for a program that encourages a sound diet for Americans by making healthy food more affordable and widely available.
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Posted on 7/19/2011 8:57 AM By Craig Walker |
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Repost from the NY Times
David Brooks is a moderate Republican who like many of us, cannot find any sanity in the national GOP as we know it today
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Tom Bruno mentioned at a recent council meeting that taxes are the lowest they have ever been in 50 years, as a function of GDP, while discussing city taxes and encouraged us to look it up. Is this a good argument to raise taxes? I looked it up. Here is what I found...
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Posted on 6/30/2011 8:38 AM By Kenney Davenport |
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Unbroken - the Louie Zamperini Story
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