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Re: McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's questionaire
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:52:04 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Rahul Tongia <tongia () cmu edu> Date: September 15, 2008 2:22:45 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Re: McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's questionaire
Dave, I have a suggestion.Can someone please reproduce the answers in an anonymous form, without the red or blue, and where the order of answer varies randomly (so that things like "as a former navy officer" don't give everything away)? [I don't have the skills/time/both?]
If I read it in that manner, I find that many of the answers are surprisingly "similar" but perhaps just statements not reflective of action (though some answers had more substance). If they are both saying similar things (candidates always say things like smarter, efficient, governance, never more, bloated government), then this boils down to our ability to trust whether they truly *understand* and *believe* the underlying issues, and whether they will take specific actions and policies to achieve the goals.
Rahul ************************************************************************ Rahul Tongia, Ph.D. Senior Systems Scientist Program in Computation, Organizations, and Society (COS) School of Computer Science (ISR) / Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA tel: 412-268-5619 fax: 412-268-2338 email: tongia () cmu edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rtongia David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: "Malin, Bradley A" <b.malin () Vanderbilt Edu> Date: September 15, 2008 12:04:33 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net>Subject: RE: [IP] McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's questionaireDave, This link appears to be dead. I believe that the following is live: http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=44Also, to put McCain's answers in context, there's a side-by-side comparisonwith Barack Obama response to the questionnaire: http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=42 Regards, -brad-----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:19 AM To: ip Subject: [IP] McCain answers Scientists & Engineers for America's questionaire Begin forwarded message: From: Robert J Berger <rberger () ibd com> Date: September 15, 2008 11:10:18 AM EDT Dear SEA Member, As a member of SEA, you are among the first to know. Senator McCainhas answered our coalition's Innovation & the Elections questionnaire.Now that Senators McCain and Obama have answered, you can comparewhat they have both said. Thanks to Science Debate 2008, the coalition, and all the SEA members who supported the project. Together, we are making science and technology a top issue in 2008! McCain's answers: http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10132004&msgid=126787&act=2TLT&c=212224&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fsharp.sefora.org %2Fpeople%2Fpresidential-candidates%2Fjohn-mccain-presidential-candidate%2F <snip> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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