Election 2008, Who's the best Candidate for FIRST?

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Jaybee1405

Why should the government be involved in FIRST? Let FIRST be a private organization and leave the feds out of it. Unless you want your tax rates to be through the roof, please separate FIRST and State.

McCain/Romney '08.

I'm sorry to hear that. I shall notify the 164 NASA sponsored teams that they should plan on dissolving next year. Also I should notify the planning committees of VCU, Buckeye, Portland, Florida, Silicon Valley, Lone Star, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Bayou, and Hawaii that their regionals are cancelled. Maybe if we hurry we can get the teams to go to other regionals that aren't funded by the government.

I'll let you be the one to tell Dean that DEKA should give up on prosthetic limbs, and you can also tell the soldiers that had their limbs blown off during the occupations. Also while you're at it, please tell all of the teams of your plan to privately broadcast the Kickoff, the Championship, and regionals over the internet, since we can't use NASA TV anymore.

Seriously though, the "taxes through roof" arguement is tired and childish. FIRST seems to be doing quite well, thank you very much, with government funding. I'd rather my tax dollars be going towards something worthwhile like FIRST instead of inane things like holding investigations on steroids in baseball. Besides, if you just eliminate the $275 million we spend on one day of the occupation, you could fully fund FIRST for the entire year, so don't go around with this bull$#!% about taxes going up.

[Ryan Dognaux]

I really think that out of our current options, Obama is our best shot. In one of the debates I was watching the other night, Obama mentioned his dedication to science and technology, which really grabbed my interest and made me watch him more. I think out of McCain, Clinton, and Obama, Obama is the one who appears to understand the need for technology the most and would probably be more receptive to a program like FIRST than the other two candidates.

That being said, I wish the democratic debates had more substance and less bickering over who said what and who did what.

And John McCain is basically 4 more years of Bush thinking. No thanks.

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

I'm sorry to hear that. I shall notify the 164 NASA sponsored teams that they should plan on dissolving next year. Also I should notify the planning committees of VCU, Buckeye, Portland, Florida, Silicon Valley, Lone Star, Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Bayou, and Hawaii that their regionals are cancelled. Maybe if we hurry we can get the teams to go to other regionals that aren't funded by the government.

Why does NASA need to sponsor teams? Where in the U.S. Constitution does it say "Taxpayer dollars should go to robotics clubs"? Hell, where does it give the Federal Government power on education? What is the legal basis for federally funding FIRST?

The other regionals seem to be doing just fine without government help, thank you.

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

I'll let you be the one to tell Dean that DEKA should give up on prosthetic limbs, and you can also tell the soldiers that had their limbs blown off during the occupations. Also while you're at it, please tell all of the teams of your plan to privately broadcast the Kickoff, the Championship, and regionals over the internet, since we can't use NASA TV anymore.

What does prosthetic limbs have to do with FIRST?? That's a whole separate issue involving health research. I never said "everything should be privatized." I simply said FIRST should.

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

Seriously though, the "taxes through roof" arguement is tired and childish. FIRST seems to be doing quite well, thank you very much, with government funding. I'd rather my tax dollars be going towards something worthwhile like FIRST instead of inane things like holding investigations on steroids in baseball. Besides, if you just eliminate the $275 million we spend on one day of the occupation, you could fully fund FIRST for the entire year, so don't go around with this bull$#!% about taxes going up.

I believe the government has the privilege of protecting its citizens. $275 million going to saving American lives from terrorist attacks is worth me paying 8% sales tax and 4% income tax. Forcibly sponsoring something that can and should be privatized is not.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Jaybee1405

The other regionals seem to be doing just fine without government help, thank you.

Yes, many of them are doing fine, but that's after YEARS of having NASA support the regional. The whole idea is to have NASA be there as a foundation to get the regional started and then substitute that funding with other sponsors as years go on. Do you realize how much it actually costs to run a regional? I won't give an specific figures, but needless to say, it's quite a bit of money.

And a whole other issue on why does NASA need to support teams? Do you want FIRST to continue to grow? Because without their support, it's a sure fire thing that team growth would slow down instantly. NASA and FIRST have been partnered for a long time now and I would not want to see it any other way.

[Cooley744]

Personally: GO MIKE HUCKABEE

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by Cooley744

Personally: GO MIKE HUCKABEE

COLBERT/HUCKABEE

Mr. Colbert, give FIRST the "Colbert Bump" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!