I have new President

President Obama

Nuff Said

My Pledge of Allegiance to my Country

I [Hershel Daniels, Junior] pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands one Nation under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

20 January 2009

a day of Change in America

I Pledge Allegiance I Promise to be faithful and true (I have promised my loyalty starting in 1973 when I entered service to the United States of America) to the flag to the emblem that stands for and represents of the United States all 50 states, each of them individual, and individually represented on the flag of America yet formed into a UNION of one Nation. and to the Republic And I also pledge my loyalty to the Government that is itself a Republic, a form of government where the PEOPLE are sovereign, for which it stands, this government also being represented by the Flag to which I promise loyalty. one Nation under God, These 50 individual states are united as a single Republic under the Divine providence of God, "our most powerful resource" (according to the words of President Eisenhower) Indivisible, and can not be separated. (This part of the original version of the pledge was written just 50 years after the beginning of the Civil War and demonstrates the unity sought in the years after that divisive period in our history) with Liberty The people of this Nation being afforded the freedom to pursue "life, liberty, and happiness", and Justice And each person entitled to be treated justly, fairly, and according to proper law and principle, for All. And these principles afforded to EVERY OTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN, regardless of race, religion, color, creed, sexual orientation or any other criteria. Just as the flag represents 50 individual states that can not be divided or separated, this Nation represents the millions of people who can not be separated or divided.

On September 8, 1892 a Boston-based youth magazine "The Youth's Companion" published a 22-word recitation for school children to use during planned activities the following month to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Under the title "The Pledge to the Flag", the composition was the earliest version of what we now know as the [American] PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

June 14, 1954

The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation [ITIF] estimates that spurring an additional investment of $30 billion in America’s IT network infrastructure in 2009 will create approximately 949,000 U.S. jobs. [Our projection for Ohio is over 150,000 jobs if we move now and include "clean coal" and Nuclear in our new Midwest Grid].

This report provides a detailed analysis and estimate of the short-term jobs impacts of using the stimulus package to spur investment in three critical digital networks: broadband, the smart grid and health IT. [Cincinnati Change has a multi billion dollar plan for Ohio]

By Robert Atkinson, Daniel Castro and Stephen Ezell
January 07, 2009

As Congress considers a substantial stimulus package to get the economy moving, investing in new economy digital infrastructures will provide significant opportunities not just for short-term stimulus and job creation, but also longer term economic and social benefits. In the report, “The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America,” ITIF provides a detailed analysis and estimate of the short-term jobs impacts of spurring investment in three critical digital networks: broadband networks, the smart grid (making the electric distribution system intelligent) and health IT, and outlines policy steps to spur this investment.

ITIF finds that investments in America’s digital infrastructure will spur significant job creation in the short run. Specifically, ITIF estimates that spurring an additional investment of $30 billion in America’s IT network infrastructure in 2009 will create approximately 949,000 U.S. jobs.

Read the report

View detailed job estimate calculations

Related Links

Report release event
January 7, 2009
Presentation slides, audio and video from the recent event at the National Press Club to release the report.

Select Media Coverage

A Stimulus Package We Can Believe In
January 7, 2009
Huffington Post

Obama’s Broadband Plan
January 6, 2009
BusinessWeek

A Broadband Stimulus Plan
January 7, 2009
BusinessWeek

The Tech Solution to the Recession
January 6, 2009
Forbes.com

IT Investment Will Create Jobs
January 5, 2009
Wall Street Journal

Innovation Should Mean More Jobs, Not Less
January 3, 2009
New York Times

Who is ITIF

ITIF is a non-partisan research and educational institute – a think tank – whose mission is to formulate and promote public policies to advance technological innovation and productivity internationally, in Washington, and in the states. Recognizing the vital role of technology in ensuring American prosperity, ITIF focuses on innovation, productivity, and digital economy issues.

Technological innovation, particularly in information technology, is at the heart of America’s growing economic prosperity. Crafting effective policies that boost innovation and encourage the widespread “digitization” of the economy is critical to ensuring robust economic growth and an improved standard of living. However, as in any new and changing situation, policymakers have varied awareness of what is needed and what will work. In some cases, legislators have responded to new and complex technology policy issues with solutions more suited for the old economy. And as the innovation economy has become increasingly important, opposition to it from special interests has grown. Finally, the excitement that the press, pundits and decision makers showed toward the information technology (IT) revolution in the 1990s has all too often been replaced with an attitude of “IT doesn’t matter.” It’s time to set the record straight that IT is still the key driver of productivity and innovation.

As a result, the mission of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is to help policy makers at the federal and state levels to better understand the nature of the new innovation economy and the types of public policies needed to drive innovation, productivity and broad-based prosperity for all Americans.

ITIF publishes policy reports, holds forums and policy debates, advises elected officials and their staff, and is an active resource for the media. It develops new and creative policy proposals to advance innovation, analyzes existing policy issues through the lens of advancing innovation and productivity, and opposes policies that hinder digital transformation and innovation.

To view the press release announcing the launch of ITIF, click here.

Located in Washington, DC, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2006.

Tim Ferris: January 18-21: blogging from the bus

Tim Ferris: January 18-21: blogging from the bus

DURING THE BUS TRIP WE WILL DO A 50 Year Review & Analysis:

Office of Equal Opportunity [OEO], Affirmative Action, Setasides, Affirmative Access, Diversity, Inclusion, New Markets Tax Credits, Business Programs, Models, Structures, Approaches, and delivery systems for Opportunity[s] and Capacity Building. In review will be past political agreements and governing compacts and their relationship to the social, economic development environment under an Obama Presidency, in addition, we will also seek to identify and address the historic moral gaps.

WHAT WORKED? WHY NOT?

Among the issues to be reviewed -

• War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Metropolitan Cities Demonstration Act (Model Cities)
• Black Capitalism, Philadelphia Plan, Selected Contractors
• Executive Order 8802 Fair Employment Practices and follow-on actions
• Public Law 95-507 and modifications
• Ohio House Bill 584 Set Aside and its descendants such as EDGE
• The Small Business Investment Act and Minority programs such as Small Business investment Comaopny [SBIC's] and Specialized SBIC’s [MSBIC’S]
• CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corp, Vista
• National and Regional Purchasing Councils including the National Minority Purchasing Council
• Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint venture, and mentor protégés
• Non capacity building pass-through, fronts, and joint ventures
• Community Reinvestment Act and a 100 year review of banking, finance, insurance, securities and exchange laws
  
• Public Law 110- 343 known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program [TARP] and other programs of the last years of the Bush Administration

Principle Advisor to the National Ad Hoc Fairness Campaign Steering Committee and Panel Moderator is Lawrence Auls Executive Director LISW, LTD, Chairman of MDi, a Next Generation Broadband Wireless Community Development Co.

34th Annual Civil Rights March and Day of Service 19 Jan 2009

as member organization supports the

34^th Annual Civil Rights March

Sponsored by the

Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition of Cincinnati

Monday, January 19, 2009

Emancipation, the Dream, Unfinished Business: It’s Left to Us

Commemorative March and Celebration Schedule

• 10:30 a.m., National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, March Kick-Off

• 11:00 a.m., Fountain Square, Interfaith Prayer Service

• 12:00 p.m., Music Hall, MLK Commemorative Celebration featuring the Voices of Freedom Choir

• 3:oo p.m. Get on the Bus for Change at Washington Park
  

For our day of service we will Host a National Retrospective Symposium and

Best Practices Identification as part of our road to economic recovery.

It is part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Fairness Campaign

Ohio will be a demonstration for review and development of best practices

Convener of the National Ad Hoc Fairness Campaign Steering Committee Dr. Robert Day, President of the Center for Urban & Rural Development

National Ad Hoc Fairness Campaign Steering Committee

• General Chairman Joesph Debro Co-Founder, National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC)
• Co-Chairwoman Pandora Ramsey, Founding President ,Ohio Fairness Campaign
• Co-Chairman Fredrick Hargrove, Sr. PE, MBA. former Chairman of Cincinnati Change
• Co-Chairman Irvin Henderson, Founding Chairman, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC).
• Dr. Robert Day PhD, President, Center for Urban & Rural Development
• Executive Coordinator, Michael Cole, President, Thouh Communications

Friday January 23, Cincinnati, Ohio 8:00 AM - 4:00PM

Where: PRESIDENT WILLIAM H TAFT HISTORIC SITE, 2038 Auburn Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45219

50 YEAR REVIEW & ANALYSIS:

Office of Equal Opportunity [OEO], Affirmative Action, Setasides, Affirmative Access, Diversity, Inclusion, New Markets Tax Credits, Business Programs, Models, Structures, Approaches, and delivery systems for Opportunity[s] and Capacity Building. The Fairness Campaign will review past political agreements and governing compacts and their relationship to the social, economic development environment under an Obama Presidency. The Fairness Campaign will also identify and address historic moral gaps.

WHAT WORKED? WHY NOT?

Among the issues to be reviewed -

• War On Poverty: Community Action Agencies, Metropolitan Cities Demonstration Act (Model Cities)
• Black Capitalism, Philadelphia Plan, Selected Contractors Strategy
• Executive Order 8802 Fair Employment Practices and follow-on actions
• Public Law 95-507 and modifications
• Ohio House Bill 584 Set Aside and its descendants such as EDGE
• The Small Business Investment Act and Minority programs such as Specialized SBIC’s [MSBIC’S]
• CETA, New Careers, Jobs Corps, Military Service, Peace Corp, Vista
• National and Regional Purchasing Councils
• Positive capacity building pass-throughs, joint ventures, and mentor protégés
• Non capacity building pass-throughs, fronts, and joint ventures

FCC Chairman is in Cincinnati on Jan. 7th 06

Do you have questions about the transition to digital TV on Feb. 17, or the coupons for digital TV converter boxes? You can get answers at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday straight from the source:

Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Martin will conduct a one-hour public information meeting at the Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, 1740 Langdon Farm Road, in Jordan’s Crossing Shopping Center, Bond Hill.

Martin will conduct similar meetings this afternoon in Dayton and Columbus. The FCC has targeted the three cities because of their high percentages of homes not prepared to receive digital TV signals.

A December Nielsen report said Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky was No. 25 among all TV markets, with 6.6 percent homes not ready for digital TV. Dayton was No. 20 (7.4 percent), and Columbus was No. 39 (5.2 percent).

19 Days to Change

A New Year for Change