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What's it going to take to create a realistic broadband stimulus bill that will work?

No one seems to really know, and trouble is, no one is really agreeing. Congress is in the middle, trying to write a broadband stimulus bill that doesn't have a solidly stated goal, has few if any objective definitions, and doesn't contain any mechanism for reporting progress...

I can't think of a single business plan or project that could survive, much less succeed with that kind ...

NOTE: This post originally appeared at my blog on cemeteries and land use, Whistling Past the Graveyard, at taphofiles.blogspot.com:

THIS IS the last thing you need - another list of resolutions/suggestions for the coming year. But threats to cemeteries have never been more serious.

Constant suburban sprawl and urban redevelopment are threatening existing cemeteries and grabbing land that otherwise could be used for burial grounds. The economic downturn has led to ...

I saw this and just couldn't resist putting it out there for folks to read...Peter King (R., NY) needs to get a clue...

This is not the kind of change America is looking for...there are heavier issues to put to rest, and I don't think this is the best answer for the problem anyway.

There's better, more important work to be done than this...

Local Zoning Orinances Could be Federally Pre-empted.

We have a new president, and in some cases, new representation in congress. We're facing unprecedented economic stress, and localities are facing myriad challenges to delivering public services -- from gutted budgets to RIFs to even elimination of entire departments.

So naturally now is the time that the wireless infrastructure industry steps forward and introduces language into the broadband bill to pre-empt local ...

C'mon -- it's 2009, times are tough and it's ok to let it all hang out -- at least that's what the news is looking like.

Delay in the deployment of DTV could slow down other products industry wants to offer -- like live video to your phone, etc.

Obama's support for national access to broadband didn't exactly warrant any inclusion of that initiative in the $6 Billion 'broadband bailout' -- at least if you pay attention to his transition team...and the FCC's appoach ...