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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (619001)	7/12/2011 12:19:42 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578905

Computer technology was helped enormously by favorable government treatment. This internet was a government project initially. The first chips were in response to NASA and DoD requirements, built with the help of basic research done by the government - there WAS NO commercial demand. And on and on. You IGNORE the facts of the past.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (619001)	7/12/2011 12:38:36 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578905

Why don't you start thinking like an engineer before accusing others of not doing likewise? Look Ten, the incandescent light bulb has been the same for 90 years...and don't say crap like the new halogen incandescent bulbs are more expensive as if you don't understand the cost curve progression or the fact that they last much longer If not, we would have seen these "more efficient" bulbs hit the market already. Tenchusatsu ...a CFL cost 3 times as much just five years ago... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (619001)	7/12/2011 12:42:30 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1578905

"Computers have gotten smaller, cheaper, and more powerful without the help of government regulation." They may have gotten cheaper, and more powerful without the help of government regulation but not without the help of government.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (619001)	7/12/2011 12:57:09 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1578905

Patient: Bachmann Clinic Told Me to 'Pray Away Gay' MEDICAID-FUNDED CHRISTIAN COUNSELING URGED 'RE-ORIENTATION' By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Jul 12, 2011 2:16 AM CDT (NEWSER) – A former patient of the clinic owned and run by Michele Bachmann's husband says he was urged to "pray away the gay" when he went for therapy there. He was told prayer could help him be "re-oriented" and "rid him of his homosexual urges," ex-patient Andrew Ramirez tells the Nation. The therapist "basically said being gay was not an acceptable lifestyle in God’s eyes," he added. Bachmann has denied his counseling clinic in suburban Minneapolis engages in such therapy. But an undercover video of another counseling session also reveals a similar approach to what Ramirez encountered at the clinic, which promises "Christian counseling," reports ABC News. In the video, a gay man posing as a patient is told that prayer and effort can eradicate his homosexual urges and help him be attracted to women. Michele and Marcus Bachmann have refused to answer questions about therapies, citing patient confidentiality, though Marcus has referred to gays as "barbarians" who "need to be disciplined." The clinic has collected $137,000 worth of Medicaid payments for care, and a $30,000 government job training grant. (Click to read about the Twitterverse's titters about Marcus' own sexual orientation.)