Another Let 'em Eat Cake-ism

Bush also proposes that all households have broadband Internet service by 2007. It's another nice idea.

Of course, it's missing any real details on how that will be accomplished. But Bush isn't a real detail man, is he?

While we're talking about broadband, there are some significant issues here: many broadband companies have gone belly up, many rural areas may be without broadband for many years yet to come and... a point the president would never understand (since he says he "doesn't understand poor people" and thinks them lazy)... many people still do not have computers.

Sure, here in cyberspace, people already here assume everyone is here. But as someone who's made most of her living the past decade-and-a-half out of understanding online processes and practices, let me assure you that there are LOTS of people who cannot yet afford the beasts. Or the ones they have are woefully outdated - patched together 486s and even earlier.

But, like I said, don't look to Bush to sweat the details or worry about how all those lazy poor can afford both a decent computer and broadband access.