Friedman: 'Drill, drill, drill..!!' equivalent to 'IBM Selectric, IBM Selectric, IBM Selectric..!!'

[krkaufman]

Run time: 01:46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxSLLSn2Ec   Posted on YouTube: September 07, 2008 By YouTube Member: bhglitter Views on YouTube: 9980   Posted on DU: September 07, 2008 By DU Member: krkaufman Views on DU: 1601

 
An astonishingly excellent soundbite from Thomas Friedman -- yes, *that* Thomas Friedman -- from today's (9/7) Meet the Press, via Think Progress:

FRIEDMAN: I’m actually not against drilling. What I’m against is making that the center of our focus because we are on the eve of a new revolution, the energy technology revolution. It would be, Tom, as if on the eve of the IT revolution, the revolution of PCs and the internet, someone was up there standing and demanding, “IBM Selectric typewriters, IBM Selectric typewriters.” That’s what “drill, drill, drill” is the equivalent of today.

Obama/Biden have a good opportunity to leverage this catchy line, in attacking the McCain campaign's old, "fossil fools" way of thinking in targeting Sarah Palin, a "drill, drill, drill!!" fossil fuels advocate, as his energy independence chief.

Let's get 'em..!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Buggy whip! Buggy whip! Buggy whip! Icebox! Icebox! Icebox! . . . nt

[Turbineguy]

2. Hey!

Don't knock the IBM Selectric! For several years I typed completely useless reports on one of those machines!

[LSparkle]

5. As a 120 wpm typist, NO ONE has been able to duplicate the sensory satisfaction

of hitting the keys of an IBM Selectric (actually the III
is my favorite -- larger keys, more porous surface). Yeah,
I sound like a perve but I also played piano and keyboard
"feel" is very important to me. I haven't found a SINGLE
computer keyboard that comes close to those IBM S IIIs ...

[krkaufman]

9. Sounds like a business opportunity. n/t

[LSparkle]

12. Yeah ... except the number of typists/keyboard enthusiasts dwindles

as the need to use keyboard strokes declines.

I'm one of the few who still improvises macros to
keep from having to use the mouse ...

[deadmessengers]

14. Have you tried the IBM Model M?

It was designed for that very reason - to replicate the feel of an old IBM Selectric typewriter. I've been using them for years now - they're the only keyboards that can take the abuse my Sasquatch hands dish out. They're damn near indestructible, too - the one I'm typing this on is over twenty years old, and still works flawlessly.

[Turbineguy]

18. I was far from a skilled typist

I had to type up a large spreadsheet (in triplicate of course) that took me 8 hours to complete (with a lot of that white stuff in the little bottles). It was however, a Selectric III. Light beige in color. Very nice. A Machine. The company wanted to take it away and trade it for a huge manual thing. I kept it hidden for that reason whenever one of their people was poking around my operation.

They knew I had it but did not dare ask me.

They would take the reports from my colleagues and me and then work up a completely proposterous analysis using a model that made their most inefficient vessel their greatest asset. This bizarre information cost about $1/2 million per year to crank out.

They spent a lot of effort and money going bankrupt.

[niceypoo]

24. Dvorak

[Mind_your_head]

6. Me too (typed completely useless reports on an IBM Selectric for several years)

They were GREAT! For their 'time', but their 'time' is now WAY over.

And so is 'Drill, drill, drill'

Alternative Energy/SUSTAINABLE alternative energy is 'where it's at'.....and the hope for a brighter economy/world.

PEACE,
M_Y_H

(Disclaimer: I'm on a very old compie right now, which doesn't have flash, so I couldn't actually watch the vid. Hope I'm not "outta line" with my post here)

[Mind_your_head]

16. Heh, after re-reading my own post here, makes me think of how many

politicians are 'past their time'.

Arlene, Magic Bullet, Spector comes to mind, first off.....

[krkaufman]

8. Yes, which makes the analogy even more appropriate.

No one is saying that all IBM Selectrics should be discarded, only that they weren't the technology that would lead our economy to a new frontier.

[Captain Hilts]

20. I still use a manual Hermes 3000 for letters - here it is

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://homepage....

[Turbineguy]

22. A letter written on a machine like that

needs to be signed with a fountain pen! Cool!

[Captain Hilts]

23. I correspond with older folks and it's a great way to be neat. It's from '67.

Mom typed dad's master's thesis on it and I used it as an undergraduate right up until I got my compute. It's a GREAT machine.

[LSparkle]

3. I didn't even bother watching Friedman, expecting the worst

I thought if anyone could put lipstick on the pig that
is the drilling argument, it's "The World Is Flat"
Friedman ... so it's refreshing to hear that he got
this one right!

[krkaufman]

11. Friedman's been trying to make a name for himself on the green front ...

... doing some TV specials, and frequently writing on the issue -- continually trying to coin new phrases and terms. (See "ET", energy technology, in this video)

His most recent commentary...

Obama Is The Only Remaining Green Candidate, Says Times' Friedman

[lostnotforgotten]

4. This Is The Idiot That Said The "World Is Flat" - No Knowledge Of Peak Oil

www.amazon.com/World-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century/...

[muntrv]

7. Or it would be akin to, in 1900, yelling "horse & buggy, horse & buggy!"

[stlsaxman]

10. "Quill and ink! Quill and ink! Quill and ink!"

[krkaufman]

13. That's what protesters need to do... go to McCain & Palin rallies ...

... holding signs with various chants along the lines included in this thread.

[Mind_your_head]

17. Most people can't identify with "quill and ink", so that's bogus ~ won't work eom

[AwakeAtLast]

15. Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle!

They even wrote a theme song for it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CTPLUcQAjk&feature=rela...

[krkaufman]

21. Not quite on concept,... but funny. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

19. that was a GREAT, but noisy, typewriter. Still good today for letters and forms. nt

[judasdisney]

25. Update: Friedman was paid by Hewlett-Packard to make this comment

quote

"The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments." -- Nietzsche

[krkaufman]

27. Chuckle. The first thing that came to mind was seeing Harold Ford on MSNBC this morning.

Hewlett-Packard?

[obamacon]

26. Drill, Drill, Drill - I'm Exxon and I paid for this message

Is it possible to turn the "drill" mania into pointing out the Right's shilling for Big Oil. The facts are that the oil won't be produced for years, and when it does, too small to impact global supply and demand. So if it won't bring down prices, where is this motivation for drilling coming? It shows perhaps that the financial interests that backed Bush are alive and well in McCain's campaign.

[krkaufman]

28. Check the Think Progress link above, for more of Friedman's commentary ...

... that’s just what Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Nigeria want to hear Americans focusing on. “They’d be up there leading the chant. They would be saying, ‘this is great, America isn’t sitting there saying, invent, invent, invent new renewable energy,’”

[mzmolly]

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