The first question most people ask is what is Smart Grid? Here is your answer:
Smart grid
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A smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability. Such a modernized electricity network is being promoted by many governments as a way of addressing energy independence or global warming issues. For example, if smart grid technologies made the United States grid 5% more efficient, it would equate to eliminating the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars.[1]
The then President-elect, now President, Barack Obama asked the United States Congress “to act without delay” to pass legislation that included doubling alternative energy production in the next three years and building a new electricity “smart grid”. [2].
[edit] Overview
The term smart grid represents a vision for a digital upgrade of distribution and long distance transmission grids to both optimize current operations, as well as open up new markets for alternative energy production. As with other industries, use of robust two-way communications, advanced sensors, and distributed computing technology will improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of power delivery and use. One United States Department of Energy study calculated that internal modernization of US grids with smart grid capabilities would save between 46 and 117 billion dollars over the next 20 years[3]. As well as these industrial modernization benefits, smart grid features could expand energy efficiency beyond the grid into the home by coordinating low priority home devices such as water heaters so that their use of power takes advantage of the most desirable energy sources. Smart grids can also coordinate the production of power from large numbers of small power producers such as owners of rooftop solar panels — an arrangement that would otherwise prove problematic for power systems operators at local utilities.

Here’s an article from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7622347.stm
BBC NEWS
The internet giant Google has teamed up with technology multinational General Electric to develop a “smart” electric power grid and promote clean energy.
Both companies want to make renewable energy more accessible and useful.
In a joint statement they said: “Our economic, environmental and security challenges require we use electricity more efficiently and generate it from cleaner sources.”
“Clean energy is eminently doable and solvable,” said GE ceo Jeff Immelt.
“This just makes good sense,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
The plan was unveiled at Google’s Mountain View headquarters in California where the firm was holding its annual Zeitgeist, a conference bringing senior executives from around the world to discuss the pressing issues of the 21st century.
Both GE and Google said they would leverage their lobbying muscle in Washington to try and persuade politicians to push for major policy changes in energy.
The statement by the two firms said that “policy is a major impediment to building a 21st century electricity system.”
Mr Immelt said while his instinct is to keep government at arm’s length, in this case there is a vital role for politicians to play.
“There is no such thing as a perfect free market. It is a market that needs a little catalyst from the government and then I think the entrepreneurial dollars will flow to that.”
Ecomagination
During an interview session at the conference, Mr Schmidt quizzed Mr Immelt about GE’s decision to focus on clean technologies under an initiative dubbed “Ecomagination.”
GE is now one of the biggest players in the wind power industry and is involved in developing hybrid locomotives, water reuse solutions and photovoltaic cells.
The GE boss admitted to the audience that the company’s eco game plan did not meet with approval from many sectors of business when it was initially unveiled in 2005.

“We had a lot of suspicious people around but we felt the time was right to attempt to do something like this.”
He said the move has paid off as sales of products and services in this area have grown from $4-$5bn (£2.2-2.7bn) at its launch to $18bn a year.
Mr Immelt also boasted of his decision to buy Enron’s wind business out of bankruptcy in 2003 for $300m and revealed that it now makes between $7-$8bn in revenues.
“I have done some bad business deals in my day, but this isn’t one of them,” joked Mr Immelt.
Google is also involved in clean energy initiatives that include geothermal, solar and wind-generated electricity.
The search giant has maintained that the benefits of renewable electricity can not be fully realised without updating US power transmission lines into a “smart grid” that lets people track and control what types of power they use and when. “This 21st century electricity system must combine advanced energy technology – a major GE focus – and cutting edge information technology – a major Google focus,” said the joint communiqué.
“We believe that by combining our efforts, along with other relevant businesses and industries, we can advance critical policy change in Washington and develop new technologies and services for consumers.”
GE and Google plan to work on technologies that will convert geothermal power into electricity as well as prepare the nation’s grid for plug-in vehicles.
Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, said both businesses feel they can make a real difference.
“A smart grid is something we desperately need in this country and we humbly think we might have something to contribute.
So who owns Google? Lets take a closer look.
Google is privately owned but it is financially backed by
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers Sequia Capitol.
Google Management
Co-founders Larry Page, president of Products, and Sergey Brin, president of Technology, brought Google to life in September 1998. Since then, the company has grown to more than 10,000 employees worldwide, with a management team that represents some of the most experienced technology professionals in the industry. Eric Schmidt joined Google as chairman and chief executive officer in 2001.
Board of Directors
• Eric Schmidt, Google Inc.
• Sergey Brin, Google Inc.
• Larry Page, Google Inc.
• John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Ram Shriram, Sherpalo
• John Hennessy, Stanford University
• Arthur Levinson, Genentech
• Paul Otellini, Intel
• Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton University
• Ann Mather
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
Heres a list of the executives of Kleiner Perkins Caufield:
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
COMPANY
Immensely wealthy Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
Official Website:
http://www.kpcb.com/
Industry:
Private Equity
Corporate headquarters:
Palo Alto, CA
EXECUTIVES
Name
Occupation
Birth
Death
Known for

Brook Byers
Business c. 1946 Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins
Frank J. Caufield
Business c. 1940 Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
John Doerr
Business 29-Jun-1951 Silicon Valley venture capitalist
William R. Hearst III
Business c. 1950 San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95
Bill Joy
Computer Programmer 8-Nov-1954 BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java
Vinod Khosla
Business 28-Jan-1955 Venture capitalist
Eugene Kleiner
Business 12-May-1923 20-Nov-2003 Venture capitalist
E. Floyd Kvamme
Business 1938 Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Douglas F. Mackenzie
Business c. 1959 Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Tom Perkins
Business 1932 Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins
Colin Powell
Government 5-Apr-1937 US Secretary of State, 2001-05
EXTRANEOUS
Name
Occupation
Birth
Death
Known for

Jim Barksdale
Business 24-Jan-1943 CEO of Netscape, 1995-99
Scott Sassa
Business 2-Feb-1959 Former President of NBC

Doug Mackenzie is listed as one of the beneficial ownership partners in GE Capital Information Technology Solutions Inc.
http://www.nndb.com/company/841/000120481/

Here’s what we think the prosperous privates are worth this year. $20 MILLION TO $50 MILLION Two of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’s hottest young guns probably fall in this category. Doug Mackenzie has had a string of hits for the firm as the company’s lead VC on Visio, MMC Networks, and Preview Travel (Kleiner Perkins still owns 10.8% of Preview, worth around $27 million).

Heres a list of businesses that Sequoia Capital backs financially:
Sequoia Capital
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Sequoia Capital

Type
Private

Founded 1972
Founder(s)
Don Valentine

Headquarters Menlo Park, California,
United States

Number of locations 6
Industry
Venture capital

Employees
~ 130 worldwide
Website
http://www.sequoiacap.com

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm’s partners include Don Valentine, Randy L. Ditzler, Greg McAdoo, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Gaurav Garg, Michael Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme.
The firm has offices in the US, China, India and Israel. Sequoia has funded companies including Cisco Systems, Oracle, Apple, YouTube and Google.
Marc Andreessen noted the business plan format on his blog [1] and is outlined as:
• Clarity of Purpose (Describe objective in one brief sentence.)
• Large Markets (Identify existing rapidly growing or changing markets.)
• Rich Customers (Identify customers that are willing to pay immediately and with large pocketbooks.)
• Focus (Keep it simple. Stay focused on a key value proposition.)
• Pain Killers (Identify single element of importance to customer.)
• Think Differently (Challenge conventional wisdom. Outwit competitors.)
• Company Culture (Company culture is established early. Team should be the smartest in their domain.)
• Agility (Keep it quiet and make it fast.)
• Frugality (Spend money like it is your own. Focus on critical expenditures. Maximize profitability.)
• Inferno (Start with only a little money.)
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Portfolio
• 2 References
• 3 External links
• 4 See also

[edit] Portfolio
Sequoia Capital provided venture capital for the following companies:
Name
First Invested
Description Status

Achates Power
6 August 2007 Diesel engine systems. Private
AdBrite
26 July 2004
Sell advertising on their websites and blogs Private
AdMob
19 May 2006 Mobile advertising marketplace. Private
Advanced Power Projects
17 March 2008 Power generation systems. Private
AMCC
15 September 1987 Provides storage, embedded hardware and software solutions. Public
Amobee Media Systems
07 January 2005 Mobile Advertising Systems for Mobile Operators. Private
Appirio
20 June 2008 SaaS systems integration services. Private
Applabs Pvt Ltd
1 January 1999 Software Testing Company. Private
Apple Inc.
1 January 1978 Designs and manufactures consumer electronics. IPO
Aricent
1 September 2006 Independent communications software company. Private
Aruba Networks
19 April 2002 Delivers enterprise network to users IPO
Asia Media
21 September 2005 Electronic program guide systems. IPO
Atari
1975 Coin-operated video games, coin-operated pinball machines and home game consoles.
Atom Entertainment
14 January 2000 Distributes casual games, short films, and animations on the web. Acquired by Viacom/MTV
Bihu.com
14 December 2007 In-game instant messaging services. Private
Café Coffee Day
14 July 2006
Coffee distribution and retail services. Private
Cafepress
21 January 2005 Print-on-demand ecommerce site. Private
CERNET-Koncept
17 July 2008
College social networking services. Private
Challenge Games 24 September 2007 Online casual gaming services. Private
Cisco
14 December 1987 Networking hardware, software, and services. Public
Correlix
22 August 2008 Latency Intelligence™ systems. Private
Data Connection
7 January 2008 Telephony software. Private
Documentum
18 October 1993 Enterprise content management. IPO and later acquired by EMC
Dropbox
24 September 2007 File sharing and storage. Private
Electronic Arts
6 December 1982 Distributor of computer and video games. IPO
Eloan
2 September 1998 Financial services company that offering home mortgage, home equity, and auto loans. IPO
FirstSource
13 June 2001 Provider of business process management services. IPO
Flextronics
29 June 1993 Worldwide electronics design, fabrication, assembly, and test company. IPO
Followap
02 June 2005 Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Acquired by NeuStar
Funny or Die
17 April 2007 Large media company with multiple vertical websites, including funnyordie.com started with comedian Will Ferrell.
Private
Gene Security Network
8 June 2007
Bioinformatics technology services. Private
GlobalLogic
31 January 2008 Outsourced software development services. Private
Google
26 May 1999 Search Engine. IPO
Gracenote
26 June 2002 Digital media data management software. Private
Green Dot Corporation
27 February 2003 Prepaid credit cards. Private
Guruji.com

Local search services. Private
Idea Cellular
27 November 2006 Cellular services, SMS services and mobile communication devices. IPO
imeem
15 December 2006 Social media networking services. Private
Infoblox
1 April 2003
Core network services. Private
Isilon
3 July 2002
Modular network storage solutions designed for large digital files. IPO
IT Structures
3 April 2008
Virtual sales engagement software. Private
Jajah
4 November 2005 Consumer VoIP services. Private
Jawbone (headset)
31 August 2007 Bluetooth headsets. Private
Jive Software
9 August 2007 Enterprise 2.0 collaboration software. Private
Joost
21 March 2007 Online TV services. Private
Kayak.com
17 December 2004 Travel search services. Private
Kenshoo
11 December 2007 Search Engine Marketing Platform. Private
LinkedIn
7 November 2003 Online network that helps you find and be found by former colleagues. Private
Loglogic
27 October 2003 Log data systems. Private
Loopt
2 November 2005 Mobile social networking services. Private
Luxim
3 August 2003 Solid state high intensity light source technology. Private
LSI Logic
20 January 1981 Provider of silicon, systems and software technologies. IPO
Mahalo.com
14 December 2006 Human powered search services. Private
Mark Logic
25 February 2003 XML server software. Private
Meebo
15 December 2005 Instant messaging services. Private
Mellanox Technologies
1 June 1999
Provider of InfiniBand technology. IPO
Meraki
2 March 2006 Mesh wireless networking. Private
Merlin Securities
12 December 2007 Mesh wireless networking. Private
Microchip Technology
6 April 1989
Manufacturer of microcontroller, memory and analog semiconductors. IPO
Netezza
10 July 2003
Provider of enterprise data warehouse appliances. IPO
Netscreen
21 May 1998 Networking and security solutions. IPO and later acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc.

Netshops
12 May 2006 Niche retailer services. Private
NetApp
23 September 1994 Provides an integrated solution that enables storage, delivery, and management of network data. IPO
NVIDIA
2 July 1993
Technologies for video cards, graphics cards, notebooks, workstations, and desktop PCs. IPO
Paypal
2 August 1999 Internet payment services. IPO and later acquired by Ebay
Plaxo
1 March 2002 Address book services. Acquired by Comcast in 2008.

PixelWorks
29 April 1998 Designs, develops and markets highly integrated system-on-a-chip solutions for broadband communications. IPO
PMC-Sierra
11 January 1984 Broadband communications and storage chips. IPO
Pure Digital Technologies
3 March 2005 Digital imaging systems, including the Flip Video family of digital camcorders. Private
Rackspace
28 March 2000 Managed hosting service provider. IPO
Rayspan
15 June 2007 Metamaterial air interface systems. Private
Renhe
28 December 2007 Commercial property development services. Private
RingCentral
8 December 2006 Small business telecommunications services. Private
RockYou
9 January 2007 Slideshow widgets. Private
Royal Orchid Hotels
6 October 2007 Hotel chain catering to business travelers. IPO
Ruckus
4 November 2002 Smart Wi-Fi systems. Private
Satellier
2000 Outsourced AEC design services. Private
Satnav Technologies
28 May 2008 Mobile mapping and navigation services. Private
SCIOinspire
17 December 2007 Healthcare accounting services. Private
Silent Communication
November 2007 Call completion services for mobile operators. Private
Sourcefire
16 January 2004 Network security. IPO
Stardoll
15 June 2006 Girls social networking. Private
Storwize
1 June 2007
Storage compression systems. Private
Sugar Inc.
12 September 2006 Women’s publishing. Private
Tokbox
3 August 2007 Video communications services. Private
Trulia
7 May 2007
Real estate search services. Private
Ujjivan
1 December 2008 Microfinance services. Private
Widgetbox
1 May 2007
Widget marketplace services. Private
Xoom Corporation
19 December 2003 Global money transfer services. Private
Yahoo!
5 April 1995
Web Portal. IPO
YouTube
21 October 2005 Hosts user-generated videos. Acquired by Google
Yodlee
October 1999 Online data aggregation and online Bill Pay service provider. Private
Zappos.com
N/A
Online Retailer Private

Lets take a closer look at GE:
Who owns CNN? or MSNBC? ABC?
by systemfailure Wednesday, Apr. 09, 2003 at 1:43 AM

So ya think we have a “free press” eh? Check out who owns who, and who owns what you think…….
GENERAL ELECTRIC –(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)

Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The “MS” in MSNBC
means microsoft
The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected.

Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.

The GE Building (RCA Building)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center
The centerpiece of Rockefeller Center is the 70-floor, 872-foot (266 m) GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza (”30 Rock”)—formerly known as the RCA Building—centered behind the sunken plaza. The building is the setting for the now famous photograph taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932 of workers having lunch, sitting on a steel beam, without safety harnesses. The 840-foot (260 m) drop lies below.
The building was renamed in the 1980s after General Electric (GE) re-acquired RCA, which it helped found in 1919. The famous Rainbow Room club restaurant is located on the 65th floor; the Rockefeller family office covers the 54-56th floors. The skyscraper is the headquarters of NBC and houses most of the network’s New York studios, including the legendary Studio 8H, home of Saturday Night Live. NBC currently owns the space it occupies in the building as a condominium arrangement.

So Who is funding Smart Grid?
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
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•

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111-5, PDF, H.R. 1, S. 1) is an Act of Congress enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009.
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Infrastructure Investment
Total: $80.9 billion
Core investments (roads, bridges, railways, other transportation)

Highway construction is the biggest single line infrastructure item in the final bill
Energy
Loans and investments into green energy technology is a significant part of the final bill
Total: $49.7 billion
• $11 billion funding for an electric smart grid
• $6.3 billion for state and local governments to make investments in energy efficiency
• $6 billion for renewable energy and electric transmission technologies loan guarantees
• $6 billion for the cleanup of radioactive waste (mostly nuclear power plant sites)
• $5 billion for weatherizing modest-income homes
• $4.5 billion for the Office of Electricity and Energy Reliability to modernize nationçs electrical grid and smart grid.
• $4.5 billion for state and local governments to increase energy efficiency in federal buildings
• $3.4 billion for carbon capture experiments
• $3.25 billion for the Western Area Power Administration for power transmission system upgrades.
• $2.5 billion for energy efficiency research
• $2 billion for manufacturing of advanced car battery (traction) systems and components.
• $3.2 billion toward Energy Efficency and Conservation Block Grants
• $500 million for training of green-collar workers (by the Department of Labor)
• $400 million for electric vehicle technologies
• $300 million for federal vehicle feets, to cover the cost of acquiring electric vehicles, includiing plug-in hybrid vehicles.
• $300 million to buy energy efficient appliances
• $300 million for reducing diesel fuel emissions
• $300 million for state and local governments to purchase energy efficient vehicles
• $250 million to increase energy efficiency in low-income housing
• $600 million to cleanup hazardous waste that threaten health and the environment
• $200 million to cleanup petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks
• $100 million to evaluate and cleanup brownfield land
• $400 million for the Geothermal Technologies Program
The Answer is we are.
So what is the Smart Grid capable of?
Power line communication
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Power line communication or power line carrier (PLC), also known as Power line Digital Subscriber Line (PDSL), mains communication, power line telecom (PLT), or power line networking (PLN), is a system for carrying data on a conductor also used for electric power transmission. Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) uses PLC by sending and receiving radio signals over power lines to provide access to the Internet.
Electrical power is transmitted over high voltage transmission lines, distributed over medium voltage, and used inside buildings at lower voltages. Powerline communications can be applied at each stage. Most PLC technologies limit themselves to one set of wires (for example, premises wiring), but some can cross between two levels (for example, both the distribution network and premises wiring).
All power line communications systems operate by impressing a modulated carrier signal on the wiring system. Different types of powerline communications use different frequency bands, depending on the signal transmission characteristics of the power wiring used. Since the power wiring system was originally intended for transmission of AC power, the power wire circuits have only a limited ability to carry higher frequencies. The propagation problem is a limiting factor for each type of power line communications.
Data rates over a power line communication system vary widely. Low-frequency (about 100-200 kHz) carriers impressed on high-voltage transmission lines may carry one or two analog voice circuits, or telemetry and control circuits with an equivalent data rate of a few hundred bits per second; however, these circuits may be many miles (kilometres) long. Higher data rates generally imply shorter ranges; a local area network operating at millions of bits per second may only cover one floor of an office building, but eliminates installation of dedicated network cabling.
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[edit] High-frequency communication (≥MHz)
High frequency communication may (re)use large portions of the radio spectrum for communication, or may use select (narrow) band(s), depending on the technology.
[edit] Home networking (broadband)
Power line communications can also be used to interconnect home computers, peripherals or other networked consumer peripherals. Proprietary specifications for power line home networking have been developed by a number of different companies within the framework of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, the Universal Powerline Association and the HD-PLC Alliance.
On December 12th 2008, the ITU-T adopted Recommendation G.hn/G.9960 as the first worldwide standard for high-speed powerline communications[1]. G.hn also specifies communications over phonelines and coaxial wiring.
A few days later, on December 19th 2008, IEEE P1901 confirmed[2] the baseline text for another standard for high-speed powerline communications, which includes both in-home and access applications. Although IEEE P1901 specifies multiple non-interoperable PHY and MAC options[3], it provides mechanisms for coexistence between them[4].
Who is also involved in Smart Grid?
IBM
Heres a statement from their website:
http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfr.....igent_grid
IBM Smart grid
For decades, power was something the average person did not think much about… until it went out. And then it was all you thought about… until it came back. Not any more.
Climate change, rising energy prices and technology advances are all forces that have been reshaping the collective mindset of consumers, turning many from “passive ratepayers” to highly informed, environmentally conscious customers who want a role in using power. And now, with the emergence of the technologies that make smart grids possible, companies can provide their customers with the information and control they need to actually change their behavior patterns and reduce usage and costs.
Losing power
Today’s power grids were developed at a time when power was cheap, the environment wasn’t an issue and the consumer wasn’t part of the equation. They were centralized, closely managed and supplied by a relatively small number of large power plants.
The inefficiencies in our current grids are systemic. With little or no intelligence to balance loads and monitor power flows, every year grids around the world lose enough electricity to power India, Germany and Canada.
Entering the digital age
IBM is helping utilities add a layer of digital intelligence to their grids. These smart grids use sensors, meters, digital controls and analytic tools to automate, monitor and control the two-way flow of energy across operations-from power plant to plug. A power company can optimize grid performance, prevent outages, restore outages faster and allow consumers to manage energy usage right down to the individual networked appliance. “Smart” grids can also incorporate new sustainable energies such as wind and solar generation, and interact locally with distributed power sources, or plug-in electric vehicles.
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Heres a news article from CNNmoney:
IBM Chairman Issues Upbeat Message To Stockholders

March 09, 2009: 11:59 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- The chairman and chief executive of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) issued an upbeat message to stockholders Monday, in marked contrast to the mood of other large tech companies.
IBM, whose stock has outperformed its large cap tech peers, said in a letter accompanying the company’s annual report that it is “positioned to lead in the era that lies on the other side of the present crisis.”
“We will not simply ride out the storm,” CEO Samuel J. Palmisano said in the letter. “Rather we will take a long-term view, and go on offense.”
Palmisano’s letter stresses IBM’s global exposure – nearly two-thirds of the company’s business comes from outside the U.S. – and its investment in cloud computing as two trends which it believes will help the company keep its edge over peers and prosper not just in the current environment but after economic growth returns.
He also talked extensively about the way IBM has positioned itself to play a role in selling “smart meter” technology, underscoring its position at the heart of the company’s growth strategy and the central role it is likely to play in rebuilding infrastructure across the world.
Palmisano said the devices, which plumb analytical software into small devices that can be used in everything from traffic management systems to food traceability products, will play a central role in the efforts by governments and corporations to revive the world economy.
“Through pervasive instrumentation and interconnection, almost anything – any person, any object, any process or any service, for any organization, large or small – can become digitally aware, networked and intelligent,” he said.
http://money.cnn.com/news/news.....RTUNE5.htm

We all know that Microsoft is owned by Bill Gates, lets take a closer look at his “charity foundation”:
[edit] Diversion of health care resources
In a January/February 2007 Foreign Affairs article, Laurie Garrett claims that many charitable organizations, among whom the Gates Foundation is prominent, harm global health by diverting resources from other important local health care services.[48] For example, by paying relatively high salaries at AIDS clinics, the foundation diverts medical professionals from other parts of developing nations’ health care systems; the health care systems’ ability to provide care diminishes (except in the area the foundation funds) and the charities may do more harm than good. Similar findings were reported in a December 2007 Los Angeles Times investigation.[49]
[edit] Population control and abortion
The Foundation has also come under criticism from pro-life conservatives because it distributes money to groups that sponsor population control and family planning. [50]
Not only is Bill Gates sponsoring abortion in Africa but he has ties to the Rockefellers:
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
The Gates Foundation has partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation to enhance agricultural science and small-farm productivity in Africa, building on the Green Revolution which the Rockefeller Foundation spurred in the 1940s and 1960s. The Gates Foundation has made an initial $100 million investment in this effort, to which the Rockefeller foundation has contributed $50 million.
Lets take a closer look at the Rockefeller Foundation:
The Rockefeller Foundation funded programs such as the Green Revolution.
[edit] The Green Revolution
Agriculture was introduced to the Natural Sciences division of the foundation in the major reorganization of 1928. In 1941, the foundation gave a small grant to Mexico for maize research, in collaboration with the then new president, Manuel Avila Camacho. This was done after the intervention of vice-president Henry Wallace and the involvement of Nelson Rockefeller; the primary intention being to stabilise the Mexican Government and derail any possible communist infiltration, in order to protect the Rockefeller family’s investments.[15]
By 1943 this program, under the foundation’s Mexican Agriculture Project, had proved such a success with the science of corn propagation and general principles of agronomy that it was exported to other Latin American countries; in 1956 the program was then taken to India; again with the geopolitical imperative of providing an antidote to communism.[15] It wasn’t until 1959 that senior foundation officials succeeded in getting the Ford Foundation (and later USAID, and later still, the World Bank) to sign on to the major philanthropic project, known now to the world as the Green Revolution. It also provided significant funding for the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. Part of the original program, the funding of the IRRI was later taken over by the Ford Foundation.[15]
Costing around $600 million, over 50 years, the revolution brought new farming technology, increased productivity, expanded crop yields and mass fertilization to many countries throughout the world. Later it funded over $100 million dollars of plant biotechnology research and trained over four hundred scientists from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It also invested in the production of transgenic crops, including rice and maize. In 1999, the then president Gordon Conway addressed the Monsanto board of directors, warning of the possible social and environmental dangers of this biotechnology, and requesting them to disavow the use of so-called terminator genes[16]; the company later complied.

Let’s take a closer look at one close friend of David Rockefeller, Jerry Speyers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center
[edit] Business and Social Life
Speyer began his career in 1964 as Assistant to the Vice President of Madison Square Garden. Speyer has served as President & CEO of Tishman Speyer since the company formed in 1978.
Speyer is deputy chair and a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vice chairman of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and vice chair on the Board of Trustees of the Rand Corporation. Speyer is also chair of the Executive Committee and chairman emeritus of Columbia University, chair emeritus of the Real Estate Board of New York, and past president of the Board of Trustees of the Dalton School.
Speyer is also chairman of the Museum of Modern Art, and chair emeritus of the influential Partnership for New York City, founded by David Rockefeller.
Speyer sits on the board of Carnegie Hall, alongside Sanford Weill, the former chairman of Citigroup, with whom he has a close business relationship (see External Links below). His other board affiliations include Siemens AG and the Real Estate Roundtable, and have included YankeeNets, the New York Presbyterian Foundation, Inc., and the Urban Land Institute. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations

YOU DON’T WANT A BUNCH OF GUNG HO YOUNG MEN WHO REALLY BELIEVE THERE’S TERRORISTS RUNNING AROUND WITH MACHINE GUNS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS. SOMETHING IS BOUND TO GO WRONG

We could shut them all down by deauthorizing them and/or not funding them.

As to whether or not the Army would turn on civillians…well, first those soldiers were basically children when they enlisted and know really nothing of government and politics and were taught to obey from minute one. They will be controlled to do the bidding of their field commanders. And then you have to envision this scenario. You are in uniform and armed facing a hostile crowd of your fellow citizens. Behind you is an officer with his weapon drawn and who, sensing confusion and hesitation among his troops, says “he will shoot the first soldier to disobey the order to fire.” How would you react under the circumstances, were you an enlistee with only a few years of service under your belt? Not an easy choice, not by a long shot. For me, having served in combat in the 60’s and now living a peaceful life since then it is a no-brainer. But I have the wisdom of age plus I have taken the time to read American history that was never taught or covered in school.

God save us all.