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State of the Union Address Goes Web 2.0
CWmike writes "The White House will be tapping Web 2.0 technology to reach out to Americans during and after the president's State of the Union address tonight. While President Barack Obama makes his annual address starting at 9 p.m. ET, the official White House Web site will have a live stream of the speech, along with charts and statistics to provide context and emphasize key points. 'We're putting the finishing touches on a new feature for WhiteHouse.gov that will offer an enhanced viewer experience for President Obama's State of the Union address,' wrote Macon Phillips, the White House director of new media, in a blog post. Immediately after the State of the Union address, the White House will host an Open for Questions event on Twitter. Several senior administration officials will be fielding questions submitted on the White House Facebook page, the White House Webform, or via Twitter using the #sotu hashtag and responding to @whitehouse. And on Wednesday, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will take citizens' questions via Twitter before his post-State of the Union briefing. Anyone interested can follow @PressSec on Twitter to find out when Gibbs will take questions and post video responses. To submit a question for him, respond to @PressSec using the hashtag #1Q. At 2:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, Obama will take questions live on YouTube."
I won't be watching, The Real Housewives of New Jersey is on.
More honest likable people.
Since when is video streaming a "Web 2.0" thing? That term seems to be tacked into everything web-related nowadays.
watch it on www.WhiteHouse.com.
Actions speak louder than words. The actions taken by government for the last twenty years show the American people are not of interest.
The mind conceives, the body achieves, the spirit manifests.
We want to WRITE the state of the union in a wiki, not read about it on the web and make "comments" that are filtered, censored and nobody can read. It's a two-way free access medium, not a TV with a phone next to it.
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Wait until it's in 3D, which they are working on using the same technology Cameron used for Avatar. You'll be able to see how you're being fucked in 3D. Imagine that!
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And here today at lunch I just opened a Twitter account. Sort of shatters your image of people you used to think were pretty cool. Except for Nathan Fillion. He rocks.
Anecdote: David Plouffe (once Obama's campaign manager, now senior advisor) spoke at our university last year. When asked by a student why, now that he was elected, Obama was no longer calling on the nation to do for themselves, "Yes we can!", etc. He completely dismissed (complete with dismissive hand wave) that whole concept of team effort, saying now that the election is done, "It wouldn't work. It just wouldn't." And went onto another topic. My question to him was going to be, "Remember when Joe the Plumber told the news that he felt like he needed a shower when he got off McCain's bus? I don't see Obama being slimy like McCain. You seem to fit the bill though. True?" Ran out of time though.
Because the text of the speech is always distributed to the media before hand.
This is what our political reporting has been reduced too. If you do not toe the line, you do not get access. Ask too many uncomfortable questions, and you will only be asking questions of local school board candidates. You can argue, within the bounds set by the Washington elite, but you must stick to the narrative. Argue whichever "side" you like, as the sides have been pre-chosen and approved by the powers that be. Just don't question the narrative itself, or again, you won't be reporting in Washington.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Flash -- can't see it on your iPhone
Silverlight -- can't see it on your Linux box
They really need to finalize that HTML5 spec.
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"Binary thinking" might well define the way of thinking in US politics. Unfortunately. Millions of ideas ultimately devolve to two, Or better yet, since both of those ideas are co-opted and worthless, devolve to zero.
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You have to be joking. Given the way the Democrats have been attacking Republican Paul Ryan the last day or so? They are not civil, it's once again do as I say, not as I do. They have been saying he wants to get rid of Medicare and destroy Social Security and wants to see all the old people die on the streets. Which is a total lie. He has never said anything even close to that. No one has ever talked about getting rid of Medicare or Social Security. So much for being civil, and so much for no violent rhetoric. That is the real face of the Democratic party.
On a separate note the whitehouse did the streaming content distribution with Level 3 and Comcast users were unable to see it since Comcast is holding Level 3 up for ransom due to the lack of net neutrality laws.
Who needs WiFi when we can have Packet Over Sheep! http://datacomm.org/PoS-InternetDraft.txt
I actually thought the teabaggers were going to compromise
And I never thought liberals would stop referring to libertarians and conservatives using sexual slang, and instead debate based on ideas.
Looks like I was right. I wonder what else all of the Tea Party members have been right about while you've been mocking them?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I am glad to see this happening, but saddened that it is such a big deal. In the corporate world, no CFO gives a presentation without slides showing the information and references to back it up. In every board room, you have a projector, a conference call system, and attendees with laptops. Every statement is cited with specific numbers and backed-up with links and references.
But in politics, someone can hold a speech or a debate and there are no slides, no links, and no references. Two candidates in a debate can quote entirely different numbers for the same thing, and even change their numbers from speech to speech. It it is up to the listeners to find sources after the fact. It is really quite silly. If businessmen operated like political candidates they would be ousted after the first board meeting.
I always imagined that if I was up there I would say "The US imports XXX barrels of oil, according to Gartner research" and a slide would appear showing the number within context of other nations, and a link to the research report. I know that only .01% of people would actually look that up, but much like open source, not everyone has to do that. It's just all a part of promoting transparency and accuracy. If the other side wants to quote a different number, that's fine, then they can post their links as well.
The Tea Party has never said anything comprehensible enough to be refuted. The American Public rejected the Tea Party at the polls, in fact the Tea Party cost the Republicans quite a few seats. If you have a political position, you should state what it is. Then we can debate it. As for the Tea Party itself, I have no respect for the loons who identify with the Tea Party. You may as well ask why I do not debate Charles Manson over the morality of getting others to kill strangers for you. Because there is nothing to debate there.
The Tea Party gets my respect when it's members earn it by acting like grown ups. Until then, I can only engage them on the preschool playground level they seem to prefer.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
It's not really very entertaining. Heck, there have been numerous Daily Show segments where Stewart tries to have a serious discussion of some topic, but can't get the politician in question to do anything but quote party lines and generalities. Talking about the issues isn't good marketing.
The official link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu
All I get is:
"Our Apologies....The site is currently undergoing maintenance. We appreciate your patience while we make some improvements. Please check back soon."
I was very disappointed. I was so looking forward to getting a message about how my standards-based Linux + Firefox could not watch the video because I am not using MS-Windows, IE, and/or Silverlight.
You have to be joking. Given the way the Democrats have been attacking Republican Paul Ryan the last day or so? They are not civil, it's once again do as I say, not as I do.
Attacking someone's position is not the same as attacking a person.
They have been saying he wants to get rid of Medicare and destroy Social Security and wants to see all the old people die on the streets.
Citation please. I've seen numerous comments that he wants to privative SS, which many people think will destroy it and result in old people suffering and dying needlessly. I haven't seen anyone say he wants old people to suffer and die.
No one has ever talked about getting rid of Medicare or Social Security.
In 2010 Ryan did propose a "Roadmap for America" that included replacing Medicare and Medicaid with private vouchers with values that would slowly decrease as a way of weaning America off of what he called "the entitlement programs". I think maybe you need to do some research before you make assertions.
So much for being civil, and so much for no violent rhetoric.
Please do cite this "violent rhetoric" and "attacks" of which you speak, attacks on him, not his proposed plans.
That is the real face of the Democratic party.
I'm no supporter of the Democratic party, but I do watch the real news and I haven't seen what you're talking about. It takes about 30 seconds with Google to find evidence that Ryan did propose privatizing SS and eliminating Medicare/Medicaid. Maybe you should stop watching Fox news and try any other channel, or better yet look at a variety of sources.
I give you every opportunity to actually debate. I will not accord anyone respect they haven't earned. You do not get to act like a child, but get treated like an adult. If you have a position, put it out there and I will debate without name calling or rancor. Just don't think that you can act like an evil, spoiled child and then whine about it when others don't treat you with respect.
You want a debate? Bring it. State your position.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Obama isn't the pocket of Corporations, but he is firmly in the pockets of the elite radical left. Groups like the Tides Foundation that sponsors ACORN. The people and groups that have sponsored ACORN and similar groups is absolutely who Obama serves. Some even say George Soros has put up big money for Obama. I do know that when Soros commented that unless Obama was going to rule by Executive Order, Soros said it was time to look for someone else to support to get their agenda served. It wasn't too long after that, that Obama started doing just that.
Just look at how he voted in Illinois and how he voted in the Senate. If that doesn't convince you then look at what he has done as President. If you still don't get it you never will. Look at some of the big donors he had when he was running for President. Don't let him fool you into thinking he just took grassroots small donations from average people that isn't the truth but he would like for people to believe it. Look at who Obama surrounds himself with and who he appoints to work in his White House. You have people like Bill Ayers, Van Jones and other similar radicals. That is where Obama's allegiance lays.
So Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Marco Rubio didn't win? Seems the Tea Party helped republicans win back the house.
Or as you like to say, a citation is needed to back your claim.
Saying Android is a family of phones is akin to saying Linux is a family of PCs.
Perhaps if you went through the proper immigration process like every migrant is supposed to be doing, you wouldn't feel this way now would you? And by chance you don't respect following the process, as an American, I expect you to leave. Forcibly if needed.
The USA is not an open-borders country despite the fact the borders aren't very well enforced. If you don't agree, then you wouldn't be living in a country that enforces its southern border more seriously than the USA. Fancy that!
Life is not for the lazy.
Of course he has used them. But he's used fewer than past presidents.
Want to know who has used the *fewest* (based on number signed per year in office)? G. W. Bush. Surprised? Me too.
I made a little table based on the numbers from the archives.gov page on Executive Orders.
Average of EOs/yr Sum of total # EOs
D 97.8 4758
Carter 79.8 319
Clinton 45.4 363
Johnson 64.6 323
Kennedy 71.0 213
Obama 37.0 74
Roosevelt 288.8 3466
R 84.3 3733
Bush 41.3 165
Eisenhower 60.1 481
Ford 56.0 168
G.W. Bush 36.3 290
Hoover 252.8 1011
Nixon 69.0 345
Reagan 47.5 380
Truman 111.6 893
Grand Total 90.1 8491
Dems average more than GOP, and the numbers have generally been decreasing since Hoover. I'd have expected the opposite.
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.