I Am A Member of the Obama Administration

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 5:10 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 17:10

We all are, in fact. President-Elect Barack Obama has just setup Change.gov in an attempt to be open with the American people and include them in the process. This, my friends, is called walking the walk.

One of the most exciting features is the ability to submit policy proposals like one could on his campaign site way back when. I decided to participate in my democracy and share my ideas about Internet policy. I figure, why not share 'em with the rest of the class and maybe inspire some other people to go ahead and submit their ideas, too?

My advice to President-Elect Barack Obama is below the fold.

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What do you think of these proposals?

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What do you think of these proposals?

I like them all

75 votes

I like most of them

21 votes

I like one of them

8 votes

You are a n00b

4 votes

"We need to know the full extent of that relationship."

Zelbinian

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 2:00 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 14:00

Listening to McCain talk about Ayers makes the logical part of my brain do somersaults trying to figure out what the heck his argument really is. Just listen to what he told Chris Wallace this morning:

Zelbinian

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Saturday October 11, 2008 · 9:48 PM PDT

2008/10/11 · 21:48

I think fivethirtyeight changed my life. Seriously - it's the only website I know of that appeals to my politick geek and my stats geek in equal proportions. I often play with Kos' electoral map using Nate Silver's numbers (as I find them to be amazingly well done). So I'd like to share some of my creations with you.

Zelbinian

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Tuesday October 07, 2008 · 2:45 PM PDT

2008/10/07 · 14:45

I apologize in advance for the short diary, but we need to do something about this.

You've heard about it in recent days, I'm sure. McCain and Palin are getting ugly. I'm sure their intentions are to "merely" tar and feather Obama, but they're also putting blood in the water and working their zealots into a frenzy. They're creating a mob and, before too long, there'll start being real violence.

We should be afraid - I know I am - and I don't have to tell you why.

Zelbinian

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Sunday October 05, 2008 · 1:32 PM PDT

2008/10/05 · 13:32

This is not an actual script; This is just my idea for what Obama ought to say to the American people. The McCain campaign's penchant for going negative is once again rearing its ugly head, and we'll be hearing a lot about Tony Rezko, William Ayers, and Rev. Wright over the next few weeks.

I think Obama should re-use the tack of his economy ad and run a commercial speaking these words to the American public:

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What do you think, good stuff?

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What do you think, good stuff?

Totally, you should send it in.

37 votes

It's alright.

8 votes

Nah, it's bollocks.

9 votes

Proof McCain is Unfit to Be President

Zelbinian

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 10:51 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 10:51

I posted an Andrew Sullivan blogposting yesterday on Facebook that read:

We forget that McCain has no executive experience, just as Obama has no executive experience. But in terms of judgment, of selection of a running mate, of calm in crisis, of a smooth operation, it is McCain who is revealing his total inexperience and unreadiness for the job, not Obama. In fact, there is no comparison. One campaign is chaotic, secretive, impulsive, unpredictable and losing. The other is supremely well-run, as transparent as a campaign can be, unflappable, very predictable, and winning. I know which man I'd prefer to be runing the country in a crisis. Not hotheaded, mercurial, impulsive, gambling McCain.

A friend of mine - the same Australian conservative I have written about before - felt that Andrew was being biased, and said:

It would be completely accurate to point out that McCain has vastly more judicial experince [sic] than Obama.

I am about to demonstrate that "more" experience isn't necessarily "better" experience.

Zelbinian

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Monday August 25, 2008 · 8:48 PM PDT

2008/08/25 · 20:48

I've got a friend over in Australia who is getting his a post graduate degree studying a variety of material involving the Third Reich. His studies have led him to be grossly and inherently distrustful of leaders with an charisma (and the utter disappointment that has been Kevin Rudd has not helped this perception). As a result, we've had a number of spirited-yet-civil discussions about both Barack Obama and John McCain. I think I've convinced him why McCain isn't the foreign policy wonk my friend thought he was . . . but it's been extremely difficult to break my friend's view of Obama as a messianic figure.

What follows is the latest of these conversations. I'm posting this because this conversation could easily be taking place with an American conservative, and so I find our debates to be extremely good practice at sharpening my rhetoric vis a vis "Obama is not evil".

Also . . . any comments or advice you might give as to how to move the conversation forward I would be happy to listen to. I'd like all of us to maybe learn from this.

Zelbinian

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 11:06 PM PDT

2008/08/12 · 23:06

Today, August 12,2008, Senator John McCain was speaking in one of his (invitation-only) town meetings, held in York, Pennsylvania. I occasionally watch his town hall speeches just to remind myself how batshit crazy this guy is (and as preparation for some phone banking). But he had something new to talk about today, what with Little-War-That-Couldn't happening between Georgia and Russia. And most of what he said was absolutely insane. Here's the video.

Zelbinian

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Wednesday August 06, 2008 · 7:48 AM PDT

2008/08/06 · 07:48

I watched No End in Sight again the other day. And the part that angered me the most this time through was the realization of how long Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Powell, and Armitage have been influencing policy. So I did a quick audit of some of the Bush Administration's top Cabinet members and officials. Most of this information was taken from Wikipedia and I checked most of the sources listed. I highlight the total number of years active, but the dates these people were active is also noteworthy.

I shall let the evidence speak for itself.

(Anyone else I should audit? Let me know.)

Zelbinian

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 11:26 PM PDT

2008/08/04 · 23:26

I had what I hope is a brilliant idea. McCain is outright shooting himself in the foot with his move to mock Obama about the tire pressure solution (as Olbermann pointed out, the low-income white voters that McCain is trying so hard to court are probably the ones most aware of this way to save money).

What if we helped Obama prove that it works to ordinary citizens and at the same time showed how well his grassroots movement works?

Zelbinian

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 3:39 PM PDT

2008/08/02 · 15:39

This is a short diary. I just felt the need to share Jon Stewart's Keith-Olbermann-Special-Comment style owning of John McCain and the MSM.

He tears the campaign and a press a new one. Some of my favorite lines:

John McCain's saying to the Hiltons "I thank you kindly for your support. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go take a nationally televised dump on your daughter."

The ad is part of a new line of attack from McCain that Obama's got thousands of fans and everyone loves him. . . . "You must think you're so great meeting with all the world leaders (that I myself met with a couple of months ago)."

Nice try, guys, but reducing presidential candidates to 2-dimensional stereotypes is kind of my gig.

Enjoy!

Zelbinian

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 4:36 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 16:36

What the frak is happening?

It's all over the place: Huffington Post, Politico, The Free Republic, Real Clear Politics . . . people are getting all "uppity" over Obama's statements about McCain trying to make people afraid of him, that "he has a funny name" and that "he doesn't look like those presidents on the dollar bills."

Even worse . . . the Huffington Post story - amongst others - actually seems to be placing part of the blame for all of the negative campaigning on Obama's shoulders. (I'm really peeved at Ariana Huffington for this, particularly after watching this speech.)

Has everyone gone mad?

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