Obama's Teleprompter

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Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 1:12 PM PDT

2009/03/25 · 13:12

Cross-posted at Mike's Blog!

In the last few weeks, Republican partisans have all started to talk about Obama’s teleprompter.

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 4:07 PM PDT

2009/03/23 · 16:07

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I’m really curious to see what happens with today’s new plan to fix the banks. Among people to whom I listen about the economy, opinions are sharply divided; here’s a strong argument in favor from Brad DeLong and a strong argument against from Paul Krugman. I don’t know enough to have a defensible opinion, although my instincts are with Krugman and against the banksters, so I don’t have much confidence in today’s plan.

Obviously for the sake of alleviating economic suffering I hope it works out, but I also think this is an intellectually critical moment, much like the Iraq war debate.

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Friday February 20, 2009 · 5:19 PM PST

2009/02/20 · 17:19

cross-posted to Mike's Blog

Chris Bowers made a point today that is both amusing and completely correct. He cites recent polling showing that legalizing marijuana gets the approval of about 40% of the population, and yet this issue isn't taken remotely seriously by the national media or politicians of either party. On the other hand, plenty of attention and respect is granted to far more unpopular positions, such as decreasing business regulations (28%), Don't Ask/Don't Tell (17%), and, hell, being a Republican (31%). There are two important points here, which Bowers doesn't make explicitly in this post but I want to highlight.

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Saturday January 31, 2009 · 12:46 PM PST

2009/01/31 · 12:46

Cross-posted to my own blog

I’ve been thinking about the comments I received to my Google and Facebook posts, as well as some related posts and articles (the article’s worth reading, btw) by other people from the last few days. I want to make one more point about this privacy stuff, and then move on for a while

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 9:04 AM PST

2009/01/23 · 09:04

I wrote this post on my own blog as a follow-up to a previous post about Facebook, Internet advertising, and privacy. I think there's definitely a political side to these concerns, though, so I wanted to share it with the political blogs too. Your feedback is very welcome!

I have a lot of personal affection for Google. They’re a pretty cool company, they have a nice Northern California vibe, they do a lot of good, I like the April Fool’s jokes, I think they’d be a fun place to work, and just yesterday I noticed myself gushing about how awesome is Google Calculator (answer: very awesome). But, as I mentioned in my Facebook post from a few weeks ago, I also have significant reservations about Google that I would like to put in writing. So, please follow me below the fold for more!

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Wednesday January 14, 2009 · 9:23 AM PST

2009/01/14 · 09:23

I wrote this post on my own blog for a more general audience, but thought I'd share it here as well to get feedback. I'm trying to define "The Village", or "the Washington Establishment", for people unfamiliar with the blogosphere usage of the term, and I would welcome comments on my definition and if these sorts of diaries are a useful idea!

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 9:25 AM PST

2009/01/06 · 09:25

Cross-posted to my own blog!

Sunday’s news about Bill Richardson has me moderately worried. I have no idea if he did anything wrong, but either way I see a pattern of incompetence developing that will be really problematic if it continues.

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Monday December 29, 2008 · 9:09 AM PST

2008/12/29 · 09:09

cross-posted to my own blog!

I spent some time looking through the Your Seat At the Table feature at the Obama transition team’s website. YSAT is a document dump where the transition team releases copies of every letter or policy proposal sent to them by third parties during the transition. There are currently over 4000 documents here, from an open letter from the Mayor of Charleston to recommendations from the Coalition for Space Exploration to a letter from the American Bar Association.

My first impression when I saw this document dump was that it amounted to a nice symbolic gesture towards transparency, but nothing more.

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