March 19th 2009
Ask The President
I would like for you to present your clear concise plan for our Foreign Policy. There is a resurgent Russia pursuing Nuclear Arms. Iran is still in a two year deal with Russia for ballistic missile tech. The Middle-East remains in turmoil, Afghanistan is a wreck, Pakistan threatens destabilization. At the same time China tests our resolve. What’s the plan Mr. President?
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hat’s one of the better questions up at Ask The President, a new Web site that lets you ask and vote thumb up or thumbs down on others’ questions. Most are stacked one way or another, as the one above is, obviously reflecting a pro-strong defense viewpoint. More are like this one:
Polls consistently show the majority of Americans strongly support a single-payer healthcare system. In a recent survey conducted by New York Times/CBS (1/11-15/09), respondents indicated they preferred a single-payer model 2 to 1 over a privatized system. Why then, is a single-payer model not being seriously considered and discussed as part of the major healthcare reform proposals under your administration?
The site is just barely up; very few votes have been cast. Astonishingly (perhaps not) the vote on the first question, on defense, was 0-4 when I logged on (It’s 1-4 now). No one thought Obama should have a clear policy towards states that pose a threat. The vote on the healthcare question: 1/1, with my vote.
Log on, have some fun, do some mischief. Flag that healthcare question as obscene, and answer the question I just posted:
Mr. President, will you immediately stop rushing bills through Congress, blaming a trumped-up need to act quickly, and allow the substantial changes you are proposing to have a fair and public hearing?
UPDATE: At noon today, the vote on my question was 13 for an open process as the president promised us during the campaign … and 38 who think rushing through 1,000-page, gazillion-dollar bills before anyone has read them just the perfect thing for our country and democracy.
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