So, Baratunde Thurston collects a bunch of questions from people and extracts some good information over the course of an hour from White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett at Netroots Nation last Saturday, and Sam Stein posts a page about cynicism? Sam Stein's apparently a lot better at generating 2500 comments than being a reporter and letting us know if anybody learned anything.
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No more commentary. You get a link to the interview and a quiz.
*Why are they trying to scare Valerie's parents?
*Is there a black table in the White House cafeteria?
*What Works? (Cleveland Clinic)
*Why has Obama continued some of W's policies?
*Has anybody ever gotten a medical bill that we didn't understand?
*Does the President read progressive blogs, and Mac or PC?
*Should Obama be pressured from the left like FDR was?
*What do you mean by pressure, an engaged American people who want to participate in their government?
*Incentives for outcomes?
*What's the next initiative that's so far nothing more than a white paper that will set up new financial regulatory framework? Do we need that?
*What would Napolitano do?
*Why did she say that affordability was the fundamental underpinning of Thurston's question about how to get information to people who don't know what access to services they may have?
*It's an uphill battle and it won't happen unless ________
*What's the next best opportunity to get a comment or question to the President that will go into a smaller pile than the general mailbox or inbox, increasing your chances of being heard? here.
"We are open to suggestions and if that's what you mean by pressure then bring the pressure on." Valerie Jarrett
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It sounds very interesting
It sounds very interesting heheheh.
Too much intrigue... too much mistery. I can´t answer any of those questions but i will wait what the others say...
all of the answers to the
all of the answers to the quiz are found in the interview : )