Web 2.0 and Our Democracy

Video: This Weeks Address From President-Elect Obama: Economy -- Of the People, By the People

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:36:44 EST

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered an outline of his economic recovery plan and jobs were the top priority.

American workers will rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more sources of alternative energy, creating 2.5 million jobs by 2011,

"These aren't just steps to pull ourselves out of this immediate crisis," he said. "These are the long-term investments in our economic future that have been ignored for far too long."

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Send Your Message For Obama

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:05 EST

The Guardian UK has collected hundreds of striking photo messages to Barack Obama on their Deadline USA blog.

All it took was setting up a Flickr group and invite people share their thoughts in photo form.

More than 800 messages have since poured in.

Here's three of them:

See more and submit yours here.

HT: techPresident

Video: Dennis Kucinich: Pursue Peace

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:40:39 EST

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Video: Bill Clinton On Hillary As Secretary Of State

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:09:23 EST

Former President Clinton in Kuwait yesterday commented on buzz that Hillary Clinton has been offered the nation's top diplomatic job, Secretary of State

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The Obamas On 60 Minutes, Full Video

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:13:14 EST

Since Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States 12 days ago, he has largely remained out of sight, getting high-level government briefings and conferring with his transition team. But he surfaced on Friday afternoon in Chicago, alongside his wife Michelle to give 60 Minutes his first post-election interview.

It covers a wide range of subjects including the economy, the ailing automobile industry, the government's $700 billion bailout program, their visit to the White House, the emotions of election night and the quest for a family dog.

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Video: Gay Advocates Protest Marriage Ban Around Nation

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:20:58 EST

Gay rights supporters marched, chanted and danced in cities coast to coast Saturday to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California.

One of the largest rallies was held in Los Angeles.

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Dennis Kucinich: 'Racketeering On A Scale This Country Has Never Seen Before!'

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:11:58 EST

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60 Minutes: Obamas React To Victory

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:05:57 EST

When did it sink in that her husband would become the nation's 44th president? Michelle Obama and the president-elect speak with Steve Kroft, this Sunday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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Rachel Maddow Makes the Case for Why Lieberman Should Not Keep His Committee Chair

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:09:30 EST

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Will Obama Utlize The Internet As Roosevelt Did Radio?

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:52:18 EST

Obama will take to Internet as Roosevelt took to radio

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama's Internet-savvy campaign team will revolutionize White House communications like late president Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) did with the radio, according to NDN think tank president Simon Rosenberg.
"Senator Obama just ran the first true campaign of the 21st Century using these internet tools to help organize his supporters and fight on a new battlefied of modern politics, said the veteran of former president Bill Clinton's 1992 election campaing.
"He reivented the model of advocay," he added of the Indiana Senator who on Tuesday won became the first US black president elect.
Obama's campaign team used the Web to organize volunteers and in fundraising, dealing a decisive victory over his Republican rival John McCain, who resorted to more traditional methods of communications.
Rosenberg said the incoming US administration had significantly revamped political communications in the country and lowered the barrier to entry into politics for everyday people.
"It allows a much more meaningful participation by our citizens in their politics and democracy. We saw an enormous surge of civic participation in America this year, in terms of people giving money and voting.
"All future campaigns in America will be run on this people-based internet model Obama ran," he said.
He said the use of modern 21st-century tools will bring "an enormous reinvention" of the US presidency, as the radio did in the first half of the last century.
"FDR was using the radio in a very powerful way to establish his power in his country. In the US, now, every Saturday morning the president does a radio address.
"My assumption is that it will now be a Youtube address that will be translated in the principal languages of the world: Spanish, French, Arabic, Farsi and others.
"This way (the president) will be adressing not only his own citizens but the citizens of the world.
Rosenberg said the new technology will not only change the relationship betwen the US president and his own people, "it is going to change the American relationship to all the world ...

President Obama: Our Nation's First Tech President

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:57:12 EST

The overall composition of Obama's transition team indicates he is serious about implementing new uses of technology in the executive branch and directing more cohesive policy making.

Obama's search for a CTO

By naming some technology executives to his transition team--especially former IAC executive Julius Genachowski--President-elect Barack Obama is signaling that he's likely to follow through with his proposal to appoint a chief technology officer to the White House.
The person in this new position--and possibly a new White House technology office staff--could be given the directive to create new levels of transparency and access to government agencies, or to guide policies that spur innovation and growth. Technology experts within the Beltway warn, however, that a CTO would have to avoid potential pitfalls such as creating new spending for ineffectual projects, running into conflict with other agencies, or simply becoming nothing more than a symbolic office.
Still, creating the position would generally be seen as a positive step.
"The fact that this is difficult is, in some ways, an example of why we might need a CTO," said Alan Davidson, head of Google's Washington office. "There is no one place for unified technology leadership in our executive branch right now."

Barack Obama's 12 point blueprint for technology:

Broadband access for all of America.
Raise broadband speeds and standards
Connect schools, hospitals and libraries.
Encourage technology literacy.
Educate the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Electronic medical records that will reduce error, improve healthcare and lower costs.
Participation in government reforms:
Ask questions in real time;
Offer suggestions that are reviewed before decisions are made; and
Comment on legislation before it is signed.
Double basic research funding.
Make research and development tax credit permanent.
Enforce anti-trust laws.
Online accesss to government data.
Enable tracking of federal contracts, earmarks and lobbying contracts.

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Kucinich: "It's not a government of the banks, for the banks, by the banks"

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:01:01 EDT

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Video: Colin Powell Puts Country First

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:17:40 EDT

Colin Powell endorses Obama and exposes the mis- direction of the Republican Party.

Redemption is a good thing.

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Video: Joe Biden on Negative Attacks

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:02:08 EDT

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New Obama Ad: "The Subject"

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:48:05 EDT

New Barack Obama spot asserts that John McCain is running out of time to rebound and that he's smearing his Dem rival instead of providing solutions for the nation's economic woes. Will air on national cable.

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Obama Campaign Launches Pre-emptive Ad Strike Against Coming Character Assault

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:29:32 EDT

The Obama campaign just released a very tough ad hitting John McCain in advance for the barrage of adver-sleazements and attacks on Obama's character that the McCain team is readying:

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Video: Gimme That Wink

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:38:03 EDT

Flirting with the VP spot, Sarah Palin winks at America . . .

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Video: WeCatchLighting: Here Comes the Sun (Richie Havens)

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:06:55 EDT

Sent in by a PO reader

If you're over 55 or have a keen interest in the 60's you'll get this video . . . and if you're not . . .

you'll still probably "get it".

From WeCatchLighting at YouTube

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Debate Highlights -- in song and dance

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:08:33 EDT

Obama scores a decisive victory in one 2 minute answer. He uses body language and tonal inflection to drive points home.
All with the help of a haloed lookalike.

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Make sure to watch in high quality if possible.

Because it's higher. .

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Brave New Films: Attacked By Rush, Drudge, And O'Reilly And Censored In The Same Day

Dave Harding, ProgressOhio — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:33:46 EDT

We knew we hit a nerve when Rush, Drudge, and O'Reilly unleashed on us the same day. Then, MSNBC censored the McCain health records ad, a Brave New PAC initiative, due to Bill O'Reilly/Fox's pressure.

And why? Because of the work we have all done together to stress the importance of John McCain releasing his health care records. Led by over 2500 doctors from around the country, Republicans, Independents and Democrats, asking important questions about the records, about his health, and stating loud and clear the records should be released.

We need your help to continue to get the message out. We must keep the focus on these records and getting them released. We must take an ad out in the NY Times. We must hold press events with doctors in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, and Ohio. We must interview more doctors, create video clips and send them around. Can you contribute to making all this possible?

This campaign is the result of all your great work in spreading the videos, telling friends, bloggers, radio, TV, unions and churches about the issues -- McCain has a YouTube Problem just passed 5.5 million views.

Thank you for your support. More to come!

Yours,
Robert Greenwald
Brave New Films

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