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101 East - East Timor oil - Nov 13 - Part 2

2008-11-18T20:56:11Z

Six years after independence, East Timor is mired in poverty. But it also sits on a future oil and gas boom. But will it be a blessing or a curse?

Fauziah Ibrahim interviews Xanana Gusmao, the East Timor prime minister.

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101 East - East Timor oil - Nov 13 - Part 1

2008-11-18T20:56:10Z

Six years after independence, East Timor is mired in poverty. But it also sits on a future oil and gas boom. But will it be a blessing or a curse?

Fauziah Ibrahim interviews Xanana Gusmao, the East Timor prime minister.

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What Would a McCain Administration Look Like? - Jon Kyl

2008-11-25T12:55:14Z

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U.S. Senator John Kyl (R-AZ) gives his take on how John McCain would govern if elected President.

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Senators Jon Kyl and Amy Klobuchar join a panel moderated by Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and Thomas Mann from Brookings to flesh out a picture of how the next four years would look different under either a John McCain or a Barack Obama presidency.

Jon Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1994 and re-elected in 2000 and 2006, after having served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. As the Republican Whip, he is the second-ranking member of the Senate Republican Leadership and responsible for building support on key issues.He serves on the Senate's Finance Committee, where he is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and on the Judiciary Committee, where he is the ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security.

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Reframe McCain: Bring Transparency to Politics

2008-10-30T07:15:22Z

Check out Reframe It, new technology that allows you to post comments in the margins of web pages and read what others have written there. This video, for instance, used Reframe It to challenge a number of false assertions made by John McCain during the presidential debate. This could be a powerful tool for bringing transparency to politics and fostering a dialogue about critical issues.

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Steve Rochlin: Web 2.0 and Sustainability

2008-12-01T06:51:54Z

The new transparency and wealth of information that Web 2.0 provides is forcing companies to be more accountable about such things as their carbon footprint, says Steve Rochlin.

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John McCain: Roundtable 09/30/08

2008-11-01T03:32:49Z

John McCain
Roundtable
Des Moines, IA 09/30/08

TRANSCRIPT:
TOM GODLASKY: One of the items out there that has been raising questions is, the market to market of the balance sheets. Conceptually, its not a bad idea, but to market-to-market you need two sides of a market. If you dont have one where the liquidity is driving up, you get then, these depressed prices which could have a domino effect. Any thought of what that might mean from your perspective?

JOHN MCCAIN: Theres many people who believe that market-to-market has made the difficulties even more daunting, in trying to make a recovery, and yet, we want to avoid some of the errors of the past, which gave people the false sense that one of these corporations or businesses had more assets and more liquidity then they did before, then they actually did. One of the ideas is a three year average. Have you heard that proposal? And I wonder what your view of that is, because we dont want to tell the American people that the true facts, that the value of any asset is being either undervalued, overvalued. Overvalued is the reason why we adopted it in the first place, as you know.

GODLASKY: Senator, I think it has merit, because even in times of duress like now, where its undervaluing, if there were inflated prices it would overvalue. So to get some sort of rolling three year average, or what have you, I think it has some merit. I think it could be investigated, and I think what were all trying to avoid is those unintended consequences of either or. Either an inflated balance sheet, or conversely, one that is depressed, which could exasperate a problem that we already have.

MCCAIN: And also, I would add, there has to be much greater transparency associated with any measure of this nature, because people are going to be understandably skeptical about it. But I certainly hear a lot about it, were discussing it, I think that it ought to be one that is considered in this.

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John McCain: Town Hall 09/22/08

2008-10-31T21:31:25Z

John McCain
Straight Talk Town Hall
Scranton, PA 09/22/08

TRANSCRIPTION
MCCAIN: "Let's have transparency. The American people have the right to know which firms will be helped, what selection will be based on, and how much that help will cost. The details of the process and the transaction itself should be made available online for public scrutiny. And as Congress examines this package, I would encourage all members to set aside the pressures of Washington and Wall Street. As we determine what to do, we need to put our country first and focus what's best for Main Street. It's the excess and greed of Washington and Wall Street that got us in this situation to start with. We must help keep people in their homes, we must protect American's savings, and we must keep students with loans in school. What we need in any reform is accountability for Wall Street, and accountability for government, and a commitment to protecting people's homes and life savings, and restoring our financial markets. Times are tough, times are tough for our economy, and I expect more tough economic news before the election. My commitment to the American people is to fix the Wall Street mess, reform Washington, and most importantly enact a pro-growth agenda to create jobs for Americans and get this country back on track. That's what I promise you."

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Constitutional Populist dot Com

2008-08-01T11:09:39Z

The political spectrum involves more than just left and right, republican or democrat. Get involved and contribute your ideas at www.constitutionalpopulist.com

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What Is OpenCongress? - David Moore

2008-10-29T03:30:13Z

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David Moore philosophizes on the ideals of OpenCongress.org, an open-source site which synthesizes official Congressional data with news coverage, blog posts, user comments, and "social wisdom of all sorts."

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Collaborating for (a) Change: The Wikipedia Model featuring panelists from Freecycle, OneWorld, OpenCongress. This event was moderated by Sharon Burns of the MacArthur Foundation.

This year's NetSquared Conference, a Mashup Challenge, brings together a unique mix of people from the public and private sectors to develop and release Mashups designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues affecting communities around the globe.

David Moore is the Executive Director of the Participatory Politics Foundation.

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Ron Paul Politely Pushes Message at Republican Convention

2008-10-28T21:31:12Z

Republican Presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul tries to speak at the Minnesota State Republican Convention - and is denied. His supporters react and discuss their strategy for winning delegates to the National Republican Convention.

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Big-Citizen.com Intro - Find Presidential Flip-Floppers!

2008-12-01T06:21:04Z

Big Citizen™ is a revolutionary system created to allow every American to have a voice in our political process. Fiercely non-partisan, Big Citizen is the only web application where users have easy access to a factual view of the political past and present, allowing them to cut through the spin posited by elected officials, their campaigns and the special interest groups funding them. By building a new interface on democracy, Big Citizen has created a platform that makes the issues accessible, meaningful and relevant to every American in an easy and engaging way. Big Citizen's mission is to evoke change in the democratic process by empowering the individual and shifting the balance of power in American politics away from special interest groups and back into the hands of the people. It is the first ever web application that allows users to get the facts and stay current with breaking news from the media, government and public sources, using video, articles, widgets and much more. Big Citizen places the highest premium on producing an accurate, incorruptible and unbiased tool for the American people to obtain information and to effect real change in the political process. In the upcoming months, Big Citizen will continue to deploy a series of unprecedented technological innovations to connect citizens with their democracy and bring the process into the 21st century.

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John Edwards--Accessible and Transparent

2008-10-17T09:31:21Z

Report on how Edwards is very accessible and transparent with the press

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Weinberger, Mossberg and Keen - Ethics and the Internet

2008-10-19T09:30:00Z

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Technology writers David Weinberger, Walt Mossberg and Andrew Keen discuss ethics and the internet.

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Reflections and Debate with David Weinberger, Andrew Keen and Walter Mossberg.

In this keynote presentation, Dr. David Weinberger offers a profound contribution to understanding the impact of the digital revolution, as well as a probing exploration of how we create meaning in the world.

As author of "Everything is Miscellaneous," Weinberger shows audiences that we have only begun to understand how the Web is transforming business and the world around it.

In "The Cult of the Amateur," Keen aims to show how today's Internet is killing our culture and assaulting our economy. - PICNIC'07

David Weinberger currently writes for weblogs, articles for Wired, Salon, USAToday, Esther Dyson's Release 1.0, and many more. His book "Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder" was published by Times Books in May 2007. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was Senior Internet Advisor to the Howard Dean campaign, consulting on Internet policy. In 2004 he was made a Fellow at Harvard's prestigious Berkman Institute for Internet & Society.

Andrew Keen is a Silicon Valley author, broadcaster and entrepreneur. He is the author of "The Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet is Killing our Culture." Andrew is a prominent media personality who has appeared on the Colbert Report, McNeil-Lehrer Newsnight show, The Today Show, Fox News, CNN International, NPR’s Weekend Edition, BBC Newsnight and many other television and radio shows in America and overseas.

Walt Mossberg writes two columns, and edits a third, for the Wall Street Journal. He also publishes periodic interviews for the Journal, and occasional blog posts on this site. With Kara Swisher, he co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference.

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Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr on CNN's American Morning

2008-11-25T12:23:56Z

November 29, 2007

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10 Questions: How will the next President use the Internet?

2008-10-22T09:31:08Z

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Sunlight Foundation - One Web Day 2007

2008-10-24T09:30:59Z

In honor of OneWebDay the Sunlight Foundation created this video to spread the word about how the internet has helped create a more accountable government.

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GOOD Magazine: Taxes

2008-10-20T09:29:38Z

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John Edwards - A Straightforward Question

2008-10-26T03:30:17Z

John Edwards challenges the Democratic Party to reject money from Washington lobbyists at the YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Ill. on August 4, 2007.

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John Edwards - YearlyKos

2008-10-26T03:30:43Z

John Edwards answers a question about restoring faith in government at the YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Ill. on August 4, 2007.

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John Edwards - Reconnecting with Americans

2008-10-20T15:30:56Z

John Edwards speaks about reconnecting Washington, D.C. with the American people at a house party in Exeter, N.H. on June 9, 2007.

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