tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45503882711289825592024-02-20T12:36:35.075-08:00Open For QuestionsThe best and brightest questions our citizens can manage, pulled from www.whitehouse.gov/openforquestions/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-38131710100391558162010-01-29T05:04:00.000-08:002010-01-29T05:05:44.368-08:00Bo Knows"Mr President, Do you agree or disagree, that you will have success (including bipartisan support) only by governing from the "center right"? Please explain, why or why not? How comfortable are you governing from the "center right" going forward?"<br /><br />Bo, San Jose <br /><br />Hey, I'm a Democrat, aren't I?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-60938607303623505692010-01-28T11:25:00.000-08:002010-01-29T05:03:11.052-08:00Boy cries 'wolf,' has a few laughs--I forget how it ended."On 9/12/60 JFK gave a speech. 'I Believe in an America that is neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on policy from the Pope... or any other ecclesiastical source.' What happened?"<br /><br />Orwells Ghost, IN <br /><br />He won the election, landed Marilyn Monroe on the moon and had sex with Neil Armstrong.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-84005131910091036412010-01-28T11:22:00.001-08:002010-01-29T05:02:14.916-08:00Six Crises"Have you ever read the book "Capital" by Karl Marx, and do you think it has any relevance in understanding the current political crisis?"<br /><br />Caleb T. Maupin, Cleveland, OH <br /><br />If you understand the current political crisis, Caleb, you might have an inkling as to why the president will never answer your question.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-41701808290011056782010-01-28T11:19:00.000-08:002010-01-29T05:01:30.287-08:00Dream Team: or, Arch Rivals"With our country so divided, would you ever consider assembling a true Team of Rivals, such as President Lincoln did? True rivals, in key positions."<br /><br />brodiepollard, park city, utah <br /><br />I read that Doris Kearns Goodwin book too, but come on. Do you think I want to get shot?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-7691316695685761772010-01-28T11:16:00.000-08:002010-01-29T04:59:35.368-08:00I Can't Tell You Why"Why is it that I feel my tax dollars are wasted? The $60 BILLION dollar Medicare fraud featured on 60-minutes and is case in point."<br /><br />FocusRon, Las Vegas, NV <br /><br /><em>60 Minutes</em>? It's because you are old.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-27837424681169913462010-01-28T11:09:00.000-08:002010-01-29T04:59:05.570-08:00Pledging My Love"Why is it that the man has to pay the woman in well over 98% of divorce cases? And when a mother won't let the father see his kids, why does the man still have to pay child support for the kids he doesn't get to see? Don't you think this is unfair?"<br /><br />Johnny Ace, Cerritos, California<br /><br />Sorry you and Mrs. Ace couldn't work things out. Oh, and by the way: I thought you were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ace">dead</a>.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-42492343341762753722010-01-28T09:56:00.000-08:002010-01-29T04:58:22.484-08:00Sen. Pervert (D-NY)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/citizentube">Ask-the-President is back</a>.<br /><br />"Mr. President, removing political party tags on television would allow the viewer to listen to the persons opinion rather then judge it strictly based on their political party. Do you think this could be a small step in bringing the counrty together?"<br /><br />Mike M, Arkansas<br /><br />I'd be happy if they could just get the tags right.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-15317589958716026632009-04-02T21:29:00.000-07:002009-04-02T21:31:14.021-07:00Wherever you go, there you are"If the auto industry carried their own loans, they would not have financial problems."<br />Brett, PhoenixAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-2900888221249755562009-04-02T21:25:00.000-07:002009-04-02T21:26:41.058-07:00Oh, I see what you did there"What are you gonna do a couple of months down the road when they ask for more money?"<br />obama bin laden, america's greatest threatAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-49942086476520121362009-04-02T21:22:00.000-07:002009-04-02T21:23:28.106-07:00Also, why all the pot questions?"Who selected the topics for the questions? What about taxation, national security, corruption in Congress, campaign reform, etc...? Why isn't there even an "Other" topic?"<br />Robert, TexasAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-81420586645439562342009-04-02T18:24:00.000-07:002009-04-02T18:33:20.860-07:00Everybody Say HOA"One of the fast growing sectors in its ability to create jobs is solar panels. What is not known is that most Home Owner Associations prohibit solar panels. Why is there a federal law allowing "tv dishes" in HOAs, but not one for solar panels?"<br />Beachtrader, McKinney, TX<br /><br />Maybe the solar panel companies should create some jobs in the lobbying and bribery industries.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-64370207354754602842009-04-02T17:53:00.000-07:002009-04-02T18:01:06.377-07:00Jam Heavy"The Current economy is like a sick patient who needs to be nursed back to health before doing a rigorious 5k daily run. How can you jam heavy spending on health care, energy, & education into the budget before nursing the economy back to health 1st?"<br />sean sanchez, fresno, ca<br /><br />Great metaphor. Do you know about <a href="http://www.c25k.com/">Couch-to-5k</a>?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10748128278116808047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-66821741327152347682009-04-02T14:47:00.000-07:002009-04-02T14:48:49.182-07:00You've got the POWER!"We don't want a hand out just a hand up Get it !!! You have the Power WE GAVE IT TO YOU!! Please Stop wasting our Money, Give us back our MONEY."<br />MikeAnthony, MaineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-34227296394548117762009-04-01T11:45:00.001-07:002009-04-01T11:45:35.036-07:00If government was game show"Why is the government spending MY hard-earned money to bail out US automakers? Bailing out the US Auto Industry assumes that Americans will buy their products. After they've taken my money to ... shouldn't they GIVE me a FREE car?"<br />smurfy, arlington, vaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-89973664581652202972009-04-01T10:49:00.000-07:002009-04-01T10:50:36.625-07:00Trolled for LULZ"Hello, I am a smallpox patient and I suffer. I would like to know if you will help bail out my car industry I made with my friends. We drive go-karts and if you lend us 1.3 Billion dollars, we will bloom into a great industry with cool karts. Thanks."<br />polio kid, santa clause ,indianaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-61851481539965978372009-03-31T22:27:00.000-07:002009-03-31T22:30:21.766-07:00I ride my bike to work""President Obama, would you consider a national competition for creating or designing a vehicle that can run on 100% renewable energy by the end of 2010?"<br />tonykarr, Dana PointAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-1131939882318894142009-03-30T12:15:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:16:30.461-07:00He said Hummers"If a high school drop out can modify a Hummer to run on vegtable oil and get 60mpg, how come the tax system sets up barriers against this technology?"<br />Fred L, Arlington MA <br /><br />To keep kids in school, duh.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-59470790475197611222009-03-30T12:04:00.001-07:002009-03-30T12:14:24.184-07:00I'll take that job for $80 an hour"Executive excess and it's contribution to the financial crisis gets alot of ink these days, but what about the excess of the regular employee? For a forklift operator to get $82/hr plus benefits, a pension, and a 401k seems slightly excessive to me."<br />tdoyle, Burlington, VT <br /><br />If that seems excessive, how about looking at real wages and benefits instead of made-up ones?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-29709948966950273652009-03-30T11:59:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:03:27.388-07:00Friends like Paco Picopiedra"Mr President,if you gave us (new york) money from the incentive plan,then why is it,that the MTA is raising the bus fare? i mean this is an outraged. Now,if we (taxpayer) gave money to the automakers how come they still have the car prices so high?"<br />PicaPiedra, Brooklyn, NYAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-48207234894344057912009-03-30T11:48:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:57:57.611-07:00Cruel to be kind"My brother is gay and was recently laid off from his job in Detroit. What is the government going to do about helping the gay community during the recession?"<br />smukatelli, o <br /><br />Trying desperately to keep them from blowing their savings on lavish weddings.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-6981593133117985702009-03-30T11:34:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:43:45.076-07:00Let me see your papers"Why won't you release your actual birth certificate, instead of spending millions of dollars to keep it hidden?"<br />Dantes, Montana <br /><br />Obama's birth-certificate hiding industry is too big to fail.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-57942563387087096332009-03-30T11:29:00.002-07:002009-03-30T11:33:20.307-07:00Concerning Kellog's"Will ethanol production really help our extreme dependency on oil? Will my favorite cereal's price become inflated as well?"<br />Kreston Thomas, Fayetteville, NC <br /><br />Corn Pops? Yes. Post's Quinoa, Groats and Bark? Hard to say.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-91662235083800829902009-03-30T11:29:00.001-07:002009-03-30T11:29:34.842-07:00Apollo for all!"Back on July 31, 1971, we sent to the Moon a clean, cost effective form of transportation using tech paid with tax payer's money supporting the efforts of NASA. It is time to give this technology back to the people. YWC"<br />Hernan Sepulveda, MiamiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-48587565102493775772009-03-30T11:26:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:28:27.854-07:00Will America 2.0 have rounded corners?"Cars are not being purchased today because they still use gas and oil. Oil is the greatest toxic asset on the planet. Can you start to approve the stimulus money to inventors, like me, who have a new innovative Electric car to put on the roadways?"<br />America 2.0, Santa Cruz, CA <br /><br />Hmm… Declining real incomes, a credit freeze that has left folks with fewer financing options, uncertainty regarding the future, a decline in fleet purchases…<br /><br />No, the real reason is that cars use gas and oil.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550388271128982559.post-9854386257433750332009-03-30T10:28:00.000-07:002009-03-30T10:30:17.078-07:00Small bills, please"Mr. President I would like my share of the bail out money to use as I see fit. To buy a car, house or pay off debt. I pledge to use it responsible. If i buy a car it will put people to work. building a house that will take alot of people too"<br />Terry, Midland Mi. <br /><br />As would hiring a squad of cheerleaders to dig a pleasure bunker. Aim higher, Terry!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14672045132176804044noreply@blogger.com0