President Obama's Facebook Town Hall beginning shortly

[blogslut]

http://apps.facebook.com/facebooklive/

[Casandia]

1. Watching right now..thanks!

[Bluzmann57]

2. I'm on the site now

Thanks for the reminder. In fact, it appears that he's about to come on.

[blogslut]

3. Here we go

Introduction right now.

[blogslut]

4. Guests!

Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsom...others in state and local government

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5. Zuckerberg is moderating the town hall

He's speaking now.

[blogslut]

6. Here comes the man of the hour

Big woops from the crowd

[blogslut]

7. "My name is Barack Obama and I'm the guy...

that got Mark to wear a jacket and tie."

[wickerwoman]

9. Still wearing jeans though

:D

[blogslut]

8. off come the jackets

sexy

[blogslut]

10. Obama talks up Facebook

expected

[blogslut]

11. Obama

I'm one of the olds

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12. Obama

Summarizing our troubles, economy, sustainability...

"At every juncture in our history...we've always been able to adapt, change and get ahead of the curve."

The feed is being weird.

[blogslut]

13. Question time

From Zuckerberg - taxes/economy/cuts

"What do you think we should cut?"

Obama: "Clinton admin/we had a surplus/took a lot of work/with Bush - massive tax cut/two wars/prescription drug plan/I inherited this/"

basically a recap of how we got here

[blogslut]

14. You know

I'm probably not going to do a comprehensive play-by-play. At least, not all by myself.

If any of you want to comment, please do.

I'm going to watch. I'll add comments when I feel the need.

[one_voice]

15. I'm a dork...

I submitted a question. Prolly won't get asked..it was about gas prices/food costs.

[blogslut]

16. Obama mentions ARPA-E

http://arpa-e.energy.gov/

[wickerwoman]

17. ARPE sounds interesting- like DARPA for alternative energy.

[wickerwoman]

18. Crap- can only ask one question.

I wanted to ask if Fukushima has led him to rethink his policy on nuclear energy.

[blogslut]

21. I asked one earlier today

Naturally, 75% of the questions were about legalizing pot.

Is the feed breaking up for anyone else? Maybe my cat isn't the culprit?

[wickerwoman]

24. Yeah, mine has broken up a few times too.

Don't seem to be missing anything though.

[calimary]

19. Thank you for the reminder blogslut! I'm tuned in!

Sure beats watching Tweety and everybody else on MSNBC obsess about frickin' donald "we shall overcomb" trump! :puke:

[blogslut]

20. Ha!

My cat hit the keyboard and closed the window. She hates me.

[Tx4obama]

22. And here's a MSNBC and a WhiteHouse LIve Stream link of the town hall

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live

MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42682356#42682356

[blogslut]

23. cool

I may switch to that or to the whitehouse link. I think the facebook feed may be messed up.

[blogslut]

25. heehee

Obama: "The GOP 2012 budget is certainly radical but I wouldn't call it courageous."

[wickerwoman]

26. +1 Great moment

Nothing easier than reform on the backs of the poor and those who can't fight back.

[Tx4obama]

27. Pres Obama is now talking about 'some' stuff not yet done but he will continue to work on ....

1) Debt/Deficit
2) Immigration
3) Energy
4) Eliminating oil company subsidies/special tax breaks
5) Improving education: math and science
6) Improving infrastructure

[blogslut]

28. All done

The thing was a bit superficial but I liked it. I'm proud that he's our president. :)

[calimary]

29. Loved watching him work the crowd - everybody taking photos, reaching out to shake his hand.

Serious-looking Secret Service agents hovering close by. Lots of smiles in the crowd, all around.

I, too, am proud he's our president. He beats the frickin' crap outta ANYTHING and ANYONE the bad guys have got.