“The decision to surge our forces in afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you. The decision did help us blunt the taliban's momentum, and is allowing us to transition to afghan lead - so we will have recovered that surge at the end of this month, and will end the war at the end of 2014. But knowing of the heroes that have fallen is something you never forget.”
“Internet freedom is something I know you all care passionately about; I do too. We will fight hard to make sure that the internet remains the open forum for everybody - from those who are expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although there will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won't stray from that principle - and it will be reflected in the platform.”
Unanswered Q:
"Mr. President, do you feel that there is a problem with the "revolving door" of congressmen and prominent lobbyists? For an example, I'd point to former Senator Dodd, now the chief lobbyist for the MPAA. Is there anything to be done about it?"
Commenter reply:
"I'm pretty sure I know why obama didn't answer this question.
I used to work for Creative Artists Agency and earlier this year on the same day that the FBI was getting DDOS'ed by Anonymous for the MegaUpload takedown, Vice President Biden was scheduled to come into our office.
The whole office was locked down with secret service. CAA is the most powerful company in entertainment and it was way too convenient for Biden to be meeting with the partners at the same time as SOPA.
Obama didn't answer this question because you don't even have to look as far as Senator Dodd. Entertainment is on such great terms with the administration that the partners at the Agency didn't even need to fly to washington, the VP came to them."
“The decision to surge our forces in afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you. The decision did help us blunt the taliban's momentum, and is allowing us to transition to afghan lead - so we will have recovered that surge at the end of this month, and will end the war at the end of 2014. But knowing of the heroes that have fallen is something you never forget.”
“Internet freedom is something I know you all care passionately about; I do too. We will fight hard to make sure that the internet remains the open forum for everybody - from those who are expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although there will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won't stray from that principle - and it will be reflected in the platform.”
Unanswered Q: "Mr. President, do you feel that there is a problem with the "revolving door" of congressmen and prominent lobbyists? For an example, I'd point to former Senator Dodd, now the chief lobbyist for the MPAA. Is there anything to be done about it?"
Commenter reply: "I'm pretty sure I know why obama didn't answer this question.
I used to work for Creative Artists Agency and earlier this year on the same day that the FBI was getting DDOS'ed by Anonymous for the MegaUpload takedown, Vice President Biden was scheduled to come into our office.
The whole office was locked down with secret service. CAA is the most powerful company in entertainment and it was way too convenient for Biden to be meeting with the partners at the same time as SOPA.
Obama didn't answer this question because you don't even have to look as far as Senator Dodd. Entertainment is on such great terms with the administration that the partners at the Agency didn't even need to fly to washington, the VP came to them."
I really enjoyed this comment haha:
Stop asking questions.
This AMA ended.... A Month Ago.