Posted on 02/27/2018 7:40:00 AM PST by BenLurkin
1) Obama thinks Google, Facebook, etc., are "a public good as well as a commercial enterprise," and should consider whether they are corroding our democracy.
Obama described social media platforms as a "hugely powerful potential force for good," but then immediately hedged.
"... I do think the large platforms—Google and Facebook being the most obvious, Twitter and others as well, are part of that ecosystem—have to have a conversation about their business model that recognizes they are a public good as well as a commercial enterprise...."
"Essentially we now have entirely different realities that are being created with not just different opinions, but now different facts," he said. "And this isn't just by the way Russian inspired bots and fake news. This is Fox News vs. The New York Times editorial page....."
Obama noted that in other countries—like China—the government simply decides which viewpoints can be aired in public....government has a role to play in ensuring there are "basic rules of the road in place that create level playing fields."
2) It's okay to argue about how we should address climate change. It's not okay to deny the underlying science.
...
4) Diversity isn't about "charity or political correctness, it's just common sense."
"We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us," he said.
5) Obama thinks the stereotype about lazy government employees is wrong.
The idea that people in the private sector work harder than the feds is a misperception, said Obama.
"At least at the top levels of the federal government, ... Our folks were putting in 80-hour work weeks and barely getting vacations and under unimaginable pressure."
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
I can’t think of a single issue I’ve ever agreed with him on, ever.
#1 = Operation Mockingbird has been shot out of the sky.
It’s like a boil on your butt that just won’t go away.
The fraudulent SOB should to be in GITMO as an enemy combatant.
Lies, damned lies and statistics.................
Everyone there thanked Obama for the kickbacks
which made up for what they lost in ObamaCARE
which they and Romney IMPOSED ON AMERICA
(except for Congress and its staff, of course).
As usual his speech was an amalgam of preening ego and totalitarian foreshadowing.
“We didn’t have a scandal that embarrassed us,” he said
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Because you had the Ministry of Propaganda covering for you.
“Birtherism” is the greatest Alinsky ever perpetrated. Those who use the term assist in the denigration of the Constitution
They have gotten the American people to reject one of the most valuable safeguards bequeathed to us by the founders.
The natural born citizen clause served us well until we ignored it.
Barry Soetoro/Barack Hussein Obama should be proof enough of the wisdom of the founders when they tried to prevent him from being President by requiring someone who could only be a US citizen and nothing else.
Born here of citizen parents.
Naturally a US citizen because there is no other possibility.
One cannot be anything else and also be a natural born citizen.
It does not matter if he was born in Hawaii if his father was a foreign national.
Children of foreign nationals inherit the nationality of their foreign national parent(s).
Natural born citizen means born here of citizen parents.
No other possible citizenship(s).
Only when one cannot be anything else can one be a natural born citizen.
No foreign birth.
No foreign parent(s)
No foreign citizenship(s)
No foreign influence on the Presidency is what John Jay stated in a letter to George Washington as the reason for insisting on a natural born citizen.
Obama told us he was born a British subject.
Who believes Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Jay, Monroe, Madison, etc. would have found him to be a natural born citizen?
And he personally has no conscience, no honor, or decency
This is the speech where no one who attended was allowed to reveal what Obama said:
In my comment to that article, I told you that what he said would undoubtedly become public knowledge in short order. What a surprise!
How much did they pay Obama to hear his Propaganda ?
HE wishes he had that kind of power. That's what the Dems will install if they ever get the power to do so............................
Him using the phrase, “The Public Good” is justification for any actions a socialistic govt does, including taking away your God given liberties.
The pof has not gone away...nor will he!
See Judi Mcleod’s latest article, yesterday!
************
GunnyG@PlanetWTF!
TRUMP.45 IF WE Can Keep Him?
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Summarized:
Hussein pronounced that google, facebook and twitter should censor speech which is not politically correct. And if they won’t, government should require them to do so.
You just love the commies, don't cha bammy...
"We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us," he said.
Yeah, it's difficult to be embarrassed when you have no shame and phony morals.
The idea that people in the private sector work harder than the feds is a misperception, said Obama.
It's a misperception to think of a fact as an idea...
.
By “level playing fields” he means silencing dissenting opinions.
Throughout history the “leaders” always dismissed paradigms that differed from ruling class dictums as “fake news”, “fake facts” and “conspiracy theories”.
The dirty little secret of the “progressives” is that they are attacking the first amendment with as much fervor as they are attacking the second.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.