Wes a featured expert on CitizenTube's State of the Union commentary
Submitted by CarolNYC on January 25, 2010 - 4:55pm.
Current Events | National Security | Wesley Clark
This is cool...
Four Experts Address Your State of The Union
With just three days remaining until President Obama's first official State of the Union address on Wednesday, we continue to see great ideas coming in from people about how we can address the most important issues facing the nation in 2010. If you haven't already, check out CitizenTube to vote on the submissions and make your own State of the Union commentary. In addition to highlighting the top-voted submissions from the community, we've worked with Newsweek to bring in four experts to respond to your ideas leading up to the big speech.
General Wesley Clark, the retired Army general and former presidential candidate, will take on your top ideas on national security. Nouriel Roubini, a professor in economics at NYU who has been called a "sage" by Forbes for predicting in 2005 that the speculative wave in housing would lead to the recession of 2008, will address your ideas on jobs and the economy. Jim Hansen, a NASA climatologist who has raised awareness for global climate change throughout his career, will weigh in on your top ideas on energy and the environment. And Fareed Zakaria, acclaimed author and international editor of Newsweek, will discuss your top voted ideas in education.
We'll feature each of these four expert videos on the hompeage of YouTube on Wednesday, January 27, before President Obama delivers the State of the Union, which we'll be streaming live at 8 p.m. EST, on CitizenTube (youtube.com/citizentube).
Thanks for this, Carol.
Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
Wes Clark: "We're no better than our own sense of humility."
January 26, 2010
In preparation for President Obama's first State of the Union address, General Wesley Clark discusses the state of national security and answers CitizenTube users' questions on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Questions from users:
"Can the war on terror really be won? Is there any historical evidence to suggest it can?"
"If you support the war in Afghanistan, then don't we need a Congressional declaration of war as required by the Constitution?"
"What has Obama accomplished in the last year regarding our treatment of veterans? What still needs to be done?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_o0Nwk2Gtk&feature=youtube_gdata (7:49)
Hmmm...seems a little thinner, with deeper lines. Guess it happens to the best of us. (Well...in some cases, not the "thinner" part.)
Thanks for this, Mary.
Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
Wes Clark: "We're no better than our own sense of humility."
soon, so the 150k + people who follow him will also go see it.
;-)
"Our public servants work for us - we don't work for them. We have an obligation, as citizens of this country, to always remember that - and to never let them forget it." - DeadMessengers
73,927 views as of 12:41 a.m. MST on 1/28/10.
Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
Wes Clark: "We're no better than our own sense of humility."
for alerting us to this, Carol. A Wes fix with breakfast this AM. It doesn't get much better than that. :)
Wes is consistent. Saying much of what he has told us for years. I never tire of hearing it again...and again. And I learn something new each time. Thank you to our General.
I'd like to think for every one of those in the comment section over there who show such appalling disrespect for our Wes, his words and his stature, there are hundreds more who listen to what he says and appreciate and learn from him. They will be the lucky ones. The others, classless as they are....who can certainly make one's blood boil.....are the few.....making themselves irrelevant. Thank heavens.
Thanks again, Carol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_o0Nwk2Gtk&feature=youtube_gdata
Some rebuttal comments would be a boon, too.
"Our public servants work for us - we don't work for them. We have an obligation, as citizens of this country, to always remember that - and to never let them forget it." - DeadMessengers
A lot of the comments were spam - maybe they shut it down because of that.
"Our public servants work for us - we don't work for them. We have an obligation, as citizens of this country, to always remember that - and to never let them forget it." - DeadMessengers
Meant to say that earlier.
"Our public servants work for us - we don't work for them. We have an obligation, as citizens of this country, to always remember that - and to never let them forget it." - DeadMessengers
This is one more of about a gazillion reasons why he doesn't need to fall into the trap of being a mere congress critter. I think he understands very well how important it is to exert influence from outside the system. Some of the best people in the world are NOT POLITICIANS.