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Post by apetresc »

devongall wrote: post #2

Very cool analysis! Let's see if it comes true... Would love to hear the answer to the question from @kim: "Tech and knowledge industries are thriving, yet job discussion always centers on manufacturing. Why not be realistic on jobs?"

That's one of the ones that got picked, towards the beginning. We'll have a post-mortem up of everything soon.

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Post by dwack »

sliverstorm wrote: post #3

So legalization of marijuana is our nation's biggest concern right now? I'm not sure what to think about that.

The marijuana topic is legit. We have ample data that shows overwhelming interest in the subject. It's not just about the drugs, it's also about the laws enforcing them. People don't necessarily want to get high, they just don't want to pay to have one of the highest per-capita imprisonment rates in the world.

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Post by enjo »

sliverstorm wrote: post #3

So legalization of marijuana is our nation's biggest concern right now? I'm not sure what to think about that.

For me it's not about smoking pot, it's about not putting people in jail for it. A decent chunk of our budget mess at the state and local levels is in law enforcement. We spend huge amounts of money enforcing bad laws. I'd like to make that stop, but it has to stop at the federal level first.

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Post by devongall »

shapoopy wrote: post #6
sliverstorm wrote: post #3

So legalization of marijuana is our nation's biggest concern right now? I'm not sure what to think about that.

I'm hoping (maybe against hope…) that Twitter isn't representative of the whole country.

I really hope you're right! Will be interesting in hearing the analysis on whether Obama focused on what people wanted to hear vs. his agenda.

Was also pretty cool to checkout Obama's Twitsprout stats, seems his team is trying to drop the # of people they follow.

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Post by dantheman »

sliverstorm wrote: post #3

So legalization of marijuana is our nation's biggest concern right now? I'm not sure what to think about that.

Think of all the lives its ruined by making felons (destroying future careers) out of nonviolent people. Think about the complete destruction of our civil liberties/due process/militarization of police/etc. The War on Drugs is one of the most destructive and wasteful endeavors ever attempted by the US government. It funds gang activity, makes police encounters more dangerous, all in all it affects US citizens more than the most other federal activities.

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Post by element12 »

apetresc wrote: post #4
devongall wrote: post #2

Very cool analysis! Let's see if it comes true... Would love to hear the answer to the question from @kim: "Tech and knowledge industries are thriving, yet job discussion always centers on manufacturing. Why not be realistic on jobs?"

That's one of the ones that got picked, towards the beginning. We'll have a post-mortem up of everything soon.

Post-mortem sounds grim. Let's call it "post-town-hall-analysis" :)
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