>> i'm with the water out of alexandria, virginia, i want to address legislative things but public engage meant. i think the most important things we can do in terms of communication with the hengs, is water is one voice. it's very important. when i say water, i mean water and waist water. it's very important that the message dare that i completely agree it has to be clear and distinct but right now we have echos and when we speak to washington there's an echo effect and we need to be one voice and i think that needs to be clear. >> thank you. yes? >> hi, i'm with the california public utilities commission. i watched the news last night and another senator was really claiming on the debate on global warming, gee, i think you're saying it's profitable for the green industries now and i'm thinking, of course it needs to be profitable and really the fossil fuel and oil industries that are making hundreds more times more profit and that's what drives this. if we could internalize externalities and middest oil and regardless of your political leaning if you or we could internalize that that's

alexandria, virginia. tom, republican line. caller: i would like to say, congratulations to our troops. you did a fantastic job over there representing the united states on a world stage. i am glad that we have accomplished what we set out over there to do. i would also like to remind people that there was harry reid who said that this war was lost, and i would like for the democrats out there who supported their representatives who said that this surge would not work, one particular, representative from chicago named barack obama who not only was against the surge but did not want general petraeus to lead that effort. it just goes to show -- and then obama goes a round of what does he do, he takes out the man his support for afghanistan and who does he put in, general petraeus. i hope george bush will get the credit he deserves for the leadership he provide -- provided in establishing a democratic stand in the middle is over there and the lives he improved. we will see how much back on the president has when he turns around an

host: from alexandria, virginia, the washington suburbs. the last call on this topic is from the independent line, atlanta, georgia. caller: i think there is a reason for intermediate pessimism but i think in the long term there is a reason to be rationally optimistic. but i think people need to understand that while we are going through a rough patch right now, with the advent -- or when capitalism came into being a couple of hundred years ago in 1776 along with the birth of this country, that brought forward the greatest era of prosperity over the last 230 years that the world has seen. and what you can make an argument that people in the third world are a lot worse off than we are in america, you can also make a valid argument that they are a lot better off than they were 150 years ago. i think in the short term we have reason to be concerned, and may be reason for pessimism. but i think if people come to realize -- once people realize that they are in control of their lives and have to depend on themselves and not government and not god

and, again, i have people that i know in alexandria, virginia, which is kind of a ritzy place who cannotet refinancing on their mortgage because their homes has fallen so significantly. host: me nassas, virginia, you're next, republican line, roger. caller: good morning. i agree with the jobs that americans are holding. our government doesn't get it and they're allowed so many jobs to go overseas. this is really broken the backbone of our housing industry because people are concerned that their i.t. jobs will go overseas to india. the call center jobs might go to the philippines. you know, we talk it's a global economy but it's ripping at the basis of us being solid enough to purchase homes and own them. guest: you make an interesting point. i had a conversation of some wall street guys who are my sources the other day and you look around the world and you look at all the instability around the world. like mexico, look at the instability of mexico where a lot of companies have moved across the border and established manufacturing facilities. you would think in the face of that unrest the

host: john from alexandria, virginia.aller: i have been lobbying for four years, and dave speaks the truth. i have my own small logging company. there's a general misperception of lobbyists and lobbying. there many loopholes. i like dave to address this. large law firms and public relations firms, and all sorts of other consultants do not have to register. i think for exposing that, that is a loophole in the law. so, dave, perhaps you can explain that? guest: yes. lobbng was a $3.50 blion industry last year, a raise over 2008 -- much of it had to do with healthcare. things like grass roots law is not can afford, neither is pr. those are probably billions of dollars more, even more than direct lobbying such as when i go up to capitol hill and meet on your behalf. that is an issue that needs to be addressed. you look at some of these -- ad buys with lots ofoney spent there -- yet there's no accountability there as to who it is run by. transparency is good. sunlight is good. host: these public relations firms are spendg mone

host: john from alexandria, virginia. i have been lobbying for four years, and dave speaks the truth. i have my own small logging company. there's a general misperception of lobbyists and lobbying. there many loopholes. i like dave to address this. large law firms and public relations firms, and all sorts of other consultants do not have to register. i think for exposing that, that is a loophole in the law. so, dave, perhaps you can explain that? guest: yes. lobbying was a $3.50 billion industry last year, a raise over 2008 -- much of it had to do with healthcare. things like grass roots law is not can afford, neither is pr. those are probably billions of dollars more, even more than direct lobbying such as when i go up to capitol hill and meet on your behalf. that is an issue that needs to be addressed. you look at some of these -- ad buys with lots of money spent there -- yet there's no accountability there as to who it is run by. transparency is good. sunlight is good. host: these public relations firms are spending mo

the next telephone call is from alexandria, virginia. sylvia, democrats line.aller: i think we have a tendency to put our politicians on pedestals. we have done this to george washington, we have done this for abraham lincoln. and we cannot help it. that is the way we are. when we first elect somebody, we are truly enthusiastic. we put them on a pedestal and we slowly gets -- these are human beings. yes, i voted for president obama. i think -- i believe he is doing a good job. i know that a lot of people do not. one of the reasons why i love watching c-span is you hear so much from across the country how people are feeling and sometimes i am very surprised about who calls in and how they say what they say. yes, we have a tendency to do that. i do think we expect to much. but on the other hand, you have to expect too much because that is how we start analyzing what people are doing and where corruption is. with that, i will say goodbye. host: next is a call from philadelphia. however, republican line -- howie when a republican line. caller: the more we expect of