lots and lots of offline organizing and marketing.nline, you have niches, and offline, you have a base. obama -- you use that base online to really build a broad coalition. without that the initial base, you cannot win. >> when you were writing about it, you mentioned the fact that 3 million people gave $600 million to barack obama. that is only 1% of the american people. we see how much money is thrown around today. what do you think about the future candidates. are they going to find it easier to raise that kind of money? >> one of the other interesting things, and you are exactly right, it is a relatively small amount of people that get to campaigns. any candidate that is interested in winning will ask how the camera -- replicate that model -- how they can replicate that model. -- of mobilizing people applied to drive offline success. i don't think we will see the percentage of people donating going from 1%what is great about the internet is it creates a gentle on ramp 50%. for people to become more engaged as citizens and activist

world -- in the offline world. it fueled his campaign and he would not have gotten as far as he did with the internet. obama was the first candidate to take online passion to raise a significant amount of money on line and turned that into people knocking on doors on the ground and advertisements on tv and house parties. online, you have niches, an offline, you have a base. you use that based on line to really build a broad coalition. without that the initial base, you cannot win. >> when you were writing about it, you mentioned at the fact that 3 million people give $600 million to barack obama. that is only 1% of the american people. what do you think about the future candidates. are they going to find it easier to raise that kind of money? >> one of the other interesting things, and you are exactly right, it is their abilita relal amount of people that get to campaigns. any candidate that is interested in winning will ask how the camera -- replicate that model -- how they can replicate that model. what is great

so he was wanting to take that on my passion and turn it into offline success. but if you'll the campaign in a way that he would not have gotten as far without the internet. and obama was the first candidate in any party to raise a significant amount of money on line and turned it into advertisements on tv, the house party, lots and lots of marketing. so you have this markets to let you get a base. obama use that base online to have a broad coalition. without that initial base, you cannot win. >> it sounds like a lot, but it is only 1% of the american people. what do you think about the future candidates? >> how can i mobilize that for success? i do not think we will see the percentage of people donating go from 1% to 50%. but what is great about the internet is it is a gentle on rap for people to be more engaged as citizens. most people need to organize a house party, very simple ways to dig your toe in on behalf of the candidate and incrementally get more involved. i think we will see an enhanced capability driven by candidates. i am really excited about the p

i don't think there is a difference anymore between an online and offline. most americans for example don't realize that supermarkets have a right to sell their data and have no idea that supermarkets collect enormous amounts of data they collect. i want to bring up an issue that you suggested in your question. how do people know whether to trust companies. you may is have seen yesterday's piece in the times about next -- which is a company that corporations, fortune 500s contract with for discounts, for employee discounts. why not? it sounds like such a great idea. apparently this company has been collecting enormous ams of data. tying it to some extent with their credit ratings and credit card activity. that's kind of thing it would be very hard to know if anybody in the companies that work there had any clue that this stuff was going on and whether, in fact, there was a privacy policy presented to the people. so it is a very difficult scenario to imagine. how do we know when companies are being straightforward when maybe the companies themselves haven't t

and the thing that i think is most important, and the reason it should apply to both online and offlinenvested in deepening the relationship with a markup -- with our users. their companies that do not face the public that are behind it, and that need more oversight because nobody knows what they do with their data. >> mr. curran, do you want a comment or anything else to add? kudos to you for the role that you play. >> i would simply say that we have an obligation to tell you about our successes and our areas of improvement as self- regulatory organizations as it relates to -- and also to, i think, work with you to explain the somewhat complicated technologies that go around the different business models. i do not believe that -- i have to purchase memberships and we are not in the position of having a legislative view at this time, but we're very much committed to educating the committee on the technologies, and i think today's hearing has been very helpful on that in terms of helping you discern the exact technical infrastructure that goes into all of this online advertising. >> let

they have been gathering information about consumer habits and interest in activities in the offline world. the surveys, the contests, and the information. this collection of all flight information is now being -- of offline information is now being part of the online information. web sites offering web sites for specific problems. reading habits and search queries. the opening panel on privacy is to explore this dramatically changing landscape, looking at the way that the information about consumers and their lives are gathered and analyzed. this is for marketing and other purposes. we will talk about the ways that information may be compiled and use, and we will ask the analysts about the usage of information. we have more on how these great benefits and risks for consumers. rather the information of -- in these activities is subject to the existing rules and the loss. whether there is a limit to how long companies may maintain information and how they may use information. whether or not consumers are aware of the extent of the data collection. and whether they will exercise contro

so if there are concerns about bureaucracy, i would welcome the opportunity, of course, offline to talk to anybody that has those concerns. >> well, that's fair. and i'm sure -- i think there are some concerns but i think it is important thing to work through. the key here needless to say is going to be the ability of the folk out in the hinterland to do their jobs and that will depend on the local security, local leadership, politically, partnering so to speak. it is a tall task, which, again, i repeat, will be so positively impacted by getting something going in the western part of pakistan. that will make the job so much easier. so that said, we are very, very grateful to you. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> congress continues its look at president obamas afghanistan tragic this morning when the house foreign affairs committee will hear from the top u.s. military commander, general stanley mcchrystal. karl eikenberry will also testify. we'll bring you that live starting at 9:30 a.m., easter

i do not think that there is a difference between online and offline anymore.ealize that supermarkets have the right to sell their data. they probably have no idea that supermarkets collect an enormous amount of that information. another important issue that you brought up, how do people know to cross the companies even if they trust the companies? you may have seen a piece in the times about a company that other corporations contract with ford discounts for employees. why not? it sounds like a great idea. apparently they have been collecting enormous amounts of data about the people that get discounts. using that information to deliver advertising and whatever else they are going to do. that is the kind of thing that would be hard to know if they had any clue this was going on. and whether there was a policy presented to the people. it is a difficult scenario to imagine. how do we know that companies are being straightforward? >> palin davidson, i would like to bring some things to you. you said that you do not use sensitive information. can you explain what y

. >> we should talk offline. thank you. >> so i have a question. i know you've been criticized a lot for sort of overestimating the the deadweight loss' i think you may underestimate the loss in some ways because that type in your wearing, it may have been a $20 i come and you might have been willing to pay in your calculation $24 as opposed to someone else and if someone else what it for you it might have been only worth $16 to you. you're calculating the difference between 16 and 20 as opposed to 16 and 24. are you ignoring the loss consumer surplus people would have gotten by biting stuff for themselves as opposed to just the difference between the price and value to them? >> is this because of systematic difference in the guess of the price between stuff i buy for myself versus stuff others bye for me? >> no, because someone spends $20 on you and you get $16 of value, whereas if you bought it yourself he would have gotten $24 of value. or some -- you got something more than 20 how you started out with this -- consumer surplus from buying it. >>

do was concerned about politics from the right or the left is begin to get involved in online or offlinethoughts on the intervention government efforts on the economy, with the stimulus and tarp spending. what did you find out? guest: we found out that there were specific differences based on political party affiliation. overall, democrats favor the last couple of your -- the last year's worth of economic stimulus, believed it helps them personally. but if you consider yourself a republican or independent, you are very likely to believe that those sorts of programs her to you, not help you. young americans, 18-29, are very concerned about these issues, very concerned about long-term economic process. host: johnv: della volpe, with e harvard institute for politics and the survey on the people and politics and public service. guest: our findings and summaries and data are available on our website, iop.harvard.edu. host: doug is over 30. what are your thoughts? caller: i have been trying to answer this question and i've been concentrating for months and and and try to get an answer to it wh

there will be some here that will want to carry the dialogue offline. two hours was along an of to have the appropriate level of conversation. -- was not long enough to have an appropriate level of conversation. i appreciate the offer to call the parties together in a month or so. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> improving education for minority and low-income students, including children defense fund founder. from a daylong conference hosted by bobby scott, this is just under an hour. >> we will begin. >> thank you for pulling this together. this very important. the naacp is the largest civil rights organization, celebrating 100 years of service. as we talk about our last century, there is still so much needs to be done before we can say that all america is children's had access to free, high-quality education. race, ethnicity, family income or where they live have access to high-quality education. despite the equal protection clause of the u.s. con

guest: i would have to go into this offline to find out why they do not have a social security numberdoes not have a social security number automatically, i think what you need to do is go online and investigate and look at form w7, which is called an individual tax identification number which can substitute for the social security number for a limited period of time for those people may have emigrated here and do not have a social security number. host: for those who decide they want to do their taxes themselves, what would you gauge to be the average time to do that? at what point point if you have gone past a certain out of time, should you think that you might want to get it professionally involved? guest: that would depend on the complexity of the transaction. to prepare any return, it requires patience. you need to get your receipt. i cannot emphasize that enough. if you're going to attack this on your own, do not just go to the mall and buy whatever program you will buy and install it on your computer and think you will hot in there because it will start asking you questions. i

there will be some here that will want to carry the dialogue offline. two hours was along an of to have the appropriate level of conversation. -- was not long enough to have an appropriate level of conversation. i appreciate the offer to call the parties together in a month or so. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> improving education for minority and low-income students, including children defense fund founder. from a daylong conference hosted by bobby scott, this is just under an hour. >> we will begin. >> thank you for pulling this together. this very important. the naacp is the largest civil rights organization, celebrating 100 years of service. as we talk about our last century, there is still so much needs to be done before we can say that all america is children's had access to free, high-quality education. race, ethnicity, family income or where they live have access to high-quality education. despite the equal protection clause of the u.s. con

every year, which let a day to go off the air and offline to remind kids to go outside and be activeo our affiliate partners, we have followed our audience as they have moved to new platforms. this generation of kids seamlessly navigate between television, on-line and mobile. they can watch the shows on television, on the internet, or a digital video recorder. çthese new platforms are growig in numbers as they serve the needs for the consumer and families, in particular. we have a multiple of 62 -- said the toll on all of our website -- we have a multiple of safety tools on all of our web sites. i have that hundreds of business executives like many here today who are devoted to doing right by this audience. after 30 years, when it nickelodeon have a generation of young parents who know us when we -- when they were kids and know what to expect when they allow children to access our content. we have earned their trust and look for to continuing to learn -- continuing to learn it for years to come. thank you. >> thank you. dr. james steyer, ceo of the common sense media, from san franc

down payments on to those issues like our energy infrastructure which failed in 2003, ending this offline, offbudgeting of a war in iraq that has brought og budget to have truth and honesty in the budgeting, all of this hit at once. and then in investing in a stimulus to stop the bleeding. we had to bring things under control and now talk about the progress that needs to be made, needs to be struck in not only bringing about jobs, but inspiring an innovation economy, whose jobs will be uniquely american through h.r. own -- through her own workers, clean the environment and respond to a progress to an agenda and outcome at our manufacturing centers and inspire investments in our public safety workers, our firefighters, police, and bring back strength in our education process that won't deny our future workers. our children are are our present and future. this needs to be brought into one intelligent package as you lead us with representative hastings and representative larson, as we go forward, this will be important now to create a smart investment out of what was a huge catastrophe where

, you know, fighting two wars that weren't paid for and as you point out, a lot of the costs done offline that weren't budgeted for. but it wasn't just an economic deficit that was created, it was this jobs deficit that was created, that we also are here to deal with, not only tonight, but until we resolve it. it has to be our mission. mr. tonko: right. some were shipped off into a foreign economy. others simply evap waited -- evap waited and we saw in recommend -- evaporated and we saw in recommend numbers the losses that were out there because they simply could not compete and stay effective. i represent a capital region in new york state so we have the benefits, the buffer of public sector jobs, but our unemployment numbers are hanging near -- in excess of 9%. this is unacceptable. we need to do much more work as we go forward and, you know, we applaud the efforts to date to take that surplus and apply it as a down payment but that's as it's seen, as a down payment. there's many more installments to come in order for us to build hope in the lives of people and that's what it's about. y

these members are not allowed to overdraft their account with a limited exception of an offline pet a transaction where we are required by contract to process such payments. in those instances we do charge you $30 fee. this does not happen with great frequency in derecognize the proposed bill would eliminate that feet. we support that. we also recognize the recent after the federal reserve bank will prohibit such a fee. however we do believe merchants the network should be required to process all transactions and real time which would eliminate this exceptional circumstance. as an organization were causally focused on processing improvement in we felt there was more we could do for military members in the area of overdrafts. this summer we made the decision to eliminate as many fees are military members incur as we possibly could. the product we created is called warriors that the image. eight waives the checking account fees associated with instances of insufficient funds crept to two occurrences in any rolling freemont period. importantly this goes-- program is distinct from our ove

i could go on because the american medical news, i pulled this offline, and i want to read some of the things that it says in here. it says taking concern a step forward, the american college of radiology asks that the recommendations be rescinded to prevent the possibility of new guidelines influencing policymakers as they shape health system reform legislation. now, this was printed on november 30. this article goes on to say that washington, d.c., radiology rachel brem dismissed potential harm when compared to the value of detecting cancer. quote, virtually all my patients would prefer the small anxiety of a false positive with the possibility to diagnose an early breast cancer. oh, yes, mr. speaker, we women would prefer to have a little anxiety and find it early, find it, treat it appropriately and live to a ripe old age. it goes on to say that researchers of one study found that annual mammography screenings for women ages 50 to 79 resulted in an 8% medium increase in breast cancer mortality reduction. we're screening every two years -- for screening every two years it was 7%. we

so if there are concerns about bureaucracy, i would welcome the opportunity, of course, offline to talk anybody that has those concerns. >> well, that's fair. and i'm sure -- i think there are some concerns but i think it is important thing to work through. the key here needless to say is going to be the ability of the folk out in the hinterland to do their jobs and that will depend on the local security, local leadership, politically, partnering so to speak. it is a tall task, which, again, i repeat, will be so positively impacted by getting something going in the western part of pakistan. that will make the job so much easier. so that said, we are very, very grateful to you. thank >> a free-lance journalist was in bed with the u.s. army in afghanistan in october and november. he followed u.s. troops as they trained the afghan national army and national police. this was in a mostly agricultural region south of kabul. we will see how the u.s. army worked with afghan forces on security checkpoint. with these kinds of check points, you can lock a place down. the taliban can move around an

do was concerned about politics from the right or the left is begin to get involved in online or offlines and spread the message that way. host: you got a chance to ask people to spread their thoughts on the intervention government efforts on the economy, with the stimulus and tarp spending. what did you find out? guest: we found out that there were specific differences based on political party affiliation. overall, democrats favor the last couple of your -- the last year's worth of economic stimulus, believed it helps them personally. but if you consider yourself a republican or independent, you are very likely to believe that those sorts of programs her to you, not help you. young americans, 18-29, are very concerned about these issues, very concerned about long-term economic process. host: johnv: della volpe, with e harvard institute for politics harvard institute for politics and the survey on the people >>ç here is st. louis. what are your thoughts? caller: i have been dying to ask this question. i have been concentrating on this for months. when they show that people are against h