Takin’ it to the streets ... of NPR 1

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   ce1907 Posted 7:27 am
   27 Feb 2009

   I listenedI am no good at media, so fwiw
   1.  Someone good at media once told me that the key was to pick a couple sentences and repeat ad nauseum so that the reporters have no choice about what to quote
   more for print than the radio roundtable format, but maybe a kernel in there
   what is your key message?
   2.  the "weatherizing Fed buildings" and "rail" (high speed rail?) examples seemed random
   to me, the reason the whole NPR piece seemed unconvincing was that it seemed like slogans with random examples
   I had no sense of any unfolding dynamic, some unfolding plan, that would be recognizable to the general public and inspiring
   now -- what would be better?  I am really not sure
   but I think that there has to be some sense of scale in the standard spiel
   3.  do you really think that the weatherization progam in stimulus was adequate?
   if not, why significant?  as a prototype program?
   where will the learning be?  who (what bureaucracies) will learn what?
   what ramp up will be appropriate and PRODUCTIVE going forward
   a few facts and figures would help.  something quick but impressive
   4.  rail.  hsr  or light rail for the cities
   some clear vision needed
   5.  "scarcity rents"
   I liked that phrase
   no clear idea what it means, as a technical term, but I think everyone knows it is pissing away money to foreigners
   so I guess it is ok to call it whatever you want

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