10Questions.com: My Latest Favorites

Here are some more of my favorites that aren't currently in the top 10: a question about free market health care, science, and medical marijuana.





So far, the top questions are fairly diverse, except for two questions about corporate rights, which ask basically the same thing.

10questions.com: My Favorites So Far

In my opinion, these are the two best questions so far:





And this next guy, I'm not even sure what he means...



He's probably referring to TV networks like Fox News, but he could also be talking about something like open Wi-Fi networks for all. Who knows. Anyway, I don't really see what the president has to do with the contents of television broadcasts.

10Questions.com: Questions I Won't Ask

These are some questions I thought of posting on 10questions.com, but then came to the conclusion they aren't important or original enough:

1. Every president since Jimmy Carter has thanked his predecessor in his inaugural address. Will you thank President Bush during your inauguration? Why does he deserve or not deserve the nation's gratitude?

At first I thought this might be a tricky question for candidates from both parties under the guise of a trivial question. Then I realized that it is just a trivial question. Candidates would either say Bush is a good man even if he made mistakes, or that they'd thank him only out of common courtesy.

2. Would you elevate the EPA to the status of a full cabinet department under a Secretary of Environmental Protection?

I tried to think of an original "green question", but what I came up with is too technical.

3. As an American in Israel I live in what is probably the only country that still likes the United States. Americans living abroad in other countries can feel the rising contempt toward us. How would you change that?

Questions about America's standing in the world have been already asked in the debates.

4. How do you see the Middle East is the year 2020 and how would you make that vision a reality?

This is the closest to a good question I've come up with so far, but it is too broad. Besides, I'd get the same response from every candidate - two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side, and a more stable, democratic Arab world, blah blah. The idea of how to achieve that wouldn't be much more original either.

Anyway, check out my next post where I'll show you what my favorite questions are so far.

Presidential Elections: 10questions.com

Take a look at 10Questions.com, an interesting new attempt at getting politicians running for president to actually listen to voters and answer their questions. Here's the video that explains the concept:



So far there are only 33 questions but hopefully the site will gain enough popularity so the candidates will pay attention to it.