GOP Google Debate

Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux

RECAP:

• general consensus amongst audience and candidates: Support the troops unless they're gay

• Newt Gingrich thinks he is too smart to answer your dumb questions

• Perry's opposition to the border fence and support for giving illegal immigrants in-state tuition put him at odds with the conservative base

• Everyone seems to have forgotten Michele Bachmann is in the debate, including her. The few times she did speak she said nothing, but she gave good crazy eyes.

• Line of the night: "my neighbors dog has created more shovel-ready jobs than Obama"- Governor Johnson

• Romney is the most presidential, but the conservative base is reluctant to back him

*Editorial: The moderators of these debates need to do a better job insisting candidates move from general or evasive answers to direct questions.

FACT CHECKING:

Bachmann:

"Obama has lowest public approval rating of any president in modern time"

FALSE:

Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford all had lower approval ratings at some time during their terms.

Romney:

When Obama "addressed the United Nations in his inaugural address and chastised our friend, Israel, for building settlements, and said nothing about Hamas launching thousands of rockets into Israel."

FALSE:

during that speech Obama specifically talked about an Israeli girl who is scared at night that a rocket from Hamas-controlled Gaza will kill her.

Bachmann:

when questioned about her statement that the HPV vaccine "was potentially dangerous" she said, " I didn't make that claim nor did I make that statement"

FALSE:

roll the tape!

Global Population: 15% hungry, 20% overweight

According to a recent

Red Cross report

, the obese population now outnumbers the undernourished. One could interpret that to mean that the undernourished population has shrunk to a level where it is only natural that the scales tip but, with 925 million people undernourished, it is clear that we have a major problem with distribution and access to food. It is hard to imagine a greater injustice than more people dying of excess nutrition than hunger.

Try explaining this show:

Adam is in Hartford, CT, at Randy's Wooster Street Pizza Shop for its Stuffed Pizza Challenge. Two people must take down a pie made with 4 pizza doughs and packed with meats, cheeses and veggies - it weighs in at more than 10 pounds.

To these kids:

www.scoopgods.squarespace.com/

Top 5 Social Good Summit Moments

In no particular order:

1. Desmond Tutu laughing. Even while passionately discussing the tragic issue of child marriage his charisma, humor and warm spirit shined through.

2. Skyping with a classroom in NJ, listening first-hand how technology is democratizing and revolutionizing education.

3. Previewing the One Day On Earth documentary

One Day on Earth - Motion Picture Trailer from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.

4. Hearing one of my heros, Dr Muhammad Yunus speak.

5. Watching my social network grow with inspiring and driven individuals as I tweeted and interacted with attendees throughout the day

Social Good Summit

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Muhammad Yunus is here. The President of Tanzania is here. Tony Bates (CEO of Skype) is here. Desmond Tutu is here. Kate James (COO of Gates Foundation is here. And, I am here. If you're not so fortunate you can watch is live here: http://mashable.com/2011/09/20/social-good-summit-livestream-2/ and look for #socialgood tweets.

Thoughts On Tonight's IQ2 Debate: Are Men Finished?

The classic boy versus girls banter was in full effect with the debate full of witty one liners, like David Zinczenko zinger, "Men are not finished because we all know that when men are finished they just roll over and go to sleep". I can only assume that Zinczenko "borrowed" this one liner because it was basically the only worthwhile thing he said all night. He and his teammate Christina Hoff Sommers stuck to the argument that throughout history males have dominated and that will continue primarily because they are willing to do dangerous and dirty jobs. While the opposing team comprised of Dan Abrams and Hanna Rosin argued that men have dominated because women were prohibited from competing, but now that there is more of an equal playing field, and the economy is moving away from jobs that require brawn and strength, women are beginning to surpass men. Both sides made the audience laugh. Both sides made valid points, but it became clear early on that Abrams and Rosin were the better debaters. Best line of the night goes to Dan Abrams explaining why men are still dominant forces in politics and continue to earn more than women: "men are surviving on the fumes of sexism and unexamined residual beliefs about the sexes". I love the phrase "fumes of sexism".

video of Hanna Rosin's family having the men vs. women debate: