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Diigo Provides A New Communication Channel for Government Transparency and Policy
Some of you already know what a big fan I am of Diigo.com. Perhaps it’s because I’ve always been a literary person or perhaps it’s because I’ve been working in online research of decades, but for me, Diigo is a revolutionary tool. If you’re like me, you bookmark hundreds of websites/pages that you want [...]
“So What” Bush Says
And this is why George W. Bush should never have been voted into the office of the president. ”So What.” From an ABC News interview with Martha Raddatz after the shoe-throwing incident:
Bush: There have been no attacks since I have been president, since 9/11. One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to [...]
To Progressive Bloggers Freaking Out
The title of this post sounds like an ode to Andrew Marvel. Anyway, please read these two posts by Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly. Ask yourself this question; has Obama given you any reason to suspect that he doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing? Obama has put forward an agenda that [...]
Annual Blog Reader Survey
Please take my Blog Reader Project survey.
This annual blog reader survey helps bloggers, readers, and observers understand who is reading blogs and how that is changing over time. I hope you will take few minutes to help out with this project. Thanks!
Even if you’ve taken the 2008 survey on another site, [...]
Stopping to Smell The Roses
You’ve no doubt noticed that I am posting less these days. I am once again working on some new, big projects that I’ll tell you about soon enough. Right now, I am busy ignoring those who seem bent on denigrating the good work of respectable and well-intentioned people. What else is there [...]
America Choose the Right Party to Attend
John Mccain: private affair at a posh resort.
Barack Obama: 1 million people in a public park.
I think it’s clear who the People’s president is.
Tweet the Vote: Twitter Vote Report Project Update
At the moment, the Twitter Vote Report project is an amazing and chaotic storm of volunteer programmers, developers, activists, and partner organizations shaping this octopus into a lean, mean vote reporting machine. In just a few days, where there is a wiki, there will be a fully developed website full of organized information about [...]
It’s A Trifector: Thanks for the Best Reno Blogger Award
I just wanted to thank all of you R & D’s who took the time to vote for moi in the Reno News & Review’s “Best of Northern Nevada” contest. The annual contest has become massive in a way I fear may begin to make it less relevant in the future (sorry Brian but it’s [...]
Reno, Nevada: Sarah Palin Is Not My Gal
This is part of a larger project I am a part of–NotMyGal. A number of us in battleground states are asking people to tell us on video why Sarah Palin is not their gal. Here a few of the videos I took tonight. Add your own videos to the NotMyGal YouTube channel.
Jill [...]
Gold Butte Conservation Bill 7132
I attended high school in St. George, Utah so I know Mesquite and Gold Butte. Just a hop, skip, and a hiccup away from St. George, Mesquite was the place you could buy beer at 18, and although I’m not all that outdoorsy (I know, shocking!), even I can appreciate the Virgin River gorge and [...]
Live Blogging First Presidential Debate In Reno: Part 3
McCain: “General Patreaus, General Patreaus, General Patreaus! General Patreaus will save us, I mean me. I hate debates. Why can’t I control facial expressions? Why don’t people respond when I play my sympathy cards about being a prisoner of war anymore?”
Obama: “Whoops, you forgot about Osama Bin Lasden didn’t [...]
Live Blogging First Presidential Debate In Reno: Part 2
Obama: “McCain is Bush’s long lost twin with the wrong headed policies and fashion sense. ”
McCain: “Freeze spending on everything but entitlements because I’ve become a socialist like all my other rich Republican friends.” Oh yeah, and I’m totally ducking the war costs point.
Obama: “I have to make tough decisions. [...]
Live Blogging First Presidential Debate In Reno: Part 1
Epic fail so far. Its hard to hear–thanks to Street Vibrations–and hard to see. So we’ll see how well this works.
McCain? “This is the end of the beginning.” The beginning of what?
McCain: “Something happened.” Is this the something noted above? Oh, it’s “accountability” Would that be the kind [...]
Live Blogging The Debate At Amendment 21
So I decided that I would live blog the debate from Amendment 21 instead of from home. It’s listed as the location of the Washoe Dems watch party. It’s sure to be a mob scene but I hope someone will save me a seat where I can plug in my laptop. See [...]
CSPAN’s Debate Coverage Puts Power Where It Belongs; In The Hands of Citizens
CSPAN’s new media style convention coverage was a big hit, so it makes sense that CSPAN would try to improve upon their success with the presidential debates. I got a sneak peek tonight, and wow, let’s just say that CSPAN has succeeded in putting the debate footage directly in the hands of citizens and [...]
