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DFA Scholar NN blog roundup
Linked to groups: Netroots Activism!, DFA at Netroots Nation (formerly YearlyKos) July 17-20, DFA Blog Network, Blog For America
Hey, so a lot of us DFA scholars wrote a lot of posts about/during Netroots Nation, but for some reason many of us didn't crosspost to BfA. So here's a master list (so far) of the reports compiled by various NN DFA scholars.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible for me. I had such a fun time I can't believe it. Also, I think i learned a lot too.
Yes we can haz the power!
Master list:
http://www.nmfbihop.com/tag.do?tag=Netroots%20Nation
http://www.d4mc.org/taxonomy/term/79
http://www.bluejersey.com/tag.do?tag=Netroots%20Nation
http://greenmountaindaily.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2995
http://greenmountaindaily.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2996
http://www.everydaycitizen.com/2008/07/ks02_nn08_rural_america_jim_sl.html
http://www.futuremajority.com/node/2095
http://linniebailey.blogspot.com/search/label/NN08
I can't vouch for the universailty of this list. I'm sure more posts will be written after the time this post goes out.
http://www.local10.com/politics/16950248/detail.html?rss=mia&psp=news
Obama Brings In $30M From Small Donations
Obama Raises $52 Million In June
Of the $52 million the Democrat raised in June, more than $30 million came in individual sums of $200 or less. The Campaign Finance Institute said it's the highest amount raised in nuggets of $200 or less in the history of presidential fundraising.
Only a third of the $21.5 million Republican Sen. John McCain raised in June came from such small donors.
another record broken with small donations - I love it! Howard must be pleased!
and thanks for the links, Sahar. you mentioned that 'for some reason' folks didn't crosspost to this blog - do you really have to wonder why? most progressives not only believe in free speech, they shun folks who stomp on that right, such as bfa has chosen to do. this blog once was and could once again become a center of action, but the powers that be have trteated it like a joke since Howard left for Washington and these days I don't really expect much more than that from them. they treat the bloggers here like the crazy uncle/aunt and mostly ignore us as much as possible.
I met a lot of the DFA-scholars. What happened was that they weren't aware of how to crosspost to BfA.
To be honest, I don't think the wider world cares or knows about whatever grievances you might think you have on Blog for America.
Like their state blogs or the national ones they have always posted to. To cross post to a blog they are less familiar with, they generally have to be asked or reminded. DFA did ask us to crosspost in the beginning when we won the scholarships, but people have been gone all weekend and now are back to work so I imagine it is a time factor too. Then again, some just likely don't do more than one blog. Others who are used to cross posting are more likely to cross post here if reminded.
It has nothing to do with BFA and the software or decisions made. I agree with Sahar that most have no idea what is going on here other than the long time BFA bloggers.
By the way, you all know Liane from Vermont and two of those links in Sahar's post are from her blogging. She was furiously typing at a couple of sessions I was sitting in with her but wanted to take time to edit whereas I just did a brain dump, spelling errors and all. :)
it's their blog, they can do what they want with it. and I'm sure the wider world could care less what we do here - but potential new (DFA sponsored) bloggers to this site JUST MIGHT.
so sorry if I hit a sore spot - I didn't mean to insult either you or one of your buds. but I did expect to see a massive influx of bloggers here once they instituted the WC.... that was their reasoning for flushing off-topic comments, as you might recall. but sadly nothing has materialized, other than a few new posters who just pop a thread out of the shoot and then are off to the next blog. I think dfa really needs to work with some of these folks on coalition/community building - it's the obvious 'missing link' for a group such as DFA at this point.
disappointed, yes. greived, not so much.
and I would like to mention that since I've made several comments to you on past threads - thanks for your threads and such - I find it telling that THIS was the only one you have responded to.
that I admire your efforts on your website - I especially liked this part:
Progressivism is often confused and interchanged with liberalism. That is a mistake. Liberalism is an orientation regarding policy. Progressivism is a related orientation regarding politics. To be a progressive activist is first to believe that our political system is breaking or broken, and then to act to change it, agitating for transparency, campaign finance reform, and enforcement of civil rights.
A progressive is not a blind patriot; she believes fervently in the value of American ideals due to their inherent worth in promoting the dignity, liberty, and welfare of everyone, rather than in the infallibility of American action due to the geography of her birth. A progressive believes that liberty means much more than lack of a king; in freedom from want as well as freedom of speech; in freedom from fear as well as freedom of religion.
A progressive works to re-orient the United States towards its promise and self-image as the embodiment of the Enlightenment.
In short, a progressive activist is warrior battling against the Assault on Reason.
so perhaps you do really believe that 'the wider world' SHOULD care about the assault on democracy here on the Democracy for America blog - or perhaps it sounds good on a blog but is a little tougher to get a handle on in the real world. just a thought.
Yes, it's my sense that Jim Dean is even more uncomfortable with the internets than Howard was. Where Howard said the other day that the internet people just sort of took over and made themselves known, he was telling the truth. Howard had no idea what was going on. He's probably part of that doctor generation that still refuses to go to electronic medical records. And the picture of him having a turkey sandwich sitting at his computer was so obviously staged ..................At most he was reading some comments on the blog.
The Dean brothers are not alone. There's a whole universe of middle-aged people out there who've been sold a bill of goods about how electronic everything is going to solve all problems and, really, mainly what it does is cause information overload and a lot of important stuff ending up in black holes.
Yes, you can have logarithms to sort information, but you have to know the categories up front and then you have to make sure the categories fit. The WC is not a good fit for bloggers.
What he said was, the netroots empowered themselves;that they recognized what lots of groups were doing, united them in a national organization, and let them teach others to empower themselves.
Perhaps Howard isn't uber tech savvy, that's not necessary. He did read the blog now and then, and even blogged with us occasionally, and I think if he were practicing medicine he would be on top of the technology. The blog invited Howard to lunch:
"Someone wrote: invite all contributors to have a turkey sandwich with the Gov at an appointed time (say, 2;m ET) and call it The World's Largest Political Fundraising Luncheon. I like it! I love it! I want some more of it! Go Dean! Posted by Heather at July 28, 2003 11:49 PM
HQ put up the requested bat, John Pettitt took a pic of Howard with his sandwich, and it was posted for the live blogging lunch. I don't have that pic on the laptop but we all know it well. Looking at it right now and have to say he looks pretty comfy with that laptop. One of the great blog weekends...
whether it was a good thing or a bad that the kerfuffle over the cover led to the long profile of Obama in the New Yorker to be virtually ignored?
I've finally read it all and, while there are some new particulars, the big revelation that he's not a radical is not a surprise.
Now I want to go look for an image.
The second browser worked quicker.
Thanks for coming back with another good post. Keep it up. I don't go to any other site unless through a link provided here for my political news (mary vb tracks right to a good argument on kos).
Let me explain the HOWARDLY award which you received for blogging here from NN. It goes to one who takes action, speaks the truth, and reports it here. Monica has hers on display at her blog, Hannah.and it was designed by Demetrius. His wife created HEP which is another offspring of the Dean family, which is another blog for you to visit.
As for scholarship winners who are represented as "bloggers" who don't bother to stop by the blog that started it all and sent them, and need a buddy to link, I don't really blame them as right now this blog is being messed with, and is a bit dysfunctional, (which in the past has lead to spinoffs), but you are the one that gets the HOWARDLY, and familiar or not that puts you in a community of some mighty fine people, who care deeply about their country's future. Care enough to act.
(I say "meathead" affectionately like Archie Bunker used to to his son-in-law)
open a dialogue and you might be pleasantly surprised ay how many bloggers would collaborate with you on getting it right( and if you think a conveyor to a shredder is it; believe me you do need help)
[direct reply] and [broader discussion] would be my choice for the twin places to hold a discussion if a bifurcation is necessary, but should be joined by a toggle to each other
and if when you are running a campaign and don't allow chitchat around the pizza box during a break from phone banking god help you all
and Sahar's Howardly is much deserved.
has anyone here actually watched/listened to John McCain lately? he's been melting down for a while now. his geography gaffs belie his rep as a strong leader and it is just sad to see him when he's lying on the stump about our successes in Iraq - his head drops down and he can't look one person in the eye now, like he once could. he knows the majority of the country isn't buyig in to his lies and propaganda and he is just a terrible speaker. if we lose this one we have only ourselves to blame.
to welcome Pater John. His visit with Poppy up in Kennebunkport yesterday was at the top of our news. I hope there's a good turn-out in Rochester. This is not a treck I'm looking forward to, but I think that the New Hampshire myth needs to be dispelled.
You know, it military experience had been considered important, the Democrats would have picked Dodd. And if executive experience had been considered important, we would have picked Richardson. And if minority experience had been considered important, we would have gone with Clinton. Instead, we went with the lanky big-eared guy who knows how to listen and makes sense when he speaks.
is the CM even playing what he says? no tv here but was on the phone last night w/ someone who was watching the news - McC was coming on so they stopped to listen - only it was the commentator commenting on what McC had said, they didn't play him talking.
McCain said that Obama was wrong about the surge and that his failure to admit his mistake is a sign of a lack of experience, which he, McCain, has plenty of.
They are doing their best to evade the flip-flop meme and trying to make a virtue of necessity--the fact that McCain can't remember what he's said from one day to the next.
As someone who used the flip-flop early on against Kerry in the primary, I want to assert that I was mainly motivated by his apparent change of position on the Vietnam War and his voting to go along with the invasion of Iraq which he persisted in describing as an exercise of power that was poorly managed. I found that offensive. Still do.
Not only are the million dead Iraqi civilians not to be forgotten, but even more shameful is the imprisonment of the Iraqi people in their own cities and neighborhoods, the establishment of check-points, the errection of barricades, the demands for identification papers, etc.
I am reminded that after World War II, when Germany was under U.S. occupation, my mother travelled from Munich to Aachen by hitching rides on random trains and when she was discovered by an American soldier, he secured her in a compartment where she would be safe over-night. In other words, he facilitated her safe transit. What happens in Iraq is that families in cars are "lit up" with mortars because the troops are afraid for their lives. How far we have fallen!!!!!
When did it become American to hate other people?
When did Americans become so unsure of themselves that they see enemies all around them?
When did fear become the coin of the realm?
they treat the bloggers here like the crazy uncle/aunt and mostly ignore us as much as possible.
++++
So us are crazy grandfathers and grandmothers too. I'll take crazy over sane anyday. That's what life is all about -- risk.
I was crazy for Dean in 2004 (still am) and now for Obama in 2008.
It feels great to be FOR someone rather than AGAINST someone.
The main gripe I have about the WC is the non-archiving and the fact that it's titled with wc and the time/date stamp, like it's a casual talk that is not worthy of being saved and savoured.
typo - So us are
s/b - Some of us are
(and good morning Jo, Phil, Monica and everyone else; and BTW Jo, your response at the end of the previous thread, was, as the Brits say, "spot on")
I hope you're healing fast Phil - it's hard to be still long enough for something like that to heal and I'm sure it's driving you crazy since you need both hands to accomplish much that you need to do right now. one-handed oat-chopper---- that conjures up quite a vision! and please be careful!
- PJ Plauger
Two stellar ladies---it's a small image. Because, frankly, my manipulation skills are not that great.
BTW, in the process of fetching this from the group site where I'd uploaded it, I discovered why you may be getting a blank window when you try to post an image. At the top of the window (this is a recent format) there are two little boxes. One refers to an image URL and the other says DFA media. If you pick the latter, the window is blank. Do not ask me why. I tried it because, after all, the image I was fetching was on my DFA media page. But, no dice. You have to right click on the media image you have saved to get the image location, copy that and then paste it into the drop down.
http://hannah.smith-family.com/wp-content/old-files/Howardly.gif
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/07/21/wired.seniors.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Unlike McCain, many seniors surf the Web
NEW YORK (AP) -- If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.
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"About three-quarters of white, college-educated men age over 65 use the Internet," says Susannah Fox, director of the project.
"John McCain is an outlier when you compare him to his peers," Fox says. "On one hand, a U.S. senator has access to information sources and staff assistance that most people do not. On the other, the Internet has become such a go-to resource that it's a curiosity to hear that someone doesn't rely on it the way most Americans do."
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Who is older than John McCain, knows how to email and use the web. She's not great at it, but until I got her a computer a few years ago, she hadn't typed since college (well, maybe once or twice).
has been using computers as long as I have and knows how to partition her hard drive and use all kinds of software. Age isn't the issue with McCain. He was always an idiot and never a person who is curious about anything in life, including technology.
Some people see life as an adventure to be explored. McCain sees it as something to conquer and destroy.
omg - too funny - I was just thinking it was about time for HuJo to pop in with something bright and sunny. And voila! Just in time before I need to head out.
bbl
Thanks again, Sahar.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/berlin_event/
Thursday, July 24
Barack Obama Speech
Siegessäule at the Grosser Stern in Tiergarten Park
Berlin, Germany
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.
Gates open to the public: 4:00 PM
Public Entrance: Straße des 17. Juni at Brandenburg Gate
Event is on the east side of the park. Members of the public should use the following public transportation stops: Potsdamer Platz, Under den Linden, and Hauptbahnhof.
...
Rede Barack Obamas
Siegessäule am Großen Stern im Tiergarten
Berlin, Deutschland
Die Veranstaltung ist kostenlos und der Öffentlichkeit frei zugänglich. Eintrittskarten werden nicht benötigt.
Einlass der Öffentlichkeit: 16:00 Uhr
Eingang: Straße des 17. Juni am Brandenburger Tor Die Veranstaltung findet auf der östlichen Seite der Siegessäule statt. Es wird gebeten die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel zu benutzen.
Haltestellen: Potsdamer Platz, Unter den Linden, Hauptbahnhof
...
There's a German word for public that has the same latin root--Publikum. Now I see they've chosen a new designation which would translate as "openness." In other words, open has been equated with the public. "Ver-oeffnen" is to publish.
The final sentence is not quite accurately rendered in the translation. Instead of
Members of the public should use the following public transportation stops:
it should read
"It has been requested that public transportation facilities be used."
and, the stops are: etc
The venue extends the length of three transit stops.
Barack Obama wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan, which he calls the real front on the `war on terror.’ He also has repeated threats to attack Pakistan `if necessary.’
One understands Obama’s need to sound macho. Rival John McCain has been beating his chest, proclaiming, `I know how to win wars.’ Polls show Americans trust McCain three to one over Obama as a war leader.
It is distressing to see Obama succumb to the blitz of war propaganda over Afghanistan and adopt George Bush’s faux terminology of terrorism. Before Obama urges widening America’s war there, he should consider:
*Al-Qaida never numbered more than 300 men. There are hardly any left in Afghanistan. Survivors scattered into Pakistan. Finding them is police and intelligence work, not a job for thousands more western troops
*US policy towards Afghanistan is driven by energy geopolitics. Pacification of rebellious Pashtun tribesmen is necessary in order to build energy pipelines south from the Caspian Basin. That is the primary strategic mission of US and Canadian troops.
*Taliban fighters are not `terrorists.’ Taliban was founded as a fundamentalist Muslim religious movement of Pashtun tribesmen to fight banditry, rape, drugs, and Afghan Communists. Taliban received millions in US aid until fourth months before 9/11. It had no part in 9/11 and knew nothing about them. The US overthrow of Taliban resulted in the Communists resuming control over half of Afghanistan. Under US occupation, Afghanistan has become a narco-state that supplies over 90% of the world’s heroin.
*Pashtun tribes comprise half of Afghanistan’s population, and 15% of neighboring Pakistan’s people. The western powers are involved in an old-fashioned, colonial-style pacification campaign against the Pashtun Taliban. Imperial Britain, the Soviets, and now the US and its allies all employed the same classical colonial strategy: using puppet rulers, local mercenary troops, and lavish bribes to enforce their will. Afghans who resist get bombed.*Before urging expansion of the Afghan war, Obama should total up the bill for America’s military misadventures. As of last January, according to the Pentagon and data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars cost 72,043 American battlefield casualties. Veteran’s Administration hospitals have treated 263,909 veterans from these wars and registered over 245,000 disability claims.
No one knows how many Iraqis and Afghans have been killed. The number could be over one million. Just last week over 50 Afghans in a wedding party were killed by a US air strike. But without the constant use of massive air power, including B-1 bombers, the US could not maintain its occupation of Iraq or Afghanistan.
The war is now seeping into Pakistan, a nation of 165 million. Obama’s threats to attack Pakistan and go after its nuclear arsenal are reckless and extremely dangerous. He appears headed over the same cliff as those would-be `war presidents, Bush and McCain. As the head of NATO recently admitted, political settlement, not bombs, is the only way to end the unnecessary Afghan war.
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/howard_dean_coming_to_raleigh
Howard Dean coming to Raleigh
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Democratic national chairman Howard Dean will be in North Carolina next Friday as part of a national voter registration drive.
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Dean is traveling in a bio-diesel bus in an effort to mobiize voters for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and other Democratic candidates.
Dean will be in Raleigh at 9 a.m. on Friday, then in Greensboro at noon, and in Charlotte at 3:30.
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If Barack Obama has a problem among Jewish voters, then Sen. Joseph Lieberman is in monumental trouble.
Among the most high-profile Jews in Congress, Lieberman is viewed far more unfavorably than the presumptive Democratic nominee, according to a new poll. Only 37 percent of Jews view the Connecticut Independent in a favorable light compared to 48 percent who have a negative perception. As for Obama, 60 percent of Jews view him favorably while 34 percent view him unfavorably.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/obama-far-more-popular-am_n_114182.html
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