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Political RoadtripsPolitical RoadtripsPolitical Roadtrips 04/14/2004 03:55 PM Political Roadtrips - Here's a novel alternative to protesting Bush - visiting swing states to register voters there. This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)Political RoadtripsGrok Headline matches for Political RoadtripsGet your Political Ad OnGet your Political Ad On 09/05/2004 01:14 PM A fantastic clearinghouse for thinking about political advertising can be found courtesy of the University of Iowa's Department of Communication Studies. Links include the previously discussed wonder "The Living Room Candidate" and even advertising consulting firms. Pretty good reading, with enough links to keep you busy for a while. Political Conventions Ban Wi-Fi?Political Conventions Ban Wi-Fi? 07/09/2004 09:53 AM Political blogger 601am.com has been told there will be no Wi-Fi on the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Conventions floors: We don't have this confirmed yet, but Aaron Bailey of 601am.com, a credentialed blogger for the DNC event, was told by several authorities that Wi-FI interferred with "broadcast television signals" and was thus banned. This rang a bell, and I contacted Tim Pozar, a microwave expert who recently joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation's staff. Tim writes extensively about the Part 15 FCC rules which govern use of unlicensed bands, such a the 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) band in which 802.11b and 802.11g (the two most popular Wi-Fi flavors) perform their magic. Tim noted that Electronic News Gathering (ENG) is a licensed -- and thus priority -- use of a part of the 2.4 GHz band. ENG is used to send signals from television cameras to remote trucks or studios. The Part 74 ENG use is licensed, which means that unlicensed Wi-Fi users can suck eggs if they don't like being banned. Tim suggests that the frequency coordinator for the venues made a big stink about this as likely every ENG channel will be in use in the conferences. They don't need unlicensed "mucking" up the band. Tim has written this paper about licensed uses that overlap unlicensed bands. Tim notes that 802.11a, which uses the 5 GHz band, could have been deployed successfully, but few people have 802.11a or 802.11a/g cards. It's still not common technology because of its lack of backwards compatibility and shorter range at the same power outputs. More on this story as we receive information from the field. I'm especially curious to see if newsgatherers who create their own software base stations or plop Linksys access points onto the expensive Ethernet drops they pay Verizon for will be hunted down and shut off.... Political PublishingPolitical Publishing 07/26/2004 05:41 PM The newsmedia are stiff with wonderment at this new blogging thang, personified by a few dozen of the pesky varmints really being there (what a concept) at the Democratic National Convention. Technorati (disclosure: I’m on the Advisory Board) is trying to do the bigger picture, and every time I go to that page it’s interesting; also Br’er Dave Sifry is going to be CNN’s Ambassador from Blogistan. We could do way worse. The meta-story is more interesting than the story, almost by definition; the Democratic party wants to have an extended tightly-controlled five-day infomercial; the last thing they want is actual news. The news media will play along to some extent but also be furiously looking for some real surprise or conflict or subterfuge in the spirit of if-it-bleeds-it-leads. Two obvious ways the Blogistanis could make a difference would be by uncovering (unexpectedly) real news, or by finding some way to make this largely formal and content-free event a little more human, a little more meaningful, a little funnier. Best of luck, boys and girls. (PS: While on the subject of the political process and the Web as a medium, the Electoral Vote Predictor strikes me as elegant, seamless, and new.) Political organizer simPolitical organizer sim 04/01/2005 12:24 PM Cory Doctorow: A Force More Powerful is a sim where you play a nonviolent resistance organizer charged with toppling a corrupt government by teaching your sims to give speeches and organize marches. Sponsored by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, the game, called "A Force More Powerful," resembles a cross between a political science model and one of the popular city-builder games. The player represents the chief of staff of a non-violent resistance movement. He gives orders to various characters within the movement, who will attempt to carry out actions such as making speeches and organizing demonstrations.Link (Thanks, Alex!) "Political Wire""Political Wire" 02/19/2004 08:49 AM Further Political PontificationFurther Political Pontification 09/07/2004 02:41 PM Trying to be all cool like we are* by commenting on the upcoming elections, SlashDot has added a special political section to carry stories about the campaigns.
While the editors may be able to maintain an unbiased discourse, I'm sure no one expects the same of the comments. Still, it's great to see all of the ways in which online communities are trying to get people informed and involved. The way things are going, I predict a record voter turnout this year**. * Actually, SlashDot may have beaten us by about 8 minutes. ** Actually, I don't have anything to back that up, and I'm totally spitballing it. PS: Last election post today, I (campaign) promise Click here to comment on this entry The Net and Political ChangeThe Net and Political Change 04/19/2004 12:36 PM
"political animal""political animal" 03/28/2005 10:47 AM A political third railA political third rail 09/09/2004 02:57 PM When candidates - or CEOs - lie about their service record, don't they generally get forced to resign? Isn't that the norm? Just wondering. The following passage from Salon is merely coincidental: In 1978, during an unsuccessful run for Congress in west Texas, Bush produced campaign literature that claimed he had served "in the US Air Force and the Texas Air National Guard." George W. Bush was never in the US Air Force.... A new way to cut down on political spamA new way to cut down on political spam 03/23/2005 08:15 PM null "The Political Animal""The Political Animal" 09/14/2004 08:58 AM What's an a-political artist to do?What's an a-political artist to do? 04/09/2004 09:10 PM David Cerny: frilly pink tanks, babies climbing TV towers, and the president feeding slops to the director of the national gallery out of giant asses. Why, this could only be the NEA gone awry! Actually, it’s Magic Prague, the land of Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera, and the artist, like the dissidents of past generations, would rather not do political art , political art. His latest sculpture ridicules the perverse situation in which the country finds itself post Havel: a place where right-wingers like President Klaus and national gallery director Milan Knížák— a past collaborator with secret police, and worse, completely idiotic and banal performance artist — prosper and rub shoulders at the expense of those with a conscience and good taste. Like David Cerny. This isn’t the freshest post, but I’ve been waiting to join Mefi for a long time, and today is the first day I can post. Political AsylumPolitical Asylum 02/05/2005 10:18 PM Gordon66 examines PSA and social security reform. Why do political ads stink?Why do political ads stink? 07/07/2004 01:08 AM Joshua Green wrote an interesting and insightful piece regarding the current state of political advertisements. Here is an example of an ad by a media consultant he refers to, based in Pittsburgh. Another spin here. I've often wondered why they're so predictable. The Atlantic gives us a glimpse into poly. ad history and, quite possibly, its future. The Political MachineThe Political Machine 09/15/2004 05:03 PM globetechnology.com Sep 15 2004 8:37PM GMT The Political CompassThe Political Compass 11/06/2003 05:12 AM According to politicalcompass.com .. Take the test yourself .. political compass test .. Give it a try politicalcompass.org Political bl0gging 101Political bl0gging 101 01/28/2004 10:17 AM It's an interesting week in British politics (and not just because of Hutton). On Tuesday evening, British MP (and noted blogger) Tom Watson raised the subject of RFID tags in a House of Commons debate (text here) - as a result of being alerted to the t hreat to civil liberties by fellow bloggers. Indeed, he even talked about his website in the chamber. Can blogs continue to affect British democracy? Qu ite possibly... Political ContributionsPolitical Contributions 11/05/2003 02:29 PM Who gives how much to whom. For those like me who have been wondering about the claim that Republicans get more of their funding from ordinary people and the Democrats get more from foundations and rich individuals here is where we can find out. So far, I have found some surprises. ALL NEW! Political SurveyALL NEW! Political Survey 04/18/2005 06:41 PM Political Survey 2005 .. another version politicalsurvey2005.com Political PhishingPolitical Phishing 08/03/2004 12:32 PM It's election season, and that means that, just like with all the other news-sensitive scams, phishers are getting political. The latest is a phishing email that simply copied a donation request from the John Kerry campaign, but changed the link to a fake site. Of course, the folks behind the scam made one very stupid mistake: remotely using an image hosted on the Kerry website -- which was quickly changed by the campaign to explain that the site was a scam (though, it's likely this confused some people -- hopefully enough to stop them from donating). Still, it's likely that the next version won't make the same mistake. With the success phishing emails have had lately, and the fervor with which people seem to be donating to campaigns, an awful lot of cash supposedly going to campaigns is going to be making criminals wealthy. Political in BusinessPolitical in Business 07/27/2004 09:46 PM Political bias in media is a big topic, especially in blogging, but what about political bias in business? We pretend to be objective and for business and government to be as seperate as church and state. Executives are people too... " Which political sterotype are you? "" Which political sterotype are you? " 03/13/2003 03:47 PM Craig Gets PoliticalCraig Gets Political 06/02/2004 02:56 PM Craig Newmark, founder of the hugely successful craigslist classified advertising and community sites, has been getting more political on his personal blog. Today he takes a satiric shot at what he calls the Three Stooges of the Apocalypse. Political clarity...Political clarity... 10/31/2003 07:16 AM For many recent Labour voters the last couple of years have been a bit of a troubling time - with some of the actions of the government (particularly with regard to the War in Iraq) seeming to be violently and almost universally at odds with the views of the electorate. As a result, I think it's far to say that their popularity has waned. But while people have become vaguely disillusioned with Labour, the other political parties haven't really seemed to be particularly inspiring any kind of reaction at all. In a way it's a bit of a surprise - whether you like the policies or not, it's difficult to deny that the Conservative policy raft has been more interesting than it has been for a long time. But that doesn't seem to have made much of a difference either way. On the whole - with the exception of occasional terrifying statements by Oliver Letwin, the only things they do that get any press or interest from the public have been their bi-weekly attempts to commit televised hari-kiri. There's a whole range of reasons why they might not have made sufficient political hay recently. Obviously there's the increase in general political disillusionment. Certainly the current government hasn't done an awful lot to stem that particular tide. Also, no one realistically thinks that the Conservative party can quite hold themselves together long enough to put any of their shiny new (if occasionally barking) policies into practice? Their regular apocalyptic tailspins have made them the "Kenny" of Westminter's "South Park". Another position - and one I tend to subscribe to - is that because they've simply tried to be perceived as vaguely socially tolerant (and had a "nice" non-threatening leader), minority groups, trade unions and the like have stopped thinking of them as an actual danger any more. And while that group has had their anxieties eased a bit that doesn't mean that they (or other people in the centre-ground) are yet convinced that they're trustworthy, representative of public opinion or - well - totally in touch with reality... And while they're waiting for evidence, they're quite comfortable to background them... Well as far as I'm concerned, the discomfort remains and the anxiety is back. That's not to say that I think Michael Howard has much of a chance of being Prime Minister. And it's not to say that I think the party will be any more united under his leadership. But - if they put him in charge of their party - they will have made certain parts of this argument crystal clear for me again. Instead of being able to view the Conservative party as representing an alternative - perhaps more market / efficiency driven - approach to running the country, appointing Michael Howard is no more or less than running up the Conservative Skull and Crossbones again and setting sail for the easy targets of cheap political swag. Tom Watson has put up a post that reminds us of the facts about Michael Howard. There's terrifying stuff in there. I'm going to highlight a few of the ones that scare me most personally, but please - read the full list... "As Home Secretary, he believed that the answer to crime was simply to lock more people up: "an increase in the number of criminals in prison leads to a large fall in crime" (POLITICS, MORALITY AND THE NATION STATE lecture, ST. MICHAEL CHURCH, CORNHILL, CITY OF LONDON, 10 January 2003)" And if you still needed evidence that this man must not be allowed to become Prime Minister at any cost, then how about these two draconian, vile-worded and dangerously regressive/oppressive policies: "Howard was the Minister in Charge of bringing in the Poll Tax in 1988. Even after Thatcher had gone, and after the poll tax riots, he insisted he still believed in the policy (July 1991)" political remixpolitical remix 06/05/2004 01:42 PM Michael Tucker sent this link to a film he's making about the war in Iraq. "It includes two video clips that I think your readers will appreciate, no matter what their views on the war." Favorite quote from a soldier: "For y'all this is just a show, but we live in this movie." And I can't believe there isn't any conservative remixes out there. Really? political repercussionspolitical repercussions 04/07/2005 05:47 AM Glenn Reynolds' .. Oh no! salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/03/31/reynolds More Political Spam -- Down UnderMore Political Spam -- Down Under 08/27/2004 02:00 PM Just like in the US, apparently the spam laws in Australia don't apply to political messages. That seems fortune for Australia's Prime Minister and his son. Apparently, the Prime Minister's son is some sort of spammer, and the father hired the son's company to spam voters with political messages pushing his campaign. There's nothing anyone can do, since the messages are legal, but it's yet another case where politicians clearly misunderstand their own constituents -- and don't seem to notice that people wonder why politicians exempt themselves from the laws they expect everyone else to follow. Of course, with election season rapidly approaching in the US, expect plenty of politica l spam here as well. Political clarityPolitical clarity 11/02/2003 03:13 AM Tom Coates plasticbag.org/archives/2003/10/political_clarity.shtml A Political StruggleA Political Struggle 08/19/2004 07:02 PM Customer loyalty, usually a wonderful thing, can be turned into passion that looks very political indeed. By Dana Blankenhorn (via MyAppleMenu) Encouraging Political DefectionEncouraging Political Defection 01/09/2004 09:55 PM Glenn Reynolds points to a new voter poll of people who use the Internet for political news, where Bush leads Dean by 20 points and extrapolates that perhaps Bush is doing a better job than he thought. That doesn't mean... Political implications of reportPolitical implications of report 01/28/2004 12:29 PM What are the political implications of the Hutton Report. BBC News Online political correspondent Nick Assinder reports. Favorite Political filmsFavorite Political films 07/25/2004 07:31 PM Some of my favorite political films, in no particular order,
include:
What are your favorite political films? Marc's additions...... I'd add these other political films: Citizen Kane I'd suggest using Mike Royko's book "Boss Richard J. Daley" as the basis of a script for "Da Mayr". I was 25 before I ever knew a different mayor in Chicago, besides old Dick Daley. He defined old school politics. "Yet another political flash cartoon!""Yet another political flash cartoon!" 07/13/2004 03:21 AM Ridge says warning was not politicalRidge says warning was not political 07/14/2004 02:57 PM What Time is it in Political Journalism?What Time is it in Political Journalism? 03/06/2004 01:52 AM Adam Gopnik argued ten years ago that the press did not know who it was within politics, or what it stood for. There was a vacuum in journalism where political argument and imagination should be. Now there are signs that this absence of thought is ending. The view from nowhere is being challenged. On-line matchmakers get politicalOn-line matchmakers get political 08/06/2004 04:31 PM Sympatico Aug 6 2004 8:10PM GMT Political Wire: Quote of the DayPolitical Wire: Quote of the Day 07/17/2004 11:39 AM Smirking fascist liar .. Quote of the Day .. Political Wire .. George Bush .. says politicalwire.com/archives/2004/07/16/quote_of_the_day.html The World Wide Political WebThe World Wide Political Web 07/17/2004 04:10 PM We're just a week away from the DNC, and nothing in the online news space looks very fresh or very... Political Blogging PanelPolitical Blogging Panel 02/10/2004 02:51 AM 3/5 of panelists agreed to join our Board of Advisors. They can't be wrong. Doc is moderating, but rarely in moderation. Cameron Barrett: Clark Community Network lets people create and cross-categorize their own blogs. 10k blogs, 300k comments. David Weinberger:... Grok Description matches for Political Roadtrips GrokA matches for Political Roadtrips Political RoadtripsThe following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: |
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