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POPSCould Rove/Bush have actually killed this guy? Brings the Wellstone crash back in to focus. This is really scary stuff. Personally, I fight against conspiracy theories and this one would shock Oliver Stone. So, let's see what the blogosphere can do. The right and the left should work to get their teeth in to this one. Democracy Now story here: http://www.truthout.org/122408J
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POPSInformed Citizenry vs. Needless Public Confusion Contrast the clip below with the introduction to this book on Informed Citizenry: http://books.google.com/books?id=D2Ew8TbLAKkC&dq=the+strength+of+a+people+the+idea+of+an+informed+citizenry+in+america&pg=PP1&ots=OgxhztFcKQ&sig=6KI-4rS6dNwblAfUk-6CfcXn7f4&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?q=The+Strength+of+a+People:+The+Idea+of+an+Informed+Citizenry+in+America&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail
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POPSBarack Obama on Technology With this post, I am officially endorsing Barack Obama for president. I fully expect this news to blanket the blogosphere in the next couple of hours. :)
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POPSGreat post on White Privledge White privilege is a difficult thing for white people to understand and more difficult still to internalize. This post, and the previous post that spawned a lot of Internet chatter, are excellent.
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POPSCitizen Journalism And Steve Jobbs It is simply silly to decry "citizen journalism" because one "citizen journalist" got the story wrong, intentionally or otherwise. Actually, the term "citizen journalism" is silly. It is a way for big media to differentiate themselves from the "citizens". People say things on the street. People say things in their home, at work, on the train, and in email, Twitter and on their blogs. This is all information. The fact that it continues to be necessary to think about what you hear and run it through filters is no different for any information source. I certainly would never take a CNN, or Fox or MSNBC news story as gospel. Would you?
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POPSBarrack Obama: Reep What You Sow I just ran in to this article. This feels a lot like just desserts given Obama's backslide on FISA. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11349.html