tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111945442023-11-15T13:51:49.280-05:00TechnoPoliticalA Political History of the Internet. The Impact of Technology on Civil Liberties , Elections, Lobbying and more.
Articles from 1994 -- Present.
{My commentaries are the words in the blue font.}R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comBlogger317125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-67070315438971002112010-06-22T14:30:00.001-04:002012-01-29T09:23:35.012-05:00Links to a TechnoPolitcal History of American Elections<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:35px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal;font-family:Georgia;font-size:27px;"><div class="descriptionwrapper"><p class="description" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 20px 15px; max-width: 700px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.2em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">-------<span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:16px;"></span></span></p><p class="description" style="margin: 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 20px 15px; max-width: 700px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.2em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Trebuchet,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Links to a TechnoPolitcal History of the:</span></span></span></span></span></p></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2008%20elections">2 0 0 8 </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2008%20elections"></a></span><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2008%20elections">Elections</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2006%20elections"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 0 0 6 Elections</span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2004%20Election"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 0 0 4 Elections</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2002%20Elections"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2 0 0 2 Elections</span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/2000%20Elections"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2 0 0 0 Elections</span></span></span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/elections%20of%201998">1998 Elections</a></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;font-family:Georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><a dir="ltr" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/1992-94-96%20Elections" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">1992 </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a dir="ltr" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/1992-94-96%20Elections" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">-1994</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><a dir="ltr" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/1992-94-96%20Elections" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> - 1996</a></span><a dir="ltr" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/1992-94-96%20Elections" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/1992-94-96%20Elections" style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Elections</a></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px;font-size:18px;">---------------------</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px;font-family:Georgia;"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/vital%20STATS" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">* Early Vital Historical Stats of Internet Use & Growth *</span></a><br /></span></span></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input id="jsProxy" type="hidden" onclick="jsCall();"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-73142039384356439612009-05-05T23:59:00.000-04:002012-12-20T22:48:33.836-05:00TechnoPolitical : A Political History of the Internet........<div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Welcome to TechnoPolitical.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> "TECHNOPOLITCAL-dot-blogspot-dot-com" , is the record of the history of Political Activism in the USA </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and World</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> on the Internet from its earliest days.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> With a Political focus on the impact of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">September 11, 2001 followed </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thereafter by the </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rapid & Ubiquitous Rise</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of the INTERNET & Digital Technologies </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">into our daily lives</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This site is Academic Examination of the major TechnoPolitical </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">issues of the New Digital Age we now live in.</span></span></span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here you will find hundreds & hundreds of cyber news and academic bits , all w/ links and citations to the original articles;</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">including my ground breaking August 2002 Study:</span></span></span></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> w/ 120 footnotes -- and over 100 of these notes have links to their sources on the Internet from 1994 till Today.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Many of the links on this site are now of historical value . If you find some of the older links go to one of those </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"this page is no longer available" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> at the News or University site, I have decided NOT to fix them or search for you. I would rather preserve the "internet history" of broken links. All postings here at TechnoPolical have complete</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> "cyber-citations</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">" with dates, original link address, and authors name.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">{I am sure Google's News Achrive and/or </span></span></span><a href="http://academic.lexisnexis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Lexis Nexis</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> would have a complete archive</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (-- if you pay Lexis $--) </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of most every source I use here if you find an inactive link. AND If they don't have them, well then clearly I have done my job well here!}</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">TECHNOPOLITICAL </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> as a History is meant to be read OLDEST to NEWEST.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Use the blog archive at the </span><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">top</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> of the right side of the page here. </span><span style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">>>>></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #373737; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3333ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://technopoliticalscience.blogspot.com/" style="color: #006600; font-style: italic;">(For the current events blog click here )</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-85493647339920041392009-03-19T12:02:00.024-04:002009-03-20T16:50:31.779-04:00The "Obama-TechnoPolitical Impact" : When the POTUS has a Blackberry --that won't leave his hands--- we are now in a whole new TechnoPolitical world.<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 200%; "><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> The tools of politics have been greatly changed by technology during the last decade. How people communicate has changed dramatically as well, with email and cell phones, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Blackberrys</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">iPhones</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> and all else. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 200%; "><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">But even with the election of Barack Obama as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">POTUS</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> -- a moderate-center-liberal Democrat -- the power centers of politics in the USA has not really been changed by the Internet. It is still Democrats and Republicans.</span></span></span></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 200%; "><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Fifty years from now will the discussions in political science classes be:</span> </span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why has the Digital Age and the Internet failed to produce any great change in Democracy?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Or: </span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why was it watershed for better Democracy in the </span></b></span><b style=""><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">United States</span></span></b><b style=""><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (and/or other nations)? </span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn36" name="_ednref36" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[36]</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></b></span></p><div> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><b style=""><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are also those who assert that Democracy will loose out ---and is loosing out--- to the Globalization of the Government and Corporate Techno-Powers.</span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn37" name="_ednref37" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[37]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Seeing the distribution of </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">academic and political</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> information, news and views on the Web as dominated by a few mega-corporations</span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn38" name="_ednref38" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[38]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> some believe the question political-science students will be asked on exams is: “</span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why and how has the Internet changed democracy for the worst?”</span></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Richard Davis, a Professor of Political Science at </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brigham</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Young</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">University</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, in his book</span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/AmericanPolitics/PoliticalCommunicationMediaStudi/?view=usa&ci=9780195114850"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Web of Politics</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">rightly points out that “</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">each innovation in mass communications</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">” instead of creating new power centers, has simply reinforced the existing Government and media power structures.</span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn39" name="_ednref39" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[39]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Davis</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-style: normal;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> highlights how the hope of television as a positive force of democratization was torpedoed by the enactment of the of the </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Equal Time Provision</span></u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ETP</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) by Congress during the 1950’s.</span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn40" name="_ednref40" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[40]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Because the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ETP</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> required broadcasters to give “equal access” for </span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">free</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> time, but not equal access for </span><b style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">paid</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> time, broadcasters limited the amount of free time they allowed to be accessed. With their money Republican and Democratic campaigns could easily buy</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">political advertisements, but smaller third-parties who generally lack substantial funds became all but locked out of television till today.</span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn41" name="_ednref41" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[41]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even high profile third-party candidates such as Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader could not directly debate with Democrat Al Gore and</span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Republican George Bush during the 2000 presidential election, nor could they get their campaigns the broadcast publicity needed to make a serious run. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ETP</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> instead of adding to the diversity of public discourse has just galvanized the status </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">quo</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with American television politics becoming dominated by Democrats and Republicans.</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A similar situation is developing with the Internet. Democrats and Republicans are co-opting the Internet into an overall political strategy and are doing with the Web as they did with television </span></span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in dominating the election campaign dialogue of the medium</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cyber</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-space has of yet to cause a mushrooming of alternative political parties and candidates in the </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">United States</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nor have the sources of mass news consumption been changed by the Internet age. The most trafficked Internet news sites are dominated by the same broadcast and print media giants that have ruled the airwaves and news-stands for the past generation. According to Jupiter Media </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Metrix</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><a rel="nofollow" style="" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/09/techno-politics.html#_edn42" name="_ednref42" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style=""><span style=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><b style=""><span style="letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">[42]</span></span></b></span></span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> a website ratings group, the September 2001 -- which as you see are basically unchanged now in 2009--- ratings of Internet news sites showed the top 10 to be: </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1] CNN.com</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2] </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">MSNBC</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.com</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">3] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time.com</span></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4] </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ABCNews</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.com</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">5] </span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New York</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Times.com</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Washington Post.com</span></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">7] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://usatoday.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">USA Today.com</span></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">8] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://slate.msn.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Slate.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (which is a division </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">MSNBC</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">)</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">9] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://foxnews.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">FoxNews</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.com</span></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">10] </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://latimes.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Los Angles Times.com</span></a></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So as of today in 2009 -- and as in 2002 when this just above was first posted ---the Digital Internet Age has not produced any major change in the </span><i style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sources of news and views</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> nor a diversification of </span><i style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">electoral</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><i style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">political issue</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> discourse in the Untied States, and as you shall read throughout this blog , in my humble opinion, the Internet does not at all seem poised to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">facilitate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the forming of any major new political parties in the USA anytime in the near future. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So as to our question as to whether the Digital Age is good or bad for American democracy; it as of now seems to be a big sum zero impact. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> For while the Political Spheres that make up the USA's body politic have incorperated the Internet & Digital Technologies into them, they are still basically the same political ball they were ten or twenty or even thirty years ago.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Now, though , if President Barak Obama can use the internet to harness the power of the people, to help forward his agenda, then we will see what will be the "Obama-TechonoPolitical Impact" on politics in the USA.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;color:blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Because when the POTUS has a Blackberry --that won't leave his hands--- we are now in a whole new TechnoPolitical world. </span></span></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-67565779651890141842009-03-18T19:23:00.021-04:002009-04-26T11:22:49.210-04:00The Obama Experience<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">With the November 2008 election of President Barak Obama, </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">the world of TechnoPolitics has entered a new era.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Obama election campaign team completely mastered the use of the Internet & Digital Communications in the 2008 primary & general elections , and Team Obama has forever changed how the sport of electoral politics is played. And also how the technological tools & grassroots of politics are used in issue lobbying.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> The National Obama Experiance</span></span></a></span><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">and the Internet</span></span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/how-obamas-internet-campaign-changed-politics/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">has been well documented by the mass media for the past three years.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">When I started this academic project of the study of the "Internet & Politics" back in 1999, the topic was very niche. I really had to dig for research information.( And I have preserved much of the <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/search/label/internet%20history">obscure early-Political -Internet-history </a>here on this blog site.)<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Today in 2009 , some TechnoPolitical message spills in to my email's inbox hourly;<a href="http://technopoliticalscience.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-hits-e-campaign-trail.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"> even from President Obama himself, </span></a> as well as other Democrats , many Republicans and from everyone else on down, whom I</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> give --or who gets-- my email address<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And today in 2009<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">http://www.whitehouse.gov/</span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">is a major website in its own right.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> It will -- and has already --become a daily stop online for many<br />if not most cyber-broad-banded Americans.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> I mean the POTUS p</span><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/18/March-Madness-At-the-White-House/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">osting his NCAA Basketball picks</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, amazing !<br /><br />While there maybe you will read some policy papers. Then again , maybe you won't.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-65958672214999510402009-03-16T18:00:00.001-04:002009-03-20T13:17:55.710-04:00A Cyber-Activist may never use any other medium.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Some would argue the term is </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Electronic-Electioneering or E-lobbying. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">I believe Cyber to be </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">more accurate than e / electronic in talking about Internet activity. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Telephones and fax machines are also electronic.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Cyber-Space is the Internet. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">A Cyber-Activist may never use any other medium.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002/08/techno-politics-and-political-activism_28.html#_edn4</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1131329633151059082009-03-13T11:59:00.003-04:002009-03-20T11:41:58.077-04:00E-government and E-governance. definition of terms<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:12;" ><span style=""></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> E-government and E-governance.</span> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:12;" ></span>--------------------------<br /><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:12;" >There is <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2001/12/e-government-and-e-governance.html">some disagreement</a> as to the definition of terms<span style=""> </span>E-government and E-governance.<span style=""><br /></span>** I have resolved the dispute<span style=""> </span>over the definitions as follows:<o:p></o:p></span> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;font-size:12;" ><span style=""> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Electronic-Government</span> is how a government sets up any Internet infrastructure and then uses that infrastructure to provide services * and information</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> to citizens, alien residents and even tourists.</span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;font-size:12;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Electronic-Governance</span> is how a government uses the Internet in expressing political power over its citizens and other people within its borders.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;font-size:12;" ><br /></span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-weight: bold;font-size:12;" > </span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-weight: bold;font-size:12;" >Cyber</span><span style="line-height: 200%; letter-spacing: 1.1pt; font-weight: bold;font-size:12;" >-</span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1.1pt;font-size:12;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Law-Enforcement </span><a title="" style="" href="http://www.cyberpolitics.cc/pages/1/page1.htm?refresh=1112967735044#_edn8" name="_ednref8"></a>, anti-terrorist measures and the regulation of Internet access in public libraries, are the current E-Governance issues under debate in many if not all democracies. In most dictatorships, E-governance is how a government may censor or restrict the dissemination of political viewpoints, news and organizing information over the Internet and other communication technologies.<br />--------<br />note: *</span><a title="" style="" href="http://www.cyberpolitics.cc/pages/1/page1.htm?refresh=1112967735044#_ednref7" name="_edn7"></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"> West, Darrell M.; Assessing E-Government: The Internet, Democracy, and Service Delivery by State and Federal Governments. September, 2000. </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;">Brown</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family:Arial;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">Providence</span></st1:city><span style="font-family:Arial;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family:Arial;">RI</span></st1:state><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span><st1:postalcode><span style="font-family:Arial;">02912</span></st1:postalcode></st1:place><span style="font-family:Arial;">. Last accessed </span><st1:date month="9" day="6" year="2002"><span style="font-family:Arial;">September 6, 2002</span></st1:date><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span>via <a href="http://www.insidepolitics.org/">www.insidepolitics.org</a><span style=""> </span>@<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovtreport00.html">http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovtreport00.html</a> .</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-42468291840382318192009-03-10T16:43:00.007-04:002012-03-04T11:11:48.143-05:00MY 10,000 Word Study w/ 100 footnoted links. plus.<div class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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Senator more powerful than ever!<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">~~` Back after the Connecticut Democratic primary this year , the world -- or at least the press -- proclaimed <em>"</em></span><a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09300738.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>Internet, activists help topple prominent US Democrat"</em></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>.<br /></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well at the time <em>, </em></span><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/08/internet-activists-help-topple.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>I was not impressed</em></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"> . And now we have , once "Democratic" Sen. Joseph Lieberman, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">as now INDEPENDENT Sen. Joseph Lieberman.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">With just a one vote Majority in the senate the Democrats will have to quake every time Lieberman speaks his mind. Lieberman is now more powerful then ever, thanks to the Internet !?!? </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">If Internet "activist" are going to proclaim victories, they are also going to have to accept the lessons of this big defeat.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The lesson is , while the Internet is a great "tool" for political organizing, it is still only one "tool" among many, and alone it cannot win for you.</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1161663004643970952006-10-24T00:00:00.002-04:002009-04-29T14:11:41.561-04:00Electronic Voting . Bad Idea , now and forever .<div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">~~ I really wish this concept of Electronic Voting would go away,, click <a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2005/12/eff-moves-to-block-certification-of-e.html">here</a> and <a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2005/11/its-official-diebold-election-bugware.html">here </a>and <a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/05/pcworldcom-backdoor-found-in-diebold_16.html">here</a> for earlier rants on this topic. ~` TP</span></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">------------------------</span> </strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><strong></strong></span></span><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127610-c,networksecurity/article.html"><strong>Diebold Source Code Leaked Again</strong> </a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:85%;">by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service<br />Monday, October 23, 2006 06:00 AM PDT</span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">Source code to Diebold Election Systems voting machines has been leaked once again. Last week, former Maryland state legislator Cheryl C. Kagan was anonymously given disks containing source code to Diebold's BallotStation and Global Election Management System (GEMS) tabulation software used </span><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,118431/article.html"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">in the 2004 elections</span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kagan, a well-known critic of electronic voting, is Executive Director of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in Olney, Maryland.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The disks were created and distributed by two federal voting machine testing labs run by Ciber and Wyle Laboratories. They had been testing systems </span></span><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,118714/article.html"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">on behalf of</span></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> the state of Maryland, Diebold said in a statement.<br /><br />This is not the first time that Diebold source code has been leaked. In early 2003, Diebold critic Bev Harris uncovered similar source code while conducting research using Google's search engine. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">=============</span><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1159972943321313692006-10-04T10:35:00.004-04:002009-04-29T14:15:23.028-04:00Yahoo! and Google on my phone . Yahoo! wins so far ........<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">A while back , Google and Yahoo! </span><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/01/final-war-yahoo-vs-goggle-they-are.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">announced they were venturing into the mobile/wireless world.</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"> I billed as<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/01/final-war-yahoo-vs-goggle-they-are.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">"The final war" between them</span>,</a> as the future IS wireless.<br /><br />At the time , I still had a primitive cellphone , one that only made phonecalls.<br /><br />Now I got a free upgrade to a new phone ,, and my cell service provider in T-Mobile,, has a great deal for $5.99 a month you can surf the net using a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAP"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">WAP Browser</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">.<br /><br /><strong>Well,,, Yahoo! Wins,, so far</strong>. Gmail just refuses to remember me , and I ain't going to enter my username and password everytime I want to go to gmail. Plus yesterday , I figured I would give a shot a composing a Gmail on the phone -- never really a fun thing with any email -- <strong>and old Gmail re-asked for my user name and password INSTEAD of sending my email !!</strong> All an all,, with Google mobile so far , on my phone at least , Gmail is USELESS.<br /><br />Yahoo! on the other hand , always remembers me. Also the format is streamed and simple. Function over form.. no colors , just text .</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">And what is really cool , THERE ARE NO Advertisements-- yet-- at Yahoo. They seem more to just be aiming at customer service and retention. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">'Cause now after switching my main Email to Gmail , the wireless world has brough back to my Yahoo! Email account. Big victory here for Yahoo!, as far as this internet user.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">While typing an Email on a phone is a bit of a chore , it does work in a pinch, for a brief note. But the real joy is getting to the email inbox at Yahoo! , in am easy & wireless/mobile way , to see if it worth running to to my desktop at home or elsewhere.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now I just POP all my email accounts --- including Gmail -- over to Yahoo! Email, so I can track my emails quick and easy using my WAP Browser at Yahoo!. SO for now at least for now Yahoo is winning the first round of the Wireless War.<br /><br />Gmail meanwhile tries to recreate their standard internet webpages in WAP format , and is is a bad mix, again at least on my Nokia free standard cellset from t-mobile.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><strong>~~` technopolitical</strong></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1155157837464103222006-08-09T17:00:00.004-04:002009-03-20T13:45:05.749-04:00Internet, activists help topple prominent US Democrat<div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>~~` Lieberman would have lost w/o the internet ,, just like when Lieberman defeated Lowell Wicker to first enter the Senate in 1988 .</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><strong>Please do not confuse the medium for the message. Unpopular incumbents loose primaries , because they lost the support of the core that first elected them. The internet reflected public sentiment that was already there, the internet did not create it. Plus Lamont had big $$$ , that helps more !!</strong></span> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">-------------------</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">----------------</span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09300738.htm">"Internet, activists help topple prominent US Democrat"</a></strong></em></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><strong><a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09300738.htm">By Patricia Wilson</a></strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09300738.htm">WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters)</a></strong></span> - "Fueled by opposition to the Iraq war and anger at U.S. President George W. Bush, liberal grass-roots and Internet activists on Wednesday claimed their most significant political victory -- the defeat of Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><br />The three-term senator from Connecticut was repudiated on Tuesday by voters from his own party who chose Ned Lamont -- a relative unknown with a fierce anti-war message -- to represent Democrats in the November election.<br /><br />"The winner is people-powered politics," declared the Daily Kos Web site, a sentiment that echoed throughout the liberal blogosphere.<br />Lamont, a millionaire businessman who has never held state or federal office, had almost zero name recognition and very little political experience when he entered the race."</em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1149005238731650402006-05-30T12:07:00.002-04:002009-03-16T08:44:23.583-04:00High Court Limits Whistleblower Lawsuits - Forbes.com<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >~~~ This ruling disappoints me.<br />A close loss at 5-4 too.<br /><br />Last year it could been 5-4 the other way.<br />( Or even 6-3 -- as Rehnquist <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style=""></span></span>was a<a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2005/09/firstamendmentcenterorg-rehnquist.html"> bit of a maverick on free speech )</a> .<br /><br />Welcome to the Roberts & Alito court . ~~~<span style="font-weight: bold;"> tp</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >===================</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/05/30/ap2780736.html">High Court Limits Whistleblower Lawsuits - Forbes.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;">: "</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Associated Press</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">"High Court Limits Whistleblower Lawsuits"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">By GINA HOLLAND , 05.30.2006, 11:12 AM</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for government employees to file lawsuits claiming they were retaliated against for going public with allegations of official misconduct.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">By a <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">5-4 vote,</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> j</span></span>ustices said the nation's 20 million public employees do not have carte blanche free speech rights to disclose government's inner-workings.<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> New Justice Samuel Alito cast the tie-breaking vote"</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1148869383199941982006-05-28T22:23:00.004-04:002009-03-18T13:57:12.867-04:00"Judge Says Time Magazine Reporters Must Turn Over Some Documents to Former White House Aide"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">~~ Seems reasonable to me , as Libby is the source ,, so there no "source" for the reporter to protect in this case. A fine line ,as the reporter has rights too.<br /><br />But in this case I do not see the reporter 's note protected.<br /><br />Anyone-- even Libby --</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">must be given wide latitude </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> in obtaining<br />ANY information that could prove they are </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">innocent.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">~~` TP</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span>===========================<br />=================<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/27/ap/politics/mainD8HRUKF02.shtml">Time Ordered to Give Documents to Libby, </a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/27/ap/politics/mainD8HRUKF02.shtml">Judge Says Time Magazine Reporters Must Turn Over Some </a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/27/ap/politics/mainD8HRUKF02.shtml">Documents to Former White House Aide - CBS News</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">:<br /><br />"Judge says Time magazine reporters must turn over some documents to former White House aide"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">WASHINGTON, May. 27, 2006</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">By TONI LOCY Associated Press Writer"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;">"U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton limited the scope of subpoenas that Libby's lawyers had aimed at Time, NBC News and The New York Times for e-mails, notes, drafts of articles and other information.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;">But in a 40-page ruling, Walton rejected the news organizations' argument that they have a broad right to refuse to provide such information in criminal cases."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1148853429287824812006-05-28T17:57:00.002-04:002009-03-20T09:12:43.830-04:00ABC News: Murtha: New Scandal Worse Than Abu Ghraib<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">~~ More bad news for Global opinion polls on<br /><br />the American led war in Iraq.<br /><br /><br />I really think that no good<br /><br />can come out<br /><br />of these events.<br /><br />Except for Justice. ~~~ TP</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br />======================<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2014489&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312">ABC News: Murtha: New Scandal Worse Than Abu Ghraib</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >: </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"Rep. Murtha Says Fallout From Killing of Iraqi Civilians Will Turn<br />Out Worse Than Prison Scandal</span><br /></div><br /><h4 style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" id="feature_author">By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL </h4> <strong style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">WASHINGTON May 28, 2006 (AP)</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"This image taken from a videotape made by a Haditha, Iraq journalism student and obtained by Time Magazine via the Hammurabi Human Rights Group, shows a scene in what appears to be a morgue following an alleged fatal raid by United States forces which took place on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, in Haditha, Iraq.<br /><br />"The U.S. military is bracing for a major scandal over the alleged killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha - charges so serious that they could threaten President Bush's effort to rally support for an increasingly unpopular war. "</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >WASHINGTON May 28, 2006 (AP)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1148679455472155252006-05-26T17:37:00.002-04:002009-03-16T08:23:36.183-04:00U.S. House Judiciary Committee: Legislation aimed at preventing high-speed Internet network providers from discriminating.........<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=2006-05-25T192049Z_01_N24310259_RTRIDST_0_TECH-INTERNET-CONGRESS.XML">Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters)</span> - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation aimed at preventing high-speed Internet network providers from discriminating against unaffiliated services, content and applications."<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">---------------------------</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/03/new-broadband-bill-draws-fire.html">~~~~ CLICK HERE FOR EARLIER POST ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER ~~' T P </a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">===============</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1148910546276019042006-05-26T01:49:00.003-04:002009-03-16T08:47:15.028-04:00Apple Loses Bid to Unmask Bloggers' Sources :The Sixth District Court of Appeals on Friday<a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1489151"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">~~ This makes me happy.!! ~~ TP<br />---------------------------------------------<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"Apple Loses Bid to Unmask Bloggers' Sources"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >by Ryan Singel and Kevin Poulsen</span><br /><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1489151"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Friday, 26 May 2006</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's <span style="font-weight: bold;">efforts to subpoena e-mail</span> received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org <span style="font-weight: bold;">runs contrary to federal law,</span> California's reporter's shield law, and the state Constitution.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The Sixth District Court of Appeals on Friday<a href="http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/27BStroke6/AppleRuling.pdf"> roundly rejected (.pdf) </a>Apple's argument that the bloggers weren't acting as journalists when they posted internal document about future Apple products.</span> </span>'We decline the implicit invitation to embroil ourselves in questions of what constitutes 'legitimate journalis(m).' The shield law is intended to protect the gathering and dissemination of news, and that is what petitioners did here,' the court wrote.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >'Beyond casting aspersions on the legitimacy of petitioners’ enterprise, Apple offers no cogent reason to conclude that they fall outside the shield law’s protection</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >".<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > Source: </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br />© </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.lycos.com/lycosinc/legal.html#copy">Copyright</a></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > 2006, Lycos, Inc. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Lycos is a registered trademark of Lycos, Inc. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >All Rights Reserved.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > Your use.... constitutes acceptance of the Lycos</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.lycos.com/privacy/"><strong>Privacy Policy</strong></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > and </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.lycos.com/lycosinc/legal_terms.html">Terms & Conditions</a> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > !!! "</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >=============================</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1148868039517774882006-05-22T22:00:00.003-04:002009-03-18T21:14:21.063-04:00: Supreme Court Developments on Yahoo! News<a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060522/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_in_brief&printer=1;_ylt=A86.I1HAVHpEAF0AzRdAw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-">Print Story: Supreme Court Developments on Yahoo! News</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;">: -- </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yahoo! News</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Supreme Court Developments</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;">By The Associated PressMon May 22, 4:24 PM ET</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;">Highlights of actions taken Monday by the Supreme Court. The justices:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">_Ruled unanimously th</span>at police do not need a warrant to go into a home to break up a bloody fight, in a case involving a 'melee' that Brigham City, Utah, police officers saw through<span style="font-weight: bold;"> a window.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">_Rejected an appeal from Tennessee death row </span>inmate Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, who wanted the court to declare that the drug protocol used in most executions amounts to <span style="font-weight: bold;">cruel punishment.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">_Refused to hear an appeal in the case of a mentally ill man, Andrew Goldstein, </span>whose conviction was overturned in the death of a woman pushed into the path of a subway train <span style="font-weight: bold;">in New York.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">_Said they would not consider the case of convicted m</span>urderer James Hamm, who graduated from law school and is being thwarted in his efforts to become a practicing <span style="font-weight: bold;">attorney in Arizona.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">_Delayed a decision on whether to take up a fight over reporters' confidential sources</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">, apparently because a former government scientist's lawsuit that prompted journalist </span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">subpoenas may be settled.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">_Declined for the second time to get involved in a child custody fight </span>between a San Diego woman and</span> and her<span style="font-weight: bold;"> former</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> [female] partner.</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;">"<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;">============</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1147784607876265152006-05-16T09:03:00.003-04:002012-01-29T09:32:04.446-05:00PCWorld.com - Backdoor Found in Diebold Voting Machines<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;">~~~ I am not a supporter of electronic voting. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"> As I have<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> </span></span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2005/11/its-official-diebold-election-bugware.html">written about often here .</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> </span>~~~ TP<br />--------------------------------<br /><br /></span> </div> <a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125700,00.asp">PCWorld.com - Backdoor Found in Diebold Voting Machines</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">:<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;">Monday, May 15, 2006</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span > "Diebold Election Systems plans to make changes to its electronic voting machines, following the disclosure of a number of serious security flaws in the systems. {The} Company says it will make changes to the <span class="Apple-style-span">electronic voting machines before the November 7 2006 general election."</span></span><br /></span></span><span ><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span > "After the November 2000 presidential election exposed flaws in traditional paper ballots,</span> many U.S. states have rushed to adopt electronic voting systems. But computer experts have pointed out </b></span></span></span><a style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-style: italic; " href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117911,00.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">numerous security flaws</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> in these machines, and some consumer groups have called for them to be dropped altogether.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span><span >"</span><br />======================<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1147699813366890402006-05-15T21:30:00.003-04:002009-03-23T20:16:47.065-04:00California's 2006 Candidates for governor reach out by Web, iPod<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >~~~ For over a decade many technopolitical folks <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/1994/03/electronic-town-halls-why-e-democracy.html">have been heralding how the Internet </a><br />and digital / wirelesss things will change politics. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > I ,</span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/04/q-internet-injects-sweeping-change.html"> as I write about out here,</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > dissagree with that vision.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558504702/102-6388580-4636104?v=glance&n=283155"> All politics is local.</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558504702/102-6388580-4636104?v=glance&n=283155"> </a>Face to face human interaction will always be the core of </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >of political activity. Which is why close elections are won and lost by field organization, and always will be.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How well can you get out the vote on election day is what the game is all about. Seniors , low-income folks, and many on the religious-right, do not use the internet as much as other voters-- yet . These voting groups can only be reached by old -fashioned local field work. Knocking on doors, holding rallies , and working the bus & subway stops.<br />~~~ TP<br />=================================== </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/state/article_1133881.php">Article: News - Candidates for governor reach out by Web, iPod</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >:<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="byline"><br />By SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="source">The Orange County Register www.ocregister.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >"Welcome to California's 2006 gubernatorial race</span>, where winning traditional grass-roots support is more about bandwidth than shoe leather. Campaigns are following the example of Howard Dean, a littleknown former Vermont governor who used a network of Internet-connected supporters to leap onto the national stage in the 2004 presidential race".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"California's gubernatorial candidates hope the same Web-based techniques will make their campaigns more accessible and supporters feel vested. With new campaign contribution limits and skyrocketing costs of TV advertising hampering campaigns, the Internet has become a vital tool to boost contenders' visibility, especially among the grass roots, experts say."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1147706210617358652006-05-15T11:16:00.002-04:002009-03-23T19:56:10.523-04:00Conservative Christians Criticize Republicans - New York Times<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"> ~~ But can the Democrats capitalize on the Republican discord ? </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The Dems still have no unified voice, and to me, come acrross as timid and pandering.<br /><br />I would prefer to see them offering the leadership and inovation that marked the Clinton years.<br /><br />Unless the Democratic leadership can excite their base, Dem voters ---and religious -right voters too, as we see here--- might just sit out the this year's mid-term elections for Congress & etc. Which more than likely would help the incumbents, thus keeping the GOP in charge of congress.<br />~<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">~~ `technopolitical </span><br />======================<br /></span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre; ">5/15/06 :</span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/washington/15dobson.html?hp&ex=1147752000&en=e08dec9e1107338d&ei=5094&partner=homepage">Conservative Christians Criticize Republicans - New York Times</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">: "There is a growing feeling among conservatives that the only way to cure the problem is for Republicans to lose the Congressional elections this fall," said Richard Viguerie, a conservative direct-mail pioneer. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I can't tell you how much anger there is at the Republican leadership,' Mr. Viguerie said. 'I have never seen anything like it.'"</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1147458032883040692006-05-12T14:20:00.001-04:002009-03-14T23:26:33.937-04:00| Warning on search engine safety ; BBC NEWS | Technology<div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">~~`This blog , before i moved to Blogger here , got "spammed" last year.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> Some web camera dealers copied my whole blog into their spam-virus-adware-filled website to lure folks to their pages through web search results.. I have found this has stoped since i moved to Blogger. ~~~ TP</span><br />======================<br /></div><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4765199.stm">BBC NEWS | Technology | Warning on search engine safety</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >: "Some net searches are leading users to websites that expose them to spam, spyware and other dangerous downloads, reveals a report."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1146595145639830872006-05-02T14:39:00.002-04:002009-03-19T01:26:34.381-04:00Google Watch : Microsoft, Yahoo Take A Swipe At Google<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">~~The <a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/01/final-war-yahoo-vs-goggle-they-are.html">web wars </a>are not over yet. I do not think Google will last as #1 in search for more than a decade.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">And it still might be a new guy yet unseen.<br />[ Though personally I find YAHOO! to be a better overall search engine currently.]<br /><br />Mircosoft / MSN.com , Yahoo.com , Excite.com , Ask.com, Myway.com & etc ,<br />are most certainly here to stay, but they do not seemed poised to dethrone Google in adv. sales $$.<br /><br />Somewhere there is some geek or geek team aiming<a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/01/final-war-yahoo-vs-goggle-they-are.html"> to dethrone Google</a>, just as Google dethroned Yahoo.<br /><br />Also Gmail is the cat's meow of email now,<br />being by far he best once you get used to it </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"><br />~~` TP . </span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">---------------------------<br /></div><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://ibmwatch.eweek.com/blogs/google_watch/archive/2006/05/02/9531.aspx">Google Watch : Microsoft, Yahoo Take A Swipe At Google</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">: "'It is pretty clear Google is whining and complaining about something it does itself with Firefox,' he wrote on his blog. 'Remember, Google hired the founders and leaders of Firefox and pays money to Mozilla. So Google heavily influences what happens in both browsers.'"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1145807605391614842006-04-23T11:53:00.002-04:002009-03-16T08:42:02.172-04:00Judge: Not unreasonable for city workers to surf Web -- Newsday.com<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >~~~ Bravo !! I hope the higher courts see this the same way. ~~~ TP<br />-----------------------------------<br /></span></div><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--internetsurfingru0423apr23,0,5454675.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork">Judge: Not unreasonable for city workers to surf Web -- Newsday.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >: "</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >In his decision, Spooner wrote: 'It should be observed that the Internet has become the modern equivalent of a telephone or a daily newspaper, providing a combination of communication and information that most employees use as frequently in their personal lives as for their work. He added: "For this reason, city agencies permit workers to use a telephone for personal calls, so long as this does not interfere with their overall work performance.'"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1144297662989540582006-04-06T00:27:00.003-04:002009-03-19T01:27:33.538-04:00Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal | CNET News.com<div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">~~` I </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/02/techdirtno-network-neutrality-no.html">posted alot earlier</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> about the big</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/02/techgov-gated-internet.html">Telcoms who are pushing to destroy Internet</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://msn.com.com/2009-1035_22-6051971.html?tag=nl" title="Telecoms look to the future -- Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006">Network neutrality</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> The battle is growing hottter. Much hotter</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Net neutrality is at the core of what the internet is.<br />Freedom to visit any website , anywhere.<br />{ Unless you live in <a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2005/11/china-reportedly-shuts-down-blog-thu.html">China.</a> }<br />The greedy TelComs must be stopped.<br />~~~ TP</span><br />-------------------------------------------<br /></span></div><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://news.com.com/Republicans+defeat+Net+neutrality+proposal/2100-1028_3-6058223.html">Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal | CNET News.com</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">: "A partisan divide pitting Republicans against Democrats on the question of Internet regulation appears to be deepening.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;">A Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday defeated a proposal that would have levied extensive regulations on broadband providers and forcibly prevented them from offering higher-speed video services to partners or affiliates.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">By an 8-to-23 margin, the committee members rejected a Democratic-backed 'Net neutrality' amendment to a current piece of telecommunications legislation.<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;"> The amendment had attracted support from companies including Amazon.com, eBay, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and their chief executives wrote a last-minute letter to the committee on Wednesday saying such a change to the legislation was 'critical.'</span>"</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11194544.post-1143944192903081122006-04-01T21:16:00.004-05:002009-03-20T13:47:45.896-04:00Q: "Internet Injects Sweeping Change Into U.S. Politics ? A: " NO !!<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">~~ Yes the Internet is becoming part of the political campaign arsenals.<br />But has the internet produced better candidates or any major shifts in power ?<br /><br />It is still the democrats and republicans.<br />The medium may be new but the players are the same.<br />Not only the mega- political players,<br />but the mega- media players too are the same .<br />In the end the Internet has re-enforced the status quo. See<a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2002_08_01_technopolitical_archive.html#_ednref39"> here for more </a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://technopolitical.blogspot.com/2006/01/answering-back-to-news-media-using.html">Yes Blogs have some impact,</a> but it is still the mega-media that makes "what is news" , so there too , the Internet has done little to tilt the power center.<br /><br />The hope of the Digital Age was that people would produce a better, a fairer and more representative government through cyber involvment.<br /><br />Well the Internet is only really 10 years old, so maybe there is still hope.<br /><br /><br />~~ technopolitical<br />-----------------------------------<br /></div><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/washington/02campaign.html?hp&ex=1143954000&en=003299f756f21d88&ei=5094&partner=homepage">Internet Injects Sweeping Change Into U.S. Politics - New York Times</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">:<br />April 2, 2006<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Internet Injects Sweeping Change Into U.S. Politics</span><br />By ADAM NAGOURNEY<br /><br />"The percentage of Americans who went online for election news jumped from 13 percent in the 2002 election cycle to 29 percent in 2004, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center after the last presidential election. A Pew survey released earlier this month found that 50 million Americans go to the Internet for news every day, up from 27 million people in March 2002, a reflection of the fact that the Internet is now available to 70 percent of Americans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">This means, aides said, rethinking every assumption about running a campaign: how to reach different segments of voters, how to get voters to the polls, how to raise money, and the best way to have a candidate interact with the public. In 2004, John Edwards, a former Democratic senator from North Carolina and his party's vice presidential candidate, spent much of his time talking to voters in living rooms in New Hampshire and Iowa; now he is putting aside hours every week to videotape responses to videotaped questions, the entire exchange posted on his blog.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;">'The effect of the Internet on politics will be every bit as transformational as television was,' said Ken Mehlman, the Republican national chairman. 'If you want to get your message out, the old way of paying someone to" {end quote]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:78%;">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/washington/02campaign.html?hp&ex=1143954000&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;en=003299f756f21d88&ei=5094&partner=homepage<br />-<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">TechnoPolitical, The Internet, Technology , Civil Liberties , Politics and more.</div>R.A.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794008098885755168noreply@blogger.com