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Monthly Archives: October 2004
a cause even the President (says he) supports
A campaign to oppose the draft. Continue reading
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Granny D signing off
Well, the debate was fun, but frightening, of course. There were so many times when I felt like a fool–not finding my words or letting some golden opportunities just slide by. But it was wonderful to be finally looking him in the eye and speaking the truth right at him. WMUR has an online poll of viewers. Those who though I won: 79%. Those who though Judd Gregg won: 20%. So I thank my many coaches on this site, and for all your encouragement, which was very real and very strengthening to me. And to Professor Lessig, I do so… Continue reading
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Here I go–Granny D
I sincerely want to thank the many of you who gave me so much information and so many valuable perspectives on the issues I’ve raised here. In less than an hour I will go into the lion’s den to debate Judd Gregg. He, as you may know, is the fellow who prepped Geo. Bush for his debates. My only hope is that George returns the favor! Otherwise, we are doing what campaigns are supposed to do before a debate: lowering expectations. That is difficult in my case, as we are already just where a campaign would want to be. Going… Continue reading
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a very classy First Lady
Laura Bush: “No need to apologize.” Continue reading
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Good luck, Granny D
In a couple hours, Granny D debates her opponent in the New Hampshire Senate Race, Judd Gregg. Here is a great site that summarizes his views on the issues. From the Lessig Blog (and Lessig!), good luck, Granny D. Just show who you are, and the rest will take care of itself. Speak real — not, e.g., “New Hampshire is a special place, home to many wonderful people.” (from the Judd site), but the way you’ve spoken here. Continue reading
My Big Debate Looms!
Granny D again. I’m just two nights away from my CSPAN debate with Senator Judd Gregg, who seems to want to keep his Senate seat, and I’m very nervous. It is hard for a 94 year-old woman from the woods to think about going against a career politician lawyer, but I got myself into this mess. We get to ask each other four questions. I think I know what I will ask him (see http://GrannyD.org), but I can’t imagine what he will ask me. If he hired you to come up with a question or two, what would you come… Continue reading
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Whose economy is it?
Granny D here. I love this blog world–you make a general statement and then some people write a book for you about it. Thank you all for your comments on protectionism. I am totally persuaded and will now stop pruning my garden, leaving behind my old fashioned notion that editing and flowering are necessary partners. What does continue to bother me, however, is the unsaid notion that labor is one of the several components of manufacturing, when, in fact, it is us. Economists (and their hunchbacked evil blogger assistants) tend to make such deadly abstractions that they lose sight of… Continue reading
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updates to p2p-politics
So lots of great reaction to p2p-politics.org today, and we’ve modified in response. In particular:
(1) We’ve changed “Nader” to “Other” so as to encourage other (actually more prominent) candidates to be included without adding too many tabs;
(2) Adding a comment link to each ad, so if you have a view about an ad you’d like to express, there’s a wiki page to do it;
(3) Adding the option to upload audio as well as video;
(4) Adding RSS/Atom feeds, so you can subscribe to new content.
Still no response from the Bush campaign. And of course, throughout, “we” here means the tech sorts, and today, that meant Aaron. Continue reading
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p2p-politics goes live
p2p-politics.org went live this morning. This was an idea a couple of us had last week. I blogged for a web designer on Thursday. J Christopher Garcia was among the first. Aaron did the backend design.
The idea is simple: Send a message. There is a pile of clips to select among. Select some that best express a point you think a friend should hear. Put the friends address into the email box. Add some text yourself. Click send. Your friend will receive an email, with links back to the clips, and also an invitation to do the same to someone else. Anyone can upload relevant content to the site, though for obvious copyright and other reasons, all entries must be reviewed before going live.
MoveOn was able to give us the initial content — 150 ads from the BushIn30Seconds contest. The Kerry campaign has added some of its own. I’ve invited, through a number of channels, the Bush campaign to add something. No reply yet.
The Internet Archive is hosting the content under a Creative Commons license. Thanks to Brewster, J Christopher, and Aaron for pulling this together so amazingly quickly. Continue reading
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Free markets are too expensive
I know, why am I worried about protection at my age? I really don’t want to be labeled a protectionist, but I think there is a happy medium between raw free marketeering and highwall protectionism. My father worked as a laborer in a furniture warehouse in Laconia, NH. He was able to own a house and raise five kids pretty decently. You can’t do that anymore, and the reason is that the economy is no longer self-contained in the way that a good system or a good machine can be. Without some containment, it’s rather like trying to farm without… Continue reading
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