Holding Democrats to Maddow Standard for Grassroots Activism
2009-08-25 23:54:00 In light of the Democrats’ announcement that “are launching a national grassroots push Wednesday to show lawmakers that the majority of Americans still support overhauling the system,” it’s time to followup on the review I promised of the Rachel Maddow Grassroots Standard, especially now that the transcript of the MSNBC hostess’s show is up. Commenting on ...
By: GayPatriot
Holding Obamacare Advocates to the Maddow Grassroots Standard
2009-08-20 14:45:00 Yesterday evening while doing my cardio at the gym, I had the good fortune (though some of our readers might say misfortune) to catch a bit of The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. And boy was it an education. I gotta give Ms. Maddow credit, unlike the guy who precedes here (you know the ...
By: GayPatriot
AP Finds Anti-ObamaCare Protests Represent Genuine Grassroots
2009-08-13 09:46:00 I have Yahoo! as my home page on my Safari browser, largely to make sure I always see a “mainstream” source of news, even on my busiest days. More often than not, I discover a left-leaning article leading the news, with headlines almost always more favorable to the Democrats than Republicans. But, oftentimes, they do ...
By: GayPatriot
Green Party Decries Senate Coup and Calls for Grassroots Resistance
2009-06-11 08:37:00 The New York State Green Party decries the latest power play in the NY State Senate. The leadership coup on Monday night by the Republican Party and at least two Democrats, one under investigation for fraud and the other for physical assault, is the newest in a serious of undemocratic and disgraceful acts that ...
But if the Ice Cream Guy Joined Grassroots?
2009-06-08 19:58:00 Perhaps James the Ice Cream Bicycle Guy could apply for six figures' worth of loans from BERC, but in smaller, less scrutinized incremental amounts, and then retain the assistance of a BERC official who's friendly with the mayor and have her pay his bills, negotiate with vendors, and otherwise run ...
By: BuffaloPundit
?Amorphous? Aspect of Tea Parties:Evidence of Their Grassroots Nature
2009-04-19 10:08:00 Perhaps the most accurate description of the tea parties in one of Andrew Sullivan’s tirades against this grassroots phenomenon was his use of the adjective “amorphous” to slur the rallies. To be sure, he used that word to modify our “rage.” (Wonder if, after February 24, 2004, he ever found “rage” to be a defining ...
By: GayPatriot
Tea Parties: Grassroots Phenomenon
2009-04-10 09:56:00 Something struck me shortly after I learned that Endora-award winning blogress Tammy Bruce, while an Angelena, will not be at the Santa Monica Tea Party, but will instead be participating in the protest in Manhattan Beach, just a few miles down the coast. Two protests so close together! These things are multiplying faster than anyone ...
By: GayPatriot
Elites Vs. Grassroots At CPAC
2009-03-03 13:02:00 Over at Pajamas Media, this morning, I examine the apparent rift between Republican grassroots and the Republican elite at CPAC. One such respondent placed his objections within the framework of the Republican Party being the middle-class party and therefore not needing “gimmicks” to prove their middle-class bona fides. The problem, of course, is that once those middle-class symbols are removed, or limited in their impact and exposure, the Republican Party leadership tends to forget the values of the middle class that they claim to represent. The results are predictable: In election seasons, such omissions lead to the near suicidal nomination of people like John McCain for president. McCain tried to sell us on the idea that he was a “maverick” when it came to bucking the party establishment. All too often, however, he was a very public rebel against true conservative values. Back in the day, the description we used for such people was “Rockefeller Republicans.” These ...
By: BitsBlog
The anarchy of grassroots violence
2009-02-19 08:35:00 The left hooligans who attack Jews in Judea and Samaria are not anarchists. Anarchism proclaims the right of people to live in communities as they wish, including the right to live without aliens. Anarchism also rejects state?s jurisdiction over the empty land. A group of Jews settling an empty hill and refusing entrance to Arabs ...
By: Samson Blinded
The Path to Victory: Grassroots Republicanism
2008-12-13 16:44:00 Let’s start, with a premise: Every Republican president candidate since 1964 has had their level of success or failure, respectively, tied directly to the degree of voter perception that they have or have not turned their back on conservatism. Consider the history of the thing… and it all flows one way: Nixon billed himself a conservative, and successfully, even though in most respects he was a California Moderate, and came down more or less where John McCain was in the most recent election; to the left of George W Bush. Yet, Nixon had an electoral landslide in both elections. (Admittedly, the Democrats he ran against were a laughable lot, which didn’t hurt him.) Bush 41 figured if he bent over forward enough, the left would like him.  Remember he was doing what the Democrats asked him to do, re; the ’no new taxes’ pledge? How did they respond? By beating him over the head with the fact that he did what they asked. The voters did the same, seeing clea...
By: BitsBlog
#dontgo Movement Offers GrassRoots Power to the Right
2008-11-11 01:31:00 -by Ken Marrero For millions of Americans, the results on November 4th were sad but not surprising. They signaled the failure of an ideology which held power for years, promised much and delivered little. To some, the failure was due to problems inherent in Free Markets, Capitalism, Limited Government, Social Conservatism and the rest of the foundations ...
By: Publius Forum
Do Palin-hating conservatives understand the grassroots?
2008-10-30 17:48:00 The Jewish Athena (Jennifer Rubin) just penned, er, pixeled (?) a most excellent post on Sarah Palin, looking at the divisions within conservative circles over the Republican Vice Presidential nominee. Rubin divides us into ?Players? and ?Kibitzers,” with the players (political activists) loving the Alaska Governor while the kibitzers (intellectuals) revile her. It’s an interesting breakdown ...
By: GayPatriot
Ohboyobama.com - Grassroots Ideas for Obama
2008-05-31 17:56:00 What it doesOh Boy Obama is a web based portal independently developed with the intention of encouraging creative ideas at the grassroots level for the Obama campaign. Anyone can submit their opinion or suggestion about what Obama should be focusing on now and in the future and other voters can vote on the idea and ...
Why Grassroots Initiatives Can't Fix Climate Change
2008-05-19 15:52:00 From Scientific American: Have you heard enough already about global warming? It's so ... last year's news! Plenty of people are "doing something" about it. Becoming carbon-neutral has gone as mainstream as Girl Scout cookies; help is on the way. Can we move on, please? Unfortun
Gilchrist Attacks Digger's Realm And Grassroots As 'witch hunters, racists,
2008-04-22 00:26:00 As most of you know I have been silent on Jim Gilchrist throughout the whole fiasco of the Minuteman debacle in California. The other day I decided not to be silent after Gilchrist decided to file a defamation lawsuit against...
By: Diggers Realm
'Guitar Hero' For The Nintendo DS: How A 'Grassroots' Idea Came Together, I
2008-04-16 15:22:00 A 'Guitar Hero' developer talked about how the game came together, and said the guitar could have had six buttons, but they settled for four.
?Guitar Hero? For The Nintendo DS: How A ?Grassroots? Idea Came Together, I
2008-04-16 00:00:00 A 'Guitar Hero' developer talked about how the game came together, and said the guitar could have had six buttons, but they settled for four.
By: Mp3 weblog
5 tips for organizing grassroots film screenings
2008-04-15 17:50:00 At a recent Cinema Politica screening at Concordia University, Montreal, filmmaker and professor Liz Miller caught up with Svetla Turnin and yours truly to get our two cents on organizing grassroots political film screenings. She interviewed us at her very packed screening of her new documentary, The Water Front. For those unfamiliar with the project, Cinema Politica was started five years ago at Concordia and has grown into an alternative network for distributing and exhibiting independent cinema (with a focus on Canadian titles and documentaries). There are currently about 30 locals (chapters) in operation across Canaada, mostly at college and university campuses. Cinema Politica has also sprung up in Germany, France, and Romania. The first Cinema Politica "festival" will take place this May in Transylvania. überculture, the non-profit responsible for this here blog, is the organization behind the project. We started Cinema Politica to support independent political cinema as well...
Grassroots Advocacy on Exec Accountability ? and (surprise!) more on Bear
2008-04-02 19:12:00 The New York Times this week had an interesting piece on a Colorado man, Lew Ellison, who worked for 30 years at Qwest Communications — and his efforts since its insider trading scandal-induced demise to create tougher corporate fraud laws. Having seen colleagues lose their life savings, Ellison has joined with local advocacy groups ...
By: Audit Trail
Grassroots Group Fights State on Naples Causeway Bridge Proposal
2008-03-28 12:24:00 Strong resistance to a fixed bridge plan proposed by the Maine Department of Transportation to replace a Naples swing bridge is being voiced by a local group of Sebago Lakes region businesspeople and waterfront front property owners around Long Lake, Brandy Pond and Sebago Lake. This grassroots group of concerned citizens met earlier in the week in Augusta with MDOT officials to ...
Grassroots Artists Create Ron Paul As A 3D Animation
2008-03-19 07:30:00 A group of grassroots artists have gotten together and created a 60-second TV promo for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. The spot--which looks like any scene from a high-quality, modern video game--utilizes portions of Ron Paul's past speeches, combined with high end computer animation and moving graphics to create scenes where a 3-D Ron Paul emerges from water, is surrounded by doves, is standing amongst money flying up into the air, and even appearing next to the founding fathers of the Constitution. It's impressive!!
GOING GRASSROOTS via the SMB-QC 9-Ball Championship!
2008-03-15 10:41:00 Chinese-Taipei is on the swing and is fast catching up with the Philippines as the leading powerhouse in world pool events! In light of this and other concerns, the Philippines is going grassroots on this one with the $25,000 San Miguel Beer-Quezon City 9-Ball Championship. The post could be an interesting read. And I kid you not! Much thanks for ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Anonymous Wins Victory For Grassroots Organizations Everywhere
2008-03-14 11:57:00 Remember the anti-Church of Scientology group Anonymous? Apparently they're still around, still going strong, and still making the Church so nervous that they've filed lawsuits against the members of the group in a Florida court. According to the St. Petersburg Times article by Peter Farley, the Scientologist hierarchy filed for an "injunction for protection against repeat violence." This legal filing was done in anticipation of an upcoming Anonymous protest against the Church of Scientology in Clearwater. It would have essentially barred protesters from coming within 500 feet of the building.This is completely outrageous and exactly what the protesters are complaining about in the first place. Here is an effort by the Church to suppress the ability of dissenters to legally and peacefully protest on public sidewalks and public property surrounding the Church. Instead, they are trying to legally force the protesters to stand almost 1/10 of a mile away from the building, where the p...
Grassroots Philanthropy
2008-03-06 16:01:00 I would like to bring your attention to a thought-provoking book I just finished reading, Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker which was written by Bill Somerville the President of Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, with Fred Setterberg.I have to say, this was probably one of the most inspiring books I have ever read on the subject of Philanthropy. Bill Somerville, is an extremely compassionate individual who cares deeply for the world of giving.Bill has worked in the non-profit world for over 48 years, and in his book he shares some of his vast experience with us. I found his personal stories fascinating and his ideas for improving the world of Philanthropy inspiring!In one section of the book Bill talks about the Love of Humanity and breaks down the word Philanthropy into it's literal definition. Philanthropy - philos, Love; anthropy, Mankind. He suggests that Funders take time to go out into the community, to seek out potential change agents, and get ...
By: Empathy
Reliance Capital starts grassroots initiative
2008-03-03 19:23:00 Anil Ambani-led Reliance Capital Ltd Monday joined hands with microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Maharashtra and Gujarat to deepen the penetration of microfinance at the grassroots level. Anil... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The 5th Annual NYC Grassroots Media Conference Speaking Truth to Power
2008-02-28 16:11:00 Since 2004, the annual NYC Grassroots Media Conferences feature workshops, skills-sharing, dialogue, debate and strategizing sessions about media making, media policy and how to use media to forward social justice campaigns. Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Ave | Entrance via West Building | Hours: 9am-6pm Check out the full day's schedule here. For information on how to register to attend, click here to visit the main conference website. Admission: $20 advance; $30 day of $15 students/seniors; $25 day of $5 youth discount (18 & under)
If this is grassroots politics, it?s time to xeriscape
2008-02-06 07:25:00 This morning I said I wasn’t going to caucus. I said that I couldn’t manage it with two kids, and still couldn’t decide whether Obama or Clinton was the better choice. This evening, with much help from one of our commenters (Djerred) and his wife, who took one of my kids off my hands for the evening even as they were caucusing too, I was able to caucus myself. I realized on the way home that, if I didn’t at least try, if I didn’t at least give the Obama and Clinton supporters a chance to plead their case, I’d kick myself tomorrow. Caucusing tonight was the worst voting experience I’ve ever had, and I may never caucus again because of it. I think that the single biggest problem is that the Broomfield County Democrats were totally unprepared for the number of caucus-goers they had. They had prepared for 800-1000 attendees and had at least 2000 attendees. Because of this, their choice of a local high school cafeteria was woefully insuffici...
New Video Component To Grassroots Alert
2008-02-02 04:01:00 Starting this week, we?re adding video coverage to the Grassroots Alert when possible.
By: Gun News
The Greatest Grassroots Campaign in Political History: IGNORED BY BIG MEDIA
2008-01-28 14:11:00 Now that the internet has become the media channel of choice for the informed and the awakened, we are starting to see just how badly mainstream media reports the "News".If you havnt heard of Ron Paul, then blame big media. If i was a US citizen, i'd be voting Ron Paul. The Greatest Grassroots Campaign in Political History: IGNORED BY BIG MEDIA
We Need Grassroots Leadership
2008-01-27 15:05:00 If Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has his way, he will attempt to eliminate many or all of the Jewish communities throughout Judea and Samara. Olmert wants to get on the Nobel Prize bandwagon, hoping to complete the job which his predecessor Ariel Sharon began. He envies the “successes” of Shimon Peres, Yitzchak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, all recipients of the prestigious prize. The
The Greatest Grassroots Campaign in Political History: IGNORED BY BIG MEDIA
2008-01-27 03:31:00 The greatest grassroots campaign in the history of American politics has been summarily ignored and shunned by the large media. Yes, you read that right. The greatest grassroots campaign in the HISTORY OF AMERICAN POLITICS. IGNORED BY THE MEDIA. The Ron Paul campaign is centered around a man who is not a media sensation or ...
By: Ponderthis...
CCTV: Steve Dickinson On China's Grassroots Democracy
2007-12-24 01:37:00 Got the following email yesterday from a client: When I checked into my old, Soviet-style Moscow hotel the other night, I was tired from a day of Aeroflot and decided to surf the TV for something to numb my brain. The only English-language channel on the hotel's TV was CCTV9 from China. The first image that flashed on the screen was Dickinson on a talk show discussing grassroots democracy in China! It was a bizarre Russian travel moment! I then did an internet search and found this video of CLB co-blogger, Steve Dickinson on CCTV, described by CCTV as follows: Guests: Wang Xuewen, Former Deputy President, International Business Daily Steven M. Dickinson, Harris & Moure After the success of village elections in China's rural area, the talk about grassroots democracy in China's cities is also attracting a lot of attention. During the show, Steve talks about elections in rural Shandong province and how interest in democracy is greater in China's rural areas than in its cities...
By: China Law Blog
Reid pulls FISA bill from Congress, backs down from Dodd and the grassroots
2007-12-18 03:10:00 The headline says it all…threatened with a filibuster and after eight hours of angry, eloquent debate on the vileness of supporting warrantless wiretapping and amnesty for lawbreaking telecom companies, Harry Reid has pulled the FISA reauthorization from the calendar for this Congressional session. Make no mistake–this bill will be back next year. Protection for AT&T and Verizon is too high a priority for Bush, Mike McConnell, and the other enablers like Harry Reid. But the battlefield will be very different next time around. Next time the momentum will be on the side of Chris Dodd, Russ Feingold, the ten Democratic Senators who voted against cloture, the many committed bloggers and activists who rallied the forces, and the thousands of committed Americans who wrote, sent e-mails, signed petitions, and made phone calls to stop this travesty of justice from becoming law. Plus, Clinton, Obama, and Biden–all of whom pledged to support Dodd–will have seen how...
TFN is not grassroots
2007-11-20 21:07:00 According to recent debate The Freecycle Network is definitely not a grassroots organisation. That is the official word from its Executive Director, Deron Beal. Yes, it has the “grassroots” epithet on all its marketing. Yes, group owners keep on saying it is “grassroots”. Yes blog and news articles keep on perpetuating ...
Paul?s Grassroots Supporters Paying Dividends
2007-11-16 01:38:00 Presidential candidate Ron Paul?s supporters use passion and intelligence to vault their candidate into the upper rungs of the Republican Primary Race. Ron Paul?s presidential campaign began as an afterthought for most. Viewed as a protest candidate with little potential for impact, mainstream media outlets generally dismissed Paul’s candidacy while other Republican candidates ignored his platform ...
Ron Paul Thanksgiving Grassroots Food Drive
2007-11-15 22:07:00 Please join in this grassroots movement and spend the days before Thanksgiving collecting canned goods on Ron Paul's behalf. On November 21, the day before Thanksgiving, thousands of Ron Paul Meetup Groups across the country will deliver the food they've collected to a local foodbank (affiliated with America's Second Harvest) in Ron Paul's name.read more | digg storyLiberty Central- Conservatism's Blog of Choice
The Grassroots Has Dianne Feinstein?s Attention
2007-11-15 10:23:00 (The California Democratic Party is indeed in desperate need for major reform. And it’s coming, whether they want it or not. From the diaries — kos) Shane Goldmacher got someone at Dianne Lieberman Feinstein’s office on the record about the anger in the grassroots over her continued efforts to undermine Democratic values in the Senate and ...
Kucinich Launches Nationwide Grassroots Effort to Mobilize Popular Backing
2007-11-05 17:11:00 The Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has launched a nationwide media and grassroots effort to mobilize strong popular backing for his latest impeachment offensive against Vice-president Dick Cheney. He said in a statement that he would be taking calls later today from supporters, the media, political activists and interested citizens from all over the nation to explain why and how he plans to force an up-or-down vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on the impeachment resolution against Cheney. Last week, the Ohio congressman released a statement announcing that he will be offering a privileged resolution on the House floor this week that will bring articles of impeachment against Cheney. The momentum is building for impeachment,? Kucinich said in the statement. ?Millions of citizens across the nation are demanding Congress rein in the Vice President?s abuse of power. ?Despite this groundswell of opposition to the unconstitutional conduct of office, Vice Pres...
MSNBC: Paul Gets Chill From the GOP Establishment But Wows the Grassroots;
2007-10-30 17:59:00 Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and woke to find the world had passed him by. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, woke up one morning recently to find that perhaps America has caught up with him. Paul, 72, has had a 32-year career in the House. But some voters have just now discovered Paul?s constitutionalist, individualist, ?just bring all the troops home? creed. This weekend in Iowa, Paul, running for the Republican presidential nomination, was greeted by 700 whooping fans at Iowa State University in Ames and another 300 at a rally in Des Moines. ?There is something rather amazing about the Internet,? he told his Ames supporters, about two-thirds of whom appeared to be under age 25. ?I?ve been used to delivering a message very similar to what I?m delivering tonight for many, many years and not getting a whole lot of responses. And all of a sudden, there?s a whole generation of people now very excited about hearing about the message of freedom.? 'Practically miraculous' ?I think i...
Pensions for grassroots politicians of Sri Lanka
2007-10-21 05:44:00 Pensions for grassroots politicians of Sri Lanka
A Grassroots Movement In Community Recycling
2007-10-11 01:02:00 Got something you need to get rid of that someone else could use? Don’t throw it in the trash bin, and don’t put it out on the street. Freecycle it… The Freecycle Network has taken community recycling to a one on one grassroots level that benefits each member.
ABC News: "Rep. Ron Paul's story is that of a bona fide grassroots sensatio
2007-10-06 21:34:00 Rep. Ron Paul's story is that of a bona fide grassroots sensation. Paul, of Texas, is the only Republican contender to post notable fund-raising gains last quarter, managing to pull in $5 million-- mostly online and a lot of it from our troops. His fundraising puts him on par with John McCain. Paul is a Republican who is fining himself standing alone on a few issues, most notably his call for an end of the war, breaking with the views of the president and his party faithful, and he doesn't mince words on the topic. "I don't think it's complicated," Paul said. "I mean, we just went in and we went in erroneously. We went in without the proper authority. We went in under a false pretense and all the conditions that were claimed didn't exist. It's going badly. So I think we should just leave." He added that he thinks keeping troops in Iraq is only going to make the conditions worse. "It endangers us," Paul said. "It increases the danger of terrorism. There used to be 6...
The Grassroots of Scientific Revolution
2007-09-23 05:19:00 Rejection of authority and working-class values inspired the scientific method.Drawing by Renaissance physician VesaliusAs everyone knows, when food is digested it is processed into chyle and turned into blood by the liver. This blood then flows to the lungs where it releases any impurities into the air. Flowing from the lungs into the left ventricle of the heart the blood then mixes with air and is charged with animal spirit ? where it changes from dark purple to bright red. This charged blood then passes through the arteries and throughout the body.At least, if you had lived anywhere in the Western world up until the early 1600s this would have been common knowledge. This system developed between 150 and 200 AD by the Greek physician Galen was viewed as medical dogma by centuries of physicians and professors to follow. The revolution that accompanied the rejection of Aristotelian physics with Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo found its biological equivalent in the work of physic...
COLUMBIA?S FAKING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION PLAN
2007-09-20 13:46:00 I gather that Columbia left the drug clinic types paid to demonstrate support for Columbia at public meetings home at last night’s well-attended meeting with community residents held by Manhattan Boro President Scott Stringer to determine how he should respond to Columbia’s take over plan for Manhattanville. Columbia President Lee Bollnger had proudly announced Stringer’s ...
Washington Post: Ron Paul's Grassroots Organization is the Key to His Straw
2007-09-09 17:57:00 A curious thing happened this year at the Maryland Republican Party booth at the State Fair: A GOP presidential straw poll was won by Ron Paul, the idiosyncratic congressman from Texas who is a fierce critic of the Iraq war. Perhaps just as curious was the Maryland GOP's decision to trumpet the results in a news release last week with the headline: "Maryland GOP Presidential Straw Poll Is a Big Success; Grassroots Candidate Wins Surprise Upset." According to the release, Paul received 263 votes, and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (for whom Republican former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is toiling) was second with 220 votes. (Ehrlich received three write-in votes.) Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson-- who had yet to declare his candidacy -- finished third with 188 votes. No other candidate cracked 100 votes. All told, nearly 1,000 people cast ballots in the Maryland GOP's first-ever presidential straw poll at the fair. The party said the straw poll was open to e...
String of Sex Scandals, Resignation of Top Figures , Grassroots Disillusion
2007-09-02 01:56:00 A Senate electoral playing field that was already wide open for 2008 has become considerably more perilous for Republicans with the retirement of Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) and the resignation of Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho). Republicans need a net gain of just one seat to take back control of the Senate, but they have 22 seats to defend, and campaign cash is conspicuously lacking. Warner's retirement raised to two the number of open Republican seats, and both of them -- in Virginia and Colorado -- are prime targets for Democrats. With former Democratic senator Bob Kerrey possibly waiting in the wings, Republicans are anxiously watching to see of Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will retire. And two more Republican seats open for reelection -- in Wyoming and Idaho -- would be occupied by unelected appointees, John Barrasso and Craig's replacement. "The state of the playing field looks very good, even in places where we didn't expect it to look good, even in deeply red states," sai...
American Public Media: "Drafting a President"
2007-09-01 20:37:00 Weekend American has done a piece on "Drafting a President" and the Draft Hagel movement has a link of the page. With luck, our Draft Hagel movement can achieve the same result as the Draft Ike movement did fifty years ago.
Ron Paul's Campaign Driven by Internet and Grassroots Support
2007-08-28 02:10:00 Don't try and argue this point. Ron Paul is "da bomb" on the Internet! LOL! OMG! If you don't understand these initials, ask your teenager or look them up here. Here's more on Ron Paul's Internet fascination and support: Though Paul polls 2 to 3 percent nationally - far from the double digits recorded by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee and U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona - he has singular success on the Internet. Paul easily laps the GOP field in numbers of people who watch his YouTube videos, "friend" him on MySpace, or mobilize volunteers through groups on Meetup.com. "We are way beyond anything I ever dreamed about, first on the Internet and then translating that into fund-raising and translating that into volunteers," Paul said before taking part in a parade. The Internet has been a campaign cash-generating tool, accounting for 80 percent of the $3 million Paul raised by midyear - ...
Ron Paul is Reviving Grassroots Politics
2007-08-13 02:40:00 It is truly extraordinary: Ron Paul?s campaign stops are attracting crowds that would make the other Republicans envious. His supporters make homemade T-shirts, flyers, yard signs, and more. Ron Paul fans drive hundreds of miles to hear their candidate speak without giving the matter a second thought. On the Internet he wins poll after poll ? provoking accusations that Paul supporters are spamming them. Leaving aside the difficulty of doing such a thing (in some polls) or managing to do it without being detected (in others), this objection misses the point. Check out the raw numbers rather than the percentages the next time you see one of these polls. The real question, it seems to me, isn?t why Ron Paul gets thousands of votes, but why only a few hundred people can be bothered to turn on their computers and make a single click on behalf of the clones in the race.
Blogpac Announces Contest to Seed the Grassroots
2007-07-11 21:50:00 Blogpac yesterday announced a terrific new contest, Five for Under Five, “to find the five best new, grassroots progressive infrastructure projects in America, and provide those projects with the money, exposure, and connections necessary to get off the ground,” according to Chris Bowers at Open Left: Almost any project is open to consideration in this contest. It can be national, regional or local. It can focus on media, culture, social networking, direct action, research, elections, messaging and much more. It can work to expand the audience of progressive radio, book more progressives appear as commentators on cable news networks, or find ways for progressive bloggers to have access to health care. It can produce strategy guides for grassroots activists run for party office, train a new generation of activists in civil disobedience tactics, or help produce a progressive documentary. The only requirements to be considered for the contest are as follows: The project ... |
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