Comments on: Politics: A Whole New Can of Worms

By: Melia

Melia — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:35:44 +0000

Stephen, hooray for us political bumpkins for hoppin’ on the C-SPAN party bus!

Justin, thanks for recognizing progress. It keeps me motivated when I remember that I’m moving in the right direction. I didn’t know about Avaaz.org, but I’ll take a look. And good God, the Australian voting system looks as jacked up as ours, if that’s possible.

By: Justin Wood

Justin Wood — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:32:11 +0000

“Ultimately, my unwillingness to stay informed has disempowered me.”

Just recognising that is a hugely important step forward…

I see you mentioned MoveOn.org; are you aware they co-founded Avaaz.org, which has a full international focus?

And hey, at least you don’t have to contend with preferential voting systems. Far more representative, but hideously difficult to explain to J. Q. Public. http://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/counting/hor_count.htm

By: Mr. Hsu

Mr. Hsu — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:55:13 +0000

CSPAN has the best convention coverage! Woo hoo! I’m with you on this entire post; I almost feel like you leeched it out of my brain.

By: Melia

Melia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:41:09 +0000

Hahaha, “King” was actually a typo. It’s funny that it not only spelled a real word, but one that made sense in context — and drove home my “I apologize for being an ignorant American” theme.

I’ll check out Real Clear Politics - thanks!

By: joe

joe — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:06:39 +0000

a great source of info with “left” and “right” perspectives is real clear politics. just google it.

fyi it’s kim jong il (not king jong il).