Comments on: Clinton-Gore ‘08

By: skdadl

skdadl — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:35:28 +0000

Loo Hoo, I don’t like to go blog-peddling, but I’d like to think that Marie’s family know that a few Canadians are remembering her fondly (just click on my handle). And you were my inspiration.

By: Palli

Palli — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:17:31 +0000

When people of goodwill come together…

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:26:46 +0000

Thanks. I’m so sorry Marie didn’t get to see the wipe-out on Tuesday.

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:08:09 +0000

Tools for anyone you know working in Florida… or in AZ. Or anywhere…

At Google, an app for mobiles to help people locate voting locations for voters on the go:
http://googlepublicpolicy.blog.....on-go.html

And at Apple.com, one of the iPhone apps for counting down to the election:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/n.....hange.html

And one for reading election updates on your iPhone:
http://www.apple.com/webapps/n.....ons08.html

And I should have left this Apple link for bmaz’s new Mac some time ago:
http://www.apple.com/downloads.....watch.html

I started wondering a few days ago whether we’re watching the first iElection, though I still have to think through the implications of what that term means. FWIW, Steve Jobs’ visionary thinking is driving more of this social change and transformation than anyone seems to be giving him credit for…

Al Gore is the elected official that I associate most closely with nurturing the kinds of technical developments that seem to be manifesting in the kinds of cognitive shifts now being called “the iBrain“: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=your-ibrain

Behind the social and culture transformations we’re seeing lie cognitive changes; the unwitting outcomes of the personal computer and networking, which were produced by visionary minds in a political environment that supported technical innovation. Among those visionary minds, none were more bold or astute than Steve Jobs. I doubt that Jobs ever consciously set out to change American politics, but I sure have a hunch that the products and technologies he helped nurture: the personal computer, the mobile device, and digital media underlie the personal and social transformations that we’re watching play out in this election.

Al Gore in Florida is the icing on the cake for me in this election; I hope he has his iPod, his iPhone, and that he helps all us iBrains everywhere believe that if you take the high road, over the long haul you come out on top. I look forward to using ‘the google’ on ‘the toobz’ to follow Gore’s campaigning in Florida in 2008, and I’ll watch it on my iMac ;-))

Symbolism?
Indeed.
To paraphrase Nancy Pelosi, “I don’t think you’re describing even the half of it.”

By: skdadl

skdadl — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:08:05 +0000

Thanks, Loo Hoo. Here you go.

By: JimWhite

JimWhite — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:06:31 +0000

Sorry to post so many consecutive comments and blog-whore here, but I just put up an Oxdown diary that I’d like some feedback on. I was doing oppo research on my gooper Congressman and found a photo of him with Georges Sada, author of Saddam’s Secrets, where he claims the WMD were smuggled to Syria. With just a little digging, I found some evidence that I think pokes major holes in Sada’s story. I couldn’t find anyone else using this particular evidence against Sada’s claims and would like to know if my arguments sound convincing.

By: JimWhite

JimWhite — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:00:40 +0000

I’m in Gainesville, just under two hours from Jacksonville. And since Corrine Brown is about the only one who was willing to go to the mat over those undervotes, she’s now seen as a radical kook [but is running unopposed]. You probably saw the NYTimes article showing folks there are still upset over that and worried about a repeat.

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:00:17 +0000

Marie Roget was the gal who turned us on to Andres Useche’s “Si, Se Puede Cambiar.” Go listen, it will make you cry. (can’t do links on this toy computer)

By: JimWhite

JimWhite — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:57:07 +0000

I haven’t heard for sure, but since he is also a Baptist minister and old as dirt, he’s probably supporting McCain.

By: BoxTurtle

BoxTurtle — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:44:12 +0000

Like an idiot, I didn’t get a neighborhood where this was done. But nobody who isn’t a local resident shops at that Handyman. I’ll stop by DHQ on my bike ride and give them a heads up.

Boxturtle (If the entire neighborhood got hit, they ought to be able to find someone with first hand info)