Comments on: The Aaron Brazell Show: Episode 1 – Politics, Policy and Technology http://technosailor.com/2008/07/14/the-aaron-brazell-show-episode-1-politics-policy-and-technology/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Jared Goralnick http://technosailor.com/2008/07/14/the-aaron-brazell-show-episode-1-politics-policy-and-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-226612 Jared Goralnick Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:44:12 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=3580#comment-226612 This past week's show was a blast...and I enjoyed the rowdiness. Thanks so much for inviting me to participate in this coming week's edition--can't wait! I know you're going to throw some curveballs our way, and am looking forward to hearing Glen's thoughtful responses : ). This past week’s show was a blast…and I enjoyed the rowdiness. Thanks so much for inviting me to participate in this coming week’s edition–can’t wait! I know you’re going to throw some curveballs our way, and am looking forward to hearing Glen’s thoughtful responses : ).

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Leslie Poston
@geechee_girl on Twitter
Founder, UptownUncorked.com
Editor, Profy.com

]]> By: Leslie Bradshaw http://technosailor.com/2008/07/14/the-aaron-brazell-show-episode-1-politics-policy-and-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-226459 Leslie Bradshaw Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:23:40 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=3580#comment-226459 Aaron, Thanks be to you for having us on -- my kind of Saturday night, seriously :-) I only wish that there was more interest from the population at large to spend more time engaging with the issues like this. And, to all those who are hyper-connected online already, the challenge is to be concerned less with Twitter and iPhone outages (!!) and more with things like Bills, voting records, elections, local/national/international issues and holding elected officials accountable. In both instances: your coverage and the folks involved give us all much hope. Also, to echo Tobias (above), civil political discourse is a must. That partisanship has taken over in such extreme ways should cause us all to pause and be concerned. As defined by Merriam Webster's, the term "partisan" is not sounding too good… “prejudiced”? “Unreasoning allegiance”? “Harassing an enemy”? Yuck. 1: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance 2 a: a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy b: a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines Yikes... what about being productive? collaborative? Civic-minded? democratic? And no, “operating within enemy lines” doesn’t qualify. Thanks again Aaron… looking forward to things heating up nearing the conventions and November – your coverage has been great. Even more so: looking forward to sustaining this beyond the every-4-years-we-actually-care spike in interest. And, as technology evolves, I hope the Franking Rules, those to whom they apply and those enforcing them do, too. L. Aaron,

Thanks be to you for having us on — my kind of Saturday night, seriously :-)

I only wish that there was more interest from the population at large to spend more time engaging with the issues like this. And, to all those who are hyper-connected online already, the challenge is to be concerned less with Twitter and iPhone outages (!!) and more with things like Bills, voting records, elections, local/national/international issues and holding elected officials accountable.

In both instances: your coverage and the folks involved give us all much hope.

Also, to echo Tobias (above), civil political discourse is a must. That partisanship has taken over in such extreme ways should cause us all to pause and be concerned. As defined by Merriam Webster’s, the term “partisan” is not sounding too good… “prejudiced”? “Unreasoning allegiance”? “Harassing an enemy”? Yuck.

1: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance

2 a: a member of a body of detached light troops making forays and harassing an enemy b: a member of a guerrilla band operating within enemy lines

Yikes… what about being productive? collaborative? Civic-minded? democratic? And no, “operating within enemy lines” doesn’t qualify.

Thanks again Aaron… looking forward to things heating up nearing the conventions and November – your coverage has been great. Even more so: looking forward to sustaining this beyond the every-4-years-we-actually-care spike in interest. And, as technology evolves, I hope the Franking Rules, those to whom they apply and those enforcing them do, too.

L.

]]> By: Tobias Bray http://technosailor.com/2008/07/14/the-aaron-brazell-show-episode-1-politics-policy-and-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-226433 Tobias Bray Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:20:45 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=3580#comment-226433 Aaron: You are such a magnet for political discourse yet you manage to keep things somewhat civil. I remember the days when Republicans and Democrats shared a cab to The Hill. Today, they pull up in armored Humves baring the insignia of their party with guns blazing. It is amazing what happens at the intersection of biased reporting in the news, and the elimination of Truth in Advertising and Civics as units in public schools. I guess the average American is now less prepared to face the world (and change it) than ever before. And the government likes it that way. Aaron:

You are such a magnet for political discourse yet you manage to keep things somewhat civil. I remember the days when Republicans and Democrats shared a cab to The Hill. Today, they pull up in armored Humves baring the insignia of their party with guns blazing.

It is amazing what happens at the intersection of biased reporting in the news, and the elimination of Truth in Advertising and Civics as units in public schools. I guess the average American is now less prepared to face the world (and change it) than ever before. And the government likes it that way.

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