Blog Entries
Blog entries, here and from elsewhere.
Lots of stuff
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 09/18/2005 - 21:10Check the recent blog entries to the left to see pictures from various events over the weekend. Hopefully, I will write more about these events when I get a few moments.
Also, I set up pages for people to buy gift wrap paper and other stuff for Miranda's and Fiona's schools.
Miranda's school
Fiona's school
One final item. Today, I wrote a new Drupal/CivicSpace module which allows for single signon with a Democracy in Action userid. You can download the module at http://www.smartcampaigns.com/dia.tar.gz.
The convergence of television and the Internet
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 09/14/2005 - 09:09Geoff Fox has an interesting blog entry about TV and the Internet. He says a lot of interesting things that I want to comment on:
I hate to say something good about a competitor, but… Personally, I think it is good to say good things about competitors. It is part of being the good sport we were always told to be in gym back in elementary school.
It is interesting to watch the direction of TV news and the Internet. This gets to the crux of the post that I want to talk about. He has several points that I want to comment on.
The Patriot Act and Connecticut Libraries
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 15:21In today's New York Times is an article about the F.B.I.'s use of the Patriot Act in Bridgeport, CT and the ACLU suit that has been filed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/26/politics/26patriot.html
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 - Using its expanded power under the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, the F.B.I. is demanding library records from a Connecticut institution as part of an intelligence investigation, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday.
The demand is the first confirmed instance in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation has used the law in this way, federal officials and the A.C.L.U. said. The government's power to demand access to library borrowing records and other material showing reading habits has been the single most divisive issue in the debate over whether Congress should extend key elements of the act after this year.
In a discussion over at Connecticut Local Politics, there is a discussion about this where one person commented, “What's the big deal about library records?”. I wrote the following in response:
This Week on the DeStefano Campaign
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 08/22/2005 - 15:18(Cross posted from DeStefano for Connecticut.)
On Wednesday, from five to six in the evening, Mayor DeStefano will participate in Connecticut's first-ever, candidate-sponsored online Town Hall Forum. I encourage everyone to try and visit the blog at that time, read the comments and add your own comments. If you can’t join us then, please feel free to send the Mayor any questions or comments at john@destefanoforct.com. The Mayor has already received some great questions in the email.
I want to take a moment and wax philosophical about this. Lincoln spoke about a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”. Unfortunately, too often our government isn’t of, by or for the people. Too few people are registered to vote. Too few people actually make it to the polls. Too few people get involved in campaigns as volunteers or donors.
Standing with Cindy
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 08/17/2005 - 22:45I went to the vigil in Stamford this evening. I saw many close old friends there. Yet what is most interesting to me is looking at how this is playing in the blogosphere. I went to Technorati’s Cindy Sheehan list. There are over 12,000 posts about Cindy Sheehan. There are also a lot of pictures. I clicked on a great set of pictures on Flickr of vigil in Westport.
Following the links around, I saw pictures from Gainesville Florida, Washington Square Park, in New York City, Athens Georgia, Jamaica Plain, MA.
