Media
There has been a flurry of activity in the Orange County
political blogosphere this month. Changes that interest me as much as who is
wining the presidential primaries. (Go Obama!)
First, the big news is the disappearance of the Squeeze the Pulp
forum. In its place appears to be a site that could have a community, but it isn'y very clear how. The new site is based on software called DokuWiki. It
looks like a bunch of semi-static pages can be created and edited by a
group of people. So people will write rants and others will edit them.
For what, grammar? The two-way communication of a forum has
been lost.
Part of me is sad that all the STP writing is gone. Mainly because
it would help people remember the slander and hateful crap. Why would
we want to remember that? To inform the context of our local political
history. For example, the dirty tactics some supported there. It could also
encourage more long-term responsibility. Politicos won't forget, trust
me. But the new resident to Carrboro may like to know how that
candidate got elected or defeated. I think the blog of record will be
Orange Politics.
Received this email today:
Thanks to special support from interested donors, and the enthusiasm of at least 22 sponsoring organizations, including NCCADV the Triangle progressive community will host Dr. George Lakoff of Berkeley, CA
at 6:30 PM on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the Hilton Garden Airport-RDU.
We thought you would want to know! There will be a cash bar, dinner,
and address by Dr. Lakoff--whose style is entertaining, stimulating, and highly
informative.
George Lakoff is one of the most highly recognized thinkers and teachers on language and public discourse today.
His popular 2004 book, Don't Think of an Elephant, helped progressive Americans understand how to avoid common language traps when talking about our civic enterprise. His new work, Thinking Points, is available on-line through the Rockridge Institute, where Dr. Lakoff serves as senior fellow.
A linguistics professor at the University of California-Berkeley for the last 35 years,
Dr. Lakoff's theories of how people communicate have created new ways of
thinking about human interaction.
The dinner will be at the Hilton
Garden Airport-RDU, and ticket prices will be set as low as possible, just to
cover the cost of the meal and acility. The bar will open at 6:30, and
dinner will be at 7.
Having Dr.
Lakoff come to North
Carolina is an exciting opportunity to learn from and be
energized by one of the premier progressive thinkers of our
time.
Join us on the evening of Saturday,
March 1st, for this exciting presentation. If you know someone who would like to
attend this event, please email Senseney Marshall at senseney@ncjustice.org so
we can send an invitation.
Date:
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 1:30pm
For those of you interested in following the development of the Rogers Road landfill and waste transfer station story, we have established a blog at http://rogersroad.wordpress.com.
We welcome your comments on the blog and encourage you to share this resource with your friends. We also welcome your support and attendance at the many public meetings held to discuss the search for a new location for the Waste Transfer Station. Send us your contact information and we'll keep you advised.
From all of us at the Rogers-Eubanks Coalition to End Environmental Racism (CEER), our best wishes for a warm and wonderful holiday and a New Year free from environmental racism!
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Stan Cheren
Rogers-Eubanks Coalition
Communications Committee
http://rogersroad.wordpress.com/
(919) 942-9493 voice · (919) 942-9396 fax
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I read in the Chapel Hill News this morning that Augustus Cho, the chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, is going to run against David Price. Supposedly other Republicans are considering the same. What do ya'll know about him? All I know about Cho is from the 'My View' Column he writes every month.
Side note: Why is the Chapel Hill News story 'Thieves hit washing machines' above the story 'GOP chair Cho to challenge Price'?
Tonight, the Chapel Hill Town Council will swear in the four folks elected this fall: Jim, Sally, Bill, and Matt. Hopefully, this will lay to rest the Chapel Hill News' obsession with picking on Cam Hill. Presumably, you can look for Matt Czajkowski - who promised to ride his bike to all Council meetings - pedaling up Franklin Street tonight.
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