Things We Can Do

Yesterday Barrack Obama voted in the senate to let what are essentially white collar government and corporate war criminals off the hook by voting for full immunity for lawbreaking telecoms and by terminating all lawsuits against them in the illegal wiretap and NSA spying scandal. "Obama's vote in favor of cloture, in particular, cemented the complete betrayal of the commitment he made back in October when seeking the Democratic nomination. Back then, Obama's spokesman -- in response to demands for a clear statement of Obama's views on the spying controversy after he had previously given a vague and noncommittal statement -- issued this emphatic vow: To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies. But the bill today does include retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies." Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com This is not change for America. To learn more read below: http://www.salon.

I just came from a meeting of a great group of smart, engaged, fully immersed, present and friendly ad people, called the Free Radical Syndicate, hosted by my amazing friend Laura Luckman-Kelber...unique I know, and fun! We were discussing the relative merits and de-merits of blogging. We were asking why in the face of so many interesting choices should I choose to spend my time in this way? "Isn't it just pissing in the wind?", "Does it really build community?" And if so "Isn't it a fake community without any of the tactile-ness of being in the same room with other people verbally sharing ideas?" My answer is I don't know. Ultimately I don't think one is better than the other they are just different tools used at different times for different purposes. You can opt out or into either. In the example of this here personal blog of mine, well frankly it is a bit of a shot in the dark as I am still a bit shy about my writing and therefore I do