From Dave Winer:
A milestone case study from the Shorenstein Center PDF [324K] was released today. It tells the story of Trent Lott, his talk at Strom Thurmond’s birthday party, and how the news flowed through professional channels, to the blogosphere, and back, ultimately resulting in Lott’s resignation as majority leader of the US Senate.
Fascinating, and it’s great that this report is publicly available.
Daily Archives: March 4, 2004
Feingold votes with the NRA?
Wisconsin State Journal Editorial page:
“Beginning in September, the gun industry can resume making, importing and selling military-style semiautomatic weapons that were outlawed a decade ago. And in a hard-to-understand flip-flop, U.S. Sen, Russ Feingold, D-Wis., stood apart from President Bush and a majority of Feingold’s Senate colleagues of both parties by voting to dump the ban on these weapons.”
I dislike any sort of political posturing via votes that our representatives make knowing a bill will die. Politics…..
I’m Sorry, Dave, You’re Speeding
Electronic logging & authentication in your car.
“What we’re suggesting is the driver’s license in the future will be a smartcard, and it’s embedded with all the data required to operate the car more safely and efficiently,” Toyota project manager Paul Beranger said.
If you are concerned about electronic rights (and you should be), support the EFF.