>>>>> "K" == Kristofer Coward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
K> Blogging isn't useful on its own, but when a _real_ lobbyist
K> wants to push an agenda that's heavily blogged, it does allow
K> them to say "I have a list of N websites maintained by people
K> whose opinions on Bill C31337 range from `just how far up their
K> asses are our legislators heads?' to `this is the end of life
K> as we know it'"
Can you cite a real-life example of this?
The closest I can think of are not blogs but still mainstream print
media such as Macleans or (better still) Frank Magazine.
K> That said, as much of an impact could be had (and the visible
K> crackpot behaviour significantly reduced) if the bloggers just
K> paid some token membership due to an advocacy group that agreed
K> with them and could claim to represent N members with a much
K> more eloquent opinion.
As explained in another post, this is a good idea for suitably large
token values. Government lobbying is an /expensive/ proposition: The
CFIB spends $3.5M _per_ _month_ (100k members at $35/month) to keep
the ear of government.
How many here would devote $35/month to a national advocacy group?
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