> Lobbying/calling congressmen at this stage is futile because citizen > activism doesn't much count in an environment where corporate interests > are king. >
I wouldn't totally rule out the prospect of actually *running* for public office... > Blogs and interactions such as these here are the new 'grass-roots' > movement and the only one that the public can participate in as even the > MSM (main stream media) cannot be trusted to find the story. > Blogs are generally read by people that have already subscribed to the ideas that the blogger posts about. It'd be more like preaching to the choir to post a story on fair use rights on Lawrence Lessig's blog, for example. But its a good first step... Just my two cents. ... david [.dh] huerta devrylinux.org --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss