Comments on: The Decline of Political Blogging

By: Rokko

Rokko — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:51:58 +0000

I have a blog on a custom domain and I only want my Family to be able to see it using a Password using Google’s Blogger!….

How do I put rss feeds on a classic blogger template?…

By: Pxztwy

Pxztwy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:48:58 +0000

I would also like to say that you should keep writing. There are some of us that don’t really feel that “doing” anything will do any good, but we are intellectually curious. We want to know why things are the way they are. You seem to give the important issues the proper perspective. Hopefully, you will continue this effort.

Best to you…

By: liberalamerican

liberalamerican — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:56:19 +0000

Please do submit stories of community involvement. If you do I promise to put them up as posts rather than mere comments.

As for heath care, I think it was the wrong issue at the wrong time (a post forthcoming on this) that shows the Clinton people still exert an unhealthy (pun intended) impact on this administration.

As for corporate influence, its role in elections has become obscene. I don’t think the present electoral system was what the Founders had in mind.

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:30:57 +0000

I along with you and a whole lot of other people were really hoping that the country would have seen more meaningful change by now. This makes me think of a post you wrote during the primaries. In that post you listed the donors to the Obama and Clinton campaign and asked your readers to pay attention to all of the financial institutions at the top. You went on to speak to the fact with all the money they were donating into Obama’s campaign that change from the status quo would be difficult.

Those weren’t your exact words but I think I have captured the meaning.

That post was important to me because it shows that change was going to be hard. I also feel that Pres. Obama wants change but it is impossible to buck the money system without the people. I guess most people felt that once they elected the president they could sit back and wait.

Corporate interests and the “ownership” class likes to bog the system down when change is in the air. They do this because eventually the people will get frustrated and move on. (I am very concerned what this country is going to look like if health care and financial reform aren’t enacted)

I know you are committed to the community, but don’t let the stagnating sense of change question your efforts. You might not realize it but you have already moved the wheels.

I’m convinced you will keep blogging so I will keep coming back to your site. In exchange for your efforts I will reply to your posts with stories of community involvement and how they pertain to your writings.