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Just a note about next week's Denver convention. My family and I are going to be there next week. I am not a delegate or an "official" floor blogger, but I did get accepted as a blogger for the "Big Tent in Denver" for new media.
You can check out more information about The Big Tent here. The main sponsors are Digg and Google and is hosted by Daily Kos and ProgressNow. I am not sure what to expect.... this is a new venture for them and everybody else; but the "tent" (it is two stories) is just a few blocks away from the Pepsi Center. They plan to have a live feed to the convention and will have forums and discussion groups on their own stage.
The Convention floor itself has bloggers from every state. The Minnesota . . .
John McCain will finally get his opportunity for a photo-op from a Gulf Coast oil rig today. This was first scheduled a month ago but he ran into a bit of a problem....
Bad weather and, more significantly, an oil spill in the Mississippi River scuttled McCain's planned trip last month.
But here is something else which I very seldom see discussed. As the coastlines change from oceanviews to oil rig views, there is another potential problem with offshore drilling.
Terrorism.
What an inviting target. Sitting out in the middle of the ocean. A small contingent of terrorists wouldn't even have to enter the country. They could base themselves in Mexico or Central America and charter a boat....get some scuba gear-- the possibility seems much . . .
It’s official; in Burnsville Minnesota hot dog vendors have more constitutional protection than peace protestors. Well, maybe not “official” – yet, but – if local law enforcement gets its way, it will be.
By my best count, 3 proactive citizens who chose to “Honk for Peace” have been ticked in Burnsville for honking their horn outside the office of Congressman John “never available to meet with dissenting constituents” Kline. As I understand it, the first person ticketed quietly paid the $120 fine for “Unlawful use of Horn”– and more likely than not, has never dared to honk again. The 2nd citizen intended to do the same – until she received support from the Minnesota’s ACLU. The 3rd, we don’t know yet, but we’ll find out.
Word has it that the “education” being delivered to passing motorists, stopped by local law enforcement, is that “Horn honking . . .
