Shadow Elite my ass...

[whymc]

Read an article in the Huffington Post about the possibly scary importance of obama's 'organizing for America' group. The gist - because he and his supporters have direct email access to the whole huge mess of people who contacted him during the fall election, they have some sort of creepy power

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[voland]

If you were hoping for change you should have voted for Ron Paul.

I hate unsolicited money begging mail with a passion. Even I am disappointed (but not surprised) that (D)s are doing this.

[kelglitter]

I've actually found that I can easily ignore the emails and that in the few times when they're important (like when you sign petitions supporting the Obama Administration's desires to hold BP responsible for cleanup, or when you ask your congress critters to please, oh please, pass health care legislation and stop log-rolling shit onto it, I appreciate it.

I guess I'm pretty used to getting useless emails from ONE.org or other folks, so I'm OK with picking through the trash to find what actually matters. Now if only I could tell them to start listening to Krugman and his warnings of impending deflation....

[semerkhet]

All hail the mighty and wise Krugman!

[whymc]

Om... Om... Krug-man... Krug-man...

[whymc]

I can sift the emails, too... I just resent having been added to that list more-or-less without my permission after sending a feisty email to the whitehouse website... and I'll agree on the seriousness of potential deflation.

[newperspectives]

Sigh.
I do miss talking politics with you. I feel much less informed in that arena since we parted ways.

That said, yeah, this does suck, and I agree with you about it. Disappointment.

[whymc]

There was much to be said for the exchange of politics for ethnomusicology. =>