Sam Alito vs. The Ministry of Truth

[jjbrannon]

The recently decided McConnell v. FEC has been derided by Washington Post and NY Times pundits as crass hypocrisy on part of the US Supreme Court, with Justice Alito taking special heat as point man for the controversy for "dissing" The Man as he dispensed his Received Wisdom during the State of the Union Address

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just to clarify...

[kengrant]

In the interest of transparency - let me just set the record straight, the Governor never called me to ask how to twitter. And i applaud the Governor for engaging in social media.

Also, for those who are scratching their heads about not faking the funk - I would suggest you read Dave Burris' excellent explanation here - http://www.daveburris.com/you-cant-fake-the-funk/

Having said that, let me say this - we live in very interesting times and the tools available to us allow us to move ideas quickly and easily - I encourage all to utilize these tools to their fullest!

Ooops! Updated cite

[jjbrannon]

The actual case cited is Citizens United v FEC, which is a revisit of McConnell in 2003.

JJB

Fear from the elite

[jjbrannon]

In re my entry, I found this op-ed from the NY Times:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/obamas-modern-predicament/?ref=opinion

Sure, the Founders feared in Madison's term, mobocracy and factionalism, but encouraged citizen involvement beyond voting.

What this guy is saying is that only the elite's sanctioned opinions deserve attention and the change in technology's killing what Swift in Gulliver's Travels deemed the flapper function.

As Ken observes, social media's the game changer.

JJB