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"For the nitwits who vote for the man or woman they’d most like to have over for dinner, or hang out at a barbecue with, I suggest you take a look at how well your 401(k) is doing" - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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"As the lead federal prosecutor of the Weathermen in the 1970s (I was then chief of the criminal division in the Eastern District of Michigan and took over the Weathermen prosecution in 1972), I am amazed and outraged that Senator Barack Obama is being linked to William Ayers’s terrorist activities 40 years ago when Mr. Obama was, as he has noted, just a child." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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"I am surprised that, you know, we've been seeing some pretty over-the-top attacks coming out of the McCain campaign over the last several days, that he wasn't willing to say it to my face. But I guess we've got one last debate. So presumably, if he ends up feeling that he needs to, he will raise it during the debate." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 28 at 7:42 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
This is an app some friends and I built to encourage registrations among college students in exchange for concerts from Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Wyclef Jean, and Jason Mraz. Check it out. By the way, alumni votes count. So help your school and help get more young Americans to the polls! - Christopher Sacca via Bookmarklet
OMG I am so glad you did this! I had this idea last election and someone told me it would be akin to paying people to vote which would be illegal in some way. That's what I get for listening to others. - Erica Baker
We did a lot of research into this. Leaving it non-partisan keeps us in the clear. Or, so the lawyers tell us. :) - Christopher Sacca
What happens when they don't have any incentive? This disturbs me on some level, even if it is non-partisan. Let's face it, most professors aren't non-partisan. - JMakesAwesomeSauce
To me these things sign up uninformed, fairly apathetic voters. Often events / groups like this combine it with heavy propaganda on who to vote for. While in this case I suspect Chris has the best of intentions - I find the whole food / concert / pony ride for registration thing a bit iffy :) - Soulhuntre via twhirl
Well you better get used to black rap stars, black concertgoers, black voters, and a black president friend. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5ieX... - Indio Apache via twhirl
Wow. Only on FriendFeed can one find people opposed to voter registration drives. :) - Christopher Sacca
I'm not opposed to voter registration drives. I'm opposed to rewarding people for something they should do because it's a responsibility we have in this country. And even if you register these people, it doesn't mean they'll actually get to the polls. This demographic doesn't tend to vote even when mass drives result in tons registered. I think somehow you are still missing the bigger problem here. (And again, it's almost impossible to keep anything non-partisan on a college campus.) - JMakesAwesomeSauce
I'v been to a number of GOTV concerts on college campuses and all I've ever seen is *information* about the candidate(s) made available to the concert goers. Have you seen lots of *propaganda*, Soulhuntre? - Ayşe E.
@JMS I don't understand how making an effort to reach out to young people is so wrong. Do I think that all of these kids will register and show up? No. Just like all of the people who put stuff in their Amazon shopping carts don't necessarily end up checking out. Nevertheless, if I can help bring more awareness to the process and make it more accessible to young people, I will. - Christopher Sacca
I haven't said it's wrong. It's great to reach out. Are you listening? I said that I think it's wrong to reward them for doing something they should do because it's the right thing to do. Have a concert, fine. Don't make it a contest though. Have something that will draw a ton of this age group in and provide them with education. Again, don't make them win it. While it may not technically be illegal, it still seems rather unethical. That's what I'm saying. - JMakesAwesomeSauce
Ayse - have I every seen propaganda at registration drives? Hell yes I have. Most campus registration drives are not "register and vote" they are "register and vote - here, use this pen provided by candidate x, along with his tasty free soda. Oh, and remember, candidate bob really cares about you!". On paper is that what they claim to do? no. In reality is it what they do? Yes. Is that what Christopher is doing? I said I didn't think so. - Soulhuntre
As for the whole concept? Frankly i am not sure if I want people in the electorate who only registered cause their favorite band told them it was cool. - Soulhuntre
@Soulhuntre Oh, you mean in contrast to the really sophisticated analysis so many other voters make? :) - Christopher Sacca
@Christopher - adding MORE unthinking voters to the pool is not the answer to the ones already there. Frankly? I'm with Heinlein on this :) - Soulhuntre
getting people to engage is the first step - and if it takes a musician serving as an effective role model, then so be it. Having spent time with will and wyclef (via Chris), i'm confident their message to youth voters is about getting educated to make informed, powerful choices, not just rocking the vote because it's cool this year. - hunter walk
I'm always skeptical of people who need some kind of reward to care about voting. I can't help that. - Brian Norwood
Props to you and the brothers iLike, Sacca. Love it. - Dave Morin
+1 Christopher Sacca. JMS, what is your problem with rewarding people for doing things they "should" do, as long as the reward isn't coming out of your pocket? If I bake a pie, and decide to give a slice to people for voting, what business is it of yours? - Karim
JMS, aren't you familiar with the fact that George Washington won election to the Virginia House of Burgesses basically by getting all the eligible voters (white land-owning males) in the county drunk on rum punch? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...) Would you say Washington's actions were "not technically illegal" but "still seem rather unethical?" - Karim
we can't have YOUNG people engaged and interested in politics, oh noes! 'cause we know how THEY vote, wink wink nudge nudge say no more. - Karim
Soulhuntre, as for "Frankly i am not sure if I want people in the electorate who only registered cause their favorite band told them it was cool," I think it beats people who voted only because someone got them drunk off their ass. That's how Washington got his start in 1758. Madison once tried to NOT do this in 1777 (bribe the electorate) but found "the old habits were too deeply rooted to be suddenly reformed," and lost. - Karim
"The people not only tolerated, but expected and even required to be courted and treated. No candidate, who neglected those attentions, could be elected." -- James Madison - Karim
Soulhuntre, thx for your reply. Not questioning your response to Christopher; just curious what you regard as propaganda. Seems one person's propaganda is another's advocacy. But are we really concerned that people are influenced in their opinion by the use of a pen w/ a candidate's name on it? Seriously? When there's voter fraud,vote suppression, and outright disinformation afoot? - Ayşe E.
you should talk to the headcount people. http://headcount.org - Mark Foundos
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hunter walk wrote a review on Yelp
September 28 at 6:47 pm - Link
"you're not going to get out of here for under $25/pp on brunch - that's a result of the many tasty dishes and prices on the high side. But if you're willing to brace the 15-30 weekend waits you can…" - hunter walk
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could "free levi johnston" (the teen father of sarah palin's kid's baby) become the next internet meme? - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 28 at 2:29 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
The question on everyone's mind: Did she invite Obama? - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
Yet again (Bret Taylor, are you listening??) I need a "Don't Like" link. :-) - Jeff Eddings
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September 26 at 5:31 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Joss Whedon now accepting YouTube applications to the Evil League of Evil - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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keep talking palin, keep talking
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September 26 at 4:13 pm - Link
It's Miss Teen South Carolina! - hunter walk
She sounds like The Dude (The Big Lebowski) -- only he was full of wisdom. - Dror Shimshowitz
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September 25 at 3:59 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Sarah Palin Disney Trailer" - Head of Skate - oh, that's good - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 25 at 3:55 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Katie Couric: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that? Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the land-boundry that we have with Canada. It's funny that a comment like that was kinda made to … I don't know, you know … reporters. Couric: Mocked? Palin: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah. Couric: Well, explain to me why that enhances your foreign-policy credentials. Palin: Well, it certainly does, because our, our next-door neighbors are foreign countries, there in the state that I am the executive of. And there… Couric: Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians? Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they " - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
Noooooooooooooo! - hunter walk
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September 25 at 11:36 am - Link
james fallows on McCain's "no debate" ask - hunter walk
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September 25 at 10:58 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
i guess some people really really love politics - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 25 at 9:55 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
WHO in the world gets a neck tattoo? A couple of years back you could have narrowed the answer to gang members, prison inmates, members of the Russian mob and the rapper Lil Wayne. Then something occurred. In a mysterious and inexorable process that seems to transform all that is low culture into something high, permanent ink markings began creeping toward the traditional no-go zones for all kinds of people, past collar and cuffs, those twin lines of clothed demarcation that even now some tattoo artists are reluctant to cross. - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 25 at 9:54 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"I’m going to try to make this simple. On the Democratic side you have a guy whose campaign has been based on the Internet, who believes America may have something to learn from other countries (like universal health care) and who’s unafraid in 2008 to say he’s a “proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world.” On the Republican side, you have a guy who, in 2008, is just discovering the Net and Google and whose No. 2 is a woman who got a passport last year and believes she understands Russia because Alaska is closer to Siberia than Alabama." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 24 at 1:36 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
McCain wants the debate delay so he can go to washington and work on the financial crisis. Hey McCain, why don't you and Obama debate and you can send your VPs to work on the crisis. I'm sure Palin would be welcomed - she can say "no thanks" to the bailout and put the mortgage-backed securities on eBay. - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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Paramore - crushcrushcrush - i'm such a sucker for teen rockpop
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I'm not alone!! - Jeff Eddings
@jeff - i've never felt closer to you! I hear they're big on Fuse, which apparently means you and i have much in common with 13yr old canadian girls. - hunter walk
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September 22 at 11:56 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's hometown required women to pay for their own rape examinations while she was mayor, a practice her police chief fought to keep as late as 2000." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 22 at 11:42 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
""I describe the mistake companies made like this: Imagine you've never been to Manhattan. You cross the George Washington Bridge, and someone hands you a guidebook. The first place you're going is not the Reebok store."" - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 21 at 8:11 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Union Square Ventures has built its portfolio making small bets on young companies." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 20 at 7:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
God the GOP sucks: "the McCain camp fought for and won a much more structured approach for the questioning at the vice-presidential debate, advisers to both campaigns said Saturday." - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 20 at 1:14 pm - Link
"scene-factor increasing heavily but food is tasty and how can you disparage a place that sells vintage candy and 80s era trading cards" - hunter walk
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"friday = maple and bacon donut day. donuts are reasonably good - coffee is solid. part-owned by the atlas cafe guys." - hunter walk
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September 18 at 12:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
cool "information markets" app for YouTube. You guess how many views a video will have in next 90 days. - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
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September 18 at 9:20 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
McCain confuses Spain with a rogue South American nation: ""I would like for [President Zapatero] to visit the United States. I am very interested not only in normalizing relations with Spain but in obtaining good and productive relations with the goal of addressing many issues and challenges that we have to confront together."" - hunter walk via Bookmarklet
He should have rotated in other foreign policy talking points. Maybe the one about the "extremists hell-bent on destroying our nation." - Richard Chen
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