Posted in Citizen-Driven Govt, Election, Media Democratization, culture, tagged Election, facebook, fundraising, new media, obama, president, social networks on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check out this piece on Barack Obama and the influence of social networks and new media.
Facebook is designed around the shallow and social. Networkers are not “commentators,” as they would be on a blog; they are “friends.” Friends do not need to agree on ideas; they just need to like the same kind of music. [...]
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“Man is now by nature a great, but tragic figure. Like some character in a Shakespearean tragedy, he still stands on center stage, but bears the marks of his own tragic destruction.”
- Sinclair Ferguson
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As I have had time to reflect further, I see now that Ferguson’s statement succinctly captures the theological and existential tension [...]
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Tonight I am going to TiVO the American Idol finale and enjoy it with my kids, reminding them that if they are faithful to work hard enough and stay focused, they may find an outlet for their talents and their influence that far exceeds what they could ask or imagine, should God deem they are [...]
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Courtesy of David Aikman, another direct question that deserves a clear response to the American people from Senator Obama:
While it’s right to take him at his word that he’s a Christian, the issue of his Muslim father won’t go away so easily. According to Shariah, Islamic law accepted as normative by the world’s one billion [...]
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The Eliot Spitzer case is a sobering reminder that political power presents tremendous temptations that imperil one’s private and primary roles. While the political backlash unfolds, and voices such as this, this, this, and this outline the public ramifications, I am mostly struck at the great tragedy this is for Spitzer as husband and [...]
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Al Mohler calls the decision A Bolt From the Blue. Please read the article and heed Mohler’s concluding words:
This is a controversy that demands the attention of all parents. After all, if parents have no constitutional right to educate their own children, what other aspects of the parent’s choices for their own children lack [...]
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Sowing and reaping is at the heart of nearly every political problem. For those seeking the highest office in the land, how attractive it is to blame the government for all these problems, which thus positions them as judge and savior. How easily one’s heart gravitates toward such acclaim.
Yet, politically this is the [...]
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From the horse’s mouth on what values motivate conservative talk radio, from Rush Limbaugh at the top of talk radio (copied from Hugh Hewitt):
Time Magazine: What is it that the mainstream media don’t understand about your role and the role of conservative talk radio in general?
Rush Limbaugh: I don’t think they understand why I do [...]
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From Hugh Hewitt on what hangs in the balance on the Dem side, should Obama win:
The Democrats are and remain a party of bosses –union bosses, interest group bosses like the folks running NOW and Emily’s List, and even the netroots’ bosses like Kos. An Obama nomination would be a shattering event for all of [...]
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Yesterday Mark Helprin’s article at the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) offers one of the most powerful and penetrating critiques of conservatives, particularly influential talk radio hosts:
For by their neglectful forfeit they have lost the battles of culture and education, and to remain other than an occult force they must express [...]
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