http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/politics/ Current events, 9/11 attacks, terrorism, political views in the U.S. and worldwide, political humor, and related. en-us Politics Copyright 2000-2008 Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns. All rights reserved. Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-09T16:26:11-08:00 720 daily 2 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://brainstormsandraves.com/xml/brainstorms88.gif http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/category/politics/ 88 31 Current events, 9/11 attacks, terrorism, political views in the U.S. and worldwide, political humor, and related. First, Brainstorms and Raves is not and doesn't plan to be a weblog covering current events or politics. I'm compelled to write about Thursday's terror attacks in London, but my writings here cover how people are using the Internet, especially weblogs, to stay in touch, share stories, and write their thoughts about what happened. Read the complete post for links to quite a few interesting weblogs, photoblogs, and BBC pages with personal accounts. (872 words, 43 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/07/09/london/ Shirley Kaiser 2005-07-09T16:26:11 You may have noticed that weblogs are catching on in major political arenas here in the U.S., especially with the upcoming presidential election. CNN's Convention Blog lists quite a few weblogs from all political viewpoints, thanks to Technorati. Technorati's David Sifry is working with CNN on blog coverage of the Democratic National Convention, as he wrote in his July 21 post, Technorati and CNN. That is indeed exciting news for David Sifry and Technorati. (216 words, 4 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/26/technorati/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/26/technorati/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-07-26T22:48:40 Earlier today I was looking for information design tips, so naturally I went to visit Beth Mazur's IDBlog. While there I got sidetracked with one of her recent posts, Blogs, Power Laws, and Assault Weapons, about Tom Mauser's Petition to Renew the Assault Weapons Ban. The animated map of Tom Mauser's Petition showing relationships of people who've signed the petition is fascinating to see. (175 words, 9 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/21/infodesign/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2004/07/21/infodesign/ Shirley Kaiser 2004-07-21T19:00:07 Weblogs, digital cameras, and moblogging were posting the latest details about what was going on with the blackout. Below is a listing of some of them along with related information. I found myself far more interested in the firsthand accounts and photos than whatever the TV had to say about things. Firsthand Photos, Stories: (303 words, 14 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/18/power_outage_stories_photos/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/08/18/power_outage_stories_photos/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-08-18T09:12:44 (131 words, 5 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/06/08/lettermans_top_10_and_president_bush/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2003/06/08/lettermans_top_10_and_president_bush/ Shirley Kaiser 2003-06-08T12:43:45 Image courtesy Alan Cohen.... (6 words, 2 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/09/11/the_first_anniversary/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/09/11/the_first_anniversary/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-09-11T21:53:30 No entry today. Instead I invite you to read some of the personal stories from people who were in the World Trade Center buildings, the Pentagon, the downed plane in Pennsylvania and those who tried valiantly to stop the terrorists, review photos, and more in the Attack on America section here at Brainstorms and Raves.... (57 words, 5 links, 1 image) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/03/11/in_memory_of_911_six_months_ago_today/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2002/03/11/in_memory_of_911_six_months_ago_today/ Shirley Kaiser 2002-03-11T07:00:49 (205 words, 3 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/30/tender_thoughts_and_tribute_for_sept_11/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/30/tender_thoughts_and_tribute_for_sept_11/ Shirley Kaiser 2001-12-30T16:40:54 From President Bush: "We will remember what we lost and what we found." President George Bush, during 3-month remembrance speech regarding the September 11 attacks. (72 words, 4 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/11/remembering_september_11/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/12/11/remembering_september_11/ Shirley Kaiser 2001-12-11T08:50:50 We've been officially warned by the F.B.I. and our President that we could be attacked during the next few days and to be watchful. Yet we are also told that we need to carry on and live our lives. Part of the terrorists' plan is to scare us to the point of immobilizing us, destroying our way of life, our economy, and more. While it's only natural to get frightened when planes fly into our buildings and kill thousands of people and now seeing Anthrax pop up, our fear can't stand in the way of us carrying on. How?... (446 words, 2 links) http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/10/12/the_mind_game_of_fear/ http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2001/10/12/the_mind_game_of_fear/ Shirley Kaiser 2001-10-12T19:23:41