There were a number of factors that brought 'SandBox Nanny' to her final decision on whether to take up the idea regional avatars came up with of creating a hub for uncensored yet moderated commentary on local, regional, national and world news.
It has been a long trek trying to get someone (anyone) to ask the question of what the final deciding factor was. Who knows, maybe eventually someone will get around to asking instead of speculating. Imagine a world where direct-to-source information truly exists. Why, it is safe to speculate we would have a world with far fewer issues, eh?
One of the reasons for agreeing to the experiment of 'SandBoxBlogs' was to grow the ability to tie various patterns of what 'community knowledge' (talk, gossip, group debates, forums, etc. etc.) holds in information that is needed in the public eye into what the news media actually prints and projects to the public.
One of the more interesting results of that effort has been the sound of seldom raised in public voices.
As said many times before, local gossip mongers would be stunned at 'who' and 'what' is brought forward in 'anonymous' commentary. Proof that it is not the method of delivery but the information itself that is relevant. Imagine a world where we had authorities such as cops, prosecutors, lawmakers, judges, presidents and kings that listened to the information direct from source itself and then just simply did their own job and no one else's scope of work.
Just maybe, we might end up with systems of balance and justice instead of high-tech media lynchings, wars and politics that sway all things within the lives of the common folk.
One of the strongest statements that is also repeated continually in avatar commentary, claims that 'if I want to be publicly known, I will be. If I want to be a politician, I will become one.' Simplistically stated, what 'SandBox Nanny' hears these commentators 'just sayin' is that they are in charge of where their vote goes. That they are doing the electing or hiring of cops, prosecutors, lawmakers, judges, presidents and sometimes kings to do the job that office holds. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Today's local news patterns reveal a thread that crosses the ocean to the UK, bounces off the hallowed halls of the United States Senate and involve the politics of a president, a local prosecutor, a senator, one of the most powerful (and undeniably softly corrupt if you really get into the world of so-called non-profit organizations) lobbyist groups in the world and a number of issues such as women's rights and energy development.
To start off the posting of that pattern, 'SandBox Nanny' is going to toss up the guest opinion of Chris King. Up on the Aspen Times. Then follow that up with a thought provoking column by John Ransom, somewhere out there on Town Hall.
Happy Sunday, everybody. Make it a good week out there.
Chris King:
"When politicians ask us to “leave politics out” of any government activity, we must suspect that we are being hosed. For wherever legislation and tax money are involved, so is politics. It is already in. And it should be. Good government requires constant citizen input and oversight, which is, in effect, “politics.”
Thus in the recent Aspen Times guest opinion by two Democratic senators, the title, “Take politics out of women's health care,” promises a double hosing (Feb. 29). Being superb politicians, these twain do not disappoint.
The title itself misstates the issue, which they only pretend to address. It's not really “health care.” More specifically they aim to defend Obama's new mandate, which rewards political supporters at the expense of the Bill of Rights. Specifically, it requires all employers, including church groups, to cover health plans that include birth control and abortifacients, thus forbidding employers' free exercise of religion, the very first freedom specified in the First Amendment.
Such a power grab might once have bothered the American Left, but not today. After all, when you run the government, why care about a few dissenters? Benefits trump fundamental rights. So stuff their freedom of conscience. They're a minority anyway. What's the big deal? What constitution? Benefits, man! They should shut up and get in line...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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March 5, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: KKCO 11 News "Family of slain victim asks that suspects not be stereotyped "
The problem is not the commentators.
The problem is the website.
It's called an off button and every comment able website has one.
Moderation is the key, but it does take a human being to implement the policy and follow up on it.
KKCO should take a good look at what they wish to be known for.
From the looks of things in their hub they have inherited all that made the PI and Sentinel hubs become such a discredit to the communities they served. Hopefully, they will take the constructive criticism and do the opposite of what both of those newspapers did in censoring and banning. Instead, make the effort and build a commentary community.
Moderation doesn't curb or cancel free speech abilities. Quite the contrary, actuallly. When people know they can speak up with true anonymity and in a forum that engages in dialog; those people who gave up on the micro-blogging communities return.
Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of Abel Roper.
(Read the article? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
The problem is the website.
It's called an off button and every comment able website has one.
Moderation is the key, but it does take a human being to implement the policy and follow up on it.
KKCO should take a good look at what they wish to be known for.
From the looks of things in their hub they have inherited all that made the PI and Sentinel hubs become such a discredit to the communities they served. Hopefully, they will take the constructive criticism and do the opposite of what both of those newspapers did in censoring and banning. Instead, make the effort and build a commentary community.
Moderation doesn't curb or cancel free speech abilities. Quite the contrary, actuallly. When people know they can speak up with true anonymity and in a forum that engages in dialog; those people who gave up on the micro-blogging communities return.
Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of Abel Roper.
(Read the article? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
January 18, 2012
SandBox Comments: The Hill "Lawmakers begin to retreat from piracy bills in face of Web blackout"
Here's to the little guy.
Let freedom ring.
Congratulations to the folks who took a stand. The reason you do not have your beloved 'Morning Photo' off the Summit County Citizens Voice is because Bob Berwyn is one of those who took a stand. Thank you, Bob!
There is no question that the internet needs some forms of regulation put in place. But, until lawmakers and law enforcement first understand how the crime actually works on the web; they cannot craft the laws we need.
All that is needed to begin the process of regulation for these egregious crimes is to first put regulation and licensing on the tools/weapons that are used.
Viral linking/advertising and baiting. Make one be a licensed, legitimate SEO professional before they can buy these deadly tools. Not only will that significantly halt the promotion of piracy ability, there are many other cyber crimes that will be curtailed or outright eliminated.
The stopping of piracy belongs in the same place as a number of other cyber crime acts. Require human moderation on websites, blogs and social networking sites. Put a thinking mind with a human pulse at the controls to watch over their own creations. If there is not, then the provider is regulated to shut them down. Not only does that stop rampant abuse of freedoms on the web, it helps control mistakes. Such as the video of the young soldiers urinating on deceased Taliban. It is simply not true that will live forever on the internet. The original source can remove it at any time with the end result being an eventual disappearance from the web. If required human moderation was in place now, we would know where the hijacked from original version are floating around out there on the web.
It's a start.
"In an unprecedented display of political muscle, thousands of websites went dark on Wednesday to protest two Internet piracy bills, the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect IP Act.
Google, the most visited site in the world, plastered a black box evoking censorship over its logo. Users who click on the box are re-directed to a petition urging Congress to drop the piracy legislation. The Google page claims the bills would "censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American businesses..."
(The Hill)
(Read the rest? Click title. Comment to discuss)
Let freedom ring.
Congratulations to the folks who took a stand. The reason you do not have your beloved 'Morning Photo' off the Summit County Citizens Voice is because Bob Berwyn is one of those who took a stand. Thank you, Bob!
There is no question that the internet needs some forms of regulation put in place. But, until lawmakers and law enforcement first understand how the crime actually works on the web; they cannot craft the laws we need.
All that is needed to begin the process of regulation for these egregious crimes is to first put regulation and licensing on the tools/weapons that are used.
Viral linking/advertising and baiting. Make one be a licensed, legitimate SEO professional before they can buy these deadly tools. Not only will that significantly halt the promotion of piracy ability, there are many other cyber crimes that will be curtailed or outright eliminated.
The stopping of piracy belongs in the same place as a number of other cyber crime acts. Require human moderation on websites, blogs and social networking sites. Put a thinking mind with a human pulse at the controls to watch over their own creations. If there is not, then the provider is regulated to shut them down. Not only does that stop rampant abuse of freedoms on the web, it helps control mistakes. Such as the video of the young soldiers urinating on deceased Taliban. It is simply not true that will live forever on the internet. The original source can remove it at any time with the end result being an eventual disappearance from the web. If required human moderation was in place now, we would know where the hijacked from original version are floating around out there on the web.
It's a start.
"In an unprecedented display of political muscle, thousands of websites went dark on Wednesday to protest two Internet piracy bills, the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect IP Act.
Google, the most visited site in the world, plastered a black box evoking censorship over its logo. Users who click on the box are re-directed to a petition urging Congress to drop the piracy legislation. The Google page claims the bills would "censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American businesses..."
(The Hill)
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September 18, 2011
SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "Talbott making up his facts"
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September 16, 2011
SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent/Your Letters "Colorado ranks 34th, not 49th, in school spending"
Was it something we said that finally got Marty Lich's Letter to the Editor posted in the PI?
"Having read the statement made by Mary Elizabeth and Chris Geiger in their Sept. 12 letter, “Colorado is currently 49th in state spending on public schools,” yet once again, I am compelled to say not so.
An Issue brief of December 2010 written by the Colorado Legislative Council states that Colorado ranks 34th in per pupil operating expenditures.
People can read it for themselves here: http://tinyurl.com /4xfoeku.
I am not sure who is perpetuating this misleading and untrue information, but it is wholly untrue and deceives voters.." (Marty Lich/Gypsum, Colorado)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
"Having read the statement made by Mary Elizabeth and Chris Geiger in their Sept. 12 letter, “Colorado is currently 49th in state spending on public schools,” yet once again, I am compelled to say not so.
An Issue brief of December 2010 written by the Colorado Legislative Council states that Colorado ranks 34th in per pupil operating expenditures.
People can read it for themselves here: http://tinyurl.com /4xfoeku.
I am not sure who is perpetuating this misleading and untrue information, but it is wholly untrue and deceives voters.." (Marty Lich/Gypsum, Colorado)
(Learn more? Click title or comment to start discussion)
"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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