One of my concerns with the current political process is the use of framing [see : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(communication_theory)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(communication_theory)</a> ] and buzzwords to redefine the problems rather than solve them.
<br><br>Campaigns Wikia could be a great way to "cut through" the redefinition these politicians do by taking whatever the latest buzzwords are and having an up-to-date record of their use and redefinition over time.
<br><br>Just a thought,<br>-gmurray<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chad Lupkes</b> <<a href="mailto:chadlupkes@gmail.com">chadlupkes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div>Something this wiki is going to be able to do is define our terms for the ongoing discussion. And the people who show up and make the edits will do the defining instead of paid political operatives looking to spin things one direction or the other.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ed Rodgers</b> <<a href="mailto:ed.rodgers@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ed.rodgers@gmail.com</a>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">i think you misunderstood my meaning of progressive.<br><br>by progressive i mean moving beyond the process currently in place by
<br>utilizing tools available to us in order to better understand<br>political and governmental decisions.<br><br>i wasnt saying 'go out and buy every howard zinn book, now!' :)<br><br>and now we see one of the drawbacks to internet based discussion -
<br>comprehension of rhetoric.<br><br>we are progressing past television advertisements<br>we are progressing to form an online community of thought contributors<br>we are progressing toward a focus on the topics at hand
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it is a progressive movement, label it wikigressive so that it may not<br>be misconstrued.<br><br>stay tuned; same discussion to follow on democratic vs democratic.<br><br>On 7/6/06, Peter Saint-Andre <<a href="mailto:stpeter@jabber.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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<br>> > disposal.<br>><br>> My sense from the mission statement Jimbo wrote is that we're trying to<br>> open up the political process and make the political debate more<br>> objective -- not that we're trying to further progressive, liberal,
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