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Let's hijack the left's Internet (vanity)
email from Joe Firmarge ^ | 01/02/09 | Vanity

Posted on 01/02/2009 9:30:05 AM PST by RicocheT

I am on an email list of Joe Firmage, a leftist dot com guy who sold out before that crash. He is a save the Earth type and the email touts a new web host site for leftist activism. Anyone can put up a page, so how about some of you conservative web techs using it for real good?

Here is what Joe writes:

"I am asking you to join and share a new Internet platform and the power it represents with communities around the world. In the right hands, I believe it can catalyze a large ripple effect across our planet. Why? 1. Because it levels the playing field between those with knowledge and passion and those with money. 2. Because it closes the gap between the middle-man and real-life experts and artists, versus the simple act of publishing "content" on the Internet. Let's consider a vision of a future Web, and what it may offer to us all. So let us go there, to 2010, just a few years from now, and imagine what might be...

Check out: http://manyone.net/

Imagine a Web 3.0 medium, distinguished by its *truly* public ownership, where the entire ecosystem within it can help build it, and the best of the builders are actually paid... Click on "Watch the Video" ... and then just hover over the navigation system at the left, what we call "UniNav"... a new table of contents to the Web never to be governed by commercial interests, rather by experts. Perhaps you might be one of them:"

(Excerpt) Read more at manyone.net ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: conservatism; internet; internetuse; joefirmage; manyonenet; netwar; web30
If rich leftists put up free tools, let's use them for conservative thought!
1 posted on 01/02/2009 9:30:06 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: RicocheT
Why would he even allow conservative thought? All he has to do is not allow a web page, that does not conform to his thinking, from being published on his site. Waste of time. IMO
2 posted on 01/02/2009 9:35:27 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: RicocheT

All Signed up!


3 posted on 01/02/2009 9:37:39 AM PST by GauchoUSA
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To: RicocheT

Doesn’t seem to be able to attract much traffic.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/manyone.net/?metric=uv


4 posted on 01/02/2009 9:39:08 AM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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To: RicocheT

the dims play games better that we conservatives. example:msm, and politics. they are heartless, so be very careful. they will turn it around on you and win.


5 posted on 01/02/2009 9:40:19 AM PST by devane617 (...And to the Republic For Which It Stood...)
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To: RicocheT

Before Joe was a Marxist, he was a *huge* UFO / Alien disclosure advocate, so I suggest we all work that angle in when commenting.


6 posted on 01/02/2009 9:42:14 AM PST by rotstan (www.weirdnylon.com)
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To: RicocheT

The opposite of ‘information just wants to be free’ —
http://www.informationjustwantstobepaid.com/


7 posted on 01/02/2009 9:56:39 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: rotstan
I received a copy of his e-mail touting this new website. His hard left turn a couple years ago lead me to delete most of his e-mail. The phrase "in the right hands" begs the question, "Who's hands are the right hands in his opinion?"
8 posted on 01/02/2009 10:13:25 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: rotstan; RicocheT; devane617

Joe Firmage is a nut, but Democrats are much better in the use of Internet and “new” media when it comes to practical political applciations - meetups, social networks,
flashmob / webmob, organizing, fundraising (including illegal) etc.

Conservatives / Republicans are mostly using Internet like a radio and Post Office, e.g. GOP Web and recent McCain’s and other Republicans’ campaigns. We have long way to go to match liberal Democrats in use of Internet, and need to learn from them and adapt what we can to our demographics. And do it fast.


9 posted on 01/02/2009 10:15:01 AM PST by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: RicocheT
The problem Rick, is a unifier.

Zero effectively unified the malcontents with the left with the socialists with the anti-everythings.

There was a willing populace of unions with money and a planet (literally!) eager to shower money on the destruction of The united states of America.

The only one that came close to really bringing us together was Sarah, and even McLame wouldn't allow her to cut loose.

It's all so damned frustrating.

10 posted on 01/02/2009 10:15:59 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: CutePuppy

“We have long way to go to match liberal Democrats in use of Internet, and need to learn from them and adapt what we can to our demographics. And do it fast.”

Exactly, the left creamed us on the Internet + fund raising in the Omama debacle. The right needs to get with using the Internet or we lose a valuable tool. Free Republic is a wonderful site, but talks to the choir. The right needs a number of interesting sites with graphics and video to hook the new voters, yet teach them government is a bad mama. It will cost money and talent to do it. The pay back may be the saving of America.


11 posted on 01/02/2009 11:15:44 AM PST by RicocheT
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To: RicocheT
Exactly, the left creamed us on the Internet + fund raising in the Omama debacle.

I can only assume that John McCain's foreign fundraising was met with even more tepid response than was his domestic. McCain was absolutely the wrong person at this time.
12 posted on 01/02/2009 1:05:10 PM PST by philled ("I prefer messy democracy to the stability of tyrants." -- Howar Ziad, Iraqi Ambassador to Canada)
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