Where have I been

Back form out in the ozone! Actually I'm taking classes and looking for applying for jobs. My head gets pretty difuse sometimes. Heard a very interesting comment on the CBS Sunday morning show. David Gergen, who is affiliated with the JFK School of Govt at Harvard and he is also Editor-at -Large for US News and World Report, was saying that the new political blogs have a huge impact, especially on younger voters. He credits them with bringing down Trent Lott and making Howard Dean the Democratic Party Chairman. He pointed out that this is a main conduit for news and that more young epople get ttheir news electronically than read a daily newspaper. Hmmmm.

Last week someone mentioned the blog that one of the TV news stations has set up to discuss the Erie County budget. I would hate to see venting and editorializing take over what we think of as news. Point of view is not always transparent. Now it becoems so easy for anyone to have an audience. I don't doubt that this will fuel at least some folks on the outermost fringe and they my be hard to differentiate. All in all I can appreciate that this is a good thing. It has huge potential and impact and democratizes the voice of the people. Maybe I can develop a Bozo alert that you can download, I have always wanted to develop a system to use while driving for instance that alerts you to Bozos on the road. (Is there an 'e' before the 's' in Bozos?)