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A revolution <\/a> is promised, but I suspect a little too early. People still think Im mad to even have a website let alone a blog! Maybe one day things will be different\u2026..<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are no longer an industrial economy. We are no longer cogs in a machine. We are taught from early on to use initiative and be proactive, and to solve our own problems. Yet political campaigns had failed to adapt, insisting volunteers take orders from those at the top of the campaign heirarchy. \u2018Lick envelopes\u2019 they would say. Or \u2018canvass a neighborhood\u2019. But we are no longer programmed to take orders.
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People can now use technology (blogs, meetups, message boards) to get educated, download campaign collateral (posters, brochures, etc.), and get motivated to head out into the offline world to evangelize for their candidates or causes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"