Blogosphere Been Very Very Good

[benny05]

Hi KerryCrats,

As you know, I love blogging. I blog here, I blog at my blog, I blog at JREG, I blog at DK sometimes, and sometimes, I blog on rudely worded blogs too who have been unfair about JK and JRE. I feel strongly that we are the "fifth estate" and that technology has changed the process of political engagement. We are the Netrooters.

In the past month, I've been very fortunate at the OAC Blog. Last month, my question about immigration policies was one of the 3 or 4 questions the Edwards' answered on their podcast.

Sandsea knows the next thing. Last weekend, OAC installed a live chat service. It has been embraced by the bloggers at OAC as you can guess. Elizabeth got on for few and we chatted for a few minutes. You can find the transcript of the conversation at http://bennycat.blogspot.com.

Today was the icing on the cake. Senator Kennedy was invited to be a guest blogger at the OAC blog and Jenni, one of the mods, asked bloggers to submit questions if we had them about the mimimum wage issue. As you know, he and JRE did a rally back in early April to raise awareness about raising the federal wage to $7.25. There were quite a few questions submitted.

This afternoon, the diary was posted and I discovered my question was one of 4 selected and answered. I was thrilled, considering I had lived in the Bay State for 8 years and had never met him even though he was my senator along with Senator Kerry.

Here's the diary at OAC: http://blog.oneamericacommittee.com/story/2006/5/18/155027/067
My question is the second one.

Maybe some day I will get to meet Senator Kerry through the Net. That would be really neat.

I really appreciate the Net. It has brought in touch with leaders that I would not get to engage otherwise. And I get to meet cool people like you.

Benny