Help Kerry in swing states from your computer liberal echo chamber project

[John Q. Citizen]

Here's my project

I am putting together a list of local ISPs in swing states that provide local discussion boards/chat so that progressives who live in solid red and blue states can actively participate in the liberal echo chamber in the swing states and to help counter the right wing predominance that seems to exists on many of these small local discussion boards. These are NOT right wing sites but nuetral community discussion boards.

I prefer ISP boards but a lot of newspapers also provide similar boards. Newspaper/News channel boards are usually more active and posts get cycled through faster.

Why it's a good idea.
1. Writing out of state letters to editors has minimal impact and looks like carpet bagging.
2. Only 11% of Americans read newspapers and how many of them read letters to the editor?
3. A letter is there one day and gone the next. A discussion board usually keeps an archive of all post forever. (or almost as long)
4. A few daily posts goes a long way to raise the spirits of the local lefties and dampen the enthusiasm of the right wingnuts.
5. The right wing has successfully utilized "the echo chamber effect" and we need to seize this technique of shaping pubic opinion.

How you can help.
1. If you know of a swing state local discussion board please send me a message with a link. (url address)
2. If you live in a Red or Blue state adopt a swing state board and post away. Check back for updates on links to boards.

Tips for success
1. Be polite. Be brief, Have fun.
2. Don't try to convince the unconvincible. (waste of time)
3. Pick a state you may know something about if possible.
4. Give props and encouragement to your allies on the board.
5 Don't write things you may live to regret.
6. Be positive, and upbeat. You will have an effect on your readers. Have a good effect.
7. Post to the right section for politics or elections, etc.

Here's the list I have now. It's not big but it's growing

Nevada: http://www.elko.net / Elko- North Eastern Nevada. Fairly conservative area, the local lefties will love you if you post. The board logs and shows IP addresses so if you are at work you might not want to post here. From home it's no big deal.

Ohio: says the guy who sent it to me. "…its a chat room on an ISP in west-central Ohio; pretty red around here, but a lot of closet blues too." http://www.netpluscom.com /

Pennsylvania: Two newspaper forums http://www.pennlive.com/forums/politics /
http://talkback.lancasteronline.com/index.php?act=idx

West Virginia: Newspaper forum
http://wvgazettemail.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=10

New Mexico: From the source of the link: Here in southern New Mexico, many read the El Paso Times.... I like your idea. I agree that challenging wingnuts wherever we can is important.
http://cgi.elpasotimes.com/cgi-bin/teemz/t...pics&histo ...

Washington: "they are sometimes lively, more often reserved," says the url sender. http://www.anacortesonline.com /

Posters may need to register (free Registration) at the sites to participate in discussions. Have fun! be real Defeat the wingnuts

[Octafish]

1. You are my hero. Sign me up, please.

"Send me."



SINK the BFEE!

BTW: Perhaps we can encourage our colleagues on DU who make the usual brilliant observations to post away. Yours is a great idea, John Q. Citizen!

[John Q. Citizen]

3. thanks (blushing)

No sign up sheet just adopt one of the forums and start posting.

Please repost the original occasionally when you think about it.

Look and ask for more ISP and Newspaper forums.

Good luck, have fun. Win!

[crispini]

2. Brilliant

And I can do it sitting on my a** in front of the 'puter. I'm in.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Please repost the original occasionally when you think about it.

Look and ask for more ISP and Newspaper forums, we need more

Good luck, have fun. Win!