Monday, February 9, 2004

Colorado Water Farmers, ranchers, and plain old folk are worried about oil and gas exploration under their property for the potential of fouling underground water supplies. The BLM is holding a big minerals sale this week, according to the Denver Post [February 9, 2004, "South Park residents worry about drilling"]. This is a big deal. I was in the oil & gas business in the eighties. I've watched drilling rigs go up in a farmer's irrigated pasture. The right of ingress and egress. 9:19:17 AM

Digital Democracy Teach-in Here are the topics for today: Down from the Mountain: My Experience with the Dean Campaign - Joe Trippi Q & A with Joe Trippi - Moderated by Ed Cone Meetup and "On the Ground" Organizing - Scott Heiferman/Jonah Seiger Effective Political Blogging - Doc Searls/Cameron Barrett/Mitch Ratcliffe/Halley Suitt Gatekeepers No More? The Grassroots Challenges the Journalist Priesthood - Dan Gillmor/Jeff Jarvis/Jay Rosen Electronic Voting and Transparency - Phil Windley/Gary Chapman/Bill Stotesbury MoveOn: Bringing Ordinary People Back into Politics - Wes Boyd Advocacy as Application - Jon Lebkowsky/William Greene/Adina Levin/Jonah Seiger Emergen Democracy Worldwide - Joichi Ito/Ethan Zuckerman Whew! Long day ahead. I'll be taking notes and they've got Wi-fi up all over the Westing. I hope to post from there throughout the day. 7:29:17 AM

2004 Presidential Election John Kerry won the Maine caucuses yesterday. Next up Tennessee and Virginia on Tuesday then Wisconsin, February 17th. Update: Taegan Goddard is pointing to the Survey USA polls for Tennessee and Virginia. John Kerry is ahead of John Edwards by 10 points in Tennesse and 21 points in Virginia. Update: Calpundit analyzes President Bush's miliatary record. 4:01:30 AM

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