A Good Example

Here is a good example of how to use this site to alert others to some timely information or a particularly interesting piece you've found elsewhere:

I've recently joined a discussion group for Democrats Abroad at YahooGroups.com and receive all the posts to their site as email. Today, I received one from John McCreery of DA Japan that included an excerpt from a post on Daily Kos. Written by Susan G about the recent press interest in bloggers and their possible effect on the Lamont-Lieberman race, this is one of those "I wish I had said that" posts. Even if you regularly read Daily Kos, you may have missed it. So take just a moment and check out this short, but so smart, piece entitled: "But Enough About Us". Here's a taste:

"Let's make it even simpler, shall we? The oh-so-mysterious message to elected officials is: People are sick unto death of war, of unresponsive representation, of incompetence, of corruption, of ever-more-intrusive government, of a spiraling deficit, of lobbyist-owned and corporation-sponsored politicians, of a power-hungry president, of six years of attempts to pass stick-up-the-ass moralizing legislation telling us when and how we can die and when and how we can reproduce. Get out of our personal lives, get the hell out of Iraq and do your freaking job - run the government competently, economically and fairly. Period."

As Dan pointed out in the previous post (About Blogs) the amount of news, information, and opinion available is overwhelming. It helps that much of this can be filtered through a discerning public, with the best of it getting singled out for recognition and passed on.

Read anything really good lately?

Bill McQueen
DA Luxembourg

Welcome

Welcome to the first Democrats Abroad Luxembourg Newsletter. We hope this newsletter will become a forum for Democrats and like-minded others living in Luxembourg: a place where one can express ideas, find links to a variety of opinion and news, and explore ways to help the cause of securing a government that acts honestly and responsibly both at home and abroad. This newsletter is a work in progress, and although we will frequently update and improve it, please remember that the quality of its content will depend to a great deal on you and your contributions.

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