As my blog expands its readership, some concerns have been raised. I take this opportunity to make a few things clear, because I expect the readership of this blog to expand more as the mayoral election progresses, and I seem to be getting more sucked into it. I mean, if Dean keeps showing up, I am going to keep showing up.
I am a staunch member of DFNYC, and I might be one of the very first members of Dean 2008. But this blog is not officially affiliated with DFNYC. The organization has its official site. This blog is one person talking. I usually will post a blog entry and then email the permalink for it to a few people over email. That way I take less space in their inbox. And they get to see the topic before they decide if they want to even click on the link. If they choose not to, that just shows their interest did not get piqued. Which is just fine. And my politics is not my private life, it is my public life. I think I am already at a point where I don't know my entire readership. And that is great. I would love to have a ton of readership.
I want to make that absolutely clear. I would have thought that was already clear. It is in the nature of the blog to be that way. This is Paramendra Bhagat's blog.
Blogging is not just writing, although writing it is. Blogging is not reporting, although it can be that. Blogging is blogging. It has to be seen as something new and kind of stand-alone.
Blogs are brainscans of the crowd's mind.
I encourage more and more DFNYC members and Deaniacs to get into blogging. Let a million blogs bloom.
Having a blog is like having an email account, I think. It is that fundamental. If you are not going to launch one now, I think you are going to do it later.
And I do expect to deal with some social progressive issues also within the progressive movement. And I am up for it. The productive way for people who are genuinely trying to get along is to keep an open channel of communication at the collective identity level also.
If you are a 6, you are still within the Democratic camp on social issues, but you are not a 9 yet.
2008: Some Themes
If there is a common sense assumption out there that there is some sort of a hiearachy - white male, white female, minority male, minority female - I don't subscribe to it. Not in my personal space. I am a progressive, seriously.
I think for the most part we interact as individuals, but channels of communication have to be kept open at the collective identity level also. We need to expand the agenda.
Like on gender. We need to expand it beyond foetus talk. We need to dig up issues and comfortably talk about them.
Race and gender are mirror images to each other.
Race Relations, Pesonal Relations, Free Trade
Gender Consciousness Vs. Feminist Consciousness
The Intersection of Race and Gender Relations: A Contemporary Perspective
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Ferrer Can
Ferrer Can Lead
Truth On Bloomberg Ferrer Four Ferrer Can
Fernando Ferrer | Michael Bloomberg |
1. His leadership style is political. He knows how to work the system. | 1. His leadership style is corporate. He cuts some major corners on essential social expenditures so he can build a stadium. Don't blame him: that has been his life's training. It is hard to change course mid-stream. |
2. He was Bronx Borough President. He delivered. | 2. He never held a political office in life before he became Mayor. He has not delivered. |
3. People say he is a machine politician, I say he is in tune with the voters and their various organized groups, he knows the system inside out, he is better positioned to deliver. | 3. People say he has so much money, he is not beholden to any special interests. I say he has so much money, he is out of touch. |
4. Ferrer's style is political. He has delivered in the Bronx, he will deliver for the city. | 4. People say Bloomberg is a successful entrepreneur who can lead. I say his leadership style is corporate. |
5. NYC is the capital city of the world. It should n-e-v-e-r again get itself a Republican mayor. The world needs some respect. | 5. Bloomberg is a Republican. He gives more money to George W. than anyone else in the country. |
6. Get out the votes. Many who will vote for Ferrer do not get phone calls from the pollsters. Forget the polls. Get out the votes. | 6. Put out more meaningless feel-good ads. |
7. He is a Democrat. | 7. He is a Republican. |
8. His lack of deep pockets makes him more dependent on voters. That makes him more responsive. | 8. His limitless supply of personal money to be spent on TV ads makes him politically tone-deaf. |
9. He is a Hispanic who believes in the American dream. | 9. He is elitist. |
10. He is not personally that rich. | 10. Bloomberg is so rich, he is practically a carpetbagger in this city of the poor, the lower middle class, the middle class, the upper middle class, and the rich. Don't vote for him. He is not one of you. |
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