Comments on: Blogging when you don’t have time http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/ blog of the Cal Berkeley Democrats Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: carol http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-316 carol Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:16:24 +0000 http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-316 The BBC article "Citizens offer new take on news" was a very informative piece if not a bit unsettling. It reported technology and lifestyle headlines receive the highest attention from people nowadays. I'll personally admit my eye wanders to the IPhone article before approaching the news on the mortgage crisis, which does not necessarily say I don't appreciate the importance of the mortgage crisis but more importantly my inability to relate to such an enormous topic to the point that it seems rather distanced. The horrors in Sudan, the Iraq war, and other large-scale issues are reoccurring topics in mainstream media that are topics that need address and solutions. Unfortunately, in my opinion these issues can only find effective action through national-scale action, something one individual simply lacks the necessary resources to confront. I am not saying one individual is completely powerless in solving these large-scale issues, one still has a voice which in America truly has the strength to spur action in the politicians and subsequently the government. I hypothesize most citizens feel passionate and motivated to ameliorate the crisis in Sudan and desperately wish to have the war in Iraq end on good terms, but there seems to be a sense of futility - the problems are simply too big in scope for one to produce any effect. Especially as these issues continue to drag on and the answers seem harder to find. The BBC article “Citizens offer new take on news” was a very informative piece if not a bit unsettling. It reported technology and lifestyle headlines receive the highest attention from people nowadays. I’ll personally admit my eye wanders to the IPhone article before approaching the news on the mortgage crisis, which does not necessarily say I don’t appreciate the importance of the mortgage crisis but more importantly my inability to relate to such an enormous topic to the point that it seems rather distanced.

The horrors in Sudan, the Iraq war, and other large-scale issues are reoccurring topics in mainstream media that are topics that need address and solutions. Unfortunately, in my opinion these issues can only find effective action through national-scale action, something one individual simply lacks the necessary resources to confront. I am not saying one individual is completely powerless in solving these large-scale issues, one still has a voice which in America truly has the strength to spur action in the politicians and subsequently the government.

I hypothesize most citizens feel passionate and motivated to ameliorate the crisis in Sudan and desperately wish to have the war in Iraq end on good terms, but there seems to be a sense of futility - the problems are simply too big in scope for one to produce any effect. Especially as these issues continue to drag on and the answers seem harder to find.

]]> By: Morgan Wallace http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-317 Morgan Wallace Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:39:13 +0000 http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-317 I agree. If I may also add, in what I think is the same tone, Americans are caught in a dichotomous position: between grasping the news and falling into the commercial breaks/fissures. I agree. If I may also add, in what I think is the same tone, Americans are caught in a dichotomous position: between grasping the news and falling into the commercial breaks/fissures.

]]> By: bill nighy http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-440 bill nighy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:56:34 +0000 http://caldems.com/blog/2007/09/12/blogging-when-you-dont-have-time/#comment-440 <strong>bill nighy...</strong> Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !... bill nighy…

Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…

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