By Brandon Irby
Web Editor
The most widely-sweeping social provision bill of our generation was passed by congress last week. The real story with the healthcare bill is, we all had the chance to have a voice.
Technology is changing, media is changing, the country has changed and everything is in process of changing for those who follow in our footsteps.
Within moments of the affirmative news of this bill passing on the evening of Sunday, March 21st a steady stream of opinion and commentary flooded my twitter subscriptions and Facebook news feed.
Remember the bit about media is changing?
Never before have we as a society been posed to leverage the power of spoken word than we are at the moment. Likewise, we’ve never before considered the consequences of publicly airing our own opinion and commentary.
In 1996, America Online began charging a $19.99 monthly rate for internet service and spamming every mailbox in America with CD-ROM discs in hopes of growing their client base resulting in individuals slowly moving their lives online.
Fourteen years later the internet is in many ways a ripe teenager and subsequently many who have taken to implementing the practices of the internet into their daily life fall victim to the growing pains associated with the foolish mistakes of a teen mindset.
In this coming of age, it has been learned that words, once entered into cyberspace, can never be lost, retracted, forgotten, or successfully re-explained.
As with all forms of expression, power or authority our freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. In the same way Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs exist within a continual yin yang climate.
We must take the good with the bad.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves if we are riding this technological wave to be cool, to say we did it, or is there a reason we are jabbering endlessly into a void of computer servers?
It’s evident that there is beauty within sharing thoughts. There is even beauty surrounding the fact that the Internet allows for the grass-roots nature of development.
What is that beauty?
We live in a republic. Whether President, King, or Governor, a politician is only an actor reciting lines and making moves according to a script that the audience is writing.
Or are they?
In our system of government, most politicians make promises, react, vote, and shake specific hands according to the latest poll they are given. You and I write that script with our voices and our votes. We now broadcast our voice. Our voices are now global. The Internet is our own personal mass media outlet.
What does our speech say we are seeking? More importantly, what do our actions indicate we are seeking? What difference are we making? What difference do we intend to make? Do we even think about intending to make a difference? Can one person really do anything about our country’s direction, its ability, or its culture?
No longer do we have stretch high into society to make a difference. No longer do we have to wine and dine opinion leaders. We now have an open invitation to become an opinion leader.
We must continually exercise our freedom.
It’s time to move. It’s time to write a script that is right and good and necessary.
Technology is changing, media is changing, the country has changed and everything is in process of changing for those who follow in our footsteps.
Within moments of the affirmative news of this bill passing on the evening of Sunday, March 21st a steady stream of opinion and commentary flooded my twitter subscriptions and Facebook news feed.
Remember the bit about media is changing?
Never before have we as a society been posed to leverage the power of spoken word than we are at the moment. Likewise, we’ve never before considered the consequences of publicly airing our own opinion and commentary.
In 1996, America Online began charging a $19.99 monthly rate for internet service and spamming every mailbox in America with CD-ROM discs in hopes of growing their client base resulting in individuals slowly moving their lives online.
Fourteen years later the internet is in many ways a ripe teenager and subsequently many who have taken to implementing the practices of the internet into their daily life fall victim to the growing pains associated with the foolish mistakes of a teen mindset.
In this coming of age, it has been learned that words, once entered into cyberspace, can never be lost, retracted, forgotten, or successfully re-explained.
As with all forms of expression, power or authority our freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. In the same way Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs exist within a continual yin yang climate.
We must take the good with the bad.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves if we are riding this technological wave to be cool, to say we did it, or is there a reason we are jabbering endlessly into a void of computer servers?
It’s evident that there is beauty within sharing thoughts. There is even beauty surrounding the fact that the Internet allows for the grass-roots nature of development.
What is that beauty?
We live in a republic. Whether President, King, or Governor, a politician is only an actor reciting lines and making moves according to a script that the audience is writing.
Or are they?
In our system of government, most politicians make promises, react, vote, and shake specific hands according to the latest poll they are given. You and I write that script with our voices and our votes. We now broadcast our voice. Our voices are now global. The Internet is our own personal mass media outlet.
What does our speech say we are seeking? More importantly, what do our actions indicate we are seeking? What difference are we making? What difference do we intend to make? Do we even think about intending to make a difference? Can one person really do anything about our country’s direction, its ability, or its culture?
No longer do we have stretch high into society to make a difference. No longer do we have to wine and dine opinion leaders. We now have an open invitation to become an opinion leader.
We must continually exercise our freedom.
It’s time to move. It’s time to write a script that is right and good and necessary. most widely-sweeping social provision bill of our generation was passed by congress last week. The real story with the healthcare bill is, we all had the chance to have a voice.
Technology is changing, media is changing, the country has changed and everything is in process of changing for those who follow in our footsteps.
Within moments of the affirmative news of this bill passing on the evening of Sunday, March 21st a steady stream of opinion and commentary flooded my twitter subscriptions and Facebook news feed.
Remember the bit about media is changing?
Never before have we as a society been posed to leverage the power of spoken word than we are at the moment. Likewise, we’ve never before considered the consequences of publicly airing our own opinion and commentary.
In 1996, America Online began charging a $19.99 monthly rate for internet service and spamming every mailbox in America with CD-ROM discs in hopes of growing their client base resulting in individuals slowly moving their lives online.
Fourteen years later the internet is in many ways a ripe teenager and subsequently many who have taken to implementing the practices of the internet into their daily life fall victim to the growing pains associated with the foolish mistakes of a teen mindset.
In this coming of age, it has been learned that words, once entered into cyberspace, can never be lost, retracted, forgotten, or successfully re-explained.
As with all forms of expression, power or authority our freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. In the same way Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs exist within a continual yin yang climate.
We must take the good with the bad.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves if we are riding this technological wave to be cool, to say we did it, or is there a reason we are jabbering endlessly into a void of computer servers?
It’s evident that there is beauty within sharing thoughts. There is even beauty surrounding the fact that the Internet allows for the grass-roots nature of development.
What is that beauty?
We live in a republic. Whether President, King, or Governor, a politician is only an actor reciting lines and making moves according to a script that the audience is writing.
Or are they?
In our system of government, most politicians make promises, react, vote, and shake specific hands according to the latest poll they are given. You and I write that script with our voices and our votes. We now broadcast our voice. Our voices are now global. The Internet is our own personal mass media outlet.
What does our speech say we are seeking? More importantly, what do our actions indicate we are seeking? What difference are we making? What difference do we intend to make? Do we even think about intending to make a difference? Can one person really do anything about our country’s direction, its ability, or its culture?
No longer do we have stretch high into society to make a difference. No longer do we have to wine and dine opinion leaders. We now have an open invitation to become an opinion leader.
We must continually exercise our freedom.
It’s time to move. It’s time to write a script that is right and good and necessary. Technology is changing, media is changing, the country has changed and everything is in process of changing for those who follow in our footsteps.
Within moments of the affirmative news of this bill passing on the evening of Sunday, March 21st a steady stream of opinion and commentary flooded my twitter subscriptions and Facebook news feed.
Remember the bit about media is changing?
Never before have we as a society been posed to leverage the power of spoken word than we are at the moment. Likewise, we’ve never before considered the consequences of publicly airing our own opinion and commentary.
In 1996, America Online began charging a $19.99 monthly rate for internet service and spamming every mailbox in America with CD-ROM discs in hopes of growing their client base resulting in individuals slowly moving their lives online.
Fourteen years later the internet is in many ways a ripe teenager and subsequently many who have taken to implementing the practices of the internet into their daily life fall victim to the growing pains associated with the foolish mistakes of a teen mindset.
In this coming of age, it has been learned that words, once entered into cyberspace, can never be lost, retracted, forgotten, or successfully re-explained.
As with all forms of expression, power or authority our freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. In the same way Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs exist within a continual yin yang climate.
We must take the good with the bad.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves if we are riding this technological wave to be cool, to say we did it, or is there a reason we are jabbering endlessly into a void of computer servers?
It’s evident that there is beauty within sharing thoughts. There is even beauty surrounding the fact that the Internet allows for the grass-roots nature of development.
What is that beauty?
We live in a republic. Whether President, King, or Governor, a politician is only an actor reciting lines and making moves according to a script that the audience is writing.
Or are they?
In our system of government, most politicians make promises, react, vote, and shake specific hands according to the latest poll they are given. You and I write that script with our voices and our votes. We now broadcast our voice. Our voices are now global. The Internet is our own personal mass media outlet.
What does our speech say we are seeking? More importantly, what do our actions indicate we are seeking? What difference are we making? What difference do we intend to make? Do we even think about intending to make a difference? Can one person really do anything about our country’s direction, its ability, or its culture?
No longer do we have stretch high into society to make a difference. No longer do we have to wine and dine opinion leaders. We now have an open invitation to become an opinion leader.
We must continually exercise our freedom.
It’s time to move. It’s time to write a script that is right and good and necessary.The most widely-sweeping social provision bill of our generation was passed by congress last week. The real story with the healthcare bill is, we all had the chance to have a voice.
Technology is changing, media is changing, the country has changed and everything is in process of changing for those who follow in our footsteps.
Within moments of the affirmative news of this bill passing on the evening of Sunday, March 21st a steady stream of opinion and commentary flooded my twitter subscriptions and Facebook news feed.
Remember the bit about media is changing?
Never before have we as a society been posed to leverage the power of spoken word than we are at the moment. Likewise, we’ve never before considered the consequences of publicly airing our own opinion and commentary.
In 1996, America Online began charging a $19.99 monthly rate for internet service and spamming every mailbox in America with CD-ROM discs in hopes of growing their client base resulting in individuals slowly moving their lives online.
Fourteen years later the internet is in many ways a ripe teenager and subsequently many who have taken to implementing the practices of the internet into their daily life fall victim to the growing pains associated with the foolish mistakes of a teen mindset.
In this coming of age, it has been learned that words, once entered into cyberspace, can never be lost, retracted, forgotten, or successfully re-explained.
As with all forms of expression, power or authority our freedom of speech is a double-edged sword. In the same way Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and blogs exist within a continual yin yang climate.
We must take the good with the bad.
At the end of the day we must ask ourselves if we are riding this technological wave to be cool, to say we did it, or is there a reason we are jabbering endlessly into a void of computer servers?
It’s evident that there is beauty within sharing thoughts. There is even beauty surrounding the fact that the Internet allows for the grass-roots nature of development.
What is that beauty?
We live in a republic. Whether President, King, or Governor, a politician is only an actor reciting lines and making moves according to a script that the audience is writing.
Or are they?
In our system of government, most politicians make promises, react, vote, and shake specific hands according to the latest poll they are given. You and I write that script with our voices and our votes. We now broadcast our voice. Our voices are now global. The Internet is our own personal mass media outlet.
What does our speech say we are seeking? More importantly, what do our actions indicate we are seeking? What difference are we making? What difference do we intend to make? Do we even think about intending to make a difference? Can one person really do anything about our country’s direction, its ability, or its culture?
No longer do we have stretch high into society to make a difference. No longer do we have to wine and dine opinion leaders. We now have an open invitation to become an opinion leader.
We must continually exercise our freedom.
It’s time to move. It’s time to write a script that is right and good and necessary.
