Thanks Tom,<br><br>And thus we have another reason for people becoming aware.� People with their own ideas, when made aware, can apply their ideas to fit the situation.<br><br>And lets not beat around the bush, this isn't status quo, this is the GOP's full scale, multi-front attack on voter rights and democracy in America.� If you want to talk about hacking, people, we are being out hacked.<br>
This isn't just Wisconsin, we have Republican Governors and state legislators undermining our ability to vote in our own states.� People who fully expect themselves to be eligible voters, unless made aware, may find themselves unable to vote next election, and by that point, it will be too late.� So another reason for people to be made aware, their status as a voter may have changed.<br>
<br>So remain wilfully ignorant, I don't care, because if you are unwilling to lift your eyes from your own navel for a moment of someone else's perspective, then you aren't the intended audience, anyway.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Tom Cauchois <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tcauchois@gmail.com">tcauchois@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Earlier today (I think today?) a bunch of union firemen withdrew their<br>
money from the bank that supported Gov. Walker's campaign in<br>
Wisconsin. �I consider that a pretty cool, and effective, hack.<br>
<br>
</div>The problem with politics is that the interesting levers are hard to<br>
<div class="im">see, so there's a lot of brainstorming and communication around<br>
finding them. �It's not actually inefficient, just hard.<br>
<br>
Retweeting CNN or AJE is useful, but it's a means to an end and not an<br>
end itself. �Sometimes the end is donations (e.g. to Planned<br>
Parenthood, NPR, whatever), and that's ok. �Sometimes the end is a<br>
little while in coming, but something impressive (Obama's campaign,<br>
the Wisconsin hack, etc). �Sometimes we need to take a lesson from the<br>
60s (there are a number of parallels in the generational political<br>
</div>gap).<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Corey McGuire <<a href="mailto:coreyfro@coreyfro.com">coreyfro@coreyfro.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Swaying voters is hacking.� You are taking a resource from what you disagree with and using these resources to further your desired results.<br>
><br>
> Every voter you persuade from an opposing ideology to yours is two votes against the opposing ideology.<br>
><br>
> And if there is no observable result, then why is the business of polling such a profitable one?<br>
><br>
> Lies, damn lies, and statistics.<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Wladyslaw Zbikowski <<a href="mailto:embeddedlinuxguy@gmail.com">embeddedlinuxguy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:15 PM, jim <<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com">jim@systemateka.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > � �myself, i'm looking at this as a possible way to hack america.<br>
>><br>
>> Jim, from now on I consider you San Francisco's hacker ambassador to<br>
>> the activist community, and bestow upon you:<br>
>><br>
>> What Activists Can Learn from Hackers<br>
>><br>
>> A hack by definition creates an observable result that is something<br>
>> cool. Expressing moral indignation is not hacking. Sending links to a<br>
>> mailing list is not hacking. Committee meetings are not hacking.<br>
>><br>
>> If you have a problem that is so big, that you have no hope of<br>
>> achieving any real, observable result, consider reducing the scope of<br>
>> your problem until you find something you can actually do something<br>
>> about.<br>
>><br>
>> A hack is self-empowering. A hack does not rely on the approval of 51%<br>
>> of the fuckwits in this country for validation.<br>
>><br>
>> If your strategy is to preach at people until they are all convinced<br>
>> of your rightness, consider "showing" rather than "telling". Show me<br>
>> your fucking code. Show me your fucking better way of life.<br>
>><br>
>> Hacking is fun. If I feel like I *should* care about what you're<br>
>> saying but I just don't, that's a shitty fucking hack.<br>
>><br>
>> Happy hacking!<br>
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