God bless the dirty fucking hippies!
Raul Fernandez - Uploading American Politics - washingtonpost.com
But in 12 short years the Internet has grown to include more than a billion users worldwide and has empowered ordinary citizens to become engaged, active and highly influential participants in democracy, instead of passive consumers of campaign rhetoric.Technorati Tags: Internet, blogs, democracy, election
These empowered citizens made the difference in the November elections by producing compelling content and distributing it to hundreds of thousands of voters across the country -- almost always without the candidates' consent.
