Yes that is right folks, the next step of the self propagandizing duo on tax payers time was to take over for Bruce Jacobs, of KFYI shame, during his morning show.
Well last time I checked, Friday morning is still a work day right? Sheriff Joe and County Attorney Candy Thomas were still on the tax payers clock right? So this was more an informative interview of how the offices of the tax payers are being conducted and will not be a self promotional stunt or any more political rhetoric from the far right?
Well, you Maricopa County residents know this is not the case.
No transcript posted… but this was a typical propaganda and self promotion soapbox for these two nut jobs. Photos from within KFYI demonstrate this:
There was a point where the normal Fox10 morning show breakaway to the KFYI studio took place and the host over at Fox10 kept interrupting Sheriff Joe. Candy Thomas got very livid at this and threw another fit about the big bad media picking on daddy Joe. Please tell me that someone has this tivo’ed. I want to YouTube that badly!
The East Valley Tribune published an online article about Thomas’ announcement in the midst of his Supreme Court challenge (whine) about the Arizona Bar investigation on his ethics as an attorney.
The original article is here. But what is interesting is the tit-for-tat comments on who the best challenger is.
Arizona Game and Fish Department is the first Governmental Agency (nationwide) to embrace social networking and pay per post technology via SocialSpark. I have been watching the folks over at IZEA for sometime due to their SocialSpark project. It is very similar to the Blogwire concept I have been working on.
They have reached out to Arizona bloggers for this opportunity…
I am taking a step back a bit from current news and sharing with you the single most powerful (yet simple) song I have ever heard. This song was in the early 90’s. It was when I was just coming out of hanging out with some gangs in Glendale . If I had not heard this song, connected to the depth of the lyrics and held on to every word… I might be in a different place. This one song helped connect me with compassion and the need to work toward a greater good that my parents had taught me indirectly.
I have been doing a lot of self reflection as of late… A LOT… and I wanted to share with you this song, as it still means the world to me. This guy was 16 when he wrote this. This is about an open heart…
if i told you he was your brother
you’d reminisce then you would go about your day
if said you oughta give him some of your water
you’d shake your canteen and walk away
and the perception taht divides you from him, is a lie
for some reason you never asked why
this is not a black white world
you can’t afford to believe in your side
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey
if i told you she was your mother
would you analyze the situation and be gone?
if i said you oughta give her some of your water
your eyes would light up like the dawn
and the perception that divides you from her, is a lie
for some reason we never asked why
this is not a black white world
you can’t afford to believe in your side
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey
the beauty of grey look into your eyes
no daylight
new day now
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will appreciate the beauty of grey
this is not a black and white world
to be alive i say the colors must swirl
and i believe that maybe today
we will all get appreciate
yes we will all get to appreciate
the beauty of grey
We over at BlueDynamic will be blogging the convention as well as Ted over at Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion. I have been impressed with how the DNCC has been handling these convention credentials. We as bloggers are gaining unprecedented access. I know many folks in the MSM that are actually envious of the access we are being allowed. Kudos needs to go to the folks at DNCC on this process. BlueDynamic will be utilizing live streaming video technology to interview our AZ delegates, and we will be working close with the state party to make sure all Arizona Democrats get to experience what the delegates are experiencing on the floor.
Despite this great experience, Kos has his ego in a bit of a fit. He decided to take this issue and make it personal toward Aaron and call individuals out in a blog versus talk about the system.
Simply put, we are getting unprecedented access. State Parties, unlike you would be led to believe, had some consultation, but there was no “hand off.” Bloggers are proactive on the ground, and like Ted and I want to work with the state party to maximize communication efforts. To think this was top down from the state parties is just bunk. I take the DNCC and the state parties at their word as they have been very transparent about it throughout the process, and I have been talking to both sides throughout the process.
Ok, I am calling you out Ted, your thoughts on yet another false Kos-attack? Help me out here brother. I for one feel this time was much smoother and open then 2004, what has been your experience?
My hats off to the DNCC for attempting to make order out of the disorderly ;)
Mouse over the film and click on the left pop up window to see “previous” show, which is the 9th ward clip.
There were taken today, apologies for the bad audio… this was taken on my phone.
Tuesday morning update: A new clip was uploaded this morning. The first clip is leaving our of the lower ninth ward looking at the rather small levee that has been constructed post Katrina. This is still not a class 5 levee, so those who want to move back… still feel it isn’t safe. Judge for yourself. The second clip is of the homeless tent city under the bridge. The third is of the lower 9th ward. Again, sorry for the wind noise… still trying to get a handle on this mobile technology and what it picks up.
Sorry I have not posted much on the SpidelBlog much. We kicked off the PAC on Wednesday, and brought on a new client this week via BlueDynamic, so it has been kinda nuts. I am leaving tomorrow to New Orleans, LA for one of our clients to prepare for a national media campaign during the General Election around the issues of Gulf Coast Recovery.
During this past week and while in NOLA I have played and will be playing with some new technology for both SpidelBlog and BlueDynamic. You saw the podcast live on Wednesday night. Not the best quality, but the concept is there. I will be trying to podcast live from NOLA to test the cell phone networks on quality. The goal is to create real time high quality video for our future projects (such as blogging live from the floor at both DNCC and RNC.)
You can see some of this work on the media section of BlueDynamic, but we have a lot more to upload and play around with. You will start to see some of this technology pop up on political sites that are our clients. So stay tuned. Until then… consider SpidelBloe my beta blog to test it all out :)
You will see some of this stuff while I am in NOLA the next few days. Feel free to comment on the quality and provide some feedback overall.
