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When I was looking over Peak Oil sites in order to find the one worth my time & efforts (Only time for one with my efforts in New Orleans), I looked at Daily Kos and their siamese twin Energyize America.
A VERY liberal blog based in Paris and run by a self described member of the French technical elite has no chance of generating broad based support in the US IMO.
Best Hopes,
Alan
Which blog, might I ask, is "based in Paris and run by a self described member of the French technical elite"?
Daily Kos is not a Peak Oil site ... even though there are those within that community who are passionate about energy, global warming, such issues.
And, well, perhaps you should read the principles section (section 4) in the annotated briefing to see the radical 'business based' concepts that are core to EA2020 development.
Jerome a Paris is, as his screen name suggests, based in Paris and he describes himself as a member of the French technical elite. AFAIK, both Daily Kos and Energize America are blogs started by him. His name is certainly at the top of the masthead.
Some French might take umbrage at a conservative Texas oilman running a blog on, say French healthcare and employment law and coming up with detailed legislative acts to radically reform both French healthcare and employment law and then submitting these to members of the Assemblée Nationale.
A similar response may await Enerygize America if they ever gain any traction.
Daily Kos is a VERY liberal website, whatever the principles they espouse. Energize America is the conjoined Siamese twin of Daily Kos, announcing different principles does not make it otherwise.
Alan
Alan, dailykos was founded by Markos Moulitsas -- a.k.a. "kos" And he's hardly French
http://www.dailykos.com/special/about2
I stand corrected.
What then is Jerome a Paris's role in Daily Kos and Energyize America ?
Alan
AFAIK he's just another diaryist.
http://www.dailykos.com/user/Jerome%20a%20Paris
Anyone can post a diary to dailykos. The users then rate the diaries and the better ones make it to a recommended list.
Sometimes a moderator selects a diary as notable as well.
As to energize america, I don't know.
I also believe that Jerome is an investment banker, hardly the profile of a typical "liberal".
Your starting to sound like a charter member of the iron triangle yourself now.
Are you replying to me or Alan?
I was just piling in on the end of the thread. Since you had pointed out that Jerome did not start Daily Kos, I figured I would add that he wasn't exactly a typical French liberal either.
My snide comment was directed at Alan. Apologies for any confusion.
Ever heard of George Soros?
DailyKOS was one of the initial gathering points of the liberal blogosphere. It has thousands of diarists and is considered probably the most successful partisan online community from either party. Like other notable internet communities, it's spawned memes that have made it into the public consciousness - but as a political site, with concepts like "the netroots" as opposed to "all your base."
I don't read it so much anymore, too many posts, too little time. I miss billmon, one of their initial contributors.