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April 11, 2006
DFA Night School
One of the most frustrating aspects of politics is the utter lack of information to help you make the best decisions possible. The Republican hate machine has been working for three decades to train millions of hate filled minions that have metastasized across the entire nation. On the left there is a gapping hole of information. Everything is being done behind closed doors, everything hidden from the people on the ground. For Republicans these kinds of things don't concern them. They all share the same hate of America, so they don't care how it's destroyed, only that it's destroyed as quickly as possible. From the godless animals in Washington, to the brain dead drone on the ground, Republicans move as one hate filled machine slashing wildly at the greatness of America. On the left there is only what can be described as chaos. There are brilliant minds working to save this country, but they are locked away from the rest of us who are trying to figure out how to save the country. So we are all reinventing the wheel rather than going toe to toe with the Republican hate machine. So the DFA folks decided to do an online training session tonight. I have to say I was fairly impressed and disappointed at the same time. Realize that conference call related training is something we do on nearly a daily basis in the corporate world. I basically had done 4 of these style calls today before I did the DFA meeting this evening. So on that level I'm completely unimpressed. But the notion that they are trying does impress me. The call exposed something I had been worrying about for a while. The Democratic establishment is a truly two tiered arrangement currently. There are those in it and those that aren't. The ones in it have little or no interest in those outside of it. Activists are a special breed of highly motivated individuals. When you can put nearly a thousand of them in one place for an hour you are welding a massive amount of power. But the problem is that they are still doing the soft sell. The notion is that there is something about politics that can't be comprehended by normal people. Activists aren't normal people by any stretch of the imagination. If they offer a class in person, they should offer the exact same class online with all the source materials. Scheduling a thousand people in the same place is hard, but when you could expose five or six times as many people with the same information you really are effecting things on a totally different level. The State parties are completely closed off to us so we have to be able to get our information from somewhere. Not to mention you could refine the courses based on the questions you get from those many times as many people taking them and make them that much better. I went ahead and signed up for all the other courses that they are offering and I'm going to advocate that they move every class they teach online in some sort of streaming format to allow more people to get involved. If you're interested in helping out in politics in your area, I definitely recommend getting involved in the DFA Night School. The teacher claimed that they were going to put the audio from tonight's call online. It's still not up as I'm writing this, but it has only been an hour and in political world something that should take ten minutes usually takes a couple of days minimum. It's a completely different mindset that I'm personally used to.
Read more over at DFA Night School
Posted by ManDrake at April 11, 2006 9:49 PM
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I did not see any DFA canadates from the South. Are those of us down here too far gone? ;>
Posted by: Royal at April 12, 2006 8:24 AM
Well the short answer is yes. The more useful answer is that the DFA is a progressive organization. Progress by its very nature requires change. Southerners despise change more than life itself. So you'll find the listings for Southern style candidates to be noticeably lacking. It's not impossible, but you're more likely to get struck by lightening than find a Southern candidate that can win an election that supports any significant change.
Posted by: ManDrake at April 12, 2006 9:49 AM