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Here are several other Slash news sites that I check in to at least semi-regularly:

• Liberty Rally - political, but they're willing to bash anybody that isn't on the up and up
• MacSlash - Mac-centric
• OS X Talk - Mac-centric

For most of my needs, these are sufficient. At least until I get my own political Slash board running.

The 3rd party candidates already had their own debate. Didn't you notice? (Don't feel bad, not many did.) You can find some info (with links) at Liberty Rally. (Oh, and if you're a big Nader fan, did you know that he didn't even bother to show up when he had the chance?)

I would like to see more political stories. I would love to see Slashdot used as a mobilization force for the geek voters of the world.

The problem is that there is no such voting bloc. There is no such thing as the "techie vote". I've noticed that a lot of the /. crowd seems to lean Libertarian or Green. Personally, I lean Constitutionalist, which is a totally different (though not necessarily completely opposite) direction. "Tech" isn't a fundamental issue that bonds people together. Political motivations always have been and always will be shaped mostly by two things: 1) what you think about a person's relationship to God, and 2) what you think about a person's relationships to other people. How you feel about the nature of those two fundamental kinds of relationships will pretty much determine your political stance. Tech is just a tool. Life is still about relationships to others.

About the only commonality you'll find among geeks (like the /. crowd) is that they're disaffected by the current system. We're big into 3rd parties, and being the active minority voice. That's a good thing, if for no other reason than it keeps the big guys on their toes — at least a little more than otherwise.

If you want politics, there are other good places for that. I don't want Slashdot to turn into a "catch all" board for anything that happens across CmdrTaco's brain after eating too many bean burritos. Keep it limited to tech-oriented issues. I'll go to Liberty Rally (or my own board once I set it up) to discuss politics and freedom.

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If you folks in the media would frame this issue properly, perhaps the general public would [...] take away those federal powers NOT enumerated in the US Constitution that they seem to think they have

Exactly! I say this over at Liberty Rally all the time, and every other chance I get. It's why I'll probably be voting Constitution this fall. Let's limit the gov't to the power it's actually supposed to have and we'll see our lives improve.

I've have not yet read the book, but I gather it's about (in part) the rise of libertarianism in the cyber-community. One reason for the rise in general, I think is the that our freedoms are being taken away at a faster rate than ever before (no proof, just oppinion). It's certainly amazing how much this is happening, and it was a large motivating factor me to start Liberty Rally. It's a slash site that focuses on disappearing freedoms, government excesses, etc. We attempt to track down relevent stories, so that people will be aware of how much is happening that they never new of. (We're young, at only a month old, so bear with us as we grow).

I've have not yet read the book, but I gather it's about (in part) the rise of libertarianism in the cyber-community. One reason for the rise in general, I think is the that our freedoms are being taken away at a faster rate than ever before (no proof, just oppinion). It's certainly amazing how much this is happening, and it was a large motivating factor me to start Liberty Rally. It's a slash site that focuses on disappearing freedoms, government excesses, etc. We attempt to track down relevent stories, so that people will be aware of how much is happening that they never new of. (We're young, at only a month old, so bear with us as we grow).

I've have not yet read the book, but I gather it's about (in part) the rise of libertarianism in the cyber-community. One reason for the rise in general, I think is the that our freedoms are being taken away at a faster rate than ever before (no proof, just oppinion). It's certainly amazing how much this is happening, and it was a large motivating factor me to start Liberty Rally. It's a slash site that focuses on disappearing freedoms, government excesses, etc. We attempt to track down relevent stories, so that people will be aware of how much is happening that they never new of. (We're young, at only a month old, so bear with us as we grow).

I have not read the book. What irritates me most about this is the blatant name-calling in the title. I disagree strongly with (modern) liberal beliefs, but I don't call everyone who supports them stupid.

I have not read the book. What irritates me most about this is the blatant name-calling in the title. I disagree strongly with (modern) liberal beliefs, but I don't call everyone who supports them stupid.