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A thread on boards.ie has been the source of some impressive citizen activism in the last week and it seems the campaign there is just getting started.
As some people already know, Dublin City Council recently signed a deal with advertising group JCDecaux which would see a number of advertising panels erected on the city’s streets [...]
I finally got my hands on it. I had trouble finding it anywhere on the internet, so someone may have already beaten me to it.
Anyways here it is. Pee Flynn destroying his political career in one interview. The quality is not the best as it was recorded on VHS nine years ago, but it is [...]
Some of the arguments made in this satire piece by The Onion ring a bell.
Remind you of anything?
Enjoy
Green Ink.
The list of youtube videos from the election with the highest views, the largest views by a long way for Enda Kenny’s meeting with American Idol. Full list below the fold.
We had a run down of how they think and work, now its time to take a look at the canvassers superpowers;
CitizenJon follows Bertie
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There was a feature on News 2 tonight about Rock the Vote, who launched their first tv ads this evening. The main ad is here, and it’s good; gets the message across and not nearly as cringey as you’d imagine.
Labour have just launched their latest campaign video, “This is Bernard” , as part of their campaign for safe and secure communities. And I don’t like it.
After Margaret. Labour give you Aoife.
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Repost from Mulley.net
A.J. Cahill seems to be the one candidate so far that has a better grasp of the online turf that any other candidate, anywhere in Ireland. AJ is blogging and not afraid to pull some punches with this post about Dominic Hannigan and he is making some quite fresh and original videos and [...]
A response to Mary Harney’s vidcast. View This Video on You Tube (Thanks boozy for the heads up)
A new Votetube candidate? View This Video on You Tube (hat tip Niall)
Simon McGarr is running the VoteTube experiment and looking for people to use YouTube as a political tool. Here is his own video:
View This Video on You Tube
VoteTube is a competition for the most entertaining, most persuasive and most effective political and civic message videos made about Ireland.
There are two categories for entry. One is specifically for third and second level students and the other is for everyone else. You can enter as often as you like. Videos may be entered by [...]
From Johnathan Brazil comes this sparkling bit of dancing from Bertie and Mary.
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar offers his view on how the SBP Opinion Poll would translate in an election.
Think tank: Time for democracy to click into place
Dan Sullivan gets himself into The Sunday Times, calling for the internet to connect citizens to a more meaningful democracy. Its an argument I agree with wholeheartedly myself. Have a read and let him know what you think.
Colm Burke MEP reckons that we need to get honest and tell people we will be holding a second Lisbon Vote in Oct 2009 with protocols desigend to secure a yes vote.
