"Many people who are not voting now are poor people. They're people who are working two jobs, they're working mothers, they're in the military, they're in situations where it can be really difficult to get to a polling place. There's a big voting divide today; we think online voting will help close it." I agree.
Ask Slashdot: Does A Software License Cover Patches?: I bring up this article because I believe some of the arguments apply to the question of whether or not Third Voice and other such things are modifying a page, as what Third Voice does is essentially patch a page.
Perhaps weblogs will fulfill people's need to engage in shouting matches. (On the other hand, those don't tend to work too well in the weblog world... Spontaneous Community Destruction tends to occur.)
All good things come to an end, sooner or later.
With redesign, Deja.com drifts from its humble Usenet roots (3/18/2000): "Should this continue, it's entirely possible that this gloriously diverse global party -- the greatest continuous shouting match in the history of computer communications -- will simply fade into irrelevance."
More community research. 
You can do me a favor by creating good titles, and if you like, specify what you want quoted on the main page, too.
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- Msg: Bradley Peters says The Senate has no effective power to create legislation, and if it actually did introduce and pass a bill, it would be cause to call in the spin doctors.
I find on other Manila weblogs that when I remember to look in the DG, there is sometimes interesting topics being discussed, but that most miss what's going on because it's too easy to forget. I'll start with today:
I think this week I'll try something different; for every post made on this site's discussion board, I will add a brief piece of the post to the end of that day's topic, even if just the title.