Elizabeth May credits People 2 People Power
p2pnet news view Politics | P2P:- “The Net can make the difference.”
That was the last sentence in yesterday’s p2pnet story on efforts by the three principle federal parties to exclude the Greens from the upcoming televised election debates.
After a huge public outcry, the Broadcasting Consortium, comprising TV executives from the five main networks who’d caved in to ‘No Green Party’ demands from the Conservatives and New Democrats, were forced to shamefacedly back down, opening the doors to Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
But it wasn’t citizen outrage aimed at the mainstream media which turned the tide for May.
How much was down to ‘letters to the editor’ or phone calls to radio and TV stations May couldn’t guess, she told p2pnet, but, “my estimate is that at least 75% was due to internet,” she declared, “and it might be 95% for all I know!”
It was People to People Power —- “100% citizen action!!!”
How does May feel?
This great pic from The Toronto Star’s Tim Krochak says it all.
Are you paying attention, Harper, Layton and Dion?
Jon Newton – p2pnet
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September 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
AND SHE OPENING ENCOURAGES NET NEUTRALITY AFTER ALL IF I CAN GET STUFF FAST I DONT NEED A COMPUITER ON HALF THE DAY.
She also is agaisnt the bill c-61.
She has a better plan for the environment then ANYONE, and like people we DONT HAVE MUCH TIME.
IF we dont start as AL gore said “nations going a red line may end up in a autoritarin gov’t when there system collapses.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
<p>authoritarian sorry….</p>
September 11th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
To me what is significant is this is a very big story – the internet as a major factor in this election. But will it be a big headline story? Wil it hell. And you know why
September 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
To concerned citizen your a tool if you believe anything al gore says about the environment last time I checked he wasn’t a climatologist.
watch a doc entitled “global warming the great swindle” its on google video shouldn’t be difficult to find.
I received this response from my local Green Party Candidate on copyright reform and how his party would achieve a balance.
http://new-aur.110mb.com/questionaire.php?cand=green&Qnum=5