Generally, I think I'm right in saying, I've erred on the skeptical side (Duh!) in estimating the effectiveness (in any dimension) that blogging can have on the outcome of a bill like the energy bill (HR 6/S 1419) which will be entertaining us on the Senate floor in the next couple of weeks.

(Or the farm bill being cooked up by Brer Peterson; or any like bill.)

Which is not to say I don't think it worth trying. I've scribed a number of pieces in and around the subject, in general, and in relation to the farm bill and the energy bills (most recently here); we're pioneers, and pioneering is rarely easy or pretty.

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Love the title - I'm following up the thread!

I've been out of range of online for the last day and a half, so - fresh bowl...

It's enormously tempting for a geek like me to suppose that the technical side of things to which one has devoted many an hour and fuddled many a brain cell is the the be-all and end-all of acting to influence legislative process.

It's not - and I try to resist the temptation!

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