[buug] El Blog del Narco

[Zeke Krahlin]

I'm sure everyone hear already is aware of the excellent  
whistle-blowing by Wiki Leaks, but now we have "El Blog Del Narco":

"MEXICO CITY — An anonymous, twentysomething blogger is giving  
Mexicans what they can't get elsewhere — an inside view of their  
country's raging drug war."

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100813/LT.Drug.War.Mexico.Narco.Blog/

The actual link to El Blog del Narco is:

http://www.blogdelnarco.com/

I'd say that Wiki Leaks and El Blog Del Narco are two excellent  
examples of how the use of open source services (wikis and blogs) and  
an open Internet, empower individuals who are passionate for justice  
to be served. Such potent tools never existed before, and couldn't  
come at a better time when our conventional news sources have failed  
their duty to keep citizens informed, including as whistle blowers  
against gov't, military, religious and corporate skulduggery.

Even for individuals, such as myself, in a time when all local  
progressive activism has been usurped (for the most part) by  
egotistical, self-serving libertarian types who really have no sense  
of justice or democracy, and only see such groups as stepping stones  
towards some sort of career, celebrityhood, or (gasp) sabotage.

If you have something to say, do not wait in some imaginary line in  
hopes of having your voice heard in a newspaper, local gathering, or  
radio call-in. Just go straight to the Internet, where you will  
discover many effective venues to contribute your proposals,  
philosophy, and maybe even some startling revelation that is the  
hallmark of courageous whistle blowers everywhere.


-- 
Zeke Krahlin
http://zekeblog.wordpress.com
-- 
"Google devalues everything it touches. Google is great for Google,  
but it's terrible for content providers because it divides that  
content quantitatively rather than qualitatively. And if you are going  
to get people to pay for content, you have to encourage them to make  
qualitative decisions about that content."

-Robert Thomson, Wall Street Journal, Charlie Rose Show, 2009-02-11

-- 
Zeke Krahlin
http://zekeblog.wordpress.com
-- 
"Google devalues everything it touches. Google is great for Google,  
but it's terrible for content providers because it divides that  
content quantitatively rather than qualitatively. And if you are going  
to get people to pay for content, you have to encourage them to make  
qualitative decisions about that content."

-Robert Thomson, Wall Street Journal, Charlie Rose Show, 2009-02-11

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