In some ways, starting up a "competition" against a well-established and trusted paper is kind of like being a Ralph Nader, a Bob Barr, or a Ross Perot running against the two major party candidates. Perhaps "winning" is not even the real objectives, but the idea is to inspire the major party candidates to shape their campaigns in such a way that the concerns of these minor-party candidates would be addressed in the major race.
Of course, there is always an accusation that these candidates "steal votes away" from the major candidates. But in reality they are of little consequence to the presidential campaign itself.
If anything goes well, the first "official" roll-out of the Bridgetown Ambassador will be not be until the spring of 2009 at the earliest. I am envisioning several "pre-launch" guerilla issues in the mean time, but such issues would be mostly to drum up readership, build an advertiser base, and to get some hype going.
This is not a war on Street Roots. I repeat. NOT A WAR ON STREET ROOTS.
I hope Israel Bayer is not freaking out (he left a little message on my phone this past weekend). If so, he sure sounds like Barack Obama [or John McCain] freaking out at the specter of Ralph Nader [or Bob Barr, or Ron Paul]. Big fish and small fish.
In any case I'd like to learn a lot more from the workings of Street Roots and its fine organization. And I think Street Roots is a great cause to support and participate.
In reality I'm going through quite a lot in my own life, and with two other big things that I am instigating, the Bridgetown Ambassador will only happen if it will be a team effort, with a good mix of talented, motivated and productive people who are willing and able to work together. I often have a load of "good ideas" and I instigate a few of them, but not very many actually materialize -- hence lies my problem that I must overcome. I can no longer afford to be complacent with being a loser. I can no longer afford to be a failure in life -- indeed, "failure is not an option."
Stay tuned for the Bridgetown Ambassador, but don't let the hype blind you from the reality.
Of course, there is always an accusation that these candidates "steal votes away" from the major candidates. But in reality they are of little consequence to the presidential campaign itself.
If anything goes well, the first "official" roll-out of the Bridgetown Ambassador will be not be until the spring of 2009 at the earliest. I am envisioning several "pre-launch" guerilla issues in the mean time, but such issues would be mostly to drum up readership, build an advertiser base, and to get some hype going.
This is not a war on Street Roots. I repeat. NOT A WAR ON STREET ROOTS.
I hope Israel Bayer is not freaking out (he left a little message on my phone this past weekend). If so, he sure sounds like Barack Obama [or John McCain] freaking out at the specter of Ralph Nader [or Bob Barr, or Ron Paul]. Big fish and small fish.
In any case I'd like to learn a lot more from the workings of Street Roots and its fine organization. And I think Street Roots is a great cause to support and participate.
In reality I'm going through quite a lot in my own life, and with two other big things that I am instigating, the Bridgetown Ambassador will only happen if it will be a team effort, with a good mix of talented, motivated and productive people who are willing and able to work together. I often have a load of "good ideas" and I instigate a few of them, but not very many actually materialize -- hence lies my problem that I must overcome. I can no longer afford to be complacent with being a loser. I can no longer afford to be a failure in life -- indeed, "failure is not an option."
Stay tuned for the Bridgetown Ambassador, but don't let the hype blind you from the reality.
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