Week8: Political Participation via the Internet

1. E-petition
I decided to sign a petition to save the koalas from extinction in Southeast QLD on the Queensland Parliament Petitions website. If anyone would like to sign as well, it can be found on this site: http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_qld/CurrentEPetition.aspx?PetNum=1260

Here is the confirmation page:
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_qld/Confirmation.aspx?PetNum=1260&lIndex=-1

2. Respond to a professional blogger
I often read the blogs at Ask Sam on the Sydney Morning Herald.com (she does a weekly feature in the print paper).

I responded to this blog story as I found it to be a very interesting debate: http://blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/asksam/archives/2009/09/high_heels_turn_on_or_turn_off.html

However, I am still awaiting my commect approval from the site. But here's the link anyway: http://blogs.smh.com.au/movabletype/mt-comments.cgi

3. What is Barak Obama upto...?
For the most up-to-date information on the American President, I'd suggest checking out his official twitter page: http://twitter.com/BARACKOBAMA

However, today 16th September but the 15th in America (as we are a day ahead) the President did about 8 000 different things. So I limited it down to about 3.

1- Obama to AFL-CIO: Remember where we came from economically
In promoting his economic record today, President Obama is stressing something we'll probably hear more about as election time approaches in the months ahead: The economic record he inherited. "Let's just take a stroll down memory lane," the president said...

2- Obama: Economy and car companies are coming back
President Obama continued his latest campaign today, stumping to persuade Americans that the embattled economy and the government-run car companies are turning around. "Now, we still have a long way to go," Obama told autoworkers at a General Motors plant...

3- Obama and Kanye West: It's hard for presidents to be 'off the record'
Today brings another reminder of how hard it is for presidents to be truly "off the record" -- not in this media-saturated world, not when he describes controversial singer Kanye West as "a jackass." Obama thought he was speaking privately...


For all the details and more information about the President and everything thing he completes in his day head to this site: http://www.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/archive/2009/9/1