President Bill Clinton will be giving the keynote speech at Netroots Nation 2009 this Thursday. Those not living under a rock know that NN 2009 (formerly known as YearlyKos) is being held in Pittsburgh this week (August 13-16 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center) and that it's a national convention for progressive bloggers.
Other pols and local luminaries participating in various panels include:
Gov. Howard DeanI am looking forward to hearing from some of the rock stars of my world including: Digby, Pam Spaulding, Marcy Wheeler, Jane Hamsher, Christy Hardin Smith, Amanda Marcotte, Amanda Terkel, Robert Greenwald, Matthew Yglesias and Gen. JC Christian. I also plan to attend the Official "Unofficial Opening Night After-party" and the mixer sponsored by Keystone Progress.
Sen. Arlen Specter
Gov. Don Siegelman
Rep. Joe Sestak
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
PA Rep. Chelsa Wagner
Mayor John Fetterman
City Councilman Bill Peduto
Witold "Vic" Walczak
Dr. Cyril Wecht
Rev. Janet Edwards
Khari Mosely
Celeste Taylor
Paradise Gray
Kimberly "Dr. Goddess" Ellis
Full Speaker list here and agenda here.
Or, I could decide to bag it all and attend the competing conservative blogger conference in Pittsburgh this week (RightOnline) and see Joe the Plumber -- talk about your star power!
If you'd like to help with NN 2009, you probably can still volunteer by contacting Eric Thut (eric@netrootsnation.org), but you'd better be quick about it.
Also, check out the forum in pghRoots where there are folks looking for room shares, rides, etc.
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Ask Amanda Marcotte about the Duke Lacrosse Rape Hoax.
ReplyDelete"[I]f I see the words 'Duke' or 'lacrosse' in an e-mail that has the whiff of accusatory tone, I'm deleting it and simply not going to reply to it," she wrote at Pandagon. "I have never, ever stated that I think that anyone should go to jail without a proper trial. Those comments will also be deleted from this thread.").
Of course there is a reason that Amynda does not like to be reminded of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Hoax.
Amanda Marcotte's Duke rape case analysis
Contrary to popular opinion, Mein Herr, not all liberals are in love with that lying, conspiracy-theory-conniving bitch.
ReplyDeleteHow can anyone honest put the words "Bill Clinton" in the same headline with "progressive politics"?
ReplyDeleteI used all of my annual vacation time before my husband deployed to Afghanistan so I will not be attending NN during the work week. I am volunteering on Saturday to assemble the care packages with Netroots For The Troops.
ReplyDeleteJust in time for Netroots, the Conservacare Plan:
ReplyDelete* SPEND YOUR SAVINGS AND SELL EVERYTHING YOU OWN TO PAY DOCTORS
* FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY
* IF YOU ARE SICK, JUST SHOW UP AND MAKE THE EMERGENCY ROOM TREAT YOU FOR FREE
Very cool, Grace.
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