Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
Andy A, from my perspective, most of the political stuff I am reading is mere regurgitation of national "news," and rarely do I read a post in those forums which actually share one's personal thoughts of the real news. Mostly, people just grab hold to whatever the media claims to be news. If there were solely real people's thoughts on a topic, the politics forum would be different.
Someone commented about the cut and paste of "news." I agree that if one is going to use a source, only a snip-it should be posted here, with a link to the article. In addition to the snip-it, I think that the poster should post his or her thoughts about the article. If everyone did that, the political forum would be elevated quite a bit. Tell me what you think, not what you have been told.
Basically, regurgitation of what people call national news, is nothing interesting to me, and I can find all of those stories anywhere on the web, TV or newspapers. Give me interesting, new, or personal thoughts on stories or beliefs, and I will be the biggest supporter of an outside-SoWal political forum.
Someone commented about the cut and paste of "news." I agree that if one is going to use a source, only a snip-it should be posted here, with a link to the article. In addition to the snip-it, I think that the poster should post his or her thoughts about the article. If everyone did that, the political forum would be elevated quite a bit. Tell me what you think, not what you have been told.
Basically, regurgitation of what people call national news, is nothing interesting to me, and I can find all of those stories anywhere on the web, TV or newspapers. Give me interesting, new, or personal thoughts on stories or beliefs, and I will be the biggest supporter of an outside-SoWal political forum.
