It was 1994 when political candidates first discovered the web. A few candidates were cutting edge in 1994 former Michigan Representative Dick Chrysler was one such candidate who jumped on the web. Public Policy Groups, Political Action Committees and Non-Profits were just dipping their toes into the preverbal pool called the internet.
Fast forward fifteen years later everyone from Fortune Five Hundred companies to local Cub Scouts are on the web. It maybe a blog, FaceBook, twitter or a full blown website, individuals are on the net. The point is the web has broken us from the shackles of being depended on broadcasters for news and information. We can go and gather information on our own and form our own opinions pose to believing what we read in the New York Times or watch on CBS Evening News. We can watch the evening news in Tokyo if we so choose.
Well what is my point? I think we need to raise the stakes on the war on ideas. We must continue to put fourth our ideas and values. We need to respond to all of the lefts half-truths, distortion and outright lies.
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