As I noted here, I uploaded my letter to Obama to the letter to the
administration transition site. I also sent it to various young
people I know who worked on the campaign. They were happy to forward
it. Plus I put it in the news section:
http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm
It is a shot in the dark, like buying a lottery ticket.
Who knows, we might get a viral response going, within the massive
Obama e-mail network.
The size & power of Obama's e-mail network is astounding. This was
kept confidential during the campaign, but he has approximately ~11
million names of supporters. See:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/382337
As this article says, the power of this network cuts both ways. It
enhances his power, but it might also inhibit it. It also
communicates in both directions (to some extent), which is why I
think there is a chance we can raise people's awareness of cold
fusion via this link.
Interesting quotes from article:
"The same paragraph cites "senior aides," however, to report that the
list is so financially valuable that it was "briefly offered" as loan
"collateral during a cash-flow crunch." A source in a position to
know also told me that the email list has reached eleven million people.
So how did this information go from the Democratic Party's best kept
secret to an announcement in The Washington Post?
Because now, Obama's team wants everyone to know. The massive list of
energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.
It enables direct communication at a remarkable scale. The next
President can instantly address 16 percent of his national
supporters, based on the popular vote. To put it another way, the
list dwarfs the audience of all the nightly cable news shows combined.
. . .
Obama's email network is especially intriguing for governance,
however, because it has the potential of acting as both his most
powerful grassroots tool and the most visible check on a President at
the helm of one-party government."
Conservatives should be pleased with that. Nothing stop them from contributing.
Despite the tremendous population of the U.S., it is now possible for
an administration to be more aware of and in touch with the concerns
of the citizens than at any time in the past. Even a population of 20
million (mid-19th century) would be too large for a president to
learn much about individual views, but with Internet technology an
administration can learn a great deal about the country. This does
not have to be limited to merely responding to polls or the latest
fad or fear. It can go much deeper. Corporations are learning to
respond to their customer needs by looking closely at e-mail and
Internet conversations. The government should do this too.
- Jed
