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This week's tasks:What opportunities can you find for political participation via the internet.

How many of the following can you achieve while sticking to your political beliefs?

Sign an e-petition. CHECK

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/966260001

i signed this petition to save the cute seals...

Respond to a professional blogger at a major news site. CHECK

The ABC news site has many blogging topics. I chose to repond to John Stossels blog about the september 11 victums. My post included the flowing text:

R.I.P 9/11 victims.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/09/911.html

What is Barak Obama up to today? CHECK

today BARAK OBAMA is watching SHREK 3D

Find out who your local, state and federal representatives are. CHECK

Local:
LAWLOR, Mr Peter Joseph, MP

State:

BLIGH, Miss, Anna

Federal:

RUDD, Mr Kevin 07

all of this information was found Thanks to the Gold Coast City Councils Website -
Look up the Queensland or Australian hansard to find the last time your local member spoke in parliament. CHECK

I THINK IT WAS THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2009

Let your local member know what you think about their last speech.

I think the last speech from Mr Peter Lawlor was very professional. He used great vocabulary and was well presented... I actually have no idea what his last speach was... :)

But he seems like a well dressed happy man in the photo. so im sure his last speech was excelento

What do you think of the Australian Government's plans to censor the internet (the so-called "Clean Feed")??? What place does censorship have in a democracy?

The whole idea of putting a censor on the internet is completely absurd, who is to define what sites are considered appropriate and inappropriate?

Everyone has diffent thoughts, ideas, and ways in which they see life. One parent may think it is wrong for their child to stuble across religion readings on the internet because it is not what they belive in... Yet another parent may appose of a child seeing a female in her swimmers when searching something into google... it could be a good idea, but WHERE WOULD WE DRAW THE LINE AND WHO WOULD DICTATE WHAT WAS CENSORED AND WHAT WAS NOT?

I do however aggree that some things should not be processed on the internet. I once looked at a list of potentially banable wedsites. There was also an article asking the public of anorexia websites should be banned as it is giving this information to our children...(i think that is just plane crazy) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/chat/r/t-10021482/index.html Some of the sites could not in any way, shape or form, be considered bad. By allowing the government to control what we view on the internet, is just another way in attempting to control or shape our country to suit what ever needs required.

...Starvation...

A clean water system would save more than 10 million children from dying of dehydration and Diarrhea in 3rd world countries each year.

This is present in your world