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Trumpets exult the triumphant return of Denny J!
I am sure most of us look back with fondness on our times in 201 but now we get to look ahead to Tuesday.
The Congressional Management Foundation recently published a newsletter regarding how Congress uses blogs.
One may respond, "not very well."
BUT
That isn't entirely true.
Case in point: The Travel Blog
The Travel Blog is the perfect tool for a member of Congress for a plethora of reasons. Jeffe, would you say that there are a plethera of reasons for Congressman to use a travel blog? Do you even know what a plethora is?
Yes, there are in fact enough reasons to constitute the use of the word plethora.
Validations for use of plethora:
1) Travel Blogs are ways to justify the vast amount of money Congressman waste on Junkets at taxpayers expense.
2) Travel Blogs are not exactly hot button issues...thus not sparking much flame or negative remarks.
3) Travel Blogs involve little policy knowledge, thus can be written exclusively by staffers with little to no need to waste the members precious time.
4) Travel Blogs are fluffy...a combination of numbers 1-3, but I just realized I wanted to use the word "fluffy" and also I need more reasons to justify the use of the word plethora as well.
5) Travel Blogs are an easy way to appear hip and cool. "Look how techno savvy I am, I have a blog...kinda."
All fun aside, there actually is some validity to using Travel Blogs. The travel at tax payers expense can be some what of a problem, and a Travel Blog is a good way for a member to show tangible evidence of why such travel is necessary. Rather than having to justify travel expenses when an expose is written in the Post, a member who travels often can simply keep a travel Blog and point to it and say: "See, this is what I have been doing, it's there out in the open everyday on my Blog...what's the big deal?"
Second, it is a valid way of keeping a blog without having to keep a blog. As the newsletter discusses and as we have seen in class, blogs can be a tricky subject. A member who decided to keep one on a daily basis opens up a can of worms and cretes a difficult situation for their communications team. Controling the Internet is next to impossible, just ask Howard Dean.
I am sure most of us look back with fondness on our times in 201 but now we get to look ahead to Tuesday.
The Congressional Management Foundation recently published a newsletter regarding how Congress uses blogs.
One may respond, "not very well."
BUT
That isn't entirely true.
Case in point: The Travel Blog
The Travel Blog is the perfect tool for a member of Congress for a plethora of reasons. Jeffe, would you say that there are a plethera of reasons for Congressman to use a travel blog? Do you even know what a plethora is?
Yes, there are in fact enough reasons to constitute the use of the word plethora.
Validations for use of plethora:
1) Travel Blogs are ways to justify the vast amount of money Congressman waste on Junkets at taxpayers expense.
2) Travel Blogs are not exactly hot button issues...thus not sparking much flame or negative remarks.
3) Travel Blogs involve little policy knowledge, thus can be written exclusively by staffers with little to no need to waste the members precious time.
4) Travel Blogs are fluffy...a combination of numbers 1-3, but I just realized I wanted to use the word "fluffy" and also I need more reasons to justify the use of the word plethora as well.
5) Travel Blogs are an easy way to appear hip and cool. "Look how techno savvy I am, I have a blog...kinda."
All fun aside, there actually is some validity to using Travel Blogs. The travel at tax payers expense can be some what of a problem, and a Travel Blog is a good way for a member to show tangible evidence of why such travel is necessary. Rather than having to justify travel expenses when an expose is written in the Post, a member who travels often can simply keep a travel Blog and point to it and say: "See, this is what I have been doing, it's there out in the open everyday on my Blog...what's the big deal?"
Second, it is a valid way of keeping a blog without having to keep a blog. As the newsletter discusses and as we have seen in class, blogs can be a tricky subject. A member who decided to keep one on a daily basis opens up a can of worms and cretes a difficult situation for their communications team. Controling the Internet is next to impossible, just ask Howard Dean.
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