Today’s the second full day of Netroots Nation (formerly known as YearlyKos). So far we’re having a blast: Last night Howard Dean gave the keynote address (the slogan “empowered by Howard” is echoing through my head). Our own Liz Rose from the Washington Legislative Office was on a panel called “Working from the Inside Out: Success Stories in Netroots Organizing,” this morning. I attended a panel about using profanity in blogs, which featured a
great, very funny panel with Jesse Taylor and Amanda Marcotte of
href="http://www.pandagon.net">Pandagon, Rudepundit Lee Papa,
href="http://www.eschatonblog.com/">Eschaton’s Duncan Black,
href="http://hullabaloo.com">Hullabaloo’s Digby and
href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com">Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum.
The opinions were varied, but if you’ve ever read these bloggers’ posts, you know their thoughts on swearing on blogs.
Right now I’m in a panel about immigration, and they’re hitting all the big issues: comprehensive federal immigration reform, anti-immigrant ordinances, racial profiling (see our lawsuit against Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio), immigration detention, day workers, and other issues. Man Eegee at Latino Politico is liveblogging this session.
Tomorrow, Jameel Jaffer, Director of the the ACLU’s National Security Project, will speak at a panel called “Guantánamo, Habeas Corpus, Torture and Military Contractors: The Roadmap to Accountability in the First 100 Days.” Jameel will talk about the ACLU’s national security work, which includes our John Adams Project and uncovering the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. custody abroad. If you’re at Netroots, come check it out!
UPDATE: Pandagon’s got video of the profanity panel.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
In regards to day workers and the illegal immigrant issue, I’m all for people of any race and backround coming to the U.S. and starting a new life, just do it the right way. These people come here and work for cash to send back to their homeland, thats money leaving our economy and never being taxed. And what about the ones committing crimes who because their illegal cant be traced by law enforcement and held accountable.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:14 am
TO SEND THEM BACK PRESS 2. Don’t you people EVER stand up for the Law-Abiding LEGAL-AMERICAN CITIZEN? I agree we should let them into the country…LEGALLY. If I had a baby in another country, they don’t become citizens of that country with full free benefits. So why do it here? Come on ACLU do something for the people of this country who are loosing everything and can’t afford to live because MOST of our money is going to the people who you stand up for (Prisoner Rights, Illegal Immigrants, etc.) GIVE US A BREAK!!!