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| Obama administration info to be "crowdsourced" |
| 2011-04-04 |
| That's a fancy way of saying that there will be a website where everyone can deposit whatever they happen to know about Obean's administration, and everyone can go there and check it out. Crossroads GPS, the cash-rich Republican outside group planning to spend $120 million on the 2012 election in conjunction with its sister organization American Crossroads, announced Wednesday the launch of a website called Looks like Big Sis will have to screen the FOIA acts even more carefully than she has been doing from now on. The site is meant to "facilitate efficient sharing of public information about the Obama Administration" and highlight FOIA requests that have gone unfulfilled. It has been set up to look like Wikipedia. Wikipedia won't allow anything to stick that isn't PC. These folks won't have that problem. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 Point taken Barbara but I was getting at something more along the lines of #4. Why begin at a place that leaves one open for an obvious legal attack, even if said attack will probaly be in vain? It will consume a lot of time & resources that could otherwise be expended on performing the mission at hand. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2011-04-04 21:33 |
| #7 I thought the wiki software was open sourced. Unless Crossroads makes money off it and doesn't acknowledge the open source... it's legal. |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2011-04-04 20:26 |
| #6 Sure, DB. Didn't everyone? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-04 17:40 |
| #5 Well, Barbara, did you stay in a Holiday Express last night? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-04-04 16:08 |
| #4 The inevitable lawfare counterattack will be interesting to follow. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-04-04 15:49 |
| #3 Addendum to #2: Disclaimer - I am not a lawyer, and don't even play one on TV. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-04 14:36 |
| #2 Not necessarily, AzCat. First, it would depend on how closely it resembles Wikipedia. Second, does Wikileaks look like Wikipedia? If so, did Wikipedia do anything about it? If not, I believe they're toast in that regard. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-04 14:35 |
| #1 It has been set up to look like Wikipedia. Aaand there's the trade dress infringement that will allow the lefty lawyers to drain the cash from this soon-to-be formerly cash-rich organization thereby guaranteeing that it won't unduly damage The One. Double bonus if that statement is from Crossroads themselves as the admission against interest certainly won't help their cause. |
| Posted by: AzCat 2011-04-04 13:46 |