[Vision2020] Correction Re: An Invitation to Liberal Moscow

[Chasuk]

The URL of Liberal Moscow:

http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/

This is an invitation to Liberal Moscow, probably Moscow's newest
blog, and certainly the most undogmatic.  Okay, the latter point is
arguable.  However, we do strive for the best signal-to-noise ratio.
Rather than waste electrons, I will reprint Joan's salutation from the
blog itself.

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Welcome to Liberal Moscow, the online home of Northern Idaho's
progressive, feminist, gay-friendly, unapologetic, freedom of speech,
freedom of religion, Constitution and Bill of Rights-loving,
evolutionary, informative, enthusiastic, political junkie,
smart-growth, smart-assed, happy-go-lucky brain trust. We are all
democrats here. Some of us are also Democrats, but not necessarily.
(Barack Obama, yes; Zell Miller, no.)

Independents, libertarians, socialists, anarcho-syndicalists, liberal
and moderate Republicans, if any still exist, are also very welcome.
So, too, are thoughtful conservatives. (Kevin Phillips, yes; Sean
Hannity, no.) This is a no racism, no sexism, no homophobia zone. If
you require concrete definitions of those terms, then this probably
isn't the blog for you. We'll assume that you got lost on your way to
Wikipedia and not that you were looking for Ann Coulter's website.

We expect and encourage debate, and heated argument is just fine. Do
try to be respectful in your discourse, even if your opponent is "a
vacant, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert." We ask that you try to
limit yourself to three posts per day. If you find that three is not
enough, then either the debate is really interesting, or you need to
take a break from this site and spend some time with the classified
ads. We'll leave that decision up to you.

This is a moderated blog, but it is not rigorously policed. We'd
prefer that you post under your real name. That needn't be the name
you were saddled with at birth by your thoughtless hippie parents;
just the name by which most others know you. If you really are Ivana
Man, Anita Dick, or I. P. Freely, then you have our deepest sympathy.

So there. This is the very first post on a brand-new, optimistic,
loudly liberal, revolutionary, ass-kicking Northern Idaho blog. As a
founding member of the MTV generation, I have to say it: Video killed
the radio star!

Libertas Quirkas,

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

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Some of you have already tried to post, but those messages haven't
appeared. I apologize; this is a relatively new enterprise for both
Joan and myself, and we are still learning. I have some experience
with moderating blogs, but life intruded just as Liberal Moscow was
being born, so I wasn't able to wear my adminstrator hat when it would
have been most convenient for Joan, and for you all. My apologies to
everyone.

Liberal Moscow users are grouped into the following categories:

* Administrator - Somebody who has access to all the administration features
* Editor - Somebody who can publish posts, manage posts as well as
manage other people's posts, etc.
* Author - Somebody who can publish and manage their own posts
* Contributor - Somebody who can write and manage their posts but
not publish posts
* Subscriber - Somebody who can read comments/comment/receive news
letters, etc.

If you aren't a bully or a troll, we want you to be able to start
fresh topics at your discretion. This means that Joan or I need to
invite you to Liberal Moscow and set your role to that of Author. If
you aren't an Author, but a Contributor, you can originate as many
topics as you wish, but the messages won't be published (visible to
other users) until they have been approved by someone acting in the
roles of Administator or Editor. A Subscriber can comment on existing
messages but can't originate messages.

To become an Author, send an e-mail to Joan or myself making that
request, and we will make it happen. You can also make the request on
Vision2020.

Relevant e-mail addresses:
chasuk at gmail.com
joanopyr at moscow.com

The URL of Liberal Moscow:

http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/