pete ashdown owns and runs xmission the largest and oldest surviving internet service provider in utah. they were my first isp and after a long hiatus because i was heavily involved in running two of their competitors wolsi and 1fn.net i am back in the fold as an xmission subscriber. i usually refrain from getting involved in political discussions or even in politics in general. my reasons for ...
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around the time i first launched this blog i wrote a champion for the broadband gap in which i speculated hoped really that xmission founder pete ashdown might use the internet as a wedge issue against incumbent orrin hatch. well he dood it. theres a new legislative proposal up for net neutrality with a lot of friends and heavyhitters signedoff on it. naturally i wasnt asked to sign. hey th...
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im proud to announce the adding of links to my blog.ill give a little run down on the links and then you may pursue them as you will.the first one to make the list was the link for pete ashdown. hes running a super uphill race against incumbent orrin hatch and frankly needs all the support he can get.the main reason im supporting pete ashdown is to unseat senator hatch. hatch is a career politici...
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we got an email from brett garner of pete ashdowns campaign saying that pete would be attending the utahbloggers event and that if we wanted him to participate in anyway he would be willing to. of course we would love to have anyone running for the us senate to participate in our event. so we asked pete to be on our panel. hopefully he will discuss how blogging has helped him in his run for offic...
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orrin hatch is up for reelection this year and someone is actually challenging him. that doesnt necessarily mean it will be a close race. pete ashdown is the democratic candidate for that seat. a utah native which hatch is not and a small business owner though im not sure xmission counts as a small business anymore he seems pretty sane and not on the radical fringe. his web site while it could use...
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from lee passey i know you are are interested in finding politicians and candidates who are clueful about ip issues so i thought id call your attention to utahs pete ashdown who is challenging the mpaariaa owned orrin hatch for u.s. senate. if you like what pete has to say im sure hed appreciate any publicity youd care to give him. done lee. readers should go here. hello john edwards are you part...
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theres an interview in wired news with the democrat who is looking to unseat the senior senator from utah orrin hatch aka the mans righthand man who is also noted for thinking the global climate crisis is sciencefiction. additionally pete ashdown actually has a wiki where you can help shape his policy. his best policy is based around his support of transparency in government. hallelujah.......
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i primarily vote green but im still enough of an independent that a candidate has to earn my vote. that said im still not sure how im going to vote in the senate race this year. while this post shouldnt be taken as an endorsement i do want to point out what a great guy i think pete ashdown is and why hes so much better than orrin hatch for the job.i checked out petes campaign website and his colla...
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i posted yesterday on the pete ashdown interview in wired magazine. there isnt a lot more to say other than i think pete ashdown is clearly a better choice for utahns than orrin hatch. he is actually a utahn he has posted his whole philosophy in a detailed and direct way and he is a success in life before politicsnot just because of it. im not going to waste space in this post running orrin d...
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there have been plenty of other bloggers endorsing ashdown rather than a hatch rerun. see here here here and here.utah amicus says everywhere i go i hear from both republicans and democrats that it is time for a change. every time i attend an event where pete speaks i go away with a greater understanding that pete is the man who should replace our current senator a man who has lost touch with the...
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i first heard about pete ashdowns senate campaign about a year ago when phil windley mentioned it on his utah politics site. in the beginning i was interested because of petes positions on technology and copyright and because i was glad to see anyone challenge our longtime incumbent senator hatch. as ive followed the campaign over the last year ive seen things progress significantly from there. ...
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you wont see a lot of political statements made on my blog. but this is one that i believe strongly in so i have to do something about it. as i am sitting down right now i am listening to some podcasts through itunes. i came across a wired news podcast that had an interview with pete ashdown. mr. ashdown is running for senate against orrin hatch. as i was digging around the internet i also found ...
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i am so happy that pete ashdown will be running against utahs senator orrin hatch the arrogant sycophant of big media industry who sponsored the dmca legistlation as a bill. the fact that he backed dmca is alone reason enough to wish senator hatch an early retirement but his views on almost everything else warrant action as well. consider contributing to pete ashdowns campaign if you do not live i...
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i usually dont pay too much attention to individual congress members from states other than my own. there are a few exceptions of course among them is orrin hatch a republican senator from utah. i pay attention to him because hes one of the most visible mormon politicians as am i well the mormon bit not the visible politician bit. for a long time id hear reports about him and id either agree wi...
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i dont live in utah but i do detest orrin hatch. he has been a scourge on the judiciary committee and a real drm nutjob. well it looks like it is going to be an interesting race this year in utah. his challenger is peter ashdown. peter is the real deal techie. he started the first independent isp in utah www.xmission.com. we need more people like peter in the government rather than riaa and mpa...
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i just got back from an enjoyable afternoon putting together signs and working on part 2 of the paint job on pete ashdowns campaign motorhome. the work was a lot of fun and i enjoyed meeting several other people who support petes campaign including this week fellow blogger bob aagard. pete ashdown......
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saturday i went to a meeting at uvsc with pete ashdown who is campaigning for u.s. senate against orrin hatch. pete is the founder of xmission an isp i have used and liked a lot so i was glad to meet him in person and hear more of his ideas. i think his views on education science alternative fuel sources and technology would be a breath of fresh compared to orrin hatch. he talked about using te...
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...ve internet access. if the idea of a more responsive senator who cares about your needs is appealing to you check out petes website at www.peteashdown.org and the collaborative wiki site at httpvote.p eteashdown .orgwikiin dex.phpmai n page . also if you attended the speech and have any comments post them here just click raise your drink.......
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friday january 20th our regular drinking liberally meetup will be held in the back room of fiddlers elbow map instead of our usual at the desert edge. this is to ensure we have enough room for our guest speaker pete ashdown. pete ashdown is running for us senate against orrin blow up their computers hatch this year. pete is running a grassroots open source campaign complete with a wiki which a...
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linuxinsider berichtet ueber eine kampagne von peter ashdown der sich als senator fuer den usbundesstaat utah dieses jahr whlen lassen will newcomer bets wiki opensource movement can help win senate election. das interessante an seiner kampagne ist dass er ein wiki nutzt um sein programm mitschreiben zu lassen. und auch sonst ist die kampagne sehr auf kollaboration angelegt.......
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linuxinsider berichtet aber eine kampagne von peter ashdown der sich als senator far den usbundesstaat utah dieses jahr wahlen lassen will newcomer bets wiki opensource movement can help win senate election. das interessante an seiner kampagne ist dass er ein wiki nutzt um sein programm mitschreiben zu lassen. und auch sonst ist die kampagne sehr auf kollaboration angelegt.......
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