Crowdsourcing – Vote Sarah!

A new buzzword entered my sphere this weekend—crowdsource. It’s another of those non-word words introduced into our daily discourse by younger, tech-centered members of our society. In past decades, their youthful exuberance and immaturity has been moderated by older generations of adults applying “adult supervision” which appears to be utterly absent today.

In what appears a Leftist-driven obsession with a private citizen who might mount a campaign for President in the next election cycle, writers from a number of large newspapers issued a call for public assistance to comb through over 24,000 pages of emails related to Sarah Palin’s time as Governor of Alaska.

Sometimes, when I see a particularly ridiculous or repugnant piece of writing offered under the banner of what we once considered “mainstream” media, I like to find a picture of the author just to see who is trying to influence my thinking…these days I think that’s important. The news articles shown nearby show small pictures of the authors along with the headlines.

“Crowdsourcing” is somewhat related to how new software is released in “beta” form for the public to try out and report problems. Although the approach is counter to how I was brought up—to take responsibility and do it right the first time—today it is a broadly accepted method used to solicit and obtain free labor to accomplish a complex task. If people are foolish or twisted enough to contribute their time to silly enterprises, that is their business.

Sarah Palin obviously triggers convulsions in Leftists. For that reason alone, I’m for her and if she and Michelle want to TEAM up, I'm for it. Vote Sarah…if she decides to run!

Adios

P.S. What an entertaining weekend--Weiner & emails.