Getting Involved:
The Presidency
Participation Activity 1
:: Participation Activity 2
Participation Activity 2
President George W. Bush also has a Usenet newsgroup—
alt.politics.bush
—devoted to discussing everything about him, but it is definitely not under his control. Like most newsgroups, you can access it
http://www.google.com
, or you can likely reach it through your ISP.
1. List several of the topics discussed over the last week or so.
2. To what degree would you characterize the posts as partisan? How can you explain this?
3. Pick one of the interesting discussions and send a post. Be sure you know what you are talking about: Do research on the Internet or in the library, if necessary, and proofread for grammar, spelling, and clarity.
4. Were there responses to your post? What were they? Were they well-reasoned?
