What could you possibly be talking about Tom?

So now we have a serious sledge of Get Up. Who as I say are a potential online rival to Crikey, especially post Rudd election while the search around for an evolving raison d’etre.

My own view is let a thousand flowers bloom. Build the indy alternative media sector, crikey, Get Up etc etc. By all means let crikey run the ruler over Get Up - I have written them up before myself over the Evan Thornley connection - but know crikey have an interest of their own. Cie la vie. It’s a family argument perhaps.

That’s an editorial declaration that crikey might reflect on too.

Secondly Get Up took up the cudgels against the bogus carbon capture sequestration agenda of both Big Coal and the Rudd Govt mid to late 2008 when no one else in the big media were getting real traction. And weren’t they vindicated with the piss poor 5% target.

I personally as a member of the left leaning Australian Services Union don’t have any problem with progressive unions being supporters if that’s what they really are. It’s naive to think that all unions have the machine ALP brand on their forehead. Life is alot more complex than that.

As for their admin versus expendenture costs on political advertising. Well that’s a bit disingenuous analysis. I await to hear from them as to their breakdown. It’s not declarable political expenditure versus admin costs which might have all kinds of outreach and educational work in it, which is in fact political work just like political parties proper.

Also the fact is they are excellent in production values up there with advertsing agencies and PR firms. The write and research extremely well and like Greenpeace are expensive but have real clout. Again it is naive to think that there is not a role for activism at all levels of society and if their is not an activist corporate level of engagement the activists on the street lose out too. No doubt there is a healthy internal tension but then crikey has some ex employee critics. I know I do in activist circles and so on.

What indeed is the news in that in a political and grasping world. By all means bring on the transparency but spare me the smear, until you publish your own breakdown of finances including wage levels.

Oh and I do my work on about $10K per year. Haven’t filed a tax return in years.

I wrote a very basic comment on the GETUP sorry blog, not expecting to get censored at all.

James of Getup wrote confusing comments on my site, but I had moved on to other issues, when I returned to comment on the GETUP site, which is a bit like going to FoodPlus for a 4 course meal, I was confused as to why nuclear issues, particularly ROXBY are absent.

Its confirmation that GETUP is a government SETUP and the plan is to direct and manage public dissent - which is a great idea indeed - but if thats the plan you should at LEAST hire intelligent people to manage the site and the plan - but thats good news again - the side of evilness and depravity is suffering a skills and intelligence shortage which is GREAT news for HUMANITY!!!

Anyway, if anyone is bored, look at how stupid James is

GETAGRIP GETUP…if you are going to be EVIL, at least hire professionals

Normally I would never correct other people’s comments, because I make far too many errors myself. It’s just that you are being a bit of a serial bore at the moment.

They seem to organise an email campaign, then take all the credit for any wins on the topic, many of which are actually won by years of hard work on the ground by much smaller community groups that don’t have millions behind them.