43 vs. Me

The White House still manages to surprise me.

I work at a company, Adaptive Path, that tries to make the world easier, at least online. We're making the NPR and PBS websites more user-friendly. We're working on the United Nations ReleifWeb website, helping the humanitarian relief community transfer data around the world faster. And sometimes we work for enormous financial institutions, making it easier for us to get info about our money.

So, when the White House began a campaign to make it as hard as possible to communicate with them, I came to realize that this administration really represents the polar opposite of everything I believe. It's actually refreshing to see the what the *exact* opposite of my dreams looks like.

For those who think I'm exaggerating: from the New York Times:

"Under a system deployed on the White House Web site for the first time last week, those who want to send a message to President Bush must now navigate as many as nine Web pages and fill out a detailed form that starts by asking whether the message sender supports White House policy or differs with it.

Just another brick in the wall keeping the people alienated and disengaged from the democratic process.

Right On, 43!