DISQUS

Ryan Graves · 1 year ago

Andrew - I agree with everything you say here about why someone should support their candidate and if not chosen should be active in the process to get to know the issues. I strongly agree with the fact that voting down party lines is terrible (lame). Personally, I believe that the ebb and flow of politics is best for the growth of our country. So, I to will be voting for Obama, as I believe in his change campaign. It is what is needed. Also, we'll be airing the interview you did with Dave Cohn on our startup spotlight site <a href="<a href="http://actionstalk.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://actionstalk.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://actionstalk.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://actionstalk.com later this week. Great work on startup stuff and keep it up. Check out my blog if interested. <a href="<a href="http://ryanagraves.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ryanagraves.com " target="_blank"><a href="http://ryanagraves.com " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://ryanagraves.com Talk to you soon bro. Cheers.

joshua strebel · 1 year ago

"Last week I was told by a strategist to never talk about politics on my blog, twitter or in public for that matter." That strategist = fail. Be genuine, be yourself, warts and all.. Being real will get everyone a lot farther than all the PC facade bs.

Rob Blatt · 1 year ago

I think that strategist was someone that views blogs as the wild west of content. Provided you're not an idiot, people won't treat you like one. It's the golden rule that people seem to forget when they pop on the internet.

micah · 1 year ago

You know I dont vote. You know why. The primary reason being that it drives me nuts that people get all "world changing" every 3.5 years. Fuck being political. Be a world changer daily. Vote with your actions every day. (and by you, I dont mean you, I mean people in general). Do good every day. Make a small difference in someone's life TODAY, everyday. There will be a million posts just like this one. All with merit, all with heartful goodness behind it. But voting wont make the world a better place. Action will. Be active, fuck the political.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

Am checking out the blog, thanks and let's keep in touch.

Tom Markiewicz · 1 year ago

You make great points, but the problem with most people is that they don't follow your rule #2 - be respectful. I'm very interested in hearing thoughtful and interesting commentary and info from all sides of the political spectrum, but what I don't care for are attacks on candidates and parties. Additionally, most people are simply not open minded enough to listen to all sides even if they've made up their minds. This is where people start alienating others and the likely reason why the strategist said to avoid political commentary on your blog. For many, it may be safer to keep quiet. It's sad and I don't necessarily agree with it, but it's likely true.

Brian Blood · 1 year ago

You mention Obama's wanting to "help small businesses and startups". I don't know anyone worth his salt in the small tech biz market who looks to the Federal Government to help them solve problems and get things done. Why is it a PLUS that he wants to "help" us? How about get out of our way and lower my taxes. The way tax policy works, there will be a lot of small biz owners who get hit by his "$250,000" line in the sand for tax cuts/hikes.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

1) Strong economic times help startups. I believe that with having a strong leadership front with a committed congress will lead to just that. 2) Having the people who have worked on his campaign, which is a startup that has done amazing things, on policy. They get tech, they get design, they get grassroots. 3) Most startups don't make the $250k, and those that do generally have expenses that cut their tax burden to be very minimal. And more... but those are the ones that stand out to me.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

I love being overly respectful and getting a weird look. One of the best things to do when talking politics.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

Agreed, but through the governing body is the quickest way to be world changing... or the most change we see is from the governing body.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

It actually was a guy I look up to, big blogger... very weird to me. Thinking about this more, it is all about what your blog is about. Gadgets? Might not want to talk politics, yourname.net? Talk it up.

Andrew Hyde · 1 year ago

very true, great mantra there.

Jared K. · 1 year ago

"there will be a lot of small biz owners who get hit by his "$250,000" line in the sand for tax cuts/hikes" Need more data, please. "A lot" doesn't mean anything to me. Do you have numbers and sources to support that claim? I'm curious to know if it's true or not. Does the SBA keep track of that information? In my circle of small business owner friends, I know of *very* few (maybe less than 2%) who would be above that number. And those that are above it tend to be *well* above it, to where they would be in the 39% bracket anyway.