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Liza Sabater is a netactivist, blog publisher and new media consultant.

She is the founder and lead writer of culturekitchen, one of the Top 100 progressive blogs [www.ndnpac.org] in the United States; and a Top 500 Feedster blog [www.top500.feedster.com].

When Liza is not publishing blogging, she works as a new media advisor and consultant with artists, creatives and cultural institutions on how to use social networking technologies to develop their communications strategies.

She was born in New York City. She grew up in Puerto Rico; where she lived until the age of 20. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies & International Politics and an ABD in Spanish & Portuguese, both from New York University. For close to 10 years she worked as a Latin American Literature college instructor before joining the corporate world where she worked as a marketing communications consultant and technical writer. A lifelong wordsmith, her work as a writer, translator, and freelance journalist has appeared in academic journals, art reviews, newspapers and magazines.

[ more at www.lizasabater.com ]

My Latest Post:

Are Los Siete Infames of the CHC the key to passing health care reform?

So there's rumors circulating on Twitter that "the Stupak bloc" has succeeded in muscling the religious right's misogynist puppet's anti-abortion language in the Senate bill. Of course, the rumors are coming from a blogger who desperately wants to see not only Health Care Reform killed but President Obama fail. We know though that Congress as a whole threw women under the bus a long time ago. Yet most people failed to realize is that the largest political minority to vote with them was Latino. I wrote about this in Machismo at Work : Members of the CHC who voted for the Stupak Amendment and against women's rights; so allow me to go meta:

My Recent Comments:

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2. Re: POLL! Can't a black man be a prick ...... (on POLL! Can't a black man be a prick with the police inside his home without having to fear an arrest? )
3. Re: How do you spell "Oabma" in ancient Egyptian?... (on How do you spell "Obama" in ancient Egyptian?)
4. Re: Blame the Thin-Skinned A-Listers... (on Dear @ev and @biz: You've killed Twitter's incredibly useful and powerful "Cocktail Party Effect")
5. Re: Heh... (on To the dude who just emailed me asking if I'd sell him culturekitchen.com)
6. Re: Saw her on Rachel Maddow... (on Why is the GOP so afraid of Meghan McCain?)
7. Re: BREAKING NEWS: Rush Limbaugh Converts to Judaism... (on BREAKING NEWS: Rush Limbaugh Converts to Judaism)
8. yup... (on The New Agenda's agenda : PUMA Kim Gandy and NOW)
9. but, but Nat... (on Paterson to choose Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton)
10. Hamas are effing idiots... (on Zionism joins the deadly league of -isms)

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In the Post article, Maryscott says at least one thing that is both true and wise, which is that her rage and her blogging are both "born of powerlessness." The problem is that Lord Acton's maxim is equally true in reverse: If power corrupts, so does powerlessness. It can lead to fatalism, apathy and irresponsibility %u2013 or to paranoia, rage and a willingness to believe evey loopy conspiracy theory that comes down the pike.

The difference, I think, between left and right is that the right has no rational justification to feel any of these things, and yet many, if not most, conservatives continue to wallow in the mindset of a besieged minority.

Liberals, much less radical progressives, really are a besieged minority in this country. So why is it suddenly considered front-page news that they're acting like one?

The answer, of course, is that if the Maryscotts of Left Blogistan are evidence of the corruption of powerlessness, the Washington Post is proof positive of Lord Acton's original argument. Given everything that's going on around us, it's hard to imagine that anyone would believe the former is more of a threat to the republic than the latter. But I guess that's what the corruption of power is all about.

— Billmon

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