Damn the torpedoes! Full Twitter ahead!
Fayetteville’s Fighting Alderman, Matthew Petty, wrote and let me know that I pulled a boner this week, when I wrote that not everything that he wrote was available to all. It is, actually, for those who may wish to follow the ongoing Petty Odyssey:
Twitter: @mpetty (preferred contact method
None of this deals with the fact that, if you ain’t Twittering you won’t get his comments in real time. If you aren’t linked to the service, you can read them later online.
The point - as so many have emailed me to say - is this:
Comrade Petty isn’t being paid by the city of Fayetteville to be a political commentator during city meetings - he’s being paid to help govern. Petty’s intention to is keep Twitting, however, no matter what others may think.
Cuz he’s like, you know, a trailblazer or something . . .
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Obviously, my life took a wrong turn somewhere
It was suggested to me by one of my more strident critics this week that I was a “bigot” for my attitude concerning Twitterdom. I suppose this makes me the modern day equivalent of Bull Connor, or Magnus, Robot Fighter.
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Quote of the Day
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. - Woody Allen
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And now for some real heroes
There is a great website, dedicated to those souls who actually make costumes for themselves and claim to venture out into the night and fight crime, or perform community service - http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/
Most of it is pretty silly. There is a wonderful guy, though - Superbarrio Góómez - who organizes labor rallies and protests in Mexico. That’s my kind of hero. To read more about the kind of guy that the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette would write rabid editorials about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbarrio
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They hide among us
I have long had a theory about world-be super-heroes. I figure that they have ben around as long as there have been comics. Guys putting on bizarre outfits, putting themselves through rigorous martial arts training, studying the Hardy Boys Detective Handbook - and then, one night, they encounter some real life criminals - and get the crap kicked out of them.
Comments
Thanks for the correction!
Everyone's entitled to their opinion about my activities with Twitter. I still think you're mischaracterizing how I'm using the service, but at least now you're being factual.
Cheers.
Posted by: Matthew Petty![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/streetjazz/nav-commenters.gif)
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April 8, 2009 01:59 PM
Drake,
You've killed my interest in your blog. I'm a 21-year-old journalism student in Fayetteville.
Thanks for the correction, but again you aren't being factual:
"None of this deals with the fact that, if you ain't Twittering you won't get his comments in real time. If you aren't linked to the service, you can read them later online."
That's not entirely true. You can find anyone's comments, if unprotected, by pointing a browser to twitter.com/username and hitting the "refresh" button. I'm sure you're aware of its existence, but I understand how these changes in technology can be hard for some people to figure out.
Also, one could use a mobile phone and see updates at m.twitter.com/username.
And finally, there exists yet another service, search.twitter.com. One could do an advanced search for Twitter updates, "FROM:mpetty"
Please, quit embarrassing yourself and check up on these "changes" before you continue to post inaccurate, ridiculous content. You're wasting server space.
Posted by: Jon Schleuss![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/streetjazz/nav-commenters.gif)
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April 10, 2009 02:26 PM