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 Internet Safety Blog Main Page Table of Contents **//__April 22, 2009__//** I have noticed that Salem's local newspaper, The Statesman-Journal, has had several articles on the internet. They have been quite interesting. One was about internet safety and another article which peaked my interest, was an article titled "Politicians catch Tweet Fever" by K. Williams Brown, dated Saturday, April 4, 2009 in the Life section of the paper. Twitter evidently, according to Brown is..." a microblogging site that allows users to write supershort posts from their computers or phones in answer tot he question format." Brown continues the article describing how some of our politicians are using this technology even while actively participating in other activities such as the National Republic.an Convention.

I am concerned about the impact our need as a nation continually shorten our communication with each other and now even online we have found a way to streamline it even farther. Is it important for us to give each other these up-to-the minute reports and do they really contribute to our to building and maintaining healthy communities? I would love to hear your thoughts.