TERRITORIAL DAILY NEWS SOURCES: Local and beyond

Posted: 27 Nov 12

A POWERFUL RESOURCE, JUST FOR US

1.  Purpose

To provide fellow citizens with easy, quick-access (at the bottom of this article): 

(1)  with ready links 

-- to useful COMMUNITY 

-- informational resources, 

-- at least Contra Costa County-wide, 

(2)  to a reasonably 

comprehensive 

collection of news media entities 

-- where reliable information 

-- may be readily found

(3) to express a point of view, 
with which readers 
may or may not agree, but 
-- which I feel needs to be stated, 
-- since this perspective 
-- permeates 
-- the entire "system-of-systems" 
-- being constructed 
--to serve you.
-- And is of utmost importance to establish.

2.  Rationale

There is much information 

of vital or passing interest to us, 

as citizens of this world.  

-- They have the power 

-- to change our world 

-- for better or for worse.

  

We need 

to be able know 

-- in good time 

-- so as to matter

-- as much as 

-- time and resources will allow

-- about all there is to know,

-- since it all matters, somehow.

We need to stay abreast of developments 

within every level of our society,

-- from the very personal, 

-- to the family, 

-- the neighborhood, 

-- the city, 

-- the county, 

-- the state, 

-- the nation, 

-- and the world.

3.  Solution

This blog gives you a convenient way 

of getting quick and efficient access

to a significant array of information:

The information sources having been 
selected to suit 

a Contra Costa County 
perspective

-- yet not exclusive 

-- of serving the interests 

-- of those fellow humans
-- who live beyond the County limits

-- (friends, potential friends, and relatives, all)

The information sources having been 
all accumulated 
in one 

orderly place,

-- almost always accessible

WHAT IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED?

Fellow citizens who use this page

will find it easier 

-- to do their civic duty

Which Civic Duty?

-- Simply that 
-- we have to care 

-- about what happens

-- to the TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 

-- which surrounds us, 

-- shapes every single thing

-- and on which

-- everything depends

-- and then, do or not do
-- only with sufficient knowledge 
-- and forethought,
-- where possible
-- and appropriate.

When?

-- at most any time,

-- all the time

Specifically?

-- as we conduct 

-- our very busy 

-- modern existences

-- in the most favorable ways possible

Why?  

Because we have lots of decisions to make

to conduct complexity satisfactorily

-- and sufficient information

-- is absolutely necessary

-- to effect the best results

Why?  

Because ALL of the things 

-- that can ever hurt us or 

-- help us 

-- come from the environment

Because we 

CAN ONLY BE AND DO 

-- what our total circumstances allow 

-- and not one iota more 

The only way 

we can improve 

what we are 

and do 

-- is to change 

-- the circumstances 

-- favorably

IT TAKES 

-- RELIABLE, 

-- REGULAR, 

-- AND DIVERSE 

-- INFORMATION 

-- TO DO THAT 

So, what?  

Therefore, it's best to see what's coming 

in sufficient time to make allowances

-- rather than being caught 

-- by surprise and 

-- unprepared.

How?

by staying abreast

-- of changes 

-- in the environment

-- with a minimum of cost

-- in hassles 

-- and time

and this blog-page

will help you do

exactly that.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO

IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE ALWAYS-AVAILABLE PAGE,

whenever you visit this blog,

-- is to just click the "N E W S" tab 

-- of the horizontal menu bar 

-- at the top of the screen

-- or 

-- the auxiliary menu, here

I HOPE 
-- YOU WILL FIND IT 
-- ALL HELPFUL TO
-- THE INFORMATION-GATHERING 
-- ROUTINES OF THIS LIFE.




David Nelson