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Political resources for your Palm device (continued)
Democratic National Committee
The Democrats seem to be somewhat on the ball when it comes to handheld computing. Not only does Al Gore's official site provide an AvantGo download (see this issue's PalmPower Site of the Month), but you can also find an AvantGo channel set up at the home of the Democratic National Committee as well. The Web site's at http://www.democrats.org/extras/avantgo/index.html and is pictured in Figure J.
FIGURE J
Get news from the Democratic National Committee on your PDA. Click picture for a larger image.
On the Democratic National Committee's AvantGo channel, pictured in Figure K, you'll find the latest news on the state of the presidential election.
FIGURE K
The DNC AvantGo channel will keep you up to date on the latest election news.
The Libertarian Enterprise
If your political sensibilities are outside the two major parties, you might be interested in checking out "The Libertarian Enterprise for the PalmPilot." At http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/ppformat.html, Peter R. Petronello, Master Sergeant USMC, (retired), has reformatted The Libertarian Enterprise to .PRC files for reading on his Palm device. He then submitted them to the folks at Webley Web Works, hosts to The Libertarian Enterprise magazine.
The Libertarian Enterprise is an online publication "dedicated to spreading genuine and unabashed Libertarian opinions on the Internet and elsewhere." On the magazine's Welcome page, they're quick to point out that the publication is not an official tool of the Libertarian Party, nor is it "about the insides of a subculture, which, like many another of history's intellectual movements, often resembles nothing so much as thousands of shrieking eunuchs frantically beating each other to death with shoelaces."
With that clear disclaimer in mind, I went ahead and downloaded the latest issue's .PRC file. It's pictured in Figure L.
FIGURE L
The Libertarian Enterprise opens by defining what a Libertarian is.
Conclusion
Even if certain political parties haven't yet realized the value of providing information you can read on handheld devices, there still remains a wealth of resources for you to use. Let your Palm device be your guide as, over the next month, you form your decisions about who should be America's future leaders.
Product availability and resources
For more information on The OnPolitics page of WashingtonPost.com, visit http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/.
For more information on ePolitics.org, visit http://www.epolitics.org.
For more information on The Political Palm, visit http://www.markgribben.com/politicalpalm.html.
For more information on CSpotRun, visit http://www.32768.com/bill/palmos/cspotrun/.
For more information on MemoWare's Law and Government reference section, visit http://www.memoware.com/Category=Law_ResultSet=0.htm.
For the article on documents from MemoWare and other online libraries like it in the December 1998 issue of PalmPower, visit http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue199812/politics002.html.
For more information on Zimmermann.com, visit http://keith.zimmermann.com.
For more information on PoliticsOnlineStore, visit http://www.politicsonlinestore.com/polstore2000/palmpilot.asp.
For more information on Gnossos Software, visit http://www.gnossos.com.
For more information on the Democratic National Committee's AvantGo channel, visit http://www.democrats.org/extras/avantgo/index.html.
For more information on The Libertarian Enterprise for the PalmPilot, visit http://www.webleyweb.com/tle/ppformat.html.
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Claire Pieterek is a long-time Palm handheld user. On a mission to ditch her Franklin Planner, she bought her first--a Pilot 5000--in May, 1996. She currently owns a Japanese-language Sony Clie 650C, a Sony Clie 710C, and a Palm Zire 71, among others. She is most at home in Chicago and Kyoto, and is a student of life, the universe, and Japanese.
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