For those of you who missed Trent Seibert’s half hour show on how to dig up dirt on public officials through open records requests, his live presentation will be looping right here until the end of the day Friday. Enjoy!
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10:57 Nicole Sauce : Welcome to our broacast – we will be starting soon!
10:58 Jennifer Butler SPN : hello!
10:59 Nicole Sauce : HELLO
11:00 Kathy Hoekstra : hi! Kathy Hoekstra (Mackinac Center) is here…
11:00 Nicole Sauce : Good to see your typed words!
11:00 Nicole Sauce : Trent is putting on his makeup…
11:00 JEvans : Justin from SC Policy Council here
11:01 Kathy Hoekstra : LOL! one word.. POWDER.. don’t want shiny skin
11:01 Nicole Sauce : Hello Justin!
11:01 Kathy Hoekstra : Hi Justin!
11:01 JEvans : How is everyone?
11:02 Nicole Sauce : Looks like they are getting set to go live!
11:02 Kathy Hoekstra : great! Justin wanna trade governors?
11:02 Nicole Sauce : ill put mine in tn up for auction
11:02 JEvans : haha I am still sick from “the one’s” speech last night
11:02 Kathy Hoekstra : hey this is SWEET!
11:02 Nicole Sauce : look! it’s trent
11:02 Kathy Hoekstra : Hi Trent!
11:03 JEvans : youre on
11:03 Nicole Sauce : 
11:03 Jose : Give Trent a slack… hes new to all this. : )
11:03 Kathy Hoekstra : He’s doing great!
11:03 Nicole Sauce : the scary part is knowing if you are really on…
11:05 JEvans : Trent….bring up the webpage on your laptop and you can see who is here.
11:05 Nicole Sauce : He has a slightly different view because he is a super power…
11:07 Nicole Sauce : I’m in the stix – we have to go to the courthouse…
11:07 Kathy Hoekstra : We have both rural and urban-type courthouses
11:07 Michael Jahr : Kathy’s spent a lot of time in courthouses.
11:07 Nicole Sauce : I will post it with the archive video
11:08 Nicole Sauce : I’ll buy hom a sharpee too
11:08 Kathy Hoekstra : ha ha! very funny.
11:08 Kathy Hoekstra : so they should just hand over voter registration info?
11:09 Nicole Sauce : trent? do they just hand this stuff over?
11:10 Kathy Hoekstra : he needs to really come out of his shell
11:10 Michael Jahr : Gotta admit, it’s troubling that the gummit has this info on us and shares it with anyone.
11:10 Kathy Hoekstra : all except our own president
11:10 Nicole Sauce : welcome to a transparent world – though it might just be public officials…
11:11 Izzy : just saying a quick hello from cato. izzy over here. trent looks great and we can see him without a problem. cheers!
11:11 Nicole Sauce : Hi Izzy
11:11 Kathy Hoekstra : hi izzy!
11:11 Nicole Sauce : i want to talk with you about a dog later
11:11 Izzy : Hi kathy!
11:12 Izzy : yes, i need to call you later. tonight, pinky swear.
11:12 Kathy Hoekstra : can he see our comments?
11:12 Nicole Sauce : yes he can
11:12 Izzy : ok i have to work now. but trent looks lovely. and its working! great job joe and nicole. bye
11:12 Nicole Sauce : he might be waiting to take questions
11:12 Kathy Hoekstra : gotcha… I better write mine down
11:12 Nicole Sauce : lol
11:13 Isaac : Hello all.
11:13 MRothbard : When is he going to talk about pr0n?
11:14 Nicole Sauce : ask hiim during q an a
11:14 MRothbard : hah
11:14 MRothbard : man, am I in a room alone with 2 sexxxy ladies?
11:14 MRothbard : Hey Nicole and Izzy
11:14 MRothbard :
11:15 Jose : MRothbard = Justin?
11:15 Nicole Sauce : which ones are sexy?
11:15 Nicole Sauce : Butler is on, Kathy
11:15 MRothbard : this is the real Murray Rothbard from the grave!
11:15 Nicole Sauce : Wow!
11:15 Nicole Sauce : Hello Murray!
11:15 TPPF : Glad to see that Trent has a good video feed.
11:16 Nicole Sauce : Houston Internet, baby
11:16 TPPF : Because that’s how we roll down here.
11:16 Kathy Hoekstra : Trent, should the people who work at courthouses hand over the information, no questions asked?
11:16 Jose : I could up the quality, but I don’t want to lose any of you guys on slower connections.
11:16 Nicole Sauce : yay chat
11:17 Nicole Sauce : if you were adolph, folks would be very surprised
11:17 Kathy Hoekstra : i would have a better moustache
11:17 Kathy Hoekstra : Thanks Trent…that helps! of course, if they give us a hard time, we can expose that also!
11:17 Nicole Sauce : there is a new pen sized video recorder – you can post it online
11:18 Nicole Sauce : $150
11:18 FaceTheState : Hi Trent! Face the State loves you!
11:19 MRothbard : haha
11:19 Nicole Sauce : Hi Bra
11:19 Nicole Sauce : d
11:19 MRothbard : Brad Jones in the house
11:19 Kathy Hoekstra : Not being a tax lawyer, how far can we go in asking for tax information? are just property taxes fair game? what about income? business?
11:19 FaceTheState : …one of Brad’s minions
11:19 Kathy Hoekstra : Trent has obviously spent time in a traditional newsroom…
11:20 Michael Jahr : Can you FOIA what an agency has charged others for documents?
11:20 AlGansee : Nice to be joined by the great Murray Rothbard, as well
11:20 MRothbard : it’s great to be here
11:20 MRothbard : and remember folks, purchase a copy of Man, Economy, and State
11:21 MRothbard : the money will go to my estate
11:21 Nicole Sauce :
11:22 Nicole Sauce : How many are on from TPPS this time?
11:22 Nicole Sauce : TPPF I mean
11:23 Nicole Sauce : Heck, half my utility bills spell my name wrong
11:23 Kathy Hoekstra : I should take all the ways my last name has been spelled wrong on mailings
11:23 AlGansee : Funny, I thought Rothbard had passed into the great supply-and-demand curve in the sky…
11:24 Nicole Sauce : new media can channel unusual sources
11:24 MRothbard : I came back from the grave to see my boy Trent
11:25 Nicole Sauce : websites will be posted onoine after
11:25 Nicole Sauce : online
11:25 Kathy Hoekstra : one more… will the courthouse people notify the people you are asking about?
11:25 MRothbard : You can mask who you are asking about by asking for multiple documents from multiple sources
11:26 AlGansee : Spooky, Dr. Rothbard, but great to have you here nonetheless
11:26 trents : followthemoney.org
11:27 Kathy Hoekstra : I just love money.
11:27 trents : muckety.com
11:28 Nicole Sauce : Here is a link to the $150 spy pen
11:28 Nicole Sauce : http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102827698&pnr=M53
11:28 Nicole Sauce : released recently
11:29 JEvans : hey thanks Trent, I have to cut out to a meeting.
11:29 Kathy Hoekstra : flashdrive?
11:29 Nicole Sauce : thumb drive
11:29 Nicole Sauce : yes flash drive
11:29 Nicole Sauce : nope – you’re prettier than I am
11:29 MRothbard : Is videotaping someone under the same constraints as recording audio? One person has to be aware that there is a recording happening….
11:29 AlGansee : listen to Trent – he knows of what he speaks
11:29 Kathy Hoekstra : different states ahve different rules.. need to check this in your own state!
11:30 MRothbard : yeah secretly
11:30 MRothbard : right… is videotaping under those same constraints?
11:30 Kathy Hoekstra : In Michigan one person can record another as long as there’s not a third party “eavesdropping”
11:31 AlGansee : Dr. Rothbard, can you videotape from the beyond?
11:31 Kathy Hoekstra : I believe in MI anyway, video is the same as audio in terms of recording…
11:31 MRothbard : haha! I’m working on it!
11:31 trents : 713-980-9776
11:31 Nicole Sauce : what topics do folks want to hear next time?
11:31 Michael Jahr : Kathy brought up a good point. This is progress!
11:31 Jennifer Butler SPN : thanks Trent – great broadcast!
11:32 Nicole Sauce : when he is done – an auto pilot will come back on – just so no one is confused
11:32 Nicole Sauce : we will loop the archive for a day or so in an hour
11:32 Nicole Sauce : assuming the video is recorded well
11:33 Kathy Hoekstra : if you do education, we’ll be sure to get all of our education writers/researchers to tune in too!
11:33 AlGansee : Education is a good topic!
11:33 MRothbard : Kathy = Mackinac?
11:33 Nicole Sauce : yes education!
11:33 Kathy Hoekstra : yep! 989-631-0900
11:33 trents : trent@texaswatchdog.org
11:33 AlGansee : 3 cheers for education … I’ll be back for that one
11:34 Kathy Hoekstra : you rock Trent!
11:34 Nicole Sauce : love ya baby – see you next time
11:34 Kathy Hoekstra : do it in Michigan.. you may get a refund
11:34 MRothbard : Drink next time Trent!
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Tune in today to see Trent Seibert from Texas Watchdog review how to dig up the dirt on politicians!
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New Media TV is excited to welcome Trent Seibert from Texas Watchdog in his new show “TrentTV.” Schedule coming soon!
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I’m looking forward to our online chat about Facebook on Friday. In addition to questions about Facebook, please come prepared with your own tips and success stories to share. To get you started here are five articles I’ve found helpful. – Jason
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