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It all started with an idea....
Seriously, at times, the owner of this blog Monica RW (Ross-Williams) have ideas in her head which she writes down either online or otherwise and express. In this case, Independent Underground News & Talk staff was not able to attend Netroots Nation.
Reason number one being a requirement to attend work -- highly appreciated after nearly two years of being an 99er (Long-Term Unemployed/Underemployed American previously exhausted from Federal Unemployment Extensions) without a full-time job.
The second occurrence tied into our inability to attend Netroots Nation in San Jose, CA this year was directly tied into the first reason. As previously being without our former middle class income for a extended period of time, to date we are still catching up with bills due from being unemployed/underemployed.
Despite our personal situation as described briefly above, we have managed to maintain this Independent-Left ideology based lending blog and weekly podcast Independent Underground Radio LIVE (formerly ROJS Radio LIVE) since 2010. Operating both areas of alternative news and media under a shoestring budget, off of a firm belief the Public in Michigan, our Nation and citizenry around the World desire a medium for unbought, raw and opinionated written and verbal works presented from a "common-sense" point-of-view.
Photo Credit - Monica RW
Owner of Independent Underground News & Talk - Monica RW
with Jim Dean Chairman of Democracy for America at
Netroots Nation in 2012, Providence, Rhode Island
But, back to the idea. On Thursday, June 20th, a bit down in the dumps -to say the very least- of not being able to attend Netroots Nation as we did in 2012 via Providence, Rhode Island thanks to a wonderful scholarship on behalf of the Democracy for America Organization, we decided to write. Specifically, visit Netroots Nation Facebook Page and ask or in our heart - BEG - for the Daily Kos affiliated team of location planners to consider bringing Netroots Nation to the "D" or Detroit, Michigan.
We had no idea exactly where in the United States Netroots Nation would choose for its' 2014 conference. Furthermore, Independent Underground News & Talk was in no position of possible influence either being located over 2000 miles away from the biggest progressive blogging conference in the World. Yet, we had a dream centered around, "Ask and you what seek MIGHT be received".
Imagine our shock today when we seen this: