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The Irish kids show how to do the Points, OR — Yay, we got some videos!

What I’m presenting here is the other story — my encounter with Points of Information and the whole Oxford/Cambridge debate tradition. Which is what I’m trying to bring across with the HVDU. Because after the encounter at the L&H, the Bush vs. Gore debates of October 2000 just did not match up. And I wanted to bring that face-to-face action here — which I’ve now started to do with the HVDU.

So, what’s been happening?

Planning, that’s what’s been happening.
Planning for the Fall 2009 Hudson Valley Debate Union series, that is.
The plans are not quite final yet, and I don’t want to spill the bean jar quite completely, but I can say this:

The Fall 2009 season will be Rockland-focused
The Fall 2009 season will definitely be newsworthy (in a Rockland context)
The [...]

Photos & Comments on HVDU debates

Here are some links to photos and comments at some HVDU events:
Ed Mechman of the Archdiocese of New York blogged on his experience at the Marriage Equality Bill debate, and so did talk radio host Kevin McCullough of Musclehead Revolution.
You can see photo albums of HVDU events here:
The Marriage Equality Debate (6 May 2009)
The Indian Point [...]

The Marriage Equality Debate, 6 May 2009

In the biggest turnout ever for an HVDU event, an audience of more than 70 came out to the King’s Daughters Public Library for the Marriage Equality Debate
Originally scheduled to be a No Confidence in the Stimulus Bill debate, the subject was changed on 16 April when Governor David Paterson of New York introduced the [...]