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Netroots Nation 2015 in Phoenix Arizona Day 1

July 31, 2015 By Egberto Willies

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Netroots Nation Day 1

The first thing I must do is thank all of my readers at my blog/website https://egbertowillies.com and all of those that follow my corresponding Facebook page at EgbertoWillies.com. Your vote made my trip possible. I actually came in first because of you for the Democracy for America scholarship. Political activism is much less lucrative than software development. I guess I need to write a followup to “As I See It: Class Warfare The Only Resort To Right Wing Doom” since the socio-economic war (peacefully) is in full vogue.

Egberto Willies EgbertoWillies.com Netroots Nation 2015 Day 1

This is the fifth consecutive year that I am attending the Netroots Nation conference of Liberal bloggers. It was the first time in a place as hot and politically Red as Arizona. I got in very early. I walked around downtown Phoenix in the heat and found a place that had veggie bowls. It was stunning when I told the server I was from Texas and he immediately asked me if I was okay. You see he actually believes that Jade Helm 15 is real. He really thought President Obama was imposing martial law in Texas and 4 other southwestern states.

Much of the material to fill the goodies bags were late so Netroots Nation was looking for folks to help fill the few thousand bags. The pool mixer was hours away so I helped out. I wondered about some of the goodies since it may have implied sex crazed drunks. Check out the pictures below.

Netroots Nation Goodies bag

After spending an hour stuffing bags it was off to get my Netroots Nation Media credentials and Conference credentials. And who did I meet?  MSNBC political contributor Jimmy Williams. He is now  the Editor-in-Chief of Blue Nation Review.

Jimmy Williams and Egberto Willies

It was then off to the pool mixer where I met up with some activists, bloggers, and writers from AddictingInfo, Coffee Party USA, and ReverbPress.

Perry Goodfriend, Elisabeth Parker, Deborah Montesano
Blogging never ceases. After that full day I had to retire to the room to write and post my 4:00 AM and 11:00 AM Coffee Party USA blog post.  I got about 3 hours of sleep before round two was to begin.

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About Egberto Willies

Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.

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