Less than a week before the convention, a google search for “democratic convention schedule” brings up a fascinating SERP (search engine result page). The first two results are the official Democratic National Convention website: www.DemConvention.com. On that website, the schedule of events — if it there at all — is not readily findable. Perhaps there is politics in this: since the speakers are still being decided, putting a schedule online has the potential for ruffling feathers.

The third link is the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee. Certainly the search engine spiders cannot be criticized too much for confusing the convention schedule of host events with the convention schedule of keynoters, important pols, and roll calls. Understandably, then, the convention schedule on the host committee site has events like these: After Five Jazz & Blues Festival Aug. 23-29, Eco-Friendly Green Frontier Fest Aug. 24, 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable Aug. 25-27.

The SERP next links to a smart answer for the mob who would want the convention schedule that will be nominating Senator Barack Obama for President. The fourth link is Wikipedia, where an up-to-the minute schedule is clearly set out for the convention. The Wikipedians are more objective and less worried about ruffled feathers than the democrats in charge of the convention and perform a real service for the mob that will be gathering in Denver next week.