A few Culberson-related links, this week mostly on the Wall Street bailout, the growing numbers of politicians getting active in Social Media and Hurricane Ike.  Did we miss something?  Let us know in the comments, we want to hear about what you’re reading online!

• Hill Explores the Net’s Worth
• Congressman John Culberson Opposes Wall Street Bailout
• Bailout plan rejected - supporters scramble
• Big numbers on Ike relief
• Senate opens the door for Web 2.0 usage
• Capitol Hill Twitter fight has been resolved in one chamber
• Updated Senate Web linking rules include Social Media sites
• Where’s Nancy?
• Can government be like Zappos?

You’ve already heard about the exciting #dontgo movement (read some background here), a ‘hashtag’ used by folks on the micro-blogging site Twitter to categorize conversation about calling Congress back to vote on important energy issues.

But let’s focus our Twitter conversations even more directly on the 7th District here in Texas by using a different tag: #tx7

If you live elsewhere, use the same format when discussing your Congressional district to make it easier to track: # [your state abbreviation] [your district number]

By organizing our online conversations like this, you help your Representatives have an easier time tracking dialogue going on about their district with you. Want to see what others are saying about your District? Check out search sites like Summize/Twitter search (www.search.twitter.com) or Tweetscan (www.tweetscan.com) to search for your part of the country!

Be sure to follow @hashtags for your Twitter comments to be properly documented online (thanks to @xtopher42 for the reminder!).

More focus on Congress Twittering today for lower gas prices for America.  It’s great to see open political dialogue through Social Media get talked about online - thanks for participating and helping change the way Congress represents you.

Here are some Culberson and politically-driven Social Media mentions online today.  Let’s keep letting the sun shine in the halls of Congress!

• All A-Twitter
• New Energy for America
• Filibuster by Twittering?  Politics 2.0
• Don’t Go:  The Movement
• A Carcast, BikeCast… and GovernmentCast?
• Masterlist of Republicans Revolting

For those of you who are active on Twitter (or just interested observers), you may have been noticing the term #dontgo popping up.  This is in reference to the Don’t Go Movement to call Congress back into session for an immediate vote on an energy plan to lower your gas prices.

Politically-minded folks using Twitter and other Social Media reference #dontgo in their discussions online to help keep the conversation flowing and easily trackable.

An excerpt from Patrick Ruffini’s blog on The Next Right:

#dontgo is officially a movement. MoveOn is mobilizing against the House Republicans and the rightosphere this afternoon. I don’t think they’ve ever done this in response to a grassroots conservative protest. Something has changed…

Could #dontgo usher in an era of Republican technological dominance in the post-blogging world? Should we cede the blogosphere to the left, and focus on leapfrogging them in the use of tools most necessary to real-time political action? The answer could be yes.  #dontgo is creating a perfect storm where the emergence of a new technology is married to a pressing need to do something.

Want to read more?  Follow other members of Congress via this list and see what CNN has to say on the #dontgo Twitter activism.