What do you want from a Campaign Blog?
Hi folks -- I'm the Internet Campaign Manager for the Byron for Congress campaign. I'm also a blogger -- you may have visited my Shock and Awe blog when I was more active last year; you probably...
View ArticleBlog Ads: Go Negative or Go Positive?
This is my second post on campaign blogging -- the first asked what you want to see in a campaign blog. The second question has to do with the types of blog ads you like to see most. The Byron for...
View ArticleDebate Analysis: Naming Names
One of the supposed bits of "charm" that Bush possesses is the ability to remember the names of people he meets and call them by it. So I went through the debate to see how often it happened that...
View ArticleDred Scott, Explained: It's About Abortion
Oh, duh. Like, major duh. The "Dred Scott" reference by Bush sent everyone at Atrios and other blog sites scrambling to historical tomes to figure out what on Earth Mr. Bush could mean, short of saying...
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Dred Update: Anti-Choice Nutjobs Agree: It's The Abortions, Stupid
The rumors on the Internets are true! From The LA Times today: "It was a poignant moment, a very special gourmet, filet mignon dinner," said the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional...
View ArticleBullshit from MetroWest Daily News [Journalgate]
From a column by Rick Holmes: Holmes: Who can you trust? After it was disclosed that cable TV commentator and syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams had taken $241,000 from the Bush Administration to...
View ArticleSupport Prof. M. Shahid Alam
O'Reilly and the wing-nuts are on the hunt for any professors who aren't sufficiently "patriotically correct," as M. Shahid Alam writes on Counterpunch: It appears that Bill O'Reilly is doing a series...
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Photo Harassment: "It's nothing sinister..."
So, earlier today, as part of my project to photograph Gloria L. Smith's 1985 Black Heritage Tour of Tucson, Arizona, I did a lot of research at the library with the reference librarians, to determine...
View ArticleBattlestar Galactica: Oct 27 Episode
So, as Brad Reid of Sadly, No! pointed out, Battlestar Galactica in season 3 has become intelligent and riveting commentary on contemporary war and politics. Tonight's episode dealt with principles of...
View ArticleDETAILS: Latina/o Voters Harassed in Tucson, AZ
Update: I added the photographs I took. "Men With Guns Harass Latino Voters" blared the headline on Daily Kos. I clicked and read a quote from a TPM Muckraker post: I just spoke with a Latino election...
View ArticleMarkos makes shit up
So, Markos is really concerned about profanity filtering? You want your site blocked at government sites, libraries, military bases, and schools, that's your prerogative. I have made a decision to not...
View ArticleIraq's Shadow Office, or "Do as I say..."
This just in from CNN: Shadowy office accused of partisan agenda President George W. Bush has created an entity within his administration that U.S. members of congress say is being used behind a...
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