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What I am getting ready to tell you is a true story about my run-in with then Senator Jesse Helms. I used to have a film production office in Raleigh, North Carolina - two careers ago. I had the top corner office and the exact opposite corner of the building was Senator Helms’ reelection campaign HQ. I never went in, but I did walk by a few times and it was just a few people at their desks typing and making phone calls. One day I was heading to the restroom and entered a stall. No, there we

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader Friday, July 4, 2008 originally posted July 2, 2004 During this 4th of July weekend, why not assess the behavior of giant U.S. chartered multinational corporations by the yardsticks of patriotism to the supportive country of their birth? These standards for the corporate entities themselves are important for the moral, legal and political persuasion necessary to improve their patriotic performance? Let a few examples do for many. 1. During the Vietnam War t

A list of free things you can get while running the Peachtree Road Race. Water Gatorade Political pamphlets Donuts Religious tracts Power Bars Water guns Holy water tossed onto your head Beer Today was my sixth Peachtree, Amy's seventh. 55,000 people, 6.2 miles, and there's no way we'll be awake when the fireworks start.

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Obama: Mental Distress Can't Justify Late Abortion (JIM KUHNHENN, 7/04/08, AP) Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says "mental distress" should not qualify as a justification for late-term abortions, a key distinction not embraced by many supporters of abortion rights. It's awfully revealing that a guy who's done and said so little still has so much to run away from before he can be a viable national candidate. MORE: A Man of Seasonal Principles (Charles Krauthammer, 7/04/08, R

Anything sound familiar? IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which im

Coming Up on Sunday Kos .... georgia10 will explore the new face of activism and what it looks like for the millennial generation. DemFromCT will review recent polling on health care as it relates to the 2008 campaign, and the chances for health reform after the election. DevilsTower will take a look back at Freedomnomics, sockpuppetry and misleading economics. Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Plutonium Page will take us on a tour of one of the most contaminated nuclear sites on Ea

Seems that the snubbing of Big Spaceship by BBDO in regard to the gold Cyber Lion for the HBO Voyeur site is causing a bit of a stir. After reading the above two quotes by Mr. Rosenshine (from earlier this year) it starts to make a little sense. When you read the response of BBDO's current chairman and CCO, David Lubars, it becomes even more clear: "Ideas are timeless. Ideas are what inspire people. Ideas are the root of all execution. On 'Voyeur,' BBDO thought of the idea, shot the idea,

I thought I’d share with SWJ readership an article recently published in Army magazine (May 2008). In particular - I draw your attention to discussion of our infatuation with the term “Irregular Warfare” - US Forces Do Not Conduct "Irregular War". SWJ Editors’ Note: Links have been inserted to relevant research material as well as certain bolded or italicized editing for emphasis. What is it about the US Military that tends to produce sound, pragmatic, and common sense ideas about the concrete p

I continued my campaign of self hatred and masochim, by deciding to attend the NZUSA national conference in Auckland over the weekend. Orginially I flew up to take cool photos at the debt march and do a bit a bit of research into NZUSA’s campaign into increasing student debt. But after hanging around for the rest of the conference my eyes have been opened regarding the role that NZUSA plays nationally.