Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Daily Kos more accurate than news media, except CNN?!
Fordham University finds that Daily Kos's polls before the election were more accurate than the entire news media, except CNN?! Doesn't that just say it all?
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Obama warns mayors not to waste stimulus money
Obama warns mayors not to waste stimulus money
Here's courage: out of bill filled with waste and favoring Democrat policies, the thief-in-chief is telling the cities' mayors that he will call them out for wasting the stimulus package!
Here's courage: out of bill filled with waste and favoring Democrat policies, the thief-in-chief is telling the cities' mayors that he will call them out for wasting the stimulus package!
Economy & Business news
Economy & Business news
So is it bailing out banks or is the mortgage bailout another boondoggle favoring retiree states?
Half of all bailouts in the states Nevada, Arizona, California, and Florida. They have 21% of the national population, and most got that way very recently.
So is it bailing out banks or is the mortgage bailout another boondoggle favoring retiree states?
Half of all bailouts in the states Nevada, Arizona, California, and Florida. They have 21% of the national population, and most got that way very recently.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
China Puts Joblessness for Migrants at 20 Million - NYTimes.com
China Puts Joblessness for Migrants at 20 Million - NYTimes.com
China is in trouble. Rush Limbaugh reported on a conversation with Bush 43. Bush reported in turn that he had a conversation with Chinese President Hu Jintau (sp?). Bush asked Hu what Hu's biggest problem was. Hu said that it was finding jobs for rural Chinese so that they don't come to the cities.
If the Chinese President is presumed to know his business and report it accurately, this is very bad news.
China is in trouble. Rush Limbaugh reported on a conversation with Bush 43. Bush reported in turn that he had a conversation with Chinese President Hu Jintau (sp?). Bush asked Hu what Hu's biggest problem was. Hu said that it was finding jobs for rural Chinese so that they don't come to the cities.
If the Chinese President is presumed to know his business and report it accurately, this is very bad news.
US-IRAQ: Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision
US-IRAQ: Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision
I just don't want to see photographs of Iraqis outside the US Embassy as US Army helicopters take off the roof and Al Qaeda progresses toward the panicked throng.
I just don't want to see photographs of Iraqis outside the US Embassy as US Army helicopters take off the roof and Al Qaeda progresses toward the panicked throng.
Monday, February 02, 2009
The Third Jihad
The Third Jihad
Powerful movies from this group. I have not watched, but respected voices suggest you and I should.
Powerful movies from this group. I have not watched, but respected voices suggest you and I should.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Conservative Book Service
Conservative Book Service
I am in the process of assessing the status of Conservative story telling. I am fascinated by Mr. Breitbart's attempt to improve pop culture by forcing room for Conservatism in Hollywood.
The story telling, though, is going to be the ultimate source of his project's success. The audience will absorb the story, not the politics of the actors. When the story and the actor's politics are one and the same, you end up with a chicken and egg problem. Do audience come for the actor or the story. Mel Gibson has proved that this cycle can be broken with a Conservative story. So truly no dilemma. We just need to have Breitbart's project open the doors to more story telling.
So I am studying what stories already exist for when Breitbart's project succeeds. Is the terrain for the battle already well prepared and advantageous?
As I begin my search, I quickly found this Conservative Book Service page. The first impression I had was that the literature overview has one small entry for fiction amid a sea of philosophy, social science, and history.
This snapshot is frightening. Most people read fiction for enjoyment. This is the best opportunity to reach them with challenging ideas: when their defenses are down. This has been a method for success for Socialists going back to Jean Jacques Rousseau. Tell stories. His Confessions tell his story. It is easy to follow his life story. The persuasion comes second.
Conservative literature reminds me of a friend of mine that wishes to persuade everyone with the force of his logic and facts. The problem is few who matter to him will listen to him long enough for him to complete the argument. Admittedly, this is a personal weakness of mine, too, but I am striving. That effort is the key reason for my research of the topic.
Returning to the Conservative Book Service page, the writers Tom Wolfe and William F. Buckley jump off the list as Conservative writers, but few big names and many books that are about stories or literature but little story telling beyond the grandees Wolfe and Buckley.
Further Google efforts fail miserably, even on the phrase "Conservative Story-telling".
One reference I saw alluded to Reagan's gift of storytelling as part of his success. I have read that many times before. His speechwriters were known to take advantage of it. Then we have had the Bushes, Dole in public, and McCain. Dull as dirt in conveying stories to a crowd. Remember late November 1996 when Dole came out his shell and started telling stories in his own voice? The shock that hit even the Republicans?
Storytelling leads to natural humanity: humor, connection, pathos. Ivory towers? Interesting to understand the mechanics of the Economy, but little for the busy American who looks to Hollywood and Washington for frivilous and serious relief, respectively, from their own daily grind.
Take that same focus on storytelling, expand it to the arts writ large: painting, photography, plays, movies, etc. We need Conservatism to surround us. A new voice and image to represent the Founding Fathers' vision and lessons in the modern world.
I am in the process of assessing the status of Conservative story telling. I am fascinated by Mr. Breitbart's attempt to improve pop culture by forcing room for Conservatism in Hollywood.
The story telling, though, is going to be the ultimate source of his project's success. The audience will absorb the story, not the politics of the actors. When the story and the actor's politics are one and the same, you end up with a chicken and egg problem. Do audience come for the actor or the story. Mel Gibson has proved that this cycle can be broken with a Conservative story. So truly no dilemma. We just need to have Breitbart's project open the doors to more story telling.
So I am studying what stories already exist for when Breitbart's project succeeds. Is the terrain for the battle already well prepared and advantageous?
As I begin my search, I quickly found this Conservative Book Service page. The first impression I had was that the literature overview has one small entry for fiction amid a sea of philosophy, social science, and history.
This snapshot is frightening. Most people read fiction for enjoyment. This is the best opportunity to reach them with challenging ideas: when their defenses are down. This has been a method for success for Socialists going back to Jean Jacques Rousseau. Tell stories. His Confessions tell his story. It is easy to follow his life story. The persuasion comes second.
Conservative literature reminds me of a friend of mine that wishes to persuade everyone with the force of his logic and facts. The problem is few who matter to him will listen to him long enough for him to complete the argument. Admittedly, this is a personal weakness of mine, too, but I am striving. That effort is the key reason for my research of the topic.
Returning to the Conservative Book Service page, the writers Tom Wolfe and William F. Buckley jump off the list as Conservative writers, but few big names and many books that are about stories or literature but little story telling beyond the grandees Wolfe and Buckley.
Further Google efforts fail miserably, even on the phrase "Conservative Story-telling".
One reference I saw alluded to Reagan's gift of storytelling as part of his success. I have read that many times before. His speechwriters were known to take advantage of it. Then we have had the Bushes, Dole in public, and McCain. Dull as dirt in conveying stories to a crowd. Remember late November 1996 when Dole came out his shell and started telling stories in his own voice? The shock that hit even the Republicans?
Storytelling leads to natural humanity: humor, connection, pathos. Ivory towers? Interesting to understand the mechanics of the Economy, but little for the busy American who looks to Hollywood and Washington for frivilous and serious relief, respectively, from their own daily grind.
Take that same focus on storytelling, expand it to the arts writ large: painting, photography, plays, movies, etc. We need Conservatism to surround us. A new voice and image to represent the Founding Fathers' vision and lessons in the modern world.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Lawyers turn to Facebook to serve legal papers - Yahoo! News
Lawyers turn to Facebook to serve legal papers - Yahoo! News
Could this lead to service of process rules through electronic service? I can think of innumerable cases of mine where the use of established email communications for service would help.
Could this lead to service of process rules through electronic service? I can think of innumerable cases of mine where the use of established email communications for service would help.
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