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Poll: One Third of Americans Favor Tea Party Movement But Most Have No Opinion

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As the Tea Party movement holds its first big convention this weekend -- amid talk about it consolidating and expanding its constituency, becoming a potent force in American politics, and awaiting a big speech by former Arkansas Gov. Sarah Palin -- a new poll finds that to many Americans the movement is still a yet-to-be-completely-defined, kind of blank slate: So the … [Read more...] about Poll: One Third of Americans Favor Tea Party Movement But Most Have No Opinion

The Super Bowl and those Super Ads (With Preview Ads Video)

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On Superbowl Sunday there will be a huge audience watching the games -- and the ads. This has led to highly anticipated and creative "super ads" that DO have an impact: Reuters notes that this year's advertisers are going for the FUNNYBONE: Some of this year's ads are already being "advanced" on the Internet via You Tube: Here's the upcoming Gatorade … [Read more...] about The Super Bowl and those Super Ads (With Preview Ads Video)

U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan ‘Not Necessarily Bad’: Global Times, People’s Republic of China

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Should China treat America's proposed weapons sale to Taiwan as a blessing in disguise? According to this article by a writer with the pen name Young Mao in the state-controlled Global Times, Beijing must use this experience to rally the nation and overcome the long-term policy of the United States to "contain China." For the Global Times, Young Mao writes in … [Read more...] about U.S. Arms Sale to Taiwan ‘Not Necessarily Bad’: Global Times, People’s Republic of China

The Influence Of Pillow Talk On Sarah

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This will blow the minds of Sarah and Todd Palin so I will try to keep it short and sweet. MSNBC.com's lead story today on its morning web site reviewed nearly 3,000 pages of emails written and received by Todd Palin from state officials and oil executives while his wife was governor of Alaska and running for vice president on the Republican presidential ticket. The … [Read more...] about The Influence Of Pillow Talk On Sarah

AT&T Trying To Subtly Reshape the Definition of Net Neutrality

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Following up on some of the Net Neutrality comments from this morning's post, this from the Business Week Cover Story on AT&T's iPhone Mess: The rise of iPhone Nation—with its media-savvy and data-greedy citizenry—has left AT&T with a tough set of options. It could significantly upgrade its network to handle all the new demand, but that would cripple profits. It could charge … [Read more...] about AT&T Trying To Subtly Reshape the Definition of Net Neutrality

Obama and the National Prayer Breakfast

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Yesterday, the National Prayer Breakfast was held in Washington, D.C. As most people who follow politics know, this is an annual event that has been held for decades (more than five of them, to be exact), and that every POTUS since Eisenhower has attended -- and more to the point, has to attend if wanting to avoid creating a Major Political Scandal. … [Read more...] about Obama and the National Prayer Breakfast

Haiti: The Orphans Issue—Good Intentions Gone Awry, Mischief, or Worse? (UPDATES)

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The catastrophic earthquake in Haiti has brought out the best in people, organizations and governments. In particular in the case of the thousands of existing orphans (some sources put this figure to be around 380,000) and newly orphaned children (tens of thousands more) in that devastated country, people, organizations and what was left of the Haitian government opened up … [Read more...] about Haiti: The Orphans Issue—Good Intentions Gone Awry, Mischief, or Worse? (UPDATES)

“Stand By Every Ad Act” Would Force CEOs To Say “I Stand By This Message”

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Huffington Post: Reps. David Price (D-N.C.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.) told the Huffington Post in a joint statement that they plan to introduce a bill that would force CEO's to take ownership of their company's ads. For example: "I'm Brian Moynihan, the CEO of Bank of America, and I approved this message." The two House members plan to push the "Stand By Every Ad Act", … [Read more...] about “Stand By Every Ad Act” Would Force CEOs To Say “I Stand By This Message”

The Blame Thing (Guest Voice)

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The Blame Thing by David Goodloe Back around the time of the Watergate scandal, a comedian named David Frye — who was pretty good at impressions of many famous people — was fairly successful with albums that focused on the presidency of Richard Nixon. I particularly remember a recording called "Richard Nixon: A Fantasy," which turned out to be a dream that Nixon had … [Read more...] about The Blame Thing (Guest Voice)