Monthly Archives: July, 2005
at the center of the storm
Scandals are more likely where there is liberalism. Intereting thesis, Mr. Santorum:
“Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture,” Santorum wrote in a July 12, 2002 article for the Web site Catholic Online. “When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.”
2.6 Million Activists Are Waiting
Senator Kerry has struck again. In an attempt to thwart any attempt by the President to nominate a pro-life justice to the Supreme Court, his new email campaign is asking us to contribute money to fund a newspaper ad. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I would think asking 2.6 million people on his email list to write their Senators …
A Wife By Any Other Name
Given the latest revelation that Karl Rove did not actually name Valerie Plame as a CIA agent, but rather referred to her as “Wilson’s wife, who apparently works at the agency…,” I thought it might be fun to play a game. Most likely, Rove and his lawyers will claim that since he never named her, …
From Your House to the White House… Right!
I tried to email President Bush today about his upcoming nomination to the Supreme Court. To get to the send button, I had to take a long and arduous route, which I will describe now.
Old Tactics and New Technologies Don’t Mix
I have been reflecting more on John Kerry’s email strategy and it struck me: He continues to use the strategies and tactics of direct mail for his email outreach. That means his focus is on educating citizens from the top-down. It also means he is not taking full advantage of the Internet.
IM This Article
A new feature popped up recently on Yahoo! News articles. Right next to the “Email Story” link at the bottom of each story is an “IM Story” link. Click on it and up pops a Yahoo! Messenger IM box with the message already populated with “Check out this story on Yahoo! News: Article Title http://news.yahoo.com/articleURL.” …
