Just some exciting news for those living in the Washington, DC area. The Green Piece Blog was quoted in today's Washington Post Express.
In the "Blog Log" section of the Express, the paper quotes our post on the rising cost of bottled water.
The quote they chose was..."The reality is that in many taste tests, people cannot differentiate between tap water and bottled water. In fa
The Washington Post has published a list of Some Key Dates in Autism History. The list has an important omission and is inaccurate or misleading on some controversial assertions. The article also repeats, without qualification, some oft repeated official positions that are not entirely accurate or are subject to serious dispute.1) 1987 Lovaas Study On Effectiveness of ABAThe article, by Brittne
Haven't we had enough lies from our leaders about the war on terror? Apparently, the McCain campaign doesn't think so. They lit into Obama yesterday, trying to portray him as bad on terror, but the thing is, they did it by lying. And the Washington Post caught them. So now we need to hear from the McCain campaign as to why they just lied to the American people about September 11 and the war on ter
THE KNIGHT LIFE By Keith KnightWashington Post, United States - 42 minutes ago"American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta has inked a record deal and is expected to release an album by the end of the year, Reuters reports. ...
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Global Mobile Phone Sales Hit 294.3 Million In Q1; Motorola And …Washington Post, United States -23 hours agoWorldwide sales of mobile phones reached 294.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, a 13.6 percent increase over the first quarter of 2007, …Mobile Phone Sales Take a Hit in Western EuropePC WorldEuropean mobile phone sales drop for first [...]
I have been planning to write this blog post for quite some time and my thoughts were crystallized after attending the Washington Post 200 Business Forum. Katharine Weymouth the striking granddaughter of the late Washington Post Co. chairman Katharine Graham, kicked off this event to approximately 300 local business executives. During her introduction, she talked [...]
I have been planning to write this blog post for quite some time and my thoughts were crystallized after attending the Washington Post 200 Business Forum. Katharine Weymouth the striking granddaughter of the late Washington Post Co. chairman Katharine Graham, kicked off this event to approximately 300 local business executives. During her introduction, she talked [...]
I have been planning to write this blog post for quite some time and my thoughts were crystallized after attending the Washington Post 200 Business Forum. Katharine Weymouth the striking granddaughter of the late Washington Post Co. chairman Katharine Graham, kicked off this event to approximately 300 local business executives. During her introduction, she talked [...]
The Washington Post runs a weekly contest in its Style section called The 'Style Invitational'. The requirements this week were to use the two Words 'Lewinsky' (White House Intern) and 'Kaczynski' (the Unabomber) in the same limerick. Now remember, the following winning entries were printed verbatim in the newspaper, no bleeps or XXXs: Third place: There once was a girl named Lewinsky Wh
The Washington Post ran a story on "luxury foreclosures" yesterday. It featured several local real estate agents, including Tony Arko and Danilo Bogdanovic. Check out the Post article here or the Loudoun Extra version here.
The Washington Post ran a story on "luxury foreclosures" yesterday. It featured several local real estate agents, including myself. Check out the Post article here or the Loudoun Extra version here.
Tony Kornheiser announced that he will be retiring from the Washington Post on his Radio Show yesterday. The DC Sports blog has more info about his announcement on the show.
As much as I hate Tony Kornheiser on MNF, I love him on PTI. Unlike many bloggers, I really didn’t get a chance to [...]
No, not me, Big Money Tony. Tony Kornheiser accepts a buyout from the Washington Post. He of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and Monday Night Football. Also less known for his radio show on 3WT Radio, which is one of my...
This Washington Post article is about research suggesting that talking therapy is effective in treating depression in patients with terminal cancer. Japanese researchers consulted six studies featuring interviews with 517 patients.
The Final Three Sing Us to SleepWashington Post, United States - 53 minutes agoBy Teresa Wiltz Rough week for David Archuleta on "American Idol," what with all that Stage-Dad-possibly-banned-from-rehearsals hoo-ha. ...Contestants' choices Roanoke TimesLIVE: "Lame cabaret"? Sarasota Herald-Tribuneall 3 news articles
The Final Three Sing Us to SleepWashington Post, United States - 53 minutes agoBy Teresa Wiltz Rough week for David Archuleta on "American Idol," what with all that Stage-Dad-possibly-banned-from-rehearsals hoo-ha. ...Contestants' choices Roanoke TimesLIVE: "Lame cabaret"? Sarasota Herald-Tribuneall 3 news articles
Saturday, May 10, 2008; A04DID HE OR DIDN'T HE?McCain Disputes Accounts, Says He Voted for BushTwo Hollywood actors who dined with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in early 2001 at actress Candice Bergen's home confirmed reports that he told the assembled group he did not vote for George W. Bush in the 2000 election, but McCain denied the claim at a news conference.
Shawn Fanning Finally Gets A Real Payday: Electronic Arts Buys …Washington Post, United States - 39 minutes agoRupture's first product was a social network for players of the online video game World of Warcraft, but it only came out with a beta version and kept …
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By Nelson PressleySpecial to The Washington PostThursday, May 8, 2008; C01Out, brief candle: "Glory Days," the musical that made the great leap this spring from Arlington's Signature Theatre to Broadway, has closed the day after opening to hostile reviews.The modestly scaled show raised eyebrows for its fast track to the big time. Penned by two locals -- 23-year-old composer-lyricist Nick Blaemire and 24-year-old librettist James Gardiner -- the 90-minute, pop-driven musical deals with four friends sorting out their differences a year after high school.
A front page headline in Saturday's Washington Post read "For Bush in Last Year, It's the Principle". The article discussed Bush's plan to push ahead "with proposals that appear to have last chance of passage". What caught my attention was this passage, considered in light of the article's headline:
Presidential aides characterize Bush as intent on pursuing matters of principle, regardless of the polls. Democrats accuse him of needless stubbornness at the expense of improving a battered economy and addressing other problems.
Standard "media balance"–Republicans say one thing, Democrats say another, you sort it out. What caught my attention, though, was that the Republican talking point became the article's headline. Someone reading the headline would think "wow, Bush is act
No Candidate Topped 50%, Officials SayWashington Post Foreign ServiceSaturday, May 3, 2008; A08HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 2 -- Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes than President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe's presidential election but not enough to avoid a runoff, according to official results released Friday after a delay of more than a month.The electoral commission said Tsvangirai won 47.9 percent, compared with 43.2 percent for Mugabe. An independent candidate, Simba Makoni, won 8.3 percent.
By Tom ShalesSaturday, May 3, 2008; C01"I never stop learning," Tom Cruise boasted proudly from his corner of the couch, and Oprah Winfrey beamed back at him from hers. Together again on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (but this time on Cruise's couch) for their first powwow since Cruise made like a jumping jack three years ago, the two superstars put their heads together and tried to effect a little Cruise control.Since leaping about on Winfrey's studio furniture as he declared undying love for third wife Katie Holmes, Cruise has bumbled through a series of embarrassing antics and tarnished his status as a box office barnstormer. Winfrey obligingly tossed softball questions his way during the first half of a two-part Cruise schmooze broadcast yesterday; Part 2, taped in a stu
Thursday, May 1, 2008; 9:47 PMSo the press is in bed with politicians! Barbara Walters has revealed that she had an affair with then-Sen. Ed Brooke in the 1970s.Promoting her memoir, "Audition," the legendary television journalist dished about her long-running relationship with the Massachusetts Republican to Oprah Winfrey, according to a transcript of next week's broadcast leaked to the Associated Press yesterday.
The editors of the Washington Post argue strongly today for Congress to continue the private school voucher program that began in Washington D.C. in 2004. They chose to write on this subject because Mayor Fenty is due to testify before a House Appropriations Committee tomorrow and the topic of the program is sure to come up. President Bush's recent budget includes $18 million for private school choice, part of a $74 million allocation for District schools which also includes money for DCPS and charters. In other words the President is continuing the "Three Sector Approach" that allowed the voucher bill to be passed in the first place and which was promoted so well by my friend Kaleem Caire.The Washington Post has been solidly behind private school vouchers since I met with Colbert King
Interesting strategy of fusing fashion and philanthropy that might raise ethical questions for some, but seems to ultimately be a good thing. The Washington Post reports:
Suspicious questions have come from the media, bloggers and the fashion industry itself. Why don’t the Red companies donate 100 percent of the proceeds from products? Why did Armani [...]
Down and Out in Paris: Hard Times for Expats - Washington PostPARIS For Americans living in Europe, like my husband and me, watching the U.S. dollar slide into the vale of no value has been a bit like gaining weight: At first, when you notice those additional pounds, you tell yourself it’s only temporary. Then [...]
Los diarios Washington Post, New York Times y la agencia Reuters, así como el cantautor Bob Dylan , ganaron hoy premios Pulitzer otorgados por la Universidad de Columbia. El Post obtuvo seis premios por información sobre en el debate político en Estados Unidos, como la investigación sobre el hospital militar Walter Reed.Además, fue premiada una foto de la agencia Reuters sobre un reportero japonés asesinado en Birmania. Dana Priest, del diario capitalino, ganó la categoría periodismo de servicio público, con una medalla de oro, por el informe sobre las condiciones miserables del hospital Reed, donde terminan los militares heridos en Irak y Afganistán. También fueron premiados con un Pulitzer Jo Becker y Barton Gellman, siempre del Post, por haber relatado el poder y sigilo con
Washington Post: A Pro-Foreclosure Bill
“We know that legislation can involve a certain amount of moral and intellectual corner-cutting. But is it too much to ask that a bill called the “Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008″ not contain a provision that might, at the margin, encourage home foreclosures? Apparently so, because the bipartisan Senate housing relief [...]
Clinton's lie was far more serious -and she hasn't been criticized enough for it. If Cheney claimed he'd come under fire when he hadn't, there'd be no end to the media's relentlessness! To claim that you had to sprint to dodge bullets when you didn't- we're veering into pathological territory here, something far more serious than a faulty memory. Agreed, however, Cheney has helped destroy the country while Hillary has been lying while campaigning. Which one is worse?read more | digg story
Goofy Characters and Weird People — Sounds Like a HearingWashington Post, United States - 3 hours ago… her suspicion that "the real reason we're here is so that you can get some pointers on how to get past the seventh level of the World of Warcraft. …
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Congress goes Virtual in Online World HearingWashington Post, United States - 1 hour ago… already think Congress is a virtual world, and that Markey was throwing the event merely to learn how to get to the next level in World of Warcraft. …
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Great job by another major American newspaper reporting from the front lines….with the enemy. I guess “objective reporting” has been taken to a new level, although it wouldn’t be the first…remember Bilal Hussein?
19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army
As a heavy barrage erupted outside his parents’ house, Abu Mustafa al-Thahabi, a [...]
MMOvie Goes OnlineWashington Post, United States - 17 minutes ago… a group of friends and filmakers trying to put together an original movie filmed entirely in the online virtual world of the game World of Warcraft. …
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Eliot Spitzer is the last subject I'm interested in dwelling on here, but I do continue to be astonished at the intellectual and moral sludge the story seems to be churning up from the bottom of the public opinion pond. Two examples oozed to the surface recently in the pages of the Washington Post (free registration required).Columnist Eugene Robinson is bewildered as to "why a woman like Silda Wall Spitzer would subject herself to such searing public scrutiny -- and, by her presence, make what could only be seen as a statement of unconditional support -- at a time when a part of her must have wanted to wring her husband's neck."Mr. Robinson apparently thinks that unconditional support is an overrated marital virtue. Or maybe it's only overrated for a woman like Mrs. Spitzer, a wife who (
The City Paper's Loose Lips column contains a detailed investigation into the exceedingly close relationship between the Fenty Administration and the Washington Post, specifically with reporter David Nakamura. The paper has obtained email correspondence between Mr. Nakamura and Carrie Brooks, the mayor's communication director, talking about the selection of Michelle Rhee as school chancellor a full 30 hours before the Mr. Fenty got around to informing D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray. All of this is extremely interesting in light of the fact that Michelle Rhee met with the Washington Post editorial board a few months ago and singled out an education reporter for not accurately quoting her in a story. Stuff like that must make the newspaper nervous that they will lose out on relationship
US Airways Group Inc. yesterday launched an $8 billion bid for Delta Air Lines Inc., a move that would create the nation’s largest carrier and possibly trigger other airline mergers in an industry recovering from a major downturn.
Related PostsMaking Up for Bad Loans (Washington Post)Still trying to get your head around what's happening with [...]
Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself - Washington PostExcerpt:"For the bruised and bitter staff around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday's death-defying victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Ohio and Texas proved sweet indeed. They savored their wins yesterday, plotted their next steps and indulged in a moment of optimism. "She won't be stopped," one aide crowed."
OBAMA: In the Weeks to Come, A Costly Battle on Two Fronts - Washington PostExcerpt:"With losses in three out of four primaries yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and his campaign face a scenario that a barrage of advertising, phone calls and door-knocking could not avert -- a protracted, two-front war against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain."
The stump speech he has developed is a thing of beauty, a 40-minute oration delivered without notes that is powering his gains for the Iowa caucuses on Jan 3. Hillary Clinton has nothing to match it. John Edwards has periodic bursts of eloquence. But Obama has reached the point of being able to deliver the speech on demand and to reach audiencesread more | digg story
Spurned by major newspapers, Dem Congressman takes 'impeach Cheney' appeal to Web
As the House Judiciary Committee continues to refuse any action on proposals to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney, three of that panel's members tried to take their case to influential op-ed pages of the nation's largest newspapers.
They were turned down by every one -- including the New York Times, Washington Post and Miami Herald -- so now one of the lawmakers has taken his campaign to the Internet.
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) on Friday launched a new Web site, WexlerWantsHearings.com to advance his call to impeach Cheney. The site hosts an op-ed article rejected by the nation's major newspapers and outlines the case for impeaching Cheney.
The Big Newspapers
Covering For Dick Cheney
Strange Priorities
How Much More Proof Does
One Need To See That This Is
Controlled Media
Control The Message
No Matter What, Even If
Our Country Suffers
The Right Wing Owns The
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KBCI CBS 2Astronauts Spacewalk, Finish ISS ProjectWashington Post - Nov 24, 2007By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON AP HOUSTON -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts wired the international space station's newest room on Saturday, crossing the last major task off their to-do list before the next shuttle mission early next month.ISS Crew Completes Spacewalk Work on Harmony Module Voice of AmericaNASA Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk to Connect Module (Update1) BloombergWBBM780 - BBC News - Orlando Sentinel - Northwest Heraldall 575 news articles Read More... [Source: Google News -Posted by alexa]
In August, we featured our client Goodwill of Greater Washington’s Fashonista social media campaign. Since then our good friend Toby Bloomberg featured Goodwill’s Brendan Hurley, and now the Washington Post has written up the Fashonista on page one of today’s Business section.
Since were big on measurements here, some highlights from the Washington Post article include:
The site receives 600 to 800 visitors each week, most of them local. Hall blogs three days a week and features Goodwill finds on Tuesdays.
In September, Goodwill posted an 8-minute video of its annual fashion show on its Web site and YouTube. About 10,000 visitors played the video, Hurley said. About 15 percent of them also shopped Goodwill’s online store or its eBay store, he said.
Check it out! Photo credit: Washington Post.
Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post interviewed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul recently to ask him about his fund-raising success and whether or not he would run under a third party. The last fund-raising quarter Ron Paul was able to raise $5.2 million dollars and his current goal is to raise $12 million dollars by the end of the next quarter. “When people hear the message of limited government and the constitution they respond very very favorably,” Paul said. Michael Shear asked him how he plans to spend the money and in what states. Ron Paul said he will be spending his new funds in the early states and focusing on New Hampshire. Ron Paul should be right up the “Live Free or Die” state’s alley. Shear also asked him if he would run for president under a third party if he did not get the nomination. Paul talked about the difficulty to get on the ballots in each of the 50 states and how hard it is to get the two parties to let a third pa
The Washington Post is on a roll lately. They've managed to glaringly misrepresent presidential candidate Ron Paul in not one, but two recent articles.The first instance was Thursday's column by Michael Shear, entitled Ron Paul: Give Peace a Chance. In the opening lines of the column Mr. Shear writes:Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul said today that he could see no possible reason to ever launch military action or initiate a warThis is grossly inaccurate. If you watch the video of the interview and listen closely to what is being said (05:06), it is clear that Paul was responding to the question of whether he saw a need for war under present circumstances. His comments were immediately prefaced with the clarifying question, "Under current circumstances, in the world today?"He certainly did not say what Mr. Shear wrote—that he could see no reason for war EVER. Mr. Shear's error makes Paul seem like a strange peacenik, which is exactly how his less scrupulous opponents have
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The Washington Post has two stories on atheism today. "In America, Nonbelievers Find Strength in Numbers" by Jacqueline L. Salmon provides a concise overview of the atheist revival. Mary Jordan's "In Europe and U.S., Nonbelievers Are Increasingly Vocal," is a much longer piece dealing with the growth of atheism on both sides of the Atlantic. Both are worth a read, so check them out.Tags: atheism, America, Washington Post
The Washington Post Magazine has a lenghty article on Barack Obama. I’ll present one section which deals with Obama’s keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention. I previously posted the text of the speech here.
In early summer of 2004, organizers of the Democratic presidential convention were faced with some challenges, chief among them the fact that no Bush-bashing would be allowed among convention speakers. The Kerry campaign didn’t want to alienate swing voters by speaking ill of Republicans. So the convention needed speakers who could present an upbeat message and still sound compelling.
There were some givens. Bill Clinton would be the prime time speaker Monday night; the third and fourth nights would feature John Edwards and John Kerry, respectively. On Tuesday they wanted a keynote speaker in the tradition of the great keynoters of the past: Barbara Jordan, Mario Cuomo, Ann Richards, “people who inspired hope,” as Donna Brazile puts it, &ldquo
really? so she wore a slightly low-cut top on the senate floor. so fricking what?"With Clinton, there was the sense that you were catching a surreptitious glimpse at something private. You were intruding -- being a voyeur."next week, hilary's legs...could someone tell the post to try and cover, oh, i don't know, the NEWS!!!
If this is the best picture the Post could run of Mayor Fenty endorsing Barack Obama, how bad must the rest of them be?Yikes. Ignore for a moment how Mayor Fenty is clearly pulling back from Senator Obama with a look of sheer terror on his face. Focus instead on how wrinkly Mayor Fenty's head looks. I didn't think that was humanly possible. In fact, he somehow manages to look exactly like a Shar Pei.Update: Man, the WaPo online just isn't having a very good 24-hours. Check out this screencap, courtesy of DCist. It seems someone forgot to consult the Urban Dictionary.
But did I really say "bravo?" Anyway I'm quoted today in a story about the absence of black people appointed by Mayor Fenty to leadership positions in his administration. I cannot say I'm crazy about the piece. When you read it you see that each person interviewed is identified by the color of their skin.And it looks like after all the talk about Michelle Rhee's lack of experience in running a school system and her race her seven hours spent during her confirmation hearing before the D.C. Council went without her having to break a sweat. Looks like smooth sailing.
Washington Post Profile Reveals Stealthy Cheney Spies On White House Staffers - Think ProgressExcerpt:"Today, the Washington Post unveiled the first in its lengthy four-part series on the unprecedented influence and power of the vice president.Shortly after Bush was elected, “Cheney preferred, and Bush approved, a mandate that gave him access to ‘every table and every meeting,’ making his voice heard in ‘whatever area the vice president feels he wants to be active in.’”"http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/24/cheney-wp-profile/
Must be a slow news day. Reporters Amit Paley and Theola Labbe share the shocking news that students in the D.C. voucher program show little if any improvement in test scores after one year in the program compared to their peers who stayed in public schools.Sounds familiar? Of course it does. This is the same pattern that has been found in Milwaukee and Cleveland and Florida and anywhere else that vouchers have been implemented. It is also the case concerning D.C.'s charter schools.Instead of stories such as this in my dreams I would see the headline, "School Superintendent decides assigning children to neighborhood schools not in keeping with every other choice people have in life." Didn't command and control go out of fashion when the Berlin Wall came down? Its so interesting that the only way it seems that progress can be made under the traditional system is to have an education czar who dictates what will be taught when. This has to be a horrible experience for everyone involved.
Washington Post reporters have three stories today concerning changes in leadership at DCPS. First, David Nakamura and Nikita Stewart talk about how mad the politicians are that Mayor Fenty kept his choice a secret from them. Next, Dion Haynes has some background on Michelle Rhee and her organization The New Teacher Project. Last, but not least, Theola Labbe addresses the unfinished (perhaps never really started) work of fired Superintendent Janey (he is not returning any telephone calls).The best line of all of these stories comes from none other than former Mayor Barry who commented:Fenty talks to "everybody except council members."Perfect. I would ask why in the world Mr. Fenty would want to speak to those who either got public education in the nation's capital into this mess or went to work everyday not doing anything about it? These people got what they deserved, especially Mr. Barry, who should be in prison now not because of a DUI or failure to pay his taxes but because he pers
Washington Post - Ron Paul's One-Man Band in the Granite State - Young Staffer Hopes to Put Candidate on N.H. MapExcerpt:"Working from his one-bedroom apartment in northern New Hampshire, Chicoine gets to his computer by 7 a.m., and spends much of his day making calls and sending e-mails. He takes a couple of hours for dinner and a long walk, then he's back working the phones again. "I'm the only guy," Chicoine says. "It's a challenge, but I have to tell you, I'm having a great time. I couldn't see myself working for anyone else in this field.""http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060502787.html?hpid=topnewsAlex
Senator Hagel wrote an op-ed that is in today's Washington Post. This piece is the result of his recent trip to Iraq.In Iraq, All Terribly Familiar By Chuck Hagel Sunday, April 22, 2007; Page B01 Last weekend, along with Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), I completed my fifth trip to Iraq, and I am frustrated and worried. We are still risking the lives of our troops without giving them a realistic policy worthy of their sacrifices. To me, as a Vietnam veteran, that feels terribly familiar.If success were simply a matter of the determination and ability of U.S. troops and civil servants, we would have already created a secure and stable Iraq. But unfortunately, the reality is that after more than four years, America remains the country's occupying power. Iraq's future will be determined by Iraqis, who, I hope, will reach a political accommodation -- but America is still making the major decisions and taking the lead militarily in most critical areas of the country. We can continue to help bu
Washington Post: Video: PrezVid Talks With Joe TrippiExcerpt:"Trippi is widely seen as one of the most Web-savvy consultants in Democratic politics. PrezVid's Jeff Jarvis interviewed him this week."http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2007/04/video_prezvid_talks_with_joe_t.html?nav=rss_blogAlex
Washington Post: Presidential Campaigns Spending Large Sums on Political Pros - Financial Reports Show Contenders Are Dropping Big Money on Pollsters, Consultants and Advisers in Attempt to Win NominationExcerpt:""Consultants are like lawyers," said Democratic consultant Jenny Backus. "Everyone mocks their existence until they need them."In a race as early starting and front-loaded as this one, Backus explained, individuals with prior experience in national races are invaluable to ensuring a smooth start. She predicted that in 2008 "consultants will play even more of a role since candidates are going to have to go national very fast once the primary clock starts ticking.""http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902684.htmlAlex
Washington Post: Traffic Deaths a Global Scourge, Health Agency SaysExcerpt:"Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death in people ages 10 to 24 around the world -- a huge, overlooked and largely preventable public health problem, the World Health Organization said yesterday.In a new report, the organization promoted a long list of suggestions to developing countries, where most of the deaths and disabling injuries occur. The improvements include safer roads and vehicles, better urban planning, helmet laws, prosecution of speeders and drunken drivers, better education of the driving and walking public, and simple interventions such as putting reflective tape on backpacks."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902409_pf.htmlAlex
The Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen sat down this week with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to discuss rising tensions with Somalia's Islamic Courts, and the state of democracy inside the country.On the issue of Somalia: Ethiopia is inching closer to war with the Islamic Courts, who have taken over large swaths the country, including its capital, and who have in the past called for creation of a "Greater Somalia," including portions of ethnically Somali Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. Diplomats estimate that Ethiopia has at least 8,000 troops in Somalia bolstering the fragile, but internationally recognized transitional government, a claim that Ethiopia has repeatedly denied.Q: First, your reaction to the call by the Islamic Courts for Ethiopia to withdraw its forces in seven days?A: They have issued an ultimatum. This does not come as a surprise to me. The declaration is based on falsehoods. It is true we have troops in Baidoa, the capital, who are there to train forces of
Washington Post: White House E-Mail Lost in Private AccountsMessages May Have Included Discussions About Firing of Eight ProsecutorsExcerpt:"The White House acknowledged yesterday that e-mails dealing with official government business may have been lost because they were improperly sent through private accounts intended to be used for political activities. Democrats have been seeking such missives as part of an investigation into the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.Administration officials said they could offer no estimate of how many e-mails were lost but indicated that some may involve messages from White House senior adviser Karl Rove, whose role in the firings has been under scrutiny by congressional Democrats."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/11/AR2007041102167.htmlAlex
Fair Vote: Washington Post: O'Malley Signs Bill to Bypass Electoral CollegeExcerpt:"Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) signed a bill into law today that makes Maryland the first state in the nation to join a movement to bypass the Electoral College and elect U.S. presidents by national popular vote.The bill, passed in a session of the General Assembly that concluded yesterday, would award the state's 10 electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes nationwide -- not statewide. The agreement would not take effect until states that cumulatively hold 270 electoral votes -- the number needed to win a presidential election -- sign on."http://fairvote.org/?page=200&articlemode=showspecific&showarticle=2595Alex
Washington Post: Obama Campaign Aims To Turn Online Backers Into an Offline ForceExcerpt:"Obama's "community kickoff" events are billed as first-of-a-kind gatherings aimed at encouraging members of the more than 6,000 groups that were created on his presidential Web site to meet face to face. The candidate is to christen the effort to take his online support offline at a public library in tiny Onawa, Iowa, an appearance that will be streamed live on his Web site."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/30/AR2007033001993.html?nav=rss_politicsAlex
Washington Post: French Politics in 3-D on Fantasy Web Site - Presidential Hopefuls Build Presence for Avatars on Second LifeExcerpt:"All four major candidates in France's presidential election have opened virtual headquarters in Second Life, an interactive forum that allows inhabitants -- called avatars -- to engage in debates, attend political rallies and take part in protests in a multidimensional world that makes traditional campaign Web sites seem quaint and antiquated."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902540.html?hpid=topnewsAlex
To say that it is a surprise to hear that Monica Goodling is taking the fifth amendment and refusing to testify to Congress is more than a bit of an understatement. The senior counselor to the countries number one law enforcement executive is afraid of incriminating herself!? I heard about her taking an immediate leave of absence some time ago and assumed we would hear more about it. Her lawyer is saying this is just a "strategic move" on her part. Uhhh yeah, ok. I will agree with him though that testifying before Congress at this time is a lose lose situation. The Democrats already have their minds made up about what any testimony will mean. Now it's just a matter of waiting for someone to say any words that can be spun to their liking. In other words it is a total "Gotcha!" environment. Strategic move? More like trying to save her ass. ~RJH Washington Post article link Aide to Gonzales Won't TestifyCounselor Cites Fifth Amendment Right in RefusalBy Dan EggenWash
Washington Post: N.Y. Mayor Is Eyeing '08, Observers SayExcerpt:"Bloomberg, 65, has told confidants that he will not decide until early next year, when it has become clear whom Democrats and Republicans will nominate.If he runs for president as a self-financed independent, New York could find itself home to a trio of presidential candidates, an oddity for a state and city often portrayed as far outside the mainstream of American political and social life."You are dealing with people who have in one way or another been perceived as having conquered New York," Sharpton said. "After that, what else is there to do but conquer the country?""http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501334.html?nav=rss_politicsAlex
Consortiumnews.com - Washington Post Prints New Wilson/Plame AttackExcerpt:"Rather than fire Washington Post editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt or at least apologize for all the newspaper’s past misstatements about former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, ex-CIA officer Valerie Plame, the Post instead has published a rehash of the lies and distortions about the couple.This new attack is contained in a column by right-wing pundit Robert D. Novak, who originally blew Plame’s CIA cover in July 2003 and has sought to add insult to the injury ever since. Some of Novak’s past falsehoods about Wilson/Plame also have found their way into Post editorials, apparently without benefit of fact-checking."http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/032207.htmlAlex
Phân tích những biến động trên thị trường chứng khoán thế giới mới đây, báo Mỹ Washington Post số ra ngày 8/3 cho rằng nền kinh tế thế giới có thể ngày càng có những biến động khó dự báo. Chứng khoán Mỹ trải qua phiên giao dịch tồi tệ nhất sau khủng bố 11/9/2001. Tuần qua, thị trường chứng khoán Mỹ mất khoảng 900 tỷ USD trị giá, tương đương 5% tổng giá trị thị trường này . Với tỷ lệ thất nghiệp 4,6%, kinh tế Mỹ khó bị xem là ốm yếu và nền kinh tế toàn cầu được xem là có sự tăng trưởng tốt nhất trong vòng 25 năm qua. Tuy nhiên, các thị trường chứng khoán trên thế giới vẫn cứ sụt giá và lòng tin của doanh nghiệp và người tiêu dùng bị lung lay. Bài báo cho rằng tình hình này có thể xuất phát từ 2 khả năng : Một là chứng khoán có thể đánh tín hiệu về m
Is mass confusion a Democrat plan for retaining a majority?According to the New York Times, Senator Mitch McConnell remarked on Democrat plans:“Democrats in the Senate have, at latest count, had 16 versions of various proposals to interfere with the president’s ability and General Petraeus’s ability to conduct this mission successfully.”The Dems do not appear to be united in any real sense of the word, at least as far as they were last June when:"Democratic leaders voted against a plan supported by Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts calling for a similar withdrawal."Well one has to take this with a grain of salt as it was prior to the November elections. For added flavor the Times adds:"Democratic strategists say that support for a timetable has steadily grown because of the conditions in Iraq, what they perceive as Mr. Bush’s resistance to change and the widespread support among the public for a clear-cut end to the war."Might the "resistance to change" be more properly at
I was following links in a Hot Air article I reposted here at TPB found something really interesting in the take of Len Downie executive editor at WaPo. He said he was conserned about how reporters and especially their confidential sources are sometimes the target of governmental investigations into leaks of classified information. Now maybe I am biased in this area a bit. I will admit the possibility. When I was in the USAF I had a Top Secret Cryptographic security clearance and I consider it a sacred trust NOT to ever discuss or reveal classified information I had access to while in the military. That was 30 years ago for me and I still abide by that agreement. Len Downie on the other hand doesn't seem concerned at the fact that the "sources" might be breaking the law and don't necessarilly have the best interests of America in mind. They might have a personal agenda and they might be spinning what they are telling reporters or perhaps even bald faced lying. So called "whistle bowe
Being a veteran myself I have always given other vets more than the benefit of the doubt. What is it about being a Democrat that makes a once probably honorable man turn into such a cynic and yes, I will say the words, such a coward. Strong words you say? But look at his own actions. He constantly takes the administration to task over the war in Iraq and makes no bones about his desire for us to get out at any cost. So why doesn't he do what he is in fact empowerd to do and just face off against President Bush directly? He is using the standard Democrat tactics of slowly strangling you from behind rather than direct confrontation. This is a good piece from Captains Quarters on the Washington Post taking John Murtha to task over his cowardly tactics. ~RJH Captains Quarters article Washington Post Spanks MurthaThe unbelievable cynicism of John Murtha's "slow bleed" plan to end the war in Iraq has not gone unnoticed by the Washington Post. The editorial board excoriates Murtha in no un
The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take
any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing
one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright
ideas from penetrating.
2. Cashtration (n.) The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
3. Giraffiti (n) Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
4. Sarchasm (n) The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it.
5. Inoculatte (v) To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
6. Hipatitis (n) Terminal coolness.
7. Osteopornosis (n) A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
8. Karmageddon (n) It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really
bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious
bummer.
9. Decafalon (n
4 letters on charter schools appear in today's Close to Home Section of the newspaper. Here's mine:Now that a quarter of all Washington public school students are enrolled in charters ["The Future of D.C. Public Schools: Traditional or Charter Education?" front page, Aug. 22] and some individuals are questioning whether all schools will eventually be independently run, it is important to keep five things in mind when reflecting on the District's educational landscape.- Charter schools are start-up businesses. Because each has a unique mission and curriculum, they often experience a gigantic learning curve, not dissimilar to that of a new small company. I recently talked to a fellow charter school leader who told me that after five years his institution was still improving its teaching methods. He is not alone. Charters are still young in the history of a reform movement that is striving to innovate and help children catch up academically to grade level and beyond.- Charter schools
Theola Labbe of the Washington Post has an amazing article today about families scrambling to find new schools for their kids that attended the New School for Enterprise and Development and Sasha Bruce Public Charter Schools which were recently closed by the D.C. Public Charter School Board.Any parent caught by surprise by the shuttering of these school with 2 weeks to go before the start of the new school year should not be a parent.The tone of the piece is that closing bad schools is bad. No wonder education in D.C. is in that state that it is.By the way, there are still some spaces for 9th graders at the William E. Doar, Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts.
In an editorial almost certainly written by Colbert King, The Washington Post comes down on my side regarding Superintendent Janey's call for a moratorium on new charter schools:The call by D.C. School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey for a moratorium on new charter schools in the District is one part reasonable and one part self-serving. Taking the latter first, it's clear that charter schools have developed into a threat to the traditional school system since they were authorized by Congress 10 years ago. As Post reporter Lori Montgomery has reported, more than 17,500 students enrolled last year in charter schools. Meanwhile, enrollment in the traditional public school system has taken a nose dive, from about 80,000 students to about 58,000. The movement represents the action of parents starved for quality education who are voting on the traditional school system with their feet. If Mr. Janey's schools are unable to compete successfully with charters, whose fault is that? The prop
Our grassroots movement got a mention in today's Washington Post! Check out the (front page) article, "Hagel Ponders White House Run As War Criticism Raises His Profile" on the Post's site. Chuck Hagel has been thinking about running for President for a few years now, but as their article indicates, he may have a greater shot at it given the events of the last couple of months. Here are some excerpts from the article: Hagel said in a wide-ranging interview this week that he is discussing his options with his family and other confidants and will make a decision in the next six weeks. He said one possibility is forming a presidential exploratory committee and -- despite his outcast position within his party -- seeking the Republican nomination. Or he may seek a third Senate term. Then again, he might take a more creative path.... An Internet "draft Hagel" movement has formed, and even die-hard liberals admit they find him appealing....Earlier in their careers, McCain, 70, and
Drop dead.And I found this very interesting comment by political commentator Mark Plotkin made during a Washington Post on-line chat yesterday:Washington, D.C.: Mark, do you think that Bob Bobb has the political skill and savvy to thwart Mayor Fenty's plan to do a Michael Bloomberg/Joel Klein takeover of the public school system by its passage of an aggressive internal reform package? Do you think that Bobb's aggressive movement will place enough City Council members in doubt to make Fenty's campaign pledge melt away?Mark Plotkin: The votes are not there at this point for Bob Bobb's plan. I would like to ask Mr. Bobb many questions, but the incompetence of his office does not permit a prompt return of phone calls -- even parents who are supportive of his position do not hear back from him.The Fenty plan will pass and Mr. Janey will be gone.
Ah, the lost art of diplomacy. Is Richardson the only 2008 candidate who "gets it?" Seriously. He is a master negotiator, with a proven track record. We cannot afford (physically, mentally, financially) another war in the Mideast. That leaves two choices: Diplomacy (either directly, as Richardson advocates, or through the UN), or let Israel be our proxy military power which attacks the nuclear sites in Iran. Of the two, only the former will win long-term. I am a strong believer that Iran will respond favorably to recognition by the USA and negotiation. - MC---------------------- Diplomacy, Not War, With Iran By Bill RichardsonThe Washington PostSaturday, February 24, 2007; Page A19 The recent tentative agreement with North Korea over its nuclear program illustrates how diplomacy can work even with the most unsavory of regimes. Unfortunately, it took the Bush administration more than six years to commit to diplomacy. During that needless delay North Korea developed and teste
After the unveiling of that little piece of advertising mastery yesterday, Post columnist Richard Cohen, saw right through it all and leveled the former CEO of the 2002 Olympics. Here are some of the highlights from yesterday's column entitled "The Talented Mr. Romney:"I have been following the zigs and zags of Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and now Republican presidential candidate, watching him grow progressively less progressive, sort of making himself up as he goes along. As a result, I surf the Web with trepidation, bracing myself for the story that I fear might be coming: "Romney Says He Is Not Really a Mormon...''Romney is not the only Republican candidate to mothball principles for the campaign. Rudy Giuliani is now not as pro-choice as he used to be, and John McCain has hired the very mudslingers he once wanted to garrote. But Romney is in a class of his own. He used to have fairly reasonable positions on gun control. Within the past year, though, he joined
