Let's thank the AP

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 9:13 AM PDT

2008/09/12 · 09:13

We were dissing the AP just a few weeks ago and calling them out for not doing their job. But today, they've come around and are speaking truth. Why don't we send them thank you notes for doing the right thing. If we give them grief for not doing their job, perhaps we should also reward good behavior.

Associated Press
450 West 33rd St., New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-621-1500
Fax: 212-621-7523
email: info@ap.org

Note: Apologies if this was already suggested in the comments of the article listed above. My computer is slow making it hard to sort through the massive amounts of comments in one story. Also, is someone else has better email contact info, especially for the Washington Bureau, that would be appreciated.

Reality Check -- State of the Race

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Thursday October 04, 2007 · 2:05 PM PDT

2007/10/04 · 14:05

Cross posted at MyDD. Haven't blogged here in a while but used to quite a bit.

Lately, I've started to fall prey to the media juggernaut that is Hillary Clinton. But, there is tremendous reason to hope. While Hill supporters will give you poll after poll after poll, the game is still on. And I now believe that Obama is still firmly in the midst of the game and positioned to win. He's playing chess while Hillary is playing checkers. She keeps going "King me!" but Obama is positioning his Queen for a triumphant "Checkmate!"

Caveat Emptor

I have made no secret that I support Barack Obama. And while I would support Hillary if she is the nominee, I would be disappointed. I would also be disappointed with John Edwards. Both would be fine presidents. But I feel like Hillary would be more of the same. And Edwards while changing the game would not do so in a manner that I think would ultimately move the country -- it's a matter of strategy.

More after the jump ...

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Tuesday January 04, 2005 · 9:36 AM PST

2005/01/04 · 09:36

Hi Everyone, I wanted to let you all know about the opening of the Rockridge Institute Action Network. I think I first heard about Rockridge through this site. And now I've had the priviledge of working with them to set this up.

Enjoy!
Matt Florence

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The minds of Kerry and Bush

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Saturday October 23, 2004 · 10:11 AM PDT

2004/10/23 · 10:11

I'm an old time dKos user though I haven't been active as of late.

Anyway, I thought I'd share the following post from my blog with you all. I've been doing a lot of thinking about Bush and Kerry, of course. One of the things that I wondered about is their personality type. So, I did some analysis and came up with what I think their Myers Briggs type is. Basically, I think Kerry is an INTP and Bush is a cross between and ESFP and ISFP. I'd love to hear other thoughts from dKos folks.

http://mlflorence.blogspot.com/2004/10/kerry-bush-and-meyers-briggs.html

http://tinyurl.com/4s2pn

It's cheesy

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Friday August 20, 2004 · 12:40 PM PDT

2004/08/20 · 12:40

I don't think anyone's mentioned this on the diaries yet. I did a search and didn't find it. But, the search is sometimes, shall we say, ineffective.

So, back to the story at hand, take a look at Gadflyer (which we should all be reading a bit more) at this story about Cheese Wiz.

Basically, the story goes that Bush has lambasted Kerry for not eating his cheese steak with the proper condiments. But, with a little research it has been shown that neither did Bush. Yes, it's not a big deal, but . . .

The author does a really good job of showing several things about how this could be important in the current fight we're experiencing:

The media continues not to do its job
The small things sometimes point to larger failings

Go read this story and promote it. It's small potatoes. But, if it gets out there in the media, it could be a real boon in finally getting folks to understand how much of a liar our president is.

Blacks and the election, a continuing convo (with POLL)

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Tuesday July 27, 2004 · 1:10 PM PDT

2004/07/27 · 13:10

I have been debating posting a diary for a few days now regarding Blacks, the past election, and the upcoming one. But, a recent diary entry (now taken down) beat me to the punch. Unfortunately, though, as I read the comments to the entry it became not a discussion about the topic but a referendum on the poster. I don't throw out the charge of racism easily. (I don't throw out the charge or homophobe easily, either.) But, something about the broohaha that ensued smacked of a lack of racial understanding and definitely didn't have a sense of racial sensitivity. Read More

The Power of the Press

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Monday July 12, 2004 · 9:51 PM PDT

2004/07/12 · 21:51

If anyone doubts the power of media, you should go and read this story in the NYTimes. The article details how a newspaper in Lexington, KY conciously didn't cover the Civil Rights Movement.

Here's a relevant quote from the Times article:

The poor coverage was not a result of mistakes or oversights, The Herald-Leader concluded, but a conscious strategy by the papers' former managers "to play down the movement" in hopes that it would wither away.

I think it's great they published their confession on July 4. It's very symbolic. It affirms the fact that African American are first Americans. We're all in this together. Read More

I couldn't help myself

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Monday July 12, 2004 · 6:07 PM PDT

2004/07/12 · 18:07

When I saw this cartoon, I nearly spit up. I have never found Kerry sexy. But, this cartoon goes over the top. But, it's purty durn funny, too. I probably laughed for five minutes.

See it in the Extended Entry . . . Read More

Blacks and Kerry + POLL

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Thursday June 17, 2004 · 10:46 PM PDT

2004/06/17 · 22:46

So, I was reading an article in The NYTimes about Juneteenth. I think that Kerry should come out on Saturday for making Juneteenth a national holiday. It would put him in excellent stead with Black America. Plus, as the article notes, it's a day that has become integrated. It's a celebratory day. Plus, there are no national holidays in June, I don't think. What do you all think of that?

Karzai a hotty?

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Tuesday June 15, 2004 · 5:37 PM PDT

2004/06/15 · 17:37

So, I was just wanting to know if anyone else thinks that Hamid Karzai is a hotty. Everytime I see him I'm glad he's heading up Afganistan cause it means I get to see him. I don't generally have obsessions with heads of states. But, something about him gets me going -- especially with the hat.

Bush and Lightbulbs

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Tuesday June 15, 2004 · 11:40 AM PDT

2004/06/15 · 11:40

This is from Washingtonpost via The NY Times David Sanger:

How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a lightbulb?

One to deny that a light bulb needs to be replaced.
One to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb.
One to blame the previous administration for the need of a new light bulb.
One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs.
One to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton one million dollars for a light bulb.
One to arrange a photo-op session showing Bush changing the light bulb while dressed in a flight suit and wrapped in an American flag.
And finally, one to explain to Bush the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.

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The cost of the overruns of Halliburton in Iraq? $8 B. The difference between a country moving in the right direction or four more years of a descent toward hell? 1 vote. The cost of some good political humor at their expense? Priceless.

Another important issue

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Tuesday May 11, 2004 · 9:25 AM PDT

2004/05/11 · 09:25

I haven't posted in quite a while. I'm in paris working on my memoir and haven't taken the time to actually post a diary entry. So, if you haven't seen me around, sorry about that. I have been keeping up with DKos, though, at least from a high level view.

Anyway, I went to Slate today for the first time in quite a while and found a very interesting article on the Bush administration's campaign to change our economic way of life. It seems to confirm and expand thoughts that some have had about the point of all of the tax cuts the Bushies have been enacting.

This is, to me, just as important as the Iraq issue. It could have equally longterm devestating effects. If there's been anything that coud make me vote for Kerry, this has tipped me over. It's not that I'm a Kerry basher, but like many here he hasn't inspired me. But, the risk of having Bush in office for four more years is just too great to me. And if Bush gets re-elected, I'm definitely moving permanantly here to Paris.

Apologies to anyone who might have posted this before and those who might have read about it, too.

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