Meg Whitman: eBay and CA-Gov

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Sunday September 05, 2010 · 1:26 AM PDT

2010/09/05 · 01:26

As anyone with a TV, radio, or computer in the State of California knows, Meg Whitman is running for Governor. Having spent over 100 million dollars of her own money on the campaign everyone should also know that she was once CEO of eBay. Her experience at eBay is her primary qualification for office. This ad is a good representative of her pitch:

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Monday August 10, 2009 · 10:30 AM PDT

2009/08/10 · 10:30

I've recently found Democracy Now's The War and Peace Report on a local public radio station (KPFK). On their August 7, 2009 show they featured a roughly 30 minute debate on the situation in Honduras.

As a professor of speech communication and a debate coach for over a decade I was very interested in how Democracy Now would hold and format their "Debate." I have often mulled hosting a radio debate show and wanted to see how it went.

In my opinion, it turned out very, very poorly because a few fundamental rules for debating/arguing were not respected. In light of the disruptive town hall meetings I thought I would share some of my thoughts on what can make a productive debate/town hall.

debaterdanny

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Monday May 04, 2009 · 1:47 PM PDT

2009/05/04 · 13:47

Just saw this story about a school in South Carolina who recently got a donation of roughly $250,000 from a business in Chicago for new desks and a coat of paint in the cafeteria.

Part of the inspiration for the generous act? President Obama.

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Wednesday April 29, 2009 · 12:50 PM PDT

2009/04/29 · 12:50

One of the reasons I am such a proponent of academic debate in schools is that it literally, by rule, forces people to take two sides on a controversial subject.

In order for a debate to make sense both sides need to be fairly represented and the advocates assigned to positions need to present the best arguments in favor of their side of the issue. As a result, the audience and participants learn different perspectives and view points.

I clicked on a link to the foxnation.com website from a diary and the front story at the time was How Do You Grade President Obama’s 1st 100 Days? What I found in the comments section was so disheartening.

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Wednesday April 15, 2009 · 10:58 AM PDT

2009/04/15 · 10:58

Proud that today my family was able to contribute to our country and society by paying our taxes. I agree with Vice President Biden that it is patriotic to pay your taxes because it enables our country to function. When the people protest taxes it is my contention that they are being disingenuous.

As individuals gather and assemble today to protest taxes please allow me to rebut at least one of their arguments - "taxes" should not be our protest - let's at least have an honest debate.

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Monday April 13, 2009 · 11:09 AM PDT

2009/04/13 · 11:09

Since my junior year of high school an activity has taken over my life.

Before I joined this activity I did not know where I was headed; I did not know what direction this journey would go. After the first day I knew I had found something I would enjoy. This activity gave me self confidence; this activity opened up doors to meet brilliant minds from around the country; this activity allows me to work with brilliant young minds who long for an intellectually challenging activity; this activity is the work I would do if I wasn't getting paid.

This activity is competitive speech and debate - otherwise known as forensics.

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Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 2:13 PM PDT

2009/03/25 · 14:13

I read with interest the resignation letter offered by Jake DeSantis in the new york times published March 24.

While I think it is valuable to hear from all parties involved in any debate I think Mr. DeSantis makes one fundamental flaw in his argument - AIG is a company not a collection of individual units. AIG has lost billions and requires the government to bail them out. The bailout did not go to AIG-Financial Products and sorry, Mr. DeSantis, but at AIG you are all in the same boat. If your company has failed I think it is incumbent upon all employees to sacrifice in order to make the company more profitable. Under his logic there would be no need for CEO Liddy to take a $1 salary - he surely was not involved in the credit default swaps either.

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