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]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {BY SUBJECT > INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY} - Silicon Valley's Mystery Meeting of CEOs Revealed http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/by-subject/information-technology/silicon-valley-s-mystery-meeting-of-ceos-revealed-20081022827.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/by-subject/information-technology/silicon-valley-s-mystery-meeting-of-ceos-revealed-20081022827.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:03:34 GMT DLA Piper's Global Technology Leaders Summit drew together a small but powerful crowd of IT CEOs and CFOs this year for a behind the curtain conversation on the global financial crisis and how IT can avoid drowning, or maybe save the world. Access to the conference, hosted by Senator George Mitchell's DLA Piper law firm, was tightly controlled and limited in access - no cameras, no reporters, no leaks. Inside this relatively secure room, the leaders of technology were able to speak candidly about the financial troubles facing their firms. - EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Earlier this week, in a conference room here at the Four Seasons, some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley gathered for an informal meeting to discuss the state of IT in general and, by the way, how the rapidly zig-zagging economy also is impacting it. The c... Eweek.Com Silicon Valley's Mystery Meeting of CEOs Revealed {new window}   Www.Eweek.Com - DLA Piper's Global Technology Leaders Summit drew together a small but powerful crowd of IT CEOs and CFOs this year for a behind the curtain conversation on the global financial crisis and how IT can avoid drowning, or maybe save the world. Access to the conference, hosted by Senator George Mitchell's DLA Piper law firm, was tightly controlled and limited in access - no cameras, no reporters, no leaks. Inside this relatively secure room, the leaders of technology were able to speak candidly about the financial troubles facing their firms. - EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Earlier this week, in a conference room here at the Four Seasons, some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley gathered for an informal meeting to discuss the state of IT in general and, by the way, how the rapidly zig-zagging economy also is impacting it. The c...
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]]> News > By Subject > Information Technology {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - Scarborough misquoted Obama regarding Lewis remarks, then called the statement Obama didn't make "shocking" and "staggering" http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/scarborough-misquoted-obama-regarding-lewis-remarks-20081028018.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/scarborough-misquoted-obama-regarding-lewis-remarks-20081028018.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:01:40 GMT During the October 16 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said during the October 15 presidential debate that Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) "drew appropriate comparisons" in an October 11 statement invoking George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama, and a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in criticizing the "negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, when prompted during the debate to discuss Lewis' statement, Obama said that Lewis "inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there [at McCain-Palin rallies] and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate" [emphasis added]. Indeed, co-host Willie Geist aired a clip of Obama saying Lewis' comparison was "inappropriate[]" moments before Scarborough claimed otherwise. Nonetheless, Scarborough went on to criticize Obama for a statement that he did not make, asserting: "That's a guy that doesn't want to offend his base. That was shocking to me." Scarborough also said the statement was "staggering." As Obama noted during the debate, the Obama campaign issued an October 11 statement in which campaign spokesman Bill Burton said of Lewis' remarks: Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States "pals around with terrorists." As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead. During the Morning Joe discussion, Scarborough further asserted: [T]hink about this, though. ... How ironic it is that actually Barack Obama had the association with a domestic terrorist, but Barack Obama -- and John Lewis -- actually linked Sarah Palin with domestic terrorists that killed four little girls in Birmingham in a bombing -- that this event occurred before she was even born. So, Obama knows a domestic terrorist. Obama started his campaign in the living room -- his '95 political career in the home of domestic terrorist, and, yet, they're trying to link Sarah Palin with four guys who blew up a church in '63? From the October 15 presidential debate: OBAMA: I mean, look, if we want to talk about Congressman Lewis, who is an American hero, he, unprompted by my campaign, without my campaign's awareness, made a statement that he was troubled with what he was hearing at some of the rallies that your running mate was holding, in which all the Republican reports indicated were shouting, when my name came up, things like "terrorist" and "kill him," and that you're running mate didn't mention, didn't stop, didn't say "Hold on a second, that's kind of out of line." And I think Congressman Lewis' point was that we have to be careful about how we deal with our supporters. Now... MCCAIN: You've got to read what he said... (CROSSTALK) OBAMA: Let -- let -- let... MCCAIN: You've got to read what he said. OBAMA: Let me -- let me complete... SCHIEFFER: Go ahead. OBAMA: ... my response. I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. And, in fact, afterwards, Congressman Lewis put out a similar statement, saying that he had probably gone over the line. The important point here is, though, the American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit- for-tat and back-and-forth. And what they want is the ability to just focus on some really big challenges that we face right now, and that's what I have been trying to focus on this entire campaign. From the October 16 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe: GEIST: Let's listen to how Barack Obama handled the question of John Lewis last night. [begin video clip] McCAIN: And the fact is, it's gotten pretty tough. And I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable. One of them happened just the other day, when a man I admire and respect -- I've written about him -- Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful. And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks. OBAMA: I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. [end video clip] BRZEZINSKI: OK. GEIST: How'd he handle that one. BRZEZINSKI: Actually -- SCARBOROUGH: I think that's stunning -- that he, that John McCain was compared to domestic terrorists and the segregationist who epitomizes the evil of segregation -- BRZEZINSKI: I think, though -- SCARBOROUGH: -- and Barack Obama just said that Lewis drew appropriate comparisons. That's a guy that doesn't want to offend his base. That was shocking to me. BRZEZINSKI: Well, there was that, possibly, political reasons for it. But I think he's also saying, your candidate -- your campaign started it; that this guy is not someone who even works for me. Meanwhile, your running mate was saying some things that were pretty hateful, and things that were inciteful, potentially -- SCARBOROUGH: But think -- think -- BRZEZINSKI: -- and what was going on at your rallies are an issue as well. SCARBOROUGH: -- think about this, though. Hold on, though, think about this. How ironic it is that actually Barack Obama had the association with a domestic terrorist, but Barack Obama -- and John Lewis -- actually linked Sarah Palin with domestic terrorists that killed four little girls in Birmingham in a bombing -- that this event occurred before she was even born. So, Obama knows a domestic terrorist. Obama started his campaign in the living room -- his -- PAT BUCHANAN (MSNBC political analyst): Career. SCARBOROUGH: -- '95 political career in the home of domestic terrorist, and, yet, they're trying to link Sarah Palin with four guys who blew up a church in '63? BRZEZINSKI: OK, hold on a second. It was an Obama supporter who said that it was George Wallish-like tendencies being raised by the campaign. SCARBOROUGH: And, and, and, hold on, though. But, Barack Obama -- BRZEZINSKI: Meanwhile, Sarah Palin, hold on -- SCARBOROUH: -- supported that. BRZEZINSKI: -- Sarah Palin, saying that Barack Obama pals around with terrorists is bad if not worse. You have -- SCARBOROUGH: No, no. It is not even close to being worse. BRZEZINSKI: -- a supporter who they don't -- who they didn't, or they say -- they didn't sanction, OK. And that supporter is reacting to what Sarah Palin is saying on the campaign trail. SCARBOROUGH: But Mika -- but, but Mika, last night, Barack Obama just said he drew appropriate comparisons comparing Sarah Palin and John McCain to beasts that blew up four little black girls in a Birmingham church because the South was rising -- BRZEZINSKI: I think we need to hear it again. SCARBOROUGH: -- he just associated -- BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: He said he drew appropriate comparisons. That was just staggering, but you know -- BUCHANAN: He was, he was -- SCARBOROUGH: -- but hold on second, though. BRZEZINSKI: Palling around -- SCARBOROUGN: You know, Pat, what the most staggering thing was, that John McCain didn't stop the debate right there and call him on it. BUCHANAN: I know, I know. BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. BUCHANAN: To drive the point home, are you saying, senator, that we are like the people that incited the bombers in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham? Is that what you're saying about Sarah Palin? SCARBOROUGH: Yes. BUCHANAN: Simply because she said you are a pal of William Ayers, which you have been and you haven't explained? Mediamatters.Org Scarborough misquoted Obama regarding Lewis remarks, then called the statement Obama didn't make "shocking" and "staggering" {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - During the October 16 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said during the October 15 presidential debate that Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) "drew appropriate comparisons" in an October 11 statement invoking George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama, and a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in criticizing the "negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, when prompted during the debate to discuss Lewis' statement, Obama said that Lewis "inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there [at McCain-Palin rallies] and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate" [emphasis added]. Indeed, co-host Willie Geist aired a clip of Obama saying Lewis' comparison was "inappropriate[]" moments before Scarborough claimed otherwise. Nonetheless, Scarborough went on to criticize Obama for a statement that he did not make, asserting: "That's a guy that doesn't want to offend his base. That was shocking to me." Scarborough also said the statement was "staggering." As Obama noted during the debate, the Obama campaign issued an October 11 statement in which campaign spokesman Bill Burton said of Lewis' remarks: Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States "pals around with terrorists." As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead. During the Morning Joe discussion, Scarborough further asserted: [T]hink about this, though. ... How ironic it is that actually Barack Obama had the association with a domestic terrorist, but Barack Obama -- and John Lewis -- actually linked Sarah Palin with domestic terrorists that killed four little girls in Birmingham in a bombing -- that this event occurred before she was even born. So, Obama knows a domestic terrorist. Obama started his campaign in the living room -- his '95 political career in the home of domestic terrorist, and, yet, they're trying to link Sarah Palin with four guys who blew up a church in '63? From the October 15 presidential debate: OBAMA: I mean, look, if we want to talk about Congressman Lewis, who is an American hero, he, unprompted by my campaign, without my campaign's awareness, made a statement that he was troubled with what he was hearing at some of the rallies that your running mate was holding, in which all the Republican reports indicated were shouting, when my name came up, things like "terrorist" and "kill him," and that you're running mate didn't mention, didn't stop, didn't say "Hold on a second, that's kind of out of line." And I think Congressman Lewis' point was that we have to be careful about how we deal with our supporters. Now... MCCAIN: You've got to read what he said... (CROSSTALK) OBAMA: Let -- let -- let... MCCAIN: You've got to read what he said. OBAMA: Let me -- let me complete... SCHIEFFER: Go ahead. OBAMA: ... my response. I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. And, in fact, afterwards, Congressman Lewis put out a similar statement, saying that he had probably gone over the line. The important point here is, though, the American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit- for-tat and back-and-forth. And what they want is the ability to just focus on some really big challenges that we face right now, and that's what I have been trying to focus on this entire campaign. From the October 16 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe: GEIST: Let's listen to how Barack Obama handled the question of John Lewis last night. [begin video clip] McCAIN: And the fact is, it's gotten pretty tough. And I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable. One of them happened just the other day, when a man I admire and respect -- I've written about him -- Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful. And, Senator Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks. OBAMA: I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. [end video clip] BRZEZINSKI: OK. GEIST: How'd he handle that one. BRZEZINSKI: Actually -- SCARBOROUGH: I think that's stunning -- that he, that John McCain was compared to domestic terrorists and the segregationist who epitomizes the evil of segregation -- BRZEZINSKI: I think, though -- SCARBOROUGH: -- and Barack Obama just said that Lewis drew appropriate comparisons. That's a guy that doesn't want to offend his base. That was shocking to me. BRZEZINSKI: Well, there was that, possibly, political reasons for it. But I think he's also saying, your candidate -- your campaign started it; that this guy is not someone who even works for me. Meanwhile, your running mate was saying some things that were pretty hateful, and things that were inciteful, potentially -- SCARBOROUGH: But think -- think -- BRZEZINSKI: -- and what was going on at your rallies are an issue as well. SCARBOROUGH: -- think about this, though. Hold on, though, think about this. How ironic it is that actually Barack Obama had the association with a domestic terrorist, but Barack Obama -- and John Lewis -- actually linked Sarah Palin with domestic terrorists that killed four little girls in Birmingham in a bombing -- that this event occurred before she was even born. So, Obama knows a domestic terrorist. Obama started his campaign in the living room -- his -- PAT BUCHANAN (MSNBC political analyst): Career. SCARBOROUGH: -- '95 political career in the home of domestic terrorist, and, yet, they're trying to link Sarah Palin with four guys who blew up a church in '63? BRZEZINSKI: OK, hold on a second. It was an Obama supporter who said that it was George Wallish-like tendencies being raised by the campaign. SCARBOROUGH: And, and, and, hold on, though. But, Barack Obama -- BRZEZINSKI: Meanwhile, Sarah Palin, hold on -- SCARBOROUH: -- supported that. BRZEZINSKI: -- Sarah Palin, saying that Barack Obama pals around with terrorists is bad if not worse. You have -- SCARBOROUGH: No, no. It is not even close to being worse. BRZEZINSKI: -- a supporter who they don't -- who they didn't, or they say -- they didn't sanction, OK. And that supporter is reacting to what Sarah Palin is saying on the campaign trail. SCARBOROUGH: But Mika -- but, but Mika, last night, Barack Obama just said he drew appropriate comparisons comparing Sarah Palin and John McCain to beasts that blew up four little black girls in a Birmingham church because the South was rising -- BRZEZINSKI: I think we need to hear it again. SCARBOROUGH: -- he just associated -- BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. SCARBOROUGH: He said he drew appropriate comparisons. That was just staggering, but you know -- BUCHANAN: He was, he was -- SCARBOROUGH: -- but hold on second, though. BRZEZINSKI: Palling around -- SCARBOROUGN: You know, Pat, what the most staggering thing was, that John McCain didn't stop the debate right there and call him on it. BUCHANAN: I know, I know. BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. BUCHANAN: To drive the point home, are you saying, senator, that we are like the people that incited the bombers in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham? Is that what you're saying about Sarah Palin? SCARBOROUGH: Yes. BUCHANAN: Simply because she said you are a pal of William Ayers, which you have been and you haven't explained?
Media Matters - Scarborough misquoted Obama regarding Lewis remarks, then called the statement Obama didn't make "shocking" and "staggering" {...} On Morning Joe , Joe Scarborough falsely asserted that Sen. Barack Obama said during the October 15 presidential debate that Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) "drew appropriate comparisons" in a statement invoking George Wallace and a church bombing in criticizing "the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, Obama said that Lewis " inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening [at McCain-Palin rallies] and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate" [emphasis added]. {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - CNN's Bennett asked of Lewis' statement about McCain campaign, "Why didn't Obama say it was wrong?" -- but Obama did http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/cnn-s-bennett-asked-of-lewis-statement-about-mccain-20081014518.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/cnn-s-bennett-asked-of-lewis-statement-about-mccain-20081014518.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:44:11 GMT During CNN's October 15 postdebate coverage, CNN contributor Bill Bennett asked, "Why didn't [Sen. Barack] Obama say it was wrong?" -- referring to an October 11 statement by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) that invoked George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama, in criticizing "the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, during the debate, Obama said of Lewis' statement, "I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate." Indeed, in an October 11 statement, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said: Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States "pals around with terrorists." As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead. From the CNN debate transcript: Schieffer: Sen. Obama, your campaign has used words like "erratic," "out of touch," "lie," "angry," "losing his bearings" to describe Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain, your commercials have included words like "disrespectful," "dangerous," "dishonorable," "he lied." Your running mate said he "palled around with terrorists." Are each of you tonight willing to sit at this table and say to each other's face what your campaigns and the people in your campaigns have said about each other? And, Sen. McCain, you're first. McCain: Well, this has been a tough campaign. It's been a very tough campaign. And I know from my experience in many campaigns that, if Sen. Obama had asked -- responded to my urgent request to sit down, and do town hall meetings, and come before the American people, we could have done at least 10 of them by now. When Sen. Obama was first asked, he said, "Any place, any time," the way Barry Goldwater and Jack Kennedy agreed to do, before the intervention of the tragedy at Dallas. So I think the tone of this campaign could have been very different. And the fact is, it's gotten pretty tough. And I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable. One of them happened just the other day, when a man I admire and respect -- I've written about him -- Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful. And, Sen. Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks. Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them. I hope that Sen. Obama will repudiate those remarks that were made by Congressman John Lewis, very unfair and totally inappropriate. So I want to tell you, we will run a truthful campaign. This is a tough campaign. And it's a matter of fact that Sen. Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history. And I can prove it. And, Sen. Obama, when he said -- and he signed a piece of paper that said he would take public financing for his campaign if I did -- that was back when he was a long-shot candidate -- you didn't keep your word. And when you looked into the camera in a debate with Sen. Clinton and said, "I will sit down and negotiate with John McCain about public financing before I make a decision," you didn't tell the American people the truth because you didn't. And that's -- that's -- that's an unfortunate part. Now we have the highest spending by Sen. Obama's campaign than any time since Watergate. Schieffer: Time's up. All right. Obama: Well, look, you know, I think that we expect presidential campaigns to be tough. I think that, if you look at the record and the impressions of the American people -- Bob, your network just did a poll, showing that two-thirds of the American people think that Sen. McCain is running a negative campaign versus one-third of mine. And 100 percent, John, of your ads -- 100 percent of them have been negative. McCain: It's not true. Obama: It absolutely is true. And, now, I think the American people are less interested in our hurt feelings during the course of the campaign than addressing the issues that matter to them so deeply. And there is nothing wrong with us having a vigorous debate like we're having tonight about health care, about energy policy, about tax policy. That's the stuff that campaigns should be made of. The notion, though, that because we're not doing town hall meetings that justifies some of the ads that have been going up, not just from your own campaign directly, John, but 527s and other organizations that make some pretty tough accusations, well, I don't mind being attacked for the next three weeks. What the American people can't afford, though, is four more years of failed economic policies. And what they deserve over the next four weeks is that we talk about what's most pressing to them: the economic crisis. Sen. McCain's own campaign said publicly last week that, if we keep on talking about the economic crisis, we lose, so we need to change the subject. And I would love to see the next three weeks devoted to talking about the economy, devoted to talking about health care, devoted to talking about energy, and figuring out how the American people can send their kids to college. And that is something that I would welcome. But it requires, I think, a recognition that politics as usual, as been practiced over the last several years, is not solving the big problems here in America. McCain: Well, if you'll turn on the television, as I -- I watched the Arizona Cardinals defeat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Obama: Congratulations. McCain: Every other ad -- ever other ad was an attack ad on my health care plan. And any objective observer has said it's not true. You're running ads right now that say that I oppose federal funding for stem cell research. I don't. You're running ads that misportray completely my position on immigration. So the fact is that Sen. Obama is spending unprecedented -- unprecedented in the history of American politics, going back to the beginning, amounts of money in negative attack ads on me. And of course, I've been talking about the economy. Of course, I've talked to people like Joe the plumber and tell him that I'm not going to spread his wealth around. I'm going to let him keep his wealth. And of course, we're talking about positive plan of action to restore this economy and restore jobs in America. That's what my campaign is all about and that's what it'll continue to be all about. But again, I did not hear a repudiation of Congressman... Obama: I mean, look, if we want to talk about Congressman Lewis, who is an American hero, he, unprompted by my campaign, without my campaign's awareness, made a statement that he was troubled with what he was hearing at some of the rallies that your running mate was holding, in which all the Republican reports indicated were shouting, when my name came up, things like "terrorist" and "kill him," and that you're running mate didn't mention, didn't stop, didn't say "Hold on a second, that's kind of out of line." And I think Congressman Lewis' point was that we have to be careful about how we deal with our supporters. Now... McCain: You've got to read what he said... (CROSSTALK) Obama: Let -- let -- let... McCain: You've got to read what he said. Obama: Let me -- let me complete... Schieffer: Go ahead. Obama: ... my response. I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. And, in fact, afterwards, Congressman Lewis put out a similar statement, saying that he had probably gone over the line. The important point here is, though, the American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit- for-tat and back-and-forth. And what they want is the ability to just focus on some really big challenges that we face right now, and that's what I have been trying to focus on this entire campaign. From CNN's postdebate coverage: ROLAND MARTIN (CNN political analyst): But here's the deal. In terms of -- McCain came out very strong. The reality is, when you came to pocketbook issues, Obama scored well. Health care -- numbers off the charts. Scored well -- education. McCain was sort of in the middle. The reality is, McCain, where he failed was when he -- he spent more time talking about John Lewis and wanting an apology then trying to explain what he's going to do to the American people BENNETT: Well, why didn't he get one? Why didn't he get one? MARTIN: Well, first of all, call John Lewis if he wants an apology. So, the reality is -- BENNETT: Why didn't Obama say it was wrong? MARTIN: Because the bottom line is here: If you want to be president, talk to the American people. That's where I think he failed tonight, in that portion right there. He could have had a extremely strong night. He spent far too much time on Ayers and John Lewis. Mediamatters.Org CNN's Bennett asked of Lewis' statement about McCain campaign, "Why didn't Obama say it was wrong?" -- but Obama did {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - During CNN's October 15 postdebate coverage, CNN contributor Bill Bennett asked, "Why didn't [Sen. Barack] Obama say it was wrong?" -- referring to an October 11 statement by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) that invoked George Wallace, the segregationist former governor of Alabama, in criticizing "the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign." In fact, during the debate, Obama said of Lewis' statement, "I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate." Indeed, in an October 11 statement, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said: Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States "pals around with terrorists." As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead. From the CNN debate transcript: Schieffer: Sen. Obama, your campaign has used words like "erratic," "out of touch," "lie," "angry," "losing his bearings" to describe Sen. McCain. Sen. McCain, your commercials have included words like "disrespectful," "dangerous," "dishonorable," "he lied." Your running mate said he "palled around with terrorists." Are each of you tonight willing to sit at this table and say to each other's face what your campaigns and the people in your campaigns have said about each other? And, Sen. McCain, you're first. McCain: Well, this has been a tough campaign. It's been a very tough campaign. And I know from my experience in many campaigns that, if Sen. Obama had asked -- responded to my urgent request to sit down, and do town hall meetings, and come before the American people, we could have done at least 10 of them by now. When Sen. Obama was first asked, he said, "Any place, any time," the way Barry Goldwater and Jack Kennedy agreed to do, before the intervention of the tragedy at Dallas. So I think the tone of this campaign could have been very different. And the fact is, it's gotten pretty tough. And I regret some of the negative aspects of both campaigns. But the fact is that it has taken many turns which I think are unacceptable. One of them happened just the other day, when a man I admire and respect -- I've written about him -- Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the worst chapter in American history, segregation, deaths of children in church bombings, George Wallace. That, to me, was so hurtful. And, Sen. Obama, you didn't repudiate those remarks. Every time there's been an out-of-bounds remark made by a Republican, no matter where they are, I have repudiated them. I hope that Sen. Obama will repudiate those remarks that were made by Congressman John Lewis, very unfair and totally inappropriate. So I want to tell you, we will run a truthful campaign. This is a tough campaign. And it's a matter of fact that Sen. Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history. And I can prove it. And, Sen. Obama, when he said -- and he signed a piece of paper that said he would take public financing for his campaign if I did -- that was back when he was a long-shot candidate -- you didn't keep your word. And when you looked into the camera in a debate with Sen. Clinton and said, "I will sit down and negotiate with John McCain about public financing before I make a decision," you didn't tell the American people the truth because you didn't. And that's -- that's -- that's an unfortunate part. Now we have the highest spending by Sen. Obama's campaign than any time since Watergate. Schieffer: Time's up. All right. Obama: Well, look, you know, I think that we expect presidential campaigns to be tough. I think that, if you look at the record and the impressions of the American people -- Bob, your network just did a poll, showing that two-thirds of the American people think that Sen. McCain is running a negative campaign versus one-third of mine. And 100 percent, John, of your ads -- 100 percent of them have been negative. McCain: It's not true. Obama: It absolutely is true. And, now, I think the American people are less interested in our hurt feelings during the course of the campaign than addressing the issues that matter to them so deeply. And there is nothing wrong with us having a vigorous debate like we're having tonight about health care, about energy policy, about tax policy. That's the stuff that campaigns should be made of. The notion, though, that because we're not doing town hall meetings that justifies some of the ads that have been going up, not just from your own campaign directly, John, but 527s and other organizations that make some pretty tough accusations, well, I don't mind being attacked for the next three weeks. What the American people can't afford, though, is four more years of failed economic policies. And what they deserve over the next four weeks is that we talk about what's most pressing to them: the economic crisis. Sen. McCain's own campaign said publicly last week that, if we keep on talking about the economic crisis, we lose, so we need to change the subject. And I would love to see the next three weeks devoted to talking about the economy, devoted to talking about health care, devoted to talking about energy, and figuring out how the American people can send their kids to college. And that is something that I would welcome. But it requires, I think, a recognition that politics as usual, as been practiced over the last several years, is not solving the big problems here in America. McCain: Well, if you'll turn on the television, as I -- I watched the Arizona Cardinals defeat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Obama: Congratulations. McCain: Every other ad -- ever other ad was an attack ad on my health care plan. And any objective observer has said it's not true. You're running ads right now that say that I oppose federal funding for stem cell research. I don't. You're running ads that misportray completely my position on immigration. So the fact is that Sen. Obama is spending unprecedented -- unprecedented in the history of American politics, going back to the beginning, amounts of money in negative attack ads on me. And of course, I've been talking about the economy. Of course, I've talked to people like Joe the plumber and tell him that I'm not going to spread his wealth around. I'm going to let him keep his wealth. And of course, we're talking about positive plan of action to restore this economy and restore jobs in America. That's what my campaign is all about and that's what it'll continue to be all about. But again, I did not hear a repudiation of Congressman... Obama: I mean, look, if we want to talk about Congressman Lewis, who is an American hero, he, unprompted by my campaign, without my campaign's awareness, made a statement that he was troubled with what he was hearing at some of the rallies that your running mate was holding, in which all the Republican reports indicated were shouting, when my name came up, things like "terrorist" and "kill him," and that you're running mate didn't mention, didn't stop, didn't say "Hold on a second, that's kind of out of line." And I think Congressman Lewis' point was that we have to be careful about how we deal with our supporters. Now... McCain: You've got to read what he said... (CROSSTALK) Obama: Let -- let -- let... McCain: You've got to read what he said. Obama: Let me -- let me complete... Schieffer: Go ahead. Obama: ... my response. I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate. And, in fact, afterwards, Congressman Lewis put out a similar statement, saying that he had probably gone over the line. The important point here is, though, the American people have become so cynical about our politics, because all they see is a tit- for-tat and back-and-forth. And what they want is the ability to just focus on some really big challenges that we face right now, and that's what I have been trying to focus on this entire campaign. From CNN's postdebate coverage: ROLAND MARTIN (CNN political analyst): But here's the deal. In terms of -- McCain came out very strong. The reality is, when you came to pocketbook issues, Obama scored well. Health care -- numbers off the charts. Scored well -- education. McCain was sort of in the middle. The reality is, McCain, where he failed was when he -- he spent more time talking about John Lewis and wanting an apology then trying to explain what he's going to do to the American people BENNETT: Well, why didn't he get one? Why didn't he get one? MARTIN: Well, first of all, call John Lewis if he wants an apology. So, the reality is -- BENNETT: Why didn't Obama say it was wrong? MARTIN: Because the bottom line is here: If you want to be president, talk to the American people. That's where I think he failed tonight, in that portion right there. He could have had a extremely strong night. He spent far too much time on Ayers and John Lewis.
Media Matters - CNN's Bennett asked of Lewis' statement about McCain campaign, "Why didn't Obama say it was wrong?" -- but Obama did {...} During postdebate coverage, Bill Bennett asked, "Why didn't [Sen. Barack] Obama say it was wrong?" -- referring to a statement by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) that invoked George Wallace. In fact, during the debate, Obama said of Lewis' statement, "I do think that he inappropriately drew a comparison between what was happening there and what had happened during the civil rights movement, and we immediately put out a statement saying that we don't think that comparison is appropriate." {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - CNN's Griffin suggested ACORN should not hire "recovering alcoholics" and "homeless people" http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/cnn-s-griffin-suggested-acorn-should-not-hire-recovering-20081040330.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/cnn-s-griffin-suggested-acorn-should-not-hire-recovering-20081040330.htm Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:51:01 GMT On the October 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin suggested that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) should not hire "recovering alcoholics" and "homeless people" to participate in their voter registration drives. During the segment, Griffin interviewed Philadelphia Deputy City Commissioner Fred Voigt, who stated of ACORN's registration efforts, "We know that there have been people who have not been able to meet their quota, and they get fired. They are facing the prospect of being fired. And the people who are doing this are in many cases homeless. In many cases, they're recovering drug addicts, recovering alcoholics, who are desperate for money." Then, in an interview with ACORN's Philadelphia director Junette Marcano, Griffin asked: "[W]hy is the deputy city commissioner of Philadelphia telling me that ACORN is hiring recovering alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless people, who are so desperate to get money that they know that, if they don't make their quota, they just fill in any old name?" After Marcano replied, "That is not the point. ... We did not deliberately go out there and say, you are homeless, you are a recovering alcoholic, you are decrepit," Griffin asked: "But has it presented itself as a problem to ACORN? Wouldn't ACORN like to run a nice, clean, smooth voter registration drive?" Recovering alcoholics are under certain circumstances protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to the ADA website: Q. Are alcoholics covered by the ADA? A. Yes. While a current illegal user of drugs is not protected by the ADA if an employer acts on the basis of such use, a person who currently uses alcohol is not automatically denied protection. An alcoholic is a person with a disability and is protected by the ADA if s/he is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job. An employer may be required to provide an accommodation to an alcoholic. However, an employer can discipline, discharge or deny employment to an alcoholic whose use of alcohol adversely affects job performance or conduct. An employer also may prohibit the use of alcohol in the workplace and can require that employees not be under the influence of alcohol. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to the ADA, "[m]any people with past and current alcohol problems and past drug use disorders" are also protected by The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and The Workforce Investment Act (WIA). HHS notes that "[i]n general," an employer "[m]ay not deny a job to or fire a person because he or she is in treatment or in recovery from a substance use disorder, unless the person's disorder would prevent safe and competent job performance." From the October 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room: BLITZER: Let's get a closer look at this voter registration controversy. Drew Griffin of CNN's Special Investigations Unit is joining us now live from Philadelphia. You have been looking closely into this. What are you picking up, Drew? GRIFFIN: This is the latest spot where those investigations are under way, Wolf. In fact, I can tell you and [CNN correspondent] Brian [Todd] that the city of Philadelphia has sent 1,500 what they say are fraudulent voter registration forms to the U.S. attorney here to be investigated. All 1,500 from one group, ACORN. This is Deputy City Commissioner Fred Voigt. [begin video clip] GRIFFIN: Is ACORN a group that has been problematic in its organizing of these voter registration drives? VOIGT: Absolutely. GRIFFIN: Have you tried to work with them to explain to them -- VOIGT: Absolutely. GRIFFIN: Why -- this is -- VOIGT: I don't -- I don't have an answer for you, OK? GRIFFIN: Right. VOIGT: All right? We originally -- I mean, this has been going on for a number of years. We have met with them. We have talked to them. We know that there have been people who have not been able to meet their quota, and they get fired. They're facing the prospect of being fired. And the people who are doing this are in many cases homeless. In many cases, they're recovering drug addicts, recovering alcoholics who are desperate for money. GRIFFIN: So, the quota system is pretty much the same thing as a pay -- VOIGT: It's a different -- GRIFFIN: Different form of the same thing? VOIGT: Different form of the same thing. [end video clip] GRIFFIN: That's deputy commissioner Fred Voigt saying, basically, ACORN is setting up the voter registration drive where they pay people to register people to vote. It sets up this atmosphere where they have to get them in or they don't get paid, Wolf. And that leads to fraud, specifically because they're hiring these homeless people to actually go out and gather votes. We tracked down the ACORN director here in Philadelphia. Her name is Junette Marcano. Here is what she said, not denying any of that. [begin video clip] MARCANO: If someone needs a job, and we are a community organization that services low- and middle-income families, who are we supposed to assist? GRIFFIN: But, I mean, just because you are low-income does not mean you'll commit fraud. MARCANO: No. And that is not our point. That's our point. Just because you are low-income, you're not supposed to have a second chance at earning a fair income? GRIFFIN: Why is the city -- why is the deputy city commissioner of Philadelphia telling me that ACORN is hiring recovering alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless people who are so desperate to get money that they know that if they don't make their quota, they just fill in any old name? That is what he's telling me. MARCANO: That is not the point. GRIFFIN: That's not the point? MARCANO: No, that is not the point. GRIFFIN: What is the point? MARCANO: We did not deliberately go out there and say, you are homeless, you are a recovering alcoholic, you are decrepit. GRIFFIN: But has it presented itself as a problem to ACORN? Wouldn't ACORN like to run a nice, clean, smooth voter registration drive? MARCANO: We have run -- we have done that, because if we have been able to register 85,000 -- above 85,000 good registrants, compared to 5,000 suspect cards, we have done a good job. [end video clip] GRIFFIN: The actual number here, Wolf, city officials tell us close to 8,000 -- 8,000 of those ACORN registrations could be fraudulent. They're being looked at right now here in Philadelphia, and 1,500 sent over to the U.S. attorney for possible criminal investigation -- Wolf. BLITZER: And it could be embarrassing, obviously could be very embarrassing. Mediamatters.Org CNN's Griffin suggested ACORN should not hire "recovering alcoholics" and "homeless people" {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - On the October 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, CNN investigative correspondent Drew Griffin suggested that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) should not hire "recovering alcoholics" and "homeless people" to participate in their voter registration drives. During the segment, Griffin interviewed Philadelphia Deputy City Commissioner Fred Voigt, who stated of ACORN's registration efforts, "We know that there have been people who have not been able to meet their quota, and they get fired. They are facing the prospect of being fired. And the people who are doing this are in many cases homeless. In many cases, they're recovering drug addicts, recovering alcoholics, who are desperate for money." Then, in an interview with ACORN's Philadelphia director Junette Marcano, Griffin asked: "[W]hy is the deputy city commissioner of Philadelphia telling me that ACORN is hiring recovering alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless people, who are so desperate to get money that they know that, if they don't make their quota, they just fill in any old name?" After Marcano replied, "That is not the point. ... We did not deliberately go out there and say, you are homeless, you are a recovering alcoholic, you are decrepit," Griffin asked: "But has it presented itself as a problem to ACORN? Wouldn't ACORN like to run a nice, clean, smooth voter registration drive?" Recovering alcoholics are under certain circumstances protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to the ADA website: Q. Are alcoholics covered by the ADA? A. Yes. While a current illegal user of drugs is not protected by the ADA if an employer acts on the basis of such use, a person who currently uses alcohol is not automatically denied protection. An alcoholic is a person with a disability and is protected by the ADA if s/he is qualified to perform the essential functions of the job. An employer may be required to provide an accommodation to an alcoholic. However, an employer can discipline, discharge or deny employment to an alcoholic whose use of alcohol adversely affects job performance or conduct. An employer also may prohibit the use of alcohol in the workplace and can require that employees not be under the influence of alcohol. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in addition to the ADA, "[m]any people with past and current alcohol problems and past drug use disorders" are also protected by The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Fair Housing Act (FHA) and The Workforce Investment Act (WIA). HHS notes that "[i]n general," an employer "[m]ay not deny a job to or fire a person because he or she is in treatment or in recovery from a substance use disorder, unless the person's disorder would prevent safe and competent job performance." From the October 14 edition of CNN's The Situation Room: BLITZER: Let's get a closer look at this voter registration controversy. Drew Griffin of CNN's Special Investigations Unit is joining us now live from Philadelphia. You have been looking closely into this. What are you picking up, Drew? GRIFFIN: This is the latest spot where those investigations are under way, Wolf. In fact, I can tell you and [CNN correspondent] Brian [Todd] that the city of Philadelphia has sent 1,500 what they say are fraudulent voter registration forms to the U.S. attorney here to be investigated. All 1,500 from one group, ACORN. This is Deputy City Commissioner Fred Voigt. [begin video clip] GRIFFIN: Is ACORN a group that has been problematic in its organizing of these voter registration drives? VOIGT: Absolutely. GRIFFIN: Have you tried to work with them to explain to them -- VOIGT: Absolutely. GRIFFIN: Why -- this is -- VOIGT: I don't -- I don't have an answer for you, OK? GRIFFIN: Right. VOIGT: All right? We originally -- I mean, this has been going on for a number of years. We have met with them. We have talked to them. We know that there have been people who have not been able to meet their quota, and they get fired. They're facing the prospect of being fired. And the people who are doing this are in many cases homeless. In many cases, they're recovering drug addicts, recovering alcoholics who are desperate for money. GRIFFIN: So, the quota system is pretty much the same thing as a pay -- VOIGT: It's a different -- GRIFFIN: Different form of the same thing? VOIGT: Different form of the same thing. [end video clip] GRIFFIN: That's deputy commissioner Fred Voigt saying, basically, ACORN is setting up the voter registration drive where they pay people to register people to vote. It sets up this atmosphere where they have to get them in or they don't get paid, Wolf. And that leads to fraud, specifically because they're hiring these homeless people to actually go out and gather votes. We tracked down the ACORN director here in Philadelphia. Her name is Junette Marcano. Here is what she said, not denying any of that. [begin video clip] MARCANO: If someone needs a job, and we are a community organization that services low- and middle-income families, who are we supposed to assist? GRIFFIN: But, I mean, just because you are low-income does not mean you'll commit fraud. MARCANO: No. And that is not our point. That's our point. Just because you are low-income, you're not supposed to have a second chance at earning a fair income? GRIFFIN: Why is the city -- why is the deputy city commissioner of Philadelphia telling me that ACORN is hiring recovering alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless people who are so desperate to get money that they know that if they don't make their quota, they just fill in any old name? That is what he's telling me. MARCANO: That is not the point. GRIFFIN: That's not the point? MARCANO: No, that is not the point. GRIFFIN: What is the point? MARCANO: We did not deliberately go out there and say, you are homeless, you are a recovering alcoholic, you are decrepit. GRIFFIN: But has it presented itself as a problem to ACORN? Wouldn't ACORN like to run a nice, clean, smooth voter registration drive? MARCANO: We have run -- we have done that, because if we have been able to register 85,000 -- above 85,000 good registrants, compared to 5,000 suspect cards, we have done a good job. [end video clip] GRIFFIN: The actual number here, Wolf, city officials tell us close to 8,000 -- 8,000 of those ACORN registrations could be fraudulent. They're being looked at right now here in Philadelphia, and 1,500 sent over to the U.S. attorney for possible criminal investigation -- Wolf. BLITZER: And it could be embarrassing, obviously could be very embarrassing.
Media Matters - CNN's Griffin suggested ACORN should not hire "recovering alcoholics" and "homeless people" {...} In a report on ACORN's voter registration drives, CNN's Drew Griffin asked an ACORN official: "[W]hy is the deputy city commissioner of Philadelphia telling me that ACORN is hiring recovering alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless people, who are so desperate to get money that they know that, if they don't make their quota, they just fill in any old name?" After the official responded, "That is not the point," Griffin asked: "But has it presented itself as a problem to ACORN? Wouldn't ACORN like to run a nice, clean, smooth voter registration drive?" {...}
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]]> Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/drew-friedman-mccain-obama-as-kirk-spock-2008106946.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/drew-friedman-mccain-obama-as-kirk-spock-2008106946.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:34:31 GMT My favorite living portrait artist Drew Friedman painted this incredible piece for a New York Observer article on the "Weirdest Presidential Race of the 21st Century." From The Observer: Leonard Nimoy approves of Barack Obama?s emotional detachment and logical approach to campaigning. ?He is measured and stable,? said Mr. Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, and who has supported Mr. Obama since they first met about a year and a half ago at a small Los Angeles fund-raiser. ?It?s true that he has an intellect that works for him, he handles difficult problems with aplomb. Reliability and stability are very important assets in this race, in these particularly volatile times.? Mr. Obama, as far as anybody knows, does not greet strangers with a cloven V salute, practice debilitating neck pinches, bleed green or have a constitutional incapacity to fib. But his methodical, unflappable style and otherworldly resistance to overt displays of emotion?not to mention his temperamental inability, or refusal, to connect on a visceral level with working-class voters?makes him, by contemporary candidate standards, downright alien. That?s usually not a good thing. Yet, with less than a month until Election Day 2008, the Vulcan is winning. "Be Logical, Captain!" Previously on BB: ? Drew Friedman: George W. Bush as The Joker ? Drew Friedman: Barack Obama portrait ? Drew Friedman's Old Jewish Comedians ? Drew Friedman, comic artist: Get Illuminated! podcast... Boingboing.Net Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - My favorite living portrait artist Drew Friedman painted this incredible piece for a New York Observer article on the "Weirdest Presidential Race of the 21st Century." From The Observer: Leonard Nimoy approves of Barack Obama?s emotional detachment and logical approach to campaigning. ?He is measured and stable,? said Mr. Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, and who has supported Mr. Obama since they first met about a year and a half ago at a small Los Angeles fund-raiser. ?It?s true that he has an intellect that works for him, he handles difficult problems with aplomb. Reliability and stability are very important assets in this race, in these particularly volatile times.? Mr. Obama, as far as anybody knows, does not greet strangers with a cloven V salute, practice debilitating neck pinches, bleed green or have a constitutional incapacity to fib. But his methodical, unflappable style and otherworldly resistance to overt displays of emotion?not to mention his temperamental inability, or refusal, to connect on a visceral level with working-class voters?makes him, by contemporary candidate standards, downright alien. That?s usually not a good thing. Yet, with less than a month until Election Day 2008, the Vulcan is winning. "Be Logical, Captain!" Previously on BB: ? Drew Friedman: George W. Bush as The Joker ? Drew Friedman: Barack Obama portrait ? Drew Friedman's Old Jewish Comedians ? Drew Friedman, comic artist: Get Illuminated! podcast...
Drew Friedman: McCain/Obama as Kirk/Spock - Boing Boing {...}
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]]> Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk {HEALTH > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Stem-Cell Study Used Falsified Data http://articles.world-of-newave.info/health/news-and-media/stem-cell-study-used-falsified-data-20081049311.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/health/news-and-media/stem-cell-study-used-falsified-data-20081049311.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:52:23 GMT University of Minnesota concludes stem-cell research drew on falsified data. Abcnews.Go.Com Stem-Cell Study Used Falsified Data {new window}   Abcnews.Go.Com - University of Minnesota concludes stem-cell research drew on falsified data.
ABC News: University: Stem-Cell Study Used Falsified Data {...} Stem-Cell Study Used Falsified Data {...}
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Category: Health > News and Media

]]> Health > News and Media {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Trip with Rick http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/trip-with-rick-2008104268.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/trip-with-rick-2008104268.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:16:21 GMT Rick Veitch is the comics writer and artist who got famous for the Swamp Thing issues he drew for Alan Moore, and is probably still best known for a later issue he planned (the infamous cancelled #88) in which Swamp Thing went back in time, met Jesus and served as the cross on which the messiah was crucified. Although Moore resurrected Swamp Thing, it was Veitch who wrote that story about a hippy actually eating one of the monster's tubers and tripping Veitch continued the series' psychedelic path and took it in some even more dangerous directions. Veitch split from DC for many years, and became a sensation on his own, publishing extremely bizarre yet resonant psychedelic fables. Psychedelic being the operative word. Now they're back - bigger and brighter than ever before. And in my experience, it's the first time a second dose has packed more wallop than the first. His seminal 1980's graphic novel Brat Pack which will finally be republished in a deluxe edition in spring 2009, read like Teen Titans on crank, and served as a template for those super-bad-ass do-gooders in The Boys, Authority, and Kick Ass. He's also reprinting very high quality editions of his classics The Maximortal (free preview) and my personal favorite, Heartburst (which includes a reprint of the almost forgotten ?Mirror Of Love? with Alan Moore and S.R. Bissette). Veitch also drew a story for Harvey Pekar in Smith's fabulous ongoing Next Door Neighbor series (disclosure, my wife has one coming up, as well), and is starting his second year of a disturbingly entertaining war comedy-horror series for Vertigo called Army @ Love. Douglas Rushkoff is a guest blogger.... Boingboing.Net Trip with Rick {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - Rick Veitch is the comics writer and artist who got famous for the Swamp Thing issues he drew for Alan Moore, and is probably still best known for a later issue he planned (the infamous cancelled #88) in which Swamp Thing went back in time, met Jesus and served as the cross on which the messiah was crucified. Although Moore resurrected Swamp Thing, it was Veitch who wrote that story about a hippy actually eating one of the monster's tubers and tripping Veitch continued the series' psychedelic path and took it in some even more dangerous directions. Veitch split from DC for many years, and became a sensation on his own, publishing extremely bizarre yet resonant psychedelic fables. Psychedelic being the operative word. Now they're back - bigger and brighter than ever before. And in my experience, it's the first time a second dose has packed more wallop than the first. His seminal 1980's graphic novel Brat Pack which will finally be republished in a deluxe edition in spring 2009, read like Teen Titans on crank, and served as a template for those super-bad-ass do-gooders in The Boys, Authority, and Kick Ass. He's also reprinting very high quality editions of his classics The Maximortal (free preview) and my personal favorite, Heartburst (which includes a reprint of the almost forgotten ?Mirror Of Love? with Alan Moore and S.R. Bissette). Veitch also drew a story for Harvey Pekar in Smith's fabulous ongoing Next Door Neighbor series (disclosure, my wife has one coming up, as well), and is starting his second year of a disturbingly entertaining war comedy-horror series for Vertigo called Army @ Love. Douglas Rushkoff is a guest blogger....
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Category: Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk

]]> Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk {RESOURCES > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Palin-Biden debate sets TV ratings record http://articles.world-of-newave.info/sports/resources/news-and-media/palin-biden-debate-sets-tv-ratings-record-2008102826.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/sports/resources/news-and-media/palin-biden-debate-sets-tv-ratings-record-2008102826.htm Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:23:34 GMT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sarah Palin's televised showdown with Joe Biden drew nearly 70 million U.S. viewers, far surpassing last week's John McCain-Barack Obama face-off and ranking as the most watched vice presidential debate ever. Reuters.Com Palin-Biden debate sets TV ratings record {new window}   Www.Reuters.Com - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sarah Palin's televised showdown with Joe Biden drew nearly 70 million U.S. viewers, far surpassing last week's John McCain-Barack Obama face-off and ranking as the most watched vice presidential debate ever.
Palin-Biden debate sets TV ratings record| Reuters {...} LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sarah Palin's televised showdown with Joe Biden drew nearly 70 million U.S. viewers, far surpassing last week's John McCain-Barack Obama face-off and ranking as the most watched {...}
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Category: Sports > Resources > News and Media

]]> Sports > Resources > News and Media {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - Paris fashion week: clowning aound http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/paris-fashion-week-clowning-aound-2008106263.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/paris-fashion-week-clowning-aound-2008106263.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:05:10 GMT Indian designer, Manish Arora drew crowds for his circus themed catwalk show yesterday. The only things missing were a lion tamer and Nellie the elephant Guardian.Co.Uk Paris fashion week: clowning aound {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - Indian designer, Manish Arora drew crowds for his circus themed catwalk show yesterday. The only things missing were a lion tamer and Nellie the elephant
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Category: Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media > Newspapers

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