Investment. Spending. Victory. And Buying Fryolators.
Do you Angel invest? If you do, you know it involves writing a check. One that you might not ever see come back. Or one that may be fruitful and multiply, and come back in expanded form to you later....
View ArticleWhose job is it - to create jobs? "GOP Eyes Rules That Firms Say Hurt Jobs"...
“House Republicans are scrutinizing a wide array of existing and proposed Obama administration regulations in areas as diverse as the environment and Wall Street, and they are taking guidance from...
View ArticleDependable. Clinical. Intellectual, Cynical. It's CNBC Squawkbox.
Pat Toomey is hosting Squawkbox? OK, I said. But that’s so obvious! How about someone like Joe Sestak as guest host of Squawkbox? Now *that* would be interesting. Admiral Sestak meets bankers. I...
View ArticleFolksy Honesty or a Calculated Hedge? Or both? Daniels on MTP.
Whether I’m teaching or posting on my own Facebook page, I love to ask everyone to: “Watch this! With a communications director's hat on.” I may make this role play format the basis of an ongoing...
View ArticleHow to Leap from a Light Bulb. Senator Paul and the Eloquence of Context.
As we prepare for tomorrow’s much awaited press conference announcing the latest endeavor by a group of GOP Senators to pursue a Federal Balanced Budget Amendment, I’d like to talk about light bulbs....
View ArticleThe Truth is Out There. Legislative Priority 2011-2012: The Fed?
Many thanks to those who have sent me questions via email and my Facebook mailbox over the past hour or so in relation to my March 31st discussion about The Fed, its purpose, and its prospects for...
View ArticleNot just what John Chambers asks, but how and to whom. That's the question.
http://gigaom.com/cloud/cisco-what-went-wrong-and-what-needs-to-be-fixed/As I read Stacey Higginbotham's latest post in GigaOm (published 5 Apr 11), I considered initial observations on the...
View ArticleA Useful Incentive Called the Tax Code: Quick Thoughts on Nocera's OpEd on GE...
Earlier this week, via Facebook, I shared Joe Nocera's straightforward New York Times OpEd on GE and corporate taxes (Who Could Blame GE? 4 April 2011, link below.) It’s certainly a relevant topic...
View ArticleEarth to (campaign) manager. Come outta that silo!
I admit that I shared this video on Facebook for a quick shoptalk sort of laugh. Yet perhaps its dark humor comes from how grimly real it actually feels. Those animated characters seem like coworkers...
View ArticleOrganizing, Moralizing, Considering. And MoJo.
“Senator Toomey, let's just get some headlines for you ...how important is it to avoid a government shutdown…would it be potentially a possible compromise to take the Planned Parenthood rider out of...
View ArticleFrom my heart, but in your voice.
A little shoutout to those of us who have been given a sacred opportunity - to write words for someone else to say to the world. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Pinball Wizards and Lizards. How Federal Budgets Get Made.
RT @unfederaling What it is: a Federal #budget. How it was reported: as a bar room contest. Yep, that's how we saw it. It was all #pinball. I was reading Politico’s recap (http://bit.ly/hZzKey)...
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The GE Gifting Hoax of 13 April 2011. Whom? Why? A bit of fun conjecture.
GE Responds to Public Outcry – Will Donate Entire $3.2 Billion Tax Refund to Help offset Cuts and Sa Fairfield, CT, 13th April, 2011– GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt has informed the Obama administration that...
View Article'Moderate' is a Verb
How do you pronounce ‘Moderate?’ Well, that depends. Is it a noun, or a verb? Over the past week I’ve had the privilege of several discussions with members/staffers of the US Senate around the topic...
View ArticleCenter. Creative?
In a political party system where many view the Center as a mere blend between two far purer ideologies of conservatism and progressivism, Independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York often has...
View ArticleBlessed are the meek. Is Daniels running for President?
Blessed are the meek. For they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5) The Beatitudes are so beautiful. And so arguable. If you are prone to doing so, perhaps after a Sunday of Mass and football games,...
View ArticleThoughts, or quotes. 2:45am EDT. Led Zeppelin IV, and dating oneself in the...
There's a bill. I’m not working on the ‘bill itself.’ Just how to talk about that bill itself. While listening to this well known and well loved song. Wondering what our convenient political dualities...
View ArticleCorporate Ads. Political "Code."
My Facebook status update, dated May 9th 2011 reads as follows:The final extra credit project of the school year? Find a corporate ad. Not a political ad. A corporate one -That 'codes' a political...
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In a World of 'Versus'
Anyone who has seen a movie preview is familiar with the phrase, “in a world.” A voiceover of epic commanding basso introduces the preview we’re seeing. He says, “In a world … where the craze of...
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When Parties Get Social. The RNC Considers Something New.
I have to confess, I find it hard to talk about political communications without including Bruce Lee.I’m an avid mentioner of movies, MTV videos and pop culture memes in lecture. It’s all about...
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