Archives: February, 2005

Nailed That
Trish Ponder | Feb. 24, 2005

Good letter to the editor in a local paper:
Editor: Mr. Bush proposes to do for Social Security what he did for Iraq – destroy its structure and shift its assets over to his corporate buddies. Also analogous to Iraq – this is to be done because of a crisis that does not exist, and [...]

What’s Going On
Trish Ponder | Feb. 22, 2005

“The goal of the modern conservative movement, as embodied by George W. Bush, is not just a simple majority of conservative thought – rather, it is the elimination of everything but conservative thought.” – Oliver Willis

Goodbye, Hunter S. Thompson
Trish Ponder | Feb. 21, 2005

He was living proof that there’s a lot of good in a bad example.

MSM MIA
Trish Ponder | Feb. 20, 2005

I just watched the entire episode of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, thinking it would be the best shot for hearing SOMETHING about the Jeff Gannon story on a broadcast network. Instead, their big news item was the “secret” George Bush tapes, which I can’t help but notice show W in the most flattering light. [...]

The White House Hopes You Won’t Read This
Jon Ponder | Feb. 12, 2005

As is its habit, late yesterday, after the million-dollar babies in the Washington press had adjourned for the weekend, the White House released details of the programs it plans to cut in education, children’s health and small business support. The AP gives us a skim:
In the new list, Bush asked lawmakers to eliminate programs worth [...]

Topics: Politics

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Plight of the Swingsters
Jon Ponder | Feb. 11, 2005

On Monday, in the afterglow of the media’s positive reports about the Iraqi elections, the February 7 Gallup Poll/CNN poll gave Bush a 57 percent approval rating – his highest rating since the capture of Saddam Hussein. Now, just four days later, the glow has apparently faded completely. According to the Associated Press, [...]

Topics: Congress, Politics

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The Usual Rabid Suspects
Trish Ponder | Feb. 10, 2005

Florida is looking into the money behind the fight to keep Terri Schiavo on life support. Her parents’ Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation is receiving funding from big right to life groups, but what it’s doing with that money isn’t clear.
According to a story in the Palm Beach Post, donations are being solicited at terrisfight.org to, “offset [...]

Topics: Politics

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Put the Huggies and Wings on Clinton?
Trish Ponder | Feb. 10, 2005

Don’t know if this story is getting much play outside the advertising community, but it should, for comic relief if nothing else. The huge firm Ogilvy & Mather is defending itself against charges it overbilled the Clinton Administration’s White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
According to Ad Age online, an O&M exec sought [...]

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Party Pyramid
Trish Ponder | Feb. 8, 2005

Interesting story in the in the St. Petersburg Times. Evidently the dying act of the chair of Amway, Jay Van Andel, was to give the largest contribution by an individual to a state party in Florida. And guess which party it was?
” Records show that starting July 27, he made 10 $100,000 donations to the [...]

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This Show is Rated G for Gullible
Trish Ponder | Feb. 3, 2005

Amazing there are still people (like my mother) out there who fall for the staged performances of the Bush crowd.
A story in the St. Petersburg Times exposes the process for how “ordinary folks” are recruited for presidential appearances. Bush speaks in Tampa, across the bay from St. Pete, Friday.
Let’s see, who would definitely support [...]

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