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Someone called me a four-letter word
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Well, he called me “phony” (what “John Hancock” of Portsmouth, Ohio wrote is in red, what I wrote is in blue):
When someone 1). makes claims that go against numerous sites and publications and is only backed up by the Vote No on Issue 3 website, 2). makes claims that go against what two candidates themselves just stated at a rally here in Scioto County and 3). creates a fake Myspace profile just to post this comment so He/she can’t really be challenged with her/is identity known… well, I smell a rat.
I will repost what was this phony ID said, but I am blocking someone who can’t reveal is/her identity in a forum of free speech.
If you want to vote for Issue 3, and explain why, that’s great. Everyone should vote.
But a lot of the info you have in this post is just outright wrong. Blackwell is not for Issue 3. Strickland has campaigned against Issue 3. Sherrod Brown hasn’t stated a position on Issue 3. No deans or PTA groups have come out in favor of Issue 3. In fact, OSU, which is the largest public university in the country, specifically recommends against Issue 3.
Karl Rove is behind the opposition? I think not, but hey- if you have evidence, please feel free to produce it.
You are the one who needs to re-visit the OLE and Vote No websites to see who is on which side, because your list here is very inaccurate.
If Issue 3 is worthy of being passed, then let it stand on its own merits. Your attempt to enrich it by providing inaccurate and misleading information with no back-up is an additional negative strike.
Maybe she should look beyond her own Issue’s site and check the facts.
You can read the erudite Mr. Hancock’s original and inaccurate post about Issue 3 here.
What Mr. Hancock clearly doesn’t consider is that hey, I signed into MySpace ONLY for him. I don’t do MySpace. I can’t figure it out and it’s not my demographic. I’m addicted enough to this blog, let alone try to figure out something like MySpace. WAY too much information as far as I’m concerned. I giggled when I saw months ago the Ted Strickland had one – but you know, he has legions he needs to reach.
Anyway, John Hancock – I tried to find you and email you and tell you that yeah, my name is in fact Jill and that you should be flattered to know that I signed into MySpace for the first time ever just to leave that comment re: Issue 3.
I can tell that you really like to think things through and gather information and give people the benefit of the doubt.
Sigh. Hell – who knows? Maybe I really am a phony.
As they say, what. ever.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:25 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 10 Comments
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6
Clue #2 re: The Day After Interviewee
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One of the numerous groups this interviewee leads, assists or gave birth to produced and has available on the Internet state by state ratings about women’s influence and leadership in public life. Not surprisingly, Ohio receied a D minus for women’s political participation and ranted 36th in the number of women elected office.
Likewise, did you know that as of 2004, no woman of color has ever been elected Governor?
If I give any more clues, you’ll be able to google your way to discovering who I’ll be interviewing.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:55 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Someone called me a four-letter word
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Well, he called me “phony” (what “John Hancock” of Portsmouth, Ohio wrote is in red, what I wrote is in blue):
When someone 1). makes claims that go against numerous sites and publications and is only backed up by the Vote No on Issue 3 website, 2). makes claims that go against what two candidates themselves just stated at a rally here in Scioto County and 3). creates a fake Myspace profile just to post this comment so He/she can’t really be challenged with her/is identity known… well, I smell a rat.
I will repost what was this phony ID said, but I am blocking someone who can’t reveal is/her identity in a forum of free speech.
If you want to vote for Issue 3, and explain why, that’s great. Everyone should vote.
But a lot of the info you have in this post is just outright wrong. Blackwell is not for Issue 3. Strickland has campaigned against Issue 3. Sherrod Brown hasn’t stated a position on Issue 3. No deans or PTA groups have come out in favor of Issue 3. In fact, OSU, which is the largest public university in the country, specifically recommends against Issue 3.
Karl Rove is behind the opposition? I think not, but hey- if you have evidence, please feel free to produce it.
You are the one who needs to re-visit the OLE and Vote No websites to see who is on which side, because your list here is very inaccurate.
If Issue 3 is worthy of being passed, then let it stand on its own merits. Your attempt to enrich it by providing inaccurate and misleading information with no back-up is an additional negative strike.
Maybe she should look beyond her own Issue’s site and check the facts.
You can read the erudite Mr. Hancock’s original and inaccurate post about Issue 3 here.
What Mr. Hancock clearly doesn’t consider is that hey, I signed into MySpace ONLY for him. I don’t do MySpace. I can’t figure it out and it’s not my demographic. I’m addicted enough to this blog, let alone try to figure out something like MySpace. WAY too much information as far as I’m concerned. I giggled when I saw months ago the Ted Strickland had one – but you know, he has legions he needs to reach.
Anyway, John Hancock – I tried to find you and email you and tell you that yeah, my name is in fact Jill and that you should be flattered to know that I signed into MySpace for the first time ever just to leave that comment re: Issue 3.
I can tell that you really like to think things through and gather information and give people the benefit of the doubt.
Sigh. Hell – who knows? Maybe I really am a phony.
As they say, what. ever.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:25 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 10 Comments
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6
A Limerick (on Issue 3) for Election Day
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From our own Limerick Savant, an ode to Issue 3:
Learn and spurn
For the voter who’s tried to unscramble
Issue 3, I’ll provide this preamble:
We don’t need any slots;
They serve “haves” not “have-nots”
And Blackwell’s made voting the gamble.
Can’t add to that.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:49 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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6
VOTER IDENTIFICATION RULES
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The definitive information about voter ID rules can be found in this post on Ohio2006 (a letter from Subodh Chandra) or here on Pho’s Akron Pages, where Pho has actually put the info from the PDF into his blog post.
Thank you all for the information.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:00 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
Clue #2 re: The Day After Interviewee
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One of the numerous groups this interviewee leads, assists or gave birth to produced and has available on the Internet state by state ratings about women’s influence and leadership in public life. Not surprisingly, Ohio receied a D minus for women’s political participation and ranted 36th in the number of women elected office.
Likewise, did you know that as of 2004, no woman of color has ever been elected Governor?
If I give any more clues, you’ll be able to google your way to discovering who I’ll be interviewing.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:55 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
No Mother Left Behind
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You should see the accompanying cartoon in the print version.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:30 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
Someone called me a four-letter word
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Well, he called me “phony” (what “John Hancock” of Portsmouth, Ohio wrote is in red, what I wrote is in blue):
When someone 1). makes claims that go against numerous sites and publications and is only backed up by the Vote No on Issue 3 website, 2). makes claims that go against what two candidates themselves just stated at a rally here in Scioto County and 3). creates a fake Myspace profile just to post this comment so He/she can’t really be challenged with her/is identity known… well, I smell a rat.
I will repost what was this phony ID said, but I am blocking someone who can’t reveal is/her identity in a forum of free speech.
If you want to vote for Issue 3, and explain why, that’s great. Everyone should vote.
But a lot of the info you have in this post is just outright wrong. Blackwell is not for Issue 3. Strickland has campaigned against Issue 3. Sherrod Brown hasn’t stated a position on Issue 3. No deans or PTA groups have come out in favor of Issue 3. In fact, OSU, which is the largest public university in the country, specifically recommends against Issue 3.
Karl Rove is behind the opposition? I think not, but hey- if you have evidence, please feel free to produce it.
You are the one who needs to re-visit the OLE and Vote No websites to see who is on which side, because your list here is very inaccurate.
If Issue 3 is worthy of being passed, then let it stand on its own merits. Your attempt to enrich it by providing inaccurate and misleading information with no back-up is an additional negative strike.
Maybe she should look beyond her own Issue’s site and check the facts.
You can read the erudite Mr. Hancock’s original and inaccurate post about Issue 3 here.
What Mr. Hancock clearly doesn’t consider is that hey, I signed into MySpace ONLY for him. I don’t do MySpace. I can’t figure it out and it’s not my demographic. I’m addicted enough to this blog, let alone try to figure out something like MySpace. WAY too much information as far as I’m concerned. I giggled when I saw months ago the Ted Strickland had one – but you know, he has legions he needs to reach.
Anyway, John Hancock – I tried to find you and email you and tell you that yeah, my name is in fact Jill and that you should be flattered to know that I signed into MySpace for the first time ever just to leave that comment re: Issue 3.
I can tell that you really like to think things through and gather information and give people the benefit of the doubt.
Sigh. Hell – who knows? Maybe I really am a phony.
As they say, what. ever.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:25 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
That’s what this Nielson/NetRatings report says.
Here’s some info about the report from the Center for Media Research:
Nielsen//NetRatings finds that 36.6 percent of U.S. adults online are Republicans, 30.8 percent are Democrats and 17.3 percent are Independents in a recent release. Nielsen//NetRatings analyst Ken Cassar, said “The fact that the online population is more heavily composed of Republicans than Democrats is principally a function of the Republican party’s higher composition within the overall electorate. This is exacerbated by the fact that online penetration continues to be deeper among affluent households, which have historically skewed Republican.”
Here’s where GOPpers and Dems hang out:
And finally, also from the Center for Media Research’s brief:
When respondents were asked about their political leaning:
- 36.1 percent, identified themselves as “Moderate”
- 32.5 percent, identified themselves as “Conservative/Very Conservative”
- 19.8 percent of respondents identified themselves as “Liberal/Very Liberal”
With regard to party allegiance demographics, neither party seemed to favor a particular gender or age group. Among racial groups:
- African Americans skewed Democratic; with a composition index of 231, they were over twice as likely to be Democratic as the average Web user
- Asians were 36 percent more likely than the average Web user to be Democratic
- Hispanics were 28 percent more likely to be Democratic
- White people were slightly more likely to be Republican
Hmmm.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:05 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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6
A Limerick (on Issue 3) for Election Day
Filed Under Politics | 2 Comments
From our own Limerick Savant, an ode to Issue 3:
Learn and spurn
For the voter who’s tried to unscramble
Issue 3, I’ll provide this preamble:
We don’t need any slots;
They serve “haves” not “have-nots”
And Blackwell’s made voting the gamble.
Can’t add to that.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:49 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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6
Reason #2 to VOTE NO on ISSUE 3
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Because there are even more arguments against Issue 3 that I haven’t explored.
Now, I’m going to do two things with this post: list out all the reasons by category (my assignments, you can suggest others, and a few appear in two different categories) and list links that I never explored specifically, but which provide more reasons to vote no.
There will be one more reason and I will post that tomorrow, on election day.
1. Here’s a categorization of the previous 55 reasons:
Economic
Reason 21
Reason 22
Reason 26
Reason 28
Reason 34
Reason 35
Reason 37
Reason 42
Reason 44
Reason 56
Social
Reason 19
Reason 24
Reason 28
Reason 31
Reason 32
Reason 33
Reason 36
Reason 41
Reason 47
Reason 51
Reason 52
Reason 56
Reason 57
Legal
Reason 5
Reason 6
Reason 7
Reason 8
Reason 9
Reason 10
Reason 11
Reason 12
Reason 13
Reason 14
Reason 15
Reason 16
Reason 17
Reason 18
Reason 49
Principle
Reason 4
Reason 17
Reason 29
Reason 30
Reason 38
Reason 39
Reason 53
Reason 54
Argumentative
Reason 20
Reason 23
Reason 43
Reason 45
Reason 48
Reason 50
Reason 55
Personal
Reason 3
Reason 25
Reason 27
Reason 40
2. Links I didn’t use but provide additional reasons to vote no on Issue 3:
The only losers are the players – must read from Australia, sent to me by a blogger who found my blog
Assertion of gambling addiction as protected by ADA-type anti-discrimination laws
National Coalition Agst Legalized Gambling
Religious groups against OLE
Problem Gambling
National Council on Problem Gambling
Danbury, CT study re: need to make cities livable, and casinos isn’t it
Problems with the numbers
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:03 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
Clue #2 re: The Day After Interviewee
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One of the numerous groups this interviewee leads, assists or gave birth to produced and has available on the Internet state by state ratings about women’s influence and leadership in public life. Not surprisingly, Ohio receied a D minus for women’s political participation and ranted 36th in the number of women elected office.
Likewise, did you know that as of 2004, no woman of color has ever been elected Governor?
If I give any more clues, you’ll be able to google your way to discovering who I’ll be interviewing.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:55 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
VOTER IDENTIFICATION RULES
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The definitive information about voter ID rules can be found in this post on Ohio2006 (a letter from Subodh Chandra) or here on Pho’s Akron Pages, where Pho has actually put the info from the PDF into his blog post.
Thank you all for the information.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:00 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
No Mother Left Behind
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You should see the accompanying cartoon in the print version.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:30 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
That’s what this Nielson/NetRatings report says.
Here’s some info about the report from the Center for Media Research:
Nielsen//NetRatings finds that 36.6 percent of U.S. adults online are Republicans, 30.8 percent are Democrats and 17.3 percent are Independents in a recent release. Nielsen//NetRatings analyst Ken Cassar, said “The fact that the online population is more heavily composed of Republicans than Democrats is principally a function of the Republican party’s higher composition within the overall electorate. This is exacerbated by the fact that online penetration continues to be deeper among affluent households, which have historically skewed Republican.”
Here’s where GOPpers and Dems hang out:
And finally, also from the Center for Media Research’s brief:
When respondents were asked about their political leaning:
- 36.1 percent, identified themselves as “Moderate”
- 32.5 percent, identified themselves as “Conservative/Very Conservative”
- 19.8 percent of respondents identified themselves as “Liberal/Very Liberal”
With regard to party allegiance demographics, neither party seemed to favor a particular gender or age group. Among racial groups:
- African Americans skewed Democratic; with a composition index of 231, they were over twice as likely to be Democratic as the average Web user
- Asians were 36 percent more likely than the average Web user to be Democratic
- Hispanics were 28 percent more likely to be Democratic
- White people were slightly more likely to be Republican
Hmmm.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:05 pm November 6th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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6
A Limerick (on Issue 3) for Election Day
Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
From our own Limerick Savant, an ode to Issue 3:
Learn and spurn
For the voter who’s tried to unscramble
Issue 3, I’ll provide this preamble:
We don’t need any slots;
They serve “haves” not “have-nots”
And Blackwell’s made voting the gamble.
Can’t add to that.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:49 am November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
Reason #2 to VOTE NO on ISSUE 3
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Because there are even more arguments against Issue 3 that I haven’t explored.
Now, I’m going to do two things with this post: list out all the reasons by category (my assignments, you can suggest others, and a few appear in two different categories) and list links that I never explored specifically, but which provide more reasons to vote no.
There will be one more reason and I will post that tomorrow, on election day.
1. Here’s a categorization of the previous 55 reasons:
Economic
Reason 21
Reason 22
Reason 26
Reason 28
Reason 34
Reason 35
Reason 37
Reason 42
Reason 44
Reason 56
Social
Reason 19
Reason 24
Reason 28
Reason 31
Reason 32
Reason 33
Reason 36
Reason 41
Reason 47
Reason 51
Reason 52
Reason 56
Reason 57
Legal
Reason 5
Reason 6
Reason 7
Reason 8
Reason 9
Reason 10
Reason 11
Reason 12
Reason 13
Reason 14
Reason 15
Reason 16
Reason 17
Reason 18
Reason 49
Principle
Reason 4
Reason 17
Reason 29
Reason 30
Reason 38
Reason 39
Reason 53
Reason 54
Argumentative
Reason 20
Reason 23
Reason 43
Reason 45
Reason 48
Reason 50
Reason 55
Personal
Reason 3
Reason 25
Reason 27
Reason 40
2. Links I didn’t use but provide additional reasons to vote no on Issue 3:
The only losers are the players – must read from Australia, sent to me by a blogger who found my blog
Assertion of gambling addiction as protected by ADA-type anti-discrimination laws
National Coalition Agst Legalized Gambling
Religious groups against OLE
Problem Gambling
National Council on Problem Gambling
Danbury, CT study re: need to make cities livable, and casinos isn’t it
Problems with the numbers
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:03 am November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Nov
6
VOTER IDENTIFICATION RULES
Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
The definitive information about voter ID rules can be found in this post on Ohio2006 (a letter from Subodh Chandra) or here on Pho’s Akron Pages, where Pho has actually put the info from the PDF into his blog post.
Thank you all for the information.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:00 am November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Nov
6
No Mother Left Behind
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You should see the accompanying cartoon in the print version.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:30 am November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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6
Web use by political party: More Republicans online than Dems
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That’s what this Nielson/NetRatings report says.
Here’s some info about the report from the Center for Media Research:
Nielsen//NetRatings finds that 36.6 percent of U.S. adults online are Republicans, 30.8 percent are Democrats and 17.3 percent are Independents in a recent release. Nielsen//NetRatings analyst Ken Cassar, said “The fact that the online population is more heavily composed of Republicans than Democrats is principally a function of the Republican party’s higher composition within the overall electorate. This is exacerbated by the fact that online penetration continues to be deeper among affluent households, which have historically skewed Republican.”
Here’s where GOPpers and Dems hang out:
And finally, also from the Center for Media Research’s brief:
When respondents were asked about their political leaning:
- 36.1 percent, identified themselves as “Moderate”
- 32.5 percent, identified themselves as “Conservative/Very Conservative”
- 19.8 percent of respondents identified themselves as “Liberal/Very Liberal”
With regard to party allegiance demographics, neither party seemed to favor a particular gender or age group. Among racial groups:
- African Americans skewed Democratic; with a composition index of 231, they were over twice as likely to be Democratic as the average Web user
- Asians were 36 percent more likely than the average Web user to be Democratic
- Hispanics were 28 percent more likely to be Democratic
- White people were slightly more likely to be Republican
Hmmm.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:05 am November 6th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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