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News Alert: SOS Brunner on WCPN/SOI for full hour, taking calls
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Be sure to listen tomorrow to WCPN’s Sound of Ideas with Daniel Moulthrop and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, live, right here or by podcast here when you have time.
I just know people who read this blog have questions and comments for them.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:55 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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No. Not climate control. Not Iraq.
Nope.
The Mommy Wars. BARF
The Washington Post wrote about Caryl Rivers’ new book, Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women, yesterday.
I wrote about her book last month.
Think about it. Do we let, do we like, do we want anyone to spin what we know to be otherwise?
Then fight the spin on this too.
As the WaPo article concludes:
Most women today have to work: it’s the only way their families are going to be fed, housed and educated. A new college-educated generation takes it for granted that women will both work and care for their families — and that men must be an integral part of their children’s lives. It’s a generation that understands that stay-at-home moms and working mothers aren’t firmly opposing philosophical stances but the same women in different life phases, moving in and out of the part-time and full-time workforce for the few years while their children are young.
“The mommy wars thing is a little simplistic,” confirms Julie Huck, a 38-year-old working mom with two preschool children. “It’s all hyped up and a little silly.” Like Fassino and others, she longs for a cultural shift and family-friendly policies that allow everyone — women and men — to work more flexible hours, without career penalties.
Would that end the Mommy Wars? Let’s hope.
Redhorse – did I not just write something like this to you last night re: sequential living? Scary.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:17 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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30
Is here in the Plain Dealer‘s Monday feature, This Week at the Statehouse:
No floor votes of importance were taken last week.
Well, correct me if I’m wrong but I would guess that the people who drafted the bills that were voted on, and the people who sponsored the legislation that was voted on, or, at a minimum, the people who asked for the legislation in the first place all consider the votes to be important.
Helloo?
This is the Internet. The PD could include – and thereby make it a heck of a lot easier for its readers to find – a list of what floor votes did occur. Or a link to that list. Or a subject summary of what the GA voted on.
And then decide for themselves what is and isn’t important.
More ugga ugga. Sigh.
Come on.
You know, this kind of shortcut is precisely why blogs and other web-based news provision will not be going away and will continue to cut into traditional news dissemination: because this kind of shortcut says, “Accept our opinion that “no floor votes of importance were taken last week.’”
What? It’s a space thing? It’s a lack of interest thing? It’s a “they won’t understand it” thing?
Wrong. Wrong. And wrong.
It’s a “I’ll decide for myself whether it’s important or not” thing.
What will be the death of MSM? Its failure to recognize that they are not the final arbiters of what is and isn’t important. There are simply too many people who want to judge for themselves and too many ways for them to do that now for such practices to continue. (And let’s not get started on the reasons why people want to judge for themselves – a little thing about not trusting the sources these days, maybe?)
Finally, how on earth is making the judgement as to what is and isn’t an important floor vote “neutral” news provision?
Want to complain about a lack of critical thinking in the American public? Then look no further than the MSM’s abuse of power over pretending that they can do it all for us.
My exercise of discretion says, I think not.
*By the way, if you’ve made it to this point, let me just say that I have nothing againt Aaron Marshall whose name appears at the bottom of this week’s This Week. This observation of mine would exist regardless or which reporter’s name was attached to the item. However, if anyone can provide any background (for example, some people want to provide more but said no, or…it’s never occurred to anyone to provide more, etc.) as to why the This Week feature uses such a conclusory statement, I’d definitely like to learn about that.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:46 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | 5 Comments
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30
Or at least that what this article indicates. Google plans to announce Monday that it has already partnered with four states – Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia – to remove technical barriers that had prevented its search engine, as well as those of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (MSFT) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) (YHOO), from accessing tens of thousands of public records dealing with education, real estate, health care and the environment. These newly available records will not be exclusive to the search engines owned by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. J.L. Needham, who manages Google’s public-sector content partnerships, said at least 70 percent of visitors to government Web sites get there by using commercial search engines. But too often, he said, Web searches do not turn up the information people are looking for simply because government computer systems aren’t programmed in a way that allows commercial search engines to access their databases. Still, if users can’t get the information they’re looking for, they blame the search engine, not the government, Needham lamented. The remedy, which Google has been working on with state technology officers for roughly six months, is to create virtual roadmaps by which search engines can find the databases that store public records. Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center, said many public health and financial records shouldn’t necessarily be widely available because they often contain citizens’ Social Security numbers. Such information should be redacted from records regardless of whether they’re viewed online or in person at a government office, he said. Rotenberg also said Google has a “checkered past” on privacy, noting that the company tracks Internet search users who access government data in order to target ads at them. EPIC recently filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission urging it to investigate Google regarding such activities, as well as its proposed acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick Inc.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:19 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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News Alert: SOS Brunner on WCPN/SOI for full hour, taking calls
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Be sure to listen tomorrow to WCPN’s Sound of Ideas with Daniel Moulthrop and Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, live, right here or by podcast here when you have time.
I just know people who read this blog have questions and comments for them.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:55 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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30
No. Not climate control. Not Iraq.
Nope.
The Mommy Wars. BARF
The Washington Post wrote about Caryl Rivers’ new book, Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women, yesterday.
I wrote about her book last month.
Think about it. Do we let, do we like, do we want anyone to spin what we know to be otherwise?
Then fight the spin on this too.
As the WaPo article concludes:
Most women today have to work: it’s the only way their families are going to be fed, housed and educated. A new college-educated generation takes it for granted that women will both work and care for their families — and that men must be an integral part of their children’s lives. It’s a generation that understands that stay-at-home moms and working mothers aren’t firmly opposing philosophical stances but the same women in different life phases, moving in and out of the part-time and full-time workforce for the few years while their children are young.
“The mommy wars thing is a little simplistic,” confirms Julie Huck, a 38-year-old working mom with two preschool children. “It’s all hyped up and a little silly.” Like Fassino and others, she longs for a cultural shift and family-friendly policies that allow everyone — women and men — to work more flexible hours, without career penalties.
Would that end the Mommy Wars? Let’s hope.
Redhorse – did I not just write something like this to you last night re: sequential living? Scary.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:17 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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This Plain Dealer article says that to me. Although I will note, again, that KnowledgeWorks is headed by Chad Wick who has both of Governor Strickland’s ears when it comes to education, primary, secondary and higher.
So long as Statehouse Republicans play semantic spin games like this, it will get easier and easier to believe in this post’s title’s goal:
In a briefing document distributed Thursday, Republicans put those budget numbers under the heading “Implementing Governor Ted Strickland’s School Funding Solution.”
“The governor said he stakes his governorship on his education plan,” House Finance Committee Chairman Matthew Dolan, a Russell Township Republican, told reporters Thursday. “We’re going to send it out to the people and say, ‘This is the governor’s plan – what do you think?’ “
Does Dolan honestly believe that his Democratic colleagues or the governor would let that interpretation stand unchallenged? Talk about transparent motives.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:28 am April 30th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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29
This Plain Dealer article says that to me. Although I will note, again, that KnowledgeWorks is headed by Chad Wick who has both of Governor Strickland’s ears when it comes to education, primary, secondary and higher.
So long as Statehouse Republicans play semantic spin games like this, it will get easier and easier to believe in this post’s title’s goal:
In a briefing document distributed Thursday, Republicans put those budget numbers under the heading “Implementing Governor Ted Strickland’s School Funding Solution.”
“The governor said he stakes his governorship on his education plan,” House Finance Committee Chairman Matthew Dolan, a Russell Township Republican, told reporters Thursday. “We’re going to send it out to the people and say, ‘This is the governor’s plan – what do you think?’ “
Does Dolan honestly believe that his Democratic colleagues or the governor would let that interpretation stand unchallenged? Talk about transparent motives.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:28 pm April 29th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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This Plain Dealer article says that to me. Although I will note, again, that KnowledgeWorks is headed by Chad Wick who has both of Governor Strickland’s ears when it comes to education, primary, secondary and higher.
So long as Statehouse Republicans play semantic spin games like this, it will get easier and easier to believe in this post’s title’s goal:
In a briefing document distributed Thursday, Republicans put those budget numbers under the heading “Implementing Governor Ted Strickland’s School Funding Solution.”
“The governor said he stakes his governorship on his education plan,” House Finance Committee Chairman Matthew Dolan, a Russell Township Republican, told reporters Thursday. “We’re going to send it out to the people and say, ‘This is the governor’s plan – what do you think?’ “
Does Dolan honestly believe that his Democratic colleagues or the governor would let that interpretation stand unchallenged? Talk about transparent motives.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:28 pm April 29th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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29
Learning that Ohio is the place for you sure beats throwing up at the thought of marriage
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I didn’t write that or even think it, but here you have it in today’s New York Times Magazine. The essay is an interesting read. See more of the author’s writing here.
Maybe the Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance should have consulted Lisa Carver before settling on Cleveland+?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:20 pm April 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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Learning that Ohio is the place for you sure beats throwing up at the thought of marriage
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I didn’t write that or even think it, but here you have it in today’s New York Times Magazine. The essay is an interesting read. See more of the author’s writing here.
Maybe the Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance should have consulted Lisa Carver before settling on Cleveland+?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:20 am April 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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Learning that Ohio is the place for you sure beats throwing up at the thought of marriage
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I didn’t write that or even think it, but here you have it in today’s New York Times Magazine. The essay is an interesting read. See more of the author’s writing here.
Maybe the Greater Cleveland Marketing Alliance should have consulted Lisa Carver before settling on Cleveland+?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:20 am April 29th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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28
From The Wrong Advices: "16 Must Read Articles for Bloggers"
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I got to this blog post on the blog The Wrong Advices from this post on ProBlogger. Some of the tips/articles are familiar, others not. Good for weekend reading and re-trenching if you’ve had blogger malaise lately.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:46 pm April 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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From The Wrong Advices: "16 Must Read Articles for Bloggers"
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I got to this blog post on the blog The Wrong Advices from this post on ProBlogger. Some of the tips/articles are familiar, others not. Good for weekend reading and re-trenching if you’ve had blogger malaise lately.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:46 am April 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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From The Wrong Advices: "16 Must Read Articles for Bloggers"
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I got to this blog post on the blog The Wrong Advices from this post on ProBlogger. Some of the tips/articles are familiar, others not. Good for weekend reading and re-trenching if you’ve had blogger malaise lately.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:46 am April 28th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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28
Didn’t you know this would happen?
What the ability to quote the Bible and committing crimes have to do with each other I couldn’t even guess. Plenty of pious people have been in plenty of prisons.
In this article, the judge defends his actions:
[Hamilton County Municipal Judge John] Burlew says his intent was to merely test the suspect’s honesty, not to endorse Christianity in the courtroom, but the judge does say he was justified to use a religious reference.
“People do not understand the separation of church and state,” Judge Burlew said. “When a witness testifies in my courtroom, they raise their right hand and swear to God, they put their hand on a Bible, and if they pay a fine it is with currency that says in God we Trust.”
Burlew’s action have gained nationwide attention, and not everyone agrees with them.
On Friday, a grievance was made against him to the Ohio Supreme Court by a California man.
Well – he got one thing right: a lack of understanding about church and state.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:32 am April 28th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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27
Didn’t you know this would happen?
What the ability to quote the Bible and committing crimes have to do with each other I couldn’t even guess. Plenty of pious people have been in plenty of prisons.
In this article, the judge defends his actions:
[Hamilton County Municipal Judge John] Burlew says his intent was to merely test the suspect’s honesty, not to endorse Christianity in the courtroom, but the judge does say he was justified to use a religious reference.
“People do not understand the separation of church and state,” Judge Burlew said. “When a witness testifies in my courtroom, they raise their right hand and swear to God, they put their hand on a Bible, and if they pay a fine it is with currency that says in God we Trust.”
Burlew’s action have gained nationwide attention, and not everyone agrees with them.
On Friday, a grievance was made against him to the Ohio Supreme Court by a California man.
Well – he got one thing right: a lack of understanding about church and state.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:32 pm April 27th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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27
Didn’t you know this would happen?
What the ability to quote the Bible and committing crimes have to do with each other I couldn’t even guess. Plenty of pious people have been in plenty of prisons.
In this article, the judge defends his actions:
[Hamilton County Municipal Judge John] Burlew says his intent was to merely test the suspect’s honesty, not to endorse Christianity in the courtroom, but the judge does say he was justified to use a religious reference.
“People do not understand the separation of church and state,” Judge Burlew said. “When a witness testifies in my courtroom, they raise their right hand and swear to God, they put their hand on a Bible, and if they pay a fine it is with currency that says in God we Trust.”
Burlew’s action have gained nationwide attention, and not everyone agrees with them.
On Friday, a grievance was made against him to the Ohio Supreme Court by a California man.
Well – he got one thing right: a lack of understanding about church and state.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:32 pm April 27th, 2007 in Politics | 1 Comment
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27
AZ GOP Rep, Rick Renzi to follow Bob Ney as a resigned "scandal-enmeshed lawmaker"?
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Not to mention, the U.S. Attorney who was investigating Rick Renzi, who has now stepped down from his House committees, was a target of the USDOJ’s efforts to remove and replace prosecutors, efforts that are now being scrutinized by the U.S.Congress.
The Arizona lawmaker is reportedly under investigation for suspicions he accepted $200,000 from a business partner in exchange for using his official influence to compel the purchase of his partner’s land at an inflated price. Renzi has said he is innocent, and that the money was repayment for an old debt.
…
In addition to the questionable land deal, questions have been raised in the press about his top aide’s decision to contact the U.S. attorney overseeing the investigation into his boss. Shortly after the aide got involved, investigators now say Justice Department officials slowed efforts to investigate the congressman.
The U.S. attorney who had been overseeing the investigation, Paul Charlton, later became one of the eight top prosecutors fired under questionable circumstances in what has become known as the U.S. attorney scandal. Charlton’s lawyer, Grant Woods, has called the reports “conjecture and false attacks.” The Justice Department has denied meddling in the investigation.
And hattip to Into My Own for this C-Span coverage of Renzi flirting with Florida Rep and former Florida SOS, Katherine Harris. As I watched it, I thought, this has got to be a fake, right? But I’m thinking, maybe not…blech.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:02 pm April 27th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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AZ GOP Rep, Rick Renzi to follow Bob Ney as a resigned "scandal-enmeshed lawmaker"?
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Not to mention, the U.S. Attorney who was investigating Rick Renzi, who has now stepped down from his House committees, was a target of the USDOJ’s efforts to remove and replace prosecutors, efforts that are now being scrutinized by the U.S.Congress.
The Arizona lawmaker is reportedly under investigation for suspicions he accepted $200,000 from a business partner in exchange for using his official influence to compel the purchase of his partner’s land at an inflated price. Renzi has said he is innocent, and that the money was repayment for an old debt.
…
In addition to the questionable land deal, questions have been raised in the press about his top aide’s decision to contact the U.S. attorney overseeing the investigation into his boss. Shortly after the aide got involved, investigators now say Justice Department officials slowed efforts to investigate the congressman.
The U.S. attorney who had been overseeing the investigation, Paul Charlton, later became one of the eight top prosecutors fired under questionable circumstances in what has become known as the U.S. attorney scandal. Charlton’s lawyer, Grant Woods, has called the reports “conjecture and false attacks.” The Justice Department has denied meddling in the investigation.
And hattip to Into My Own for this C-Span coverage of Renzi flirting with Florida Rep and former Florida SOS, Katherine Harris. As I watched it, I thought, this has got to be a fake, right? But I’m thinking, maybe not…blech.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:02 pm April 27th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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