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Call for Submissions: Carnival of Ohio Politics #124
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Usually the request for submissions goes out through e-mail, and I’ve done that already. But I also figured that since that list seems to have remained more or less the same number for a while, maybe there are blog readers who aren’t aware of the Carnival and might consider contributing.
You can read past editions of the carnival here if you’re not familiar with them.
The righthand sidebar at the site shows you how something like 70 different blogs, from literally everywhere along the political spectrum, have participated in the carnival over the last 12 months and we’re always hoping more new bloggers will participate.
If you are interested in being a part of the carnival, you can send up to three links, each week, to the carnival address (OhioPolCarnival[at]Gmail[dot]com) by 9pm that Tuesday evening (unless the editor of the week notifies you otherwise – like for a holiday or other exception).
The co-editors include me, Ben Keeler of Keeler Political Report, Lisa Renee Ward of Glass City Jungle and Scott Piepho of Pho’s Akron Pages.
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please feel free to e-mail me, any of the editors, or the e-mail for the carnival.
And thanks – feel free to spread the word.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:41 pm June 30th, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Ohio, Politics | 3 Comments
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Gov. Strickland to respond to Chester Finn’s depression over Ohio
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An editorial in the Wall Street Journal Weekend Special Edition [written by Dayton resident and president of the pro-charter school Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Chester E. Finn, Jr.] painted a grim picture of Ohio’s economy.
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The article started, “Once known as the Mother of Presidents, Ohio is now getting poorer, older and dumber –- and making all the wrong moves to reverse the situation.”
Governor Ted Strickland’s office was drafting a response Monday, NBC 4′s Mikaela Hunt reported.
The office will ask the paper to write a follow-up, too.
A spokesperson for Strickland called the op-ed piece a “very hard-edge partisan political attack” and cited the state is creating a job atmosphere that has a lot of potential, Hunt reported.
You can leave a comment to the question NBC4i asks, “Do you agree with the op-ed piece or with Gov. Strickland’s office?” the only problem being that there is no “piece” from the Strickland office yet, but you know what they mean, I think.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:14 pm June 30th, 2008 in Announcements, Breaking, Debates, Economy, Education, Government, Media, Ohio, Politics, Social Issues, Ted Strickland | 12 Comments
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30
Text of Barack Obama speech on Patriotism
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You can read Barack Obama’s speech given today in Missouri on the topic patriotism here.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:48 pm June 30th, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama, Debates, Elections, Government, John McCain, Politics, WH2008 | Comments Off
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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:57 am June 30th, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama | 12 Comments
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Order up your Instructions From The Cook
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George Nemeth and Jack Ricchiutto have written a book called, Instructions From The Cook, that serves as:
an introduction to a powerful and simple model of building community. It is based on the observation that communities thrive when people intentionally engage each other in conversations that energize, engage, and empower them.
The model we present here is an introduction to the deeper and compelling model Peter Block presents in Community from his work with A Small Group.The model we present in ”Instructions From The Cook” is a way to become familiar with the kinds of conversations Peter talks about that eliminate the fragmentation responsible for many things we call problems in communities. We invite you to learn and practice the model and unleash its power in your community.
This is the kind of book where I can anticipate that I’ll be nodding my head in agreement for pretty much its entire length The tough part will be applying it, though I imagine that once you get started, it becomes second.
The only thing I want to know is, why isn’t it “Cooks”?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:48 am June 30th, 2008 in Business, Culture, leadership, Resources, Social Issues, Tools, Writing | Comments Off
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Anti-Obama blogs targeted in Blogspot account shutdowns
Filed Under Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Debates, Democrats, Elections, leadership, Politics, Republicans, Voting, WH2008 | 3 Comments
I’ve been privy to a lot of discussion related to strategizing in regard to Hillary Clinton supporters who just can’t pull the lever for Obama, Hillary Clinton supporters who say that they will pull the lever for GOP candidate John McCain, stay home or write in Clinton, and people claiming or posing as Hillary Clinton supporters who never were and are in fact Republicans who are trying to convince the disaffected Clinton supporters that there is in fact a groundswell of Clinton supporters who will vote for McCain.
But this article on Bloggasm raises this confusion over what people do with disappointment to a new level:
“At first I [blogger whose Blogspot blog was flagged as possible spam blog] thought it was just this random thing with Blogger’s spam bots,” she told me in a phone interview. “I thought that perhaps in their looking across the blogger universe, that I got accidentally flagged somehow. Stuff like that happens.”
But a short time later Snedeker received an email from another blogger claiming that a number of anti-Obama blogs had been “hacked” that same night. After some digging it became apparent that several Blogspot accounts had been shut down because of similar spam issues, and nearly all of them had three things in common: Most were pro-Hillary Clinton blogs, all were anti-Barack Obama, and several were listed on justsaynodeal.com, an anti-Obama website.
A “Flag Blog” link sits at the very top of every free Blogspot account. If a person finds objectionable content on a Blogspot site or suspects it’s publishing spam, he or she can click on the link and it will send a notice to Google requesting “human review.”
I spoke to several of the bloggers who had accounts locked and every single one was convinced that it was Obama supporters who had flagged the blogs in some kind of concerted effort to silence them. But when I asked for specific evidence of this, most simply pointed out that only anti-Obama blogs were targeted — a fact that is certainly suspicious but not especially conclusive.
The incident highlights the often-contentious relationship between online Hillary and Obama supporters. Popular sites like Digg.com have consistently posted anti-Hillary links and popular liberal blog Daily Kos experienced a “boycott” a few months ago when several Hillary supporters left the site.
Sigh. I fail to see how any of this can have a positive impact, period. It feels like a major distraction to those of us who have limited time and a single objective: get a Democrat in the White House. Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:38 am June 30th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Blogging, Campaigning, Debates, Democrats, Elections, leadership, Politics, Republicans, Voting, WH2008 | 3 Comments
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Preview of Obama speech on Patriotism in Missouri
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The message will be that love of country is not defined only by such traditional measures as serving in the military or tracing one’s ancestors to the Mayflower. Patriotism, he and his supporters will say, can be reflected in living the American dream, which in Obama’s case means rising as the Hawaiian-born son of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother to professional and political prominence.
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“It’s more about the ongoing narrative that he has told throughout this campaign,” said a senior adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “It is an ‘only in America’ story.”
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As part of the patriotism theme, Obama also is expected to speak this summer near the Punchbowl National Cemetery in Honolulu, where his grandfather, a World War II veteran, is buried.
Obama’s first general-election ad, a 60-second biography launched earlier this month, foreshadows the patriotism theme, with images from his life story accompanied by his own words about what being an American means to him.
The speech will be given at noon today, E.S.T.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:23 am June 30th, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off
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[update] BREAKING: Obama to address Patriotism today, 10am Noon EST
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UPDATE: Washington Post reports that the speech will be at noon EST.
Not sure yet on link for watching but I would guess CNN etc. will have it. Here’s the AP announcement:
The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign says he will talk about “what patriotism means to him and what it requires of all Americans who loves this country and want to see it do better.”
The speech in Missouri Monday comes in the run-up to the July 4 holiday and as Obama seeks to reassure voters about his commitment to the country as well as to counter questions about his patriotism. He’s recently started wearing a flag pin on his lapel.
I may try to live-blog it but I’m not sure I’ll be around a computer or television.
For more about whether some isn’t enough or is too too much of something, read this debate at BlogHer about Obama and Ralph Nader’s “talking white” comment.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:24 am June 30th, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama, Government, leadership, Politics, Social Issues | Comments Off
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