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27
Additional advice to Michael Savage re: autism
Filed Under Blogging, Debates, Illness, Media, Parenting, Scandal, Youth | 2 Comments
By accident, a few years ago, I learned about a blog called Autism Vox. It is excellent. It’s been a while since I’ve conversed with the primary blog author and I believe she even was at BlogHer last weekend but we did not meet, I’m sorry to say.
However, she is a great writer and blogger and someone on Savage’s team should be RSSing her blog.
In the meantime, I’ll provide the public service of two links to her blog about the Savage travesty:
A Little Autism Education for Michael Savage
Doctor?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:00 am July 27th, 2008 in Blogging, Debates, Illness, Media, Parenting, Scandal, Youth | 2 Comments
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Jul
27
Making sense of Michael Savage who makes no sense
Filed Under Debates, Education, Government, Illness, Media, Ohio, Parenting, Republicans, Youth | 8 Comments
I didn’t hear it, I didn’t see it, I haven’t read much about it.
But I can tell you one thing that I knew immediately as I did listen to a brief piece on Michael Savage savaging the existence and treatment of kids with autism:
Michael! Baby! Those conservatives? Who listen to your show? You know – the ones who want to privatize education?
Honey, honey, honey. Don’t you know that they’re trying to open the door with, get this, please don’t stop reading: vouchers for kids with special needs. But not all kids with special needs – including gifted kids who are in fact part of the category the government has created called “exceptional education.” Nope.
See, in Ohio, the people most likely to listen to you – the conservative folks who want to expand the use of vouchers and giving parents lump sums to pay and shop around for education (lump sums by the way that will never meet the actual cost of educating kids, especially kids with special needs – whereever on the spectrum – that can cost a district more than $50,000 and at a private agency? trust me on this one, hon, I worked there, I wrote the legal brief on it – can cost more than $80,000 a year? you really gonna convince a state government to hand over a voucher that size?)
Oh – where was I?
Oh – right – the listeners you have? Yeah – conservatives? Who want to dismantle public education?
Ohio’s governor hasn’t gone for this effort to kick the door down between private and public funding of education, and I’m supportive of his efforts. Because if such an effort were to be supported by him, I want it for the challenges of raising gifted kids too – don’t get me started on their issues, trust me – just as many fun things to deal with, maybe more – who knows.
Anyway, Michael – you alienated your own core group of followers: conservatives who want to privatize education and have been trying to do it by getting the government to approve private school vouchers for kids with autism.
That’s why so many folks across the continuum are pissed at you. Not just because what you said was stupid, ignorant, uncaring and insensitive. But because the people to whom you preach actually disagree with you and are trying to get what they legitimately need for educating their kids via a route that left of center folks will never approve.
So now you know, in case no one else has told you yet.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:48 am July 27th, 2008 in Debates, Education, Government, Illness, Media, Ohio, Parenting, Republicans, Youth | 8 Comments
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Jul
27
Haveil Havalim #175 (Carnival of Jewish Blogging) now posted
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Now playing at Frume Sarah’s World: Haveil Havalim #175.
And if going through those submissions and checking out the enormous range of thought and observance represented there doesn’t convince you of just how different we can be and still have something in common, I don’t know what will.
Kol Hakavod, Sarah!
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:33 am July 27th, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Carnivals, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Politics, Religion, Writing | 2 Comments
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Jul
25
Shame on yeshiva student, Ma’ariv for pulling, publishing Obama’s note in Kotel
Filed Under Barack Obama, Culture, Israel, Politics, Religion, WH2008 | 24 Comments
No one’s pulling my notes out, I’m sure, but sheesh – this is absolutely unforgiveable:
After Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, left a written prayer in the cracks of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, a Jewish seminary student dug it out and the newspaper Ma’ariv published it (assuming of course that the note is the correct one).
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Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, the rabbi of the Wall who accompanied Obama on his visit there told Israeli Army Radio, per the AP, that “the notes placed between the stones of the Western Wall are between a person and his maker. It is forbidden to read them or make any use of them.” Ma’ariv’s decision to publish the note “damages the Western Wall and damages the personal, deep part of every one of us that we keep to ourselves,” he said.
Here’s the Ma’ariv front page – scroll down for the image of the note.
If it was a seminary student, talk about making a mockery of the studies he or she is pursuing.
I was just repeating this to someone over the weekend at BlogHer. At Yom Kippur, the Jewish religion’s day of Atonement, we ask God to forgive us for sins against God. But for sins against other people, we must ask them for forgiveness.
I look forward to reading that seminary student’s apology to Barack Obama for allegedly pulling out Obama’s note in the Western Wall and for giving it to the Ma’ariv newspaper.
Utterly, totally oy.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:30 pm July 25th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Culture, Israel, Politics, Religion, WH2008 | 24 Comments
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Jul
25
Ohio Senate District 24, House 18 show politics for boys’ club it continues to be
Filed Under Blogging, Campaigning, Cleveland+, Democrats, Elections, leadership, OH17, OH24th, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Politics, Republicans, Statehouse, Voting, Women | 3 Comments
I was angry at myself for not supporting Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential candidate nomination when maybe, maybe he had a chance (okay, he may never have had a chance, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have supported him).
Now, I have to live with a race I don’t even want to look at when I complete my November ballot. I’m referring to the Ohio Senate’s 24th district race, which will now be between Democrat Gary Kucinich – who appears to have no campaign website and his highest Google search return is a dKospedia entry and was just anointed by the Ohio Democratic Party on Wednsday, after Rosemary Palmer has been campaigning and doing all the right things for months, and Republican Tom Patton, a house rep for the 18th district who is also, factually speaking, a term-limited, seat-swapping career politician whose name “tom patton” as a search term brings up a top result of…his 2006 campaign website for the 18th district (a race to be discussed below). His senate campaign site is a graft of info from his house campaign site except that it has even less information: there isn’t a single paragraph or section on what he intends to do for the district.
These two might as well be John “I Know Nothing About The Internets” McCain. Great.
What must someone be smoking and drinking to think that a district that’s been held by moderate Republican Bob Spada for years and years would ever go for a Kucinich? Probably the same thing as the people who believe that my state rep., Josh Mandel, is facing a “tidal wave of cash” in his “fight” to “survive” his race in a district that has been a GOP staple since 2000.
That might sound cruel, but not as cruel as it will sound to voters in the 24th who will be reading the name “Kucinich” on November 4, no matter what Gary has to say for himself at this very, very, very late date.
Sigh.
Buckeye State Blog and Ohio Daily Blog have been following this race’s leadership-driven (as opposed to candidate and voter and district residents-driven) developments for a long time now. Political Science 216 offers its endorsement of Palmer here and here’s a glimpse from yesterday’s post at BSB:
The crux of why they chose Kucinich is that an article in the Ohio Constitution requires senators and representatives to reside in the district for 1 year prior to the election. Apparently the Palmer’s have two homes: one in Cleveland and one in Bay Village which they have recently acquired. Rosemary voted in the March primary in Cleveland Ward 15 which is not in the 24th District, so the CCDP legal counsel believes that she would be disqualified from running and that would allow GOPer Thomas Patton to run unopposed.
Palmer’s lawyer stated that because the constitution requires senators and reps to be residents and not electors of the distrct for 1 year, than Rosemary should be fine. He was backed up by Don McTigue, who’s written opinion he had with him. However, the CCDP Exec Cmte chose to follow Chairman Dimora’s lead and take the safe route by nominating Kucinich. He has not been campaigning and will get absolutely trounced in this GOP-leaning district because of his last name if nothing else, so why is he better than a candidate who has been campaigning but may be disqualified? We’re not sure.
If you believe in a candidate, you fight for that candidate (especially when the underlying challenge is so debatable) but in the case of the 24th district Senate seat, it appears as though the party didn’t want to lift a finger or fight any fights and that they just don’t care about the 24th Senate district, since they’re sacrificing it (as well as the House seat in the 17th) for trying to win a majority in the Ohio House. That’s a laudatory goal, but at what cost? To whom? It feels as if they don’t seem to care about collateral damage like me and the residents of the 17th and 24th (where Independents nearly outnumber Dems and Republicans combined). Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:14 pm July 25th, 2008 in Blogging, Campaigning, Cleveland+, Democrats, Elections, leadership, OH17, OH24th, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Politics, Republicans, Statehouse, Voting, Women | 3 Comments
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Jul
24
[updated] Oh goody, more campus arguments that end up in gunfights
Filed Under Breaking, Civil Rights, Crime, Culture, Social Issues, Youth | 3 Comments
Officials say three people were shot Thursday afternoon at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, and two of them were critically injured.
A witness said the shooter had been fighting with another man in a computer building. The gunman seemed to be directing his shots and not firing randomly, said student Yessenia Lara, 18.
“I saw someone get punched and then I heard three shots after that. Everybody basically ducked, and the shooter got away,” Lara said, adding that the victims were yelling in pain.
A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were in critical condition, while a 17-year-old boy was in stable condition, said Mark Faulkner, a division chief for the Phoenix Fire Department. No other information on their injuries was available.
Okay – remind me – who gets the self-defense defense in a situation like this? I keep forgetting.
Here’s a site for the college and here are some blog search results.
Update: More here. Allegedly this was a planned confrontation by the assailant.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:49 pm July 24th, 2008 in Breaking, Civil Rights, Crime, Culture, Social Issues, Youth | 3 Comments
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Jul
24
[rumor] Mandel’s campaign says he has no time until after elections for debate w/opponent
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Yeah, I know – sounds weird but that’s what I’m hearing from a very reliable source.
The story goes that Bob Conklin of In the Spotlight on Time Warner channels, who did a great job with the OH-10 Democratic primary debate back in February 2008, has been looking into setting up debates. The Ohio race for the 17th district (and the one in which I live) between incumbent Josh Mandel (R-Lyndhurst) (anyone else notice those bright, shiny and wordy new templates for the incumbents – need to tool around there and make sure all legislators get those) and attorney Bob Belovich was one of the races Conklin had hoped to put in the spotlight with a debate between the two opponents.
Well, I’m told, Belovich said yes, no problem. But Mandel’s campaign responded by saying that Mandel would not have time to schedule a debate until mid-November. When that was said to me, I asked, “As in, after the election???” And was told yes. Mandel’s campaign essentially said that Mandel couldn’t schedule the debate until after the election.
If you’re thinking, “WTF is that?” you’re not alone.
Now – as I said, my source is very much on top of the situation and I have no reason to doubt the source nor has the source ever embellished anything before.
But, that noted, it is possible that I’m not hearing it right – or something.
So, if someone knows better, or would like to alter the characterization of the exchanges and the intent, please do so.
In the meantime, for someone who supposedly expects to get hit with a tidal wave of cash from the Ohio Democratic Party among other entities and is being characterized as having to fight to “survive” this race in the 17th, it sure makes you wonder why he wouldn’t want to debate and get the free coverage to chop off a few dollars from that $400,000 he supposedly needs to try to win retention of his seat, which has been a GOP-held seat since 2000.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:37 pm July 24th, 2008 in Campaigning, Debates, Elections, Government, OH17, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Politics, Statehouse | Comments Off
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Jul
24
If David Pogue writes column on MobileMe mail problems I’m having, they’re real
Filed Under Business, Marketing, Media, Tech, Writing | 4 Comments
You know how sometimes you think “it must be me”? Okay – so, a lot of bloggers are not the kind of people who automatically think it must be them when something goes awry. But I do.
Well, remember when I was in San Francisco at BlogHer this past weekend?
And my computer crashed ten minutes after I turned it on in my hotel room?
And then I called AppleCare for which I pay money and they told me it sounded fried but they couldn’t get me into any SF Apple store (there are three) for at least 48 hours (by which time half of my conference would be over)?
And then I went to the hotel’s Business Center that charges $10 for 20 mins. of computer time on oldish PCs that don’t have updated enough versions of IE so that when I went to “me.com” to get my .Mac mail, I couldn’t access the MobileMe service (which is the old Dot Mac service through which I get all my mail and also could have been backing up my old hard drive because I was paying for it but could never get it to work and even the folks in the Apple store couldn’t and now those problems are memorialized in FAQs for the new MobileMe version of backup) just to check my email?
And then I started to cry (because I couldn’t get past that page that said I can’t login because the computer browser isn’t compatible) because all my efforts seemed so futile?
And then I called AppleCare back because I couldn’t even get to a webpage on the Business Center computer to find a phone number to call or get support for MobileMe?
And AppleCare told me that there was absolutely no phone support service for MobileMe (which seems to be a lie based on what David Pogue wrote)?
And I cried until I looked scarier than Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (not that I didn’t look scary enough already having been traveling since 6am and it was by then about 4pm my time but in SF).
Well, I bet most of the stuff Pogue describes in this excellent column called, “Apple’s MobileMess,” about how crappy a job Apple has done with this conversion from Dot Mac to MobileMe made the people he writes about who experienced problems like mine feel like and maybe even look like The Dark Knight too.
But, at least I know now – it’s not just me.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:53 pm July 24th, 2008 in Business, Marketing, Media, Tech, Writing | 4 Comments
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Jul
23
[video] McCain & Obama surrogates @BlogHer: Who’s better candidate for women
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I’ve got notes – not yet transcribed (because they were, you know – handwritten whilst the puter crashed) from the session but here’s a video from Erin Kotecki Vest with some Q&A. Liz Mair from the RNC (in the dark clothing) was very well-spoken and specific, even though I disagree with the positions, I thought she was a very good surrogate, as surrogates go, and Rep. Allyson Schwartz (in the light suit and looking much much more youthful than the photo in the link, not to mention with longer hair too) was extremely sincere and enthusiastic but might benefit from a bit more prep from Obama folks and general “how you do this surrogate thingy” people.
In addition, Mair is starting to post at BlogHer. Keep an eye there for more Q&A from her and the RNC on McCain.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:07 pm July 23rd, 2008 in Announcements, Barack Obama, BlogHer, Campaigning, Democrats, Elections, John McCain, Politics, Republicans, Women | Comments Off
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Jul
23
House Education & Labor Comm. has new blog, EdLabor Journal
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Welcome to the new Education & Labor Committee blog, the EdLabor Journal! The Committee has had a busy year and a half, getting measures ranging from the College Cost Reduction & Access Act to the Fair Minimum Wage Act signed into law, and working to pass many others through Committee and the House. (To catch up on what we’ve been doing, take a look at our Education & Labor Legislative Victories pamphlet.)
Several posts appeal to me, like this one that keeps us updated on the status of different efforts. I hope that it will continue for a long time and not cease with staff or elected official change.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:27 pm July 23rd, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Congress, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Social Issues, Writing | Comments Off
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Jul
23
Another one bites the dust
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Blog year that is – three down – no idea how many left to go. Dusting off something from the beginning:
July 23, 2005: Alien Species
During the last several hours, with some sleep in between, I’ve tried to teach myself how to blog and write code – or at least, move code – or at least delete the right code I don’t want. I’ve felt like the member of an alien species who has invaded a world to which she may never acclimate.
This feeling made me think of the animals who treat our yard as their playground. Five deer, two very cute bunnies, a large furry slow-moving rodent and several chipmunks live around and under our house, and in our trees. From my writing space, I can see them romp, stop, nibble and scurry across sunlit and shaded portions of the grass.
But when we moved here over seven years ago, my oldest son – who then was five – labeled our family “the alien species” that was invading the animals’ territory. I didn’t argue with him then and I wouldn’t argue with him now, even as my city and those around it offer solutions to thin the deer population that frankly make me recoil.
I’m not oblivious to the damage they cause. My older brother’s 1970s VW Bug got slammed by a deer in a frightening incident near Ithaca, New York. One night, a couple of years ago, a slew of sirens and red lights parked outside our house and interrupted our bedtime rituals: a deer had hit a car almost exactly in front of our house.
I’m no tree-hugger, I eat ostrich and I love shearling slippers. I giggle at the bags hung on long sticks that successfully ward off deer and keep my neighbor’s blooms beautiful. But something within me can’t accept that large wire traps and sharpshooters in the trees are the best solutions. We have to find a way to co-exist, not constantly declare death to the enemy. Is annihilation the only way for either species to acclimate to the inevitable presence of the other?
Hopefully, my acclimation to the blogosphere will be a lot less existential.
The more things change…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:18 pm July 23rd, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Writing | 3 Comments
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Jul
23
Carnival of Ohio Politics #127 posted
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The Carnival of Ohio Politics #127 is now posted. Many thanks to Ben Keeler of Keeler Political Report and The Point. I’m up next week and want to urge new and veteran bloggers to submit entries on Ohio politics to the Carnival for the pleasure of all readers – and there are many – who want to know what’s happening in Ohio.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:51 am July 23rd, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics, Writing | Comments Off
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Jul
22
Attend summit for online organizing & political technology in Columbus, 7/28
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The New Organizing Institute wants to help progressives be organizers, or better ones than they already may be. And NOI will be in Ohio in less than a week – check it out. (Although one of the deadlines has passed and the other is approaching, I’ve got the number and e-mail of the person to contact if you’re interested in attending – just e-mail me or leave a comment and I’ll e-mail you.)
Here’s more:
The New Organizing Institute is a unique grassroots program that trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations. The Institute was created by experienced online organizers to fill an urgent need in progressive politics.
The mission of the NOI is:
To train and support a new generation of technology-enabled campaigners.
We are seeking to fill an urgent need among progressive campaigns and organizations. Right now, they’re hitting a brick wall when trying to fill new online organizer or Internet director positions. A network of talented, sophisticated and experienced operatives simply does not exist in the field of online organizing the way it does in the established areas of field organizing, fundraising or campaign management.
The organization has done trainings in Michigan, DC, Oregon, and Colorado. Now, the group is comint to Ohio, and subsequently, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, among other locales they hope to visit. Here’s the lowdown from the original announcement: Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:48 pm July 22nd, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Campaigning, Elections, leadership, Ohio, Politics, Social Issues, Tech, Voting, Writing | Comments Off
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Jul
22
Mark Naymik: Who’d offer beer, who’s the smarty pants – McCain or Obama?
Filed Under Barack Obama, Campaigning, Debates, Elections, John McCain, Media, Ohio, Politics, Predictions | 5 Comments
I lambasted Mark Naymik’s Who Offers You A Beer litmus test for the Plain Dealer editorial board’s nod when it was choosing between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential primary nominee contest.
Well, I just read his column that lauds John McCain’s performance at the NAACP convention last week in Cincinnati:
Republican John McCain went head to head with Democrat Barack Obama last week at the NAACP national convention in Cincinnati.
The two presidential candidates each delivered a speech to the nation’s largest civil rights organization. And it was no contest.
McCain was the clear winner.
(Think diving, not boxing.)
So who did you think would be the one who would offer you a beer, Mark – McCain or Obama?
Or would you rather stick with the smarty-pants analogy (though you gave Obama the beer nod before, clearly, compared to McCain, Barack would be the smarty pants)? We need to stick with the same metrics, don’t you think?
Don’t forget – more people in bars prefer Obama:
In response to the question, “Which candidate would you most like to have a beer with?”, a full 29% chose Obama, while 22% picked Clinton and 20% named John McCain.
Midwesterners voted Obama as their guy to imbibe with–31.2%–while Clinton was most likely to be offered a barstool in the Southwest–24%. McCain, meanwhile, was the top choice in the Southeast–23%.
Me? I just want Tommy Lee Jones to zap me with one of those devices from Men in Black – so I can forget all of this when it’s over.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:15 pm July 22nd, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Debates, Elections, John McCain, Media, Ohio, Politics, Predictions | 5 Comments
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Jul
21
Haveil Havalim #174 (Carnival of Jewish Blogging)
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This week, Esser Agaroth hosts Haveil Havalim #174. I didn’t submit anything for this edition, but the edition includes many worthwhile posts. Thanks to the host.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:10 am July 21st, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Carnivals, Israel, Jewish | Comments Off
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Jul
21
Carnival of Ohio Politics #126 (late posting)
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I know – #127 comes out this Wednesday. But for anyone who relies on WLST for a Carnival of Ohio Politics reminder, here it is: Lisa Renee of Glass City Jungle did the honors and you can read #126 here. Thanks as always to the co-editors and the participants.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:56 am July 21st, 2008 in Announcements, Blogging, Carnivals, Ohio, Politics | 1 Comment
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Jul
21
Obama to meet Olmert, Abbas on Weds.
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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday.
Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is on a tour of Europe and the Middle East on what his advisers insist is a senatorial fact-finding tour; however, his campaign is also eager to build up his foreign policy credibility.
Two of his top foreign policy advisers, Susan Rice and Gregory Craig, fielded questions Monday from JTA and foreign media about his foreign policy outlook.
On the Israeli side, Obama will meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres. His Palestinian Authority meetings include President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad.
On Tuesday, he will meet in Jordan with King Abdullah II.
I grilled a couple of Obama people at BlogHer about this.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:52 am July 21st, 2008 in Barack Obama, BlogHer | Comments Off
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Jul
19
Just a blog before I go
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Nah don’t get excited or something re: WLST ending. Ha. In fact, watch for WLST logo/motto items to be available by September.
But I’m off to another BlogHer08 event, the closing reception. It’s been another watershed weekend and I’ve made a zillion contacts and really did use my business cards. And I’ve lost track of how many times I was asked if I was going to the Democratic convention (in that, “you’re going, right?!” way – very flattering). It appears that I may be able to help cover the convention and/or the election in Nov. in a special way and I hope so – but don’t know much about it yet. Lots of other opportunities out there as well. I’ve met many incredible women and particular in politics, communications and other activist areas.
It’s been strange not having my computer available due to the hard drive crash upon arrival, but on the other hand, I sent my very first text message and I’ve learned that I need a back-up device like a Blackberry or something if I’m taking this stuff seriously.
My household sounds as though it’s still intact but the real test will be when I walk in the door tomorrow.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:58 pm July 19th, 2008 in Politics | 3 Comments
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Jul
18
Live-blog of my BlogHer Race and Gender panel
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So – the buzz is amazing here – the women are amazing. I’m sorry I don’t have a better word – I’m jetlagged and still missing my hard drive but otherwise, great.
There’s a lot of interest in this panel and I don’t know what to expect but here’s the place to go to find the link to the live-blog of the session. Hope you’ll follow along.
Due to the absurd price of using the computer in the business center at the hotel and the fact that my hard drive crashed and I really don’t like to borrow people’s computers (because they’re needing them too), I don’t expect to blog much at all. But maybe that’s a good thing.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:34 am July 18th, 2008 in Politics | Comments Off
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Jul
18
Michelle Obama starts to blog
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You can read it here. I haven’t read it yet because I’m only using computers when others of the 1000 bloggers here at BlogHer let me borrow theirs – and there have been many offers. But I’m getting used to the serendipity of my computer hard drive crashing literally 10 mins after I arrived at the hotel – after having had it in the Cleveland airport, using it on the plane, buying a second battery for back up AND a cool compact surge protector to share with other attendees. I’ve also managed to lock myself out my room and miss four parties due to my state of shock over a piece of electronic equipment which led to a crying jag during which I stared at my face in the mirror and looked like Marilyn Manson.
But I’m better now and have mastered the IE 7.0 well enough to get into my Mac.com mail which I couldn’t access yesterday.
Anyhoo – go read what Michelle wrote and comment if you like. Look for more.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:31 am July 18th, 2008 in Barack Obama, Michelle Obama | 6 Comments
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