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Would you believe me if I told you that I had more than 150 tabs open in Firefox, plus several in Safari? No matter how I keep trying to whittle them away…they keep coming back.
1. Business Week has a blog called Globespotting and it’s running a series with comparisons of Barack Obama and John McCain on different issues as analyzed by Steve Hamm:
The US economy is teetering. American workers are losing out to lower-paid people overseas. The nation has lost credibility as a global leader. How do we get out of this mess? Better ideas could help. The way America’s political leaders address globalization, innovation, and leadership (the GlobeSpotting themes) will determine whether we’re at the end of America’s Golden Age or at the beginning of an economic renaissance that’s potentially more equitable. So I’m blogging about the positions McCain and Obama have staked out on these lifeblood issues.
The topics posted so far include Education, Innovation, Globalization, Immigration and Global Leadership.
2. On Marketplace this evening, Kai Ryssdal broadcast a piece called, “Who’s got better managerial skills,” Obama or McCain?
The presidential candidates’ stands on the issues is what most of us will look at as we vote this fall. But how are John McCain’s and Barack Obama’s skills as a chief executive officer? Kevin Cashman from Korn/Ferry International sizes them up.
You can listen to fairly short item here.
3. This round-up of Jewish-themed presidential election related links from JTA includes one that wonders whether Governor Sarah Palin has ever read Michael Chabon’s novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. I have not read the book, for the record.
4. From the Cleveland Jewish News: “Three Alaskans Jews Weigh In on McCain’s Choice of Palin.”
5. Melissa McEwan is doing an unbelievable, excellent in-service training for anyone who doesn’t know what sexism looks like. She’s up to icident #111 against Hillary Clinton and #10 for Sarah Palin. At the end of that post, you can see links to all the previous incidents of sexism catalogues by McEwan. Seriously, I hope she turns this into a book or something so that whenever someone says, “Sexism? What sexism?” we can just hand it to them.
6. The New Yorker made it John McCain cover week.
7. I would like to do CafePress gear that says Moses Was A Community Organizer – come on, people – he got all those Jews to move across the desert! The Sinai is not Miami. But you can fill in “Jesus” or any other theology-themed community activist.
8. Women’s eNews – read it and browse if for reporting and commentary about the elections and women worldwide. I don’t always agree with everything they write, but they cover a lot of ground and I appreciate what they provide. Just subscribe to it if you don’t want to miss anything.
9. Jeff Coryell of Ohio Daily Blog linked to Electoral-vote.com the other day and it is an excellent source of visuals and numbers and explanations about who has what numbers from where in many races.
10. PC Magazine’s 20 best political websites. Well – if they don’t include Ohio.
11. I’m curious to know what these groups are thinking right now, but I have not yet gone looking for their statements on Gov. Palin who had not yet been introduced as the VP choice when this article was written:
A coalition of mainstream Republican groups, consisting of the Log Cabin Republicans, Republicans for Choice, and the Republican Youth Majority, are deeply disappointed by the decision to reject the inclusion of the group’s “Party Unity” Plank in the draft 2004 Republican Party Platform.
And don’t forget – starting tomorrow? 57 Reasons to Vote for Obama/Biden. w00t as they say.
12. Late addition to this edition: Robert Reich’s blog post on how he was vetted for a cabinet post in the Bill Clinton administration:
Sixteen years ago, Bill Clinton’s “vetting” team asked me and other prospective cabinet members for (1) our tax returns, going back at least five years, (2) our bank records, (3) a detailed listing of our assets, (4) the names and places of everywhere we had lived, and the names and phone numbers of neighbors whom they could call about us, (5) a description of every job we had ever had, every client we had ever served, and the names of employers and clients with whom they could check, (6) the names of our family members, their ages, their occupations (if any), (7) a description of any civil or criminal investigations or prosecutions in which we had been involved (8) and – perhaps most importantly – “anything we should ask you about, the answer to which might cause you or the administration any embarrassment.”
Guess I should be glad that the Reagan USDOJ didn’t vet me at all when I was an unpaid intern.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:53 pm September 8th, 2008 in Elections, Politics, Remains of the Day
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What a great piece of work! It’s easy to see that it took that many open tabs to assemble this – it covers so much! I would definitely buy the Moses tee shirt by the way. GREAT idea!
Thanks, Cynthia – I used to do the Remains of the Day daily because I always have tons of open tabs and that’s how I’d clear them but I got a little behind in the spring I think – I’m hoping to keep it resurrected. I like doing it. Glad you liked it.
Shalom Jill,
150+ open tabs? Step away from the computer.
B’shalom,
Jeff