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April 30, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
This may be a particularly apropos time for a diary on this topic. This very week The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined forces with The Broad Foundation and announced a $60 million political style . . .
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April 08, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
WOW!!!
That about describes our Friday Morning Group meeting last week for me. For those of you who weren't there, well you can follow along below.
Peter Kagayama brought us a very special guest . . .
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February 18, 2007 11:00 AM EST --
There is an effort under way, quietly, to make an impact on local politics. The goal is to get reasonable people who share progressive values elected to local office. The difference here is to not leave . . .
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January 23, 2007 08:00 AM EST --
A few weeks ago I posted a diary titled How to Talk to Small Business People . So many of the comments were about health care issues that it become apparent that this was a topic in desperate need of further . . .
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January 15, 2007 07:25 AM EST --
A tyrant is deposed and executed. The long suffering majority, oppressed by the tyrant and his band of cohorts begins a blood letting in retribution. "Dead Ender" supporters of the deposed regime . . .
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January 07, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
After the 2000 Presidential election debacle in Florida, I did what many of my fellow Floridians did. After I got done slamming my head up against the wall and puking at the sight of Katherine Harris (I . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:35 PM EST --
As the 110th Congress is getting ready to come into session, I have been thinking quite a bit about a Values Based Foreign Policy. The Democrats in Congress have been shut out of any meaningful role in . . .
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January 01, 2007 12:34 AM EST --
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings . . .
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December 29, 2006 07:53 AM EST --
In the 1st Quarter of 2007, we looked ahead to the high (low?) lights coming up to start the New Year.
Now for the 2nd Quarter...
Cross Posted from Florida Kossacks
The Major League Baseball season . . .
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December 28, 2006 04:45 PM EST --
Cross Posted from Florida Kossacks
John Edwards announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New Orleans today. To paraphrase a line from my favorite movie, Casablanca, "I'm . . .
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December 27, 2006 01:07 AM EST --
Cheers to Bill in Portland Maine for taking a look back at 2006 in his Cheers and Jeers Diary on DailyKos. At this time last year, who' a thunk it?
But as 2006 draws to a close, I find myself looking . . .
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December 26, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
Today we are back on track. The last two weeks have been spent on How to Talk to the Main Stream Media. While I personally thought they would be very useful, they did not get overwhelming responses. That's . . .
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December 22, 2006 01:32 AM EST --
I have stayed away from diarying about Iraq. Lots of very bright people have been writing about it. I have been focused on the 2006 elections, nationally and here in Florida. I just didn't want to . . .
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December 19, 2006 11:29 PM EST --
Authors' Note: This is the fourth in a series of "How to Talk to..." diaries.
Last week in "How to Talk to the Main Street Media" we laid out some general parameters about the . . .
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December 13, 2006 02:37 PM EST --
Cross Posted From: Local Politics is All
There was an interesting meeting this morning in Downtown St. Petersburg. A rather eclectic group gathered at 8 ish to talk about artists and the arts . . .
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December 12, 2006 10:23 PM EST --
Authors Note: This is the second in a weekly series of "How to talk to Diaries".
Last week, in "How to Talk to Fear Mongers", we discussed terminology and tactics for conversations . . .
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December 06, 2006 10:29 AM EST --
Authors Note: This is planned to be the first of a series of "How To Talk To" diaries.
A lot has been written lately about Newt Gingrich. He has been making a lot of news with his speech in . . .
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December 05, 2006 07:31 AM EST --
I plan to begin a series of “How to Talk to Diaries” tomorrow. The goal of the “How to Talk to Diary” series is to give you a foundation for talking to people who probably will . . .
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November 20, 2006 09:08 PM EST --
Tip O'neil's famous line, "All Politics is Local", has never been more appropriate. Here in Pinellas County, Florida, we have just gone through an election of historic significance. . . .
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November 13, 2006 02:56 AM EST --
Surfers are constantly on the lookout for the really Big Wave, the "Perfect Ride". Democrats seeking to win the White House in 2008 should be no different. The next Perfect Ride into the White . . .
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