Archive for October, 2004

The Scariest House in Clinton Iowa

Sunday, October 31st, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Colleen and I went to the scariest house in Clinton, Iowa on Halloween night. It was cloudy and cool but warm enough for a great turn-out. Tinker Bells, miniature firemen, ... Read more..

Thursday, October 28th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Lost Remote talks about the alleged al Qaeda tape that ABC has saying.. "This is getting interesting. ABC News is trying to decide whether to air a videotape of ... Read more..

Tommy Sez

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Tommy Smothers tells the Associated Press that the Smothers Brothers Comedy, cancelled by CBS in the 1969s for being to edgy, wouldn't last a day on the networks today. ... Read more..

Identity theft can happen in seconds

Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Have you recently received a note from EBay asking to confirm your user name and password by clicking a link and filling out a form? We've received several and ... Read more..

Framing – How Conservatives Use Words to Influence Public Opinion

Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff is a linguist. In a world where sound-bytes rule, he tells how conservatives have used language to dominate politics. Whatever your political stripes, his interview ... Read more..

Caught in the act

Sunday, October 24th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

When Ashlee Simpson bombed her live act at the MTV Music Awards, some thought that there was a lot less there than met the eye. When a performer has problems ... Read more..

The essence of the Debates

Sunday, October 24th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Being "in the biz", my analysis of the Presidential Debates is naturally jaded with the skepticism and cynicism of a journalist. I watched for any deviation from the message (there ... Read more..

More thoughts on the Election

Friday, October 22nd, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

One of the most cogent analyses of the election crossed my browser today courtesy of Doc Searls. His sister is a Navy Vet who writes about how our political landscape ... Read more..

Tell a neighbor….

Friday, October 22nd, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

Another reason to let the neighbors know when you're going on vacation. This story has to be one of the strangest of the year. Read more..

What the Jon Stewart Crossfire Show Tells Us

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 Posted in WestermaNation | Comments Off

The Crossfire guys expected Daily Show host Jon Stewart to promote his best selling text book parody "America" when he guested on the CNN Left-fights-Right program. What they got instead ... Read more..