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Why The Media Should Apologize To Sarah

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:58:36 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: She gave a really good speech. And why go beyond that? As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.

Unless they are delivered by Barack Obama, that is. In which case, as Palin said Wednesday, speeches are just a “cloud of rhetoric.”

Clip Source: www.politico.com

On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry.

We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.

We have asked pathetic questions like: Who is Sarah Palin? What is her record? Where does she stand on the issues? And is she is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

We have asked mean questions like: How well did John McCain know her before he selected her? How well did his campaign vet her? And was she his first choice?

Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.

It is not our job to ask questions. Or it shouldn’t be. To hear from the pols at the Republican National Convention this week, our job is to endorse and support the decisions of the pols.

we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like

mooseburgers

we should have stuck to the press release stuff

we should never have strayed into the other stuff. Like

Palin is under investigation

Why go there?

Tags: palin

Why the media should apologize

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:51:50 GMT

clipped by: lifecyce1898

Clip Source: www.politico.com

We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked.

Bad questions. Bad media. Bad.

First, we should have stuck to the warm, human interest stuff like how she likes mooseburgers and hit an important free throw at her high school basketball tournament even though she had a stress fracture.

Second, we should have stuck to the press release stuff like how she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere (after she supported it).

Sarah Palin wanted the media to report on her teenage son, Track, who enlisted in the Army on Sept. 11, 2007, and soon will deploy to Iraq.

Sarah Palin did not want the media to report on her teenage daughter, Bristol, who is pregnant and unmarried.

She gave a really good speech. And why go beyond that? As we all know, speeches cannot be written by others and rehearsed for days. They are true windows to the soul.

Unless they are delivered by Barack Obama, that is. In which case, as Palin said Wednesday, speeches are just a “cloud of rhetoric.”

Funny learning English games

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:40:37 GMT

clipped by: Kreuzberg-Jakob
clipper's remarks: The Robot Bee is a hard word-game, not only for learning, and jumble Kids is easier, may be for the workplace to get the head clear ...
On the Site you come to 'Merriam-Webster's-World-Central' with more stuff - and really fine dictionary. I like it!

Clip Source: www.wordcentral.com

OTHER GAMES

BIGbot

Feed the BIGbots! These word-automated machines have quite an appetite, so come prepared with a voracious vocabulary! Good hand and eye coordination is a definite plus!

Jumble Kids

It's the original, the classic, the long-time favorite! Unscramble a list of words, then use the circled letters to unscramble the bonus solution.

FEATURED GAME

Robo-Bee

Will your language skills blossom or wilt? It's up to you as you control the flight of the Robo-Bee through a garden of synonyms, antonyms, spelling, and usage puzzles!

Tags: merriam-webster, game, english learning

Palin a Good Christian Soldier

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:05:53 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Well, there goes her cred in the Arab street. But then, I never thought for a moment that the McCain/Palin ticket was focused on peace in the Middle East. Her proclamation of what amounted to a call for a Crusade just might fit perfectly with the bomb, bomb, bomb - Iran mentality of McCain.

These are dangerous people. Unless you wish to keep squandering billions in revenue and wasting countless lives in needless wars they must be defeated in November.

Clip Source: www.dailykos.com

Palin: Soldiers on a task that is from God

As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin was asked to address the graduating class of commission students at a local church. As she spoke about her family, she mentioned Track, her 19 year old son, was to be deployed to Iraq shortly. All good so far. She continued:

She urged students to pray “that our leaders -- that our national leaders -- are sending [soldiers] out on a task that is from God.”

She added, “That's what we have to make sure that we are praying for: that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan.”

“I can do my job there in developing our natural resources, in doing things like getting the roads paved and making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms and their guns, and making sure our public schools are funded. But really that stuff doesn't do any good if the people of Alaska's hearts aren't right with God.”

Tags: politics, war, hypocrite

more stuff

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:10:22 GMT

clipped by: Angelflyingdove

Clip Source: raisingchildren.net.au

Watching more than two hours of TV each day has been linked to smoking, high cholesterol levels and obesity later in life, as well as to lowered overall fitness. During daylight hours especially, it’s a good idea to encourage your kids to play outside and to limit the amount of TV and computer time to no more than two hours. Less than 30 minutes a day is even better.

Strollers, infant seats and small play spaces can make it difficult for toddlers and babies to be as active as is good for them. Parents also now worry more about the safety of their neighbourhoods, so children play together less in the street or in parks.

Weight Loss Centers Charleston SC

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:52:21 GMT

clipped by: handleriii

Clip Source: www.lowcountrytoday.com

Restaurants & Food

Curves Foods

Curves of Goose Creek

Curves™ Cereal and Bars pack good-for-you into great taste.

You're all about getting healthy and staying healthy this time, true? Plan your foods right, and you'll get more whole grains, fiber, vitamins and nutrients. All the stuff that's in Curves™ Cereal, Bars and Microwave Popcorn.

Each comes in a variety of tasty flavors. Since variety is the spice of breakfast and snacking, switch them up during the week. (They won't get jealous and you won't get bored.)

Go to www.curvesfoods.com

Tags: curves, weightloss, food

Summary of the Democratic National Convention 08

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:03:03 GMT

clipped by: citizenbfk
clipper's remarks: With the DNC news the last ten days and all the clipmarkers I follow, I've been Popping and Commening till my fingers wore out.

This has probably been the most incredible convention in USA America since the radical days and riot at the Democratic convention of 1968 -- when the Vietnam War and recent killings of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King had shattered the nation.

This time the excitement is for a lot more better reasons and the thousands of protesters are at the Republican National Convention, where they belong.

With all the clipping and popping and comments swirling around this I thought that perhaps my web page summary of the DNC might be of some value.

It has video links to all major speeches, all live music performances, a few video tributes, a quick clip of kicking out Fox News, etc. -- all the good stuff.

Note: The permanent bookmark for this page is at:
http://www.americancitizenstogether.org/ACT/ACT_080831.html

Clip Source: www.americancitizenstogether.org

Photos, text and videos from the
Democratic National Convention, August 25 - 27, 2008

Obama's Speech was watched by nearly 40 Million Viewers, the most-watched convention speech in American history,

More people tuned in to hear Obama's speech than watched the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, or this year’s Academy Awards. Online the speech had been viewed more than 300,000 times on YouTube in less than a day.

King Arthur Web siteResearch

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:54:56 GMT

clipped by: jgisme11

Clip Source: www.kingarthurflour.com

When selecting products, we don’t just read about them in a vendor’s catalog. We bake with them. We take things home. We put samples of scone mixes in our company lunchroom. We run spatulas through the dishwasher, soak bread pans in the sink, don’t follow the directions that come with the timer, drop measuring cups on the floor – in short, all of the things you’re likely to do in your kitchen at home. If the product passes our tests, and if it’s available at a fair price, then we consider selling it on this site. What we avoid at all costs is cheap stuff. Inexpensive, OK; but cheap, no. Pans that bend, finishes that flake, and handles that break will never make it onto King Arthur Flour – The Baker’s Catalogue, no matter what kind of good deal we’re offered on them.

Useful Websites

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:30:42 GMT

clipped by: bernitek
clipper's remarks: Website that are commonly useful to practically anyone.

Clip Source: content3.clipmarks.com

Web MD

Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.

E-How

A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.

Bartleby

One of the better academic research websites I've come across.

How Stuff Works

A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can't figure out. A few examples are Murphy's Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).

Musicovery

Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Tags: websites, useful, awesome

Einstein Quotes

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:11:35 GMT

clipped by: sunnysideup
clipper's remarks: good stuff

Clip Source: rescomp.stanford.edu

"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

MORE reasons a girl shoudl call it a night.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:04:50 GMT

clipped by: IareSeriousBusiness

Clip Source: www.new.facebook.com

21. You yell at the bartender, because you think he cheated you by giving you lemonade, but that's just because you can no longer taste the vodka.

22. You think you're in bed, but your pillow feels strangely like the bathroom floor.

23. Your hugs begin to resemble wrestling take-down moves.

24. You begin to think you're a really good dancer and anyone within arms reach becomes your new dancing partner.

25. You've taken off your shoes because you believe it's their fault that you're having problems walking.

27. One minute you're strutting your stuff, the next minute you're rolling on the ground, and you can't seem to remember the transition.

28. You can no longer feel your face or limbs so you flail your body about to try to regain feeling.

29. You call your ex-boyfriend 1,000 times and leave lots of really nice voicemails saying that ya'll need to hang out more.

30. You start hugging strange people and having great converstations with strangers at whataburger.

Tags: drunk, girl, woman, night, reason

Quotes

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:41:07 GMT

clipped by: sunnysideup
clipper's remarks: cool stuff

Clip Source: www.oneliners-and-proverbs.com

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. (Robert Frost)

Looks capture the eyes.
Personality captures the heart.

God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

Be not simply good; be good for something. (Henry David Thoreau)

People laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same.

U of Michigan's guidelines for teachers leading discussion on 9-11

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:17:57 GMT

clipped by: enbar
clipper's remarks: A lot of this stuff is basically common sense, but some of the practical tips are good. Emphasis on keeping a potentially explosive discussion focused and productive. Applicable to a wide range of controversial current events, not just 9-11. First published soon after 9-11-2001.

Clip Source: www.crlt.umich.edu

Guidance For UM Instructors Leading Class Discussion on The Tragedy of September 11, 2001

Ask the class to establish ground rules for the discussion. Some ideas you might want to propose to students before they begin discussion include:

Avoid blame and speculation.
Respect each other's views and avoid inflammatory language.
Share personal stories and feelings. (Be prepared for students to be emotional, and try to support and comfort them.)
Express anger and frustration within limits. (While it is important for students to express themselves, it is also vital to control the class and maintain an environment that feels safe for all students.)

What hopes and fears do you have about this discussion?
In what ways are you personally affected by these events?
How might these events affect your/our future?
What positive actions can individuals take in response to this tragedy (e.g., give blood, support students new to campus or far from home)?

Tags: teaching, education, howto, discussion, resources, violence, controversy, terrorism, 9-11

FDA Finds Lead In Vitamins, Check The List For Your Brand.

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:21:27 GMT

clipped by: zalisan
clipper's remarks: If you have kids do yourself and them a favor by reading this. Scary stuff but must read if you are a parent.

Clip Source: www.thegoodhuman.com

The Good Human

Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Being Green.

Thanks to Patricia over at Green Daily for finding this this morning - pretty interesting and just a tad disconcerting. Out of 324 vitamin products tested, only four did not contain lead, and here are the ten vitamins that could result in the greatest lead exposure for children age 0-6:

* Nature’s Plus Animal Parade Shake
* Superior Multi Age
* Nutraceutical Pedia Power
* Physio Kids Multilogics Chewable
* Ola Loa Kids
* Nature’s Plus Animal Parade
* Vita-Big-Kids
* Wonder Laboratories Formula Nineteen
* Clinicians Choice Chewable Daily Multivitamin
* Dynamic Health Multi for Children

Thank goodness we take vitamins to try to be healthy, only to find out we are swallowing small amounts of lead. Nothing really surprises me anymore when it comes to what companies end up putting in our products…

Tags: children, vitamins, lead, health, safety

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World [Aspartame documentary]

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:43 GMT

clipped by: Spiritualmonkey
clipper's remarks: That diet soda is probably destroying your brain. If you don't want to get overweight, drink water and get more movement into your life.

But please, STOP DRINKING THIS CANCEROUS CHEMICAL THAT THE CORPORATIONS MAKE SO MUCH MONEY OFF!

And for HEAVEN'S SAKE, please don't give this stuff to your kids. That's borderline abuse.

Clip Source: video.google.com

Sweet Misery - A Poisoned World.avi - 90 min - May 26, 2007
Sound and Fury Productions Inc.

(779 Ratings) Rate:

Excellent documentary showing how dangerous artificial sweetner Aspartame is. From its history, to its effects this video is enough to shock...all » Excellent documentary showing how dangerous artificial sweetner Aspartame is. From its history, to its effects this video is enough to shock anyone into really looking at there food labels next time they shop. Aspartame is a toxic food that came into the world as an investment By Donald Rumsfeld, while ignoring the deadly effects the tests showed. Take a good look at this video, it could save lives.«

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Tags: food, health, cancer, aspartame, corporations, diet soda, the brain