tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113746892024-03-18T23:41:50.713-04:00HighVizPR + Promotion = the new journalism. Politics = Show Biz! News is entertainment?What is the real PR? Spin is now omnipresent. Politics, the new showbiz. But is news entertainment? The message is all that counts, good, bad or indifferent. And what about the thousands of web logs 'ON MESSAGE'? ~~~ SEE: www.highviz.net and abbebuckpublicrelations.blogspot.com / Building blocks in creating and sustaining "High-Viz-Ability" ~~~ after all,
"We are living in an age of Publicity", and humorist (ICON!) Will Rogers made note of it back in 1924! # # #Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.comBlogger857125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-21521911636594003932009-11-05T12:40:00.007-05:002009-11-05T13:00:45.246-05:00HighViz Consulting introduces 24/7 PR - PROMO Challenge (SM) -unique offer of new business concept for companies who need on-demand exposure<div id="Header1" class="widget Header"> <div id="header-inner"><div class="descriptionwrapper"> <p class="description"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-family:arial;">HighViz Consulting Group introduces 24/7 “PR PROMO CHALLENGE”(SM), unique offer of new business concept for companies who need text with on-demand exposure</span></p></div></div></div><div id="Blog1" class="widget Blog"><div class="blog-posts hfeed"> <div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"><a name="5641020595090355535"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://highvizconsulting.com/HVCG_advertisement.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;">HighViz Consulting introduces 24/7 PR - PROMO Challenge (SM) - boutique firm challenges new clients offer of new promo concept within one business day</span></a></span> </h3> <div class="post-header-line-1"></div> <div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b><b>HighViz establishes consultative “PR On-Demand” Program</b> - Boutique firm challenges new clients to allow HighVizPR team work on innovative concepts </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">within 24 hour period<br /></span></strong><br />Haymarket, VA, November 5, 2009: HighViz Consulting Group, (HighViz), </span><a href="http://www.highviz.net/"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">www.highviz.net</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> , a project company serving Information Technology, legal, manufacturing, small business, non-profit and associations and organizations working within federal agencies, is announcing its consulting “PR PROMO CHALLENGE”. This unique offer provides the opportunity for promising on-demand companies and organizations to kick off a value-based trial PR campaign with a senior-level Public Relations Practitioner. This includes working out the beginning concept phase to a starting campaign for each potential client.<br /><br />In addition, HighViz is offering to consult with those who are interested in taking the “Challenge”, taking the customer step by step through case studies of public relations concepts. “This is how to put high visibility to a business entity’s greatest advantage” Abbe Buck, HighViz’s Principal Consultant and Lead Publicist explains, “By learning what has worked for others who have successfully used public relations promotion techniques, the business who must promote to grow will have a running start in working toward a more intuitive, viral PR planning.”<br /><br /><strong>HOW THE 24/7 PR-PROMO CHALLENGE WORKS</strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><br /></b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>What is the HighViz PR Promo Challenge?</b></span></i><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><b>HighViz</b> asks</span><a name="7"><span style="font-family:arial;"> to have those who would like to consider hiring them to put them to the test by asking the team to come up with ideas for their businesses within a business day's time. Abbe Buck also notes<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><a name="7"><span style="font-family:arial;">, <i>"If HighViz can come up with a starter road map toward a promotional campaign and a COMPREHENSIVE strategy </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><a name="7"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i> we will do all that we can to earn [our] customer's business. As WWII and adopted HVPR mascot Rosie the Riveter says </i><b><i>"WE CAN DO IT!"</i></b><i> --and most times we already have." </i></span></a></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><b>Past Performance</b>: Buck cites work that has been done for clients in this fashion for the ASSYST, USO of Metropolitian Washington, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Information Experts, Molen Enterprises IT, Lani Silver, (author), David Aaker Motivational Speaker, BoardBoost, Sarbanes Oxley Seminars, Jane Trevaskis Success-Catalyst and more.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>EXAMPLE: </b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">USAVETBIZ <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">to Urge Congress for Government-Wide Preference Contracting & </span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Set-Aside Programs for all Veteran-Owned Small Businesses</span></i></span></b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS166502+20-May-2009+BW20090520">http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS166502+20-May-2009+BW20090520</a></b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><b>HighViz Consulting's </b> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">24/7 PR – PROMO Challenge</span></strong> works with an on-demand concept used within Fortune 500 companies such as IBM. HVCG asks that a form is completed on their website. Once the form is completed, HighViz will contact the marketing management who made the PR Challenge request. At this point, HighViz will do an assessment of the PR campaign needs of the organization, (normally a $1500 value). After the evaluation is completed, it will be presented to the organization, with suggestions, and a suggested “BRAND” or “CONCEPT” to put to use WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY (24 HOURS)<br /><br />“In starting out with our current clients, the 24/7 "PR PROMO CHALLENGE” has worked well because as we thrive on deadlines, we can also share in the customer’s sense of urgency to bring their ideas to fruition and their services “to market” , HighViz's Buck says. "We want to be ‘<strong><em>challenged</em></strong>’ by our customers to go the extra mile. We need these challenges! In an information-packed society, every business, from a 'mom and pop' to a major corporation, must have the opportunity to show who they are, what they provide, why they are in business. It is our job to help them showcase their best attributes.”<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">To take the 24/7 PR PROMO CHALLENGE, fill out the entry form at the </span></span><a href="http://www.highviz.net/"><span style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">HighViz</span></a><span style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> site:<br /><br /></span><a href="http://highvizconsulting.com/HVCG_advertisement.html"><span style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>http://highvizconsulting.com/HVCG_advertisement.html</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"># # #<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>About HighViz Consulting Group</strong><br />Short for "High Visibility", boutique PR and marketing firm HighViz Consulting Group, specializes in raising awareness for companies and organizations. The firm's services include media relations, communications, crisis management, business development, and related marketing services. The company specializes in serving information technology companies and government agencies.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><em>HighViz is a communications and public relations firm dedicated to generating creative and effective communications programs for technology, business and consumer companies nationwide. Since 1999, Since HighViz has provided exclusively senior-level strategic counsel and execution of public relations programs that clearly and consistently deliver return on investment. Our selective client roster has included government agencies, associations, and private, entrepreneurial companies such as Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Connection Concepts, Inc., BoardBoost, Aaker and Associates, Information Experts, Stellent, Starbase, DSA, Kerrigan Media, EZ Certify, Inc., IBM, USA VET BIZ and the United Services Organization (USO). Our expertise varies from enterprise software including online collaboration to entertainment and association communications.</em><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Media Contact: Abbe Buck, Principal Consultant, 1-800-380-2825<br /><br /># # #<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> <div style="CLEAR: both"></div></div> <div class="post-footer"> <div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><br /></div></div></div><div id="comments" class="comments"><div id="backlinks-container"><div id="Blog1_backlinks-container"> <p class="comment-footer" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><br /></p></div></div></div></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-87207350541523488872009-11-02T07:43:00.003-05:002009-11-05T12:39:56.237-05:00______________ did a bad, bad thing....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>call my 1-800 # to ask me what. And why...?!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Abbe Buck</div><div>HighViz Consulting</div><div>www.highviz.net </div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-74787192523176659552009-04-14T09:17:00.006-04:002009-04-14T09:35:09.579-04:00What happened at the VA with WAMU radio?<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">((( Yeouch!!! ))))</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 204);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">N</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">ot good. Must fix this.</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>1)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> General Shinseki speaks out on incident:</span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/top_to_bottom_review_at_va_sta.html?wprss=rss_blog">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/top_to_bottom_review_at_va_sta.html?wprss=rss_blog</a><div><br /></div><div>2) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">VA to return equipment to radio station:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/executives_and_lawyers_for_wam.html">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/executives_and_lawyers_for_wam.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>3) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">WAMU radio airs audio of incident:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/post_6.html?hpid=news-col-blog">http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/04/post_6.html?hpid=news-col-blog</a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div># # # <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-70526073897912692082009-04-07T14:55:00.009-04:002009-04-07T15:06:05.181-04:00Kutner (Kal Penn) gets "killed off" on "HOUSE, MD" goes to WHO / EOP (the 'White House' to the little people)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Obama welcomes actor Kal Penn to the world of Public Affairs </span>(hear, hear!) SHOW BIZ + POLTICS collide again - 24 x 7 x 365 ....this must have been coming for quite some time. (sure! Barack picked up the phone and said, Kal, I have a job for you, ala JFK and Edward R Murrow with USIA)....Mr. Penn has been tweeting that he has been lecturing at the University of Montana and other college venues... great gig...perhaps prepping for this. I admit I am green with envy, and more. But he is smart, a fine actor and a good communicator, which is the major need. At this level, this can, and will, work. -- HVCG - ABPA</span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">----------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div id="social2"><div id="applyHeader"><div id="firstHeader" align="left"><table id="topTools" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><span class="inside-head"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Actor Kal Penn joins White House team</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="25"><tbody><tr><td class="datestamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td><td align="right"><span class="pageTools" style="vertical-align: middle; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="float: left; "><tbody><tr><td><div id="applyMainStoryPhoto" style="z-index: -1; margin-top: 4px; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="245"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><a onclick="window.open('http://asp.usatoday.com/_common/_scripts/big_picture.aspx?width=490&height=540&storyURL=/news/washington/2009-04-07-penn-white-house_N.htm&imageURL=http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2009/04/07/kal-pennx-large.jpg','','width=490,height=540')" href="javascript:;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" alt="Actor Kal Penn of the television show 'House' and the 'Harold and Kumar' movie series is joining the staff of the White House. Here, Penn is seen with President Obama - then President-elect Obama - on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 18 during inauguration festivities." src="http://i.usatoday.net/news/_photos/2009/04/07/kal-pennx.jpg" width="245" height="270" /></span></a></td><td valign="top" rowspan="3" width="20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" src="http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/clear.gif" width="20" height="20" /></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="vaLink" height="18" width="80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td><td class="photoCredit" width="165" align="right"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">By Justin Sullivan, Getty Images</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td height="1" colspan="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" src="http://i.usatoday.net/_common/_images/clear.gif" width="1" height="14" /></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="photoCredit" colspan="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Actor Kal Penn of the television show 'House' and the 'Harold and Kumar' movie series is joining the staff of the White House. Here, Penn is seen with President Obama - then President-elect Obama - on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 18 during inauguration festivities</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="VASpacer"></div></div><div id="va" style="z-index: -1; float: left; "></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Obama's administration and Hollywood.<br /></span></div><p class="inside-copy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on the Fox TV show</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">House</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> and has starred in several movies would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison. His role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups.</span></p><p class="inside-copy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Penn starred as Kumar in the movie, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.</span></i></p><p class="inside-copy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Penn was an Obama supporter during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn has not been set.</span></p><p class="inside-copy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The hire was first reported by Entertainment Weekly.</span></p><div id="tagCrumbs"><span class="tagListLabel"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">FIND MORE STORIES IN: </span></span></span><a class="piped-taglist-string" href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/Executive/Barack+Obama"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Barack Obama</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> | </span></span></span><a class="piped-taglist-string" href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Landmarks,+Landforms/White+House"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; 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Diverse background. Trade show experience.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Only she wasn't talking to an interviewer. She was talking to a TV camera.</span></span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After sending resumes, attending networking events and blogging about her search for employment, Dinsmore joined a small but growing number of unemployed people who have made </span><span id="lw_1238841192_0" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">television commercials</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> about themselves to try to get directly into prospective employers' living rooms.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"I figure any exposure I can get is a great thing," said Dinsmore, a 33-year-old married mother with a newly minted master's degree in marketing from Bentley University.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"The New England Job Show," a new public cable access production, allows hungry job seekers to record 30-second commercials in a studio at a middle school in </span><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1238841192_1" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chelmsford</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, near the New Hampshire state line. Volunteers — all also unemployed — then put the commercials into a half-hour episode that includes discussions on dressing professionally, personal finances and </span><span id="lw_1238841192_2" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">health care options</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">About a dozen job seekers have taped commercials, and none has landed a job yet. But the first commercials just started airing last week.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The job show airs on at least five area public access stations. Comcast spokesman </span><span id="lw_1238841192_3" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Jim Hughes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> said the cable company, which operates in many of the Massachusetts towns, didn't have viewership numbers.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Creator and </span><span id="lw_1238841192_4" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">executive producer Ken</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Masson said the show's uniqueness will catch eyes. "Everyone talks about being cutting edge. Well, this is cutting edge," said Masson, himself an unemployed community banker.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The commercials are different from personalized online videos that have exploded on </span><span id="lw_1238841192_5" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">YouTube</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> because employers don't have to actually search for these.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But the commercials cast a wide net: There's no guarantee that hiring managers in the jobseekers' industries will see them. Those taping the spots said they were hoping to get lucky with the TV ad while also pursuing more targeted and </span><span id="lw_1238841192_6" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">traditional job search methods</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Other cable access stations have job programs: For two decades the state of Michigan has produced its own cable access job show featuring experts talking about employment trends, personal finance and career tips; and KSAR-15 TV, the </span><span id="lw_1238841192_7" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">public access station</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in Saratoga, Calif., airs a show on </span><span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1238841192_8" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">job hunting</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> for </span><span id="lw_1238841192_9" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">California</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'s Bay-area viewers.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But the personal pitches from job seekers appear to be a new twist, said Robert Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at </span><span id="lw_1238841192_10" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> of Public Communications.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"So many Americans are now comfortable with making a short video. It seems like a natural progression," Thompson said. "And TV, in spite of all the technology, is still the dominant medium."</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Masson said he and friends from a networking group launched the show with $100 and the help of a local rotary club.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kristyn Silk, who was laid off from </span><span id="lw_1238841192_11" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fidelity Investments</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in November, immediately volunteered to direct.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Basically, this is a project and we all have some project management experience," said Silk, of </span><span id="lw_1238841192_12" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Merrimack</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, N.H. "Our goal is to get people jobs."</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The show's host, Ajita Perera of </span><span id="lw_1238841192_13" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shrewsbury</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, is a recently laid off </span><span id="lw_1238841192_14" class="yshortcuts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">market manager</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> who worked as a reporter for CNN in Sri Lanka in the 1980s.</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"It feels like coming home," Perera said. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So far, the group has recorded four episodes. The first show aired March 23 and will rerun on participating stations for two weeks. Stations will get two new shows every month, Masson said. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thompson compared the 30-second commercials to speed-dating lunches. But like speed dating, it's unclear if lasting matches can be made. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That doesn't bother Libby Dilling, 42, of Stow, who has been looking for a nonprofit job for eight months. During a recent taping, Dilling recorded her pitch, but spoke too long and slightly fumbled over her words. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After some coaching, the group decided her third take was what she needed to land a job in the nonprofit world. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"I've never done something like this before," Dilling said. 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"Sonny" Montgomery Conference Room at the Department of Veterans Affairs to 70 seated guests and a group of 150 watching from the balcony. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"> whom President Obama praised for his distinguised career in the Army and his service to men and women in uniform, listens to the President's remarks, at left. White House Photo/Chuck Kennedy)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;"> </span><br /></div> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> Monday, March 16th, 2009 at 8:18 pm</span></div><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; ">A 21st Century Department of Veterans Affairs</h2><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Today President Obama helped mark the 20th anniversary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as a Cabinet-level agency with <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-the-President-at-Department-of-Veterans-Affairs/">remarks</a> in Washington, DC.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">The President paid tribute to this department, which was <a class="thickbox external" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/16/A-21st-Century-Department-of-Veterans-Affairs/#TB_inline?height=220&width=370&inlineId=tb_external" jquery1237545083958="4">formed in its first incarnation over 70 years ago under President Herbert Hoover</a>, and today stands as the second-largest of the 15 Cabinet departments, by pointing to the original vision of Abraham Lincoln "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan."</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">In recalling his grandfather's service in Patton's army, President Obama expressed his profound gratitude to our nation's service members on behalf of the entire nation:</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; ">And I think about my grandfather whenever I have the privilege of meeting the young men and women who serve in our military today. They are our best and brightest, and they're our bravest -- enlisting in a time of war; enduring tour after tour of duty; serving with honor under the most difficult circumstances; and making sacrifices that many of us cannot begin to imagine. The same can be said of their families. As my wife, Michelle, has seen firsthand during visits to military bases across this country, we don't just deploy our troops in a time of war -- we deploy their families, too.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">The President also<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> expressed full support of Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, who is one of our nation's finest veterans </span>-- having served a long and distinguished career in the U.S. Army. Under the leadership of Secretary Shinseki the Department of Veterans Affairs will be transformed for the 21st century. </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">Over the next five years, the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs will increase by<a class="thickbox external" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/16/A-21st-Century-Department-of-Veterans-Affairs/#TB_inline?height=220&width=370&inlineId=tb_external" jquery1237545083958="5">over $25 billion (pdf)</a>. These funds will be used to expand the VA health care program so that in can serve an additional 500,000 veterans by 2013; to implement a GI Bill for the 21st century; to provide better health care; and to dramatically improve services related to mental health and injuries like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. The funds will also be used for technology that will ease the transition from active duty to home for our nation's service members. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">((( Since this announcement he has much improved on even this. )))</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">For the entire Administration, the 20th anniversary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is a reminder of our debt of honor to the men of women who have fought to defend our freedom and for all involved it is an honor to undergo the work of transforming the Department for the 21st century.</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; ">from THE WHITE HOUSE BLOG</div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/03/16/A-21st-Century-Department-of-Veterans-Affairs</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><br /></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "># # # <br /></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-32831335977972905572009-03-19T05:58:00.002-04:002009-03-19T06:00:27.349-04:00MOAA "Our voices were heard" - White House scratches VA plan for private insurance<p><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209741/posts#comment" target="_self"><span style="font-size:-1;">Skip to comments.</span></a></p><a id="top" style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209741/posts" target="_self"><span style="font-size:+1;color:black;"><b>White House caves on veterans plan, but what was it thinking?</b></span></a><br /><small><b><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/64318.html#Comments_Container" target="_blank">McClatchy DC ^</a> </b>| March 18, 2009 | David Goldstein </small><br /><p><small>Posted on <b><span class="date">Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:40:01 AM</span></b> by <a title="Since 2006-10-01" href="http://www.freerepublic.com/~2nddivisionvet/"><span style="color:black;"><b>2ndDivisionVet</b></span></a></small></p> <p>The Obama administration on Wednesday abandoned a controversial plan to make veterans use private insurance to pay for costly treatments of combat-related injuries. </p><p>Stung by the angry reaction to the proposal, the administration made the decision after a meeting between officials from 11 veterans advocacy groups and top White House officials. </p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Our voices were heard," said Norbert Ryan, the president of the Military Officers Association of America. "They made the right decision on this." </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">The plan would've reversed a longstanding policy of providing government health coverage for all service-related injuries. </span>Few details emerged beyond its reported savings of $540 million, however. </p><p>Most veterans use private insurance only for health problems unrelated to their military service. </p><p>"This is a moral issue for us," said Paul Rieckhoff, the executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. </p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">What was most puzzling to experienced activists and others was that the White House floated the idea in the first place. Several said that the administration came off as politically tone deaf to the importance of the issue. </span></p><p>"They've grabbed hold of the 'third rail' and they shouldn't have done this," said Rick Weidman, director of government relations for Vietnam Veterans of America. "If they had asked anyone informally, we would have informed them, 'Are you kidding? All hell will break loose.'" </p><p>White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that the intent of the plan had been to "maximize the resources available for veterans." </p><p>He said, however, that President Barack Obama, who met with the veterans groups on Monday in their first trip to the White House, recognized their concern that it could "under certain circumstances, affect veterans and their families' ability to access health care."<br /></p> <p style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(Excerpt) Read more at <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/64318.html#Comments_Container" target="_blank">mcclatchydc.com</a> ...</p> <hr noshade="" style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="font-size:-1;color:green;"><b>TOPICS:</b></span> <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/culture-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">Culture/Society</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/foreign-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">Foreign Affairs</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/frontpage-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">Front Page News</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/government-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">Government</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/elections-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">Politics/Elections</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wot-news/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">War on Terror</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:-1;color:green;"><b>KEYWORDS:</b></span> <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/agenda/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">agenda</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bho2009/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">bho2009</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bho44/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">bho44</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gatheringofeagles/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">gatheringofeagles</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obama/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">obama</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/pelosi/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">pelosi</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/socializedmedicine/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">socializedmedicine</span></a>; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/veterans/index"><span style="font-size:-1;color:black;">veterans</span></a>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-82726941518077793772009-03-18T11:54:00.007-04:002009-03-18T12:02:43.782-04:00WAPO: Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal<div id="article"> <div style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px"> <h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; white-space: pre; font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/17/AR2009031702537.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ("Shame on you, Mr. President.") About our Vets and their Benefits</span></a></span><br /></span></h1><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Veterans Groups Denounce Private Insurance Proposal</span></span></h1> <h2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px"></h2> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:24px;"><br /></span><div id="byline">By <a title="Send an e-mail to Ann Scott Tyson" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/ann+scott+tyson/">Ann Scott Tyson</a></div>Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Wednesday, March 18, 2009; Page A04 </span> <p></p></div> <div id="article_body" style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px"><span id="aptureStartContent" aptureproxy="5"></span> <p>An Obama administration proposal to bill veterans' private insurance companies for treatment of combat-related injuries has prompted veterans groups to condemn the idea as unethical and powerful lawmakers on Capitol Hill to promise their opposition. </p> <div id="body_after_content_column"> <p>Nevertheless, the White House confirmed yesterday that the idea remains under consideration, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and leaders of veterans groups are scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss it further. </p> <p>The proposal -- intended to save the Department of Veterans Affairs $530 million a year -- would authorize VA to bill private insurance companies for the treatment of injuries and medical conditions related to military service, such as amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder and other battle wounds. VA already pursues such third-party billing for conditions that are not service-related. </p> <p>Veterans groups said the change would be an abrogation of the government's responsibility to care for the war wounded. And they expressed concern that the new policy would make employers less willing to hire veterans, for fear of the cost of insuring them, and that insurance benefits for veterans' families would be jeopardized. </p> <p>Lawmakers explicitly ruled out the proposal yesterday in budget recommendations from the Senate and House veterans' affairs committees. </p> <p aptureproxy="8">The chairman of the Senate panel, <span class="aptureLink " id="apture_prvw1" aptureproxy="10"><span class="aptureLinkIcon" style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: right -347px" aptureproxy="12" apture="true"> </span><a class="aptureLink snap_noshots" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/a000069" aptureproxy="11" aptureized="true">Daniel K. Akaka</a></span> (D-Hawaii), said a majority of the committee members say the plan is fundamentally unfair. </p> <p>"America's veterans and their families pay the true cost of war everyday, and we must pay for the care and benefits they have earned. I look forward to working with my colleagues and the Administration to pass a budget worthy of their service," Akaka said in a statement. </p> <p aptureproxy="13"><span class="aptureLink " id="apture_prvw2" aptureproxy="15"><span class="aptureLinkIcon" style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: right -347px" aptureproxy="17" apture="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><a class="aptureLink snap_noshots" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m001111" aptureproxy="16" aptureized="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sen. Patty Murray</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> (D-Wash.), a senior member of the Veterans' Affairs and Budget committees, warned VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki last week that the idea would be "dead on arrival," and she vowed yesterday that any budget containing the provision "is not going to pass." </span></p> <p>"The VA has an obligation to pay for service-related care, and they should not be nickel-and-diming vets in the process," she said in an interview. "This proposal means that family members will be hurt because, if a vet meets the maximum [benefit amount] for their insurance, their wife and kids would not be able to get insurance [benefits] anymore. . . . God forbid a wounded vet from Iraq has a wife who gets breast cancer." </p> <p>White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday that the Obama administration has not made "the final . . . decision on third-party billing as it relates to service-related injuries." </p> <p>At the same time, Gibbs noted that the administration is seeking an 11 percent increase in discretionary spending in the VA budget, a decision lawmakers and veterans groups have praised. "This president takes very seriously the needs of our wounded warriors that have given so much to protect our freedom on battlefields throughout the world," Gibbs said at a White House news conference. </p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">VA and the Office of Management and Budget did not respond to requests for more details on the proposal. </span></p></div><span id="aptureEndContent" aptureproxy="6"></span></div></div><!-- sphereit end --><p>Veterans groups said the plan was a puzzling political misstep by the new administration in its relations with the 25 million Americans who have served in the military. Obama heard firsthand about such objections Monday when he met with leaders of the groups at the White House. </p> <div id="body_after_content_column"> <p>"To ask veterans to save $500 million in a [VA] budget of over $100 billion is not only bad policy, it is bad politics," said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, who attended the meeting. </p> <p>"It could be a rookie mistake," he said. "Ultimately, it's only going to hurt the president." </p> <p>Another problem, critics said, is that the proposal could hurt wounded veterans' employment opportunities, particularly with small businesses. </p> <p>"A small company is not going to want to take on the burden of increased premiums" by hiring a wounded veteran, said Craig Roberts, media relations manager for the American Legion. He added that the proposal could make buying private health insurance prohibitively expensive for these veterans. </p> <p>Details of the proposal remained unclear yesterday, and a spokesman for the health insurance industry said its potential impact is difficult to assess. "We are going to carefully evaluate any proposal that is made," said Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for the trade association America's Health Insurance Plans. </p> <p>Lawmakers and veterans advocates said VA could save $500 million by simply collecting from private insurers all that it is authorized to bill for non-service injuries each year. </p> <p>More broadly, the issue underscores a significant challenge confronting the administration: ballooning health-care costs for veterans and active military members taking up an ever-larger share of VA and Pentagon budgets. </p> <p>It is uncertain how many veterans would be affected by the proposed change, which would concern only those with private health insurance. As many as 7 million veterans are enrolled in the VA health-care program, and about 5 million use VA facilities each year. </p> <p>Some veterans groups voiced concern that the administration's plan could represent a move toward privatizing VA benefits. </p> <p>Other experts said it reflects the broader dilemma of how to increase cost-sharing for medical care in comprehensive programs such as the VA one. "There has been no change in cost-sharing features for 10 or 12 or more years," said William Winkenwerder Jr., the Pentagon's former top health official, who runs a private health strategy and consulting firm in the Washington area. "That is what is most responsible for driving up the cost of those programs to the government," he said. </p> <p>Still, any proposals to increase cost-sharing "tend not to be very popular politically, especially at this time," Winkenwerder said. </p> <p></p></div> <div align="right"><br /></div><div id="related-box" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="sidebar" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="sidebarcontent" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="sidebarbox" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div id="related-box-left" style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 1px dotted; WIDTH: 295px" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="msie" id="evri" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div id="evri" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div id="evri" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div id="evri" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component evri-widget-washington-post" style="WIDTH: 275px" jquery1237391597562="8" done0="0" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component evri-component-tabs evri-washington-post-tabs" jquery1237391597562="7" done0="0" done1="0" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component-tabs-view" jquery1237391597562="14" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component evri-component-tabs evri-articles-view" style="DISPLAY: block" jquery1237391597562="6" done0="1" done1="1" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component-tabs-view" style="HEIGHT: 250px" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component evri-component-articles" style="DISPLAY: block" jquery1237391597562="11" done3="11" done4="11"><div class="evri-component-viewport" done5="0"><ol style="TOP: 0px"><li jquery1237391597562="67"><h3 done3="1" done4="1"><a href="http://www.evri.com/log/click?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2FAR2009031702537.html" target="" jquery1237391597562="79"><em>Veterans</em> Groups, Lawmakers Condemn Obama Idea to Bill Private Insurers for Service-Related Care</a></h3> <p class="evri-component-snippet">...by hiring a wounded <em>veteran</em>, said Craig Roberts, media relations ...</p> <p class="evri-component-attribution">11 hours ago | washingtonpost.com</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-53572658549436405702009-03-17T20:53:00.005-04:002009-03-17T21:03:02.435-04:00The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment<div class="hd"><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></h1><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">-Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></h1><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></h1><h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment</span></span></h1><!-- end .topics --></div><!-- end: .hd --> <div class="bd"> <div id="yn-story-related-media"></div><!-- end .related-media --> <div class="yn-story-content"> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">To: POLITICAL EDITORS</span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Contact: </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Craig Roberts</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> of The </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_1" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">American Legion</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">, +1-202-263-2982 Office, +1-202-406-0887 Cell</span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_2" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">private insurance companies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_3" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Department of Veterans Affairs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> (VA) in such cases. </span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it." </span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ' to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">United States government</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!" </span></span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Commander Rehbein was among a group of senior officials </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">from veterans service organizations joining the President, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel, </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_5" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Eric Shinseki</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> and Steven Kosiak, the overseer of defense spending at the </span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Office of Management and Budget</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> (OMB). The group's early afternoon conversation at The White House was precipitated by a letter of protest presented to the President earlier this month. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The letter, co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations, read, in part, </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable." </span></span></em></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Commander Rehbein reiterated points made last week in testimony to both House and </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. It was stated then that The American Legion believes that the reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate that VA treat service-connected injuries and disabilities given that the United States government sends members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. The proposed requirement for these companies to reimburse the VA would not only be unfair, says the Legion, but would have an adverse impact on service-connected disabled veterans and their families. The Legion argues that, depending on the severity of the medical conditions involved, </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">maximum insurance coverage limits</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> could be reached through treatment of the veteran's condition alone. That would leave the rest of the family without </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">health care benefits</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">. The Legion also points out that many </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_11"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">health insurance companies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> require deductibles to be paid before any benefits are covered. Additionally, the Legion is concerned that private </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_12" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">insurance premiums</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> would be elevated to cover service-connected disabled veterans and their families, especially if the veterans are self-employed or employed in small businesses unable to negotiate more favorable across-the-board insurance policy pricing. The American Legion also believes that some employers, especially small businesses, would be reluctant to hire veterans with service-connected disabilities due to the negative impact their employment might have on obtaining and financing company health care benefits. </span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"I got the distinct impression that the only hope of this plan not being enacted," said Commander Rehbein, "is for an alternative plan to be developed that would generate the desired $540-million in revenue. The American Legion has long advocated for Medicare reimbursement to VA for the treatment of veterans. This, we believe, would more easily meet the President's financial goal. We will present that idea in an anticipated conference call with </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1237240217_13" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">White House Chief of Staff</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> Rahm Emmanuel in the near future.</span></p> <p></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"I only hope the administration will really listen to us then. 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It is going to 10%. This is what we should be concerned about. Not SHOW BIZ FEUDS. Not Madoffs. Not Barney Frank and Chris Dodd turning their heads while Countrywide Mortgage and others ENABLED million$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(((( and Shipley Associates has 140 out of 180 of their Associates out of work and instead of the CEO having me help, he was so despertate he used me. Well, it is desperate times....and desperate measures... if only Steven Shipley could come back and take the reins again....))))</span></span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">From: CNN Breaking News </span><breakingnews@mail.cnn.com><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Subject: CNN Breaking News<br />To: </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236348107_2" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">textbreakingnews@ema3lsv06.turner.com</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 8:35 AM<br /><br /></span><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">-- U.S. </span></span></span></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236348107_3" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">unemployment rate jumps</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> to 8.1 percent in February, the worst since December 1983.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> ></span></pre><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Watch live coverage now on </span><a href="http://cnn.com/Live" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236348107_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://CNN.com/Live</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> =+=+=+=+=+=+== On the go? Stay connected to breaking news and top stories on your mobile phone. Type CNN.com into your </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236348107_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">mobile browser</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> now. >+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=</span></pre><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"># # #</span></pre></breakingnews@mail.cnn.com>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-51740982581360107872009-03-06T08:25:00.004-05:002009-03-06T08:30:39.053-05:00"Show Biz" HighViz aside, what was the dems dastardly plan concerning MAHA RUSHMORE?from our pals at politico: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html<div><br /></div><div>((( and Jonathan, olbermann, mark levin, take heed: michael steele is the head of the r n c and he is not so bad )))</div><div><br /></div><div> <div> <h1 class="storyheaderlarge" style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Rush Job: Inside Dems' Limbaugh plan</h1></div> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px"> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame (_politico_odiogo_feed_ids, '0', 290, 0);</script> <iframe id="iframe_odiogo_0" name="iframe_odiogo_0" src="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html" frameborder="0" width="290" scrolling="no" height="0"></iframe></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div class="bylineDiv" style="FLOAT: left">By <a class="bylineLink" href="http://www.politico.com/reporters/JonathanMartin.html">JONATHAN MARTIN</a> | 3/4/09 4:04 AM EST </div></td> <td align="right"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: -webkit-right;"><br /></div> <div></div> <table style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="274" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div class="demo"> <div id="leadSlideShow"> <div id="main_image"><embed style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px" name="flashObj" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1155201977" width="274" height="255" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" seamlesstabbing="false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" flashvars="videoId=14706770001&playerId=1155201977&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></embed> </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td style="PADDING-TOP: 10px"> <script type="text/javascript">adsonar_placementId=1384068;adsonar_pid=1201767;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=274;adsonar_zh=170;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com';</script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://js.adsonar.com/js/adsonar.js"></script> <form id="qas_frm" name="qas_frm" action="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596.html" method="get" target=""><input type="hidden" name="ie52_mac_only"></form><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td align="middle"> <div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- OAS_AD('x07'); //--> </script> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="storyText" id="storyText" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 30px"> <p>Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting Rush Limbaugh as the new face of the Republican Party, a full-scale effort first hatched by some of the most familiar names in politics and now being guided in part from inside the White House.</p> <p>The strategy took shape after Democratic strategists Stanley Greenberg and James Carville included Limbaugh’s name in an October poll and learned their longtime tormentor was deeply unpopular with many Americans, especially younger voters. Then the conservative talk-radio host emerged as an unapologetic critic of Barack Obama shortly before his inauguration, when even many Republicans were showering him with praise.</p> <p>Soon it clicked: Democrats realized they could roll out a new GOP bogeyman for the post-Bush era by turning to an old one in Limbaugh, a polarizing figure since he rose to prominence in the 1990s.<br /><br />Limbaugh is embracing the line of attack, suggesting a certain symbiosis between him and his political adversaries.<br /><br />"The administration is enabling me,” he wrote in an e-mail to POLITICO. “They are expanding my profile, expanding my audience and expanding my influence. An ever larger number of people are now being exposed to the antidote to Obamaism: conservatism, as articulated by me. An ever larger number of people are now exposed to substantive warnings, analysis and criticism of Obama's policies and intentions, a ‘story’ I own because the [mainstream media] is largely the Obama Press Office.”<br /><br />The bigger, the better, agreed Carville. “It’s great for us, great for him, great for the press,” he said of Limbaugh. “The only people he’s not good for are the actual Republicans in Congress.”</p> <div class="see-also-box" style="FLOAT: left; WIDTH: 198px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"> <h4>See also</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19588.html">Steele trap? GOP fears grow</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19587.html">Moderates uneasy with Obama plan</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19585.html">Love spat: GOP splits with big business</a> </li></ul></div> <p>If Limbaugh himself were to coin a phrase for it, he might call it Operation Rushbo – an idea that started out simply enough but quickly proved to be deeply resonant by a rapid succession of events, say Democrats inside and outside the West Wing.</p> <p>The seeds were planted in October after Democracy Corps, the Democratic polling company run by Carville and Greenberg, included Limbaugh’s name in a survey and found that many Americans just don’t like him.<br /><br />“His positives for voters under 40 was 11 percent,” Carville recalled with a degree of amazement, alluding to a question about whether voters had a positive or negative view of the talk show host.<br /><embed style="MARGIN: 10px" name="flashObj" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" align="right" src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1155201977" width="270" height="229" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" seamlesstabbing="false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" flashvars="videoId=14634758001&playerId=1155201977&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></embed><br />Paul Begala, a close friend of Carville, Greenberg and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, said they found Limbaugh’s overall ratings were even lower than the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s controversial former pastor, and William Ayers, the domestic terrorist and Chicago resident who Republicans sought to tie to Obama during the campaign.<br /><br />Then came what Begala called “the tripwire.”<br /><br />“I hope he fails,” Limbaugh said of Obama on his show four days before the president was sworn in. It was a time when Obama’s approval ratings were soaring, but more than that, polls showed even people who didn’t vote for him badly wanted him to succeed, coming to office at a time of economic meltdown.<br /><br />The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was the first to jump on the statement, sending the video to its membership to raise cash and stir a petition drive. </p></div> <div style="FLOAT: right"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> var str=location.href; for (i=1;i<=3;++i) { var CurrentFileName=location.pathname.substring(location.pathname.lastIndexOf('/')+1); if (i!=1) { var DynPage="19596_Page"+i+".html"; if (CurrentFileName.toUpperCase() == DynPage.toUpperCase()) {document.write("<span style="'text-decoration:none;'"><u>" + i + "</u></span> | ")} else {document.write("<a href="'19596_Page">" + i + "</a> | ")} } else { var DynPage="19596.html"; if (CurrentFileName.toUpperCase() == DynPage.toUpperCase()) {document.write("<span style="'text-decoration:none;'"><u>" + i + "</u></span> | ")} else {document.write("<a href="'19596.html'">" + i + "</a> | ")} } }//for </script> <span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><u>1</u></span> | <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596_Page2.html">2</a> | <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596_Page3.html">3</a> | <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19596_Page2.html">Next Page >></a> </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-33111630071005253112009-03-06T07:32:00.004-05:002009-03-06T07:39:31.394-05:00POTUS # 44 ENEMY # 2: Jim Cramer and a David Mamet play - this about sums it up, babe<div id="branding-section"> <div id="branding-logo"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/"><img alt="U.S.News & World Report" src="http://static.usnews.com/images/global/usn_logo.png" /></a></div> <div id="branding-timestamp">Friday, March 6, 2009</div><div id="branding-timestamp"><br /></div><div id="branding-timestamp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/03/04/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross.html</span></span> </div><div id="branding-timestamp"><br /></div></div><div><div class="content" id="blog"> <div><a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/03/04/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross.html"><img id="blog-banner" title="" alt="Capital Commerce" src="http://www.usnews.com/blog_dbimages/96/capital_commerce.jpg" /></a> </div> <ul class="tabs" _counted="undefined"> <li><a class="active" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/03/04/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross.html">Blog Entry</a> </li> <li><a class="" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/03/04/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross/comments/">Comments (34)</a> </li></ul> <h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; "><a class="active" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/3/4/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Barack Obama, Jim Cramer, the Stock Market and Glengarry Glen Ross</span></a></span><br /></span></h1> <div class="blogCredit">March 04, 2009 12:00 PM ET | <a href="http://www.usnews.com/Topics/tag/Author/j/james_pethokoukis/index.html">James Pethokoukis</a> | <a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/3/4/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross.html">Permanent Link</a> | <a class="print" href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/03/04/barack-obama-jim-cramer-the-stock-market-and-glengarry-glen-ross_print.htm" target="_blank">Print</a> </div> <div class="body"> <div class="media-slot"></div> <p>Let me explain what is going on with Barack Obama's economic policies and the stock market, off 30 percent Election Day. And let me explain it this way:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">You know the film, </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Glengarry Glen Ross</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">? At the beginning, Alec Baldwin gives a speech to a room full of underperforming real estate brokers. It's not exactly a pep talk. This is a representative portion:</span></span></p> <blockquote> <p>Nice guy? I don't give a [expletive]. Good father. [Expletive] you, go home and play with your kids. You want to work here, close. You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you<br />[expletive]. You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit. If you don't like it, leave.</p></blockquote> <p>And that, my friends, is how the financial markets work. They don't care about hope. They don't care about change. They don't care about charm. They want results. They want economic growth. They want governments that can pay their debts. And if they think policies of high taxes or runaway spending means slow growth or default, they will brutally punish a country's stocks, bonds and currency.</p> <p>So the White House can dismiss this slow-motion market plunge because, you know, a market "bobs up and down day-to-day." And it can dismiss CNBC's Jim Cramer's comment that Obama is running a "wealth-destroying" administration as the mutterings of someone from a cable channel that's geared toward "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">very small audience.</span></span>" But the market's will not be dismissed. 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Let him get his "HIGH - VIZ" on W A - P O, Day 4<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52456X20090305</span></span>
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<br /></div> <script language="javascript"> var storyKeywords = "US OBAMA REPUBLICANS analysis"; var RTR_ArticleTitle = "White House enemy No. 1: Rush Limbaugh"; var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "By Steve Holland - Analysis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has seen the enemy, and his name is Rush Limbaugh. President Barack Obama's team is helping lead an effort to cast Limbaugh, a polarizing, conservative talk radio show host, as the..."; </script> <span id="trackingEnabledModule" modulename="Article Tools" name="trackingEnabledModule" moduleid="3098077"> <script language="javascript">addImpression("3098077_Article Tools");</script> <script type="text/javascript"> var showComments = false; var allowSLCall = false; function singlePageView() { document.location.href = ReplaceQueryStringParam(document.location.href, "sp", "true"); } function replaceString(oldS, newS, fullS) { // Replaces oldS with newS in the string fullS for (var i = 0; i < fulls =" fullS.substring(0,"> <input id="CurrentSize" type="hidden" value="13" name="CurrentSize"> <div class="articleTools" id="atools"> <script language="javascript" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/js/shareStub.js"></script> <script language="javascript" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/js/shareFunctions.js"></script> <div class="articleUtilities" id="autilities"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><table style="FLOAT: left" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="articlePhoto" id="articlePhoto" valign="center" align="middle"><a href="javascript:launchArticleSlideshow();"><img alt="Photo" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20090305&t=2&i=8527633&w=192&r=2009-03-05T165903Z_01_BTRE5241B6K00_RTROPTP_0_USA" border="0" />
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Bush has passed from the scene.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52456X20090305">[MORE]</a></p></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-88748188111310437512009-03-05T08:52:00.006-05:002009-03-05T08:59:06.746-05:00WHAT? NO SHOW-BIZ FEUD on HIS show? What the DNC hath wrought -- NOW! ....... .... 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Someone's gotta say it.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">" <br /></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236261119_0" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Rush Limbaugh</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">, January 16, 2009</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br />Dear Friend,<br /><br />This isn't just some radio host mouthing off. Rush Limbaugh is the leading voice of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236261119_1" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Republican Party</span>. Make no mistake. <b>When Rush says jump, congressional Republicans say how high?</b></p> <table cellspacing="3" cellpadding="1" width="225" align="right" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.democratsenators.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CNhOoSgLvM%2FIYFWpkECg2V%2B%2FeOVEwqNY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="350" alt="Tell Senate Republicans to reject Rush Limbaugh's disgraceful words. Click here." src="https://secure.democratsenators.org/o/4/images/shut_up_rush_email_image_3.jpg" width="225" align="right" border="0" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From the day he entered office, President Obama has extended his hand to Republicans in a spirit of bipartisanship and asked them to work with him to solve America's problems. Thus far, they have preferred to kowtow to extremists like Limbaugh rather than accept the good faith outreach of our president.<br /><br /><b>The times are too serious for this nonsense to continue. </b><br /><br />That is why today I am asking you to join me in telling Senate Republicans to go on record and declare their independence from Rush Limbaugh. Your comments will be sent to Republican leaders.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.democratsenators.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5QVDEr2s5wEw76P%2FX5qEN1%2B%2FeOVEwqNY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236261119_2">Click here to join the DSCC in demanding that Senate Republicans reject the disgraceful words of Rush Limbaugh and declare their independence from the divisive politics of the past.</span></b></a><br /><br />America can't afford this childish posturing anymore. We are in crisis -- and President Obama needs everyone in Washington -- including Republicans -- to work on constructive solutions to get America moving again.<br /><br />Senate Republicans can begin working with our president to tackle the defining challenges of our time or they can continue pandering to the narrowing and increasingly irrelevant angry right personified by Rush Limbaugh.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.democratsenators.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vyf%2B7rsCls0rlXc0XFWIFV%2B%2FeOVEwqNY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Click here to sign the DSCC's petition -- which will be sent to Republican leaders -- demanding that they reject the disgraceful words of Rush Limbaugh and start working with President Obama on real solutions for the American people.</b></a><br /><br />For years, Republicans have been taking their marching orders from Limbaugh. In 1994, they named him an <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236261119_3" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">honorary member of Congress</span>. Leading national Republicans have called him, "a great leader," "a great American," and "the number one voice for conservatism in our country."<br /><br />Lately, Limbaugh has grown so powerful that two leading Republicans have had to ask for Rush's forgiveness after they dared to criticize him.<br /><br />Rush Limbaugh is free to say whatever he wants.<br /><br /><b>But when people like Limbaugh start dictating the behavior of Senate Republicans and begin jeopardizing the future of America; it is time for an intervention.</b><br /><br />It is time to send a message.<br /><br />Please join me.<br /><br />Sincerely,</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://secure.democratsenators.org/o/4/images/jb_sig.gif" /><br />JB Poersch</p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="530" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="250" height="8"><img alt="" src="http://www.dscc.org/images/email/email_box2_top.gif" /></td> <td width="30"> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="250" height="8"><img alt="" src="http://www.dscc.org/images/email/email_box2_top.gif" /></td></tr> <tr> <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(84,120,177) 1px solid; BACKGROUND: rgb(243,246,250); BORDER-LEFT: rgb(84,120,177) 1px solid" width="250"> <div style="MARGIN: 5px 15px"><img alt="Donate" src="http://www.dscc.org/images/email/email_title_contribute.gif" /><br />The DSCC is committed to protecting our majority in the Senate. 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</strong></span><a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827976" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_1">Transcript</span></a> (Rush 24/7 Members: <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827977" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_2">Listen</span></a>)</div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>» Politico:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827978" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_3">Rush Job: Inside Democrats' Limbaugh Plan</span></a></div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>» </strong></span><a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827979" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_4">DCCC Launches New Anti-Rush Site</span></a> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>» </strong></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>Union Thugs:</strong></span> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F82797A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_5">Dems Air Another Anti-Rush TV Ad</span></a><br /> </div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>Reporters Fail to Ask Gibbs About <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_6">Rahm Emanuel</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_7" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">White House</span> Anti-Rush Operation</strong></span></div> <div>The media freaked out about Nixon's enemies list, but they applaud Obama's. Don't be fooled because Emanuel was a ballerina, or by his flunkies <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_8" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Carville</span>, Begala, and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_9" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Stephanopoulos</span>. Emanuel has the instincts of a ferel rat protecting its young. (Rush 24/7 Members: <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827A71" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Listen</a>)</div> <div> </div> <div>"You're a smart guy, Mr. President. You've debated the best. You are one of the most gifted public speakers of our age. I would think you would jump at this opportunity. I'm offering the biggest audience in radio to a Democrat who happens to be <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_10" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">President of the United States</span> for fairness and balance -- all without needing the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_11" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Fairness Doctrine</span> or government mandates." <em>-<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1236200474_12" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Rush Limbaugh</span></em></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>Scared Liberals Flood the Phone Lines. </strong></span>(Rush 24/7 Members: <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706F827A72" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Listen</a>)</div></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>(((( Imagine, Rush Boss (what Keith Olbermann calls Limbaugh) calling my cousin a ballerina and a feral, effeminate rat, yes, my cousin rahm emanuel, for protecting his youngin', our president, POTUS OBAMA....Oh, must get this transcript...(SEE ABOVE)now the GRANDE POOH BAH LIMBAUGH BOSS TWEEDE 2009 WANTS HIM ON HIS SHOW sans tele-prompter cue cards notepad....ah, the same sell of dead newsprint....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; ">(((( oh, yeah EIB=1 will even pick POTUS 44 up, babe!)))</span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(((of course, rahm emanuel will go on....but not Mr. Obama. Obama has BIGGER things than to see the main Entertainer, The Chairman of the Board of the Republican Party (LIKE, LIKE SINATRA! ) But El Rushbo will settle for Biden or even Robert Rubin to go on his big show - Golly, I love that show!))))</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(((( you see, el rush bo is upset over Politico's L E A K....see twitter and this! this! )))))</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18194.html )))))))</div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="Rush Limbaugh and Barack Obama." src="http://images.politico.com/global/news/090129_obamarush_martin.jpg" width="274" name="theImage" /> <div id="" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 7px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; BACKGROUND-font-family:times new roman;font-size:12px;color:#f0f0f0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Americans United for Change, a liberal group, will begin airing radio ads in three states </span><b style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-color:#a0ffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Obama</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> won, with a tough question aimed at the GOP senators there: Will you side with </span><b style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-color:#a0ffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Obama</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> or </span><b style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-color:#99ff99;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Rush</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Limbaugh</span></div></div><div><div class="story cid-1309838028 l-en headline-story thumbnail-true"><div class="thumbnail"><a class="usg-AFQjCNHCfembU53khy4hBH1P1Y9ZqgDuUA " title="FOXNews" href="http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/YB86eoP_7Og/limbaugh-flexes-clout-gop" target="_self"><img height="60" alt="" src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=72Ig8E31pngknM&imgtype=0" width="80" /> <div class="source">FOXNews</div></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a class="usg-AFQjCNEaspGyhH-yk-eK1i-Ez3dITdv9iA " href="http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/03/04/democrats_and_rush_limbaugh.html" target="_self"><b>Rush</b> Job: Inside Dems’ Limbaugh plan</a> </h2> <div class="sub-title"><span class="source">Atlanta Journal Constitution</span> - <span class="date">38 minutes ago</span></div> <div class="body"> <div class="snippet">“The administration is enabling me,” he wrote in an e-mail to <b>Politico</b>. “They are expanding my profile, expanding my audience and expanding my influence. <b>...</b></div> <div class="additional-article"> <div class="aa-inner"><a class="usg-AFQjCNFLOz_U-Rr2Zz9jvajniQIYoOJkOg " href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/02/gop.steele.limbaugh/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail" target="_self">GOP chairman Steele backs off Limbaugh criticism</a> <span class="source">CNN International</span></div></div> <div class="additional-article"> <div class="aa-inner"><a class="usg-AFQjCNFWVWunW_DNEdhY8JuOzbLpEj36bQ " href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/04/1819406.aspx" target="_self">GOP watch: The 'Steele trap'?</a> <span class="source">MSNBC</span></div></div> <div class="additional-article"> <div class="aa-inner"><a class="usg-AFQjCNEwSBYEmYxgY7hj907chS0NbZDpDQ " href="http://lonestartimes.com/2009/03/04/the-war-on-rush-aka-how-the-left-is-winning-the-middle/" target="_self">The War on <b>Rush</b> aka How the Left is Winning the Middle</a> <span class="source">Lone Star Times</span></div></div> <div class="sources"><span class="source-link"><span><a class="usg-AFQjCNF9YRf4UmLdEeXkXEmdORp2Inn3nQ " href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7922236.stm" target="_self">BBC News</a> </span> - <span><a class="usg-AFQjCNEtMf3shlKIgAukbbOeMzVj1-D9YA " href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0304pagemar04,0,5668399.column" target="_self">Chicago Tribune</a> </span></span> <div class="moreLinks" id="1309838028"><a class="more-coverage-text" href="http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&ncl=dEkLwKMtNDxcmsMBnj_EUIrORSC1M">all 1,377 news articles »</a></div><div class="moreLinks" id="1309838028"><br /></div> <div class="r"></div></div></div> <div class="r"></div></div> <div class="story cid-1311080164 l-en headline-story thumbnail-true"> <div class="thumbnail"><a class="usg-AFQjCNFOSe9kktxipe7F1mYoUd9GNx3OOg " title="Boston Globe" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/03/03/obama_us_economy_wont_turn_around_quickly" target="_self"><img height="53" alt="" src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=qeg86BPe8WN3PM&imgtype=0" width="80" /> <div class="source">Boston Globe</div></a></div> <h2 class="title"><a class="usg-AFQjCNECZhm5Z2oAzHhM9h1S5fegoe4WSQ " href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/03/strategy_memo_on_a_budget.html" target="_self">Strategy Memo: On A Budget</a> </h2> <div class="sub-title"><span class="source">RealClearPolitics</span> - <span class="date">3 hours ago</span></div> <div class="body"> <div class="snippet">Instead, <b>Rush</b> Limbaugh has become their leader." *<b>Politico's</b> Martin: "Top Democrats believe they have struck political gold by depicting <b>Rush</b> Limbaugh as <b>...</b></div> <div class="additional-article"> <div class="aa-inner"><a class="usg-AFQjCNExnx5hhT1dJIckBjZ-_8RzKpkzuA " href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/03/63525027/1" target="_self"><b>Obama</b> views huge agenda as asset, not burden; 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Its just those POL hacks, Demo-gag Rush Limbaugh and Republican Party Chair Michael Steele!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125111.guest.html </span><br /><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="784"><span id="Par_0007" style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span id="Par_63340" style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span id="Par_64487" style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span id="Par_63340" style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: arial"><span style="color:#003399;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">BEGIN TRANSCRIPT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr> <tr> <td><img height="9" src="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/spc.gif" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="1" height="3"></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="784"><span id="Par_89380" style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: arial">RUSH: I was not going to talk about Michael Steele. I have had e-mails from the Drive-By Media. I have had interview requests to be on television shows to talk about Michael Steele and what he said about <a id="/content/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106" href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125106.guest.html">my speech</a> Saturday night. He was on CNN and I was going to ignore it, but so many of you are e-mailing me asking me to respond to this that I have changed my mind and I'm going to do so. Here is what has prompted all of the irritation at Michael Steele. He was on the D. L. Hughley show on CNN Saturday night, and the other voice you'll hear is the other guest, the rapper Chuck D. They had this exchange about me.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030209/content/01125111.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg" align="right" border="0" />HUGHLEY: Rush Limbaugh, who is the de facto leader of the Republican Party --<br /><br />STEELE: No, he's not.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Well, I'll tell you what, I've never --<br /><br />STEELE: I'm the de facto leader of the Republican Party.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Then you know what? Then I can appreciate that, but no -- no one will -- will actually pry down some of the things he says, like when he comes out and says that he wants the president to fail, I understand he wants liberalism to fail.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ONE MO' TIME -- UN-BELIEVEABLE!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />HUGHLEY: Rush Limbaugh, who is the de facto leader of the Republican Party --<br /><br />STEELE: No, he's not.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Well, I'll tell you what, I've never --<br /><br />STEELE: I'm the de facto leader of the Republican Party.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Then you know what? Then I can appreciate that, but no -- no one will -- will actually pry down some of the things he says, like when he comes out and says that he wants the president to fail, I understand he wants liberalism to fail.<br />A Few Words for Michael Steele <br />March 2, 2009<br /><br />Listen To It! WMP | RealPlayer <br /><br />Read the Background Material...<br /><br />• CNN: RNC Chief Steele Says Limbaugh is More a Performer than GOP Leader<br />• YouTube: Michael Steele on D.L. Hughley<br /><br /><br />BEGIN TRANSCRIPT<br /><br /><br />RUSH: I was not going to talk about Michael Steele. I have had e-mails from the Drive-By Media. I have had interview requests to be on television shows to talk about Michael Steele and what he said about my speech Saturday night. He was on CNN and I was going to ignore it, but so many of you are e-mailing me asking me to respond to this that I have changed my mind and I'm going to do so. Here is what has prompted all of the irritation at Michael Steele. He was on the D. L. Hughley show on CNN Saturday night, and the other voice you'll hear is the other guest, the rapper Chuck D. They had this exchange about me.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Rush Limbaugh, who is the de facto leader of the Republican Party --<br /><br />STEELE: No, he's not.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Well, I'll tell you what, I've never --<br /><br />STEELE: I'm the de facto leader of the Republican Party.<br /><br />HUGHLEY: Then you know what? Then I can appreciate that, but no -- no one will -- will actually pry down some of the things he says, like when he comes out and says that he wants the president to fail, I understand he wants liberalism to fail.<br /><br />STEELE: How is that any different than what was said about George Bush during his presidency? Let's put it into context here. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh, the whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it's incendiary, yes, it's ugly --<br /><br />RUSH: Okay, so I am an entertainer, and I have 20 million listeners, 22 million listeners because of my great song-and-dance routines here. Yes, said Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, I'm incendiary, and yes, it's ugly. Michael Steele, you are head of the RNC. You are not head of the Republican Party. Tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans have nothing to do with the RNC and right now they want nothing to do with it, and when you call them asking them for money, they hang up on you. I hope that changes. I hope the RNC will get its act together. I hope the RNC chairman will realize he's not a talking head pundit, that he is supposed to be working on the grassroots and rebuilding it, and maybe doing something about our open primary system and fixing it so that Democrats do not nominate our candidates. It's time, Mr. Steele, for you to go behind the scenes and start doing the work that you were elected to do instead of trying to be some talking head media star, which you're having a tough time pulling off. I hope you figure out how to run a primary system. But it seems to me that it's Michael Steele who is off to a shaky start. <br /><br /><br />My parents taught me when I was growing up that you always stood behind people who defended you, you never abandoned people who stood up for you and who defended you against assault. Michael Steele was a candidate for the Senate in Maryland. Michael Steele was on this program, he got airtime on this program to attempt to refute the lies being told about him by Michael J. Fox in those famous ads way back when that were also run against Jim Talent in Missouri. I personally took time to defend Michael Steele and to rip the substance of those ads, had him on the show. I went after Chuck Schumer when Chuck Schumer's former employee stole Michael Steele's private credit record information and released it. When I went to Washington a couple years ago for a personal appearance from my station there, WMAL, WMAL arranged for a number of dignitaries to meet me backstage. One of them was Michael Steele, who thanked me very much for coming to his defense. Something's happened. Now I'm just an entertainer and now I am ugly and my program is incendiary.<br /><br />Michael Steele has been around long enough to know that the liberal media will use him by twisting what I say or what others say. He took the bait, he bit down hard on the bait, he launched an attack on me even though the premise of what was said to him was false. He took the bait and he went for it. Now, Mr. Steele, if it is your position as the chairman of the Republican National Committee that you want a left wing Democrat president and a left wing Democrat Congress to succeed in advancing their agenda, if it's your position that you want President Obama and Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid to succeed with their massive spending and taxing and nationalization plans, I think you have some explaining to do. Why are you running the Republican Party? Why do you claim you lead the Republican Party when you seem obsessed with seeing to it that President Obama succeeds? I frankly am stunned that the chairman of the Republican National Committee endorses such an agenda. I have to conclude that he does because he attacks me for wanting it to fail.<br /><br />This isn't complicated stuff here, folks. It's difficult to organize the defeat of Obama and the Democrat Congress in 2012, if we want to. It's going to be difficult enough, but on one hand it shouldn't be difficult at all. But it's going to be really hard, Mr. Steele, if you, as the chairman of the RNC, want Obama to succeed. Where does the Republican Party go if you, who are supposed to be redesigning our primary system and helping reestablish our grassroots movement, how are we going to retake elective office if you want this agenda of Obama's and Pelosi's and Reid's to succeed. My colleagues in talk radio can attest to this next point. We get press release after press release after press release from the Republican National Committee attacking the Democrat agenda. They send us points of refutation. I never use them 'cause I don't need them. But they send out all these points of refutation about how this part of what Dingy Harry wants or Pelosi wants is wrong, is wrong, is wrong. Why are you sending out these things, Mr. Steele? Why is your office sending out all these talking points to defeat the Democrat agenda in Congress if your position is you want it to succeed? And I don't understand why you're asking Republicans to donate to the Republican National Committee if their money is going to be spent furthering the agenda of Barack Obama.<br /><br />If we don't want Obama and Reid and Pelosi to fail, then why does the RNC exist, Mr. Steele? Why are you even raising money? What do you want from us? If I want Obama and Democrats to succeed, I suppose we should be sending the RNC donations? You know, these people, it's a bizarre discussion to have because there's a news story on this, on this feud now between me and Michael Steele. And listen to this. This is a quote from RNC spokesman, Alex Conant, I'm not sure how he pronounces his last name. "The feud between radio host Rush and Rahm makes great political theater, but it is a sideshow to the important work going on in Washington. RNC Chairman Michael Steele and elected Republicans are focused on fighting for reform and winning elections. The Democrats' problem is that the American people are growing skeptical of the massive government spending being pushed by congressional leaders like [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi."<br /><br />Mr. Steele, your spokesman sounds like the RNC wants 'em to fail, to me. You're opposing 'em. You say the American people are growing weary of it, getting suspicious of it. But it's not just Pelosi's spending. It's Obama's. Where are your guts? Why can't you tie Obama to these policies? They're his! Where are your guts? (interruption) Snerdley, they don't want me doing the dirty work because when I go out there and, quote, unquote, do the dirty work, they try to cut me off at the knees for doing so. The point is, when you read that statement from Alex Conant, they're opposed to the Obama agenda, too, they're just too gutless to say so, and they get frightened when they hear the words, "I want Obama to fail." "Oh, no, no, no, we can't be associated with that." Yet you're sending out all these talking points designed to help people explain to other people why the Obama agenda is wrong. So I think it's bizarre. They put out statements and press releases damning Obama and Pelosi policies and they object when somebody like me says he doesn't want them to succeed.<br /><br />Now, if it's the purpose of the Republican National Committee to urge the success of the Obama and congressional agenda, then stop sending these press releases here. I don't want 'em anymore. Stop sending all these quotes and facts and figures to prove how the Obama and Pelosi agenda is full of lies. I don't want to see it anymore, because you don't believe it. Why are you even sending these things out, Mr. Steele? It's amazing how many Republican politicians contact this show wanting on it. It's amazing how many Republicans want to come on this show. It's amazing how many send this show an endless number of press releases, their PR flacks are constantly sending me press releases and points, Congressman X saying this, special interest group X saying that, hoping I will mention it, hoping I will promote their cause. Why do they work so hard to be on this show? Why are they so eager to get me to take up their cause? I'm just an entertainer, ugly, incendiary, they say. We don't discuss current issues or policies or history or economics. So on the one hand, they had their PR flaks inundating me every day with this group or this congressman's doing that. I'm supposed to take it and make this or that congressman look good or this or that RNC chairman look good. And then they do what they do.<br /><br />They chicken out when I happen to articulate exactly what their agenda really is. They don't have the guts to admit it, and I do. I'm going further and telling you today it's not that I want Obama to fail; that's not it anymore. The president is presiding over economic failure. The president is watching it, doing nothing about it. He's watching unemployment grow; he's watching the stock market plummet; he is watching people sign up for unemployment. The president of the United States is doing nothing to stop the downward spiral of this economy. He has no economic recovery plan. The truth is, the president of the United States and Rahm Emanuel, who, remember, said, "Crisis is too great a thing to waste." What does that mean? They want you suffering, they want you miserable, they want it worse, they want you rejecting conservatism. They want you rejecting capitalism. They want you turning to them in fear and desperation and angst for an immediate fix to the problem. They want you thinking you have no ability to fix your own problems. They think you have and they want you to have no ability to take care of yourself. So as the stock market now approaches minus 2,800 since Obama was elected, the statement today is to speed up the economic recovery, we're going to focus on health care. Ask yourself how that is going to get you your next job.<br /><br />One other thing. Mr. Steele, if you want to lead the Republican Party, as you say you do, then you need to run for and win the presidency. You are chairman of the Republican National Committee. That is your job. To run the Republican establishment bureaucracy and prove you can defeat Democrats and elect Republicans, to come up with a new primary system that eliminates Democrats participating in ours and choosing our candidates and getting the grassroots revved up again. This is how you're going to be measured, not by how entertaining or cute you are on talk shows. By the same token, I'm not in charge of the Republican Party, and I don't want to be. I would be embarrassed to say that I'm in charge of the Republican Party in the sad-sack state that it's in. If I were chairman of the Republican Party, given the state that it's in, I would quit. I might get out the hari-kari knife because I would have presided over a failure that is embarrassing to the Republicans and conservatives who have supported it and invested in it all these years. I certainly couldn't say I am proud of the Republican Party, as I am leading the Republican Party. Right now the Republican Party needs to be led, and it will be. The next Republican president is going to be the head of the party. Last time I checked, I don't think Mr. Steele is running.<br /><br />And finally, Mr. Steele, we do like to entertain people here. The audience is very smart, sir. They know the difference between entertainment, and they know the difference between deadly serious issues that affect their country. Don't underestimate the intelligence of this audience or Republicans and conservatives generally. The biggest problem with all of you who live inside the Beltway is you look out over America and you think you see idiocy and unsophisticated people, ignorant people, and when you're looking at liberal Democrats, largely you're correct, but your own voters are every bit as informed, involved, engaged, and caring, if not more so than you are. We don't care, first and foremost, about the success of the Republican Party. We care about the United States of America and its future, because we cherish it and love it, and we know what it is that made it the greatest nation on earth, and we don't hear you articulating that you understand that, not just you, Mr. Steele, but hardly anybody else in Washington, DC. So send those fundraising requests out, and, by the way, when you send those fundraising requests out, Mr. Steele, make sure you say, "We want Obama to succeed." So people understand your compassion. Republicans, conservatives, are sick and tired of being talked down to, sick and tired of being lectured to, and until you show some understanding and respect for who they are, you're going to have a tough time rebuilding your party.<br /><br />BREAK TRANSCRIPT<br /><br /><br />RUSH: Hey, psst, folks, just a little secret between us. Don't tell anybody, all right? This is just between us. Don't tell the Drive-Bys. The Drive-Bys were tuning in for that because they've been asking me for quotes on this. So the way they're gonna interpret -- and really don't tell anybody, this is between us, because I don't want this getting out beyond the show -- the way they are going to interpret what I just did in response to Michael Steele is, "Oh, this is great, this is great! Emanuel's strategy is working great, the Republican Party and Limbaugh are splitting apart, there's a feud, there's infighting." They will miss the whole point, and even if there are any Drive-Bys listening while I tell them the real point, they will reject it because it doesn't fit their template. What happened starting Saturday -- actually, CPAC started on Thursday, but what culminated with my speech on Saturday at CPAC was the reawakening of a huge sleeping giant that is ready to rumble, and that is American conservatism, which is found in the Democrat Party, it's found among independents, and it's found in the Republican Party.<br /><br />More Americans live their lives as conservatives than you would believe. They don't get their paychecks and walk down the street and say, "Hi, you want some of this?" They'll vote for people who will do it for them, but they're trying to raise their kids right and make money, save money. They've got morality and values, most of them, not all, but most, they may not vote that way, but they live that way. They're waiting to be awakened and that awakening has started. The pressure is on the Republican Party to be more Democrat Party-like, and too many Republicans in Washington want to make that happen. Well, just the opposite is going to happen. The sleeping conservative giant has been awakened here. It's a beautiful thing.<br /><br /><br />END TRANSCRIPT<br /><br /><br />OBSCENE PROFIT CENTER<br /><br /><br /><br />Terms of Use | Privacy Statement | Copyright & Trademark Notice |Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-53601161637962141812009-03-02T15:56:00.001-05:002009-03-02T15:58:13.692-05:00Rush! in my mailbox - Obama is failing - right now! OMG!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">AND THEN........</span><div><br />--- On <b>Mon, 3/2/09, The Rush Limbaugh Show <i><rushinahurry@rushlimbaugh.com></i></b> wrote:<br /><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: The Rush Limbaugh Show <rushinahurry@rushlimbaugh.com><br />Subject: Obama's Failure is Happening Right Now!<br />To: "ABBE BUCK" <highviz@yahoo.com><br />Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 3:55 PM<br /><br /><div id="yiv1129996054"> <table height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="612" align="center" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="800" height="51"><img height="86" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderTop.jpg" width="612" /></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#eae8e8" height="15"><a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867A76" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="15" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderLeft1.jpg" width="228" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867A77" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="15" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderLeft2.jpg" width="65" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867A78" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="15" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderLeft3.jpg" width="69" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867A79" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="15" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderLeft4.jpg" width="77" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867A7A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="15" alt="" src="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/images/logos/rush/HeaderLeft5a.jpg" width="173" border="0" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bg height="25" style="color:#eae8e8;"><strong> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 20px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 20px" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003366;">On Today's Show...</span></div></strong></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bg style="color:#eae8e8;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="612" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="612" bg style="color:#eae8e8;"> <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 20px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 20px" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"> <div> <div> </div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>Rush's First Address to the Nation: </strong></span> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867B71" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</a></div> <div> </div> <div><b><b><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#003366;">I Want Every American to Succeed. What Does President Obama Want?</span></b></b></div> <div>There is no economic recovery legislation. Obama just says that's what it is. He wants to depress the economy, so you'll accept higher taxes, less freedom, and bigger government. I want lower unemployment and prosperty for all! I want the country to succeed. (Rush 24/7 Members: <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867B72" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Listen</a>)</div> <div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,102)"><strong>» Charles Babington: </strong></span> <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867B73" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Obama's Budget -Huge Ambitions, Huge Obstacle</a></div> <div> </div> <div>"President Obama's approval number is <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867B74" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">down at 58%</a>. <span> </span>The Dow Jones Industrial Average has plummeted below 7,000 <a href="http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7965616D767A628B73798C6A706E867B75" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">into the 6,000s</a> -- and at some point, that alone will start causing some people to ask, '<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">When is this going to stop? What is he going to do?</span>'"<em> -Rush Limbaugh</em></div></div></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-46309649219000608912009-03-02T06:35:00.004-05:002009-03-02T06:42:10.248-05:00Isn't Michael Steele.... the new Chair of the Republican National Committee?<tr> <td class="fn" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 140%; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"> <div class="imagemap-inline" style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></td></tr> <tr> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Steele"><img height="302" alt="Michael S. Steele" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Michael_Steele.jpg/225px-Michael_Steele.jpg" width="225" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Michael Steele<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Why is "Cousin Rahm" Emanuel saying that it is Rush Limbaugh?<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/snapshot-2009-01-28-17-31-02.jpg"><img src="http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/snapshot-2009-01-28-17-31-02.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-91402020743201671252009-03-01T16:44:00.005-05:002009-03-01T17:01:16.542-05:00I reckon Cousin Rahm is saying "Keep your friends close, but keep your "Limbaughs" closer (mmmmhmmmm!)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><div>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/01/rahm-on-rush-hes-the-voic_n_170854.html<br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and yes, kids, the LIBS were at C P A C, too. Rush Limbaugh was QUITE the showstopper! Like, like ETHEL MERMAN playing Perle Mesta! He brought the house down! But I digress, or...do I?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*</span></span></span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><h1><a id="title_permalink" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/01/rahm-on-rush-hes-the-voic_n_170854.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Rahm On Rush: He's The Voice, Energy And Intellect Of The GOP</span></span></span></span></a></h1><!-- Chicklets --> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">By Sam Stein</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><div><div id="potd_block"> <div class="big_photo"><img src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/66451/thumbs/s-RAHM-large.jpg" /></div><div class="big_photo"><div>(Cousin) Rahm Emanuel, C O S</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Not missing any opportunity to make Rush Limbaugh the figurehead of the GOP, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called the brash talk show host the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> "voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party</span>" on Sunday.<br /><br />Appearing on CBS's Face The Nation, Emanuel brought up Limbaugh without being prompted. Applauding the conservative radio personality for being upfront in his desire to see the president fail, Emanuel went to great lengths to make the case that Limbaugh, more than any other contemporary figure, is the leader of the GOP.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SCHIEFFER</span>: We talked about Newt Gingrich a lot this morning and now you bring up Rush Limbaugh. Who do you think now speaks for the Republican Party?<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">EMANUEL:</span> You just named him: it is Rush Limbaugh. He has laid out his vision, in my view. And he said it clearly. I compliment him for that. He's been very up front and I compliment him for that. He's not hiding. He's asked for President Obama and called for President Obama to fail. That's his view. And that's what he has enunciated. And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood. He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn't stepped back from that, which is he hopes for failure. He said it and I compliment him for his honesty. But that's their philosophy that is enunciated by Rush Limbaugh and I think that's the wrong philosophy for America...<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SCHIEFFER:</span> Do you think that he's that important that other Republicans are paying that much attention to him?<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">EMANUEL: </span>Well, he was given the keynote basically at the [CPAC conference] to speak. When a Republican did attack him he clearly had a turn-around and comeback and basically said that he apologized and was wrong. I think do think he's an intellectual force, which is why the Republicans pay such attention to him.<br /><br />While Emanuel seemed eager to paint Limbaugh as the head of the GOP, some Republicans were growing anxious. Appearing on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Meet the Press</span>, veteran strategist Mike Murphy -- no stranger to trying to drag his party away from certain ideologically-fervent posts -- warned that the ascendancy of the talk shot host to the top ranks of the GOP could result in a "permanent minority status."<br /><br />"The country is changing. Ronald Reagan won in 1980 with 51% of the vote. We all worship Ronald Reagan. But if that election had been held with the current demographics in America today, Ronald Reagan would have gotten 47 percent of the vote. The math is changing. Anglo vote is 74 percent now not 89. And if we don't modernize conservatism, we are going to have a party of 25 percent of the vote going to Limbaugh rallies, joining every applause line, ripping the furniture up, we're going to be in permanent minority status.<br /><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, appearing on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ABC's This Week, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor</span> pushed back against Limbaugh about as hard as any elected GOP official to this point. Asked if House Republicans, like Limbaugh, were hoping for the president to fail, the Virginia Republican replied:<br /><br />"Absolutely not... And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges. What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today." </div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Emanuel, Cantor and Murphy's remarks came a day after Limbaugh, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, reiterated his hope that Obama fail as a president</span> -<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> on policy not personal grounds.</span></span> His address, which went over 80-minutes in length, was received enthusiastically by the crowd, which peppered him with standing applause.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">((( a standing 0! )))</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><strong>*Read more from Huffington Post bloggers:</strong> <table cellspacing="6" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px! important; PADDING-LEFT: 0px! important; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px! important; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 0px! important"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh"><img class="link_entry_image" src="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/contributors/taylor-marsh/headshot.jpg" /></a> </td> <td class="link_entry_text" style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><b><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/rushs-ramblings-at-cpac_b_170818.html">Taylor Marsh: Rush's Ramblings at CPAC</a> </b> <div>But I'm really at a loss of what to make of Rush's performance on the whole. It was a rambling, sometimes incoherent, self-indulgent mess. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <br /># # # <br /><br /></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-64147291392212508512009-03-01T06:57:00.007-05:002009-03-01T07:42:42.325-05:00CNBC: Betting on OBAMA (sic) The Trump Way (and why this does not at all surprise me!)<div class="w635 hd_section" archive="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:workbench:xslt:archive"> <div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">---to The Donald: </span></span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">a) I live and work here (25 miles within DC Metro, 15 miles from Sterling, VA)</span></span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">b) You said just last week this is the worst economy since the Great Depression on the today show last week....if you can 'bank on it' benefit from it, so can we (sic) </span>((( I have a perfectly good golf course outside of my door, just a few blocks away....Piedmont/ Club Corp I walk my lab there ....the view of Bull Run Mountain is fabulous! And the Presidents is nearby...., Evergreen is nearby... Robert Trent Jones is a mile down the road .....but a TRUMP Golf course...? I am thinking it over )))</span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> c) Would you like a real "apprentice" here, in Sterling, VA? I'll send your people my CV. Happy to! </span></span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">v/r, abbe b. </span></span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> www.twitter.com/abbebuck</span></span></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><br /></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><br /></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"># # #</div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><br /></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div class="padL cnbc_hdln padR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/29428042"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Betting on Bureaucracy ... The Donald Trump Way</span></a></span></div> <div class=" padL cnbc_tls "> <div class="cnbc_tls "> <div><span class="title">Topics:</span><span class="content"><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837548/cid/97238/sh/3">Donald Trump</a> | <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837548/cid/97174/sh/3">Management</a> | <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15837548/cid/97163/sh/3">CEOs and CFOs</a></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="fL w635 lower_hd_section" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 15px" archive="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:workbench:xslt:archive"> <div class="fL padL author_info"><span>By: </span>CNBC.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 09:54 AM ET <script language="javascript"> function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));} } } UpdateTimeStamp('633713432710170000');</script> </div> <div class="fR tool_textsize padR"><img height="20" hspace="0" src="http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/header/icon_textT.gif" width="20" align="left" /><span class="cnbc_sbhd_comp fL padR">Text Size </span><a onclick="dcrFontContent('cnbc_textbody');return false;" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/29428042#"><img height="20" hspace="0" src="http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/header/icon_text_minus.gif" width="16" align="left" border="0" /></a><a onclick="incrFontContent('cnbc_textbody');return false;" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/29428042#"><img height="20" hspace="0" src="http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/CNBC_Images/header/icon_text_plus.gif" width="16" align="left" border="0" /></a></div></div> <div class="fL" id="cnbc_textbody" style="FONT-SIZE: 1em"> <script type="text/javascript">setDefault('cnbc_textbody');</script> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Real estate mogul Donald Trump thinks we're on the verge of a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">new era of Big Government ... and he's planning to<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">profi</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">t</span></span></span> from it.</span></p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">He's bought an 800-acre golf club outside of Washington D.C.</span></p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"The reason I did it is I see Washington as the only growing place in the United States," Trump said during an interview on CNBC. 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The <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/02/donald_trump.html?hpid=news-col-blog" target="_blank">newspaper reported</a> that the seller was the Chevy Chase Bank and the price was about $18 million.</p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"I've been after this for so many years and I just did the deal," Trump said. </p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>In his interview Trump, while noting the Obama budget opened the door for his Virgina golf club to take off, also expressed displeasure with the overall fiscal strategy. The tax proposals would make it very difficult for the wealthy, he said, which would have detrimental effect on investment and national spending levels, he said. </p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"You don't raise taxes at a time like this," he opined.</p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>He also took exception to the proposal to curtail tax deductions for mortgage interest payments. </p> <p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>"When you take mortgage deduction away in the middle of the worst hosuing crisis probably ever ... it certainly doen't seem to make sense on the face of it," he said. </p> <ul> <li class="textBodyBlack"><strong><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/29413993/"><strong>Slideshow: Where the $200K a Year Crowd Lives</strong></a></strong> </li><li class="textBodyBlack"><b><strong><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15839263/?tabid=20429036&tabheader=false"><strong>CNBC.com Video: CEO Interviews</strong></a></strong></b></li></ul> <div class="textBodyBlack"><i><em>© 2009 CNBC.com</em></i></div><div class="textBodyBlack"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div class="textBodyBlack"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"># # #</span></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-2552291944725227642009-03-01T06:37:00.003-05:002009-03-01T06:44:22.653-05:00Paul Harvey, 1918-2009, "and now..you know the rest of the story!"<div class="post"> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://student.valpo.edu/rperri/radio-mic.jpg" /><br /></h1><h1>Paul Harvey, legendary radio host, dies at 90<br /></h1> <div class="details"> <p><a href="http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/02/paul-harvey-leg.html?iid=top25-Paul+Harvey%2C+legendary+radio+host%2C+dies+at+90"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">EW: Feb 28, 2009, 10:36 PM | by Mike Bruno</span></a></p> <p>Categories: <a href="http://news-briefs.ew.com/radio/index.html">Radio</a></p></div> <p>Legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey died today at a hospital in Phoenix. He was 90.</p><p> Known for his distinct staccato delivery, dramatic pauses, and folksy intonations, Harvey's broadcasts were heard on over 1,200 radio stations and 400 Armed Forces networks and his commentary appeared in 300 newspapers, according to his website. He had been hosting his radio shows on a part-time basis for most of the past year, during which he suffered various illnesses as well as the death of his wife Lynne "Angel" Harvey. Paul Harvey's seven-decade broadcasting career includes more than 50 years working for ABC Radio. </p> <p>"Even after the passing of his loving wife Angel in May 2008, Paul would not slip quietly into retirement as he continued to take the microphone and reach out to his audience," ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson said via a statement. "We will miss our dear friend tremendously and are grateful for the many years we were so fortunate to have known him."</p></div><!-- end div class="post" --> <div class="photo_credits"> <script language="JavaScript"> if (imageCredit) { document.write("Photo Credit: " + imageCredit); } </script> </div> <div class="postlinks"> <ul class="links"> <li class="first"><a href="http://news-briefs.ew.com/">News Briefs Home</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/">EW Home</a></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">"Good Day!"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I will miss you but you are with your Angel now, sir.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Love,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Abbe B. and Skitch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">(I listened faithfully since WLS, 890 AM, Chicago, 1971)</span></span></span></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-37038440311816066622009-03-01T06:22:00.006-05:002009-03-01T06:35:00.109-05:00Well, I liked Bobby Jindal! (Gov. LA, (R)I still do. A week or so goes by -- Rush Limbaugh Huffs and Puffs and still wants to compete wuth a lissome, well-spoken Mr. Obama by saying "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">i will disown you! (ANYONE WHO DISLIKED JINDAL____)</span>" ~<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Look, toot</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">s</span> (my message to Limbaugh here: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED - YOUR OPERZATION CHAOS WAS JUST THAT, A FLAME-OUT. GET OVER YOUR DEAF-SELF AND <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">DEAL WITH IT.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">and Okay, I like Jindal for his content and character. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">He may be Pres in 2016.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"></span> <table class="Section" id="Table3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="504" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="left"><a href="http://themoderatevoice.com/26795/bobby-jindals-republican-response/"><img id="imgCartoon" alt="" src="http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/%7Bc7cbb794-9cb4-4972-9a10-cc058190dd82%7D.gif" border="0" /> </a></td></tr></tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br />© Copyright </span></span><span id="lblCopyrightYear"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">2009</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span id="lblCopyrightArtist"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">RJ Matson</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> - All Rights Reserved. </span></span><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Jindal on American Idol Oh, no! (Hat Tip, RJ Matson,The Moderate Voice) <a href="http://tinyurl.com/awmkw8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/awmkw8</a></span><span class="meta entry-meta"><a class="entry-date" href="http://twitter.com/abbebuck/status/1261786891" rel="bookmark"><span class="published">about 24 hours ago</span></a> <span>from web</span> </span></span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"><div class="user-info clear"> <div class="thumb"><a href="http://twitter.com/abbebuck" style="text-decoration: none;"><img height="73" alt="Abuck_good_photo_1__2_2008_bigger" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_images/65827827/abuck_good_photo_1__2_2008_bigger.jpg" width="73" /></a></div> <div class="screen-name"><a href="http://twitter.com/abbebuck">abbebuck</a></div> <div class="full-name"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Abbe Buck (just little me)</span></span></div><div class="full-name"><br /></div><div class="full-name"># # #</div></div></span><br /></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-66538063459673088032009-02-24T21:57:00.003-05:002009-02-24T22:05:18.249-05:00Listening to the President speak while I Twitter...I think of a quote by Confucius<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; font-family:Times;"><div><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/331503740_d76e1b7627.jpg" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure." --Confucius</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;">(((( 2009 Freshman Administration. It has my buy-in. The new brain trust has been planning... ))))</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;">www.twitter.com/abbebuck </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;font-family:Times;"># # #</span></div></div>Abbe Buck, PA, PR, PM, OMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02554589875043445873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11374689.post-68740742005125280902009-02-24T21:53:00.002-05:002009-02-24T21:55:00.326-05:00The Pres. Speaks to Congress - ((( and we will rebound with Optimism ))) YES, WE CAN DO IT!<tr> <td valign="top" colspan="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="750" border="0"> <tbody> <tr bgcolor="#08315a"> <td width="175"><a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/MEPMRJ/UALL/KSHLBY/R31260/3OA5U/QR/h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="32" alt="wp logo" src="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/email/images/email_wplogo_175x32.gif" width="175" border="0" /></a> </td> <td width="210"></td> <td width="15"></td> <td valign="center"></td> <td width="17"></td> <td valign="center"></td> <td width="15"><a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/MEPMRJ/UALL/KSHLBY/R31260/5C7WT/QR/h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img height="32" alt="letter icon" src="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/email/images/email_lettericon_15x32.gif" width="15" border="0" /></a> </td> <td valign="center"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #bdcee1; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif" href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/MEPMRJ/UALL/KSHLBY/R31260/QF1BI/QR/h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235530357_1">Feedback</span></a> </td> <td width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td width="10"></td> <td valign="top" width="740"> <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20px; COLOR: #000000"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 20px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/MEPMRJ/UALL/KSHLBY/R31260/18V71/QR/h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235530357_2">News Alert</span></a></span><br />9:15 p.m. ET Tuesday, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235530357_3" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">February 24</span>, 2009</span> </div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 1.2em; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/MEPMRJ/UALL/KSHLBY/R31260/WL8CN/QR/h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235530357_4">Obama: 'We Will Rebuild, We Will Recover'</span></a> </span><br />In an address to Congress tonight, Obama pushes efforts aimed at creating jobs, encouraging lending and investing in energy, health care and education -- "even as we make hard choices to bring our deficit down." 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