Mr. Gibbs makes this comment in referring to Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.  The Obama campaign feels they are being bullied by O'Reilly. 

http://thepage.time.com/2008/05/15/gibbs-bill-oreilly-is-a-bully/

It is interesting in light of the bulling, threatening, and attacking tactics of the Obama campaign and its supporters and surrogates.

I guess Barack Obama's communications chief's advice maybe stolen from the Larry play book. After all, Obamanots and Obama blogonots and surrogates such as Andres W. Lopez, Public Citizens Litigation Group, Daily Kos etc... have tried to bully me into submission for a couple of months now. Funny, I keep going DIRECTLY AT THOSE BULLY'S, and have been from day one.

Mr. Gibb's, can I ask if you would advise your candidate to face me directly, face to face without his teleprompter to speak from? Come on, you people talk about not having anything to hide, you are transparent, you represent a "new" type of politics. What are you, Axelrod and Obama scared of?

Mr. Gibbs, did Barack Obama decide to go directly at Donald Young?  You remember him don't you, the gentleman who was killed in December 2007 after informing me he and Obama were intimate with each other?

What about Barack Obama smoking Crack Cocaine in November 1999?  Is Barack bulling people to get out of having to address this?

This breaks down the Obama Bullying real well I think

(above graphic obtained from: http://news.lavenderliberal.com/2008/05/11/obama-supporters-do-you-have-any-idea-how-predictable-youve-become-ps-nobodys-buying-your-latest-nicey-poo-ploy/  )

Hey Barack, Hey Gibbs:  I can't be bullied into submission.  Remember the song "We Shall Overcome"  and I shall!

In an earlier blog I wrote:

In 2006 a Missouri teenager hanged herself after being rejected by a 16 year old boy she met on MySpace. Well, at least that’s what she thought. The reality was the “16 year old boy” was really the mother of one of the girls former friends.

The motive? It seems the mother was allegedly trying to exact revenge on Meier, who had allegedly dissed her daughter. This sick, twisted and childish choice took and emotional toll on a young person who was emotionally vulnerable and cost her - her life!

The earlier blog is presented in full here.

According to a CNN report -

Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.

The indictment, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuses Drew and others of registering on MySpace as "Josh Evans" and using the account to lure Meier into an an online romance.

Authorities have previously said that Drew set up the account to find out what Meier, who lived in her neighborhood, was saying about her daughter.

Lori Drew of O’Fallon, Missouri, was named in a four-count indictment returned this morning by a federal grand jury. The indictment charges one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl who,
because of juvenile privacy rules, is referred to in the indictment only as M.T.M.

After approximately four weeks of flirtatious communications between “Josh Evans” and M.T.M., Drew and her co-conspirators broke off the relationship. Within an hour, M.T.M. had hanged herself in her room. She died the next day. “This adult woman allegedly used the Internet to target a young teenage girl, with horrendous ramifications,” said United States Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien. “After a thorough investigation, we have charged Ms. Drew with criminally accessing MySpace and violating rules established to protect young, vulnerable people. Any adult who uses the Internet or a social gathering website to bully or
harass another person, particularly a young teenage girl, needs to realize that their actions can have serious consequences.”

MYSPACE RULES: It seems that to become a member of MySpace, individuals are required to submit registration information – including name and date of birth – and have to agree to certain TOS that regulate their use of the website. Among other things, the MySpace TOS require prospective members to provide truthful and accurate registration information; to refrain from using any information obtained from MySpace services to harass, abuse, or harm other people; to refrain from soliciting personal information from anyone under 18; to refrain from promoting information that they know is false or misleading; and to refrain from posting photographs of other people without their consent. The indictment alleges that Drew and her coconspirators violated all of those provisions.

The indictment, while not a conviction, alleges that the defendant - Drew - did commit a crime. Characterized as "cyber-bullying" the actions that have not been disputed show a pattern of abuse and a clear violation of the terms of MySpace.

Ron Meier, Megan's father, watched television newscasts announcing the indictment and was overcome with emotion

"It's a a good day," he said. "It’s an awesome feeling.”

He said now he expects the Drews to feel some of the pain and suffering "that I’m going to feel for the rest of my life, not having Megan here."

COMMENTS:

Ron Meier's comments are understandable. However, every choice has a consequence and healing can't truly take place until the negative emotions are dealt with. Revenge, hatred, anger - whatever is felt may be justifiable on one hand. Yet, emotions that have a negative base will not move one forward. They are not the foundation for positive results.

As a speaker to youth and parents alike about social networking - mostly MySpace and Facebook, etc. - I have the opportunity to help folks understand how to effectively us the tools without becoming a victim of them.

The Meier's have suffered a terrible loss - a senseless loss - yet, across the board there were more people involved in what took place than just Megan or Drew. As parents, if we want to protect our children, we must understand the playing field of social networking and help to monitor what is taking place and bring understanding and order to MySpace and other forms of internet communication. It is too easy to take on a role that can have a terrible consequence.

Every choice has a consequence. Lori Drew and others will soon be finding out the consequences of their actions. No - there is nothing that can be done to bring Megan back. However, the choices that are made now can bring meaning and value to her death.

For now, teen ethics speaker - Chuck Gallagher - signing off...

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作者: 野仁

Chinese version : CNN总裁终于正式道歉

"外交部发言人秦刚15日表示，近日CNN总裁沃尔顿致函中国驻美国大使，代表CNN正式向中国人民道歉。信函说，“CNN对全世界华人怀有最崇高的敬意。我们确信，中国人民确实被卡弗蒂的评论所冒犯。我谨代表CNN就此向中国人民道歉。”

English version: CNN president apologizes for Jack Cafferty's remarks on China

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De momento, siguiendo el ejemplo de Juan Varela, lo utilizo para básicamente para informar a mis followers de que he posteado algún nuevo artículo o comentario en este blog. Además, he instalado un widget que vincula Twitter con Facebook, con lo cual, lo que escribo en Twitter aparece automáticamente en Facebook, cosa que facilita mucho la tarea de mantener actualizado Facebook. Todos los días, casi la mitad de las visitas que recibe este blog llegan a través de Facebook o Twitter.

Pero Twitter también puede ser útil para una empresa, como explica Fernando Polo en su blog Abladías (el link me lo envió Oscar Espíritusanto): fomenta los lazos emocionales y el networking, ayuda a crear marca y es fácil de manejar y mantener. En Abladías podrán encontrar "Los 10 mandamientos del Twitter corporativo".

Según un artículo publicado por BusinessWeek, propuesto por Enrique Dans a través de Twitter, esta herramienta 2.0 cuenta con entre medio y un millón de usuarios activos, muchos menos que Facebook (70 millones). Además prevée que una amplia mayoría abandone la aplicación cuando surjan otras más novedosas.

1- Bonecos feitos por cadeirantes do Clube Roda Solta de Itajaí - Maria Amélia Contin

2 – Casa do Hip Hop Arte Inclusiva – Morgana Linhares

3 – Circo – Cia. Ensamble Produções Artísticas – Carlos Magagnin

Vale lembrar que mesmo sem terem sido selecionados, todos os alunos podem participar do Prêmio. Na edição passada, a Univali teve dois trabalhos selecionados entre os 10 primeiros colocados e levou o primeiro prêmio com a reportagem sobre Surfe para Cegos na praia do Atalaia.

No wonder she thinks she can still win, this montage of Terry McAuliffe is priceless.

Live blogging the highlights:

:52 - MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski asks him if he is on Methamphetamine

1:14 - Always be on Message!

1:24 - Terry propositions CNN's John King for a campaign donation.

1:52 - The Howler Monkey's voice cracks on the word "delegates"

2:35 & 3:06 - Terry stumps for Puerto Rican Pina Coladas

3:23 - to Mika "you and I will do some bulls together"

3:32 to 4:00 - All the TV pundits are telling her to get out! Except you Lou, or you Wolf, or you John, or you guys on Morning Joe (depending on who he was speaking to)

4:23 - Calls Pat Buchanan a "right-wing nut"

5:38 - A Fox anchor says "Main-Stream Media" - I laugh. And at 6:00 - Terry praises Fox for their "fair" campaign coverage. - I cringe.

7:03 - He says I have the [Hillary Clinton] nightshirt and slippers. - I cringe again.

7:08 - The Fox and Friends anchor says "I would prefer not to see him in his pajamas." - For the first time ever, I agree with a Fox News anchor.

7:20 - Fox News teases the next segment with Terry with the headline BULLET IN HEAD on the crawl!!

VOA Newsreports that the protest was the first all-women demonstration against China by Tibetan exiles. There are about 20,000 Tibetan refugees living in Nepal.

http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11023

Okay, I'm exaggerating! The girl was wearing something... just not very much of it.

I love this quote from the CNN blog:

Willie
updated Mon May 12, 2008

I bet the answer to the question wouldn't surprise me but I heard several comments about her mom. Where's the daddy of this girl? I guarantee you he's not in the picture! I have four daughters and ain't no way in hell, they would've walk out my house looking like that.

Then there's this quote from the forum at the Ocala Star-Banner forum:

robertr3
Posted 13 May 2008 11:48
It looks fine to me. Everyone in just so hung up on a little skin showing. I don't see it as too revealing. She has everything important covered.

Talk about disparate views! Wait! "Viewing" is what the issue is about. ;-)

http://tinyurl.com/4ldplk

De acuerdo con CNN, hoy se sabe que un jurado estadounidense declaró a Nintendo culpable por este delito, por lo que tendrá que pagar 21 millones de dólares a Anascape quien es dueña legítima de las patentes que Nintendo "retomó" para crear el control clásico de Wii, el WaveBird y el control del GameCube. Aunque también había una demanda por la patente del Wiimote, el jurado no encontró culpabilidad alguna en Nintendo. 

Un vocero de la compañía de Mario Bros declaró que apelará la demanda para que los daños sean reducidos "significativamente".

Anascape también demandó a Microsoft, pero ésta decidió establecer un acuerdo extrajudicial.

Generally, "off the cuff" remarks tend to reveal the truth. Kiran told John Roberts that she would be back before he had a chance to miss her (maybe, a few days) after Roberts told the viewer that it would be about two weeks. Later, Kyra Phillips, Kiran's sub, mentioned that she would be there for about two months. Now that a month has elapsed and no mention of Kyra filling in for Kiran Chetry has been made in the last three days (as Kyra or John did usually), it is no stretch to wonder if Kiran has reconsidered and decided to stay at home with her beautiful children for the near future. As to news resources, FNC can compete ably with CNN with its network of partners, such as SKY and WSJ. In re rather being at work, Kiran is a genuine family person and the allure of her two children must be strong. (For some conspiracy theorists, Kiran's Sparty hosted by CNN/US prez Jonathan Klein's wife and her high profile features in InStyle and OK! Magazine could be seen as a secret sendoff.)

Link: http://jakeho.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/cnn-weaning-kiran-fans/

 Biden went on to say:

“He’s the guy who’s weakened us. He’s the guy that’s increased the number of terrorists in the world. His policies have produced this vulnerability the United States has. His intelligence community pointed that out not me. The NIE has pointed that out and what are you talking about, is he going to fire Condi Rice? Condi Rice has talked about the need to sit down. So his first two appeasers are Rice and Gates. I hope he comes home and does something.”

Way to go Joe! I know you've said you don't want to be Secretary of State, but you should think about it.

Read the entire story at CNN's Political Ticker

Weiner Poopie!

-dm

Now, I understand that some may find that a little derogatory, and I can accept that-- though I don't think it is. Many people who commented on that article said they had the same habit-- and seriously, who hasn't slipped up and called someone they shouldn't have honey, hon, babe, sweetie, darling etc. before? My point is, It might not be right, but it happens UNINTENTIONALLY! AND he apologized!

And WHAT in the world is wrong with the people who use this as a basis on whether or not to vote for him?! I thought we had thinking people in this country. If you don't want to vote for him, base it on his policies damnit, and not on the fact that he called some lady sweetie!

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This article at CNN discusses resources for various health issues that women face.  Dr. Christine Northrup shares a few gynecological resources.  I hope that the media continues to reach out to female consumers and remind them to be proactive and empowered in their health choices.