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Sarah Palin's Own Pallin' Around, with Black Helicopter Steve4 comments

JJ wrote 1 day ago: Salon dot com commentary preceding the new detailed investigation by Max Blumenthal and David Neiwer … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Civil Rights, Ethics and Philosophy, Family Values, John McCain, Law & Politics, leadership, Political Frames, Power of Story

If All Gallons Are Created Equal, Are They Interchangeable?5 comments

JJ wrote 3 days ago: Yesterday at the convenience store, I bought both milk and gasoline at the same place at the same ti … more →

Tags: Power of Story, Family Values, Thinking Parents, Trends, Shopping/consumerism, Reason, Humor, literalism, Framing

Did JJ Write This Note to Bill Clinton?7 comments

JJ wrote 2 weeks ago: No, she didn’t, of course. Paul Slanksy did. But I wish I had. And I hope he reads it and we a … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, leadership

Pit Bull Moose and Mugwumps 19 comments

JJ wrote 3 weeks ago: So John McCain’s latest power of story is that Teddy Roosevelt is his ACTUAL Republican soulma … more →

Tags: Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Cognitive Psychology, Law & Politics, Corporate Culture, Creative Class, leadership, Shopping/consumerism

McCain More Radical Than Bush -- on Economy

JJ wrote 3 weeks ago: More Radical Than Bush by Jonathan Cohn The full horror of John McCain’s economic agenda. Pos … more →

Tags: Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Liberties and Rights, Family Values, Trends, Corporate Culture, leadership, Shopping/consumerism

Rumpy-Pumpy Minerals Management in Peep-Toe Patent Leather?2 comments

JJ wrote 4 weeks ago: Honestly, who needs to write whole posts anymore? I heard on morning radio that someone has a new bo … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents

The Only Other Woman Governor With Kids at Home7 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: according to an MSNBC interview just now, is Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan, where 400,000 … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Movies/TV, Thinking Parents, Cognitive Psychology

Palin's Pitbull Fangs Bared By Same Old Republican Lip 3 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: GOP = George’s Old Party SALON: Sarah Palin’s real soul mate McCain’s veep choice … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Family Values, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Culture

Celebrity Sarah Palin To Play Scarlett O'Hara In Remake?10 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Okay, this morning I finally got a few quiet minutes to evaluate this talking point about Sarah Pali … more →

Tags: Accountability, Books and Movies, Cognitive Psychology, Corporate Culture, Culture, Discipline-behavior, Education, Environment, Ethics and Philosophy

Palin's "Actual Responsibilities" as Madame Mayor10 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: . . .surely need national-level journalistic scrutiny if her true story is that they involved firing … more →

Tags: Accountability, belief in gods, Books, Bullying and control, Cognitive Psychology, Culture, Discipline-behavior, Dominionists, Education

Sarah Palin Should've Led Gustav Command!1 comment

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Remember that, when people worry about how inexperienced she is, for two years she’s been in charg … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents

Sarah Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant26 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: I was watching FOX hurricane coverage when the announcer says McCain has just released a statement t … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment, Feminism

Palin's Ignorance Imperils the Whole Planet10 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: The record offers worrisome evidence that the first woman to make it onto a Republican presidential … more →

Tags: "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Academics, belief in gods, constitution, Dominionists, Education, Environment, Evolved Homeschoolers, God

Never Mind Palin, It's McCain's "Gross Political Misconduct"7 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Cock of the snook to Daryl for the link. It’s always said that the most important decision a p … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Family Values, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, Vocational Education, Pro-life, Pro-choice

Hey, I Picked Sarah Palin for McCain's Veep Weeks Ago -- Ready on Day One44 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: . . .to compromise the constitution and her sworn service to the people, for her own bull moose-head … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, Liberties and Rights, Family Values, Feminism

UCF Student Webster Cook Kicked Out By His Peers1 comment

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Hot off the presses late Thursday night (it’s midnight right now) for Friday’s news . . … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Power of Story, Discipline-behavior, Colleges and Universities, "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Liberties and Rights, Separation of Church and State--the First Amendment, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy

You'd Think Carly Fiorina Was Officially a DEMOCRAT16 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: . . .and all the rest of them getting free air for their spin, to “speak” about the Dem … more →

Tags: Public Communication, Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy, Movies/TV, Cognitive Psychology, Trends, Corporate Culture

Better Education On Student Loans: Priceless!3 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: See the NYT. MOST people struggling to pay off their student loans keep quiet about it. They do not … more →

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, unschooling, Power of Story, Education, Colleges and Universities, Intellectual and Academic Freedom, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents, Vocational Education

John McCain's Surge2 comments

JJ wrote 1 month ago: Surfing cable news, just heard Fox announcer tease new presidential polling before the commercial br … more →

Tags: Partisan Politics, Election News/Commentary, Power of Story, Family Values, Dominionists, What's in a name?, change, bush, Political Frames, Voting


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