Raise Awareness and Funds for Childrens Medical Research with Lapel Pins Posted By : Caryn Smith
Its heart wrenching to watch a loved one battle disease, especially if that person is a little one. Childhood should be filled with laughter and playtime instead of surgeries, painful treatments or the stigma of not fitting in. Unfortunately, childrens cancer, autism and juvenile diabetes continue to make it difficult for many children to have an innocent and fun-filled youth.
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Palin's Punches
Listening to Sarah Palin take shots at Obama because he's inexperienced was borderline comical. She took those shots right after she tried to defend her "experience" in Wasilla--a town of 6, 715 residents. Student government presidents in colleges often have to govern more constituents than she did. She also threw a few punches that implied Obama is simply good at giving speeches.
Hmm, so the GOP is trying to frame Obama as being good at speech delivery, but light on experience. Doesn't that sound an awful lot like Sarah Palin? Of course, they highlighted how it's good that she's an outsider. So, why isn't that a strength of Obama's? You just can't have it both ways.
Frankly, I think the GOP erased their primary talking points with Palin. Obama doesn't have enough experience? Nor does Palin, and with McCain's age, the VP nominee is that much more important. The digs tonight seemed highly hypocritical.
But, don't worry, she's a reformer. Oh, wait, she supported the "bridge to nowhere" until she decided to use--not return--federal funds for other projects. She left that out of tonight's speech. Oops.
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How Notepad Marketing Works Posted By : Andrew Michaels
Marketing a business through notepad printing is not the usual thing that businesses have in mind when it comes to promotions. This is because notepads are actually a medium more geared for usefulness rather than promotions.
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The 2008 Presidential Race
It keeps getting more and more interesting. Clinton and Obama are the clear front runners among the Democrats right now. Perhaps Edwards will become more of a factor as things progress and Richardson is trying to get into the thick of things too. McCain and Giuliani seem to be receiving the most mention from the GOP, while Gingrich is also being mentioned.
Obama seems capable of giving Clinton a run--especially since some question Clinton's chances if she is their candidate. I don't think Giuliani stands a chance--gun control supporting candidates with a pro-choice stance don't tend to do well with the GOP's core. McCain may not appeal to the far right, but I think he has a better shot. We'll see if age is tossed into the equation though. Romney is another possibility.
So, it's really any one's guess right now. I still believe Obama v. McCain would make for a refreshingly civil campaign. Gingrich v. Clinton could be a little deja vu and quite the battle. We'll have to wait and see what unfolds.
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Use Your Graphics to Convince Your Readers to Buy Posted By : Kaye Z. Marks
Catalog printing is like brochure printing as it also has more pages to write your products descriptions in one marketing tool. Cheap catalog printing for one not only allows you to include multiple items in the collateral but helps you work within your budget as well.
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American Politics: A Return to the Center
The call for change was loud and clear yesterday. As expected, the House of Representatives was won by the Democrats. But, much more surprisingly, the Democrats have taken the Senate 51-49. It seemed like an unlikely scenario going in, but with Webb's victory just called (although a recount may be requested), almost everything went perfectly for the Democrats.
So, what does this mean? Iraq has obviously been a mess. With President Bush announcing Rumsfeld is stepping down--only a week after he said he'd remain--it's clear that they were disappointed with the results and feel Iraq is the problem. And, it is to a degree. But, as Senator McCain mentioned, the GOP's spending was an issue for their base too.
What's exciting in my opinion is this should signal a return to the center. Numerous policies that got away from our nation's founding principles should be remedied. Narrow issues that appeal to single-issue voters like abortion, gay marriage, and guns didn't carry the day--it came down to the big picture. Fear also didn't tilt the election, or perhaps it did in favor of the Democrats. People may be realizing that aggression abroad only makes this nation more vulnerable.
Luckily, I think both sides see the need to compromise and work together once again. The Republicans received a very sobering message loud and clear. Democrats, I believe, realize they won a lot of tight races and in some cases they benefited from massive failure by the other candidate (or, in many cases, failure of just their candidate's party). While President Bush's power has been reduced, the incentive for government to be productive has been boosted.
In my opinion, it was a great day for America. I believe it's rarely healthy to have Congress and the Executive Branch controlled by the same party. And, thankfully, that's no longer the case. Let's get back to sensible spending, international cooperation, moderate policy making, and less indirect special interest control of our politics.
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Our next vice president?
From a McCain adviser:
“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone, ” said this McCain adviser, “she does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. Also she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.”
Source: CNN
Ouch! A little in-fighting among the McCain campaign. Of course, they find themselves down in the polls, and are resorting to the politics of fear instead of discussing the issues. But, unfortunately, such tactics that involve smears (and in many cases lies) can be effective, so I think counting them out is a mistake. I expect it to be close, but problems like this and Obama's fundraising edge puts him in a favorable position. It'll be an interesting final week and change.
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Health Care Reform
Two Rochester Institute of Technology philosophy professors are pushing for health care reform in their new book called Health Care Reform: Ethics and Politics. I caught Dr. Timothy Engström on a show on PBS in Rochester and it sounds like he shares many of my concerns. He touched on the well-organized effort by health care to scare citizens away from a national health care system in the 90s despite the scare tactics being blatantly false. Why is America one of the few first-world nations without such a system? And why is America's coverage rate so poor despite its expenses being so high?
In the discussion, he mentioned how this mediocre and costly health care system is helping to drive jobs to other nations. Given the very heavy cost burden in this country, it makes sense to look elsewhere. I've seen stories about jobs going to Canada partially because of health care. He mentioned the possibility of corporations helping drive reform. In my opinion, that's what it'll take to create real reform. It may sound pessimistic, but I think it'll take a united effort that forms a more powerful "special interest" than the health care and pharmaceutical industries. Otherwise, they are corporate beasts that are difficult to defeat.
I'm looking forward to getting a look at their publication which is a group of essays. If they're as good as his discussion on PBS/WXXI, it should be a great read.
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Health care premiums to increase 14.1% in 2008
I wonder how long this issue can be ignored? Hewitt Associates is projecting that HMO premium rates will increase 14.1% in 2008. So, our system that performs poorly in regards to doctors per capita, infant mortality, and life expectancy will see an increase at over three times inflation in 2008. It not only harms United States citizens, it also costs this country jobs. We're already paying double per citizen versus other first-world nations with superior metrics.
Michael Moore couldn't have timed his movie Sicko much better. It exposes some of misinformation that is readily spread by special interests in regards to other national systems, and people are going to feel a major hit in their pocket book soon--yet again. Hey, at least the government is looking into charging our 9/11 rescue workers who finally got proper care in Cuba. Wouldn't addressing this problem be a better use of their time? Of course, the five-cent pharmaceuticals they received aren't likely to keep the special interests happy. Think about the money those poor pharmaceutical companies lost when they're charing $175 here.
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