Mitt is so rich he forgets his money
Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments
Ooops I forgot that I had $3,000,000,000 in offshore Swiss accounts...I mean I have so much money it is easy to understand how I might forget. Yes, that is how rich Mitt Romney Republican Presidential hopeful is.
The way Starbucks sees it...
Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments
I don't hide my love of Starbucks... I would visit every day if I could. Only 3 days ago I passed the 100 check-in mark on Foursquare at my local Starbucks (the reality is I have visited my home location far more than 100 times).When Starbucks launched "The Way I See It" campaign in 2005 the retailer aimed to "inspire old-fashioned coffee-house conversations when it introduced [the] campaign." Now, more than 10 years later the campaign is going strong and inspires more than coffee-house conversation...it has taken a global turn by being engaged on the web using many social media platforms.
People have taken to posting images from the campaign on their tumblr and flickr accounts while others have created blogs dedicated to exploring the sayings.
Did Starbucks really know what they would be creating? How placing sayings featuring the words of notable Americans on its coffee cups would/could shape a national/international dialogue? Well, it seems The Way I See It #43 has been around since 2005 and is reemerging as an important point of discussion.
The Way I See It #43:
The Seattle-based coffee maker has been accused of promoting a homosexual agenda because quote #43 is by author Armistead Maupin, whose "Tales of the City" chronicled San Francisco's homosexual community in the 1970s and 1980s.
Maupin's quote says his only regret about being gay is that he repressed it for so long.
"I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short."
"The Way I See It" campaign does not set out to take a political stand but rather to encourage discourse, Starbucks spokeswoman Audrey Lincoff said.
Lincoff said the company does not characterize the personalities quoted on its coffee cups as liberal or conservative, but rather as a diverse group of artists, musicians, educators, activists and athletes.
I say keep it up Starbucks. Whether corporate decisions were made to tackle some of our lifetime's deepest social issues or not...the discourse is happening and it is happening outside of your coffee-houses; it is a global conversation.
Are you the average man?
Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments
Frugaldad says he "probably could have told you that American men were in bad shape (both financially and physically)" but he "didn’t realize just how bad until now. The average guy has almost $15k in debt and only $3k in savings, and 16% of guys rarely pay off their credit card bills."Frugaldad's blog has always been about how to improve with a few simple steps and so he was excited to share this infographic – "it’s useful in looking at the average American guy, and it gives sound advice for improving your finances and getting active. Enjoy!"
Source: http://frugaldad.com
Clinton confirms departure
Posted on | January 26, 2012 | No Comments
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told State Department employees Thursday that she will not stay on in the job if President Obama wins re-election, saying that she is ready to step off "the high wire of American politics," according to the AP.
A State Department official confirmed Clinton's comment, saying: "Yes, she did [say that]. She said she would stay on until Obama nominates another Secretary of State."
This is not new news as Clinton has previously said in numerous interviews that she would serve only one term as Obama's Secretary of State. She has said that she loves the job but has found the constant international travel physically grueling, and has longed to work on promoting women's and children's development, writing and travel, from private life.
Things we learned from Monday's Republican debate
Posted on | January 24, 2012 | No Comments
After Saturday's South Carolina primary shook up the Republican presidential race, the four major candidates matched up on Monday in the first of two debates in Florida, which votes next on January 31.A new twist on "Newt Romney": Newt Gingrich got a taste of the one-on-one debate he's proposed having with Mitt Romney Monday night, when the former Massachusetts governor launched an unrelenting attack against Gingrich and kept at it for much of the evening.
Hitting the mute button: At first this seemed like a modest change to the debate's rules, but it ended up having a significant effect. In a debate season where audiences have lustily cheered for their favorite candidates or in support of hard-line conservative principles, the absence of feedback was notable.
Trying to shoulder into a two-man race: Rick Santorum has worked hard over the last several weeks to remind people that this isn't a two-man race and has consistently blamed the media for prematurely narrowing the field. He repeated that argument on Monday but had trouble making it stick.
Practice makes perfect?: After a week of faltering answers, Mitt Romney managed to give a fluid response to questions about his tax returns -- just one day before he was scheduled to release them.
All politics is local: After primaries in three states that will play relatively minor roles in the 2012 general election, almost a third of Monday's debate focused on issues important to Florida, a swing state in November.
For one long portion of the debate, the questions ranged from the potential effects of another oil spill on the Sunshine State's vital tourism industry to the future of federal subsidies for Florida's sugar industry. Even the long-forgotten Terry Schiavo case came up.
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