Al Gore’s subliminal endorsement
Michael Silence:
By saying he won’t endorse, he endorses Obama.
Gee. Do you think the non-endorsement was timed?
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Michael Silence coins my fave political moniker of today’s news cycle
“Huckabeen”
Heh.
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Michael Silence weighs in on the Campfield-Memphis Flyer dust-up
He says:
I’ve been asked some lately why I haven’t weighed in on the flap involving a Memphis alternative weekly, the Memphis Flyer, and Knoxville state Rep. Stacey Campfield.
It bores me. Campfield is an amateur whose behavior at times borders on juvenile, and the Flyer leaves itself looking like some sort of wreckless rag out for [...]
But the real question is, can you charge a vote on your Knox County P-card?
Michael Silence notes:
With what he raised for 1,000 votes, about $42 per vote, Lee Tramel roughly speaking could have purchased about 1,000 lobster dinners.
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The Aegean Stable that is Knox County government
Adam Groves has written an excellent summary of the entire Knox County political saga of 2007, concluding with:
With the new faction on the Commission now removed, the Commission wisely opted to delay another appointment process until after this year’s primary elections – when it learned that the Commission could not authorize a special election. Instead, [...]
Some backstory on the proposed Cazana Downtown development
I knew there was a lawsuit being filed in opposition to the project, but I didn’t realize until I saw this in the KNS today that the plaintiff is an employee of Franklin Haney.
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UPDATED: Should journalists develop a “digital identity?”
That’s the question in this Poynter piece:
For journalists, who are accustomed to sharing the stories of others, creating and shaping a digital identity can feel risky or misguided.
Some reporters say the less personal information that’s online, the better. But others, like JD Lasica, social media strategist and co-founder of Ourmedia.org, say developing a digital identity [...]
In case you need more conservative talk radio in your media diet
Lloyd Daugherty, Frank Cagle and Kelvin Moxley’s new show will debut this week.
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NICU stay - you never really get over it
Michael Silence mentions his own baby’s NICU stay and links to another blogger’s post about her own child’s NICU experience.
Coincidentally, this week marks 10 years since my son, Elliot was in the middle of his own NICU stay at St. Mary’s Hospital. It was truly a life-alteringly frightening experience and one I wouldn’t wish on [...]
Will blog for jobs
Michael Silence points to two new workforce development blogs
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Respect the mom
Michael Silence is playing Mr. Mom - otherwise known as Dad - today:
Where did I miss the memo that parenting is work?
Does purple go with neon?
So what if it’s below freezing, she likes her Crocs.
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Local blogosphere rings in 2008!
Today, East Tennessee bloggers are talking about saying goodbye to 2007 and ringing in 2008:
From Rich Hailey:
New Beginnings
Somewhere during the last 5+ years of doing this, I started to think it was important. I began to take it very seriously, working hard to research posts, trying to build solid arguments to make a strong case [...]
Haslam and blogging
Apparently, city leaders are considering starting a blog.
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A nifty tool
Michael Silence blogs a nifty EPA tool that lets you see how green your area’s energy consumption is by entering your zipcode:
How Clean is Your Electricity?
We’re better than the national average on hydro (thanks, TVA!) and worse than the national average on coal (thanks, TVA).
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This will be big
Michael Silence reports that the FCC has just voted to loosen major restrictions on media ownership.
I predict this will bring about a radical reshaping of our region’s media landscape over the next few years.
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