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YouTube plays party politics

During the presidential campaigning four years ago, YouTube didn't even exist. Now it's a tool candidates must master to get their message across. CNET's Kara Tsuboi stops by the YouTube upload booths at the Democratic and Republican conventions to find out why Google's video site has such a big presence...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, rnc, dnc, youtube, google, obama, mccain, presidents, elections

Videos 2008-09-05

Edwards e-campaign: Spin without substance?

After a New York Times article heralded the Edwards campaign as Dean 2.0, online organizer Erik Os writes in The Hill that Edwards' e-campaign credentials are vastly overstated.Crunching the numbers, Os finds the Edwards campaign coming up short. Edwards raised only $9 million from all avenues in the second quarter...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-08-02

The verdict on candidates' texting: Obama ahead of Edwards, Clinton coming up lame

What campaign manager could resist technology that reaches more than 75% of Americans? Taking cues from television, presidential hopefuls are using cellphones to text-message voters in much the same way that viewers vote for their favorite American Idol contestatnt, reports the Washington Post.The Obama campaign has jumped on the fledging...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Obama announces - on the Web

In yet another sign of the central role of the Internet on electoral politics, Barack Obama announced today that he is launching an exploratory committee for a run for the Democratic nomination for presidency. Whats notable is how he made the announcement, not in a press conference or call to...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Barack Obama, Obama, Web

Blog posts 2007-01-16

Additional Resources

Is Wikipedia maxed out?

Interesting....I don't see a reason Wikipedia would max out considering that every day new younger participants are entering the field. It's timeless relevance could diminish as new and younger editors focus on more up-to-date matters as Twitter, Sexting and Cloud computing, and less on the Roman Empire, the Great Depression...

Tags: Wiki, Achilles, Wikipedia, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Health reform now in Senate hands

RE: Health reform now in Senate handsThis bill mandates individuals to purchase health care. If they refuse, they get fined or go to jail. Blatantly unconstitutional... when will America say "enough is enough" with these idiots in Washington defecating all over the Constitution? The problem with...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Abortion, cAO, Obamacare, health care, Health Reform, U.S. Senate, abortion

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Carper option in final Senate health bill

opt outdoes that mean a state can decide, whether or not, their citizens can get national health care?"Let the trolling begin in earnest."?I think you meant:"[i]Let those who disagree with me begin posting.[/i]"No......trolling is posting deliberately inflammatory remarks in order to get responses. You've even admitted you're doing that, because...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Financial Planning, U.S. Senate, health care, insurance, Carper, Lasik

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Head cracking time on health care reform

"And I can get back to writing about tech."NO - get to writing about TECH now - and stop using this site for your liberal soapboxing!the only head that will crack wil be Obama'sReal Americans are concerned about deficit, death panels and the slippery slope to socialism.This 'reform' will fail...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, soapboxing, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Uncle Sam: less wasteful?

At first thought, the idea of ......disconnecting elevators to the first six floors sounds like a great idea, but what about the handicapped - there would have to be a way to let them use the elevator ... universal access to all places and all that jazz ...LudoThis blog is...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, Uncle Sam, dictator

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

GeoEye spots Iranian nuclear site

Message has been deleted.Message has been deleted.RE: GeoEye spots Iranian nuclear siteI do not worry, Israel does not miss around and will take care of it if they feel it is a threat, they have done it before and i am sure they will do it again. With or...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Iranian nuclear site, GeoEye, nuclear site, Deleted

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Max Baucus opens his kimono

PelosiObamaReidCare PORC is a Fascist Pig In a constitutional republic like ours, the government's powers are limited by a constitution that protects our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. PelosiObamaReidCare PORC would violate the unalienable rights of patients, doctors, and business owners by forcing 1)...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, health care, Max Baucus, office visit, health insurance, kimono

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...

Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for Iran

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for IranIranians should demand an American invasionIf some Iranians would petition us, we should folow through with the operation Iran's freedom.This operation will be a lot cheaper and more successfull than the Iraq's freedom in 2003.But Obama is...

Tags: Leadership, Neda, Obama, Web

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

GOP to go with McCain plan

GOP to go with McCain planMcCain was defeated, not his health care planWhile it's become commonplace for pundits to treat electoral defeat as the equivalent of personal repudiation and the rejection of everything the candidate stands for, that is not and never has been the case. If it were,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Obama's 100-day tech review

Obama's 100-day tech reviewWaiting on ....Well, I know one thing wait till the 2010 elections, we will see how wonderful it is when auto-makers are producing Yugo's and electricity has a 25% tax on it to pay for the 'free' healthcare for people WHO don't work...IF the country is around...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, NOW IT, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

Stop the lies about comparative effectiveness

Stop the lies about comparative effectivenessDoesn't belong on ZDNetI'm not sure why this column even belongs on ZDNet. The political point presented seems to be that somehow we are not collecting enough medical data or that throwing my tax dollars at this "problem" using some vague, unplanned database and decision...

Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, Benefits, Obama, comparative effectiveness, insurance, insurance company

Discussion threads 2009-02-27

Obama health agenda takes shape

Obama health agenda takes shapeAnd hisSocialist agenda rolls forth... with a 39% tax rate on the rich (coming soon from your friend with hope...) those that have earned their way up will be further punished for success. This of course will drive many to move their money off shore as...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Comparative Effectiveness, health care, Medicare, hospital

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Can we really have pre-emption without review?

Can we really have pre-emption without review?Buyer Beware has replace Do No Harm for Drug and Device Mfg. and the FDADana,You can't argue with good old fashioned common sense! Everything about preemption, from the way it was initiated without public debate in Congress to its purpose (protection of corporate profits...

Tags: Federal government, FDA, U.S. Congress, Buyer Beware

Discussion threads 2009-01-17

What really happened to the candidates' computers?

What really happened to the candidates' computers?War Games"Shall we play a game?"RE: What really happened to the candidates' computers?Where's Matthew Broderick when we need him? Oh that's right he's driving a classic ferrari down S. Wacker drive in Chicago.-SRE: What really happened to the candidates' computers?the Men in Black.....

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Spear-phishing, computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-19