What Goes Around Comes Around

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Every now and then the good guy wins…

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Political PR Advice

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

A little free advice for the next politician that finds him/her self frantically trying to recall a tweet/nude photo or inappropriate e-mail:  Read the book “Feeding Frenzy.”  Sabato delivers what Visa would deem a ”Priceless” lesson…

In short, if you start to feed the piranhas in the press, they will continue to feed.

In my opinion, there are only two ways to handle a politically charged media disaster:

1) Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth immediately…or

2) take a vow of silence.

I’m an advocate for both–yet,  in a perfect world, #2 is my option of choice for the simple fact that blood in the water, regardless of how righteous, is still blood in the water.  No good will ever come from airing dirty laundry.  In the age of the 24 hour news cycle, scandal is the media’s bread and butter. 

If #2 isn’t a singular option, #1 should always be followed by #2.  Rep. Weiner missed that tweet.  From a PR perspective, he’s been his own worst enemy from day one.  His handlers should have told him that battles are won by getting in and getting out before your enemy knows you’ve been there…not after a thirty minute press conference.

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Two Points for Sarah Palin

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

As far as politics are concerned, I’m not a huge Sarah Palin fan.  But…I have to give her my “Quote of the Day” award for her rebuttal to Santorum’s idiotic statement regarding her absence from CPAC.  This is classic…

 “I will not call him the knuckle-dragging Neanderthal. I’ll let his wife call him that instead.”

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A shout out for Bobby Z…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

I was going to give you a second embedded video for the day…but it seems my dear friend Bobby Z. has disabled the embed feature on the video I was going to post!   What was he thinking?

In all seriousness, my friend Bobby Z.  (who I’ve known for umpteen gazillion years) is a fantastic underwater photographer.   I was around when he first took up photography as a hobby and all I can say now is “WOW”–he’s really taken it to an incredible level.   Since he disabled the embed feature, you’ll have to CLICK HERE to watch his video on manatees. It’s well worth it.

If you’re not one for videos but you’d like to see some of his photography, his website is http://waterworldphotography.com .

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Kansas Flash Mob

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

Lets face it.  I’m an ACC basketball fan.  But…I spend 8 hours a day surrounded by displaced Kansans.  As a result, I know the KU Fight song better than a certain bleach blonde knows the national anthem. I know, I know…it wouldn’t be called “work” if it was easy. That aside, even I have to admit this is a pretty good…

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Only quitters can be winners….

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Suddenly,  it all makes sense…

“The primary purpose of management is to kill any hope that staying in your current job will work out for you. That sort of hope is like gravel in the engine of progress. The economy needs workers who are fed up, desperate and willing to quit their jobs for something better. Remember, only quitters can be winners, because you can’t do something great until first you quit doing something that isn’t.”

–Scott Adams, Creator of Dilbert

(Click HERE to read the full post).

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Quick! Lock the door…

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

“I’m here in the interest of being more neighborly,” Obama said at the beginning of his speech. “Maybe if we’d brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in we would have gotten off to a better start, but I’m going to make up for it.”

-President Obama in his speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Perhaps someone should tell him…good neighbors bring wine, not fruitcake.

(Click HERE to read the full text of President Obama’s Speech)

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Happy 100th Birthday, President Reagan

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

“I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.”

-Ronald Reagan, during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale

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HIV Testing at the DC DMV

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

“In what city officials are calling the first of its kind in the country, free HIV testing began Tuesday at the Penn Branch office of Department of Motor Vehicles — an unusual effort to get the attention of residents outside a doctor’s office or clinic.”

I have to scratch my head on this one. It wasn’t exactly like the DC DMV was the poster child of efficiency before someone came up with this great idea. But hey! At least you can get a personalized tag once the results are in. NEGATIVE….or should I say, NEGTIV?

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Fat Albert

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

With all this talk about Albert Haynesworth (maybe it’s just a DC thing)…I couldn’t resist this opportunity.  Fat Albert was as much a part of my life as Sesame Street and the Electric Company growing up. At one point, my dad even had a motorcycle named Fat Albert…although that could have had absolutely nothing to do with the cartoon. Nevertheless, enjoy!

…and if you needed your electric company fix too–here’s a fun spoof for you:

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