Rhetoric

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Rhetoric”

• Finally, Universal Health Care In the US

  
  The Blogora — Authority: 131
  I pretty much agree with Jonathan Chait about the left-wing rumblings against Obama: read more
  14 hours ago

• The Authenticity Paradox

  
  Recruitmentology — Authority: 99
  I’ve just picked up a book from the library entitled Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want , which also happens to be the thesis. From the inside jacket I gather that the authors are trying to demonstrate how businesses can appear more authentic to a consumer who is increasingly desensitized by and cynical of ...
  1 day ago

• Dancing with the CZARS

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 134
  Web(Google Search on “czars obama”) Results 1 – 10 of about 21,100,000 for czars obama . ( 0.21 seconds) Search Results News results for czars obama Finally, A Cyber Czar ‎ – 11 hours ago After 10 months of delays, President Obama has finally chosen a cybersecurity coordinator, ...
  2 days ago

• Shaping Economic Reality: A Critical Metaphor Analysis of President Barack Obama’s Economic Language During His First 100 Days

  
  gnovis - Georgetown University's Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) — Authority: 121
  The first 100 days of a presidential administration are the honeymoon period where an administration finds its legislative footing and begins the process of implementing a comprehensive agenda. This honeymoon is often uneventful and more a yardstick for progress measured against the prowess of President Franklin ...
  2 days ago

• Is Obama now deliberately avoiding the term "czar"?

  
  Althouse — Authority: 711
  "Today the White House announced the President’s new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, Howard Schmidt." *** Last September on the White House website, Anita Dunn called out critics of the term "czar":  ... Although some Members have asked serious questions around the makeup of the White House staff, ...
  2 days ago

• Sicko...

  
  WONKESS — Authority: 103
  Its disheartening to read this : [B]anksters giving their right to loot their companies top priority, and the greater fool public be damned, with Goldman the most egregious sinner. That firm’s self serving protestations to the contrary, it was a ward of the state, and would not exist now were it not for the ...
  2 days ago

• Obama Opens up Another Front

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  To watch the video, you have to click on the link to NRB. Despite his earlier rhetoric about ending the conflicts initiated by George W. Bush, and just a couple of weeks after collecting his Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama gave the order for a military strike which was carried out against al-Qaeda terrorists ...
  3 days ago

• All the Presidents Mendacity

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  President Barack Obama grimly warned America last week that if his health care plans fail, the nation will go "bankrupt." Sure, adding another trillion-dollar entitlement program to our $12 trillion of debt may seem like a counterintuitive way to stave off economic ruin, but who are we to argue? The presidents got ...
  3 days ago

• Don’t Cry For Me, America

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2009/11/21/dont-cry-for-me-america In the early 20th century, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. While Great Britain ’s maritime power and its far-flung empire had propelled it to a dominant position among the world’s industrialized nations, only the ...
  3 days ago

• Cheney named Conservative of the Year

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 134
  CNN Political Ticker From CNN Producer Alexander Mooney Dec. 21, 2009 CNN) – Hey may have exited the national stage nearly one year ago, but former Vice President Dick Cheney has been named “Conservative of the Year” by the conservative Human Events magazine for his ardent and continuous criticisms of ...
  3 days ago

• Genius Envy: MSNBC Host Says Dennis Miller, Bill OReilly "Barely Qualify as Men"

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Does Ed Schultz read my blog? I have long held MSNBC host Ed Schultzs erratic behavior stems from his political and professional status, envy at those whose careers surpass his. As David Swindle noted in the roll-out of this series, "Ben’s posts on Schultz are collected and all future articles will be collected here ...
  3 days ago

• Quick summary of, well, stuff

  
  International Journal of Inactivism — Authority: 111
  [cite as: F. Bi. 2009. Quick summary of, well, stuff. Intl. J. Inact. , 2:109] Shorter Kevin Grandia , 2009-12-20: The so-called “Copenhagen Accord” for climate change regulation is just a way to pretend to do something while doing nothing. [ cached ] Shorter Andrew Light , 2009-12-19: It’s true that ...
  4 days ago

• Health Bill Faces Key Senate Test Vote

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 462
  In the run-up to the vote, the escalation in rhetoric was remarkable on both sides of an issue that has divided the two political parties for months.
  4 days ago

• Naive Americans Are Waking Up

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 462
  It is so very interesting to watch polls on President Obama’s approval ratings either as a whole or on individual issues. After he won election so many Americans ignored the truth about what he stood for, what he planned to do and even the very words from his own mouth when caught in candid moments outside of ...
  4 days ago

• About the 2010 Elections: Principles vs Shallow Rhetoric

  
  Tenth Amendment Center — Authority: 604
  by Jeff Matthews Many of us are in consensus, even if we fly the different flags of Tea Parties, Tenthers, GOOOH, and so on. And by the looks of things, many Democrats have also just about “had it” after getting a war-mongering, lobbyist-filled, corporatist, secretive, and spying administration after not even ...
  5 days ago

• Omri Winter Tour 2009/2010: Sofia, Israel, London

  
  Mere Rhetoric — Authority: 581
  Plus an overnight in Budapest that gets in just too late to make it worthwhile to go into the city. So thats going to be an exciting layover which will remind me exactly why I hate multi-city trips. BUD is actually not a terrible airport to get stuck in - its certainly not Da Vinci, where I once came within 15 seconds ...
  5 days ago

• My Morning Revelation

  
  The Blogora — Authority: 131
  Those of you who follow presidential rhetoric studies know that much of the current scholarly discussion of the presidency "going public" was sparked by Jeffrey Tuliss book The Rhetorical Presidency . Quite a bit of energy has been spent on falsifying his argument that presidents didnt go public until TR/Wilson ...
  5 days ago

• Rock-solid nebulous hot air

  
  Notes from underground — Authority: 117
  Hat-tip to Father David MacGregor of Contact Online Weblog: Ugandan Church faces totalitarian liberal activism. for pointing to this piece of rhetorical gobbledegook. Anglican Mainstream: Ugandan Church faces totalitarian liberal activism. : Chris Sugden Evangelicals Now Janaury 2010 The pressure on the ...
  6 days ago

• actualized virtualities in Latour: the case of the tweckled lecturer

  
  digital digs — Authority: 462
  A couple posts ago I was exploring the concept of the virtual in Latour. Ive been thinking more about these two particular passages from Reassembling the Social . In the first, Latour writes "To maximize the fabulous power of their etymology, objects have now become  things  again: the disputed topic of a virtual ...
  6 days ago

• $$- Funding

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 441
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Family Lawless Court Whores . Permalink           from the research LetsGetHonestBlog   $$- Funding $$ USA spending 2000-2009, by Federal Agency Before you click, GUESS: Which are the top 3 spenders? 0 000_Track Thy Govt (great ...
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