Japanese companies are always looking to meet the needs of the "niche-ist" of niche markets. Now there's a DVD for men who like their women to just look at them. And maybe blink a couple of times. The Avex Group is trying to reach such men (Hikikomori) with a new DVD - 'Just Looking' - as "corporate social responsibility"
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
My Plan for Iraq
On my first day in office, I would give the military a new mission: ending this war.
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Obama ready to woo NWI
"I have a love for America," Dolores Brown told a group of Barack Obama campaign volunteers Saturday. "I have two sons who fought in the war. One went to Iraq and one to Kuwait," said the Merrillville resident. "I ask myself why."
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Black. Female. Accomplished. Attacked. - Michelle Obama
There she is -- no, not Miss America, but the Angela-Davis-Afro-wearing, machine-gun-toting, angry, unpatriotic Michelle Obama, greeting her husband with a fist bump instead of a kiss on the cheek.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
"...Let's Go Change the World"
Sen. Evan Bahy (D-IN) encourages Hoosiers to join Barack Obama's campaign for change at in.barackobama.com
Saturday, July 19, 2008
YWCA asks churches for financial help
GARY -- The YWCA is asking every church in the city to donate $1 per member for the next three months to keep it from closing its doors.Board president Cynthia Powers made the request during a meeting with local ministers Friday morning, explaining that her colleagues are working "laboriously" to restore the agency's financial health.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Clay endorses Bayh as Obama running mate
Mayor Rudy Clay threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh for vice president to join the ticket with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
"He would guarantee electoral votes for Indiana and surrounding states and unite Clinton and independent voters," Clay said.
On Wednesday, Bayh and Obama appeared at a panel discussion on national security with former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus.
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"He would guarantee electoral votes for Indiana and surrounding states and unite Clinton and independent voters," Clay said.
On Wednesday, Bayh and Obama appeared at a panel discussion on national security with former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
USDA EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY
First prosecution in the United States under federal agricultural statute(LAREDO, Texas) - A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee has pleaded guilty to illegally permitting infested agricultural products to enter the United States from Mexico.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Questions of race, ethnic sincerity, creep up again
In an e-mailed letter, Erin Hofteig Director, New Media Media Matters for America, writes:
"This weekend on The McLaughlin Group, the program's host, John McLaughlin, asserted that Obama "fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside."
McLaughlin: "Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside -- that an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?"
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
McLaughlin's statement was so obviously out of touch and inappropriate that two members of the McLaughlin panel refuted the basic premise. Panelist and Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Peter Beinart said: "Who knows what Jesse Jackson is thinking? But that's a completely unfair depiction of Barack Obama."
Later in the discussion, Michelle Bernard, president of the Independent Women's Forum, said: "I want to go back to the point you made about whether or not Obama is an Oreo, because if Barack Obama is an Oreo, then every member of this generation of African-Americans is an Oreo, because we stand on the shoulders of the people who fought for our rights."
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
The all-important weekend political talk shows set the agenda for our nation's newsrooms and the acceptable terms of our public discourse -- McLaughlin's comments weren't just offensive, they were a relic of politics past.
I hope you will take a moment and make your voice heard on this important issue.
Take Action!
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
The McLaughlin Group
John McLaughlin, Executive Producer
(202) 457-0870 x16
jmclaughlin@mclaughlin.com
When contacting the media, please be polite and professional. Express your specific concerns regarding that particular news report or commentary, and be sure to indicate exactly what you would like the media outlet to do differently in the future.
"This weekend on The McLaughlin Group, the program's host, John McLaughlin, asserted that Obama "fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside."
McLaughlin: "Question: Does it frost Jackson, Jesse Jackson, that someone like Obama, who fits the stereotype blacks once labeled as an Oreo -- a black on the outside, a white on the inside -- that an Oreo should be the beneficiary of the long civil rights struggle which Jesse Jackson spent his lifetime fighting for?"
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
McLaughlin's statement was so obviously out of touch and inappropriate that two members of the McLaughlin panel refuted the basic premise. Panelist and Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Peter Beinart said: "Who knows what Jesse Jackson is thinking? But that's a completely unfair depiction of Barack Obama."
Later in the discussion, Michelle Bernard, president of the Independent Women's Forum, said: "I want to go back to the point you made about whether or not Obama is an Oreo, because if Barack Obama is an Oreo, then every member of this generation of African-Americans is an Oreo, because we stand on the shoulders of the people who fought for our rights."
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
The all-important weekend political talk shows set the agenda for our nation's newsrooms and the acceptable terms of our public discourse -- McLaughlin's comments weren't just offensive, they were a relic of politics past.
I hope you will take a moment and make your voice heard on this important issue.
Take Action!
Call John McLaughlin and demand he apologize on-air during next week's broadcast.
The McLaughlin Group
John McLaughlin, Executive Producer
(202) 457-0870 x16
jmclaughlin@mclaughlin.com
When contacting the media, please be polite and professional. Express your specific concerns regarding that particular news report or commentary, and be sure to indicate exactly what you would like the media outlet to do differently in the future.
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