Cincinnati losing school superintendent
This seems to have come out of left field.
Monday, June 24, 2002
Slave 'Railroad' Buffs Question Museum Site
I wonder how much of this attitude results from the image of the riots and the race relation problems. I think it also may just be the big city beating out the small town for the development, or the minimalist/purist v. the mass appeal of popular formats.
I wonder how much of this attitude results from the image of the riots and the race relation problems. I think it also may just be the big city beating out the small town for the development, or the minimalist/purist v. the mass appeal of popular formats.
Sunday, June 23, 2002
BRONSON: Drug Traffic
I think I like it when Bronson presents a pseudo-news article. He seems to be out in the street more and has more control over where he goes and what he writes about, than the average cub reporter at the Enquirer. I think that is a problem for the cub reporters that they either don't know how to deal with, or are prevented from dealing with by the editors or the business management.
I think I like it when Bronson presents a pseudo-news article. He seems to be out in the street more and has more control over where he goes and what he writes about, than the average cub reporter at the Enquirer. I think that is a problem for the cub reporters that they either don't know how to deal with, or are prevented from dealing with by the editors or the business management.
P&G employees nervous about outsourcing
I would be nervous too. This is a very bad trend. It is part money shuffling games played by corporations. The company I work for did this with certain departments in the corporations about 2 years ago. This year all of those functions were brought back into the company. I would guess that it cost more money in the long run, but the short run it help the stock. I would bet this will be the same outcome for P&G. Corporations are far to tied to short-run stock price increases. They should instead focus on long run stock price increases. This attitude is similar to the short-run business method that ran the US economy down in the 1970's and early 1980's. The Japanese show a better model to production methods and the rest is history. What is happening here is similar. Short run cost savings is deemed more important to long run cost savings. I don't know if this attitude will ever change.
I would be nervous too. This is a very bad trend. It is part money shuffling games played by corporations. The company I work for did this with certain departments in the corporations about 2 years ago. This year all of those functions were brought back into the company. I would guess that it cost more money in the long run, but the short run it help the stock. I would bet this will be the same outcome for P&G. Corporations are far to tied to short-run stock price increases. They should instead focus on long run stock price increases. This attitude is similar to the short-run business method that ran the US economy down in the 1970's and early 1980's. The Japanese show a better model to production methods and the rest is history. What is happening here is similar. Short run cost savings is deemed more important to long run cost savings. I don't know if this attitude will ever change.
Saturday, June 22, 2002
Luken picks police review panel
I wonder win the screaming will begin? Only 3 of 7 are black. I will assume that the Buzz will be ringing with the scorn of the black bigots (aka activists).
I wonder win the screaming will begin? Only 3 of 7 are black. I will assume that the Buzz will be ringing with the scorn of the black bigots (aka activists).
Friday, June 21, 2002
Cincinnati Post Editorial: "More Statehouse meddling"
The Post takes a conventional position on the Pledge of Allegiance issue. I will take a bigger stance. The law that changed the pledge in the 1950's is unconstitutional. Forcing School districts to set aside time for it smells of forced patriotism. If I want to wave the flag and yell like a buck-toothed hayseed from Butt Lick County, Ohio, then I will do it. Indoctrinating children on a sense of blind patriotism is just what it appears to be, a cheap election year tactic. It is no surprise a Republican introduced this issue, but it is troubling that it passed the Ohio House overwhelmingly.
The Post takes a conventional position on the Pledge of Allegiance issue. I will take a bigger stance. The law that changed the pledge in the 1950's is unconstitutional. Forcing School districts to set aside time for it smells of forced patriotism. If I want to wave the flag and yell like a buck-toothed hayseed from Butt Lick County, Ohio, then I will do it. Indoctrinating children on a sense of blind patriotism is just what it appears to be, a cheap election year tactic. It is no surprise a Republican introduced this issue, but it is troubling that it passed the Ohio House overwhelmingly.
Boycotters won't protest mission
The local Cincinnati Boycotters will not be out protesting, but some other nutty fundamentalists will be protesting Billy Graham. I will gladly just stay away. My neighbor's advertisement on her door for the Graham gathering is the only forced exposure that I have to endure on this event. I will be staying away, as far as possible from it.
The local Cincinnati Boycotters will not be out protesting, but some other nutty fundamentalists will be protesting Billy Graham. I will gladly just stay away. My neighbor's advertisement on her door for the Graham gathering is the only forced exposure that I have to endure on this event. I will be staying away, as far as possible from it.
Thursday, June 20, 2002
PULFER: Channel surfing
I don't think I agree with Laura on this one. I don't want to make this society into one geared toward children. Adults rule the world. Children should not be what we shape our life around. Children are part of a parent’s life, mostly the focus of their life, but not a control.
I also had a real life sighting of Ms. Pulfer today while at lunch. The Tower Place mall had a fire alarm go off around 12:45 PM or so and she was waiting outside the same door as my co-workers and I were. I think she was just there for lunch or shopping, but she went right to work asking the security guard what happened, ever the reporter.
I don't think I agree with Laura on this one. I don't want to make this society into one geared toward children. Adults rule the world. Children should not be what we shape our life around. Children are part of a parent’s life, mostly the focus of their life, but not a control.
I also had a real life sighting of Ms. Pulfer today while at lunch. The Tower Place mall had a fire alarm go off around 12:45 PM or so and she was waiting outside the same door as my co-workers and I were. I think she was just there for lunch or shopping, but she went right to work asking the security guard what happened, ever the reporter.
CityBeat: Porkopolis (2002-06-20)
A typical Greg Flannery column. I find myself seeing more and more of difference between the progressive/populist City Beat and my liberalism.
A typical Greg Flannery column. I find myself seeing more and more of difference between the progressive/populist City Beat and my liberalism.
Cincinnati Copwatch: "The Streets is Watchin"
Thanks to City Beat I ran across this website and I hope it amounts to more than it is thus far. It has a good main page, but it has no content. I would have expected to see some type of reporting of accounts of the allegations the group makes in it premise. This site appears to be the work of activists close to the boycott backers. It is unclear as to which particular faction this group belongs to, but I will keep checking the site to see if it adds any content.
Thanks to City Beat I ran across this website and I hope it amounts to more than it is thus far. It has a good main page, but it has no content. I would have expected to see some type of reporting of accounts of the allegations the group makes in it premise. This site appears to be the work of activists close to the boycott backers. It is unclear as to which particular faction this group belongs to, but I will keep checking the site to see if it adds any content.
CityBeat: Your Negro Tour Guide (2002-06-20)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Kathy Wilson wrote a fairly honest open letter to "black males ages 13-55 years old." Ms. Wilson has in the past not been as direct in address a big issue facing many people in this city. The only problem is that from my perspective she only pointed out a problem, and did not indicate any tangible solutions.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Kathy Wilson wrote a fairly honest open letter to "black males ages 13-55 years old." Ms. Wilson has in the past not been as direct in address a big issue facing many people in this city. The only problem is that from my perspective she only pointed out a problem, and did not indicate any tangible solutions.
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Suspicious package causes evacuation
I saw the bomb squad roar down Seventh Street. That is never a good sign. This is a very detailed story. I think it took me all of 3 seconds to read.
I saw the bomb squad roar down Seventh Street. That is never a good sign. This is a very detailed story. I think it took me all of 3 seconds to read.
Tuesday, June 18, 2002
No jail for man in theft at paper
This is just an interesting story about the Cincinnati Herald. What I wonder more is why the Herald does not have a website? They could make one fairly easily and on the cheap. I wonder if the reason lies in the popular belief in the "digital divide", meaning the gap between blacks and whites regarding Internet usage or access. The Herald is market mainly to the "black community".
This is just an interesting story about the Cincinnati Herald. What I wonder more is why the Herald does not have a website? They could make one fairly easily and on the cheap. I wonder if the reason lies in the popular belief in the "digital divide", meaning the gap between blacks and whites regarding Internet usage or access. The Herald is market mainly to the "black community".
TV no prime time for real families
I have to say that Lynn Elber is either just really biased against nontraditional families, or she is just not careful in what she writes. She seems to not like nontraditional families, and considers them not to be “real” I guess they are just “fake” families. This is an AP story written for the Cincinnati Enquirer, so Lynn may not have written that part, and the Enquirer's Ann Hicks, who is credited in the story, may have the bias instead. What Lynn and Ann are really guilty of are being lazy reporters. They took a partisan special interest group’s biased report, and wrote a plain story about it without any research into its motivations or agenda. I am surprised the editors at the Enquirer let this pass, it is even in the title.
Now, if you read between the lines you see it was just a poor choice of words. It had a meaning that incorrectly reflected what I perceive as the point of the article. The point being most TV families are nontraditional, while in real life most families are traditional. There you go gals, that is how “real” should have been used.
I have to say that Lynn Elber is either just really biased against nontraditional families, or she is just not careful in what she writes. She seems to not like nontraditional families, and considers them not to be “real” I guess they are just “fake” families. This is an AP story written for the Cincinnati Enquirer, so Lynn may not have written that part, and the Enquirer's Ann Hicks, who is credited in the story, may have the bias instead. What Lynn and Ann are really guilty of are being lazy reporters. They took a partisan special interest group’s biased report, and wrote a plain story about it without any research into its motivations or agenda. I am surprised the editors at the Enquirer let this pass, it is even in the title.
Now, if you read between the lines you see it was just a poor choice of words. It had a meaning that incorrectly reflected what I perceive as the point of the article. The point being most TV families are nontraditional, while in real life most families are traditional. There you go gals, that is how “real” should have been used.
Clear Channel donates air time to Freedom Center - Cincinnati Business Courier
Clear Channel is cheap. They could have shelled out more than 3 million worth of advertisements.
Clear Channel is cheap. They could have shelled out more than 3 million worth of advertisements.
First lady wants students to hear tales of freedom
This type of attention can't hurt the city at all.
This type of attention can't hurt the city at all.
Ky. Agency to Vote on Birth Control
I hope these people don't go nuts on this issue. It is a no brainer. The pill has been demonized by the extremists, and should be funded by the government. Reproductive choice is not something to be trampled on by religious zealots.
I hope these people don't go nuts on this issue. It is a no brainer. The pill has been demonized by the extremists, and should be funded by the government. Reproductive choice is not something to be trampled on by religious zealots.
Monday, June 17, 2002
The Graham makes Cincy Plans
This is included in a "Buzz" column in a South Mississippi newspaper. If this is their idea of a "buzz" issue, then I am very glad I do not live in Southern Mississippi.
This is included in a "Buzz" column in a South Mississippi newspaper. If this is their idea of a "buzz" issue, then I am very glad I do not live in Southern Mississippi.
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