With the 527 controversy raging on – and the realization that most of these are left-wing Democratic supporting organizations – perhaps its time for some of us to band together and start our own 527 fund.
Hmm..
527s: Food for Thought
Archives for August 2004
CraigsList Facts
JoHo the Blog has a post up with some interesting facts about CraigsList:
Fun facts from the article: CraigsList’s 45 regional sites get a billion page views monthly and 5 million unique visitors. Classifieds account for 40-45% of a newspaper’s advertising revenues, or $15.8 billion dollars per year in the US. Craigslist’s annual revenues are guessed to be $7-$12 million/year. Craigslist does not advertise, relying on word-of-mouth.
One Billion Monthly Pageviews! Unbelieveable.
Lyris ListManager now supports RSS
Lyris announced version 8.0 of their ListManager software earlier this week.
I used Lyris for awhile for some newsletters. It’s a great – but incredibly expensive – piece of software.
The exciting thing though is that Lyris now has RSS support – which many folks are already using to get around the spam filled inbox problem with newsletters. This is a huge win for Lyris and its users.
John Kerry Sold Out his Team
Tammi, over at Road Warrior Survival has written a great piece today about John Kerry’s 1970’s testimony against the Vietnam War:
Son. Of. A. Bitch.
Bottom line. He Sold Out His Team. He Sold Out His Brothers. He Sold Out America. Yep, that’s my opinion and you aren’t going to change it.
I’ll put it in simple real world terms. If he were interviewing me for a job, I’d turn it down. I would NOT work for someone like that. I’d never trust them. Ever. So you can bet, given the fact that he is asking Us to hire Him I’m going to do my part in making sure he doesn’t get that position. I thought that way before, but hearing his testimony and re-reading it later sealed the deal for me. I DON’T want him to be the person that has this country’s future in his hands. I don’t want to have to trust HIM to keep me safe.
Unfortunately, I missed this, so am going to have to try to catch it on CSPAN re-runs.
It’s too bad there isn’t CSPAN on Demand like I have for HBO, Starz, and other channels.
I’m Bill Clinton, and I’m reporting for Booty!
Clearly, James Lileks writes one of the best blogs on the web. A sample from this week:
My life today would have been much easier if I hadn’t been struck with the vision of a former president taking the podium in Boston to announce “I’m Bill Clinton, and I’m reporting for booty!” I loved that line, which of course is usually a bad sign, but I tried to work it into the weekly column anyway. Hence my grief this morning, retooling the column I wrote last night. I also sketched ‘Fence last night; both were due at noon. I met my deadlines, but it took much Gnat pacification along the way. I hate Tuesdays. I’d say more, but it would sound like whiny mewling, and it’s not as if my day consists of hoisting barrels or disarming improvised roadside bombs. All in all it’s pretty good. Life is a shining jewel of inestimable value.
He just needs a RSS Feed!
In Memoriam: Officer Timothy Laird
I took a brief pause yesterday to reflect on the life of Office Timothy “Jake” Laird of the Indianapolis Police Department and the sacrifice that he made for his fellow officers and the people of Indiana. Courtesy of the Indianapolis Star – here are a few pictures to remind us all of what he gave:
Sears Hires Luis Padilla
TV Station KWQC reports this change at Target’s former Marshall Field’s unit:
Sears, Roebuck and Company says it’s plucked Luis Padilla from rival Target Corporation to become its first president of merchandising.
Padilla last served as executive vice-president for merchandising in Target’s recently sold Marshall Field’s unit.Sears says Padilla’s experience in department-store and discount environments, and in mall and non-mall formats, will help growth “on all fronts.” He’ll report to Chairman and Chief Executive Alan Lacy.
Great move for Sears – will be interesting to see what happens.