Be sure to get your personal avatar when you visit www.virtualmarchforlife.com

And bloggers get the code for a banner.

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The Pearl Harbor Telegram

We were at war.

We are at war.

Tom McMahon did the thinking. I'll do the linking.

See more of Tom's outstanding Pearl Harbor Day -- WW2 blogging at the jump.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Be sure to follow Your Business Blogger(R) and Charmaine on Twitter: @JackYoest and @CharmaineYoest

Jack and Charmaine also blog at Reasoned Audacity and at Management Training of DC, LLC.

Red State Rant has more on 7 December 1941.

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Most people know very little about Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor. Americans United for Life will be alerting the public about the Pro-Abortion-Choice affinities of Sotomayor and the abortion agenda of president Obama.

AUL has published a new website www.Sotomayor411.com.

Click on the banner for outstanding research and analysis to learn about Sotomayor's judicial activism and the personnel policies of president Obama.

Alert Readers know that Charmaine served in presidential personnel in the (real) West Wing of the White House in the Ronald Reagan Administration. The direction from The Gipper was to hire carefully. Personnel is Policy.

President Obama shares more that oratorical elegance with Reagan. Obama also knows that Personnel is Policy.

Sotomayor is the personification of Obama's abortion policy.

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Amy Harder, writing at the National Journal, interviewed Charmaine on the on-line battle on the up-coming Supreme Court Nomination. Also see nice quote from David All.

Online SCOTUS Rumble Sets Stage For Nomination Fight
Interest Groups And Media Observers Weigh In On What Influence The Internet Will Have On Upcoming High Court Battle, by Amy Harder, Thursday, May 14, 2009,

Americans United For Life says it has already seen an overwhelming response from its online supporters in discussions anticipating a nominee. "We had to upgrade the back end of our computer operation because we've seen such an outpouring of interest being more active on these issues," said Charmaine Yoest, the anti-abortion group's president. Her organization echoes a common concern on the right that Obama will nominate a judicial activist who will trigger a "dramatic shift in public understanding of the role of the courts," Yoest said. "When you go down the path of accepting judicial activism as the norm, that dramatically increases the amount of power judges have."

Yoest said her group will be ready to go right out of the gate once a nominee is announced. She said its "robust" online advocacy program, Facebook community and new IT system will mean "better, faster and cheaper" communication with supporters. "We're ready whenever they bring it out," she said. "There won't be a huge delay."

Charmaine predicts that the next Supreme Court Justice nominee will be a woman. a pro-choice, abortion advocate. See the AUL analysis here.

See Charmaine's writing on "The Woman's Chair."

Tiny URL: http://tiny.cc/YIeWC

Follow us on Twitter: @JackYoest @CharmaineYoest

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February 2005 Charmaine began Reasoned Audacity which now has over 1.2 million page views.

Your Business Blogger(R) started a blog in August of '05 and we did a mash-up combining Business Sense, Military Discipline, Timeless Truth with Politics In Real Life. Our marriage was, indeed, complete.

Blogging for us, as for most writers is a first draft. Most of the writing is really not all that good (Alert Readers will too quickly agree...).

Ipso Facto

But the writing has made us new friends, practiced our political agendas, helped us make some very good hires (who were also fellow bloggers -- and we knew only thru their blogs) helped us find a pastor who blogs and put us on the presidential campaign trail with a candidate who cares about the importance of new media.

But most important blogging serves as an electronic scrapbook stored safely on a remote server (started in the pre-historic,pre-Facebook era).

Thank you for your support over the years. We remain in your debt.

Jack and Charmaine and the Penta-Posse.

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Charmaine was busy with media interviews while she marched in the March for Life.

(This was quite an act: no child was left behind...) Obama is beginning to fulfill his campaign promises to bail out the abortion business.

Baby Boo working the crowd at the March for Life

If you support abortion or not, you are now going to pay for abortion...the world over.

Your Business Blogger(R) does not care for the government bail out of any business. Especially not the abortion business.

Obama lifts restrictions on abortion funding, 24 Jan 2009, Source: Reuters

By Jeff Mason and Deborah Charles (Additional reporting by Ed Stoddard)

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday lifted restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, reversing a policy of his Republican predecessor George W. Bush...

"When we wake up every morning to a deepening financial crisis, it is an insult to the American people to bail out the abortion industry," said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life.

"Planned Parenthood is a billion-dollar company and they do not need additional resources to burden the American taxpayer."...

The United States spends more than $400 million on overseas family planning assistance each year.

Jon Ward writes in The Washington Times, Obama changes policy on abortion, Saturday, January 24, 2009

"What a terrible way to begin a new administration: with an abortion business bailout that will exploit women in developing countries for political ends," said Charmaine Yoest, President of Americans United for Life Action.
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Mr. Obama's promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would repeal all state and local restrictions on abortion, such as parental notification laws and measures allowing physicians to deny abortions based on their own faith convictions, came under fire Thursday from congressional Republicans.

Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, thinks the change in policy amounts to U.S. tax dollars funding abortion and sees no positive outcome.

LifeNews.com Editor, Steven Ertelt, reports
Pro-Life Advocates: Obama Has Already Betrayed Promise to Reduce Abortions January 23, 2009,

Charmaine Yoest, [Ph.D.] the president of Americans United for Life, also responded to the news.

"What a terrible way to begin a new administration: with an abortion business bailout that will exploit women in developing countries for political ends," she told LifeNews.com.


"We should not export the tragedy of abortion to other nations, and we certainly shouldn't do so via the hard-earned dollars of American taxpayers," she said.

Denise Burke, [Americans United for Life] Vice President of Legal Affairs said the move also creates foreign policy headaches because it has the U.S. funding pro-abortion groups that are actively lobbying other nations to reverse their long-standing pro-life laws.

"Pro-abortion organizations like the International Planned Parenthood Federation are actively working to impose radically pro-abortion laws on developing nations, showing no regard for the will of the people in these countries," she said. "This move is a significant step backwards in respecting the sovereignty of nations, in empowering women, and in protecting unborn."

Thank you (foot)notes,

Notae Zuinglii, Bible and Theology writes, Legitimizing Murder
Yes we can, use your money to fund abortions
"The time has come to set aside childish things." Barak H. Obama 1/20/09

See Mike's Noise, We Surrender! "Bailout" plan is now law

Visit Tradition Catholic Reflections

President Bush writes,

In 2002, I was honored to sign into law the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which extends legal protection to children who survive an abortion attempt.

Republican Leader John Boehner is blogging. Read his post at Americans United for Life Action, Mr. President: Reconsider FOCA

January 22, 2009

A Guest Post by Republican Leader John Boehner

Yesterday, on the eve of the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v Wade decision, 105 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he reconsider his support for overturning pro-life laws--even laws enacted by the States. Specifically we asked the President to withdraw his pledge to sign the so-named Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which would in one tragic act overturn virtually all pro-life laws nationwide, and to refuse to support policies that incrementally enact the FOCA agenda by rescinding or weakening existing pro-life laws....

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Your Business Blogger(R), Charmaine and the Penta-Posse joined some 300,000 of our closest friends and marched for life "celebrated" each January 22nd. Charmaine worked the event with her team from Americans United for Life.

It took over three hours for the March to pass.

Obama was invited.

He didn't show.

The Yoests and Dan McConchie supporting AUL's FightFOCA
at the March for Life 2009

But Obama did offer to make nice: He won't sign an abortion bailout executive order...until tomorrow, Friday.

Tomorrow, the 23rd, he is expected to issue by presidential fiat an order which will permit your tax dollars to pay for abortions around the world.

We all may differ on when life begins. Or if a baby is being aborted. Or if there is a link between breast cancer and abortion.

But most of the country does not want our tax dollars to pay for abortions. Especially overseas.

No one wants a bail out for the off shore affiliates of Planned Parenthood.

Join Fight FOCA

Thank you (foot)notes:
See the post from PoliPundit, LIVE From Blogs 4 Life

Visit Blogs 4 Life.

Professor Robert George of Princeton writes,

Obama is being served and abetted by a small number of Catholic and Evangelical intellectuals and activists who have been peddling the claim that Obama, despite his pro-abortion extremism, is effectively pro-life because of his allegedly enlightened economic and social policies will reduce the number of abortions. This is delusional.

The truth is that Barack Obama is the most extreme pro-abortion candidate ever to serve in the United States Senate or seek the Office of President of the United States.

The revocation of the Hyde Amendment, the Mexico City Policy, funding limitations on embryo-destructive research, informed consent laws, parental notification statutes--all of which Obama has promised to his pro-abortion base--will dramatically increase the number of abortions, and will do so for reasons that have been articulated by the abortion lobby itself.

It is the pro-abortion side that tells us that the Hyde Amendment alone has resulted in 300,000 fewer abortions each year than would otherwise be performed--and that is why they so desperately want it to be repealed. Yet the putatively pro-life Obama apologists claim that the man who pledges to repeal it is going to reduce the number of abortions. Let me say it again: this is delusional.

Why Obama Really Voted For Infanticide from National Review

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Question: Who Declared Jan 22nd as National Sanctity of Human Life Day?

Answer: Ronald Reagan.

January 22nd is commemorated each year as National Sanctity of Human Life Day; the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe vs Wade.

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 22, 1984, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.

I call upon the citizens of this blessed land to gather on that day in homes and places of worship to give thanks for the gift of life, and to reaffirm our commitment to the dignity of every human being and the sanctity of each human life.

No wonder liberals hate Ronald Reagan.

Join Fight FOCA Charmaine was interviewed for Moody Bible Radio on the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), Sanctity of Life Sunday and The March for Life.

Visit Paul Butler's blog for the audio link. Good stuff.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Paul Butler at Paul Butler's Production Blog points us to Ronald Reagan's proclamation of January 22nd.

Reagan issued the Proclamation on January 13, 1984,

"The values and freedoms we cherish as Americans rest on our fundamental commitment to the sanctity of human life.

The first of the "unalienable rights'' affirmed by our Declaration of Independence is the right to life itself, a right the Declaration states has been endowed by our Creator on all human beings -- whether young or old, weak or strong, healthy or handicapped."

Conservatives are now the protectors of the "little guy."

The text of Reagan's proclamation at the jump.

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Sanctity of Life Sunday is being celebrated on the 18th -- before the March for Life on Thursday, January 22nd.

In between these two dates, the most pro-abortion president in history, Barack Obama, will be sworn in on Tuesday the 20th.

What a week.

Americans United for Life has a church bulletin insert available to alert voters on the Obama abortion agenda. See the full page insert here. Read Charmaine's letter at the jump.

The Family Research Council writes,

"Blogs for Life is scheduled to take place the day of the 36th annual March for Life, during which hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates gather in the nation's capitol to celebrate life and demand the reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

The conference will feature several prominent conservative voices including Senator Sam Brownback, Amanda Carpenter, Jill Stanek, Michael New, Ph.D., Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., Michael Illions, Chris Gacek, J.D. and Martha Shuping, M.D. all speaking with bloggers live from Family Research Council headquarters."

Join Fight FOCA To date almost 425,000 people have signed the FightFOCA petition.

It just might get Obama's attention.

Because it is the right thing to do.

How can Your Business Blogger(R) be so sure?

Because Chuck Norris approves of FightFOCA.

Chuck Norris writes at Human Events,

"Please, before FOCA flies onto the congressional floor in the upcoming days, sign the online petition to fight FOCA (www.fightfoca.com), and then contact your representatives and senators to tell them how you expect them to vote on the bill."

Chuck Norris is always right. He's smart. As The Dude says, 'Chuck Norris can divide by zero.'

Thank you (foot)notes:

The Dude worked backstage with Chuck Norris on the Huckabee presidential campaign trail in December 2007.

Pro-Choice abortion-approver Christina doesn't care much for the Fight against FOCA. She used to work for Planned Parenthood and says there is no such procedure as a partial birth abortion. I don't think she's seen the pictures...warning: graphic dead baby unwanted human tissue.

The Secular Heretic telling the news as it really is, has the FightFOCA code in his template. A good-guy.

UPDATE: Blogs 4 Life is on the Right Wing Watch list from People for the American Way. The anti-American PfAW has more time for abortion, now that Obama will soon be surrendering in Iraq and to Iran.

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The little guy was going to be born with complications -- Hydrocephalus, "water on the brain." The doctor recommended ending the life of the baby: An Abortion. "We should terminate the pregnancy," said the physician, forgetting the original Hippocratic Oath.

"Quality of life would be poor," the doc continued. "Unending challenges, facing constant failure..."

The father interrupts, "Let's give the baby a chance."

"The baby?" the doctor is surprised. "I'm talking about you."

Cole, now age three.

Abortion providers will speak in code to describe the surgical procedure and its justification. "Quality of Life" is used in speaking about the child who will be born with challenges. The doctor and the parents will nod knowingly about the difficulties the child will have in making his way in the world.

But what they are really thinking about is how the challenged-child will crimp the lifestyle of the parents and grandparents. No room in the Beemer for a wheelchair.

"Uh, yes," the parents mutter, "Yes, terminating the pregnancy is best for the fetus."

A mercy killing.

On September 7th, Michael Illions is helping to host a HydroWALK in Edison, New Jersey to raise money and awareness for Hydrocephalus. In 2007, they raised over $55,000 and hope to exceed that total this year.

The New Jersey State Legislature has designated September 2008 "Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" in the State of NJ and former Governor Christie Todd-Whitman will be the Honorary Chairperson for this year's event.

Alert Readers will recall that Governor Todd-Whitman is abortion-friendly and is in favor of Partial Birth Abortion. Her support is nevertheless welcomed.

Please sponsor Michael and his son Cole in his fund-raising work. Donate here. Your Business Blogger(R) did.

It is not known how Barack Hussein Obama reacts when such little ones are born. He actively rejected and campaigned against the Infant Born Alive legislation. He is in favor of some babies that are born alive, to die.

John McCain is Pro-Life. See the Obama vs McCain Live-Birth Abortion Matrix

The Hydrocephalus Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing support, education and advocacy to individuals, families and medical professionals dealing with the complex issues of hydrocephalus (HC).

100% of the proceeds from this event will supports the HA and their commitment to driving research on the diagnosis and treatment of HC, and to bringing this condition to the forefront of public attention.Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our federal tax ID number is 94-3000301. For more information visit www.hydroassoc.org

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The new Leadership Development Carnival #1 is up and running at Great Leadership, hosted by Dan McCarthy. The Carnival is a clearing house of leadership and leadership development advice and commentary from over 30 leadership pundits, including Your Business Blogger(R).

Carnivals serve a vital function in the blogosphere that is missing in most conventional blogs: Editorial oversight.

Dan McCarthy does this ably and without direct compensation. Bloggers work for links and traffic. Go visit.

Dan will be working as the editor of the Leadership Development Carnival every month. If you'd like to submit an article, use the carnival submission form.

My humble submission was The Four Speeches Every Speaker Delivers.

Most people fear public speaking more than death itself. The public-speakers'-adrenaline rush forces the talker to review his podium performance.

And while there at Great Leadership be sure to visit Keeping Your Study Skills Razor Sharp that I may have to steal borrow for my students.

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Is Obama Wright? - Pastor Jeremiah Wright & Senator Barack
forwarded by Soren DaytonFellow Blogger Soren Dayton forwarded an outstanding video that weaved Barack X. Obama's words and actions and pictures.

We live in the sight and sound generation. Where our preferred medium of communications is the moving picture.

A recent human resource management survey revealed that some 80% of influencers and decision makers in hiring will view a video of a job applicant. If you are applying for a job -- send a YouTube.

This is what Soren Dayton did. The video Soren Dayton forwarded is a type of job application for Obama and the presidency.

It is compelling! It is creative! It is brilliant!

Soren Dayton is fired. The McCain campaign threw Soren under the bus.

So Soren Dayton is out of the campaign gig. Which makes him available. Hire Dayton for your next project.

Dayton will get you noticed...

Thank you (foot)notes:

Join the Support Soren Dayton! group on Facebook. Your Business Blogger(R) did. I'm member number 61, I believe.

Soren Dayton volunteered his time and good name to support John McCain's candidacy for the Presidency. When he linked, via his Twitter account, to a hard-hitting video mashup against Barack Obama, the McCain campaign dumped Soren, and a national media conflagration ensued.

The purpose of this Facebook group is twofold:

1) To express support for Soren Dayton.
2) To let the McCain campaign know that we expect them to FIGHT, not roll over at the merest hint of controversy.

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Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. addresses
the 2,600 attendees at last year's Summit
Photo Credit: Peter Shinn Hold September 12 on your calendar for the Values Voter Summit in Your Nation's Capital.

Called "the most exciting meeting there is in Washington" by author and radio host Bill Bennett, FRC Action's 2007 Values Voter Summit (formerly "The Washington Briefing") attracted over 400 national and international members of the media, a waiting list of speakers, and thousands of values voters representing nearly every state in the union and many foreign countries.

On September 12-14, 2008, 60 days before an historic election, FRC Action (a 501c4) will host its third annual Values Voter Summit at the Hilton Washington in downtown D.C., and you are invited.

As a participant in one of the conservative movement's must-attend events of the year, you'll have the opportunity to hear from some of America's key leaders at a decisive moment in our nation's history, including invited speakers such as Newt Gingrich (confirmed), Chuck Colson, Lou Dobbs, Bill Bennett (confirmed), Lt. Col. Oliver North, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Star Parker (confirmed), Justice Clarence Thomas, Patricia Heaton, Roger Hedgecock (confirmed), House and Senate leaders, and all the 2008 presidential nominees.

Charmaine at the podium 2006 In addition to lively discussions on issues ranging from life, marriage, school choice, and radical Islam to judicial activism and religious liberty, attendees can take part in: celebrity book signings; breakout training sessions; Radio and Bloggers' Row; special co-sponsored meals hosted by Focus on the Family Action, American Values, and Alliance Defense Fund; a unique student track (including a Friday night reception); and the Faith, Family, and Freedom Gala Dinner on Saturday evening.

The Values Voter Summit is quickly becoming one of Washington's most anticipated weekends of the year. Packages start at just $95 for adults and $50 for students and pastors. Sign up now and enjoy a $25 early-bird discount! Registration opens online tomorrow, March 15, at www.valuesvotersummit.org. Call 1-877-372-2808 for more details.

Thank you (foot)notes:

See Values Voter Summit 2007 and more.

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Chuck Colson Zondervan, the publisher of Chuck Colson's latest book, The Faith, Given Once, For All has invited Reasoned Audacity to offer questions. Later this week, on Thursday, March 6th, Colson will be considering what Charmaine and Your Business Blogger have submitted. Please email us your thoughts -- Colson will also review blog comments.

UPDATE: Here are questions and Colson's responses -- please email us with your impressions.

A few years you said that America is no longer a "Christian Nation." Can you expand on this statement?

America is not a Christian nation in the sense that it is dominated by Christian values. It has become largely post-Christian. We still have a strong Christian heritage; in effect we live off of that in many respects, because it provides the moral undergirding that allows our free society to continue. In God & Government you’ll find I deal with this in some depth, as I do also in How Now Shall We Live? I didn’t in The Faith, simply because The Faith is really about the fundamental doctrines all true Christians share, not about whether America is succumbing to secularism.

Also, in The Faith, you identify secular atheism and militant Islamism as the two main threats to Christianity today. If you had to pick between them, which do you think presents the greater threat and why?

As to the two threats to Christianity today, the greatest and most immediate is militant Islam. Islamo-fascists want to destroy us, and have access to weapons of mass destruction. So fortifying us against the assault of extreme Islamists is critical. But it’s a hard choice, because secularism is rotting us out from within. I guess it’s simply a question of which is the more urgent.

Email your thoughts.

A number of years ago Colson remarked that, "America is no longer a Christian nation." I've asked Colson to expand on his observation.

Colson's tag line is What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters. Colson reminds the Alert Reader that Christianity is a world-view that seeks out truth -- and believes that truth is knowable. Colson gently takes on Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens and Chris Hedges and Barry Lynn. Colson uses winsome argument. With a subtlety that Your Business Blogger has yet to master...

Colson notes that a majority of Christians do not believe in absolute truth and 60% cannot name 5 of the 10 commandments.

Knowing Jesus is a start. But is this really enough? A baby Christian should grow in knowledge. Bill and HIllary Clinton and Barack Obama might very well be able to say "Jesus is Lord" and believe in their hearts that He was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. The book of Romans would say that this is enough. Is Obama saved? If he passes St. Paul's litmus test, he would be. But Colson explains,

"Christians must see that the faith is more than a religion or even a relationship with Jesus; the faith is a complete view of the world and humankind's place in it. Christianity is a world view that speaks to every area of life, and its foundational doctrines define its content. If we don't know what we believe -- even what Christianity is -- how can we live it and defend it?"

Get The Faith
by Chuck ColsonMy second question for Colson would be, "Can a person be a mature Christian and permit abortion; to be pro-choice?" Is the Christian who believes in abortion "rights" practicing "Faith without works..."?

"Be ye transformed by the removing of your minds..." goes the old Bible study joke. Colson writes that we indeed become new creatures, renewing the mind. Taking on new habits; discarding the bad. Colson is a living testimony to this transformation. But it's not what many might think. My third question for Colson, "How on earth did you stop smoking cigarettes?"

Colson continues, "Christians do not impose; they propose a vision of a culture of life, to educate and persuade..." In academia and in business we call this continuous learning. Christians would call this growing in faith. To move from milk to meat. And Colson lives this out. At a mature age he changed his position on capital punishment after visiting mass-murderer John Wayne Gacy in prison. Colson also did a thorough study of C.S. Lewis's essay "The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment." Colson's book is worth reading if only to learn of a man's journey to a compassionate defense of capital punishment. (Pages 189-190.) Any reader over 50 -- or teenager, to state the obvious -- will marvel at a man over 50, who can change his mind...

Colson closes his book on the spread of the good news in China. Rick Warren, who also wrote a blurb for Colson, once said that Christianity is being run out of Europe and Islam is rushing in to fill the vacuum. The religion of Marxism has been ruled out of China and Christianity is blossoming forth. China may very well become a "Christian Nation" as South Korea has become.

Colson points out that the variable for America's success is Christianity. He quotes an American journalist who reported on the Chinese study of American financial prowess. "We have realized," said the Chinese researcher, " that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity. That is why the West has been so powerful. The Christian moral foundation of social and cultural life was what made possible the emergence of capitalism and then the successful transition to democratic politics."

Aslan's On The Move. In China, anyway.

Thank you (foot)notes:

In Colson's footnotes he credits reporter Aikman for his writing, Jesus in Beijing. In consulting in China, Your Business Blogger was amazed to learn that the Christian society-change agents were...the lawyers. Imagine, lawyers who go to church. This is why there is hope for China.

And less for American politics. Obama said that,

"I think that it is a legal right that [homosexuals] should have that is recognized by the state. If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans."

There is no mention of same-sex hook-ups in the Sermon on the Mount. The Book of Romans is hardly obscure. The passage Obama refers to is from the first chapter,

Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

Obama gets the Bible wrong. He's got lots of Christian company. He should read Colson's book.

Other blogs on the tour:

March 3 - One Year Bible Blog

March 4 - Acton Institute PowerBlog

March 5 - The Dawn Treader

March 6 - Reasoned Audacity

March 7 - Challies.com (thank you to Tim for this book blog tour model)

March 10 - Adrian Warnock

March 11 - Tall Skinny Kiwi

March 12 - Mark D. Roberts

March 13 - Rebecca Writes

March 14 - Jolly Blogger

Please email your thoughts.

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Charmaine and Your Business Blogger celebrated the third birthday of our blog in February. We are honored by your visits and comments and links.

Friends used to ask us why we web-logged (before it was popular and accepted by normal people).

Our reasons were/are practical:

Charmaine, Your Business Blogger
Penta-Posse at the Grand Canyon
Easter 20051. Catastrophe. A secure remote web-based storage for our articles and pictures. Everyone should have favorite family photos stored on a server in addition to an album. Store Christmas pictures (the kids grow up so fast). So the only thing you need to take with you out of a burning house are the kids. All of them...

2. Clients. All small businesses need a blog. To communicate with customers and to cultivate a network of friends and referrals. Cheap marketing. Don't miss the next exciting management seminar!

3. Kids. What would Dad do? No, no, they don't ask that now -- this is for when we are gone. Search the blog, Penta-Posse. (Parents get smarter as children age.) Our biggest fear now-a-days is an electromagnetic pulse bomb (EMP) set off by terrorists as Frank Gaffney et al describes in War Footing that would wipe out our 2,000 posts. EMP a-coming if Oboma Obama elected.

4. Criticism. An honest critique and feedback is often helpful. The blogosphere is chock-o-block of Court Jesters and watch dogs.

5. Recruiting. Charmaine has found the best talent on the planet from Evangelical Outpost and TruePravda. And a pastor.

Charmaine observes that I learned my truncated style of writing while in the Army. Short sentences.

Short paragraphs.

As Don Suber instructs. Perfect for blogging.

Blogging has introduced us to bullies and saints.

Blogging has Charmaine getting the body count in London on 7.7, getting close to George Clooney and an occasional free movie.

Recent denial of service attacks have been a challenge to our web gurus who are distracted by (paying) clients. In-kind bartering has a down side -- comments are down. Please email us.

Thank you Alert Readers all. We are in your debt...

Thank you (foot)notes:

If you didn't bookmark this saint, do it now. Everybody wants to help Save The Earth, but nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

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The Penta-Posse
election nite 2004 Me too.

As the father of the five-person cohort called the Penta-Posse, Your Business Blogger is looking for angles for college admission and funding.

And not just Title IX...

Our friends at the Daniel Kovach Scholarship Foundation have an opportunity for cash. $2,000. Real money.

For political bloggers. If you are a college student, or have parents looking for help, go enter the 2nd Annual Political Blogging Scholarship.

And let us know how it works for you.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Thank you to Alert Reader Jennifer Rotman, Scholarship Coordinator, at College Scholarships.

Comments may not be enabled. Nasty DoS attack. Please email us with comments.

Update: Jill Miller Zimon, Freelance Writer, Editor and Blogger has more information and -- as the main stream media like to say -- original reporting,

Hi Jack -

I don't know if you have ever spoken with Daniel, but here's a post I wrote after interviewing him and one that links to a CNN article about him.

Thanks for posting about the blogging scholarship. An Ohio blogger I know used one (though I don't think it was the same one) to cover New Hampshire primary prep last summer.

Best,

Jill

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Mike Huckabee and staffers.
Charmaine in the black leather.
GOP presidential hopeful and former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee talks with
advisors and campaign staff on board a plane
en route to South Carolina after the
New Hampshire primary in Manchester, N.H.,
Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008.
AP Photo Credit: Alex Brandon

Alert Readers have alerted Your Business Blogger that Reasoned Audacity was down.

I have assured our friends who support Romney that we were not forbidding access to them. But that we were under a denial of service attack. And it was not personal.

Unless the DOS was coming from the Romney campaign...

See Charmaine in the red scarf.

Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, poses with a supporter as his wife Janet takes a picture during a campaign rally early in the day in Grinnell, Iowa Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.

AP Photo Credit: Paul Sancya

Charmaine and Mike Huckabee

Thank you (foot)notes:

My web guru Peter Shinn, found and fixed my problem. He is a pro. You should retain him. He does good work.

But.

He is expensive.

Contact me if you'd like to reach him.

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For the Children.

Carve here.

(Thanks, mom)

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Talking Points Memo Family Research Council Faults Brownback For Pro-Rudy Comments
By Greg Sargent - October 26, 2007, 6:53PM

"Today we've been chronicling the fallout from the surprising remarks made yesterday by conservative Senator Sam Brownback, who startled a lot of people in GOP primary politics by saying that he'd grown "more comfortable" with Rudy's abortion views after meeting with him face to face.

The latest: A top official with the Family Research Council, a top social conservative group, expressed surprise and dismay at Brownback's dalliance with Rudy in an interview with Election Central.

"The wording is curious," said Charmaine Yoest, a vice president at FRC. "It goes beyond what I would have expected of him."..."

Read the entire article here.

Thank you (foot)notes:

And be sure to catch the comments on Greg Sargent's piece.

UPDATE: see David Dayen's The Third Party Question

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Charmaine at the podium
addressing last year's
crowd of 1,700 The Family Research Council is having their annual Briefing in Your Nation's Capital.

This year will be interesting. All GOP presidential candidates will speak. Sen. Sam Brownback, Rudy Giuliani, Rep. Ron Paul, Gov. Mike Huckabee, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. John McCain, Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson.

No Democratic candidate has accepted.

Liberals: won't fight; won't debate.

From FRCAction,

The Washington Briefing 2007: Values Voter Summit is cosponsored by American Values, Focus on the Family Action, Alliance Defense Fund and High Impact Leadership Coalition.

The Briefing will be held October 19-21 at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. A presidential straw poll, exhibit hall, radio row, book signings, bloggers' row, and much more will be packed into this three-day conference. Saturday evening Dr. James Dobson will be honored at a gala dinner where he will receive FRC's inaugural Vision and Leadership Award.

Members of the media must register for FRC media credentials prior to the event.

Contact J.P. Duffy at jpd@frc.org or fax, names, numbers and e-mails on company letterhead to 202.393.2134.

For more information regarding the log onto www.frcactionwashingtonbriefing.org or call the FRC Press Office at (866) FRC-NEWS.

More from FRC Action, the C(4)

In addition to the GOP presidential candidates, the speaker line-up includes Sean Hannity, Newt Gingrich, Chuck Colson, Gary Bauer, Bishop Harry Jackson, Alan Sears, Mark Levin, Roger Hedgecock, Rich Lowry, Paul Weyrich, Dr. Richard Land, John Fund, Ed Meese, Ben Stein, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Representatives Marsha Blackburn and Jean Schmidt, Star Parker, Phyllis Schlafly, Senator Rick Santorum, Michael Steele, Father Frank Pavone, Bill Bennett, and Judge Robert Bork.

Charmaine, as Vice President for Communications for FRC will be working The Political Blogosphere with Soren Dayton, Political Consultant; David All, The David All Group; Matthew Eppinette, Americans United for Life; Erick Erickson, RedState; Joe Carter, Director of Web Communications for FRC

Thank you (foot)notes:

From last year: The Real Story: The Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC

The Family Research Council, FRC Action Briefing: Family, Faith and Freedom

FRC Action Briefing September 2006

People for the American Way weighs in FRC's Perkins Suggests Romney Better Than Huckabee on Religious-Right Issues

For more info,

Attendees at the Summit will now have the chance to make their own assessments of the GOP contenders in person at the Summit. In addition, members of FRC Action (see the web site address that follows) can vote in the first-ever Values Voter Presidential Straw Poll, either online or in person on October 19 and 20.

For information or to register, go to www.thewashingtonbriefing.com or call toll-free at 1-888-372-2284.

Pam Spaudling's take at Mark your calendars for the 2007 Values Voters Summit/Washington Briefing

A Buck For Huck has Washington Briefing

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The biggest complaint of the blogosphere is that the writing has no accountability, no third party oversight.

Except the carnivals. And the best business carnival in the business is The Carnival of the Capitalists.

Submissions, as the Alert Reader will know, are self-selected by the author, and edited and vetted by the carnival host. Not every article submission is accepted.

My friend Anita Campbell leads this week's carnival with about the best collection of podcasts todate. This is an essential resource for anyone considering podcasting or who might want to be a guest on radio and podcasts -- and who needs a list of the better podcasts. Anita Campbell presents 100 Small Business Audio Podcasts posted at Small Business Trends Radio | Small Business Information. Anita demonstrates here what is best about the blogosphere. (Full Disclosure: Your Business Blogger has written for Anita Campbell.)

Wayne Hurlbert tells us in Management techniques: Delegating responsibility,

As a company grows, the number of responsibilities grow right along with it. Not only do the number of departments expand, but their size and scope increases as well. Taken together, managing all departments and staff within the organization becomes too much for any one person. No one possesses the time or skills required for each and every job in the business. Delegation of responsibility is essential. It is here that problems can arise that can hurt the company's performance.

Douglas Galbi at purple motes has a thoughtful piece television serves couch potatoes

Don't rush the lawyers if you have been wronged. Read this counter-intuitive, yet practical article by Carmen Van Kerckhove at Race in the Workplace with What to Do If You're Experiencing Racial Discrimination At Work,

Think twice before reporting racial discrimination to your company's human resources department. Why? Because it's not always the most effective strategy.

Read on for a step-by-step guide on what to do if you believe your supervisor is discriminating against you because of your race...

See Jason Koeppe’s Strategic Internet Marketing Blog and A Step By Step Guide For Choosing the Right Keywords - StrategicSiteMarketing.com,

Effective keyword research is underrated. Really. And not just in its benefit and importance as it relates to SEO and online search marketing. Thoroughly understanding what keyword phrases your target audience is using to find you (your product or services) is literally invaluable. This knowledge is one of the best weapons you have in your business building arsenal and this weapon can be used both online and off. We’ll come back to that thought a bit later. For now, let’s dive right into how to effectively choose the best keywords for search marketing...

Nickel does the numbers in How to Make Money in the Stock Market (Revisited). The numbers are compelling. No charge.

Here are some youthful capitalists who are starting really early with their business plans: 5 Of The Youngest Entrepreneurs On Their Path To Success And Riches on thedigeratilife by the Silicon Valley Blogger.

Steven Silvers who can manage image better most anyone has Vick story prompts greyhound racing industry to defend itself earlier than usual. posted at Scatterbox by Steven Silvers,

The American Greyhound Track Operators Association rushes to spin some distance between the controversies surrounding its own industry and the nation’s new interest in illegal dog fighting.

David Kam presents The Importance of Logo posted at MarketingDeviant.com.

Gustav S submits 10 Reasons why only 4% of the population achieve their goals posted at success-is-in-you.com.

Ian Welsh has a Biblical reference Reaping What You Sow: Hedge Fund and Housing Bubble Edition posted at The Agonist,

What's happening to the housing and financial markets right now is the entirely foreseeable consequence of past deliberate policy decisions by the Fed and the Bush administration. The reason a bail-out is finally occurring is because the people who matter are getting hurt.

Kurt Brouwer has Subprime and Stocks? What Happened? posted at Fundmastery Blog,

Financial markets around the globe have been weak and jittery in recent weeks. The following discussion is meant to give you some background on the subprime lending mess and how it spread throughout the financial markets.

Dax Desai writes What does the potential Fed rate cut mean? posted at Dax Desai, where he explains the effect of the potential Fed interest rate cut on investments.

Pawel Brodzinski presents 15 Ways to Be a Good Boss posted at Software Project Management,

Want to be a leader who will be followed by the team? Want to have employees working willingly on your success? Want to be a good boss?

Some website owners assume that Google keyword search rankings directly affect sales. So a #1 position will be better than a #2 or #3 position. What counts is the bottom-line result and many other factors come into play in determining that.

Politicians are trying too hard to pressure the Federal Reserve. If they aren't stopped now, we'll have a much harder time stopping them in a few years when they try to use an inflation tax to balance the budget.

Peter has Decide For the Success of Your Home Based Business posted at Make Money Online.

Read the Millionaire Mommy Next Door with How to Treat Affluenza: Spend Less and Live a Happier Life posted at Millionaire Mommy Next Door,

The number of "very happy" people peaked in 1957, and has remained fairly stable or declined ever since. Even though we consume twice as much as we did in the 1950s, people were just as happy when they had less. 86% of Americans who voluntarily cut back their consumption feel happier as a result.

wilson ng presents The Challenge of Providing Choice posted at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife,

Some people want a variety of choice, while some people want quality pre-selected information. Whether you are selling products or ideas, how many alternatives do you provide? Here is a short article on how the number of offerings affect decision-making.

Chief Family Officer presents Great Debate over at AFM: To Sell or Not To Sell? posted at Chief Family Officer.

FMF submits What I'd Do with a High-Paying, Unrewarding Job posted at Free Money Finance and read how he's handled bad job situations

Alvaro Fernandez outlines The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains posted at Brain Fitness Blog with some tips to keep our brains sharp.

Good news for health insurance costs: Insureblog's Henry Stern reports that prices are moderating, and explains why.

Leon Gettler has original reporting with an Interview with AXS-One chairman and CEO Bill Lyons posted at Sox First,

An interview with AXS-One chairman and CEO Bill Lyons on why companies struggle with their electronic documents and how email is the new legal Chernobyl.

Nina presents Gay Affluence: fact, fiction, or somewhere in between? posted at Queercents,

Gay affluence is a myth and perhaps the most misunderstood fact about gays and lesbians. We are not wealthier. Or are we?

Rob May writes What Dasani Bottled Water Taught Me About Better Blogging posted at Businesspundit, A case study of Dasani provides insight into why blogging requires more than just quality posts.

Matthew Paulson presents Long Term Care Insurance: When It Makes Sense, When It Doesn’t. posted at FinanceIsPersonal.com.

Where are interest rates headed? James Hamilton of Econbrowser concludes that the Fed has abandoned its 5.25% target for the fed funds rate, and, when it goes back to targeting, will pick a lower value, in Whee!

Charles H. Green presents It's a Dog Eat Dog World, Isn't It? posted at Trust Matters,

In an emerging business world that throws everyone together in constantly permutating ways, that old competitive nature we prized decades ago is becoming a bit of a millstone.

Babak presents Bond Market Screaming For Rate Cut - Fed Listening? posted at Trader's Narrative.

Marlon J. Broussard presents The True value of Money in Our Age | MoneyBlog posted at MoneyBlog,

The point is not to just point out the fact that a dollar is only worth 4 cents (about the exact cost of printing, regardless of the denomination), but to shed light on some things you need to be mindful of...

How would you like to live in crushing, abject poverty? Does the idea of living and sleeping on the streets of a major American city sound appealing to you? Would you like to grow old and penniless, spending your final days on this Earth barely getting by on the meager checks sent to you by some large government bureaucracy? Well, my friend, do I have the program for you.

The customer, in fact, is not always right, but good customer service is treating her as though she is. Making the customer feel appreciated, even when they are not pleased, is the goal.

Next week's carnival will be celebrated on September 3, 2007 at the Geek Practitioners Blog.

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Joe Carter
blogger at The Evangelical Outpost Joe Carter has just release his EO 100. Reasoned Audacity is honored to be on the list.

Joe Carter writes,

"What are the best Christian blogs?"

Over the past four years, I've been asked a variation of that question dozens of times. When people hear that I myself am a "Godblogger"--a formerly derogatory term for a blogger who writes about religion or faith--they often inquire which ones I'd recommend.

Trying to answer such a query is like trying to recommend a church -- there are too many factors involved to give a generic, one-size-fits-all response. Still, it is a worthy question and one which I've given a lot of thought. The following list--The EO 100--is my attempt at providing thorough response.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Evangelical Outpost is ranked 1,516 by Technorati. As of July 31, 2006 Technorati tracked 50 million blogs. EO is rated number 40 by The Truth Laid Bear.

The list at the jump.

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I was amused when the lefty blogosphere melted down over the Intelligent Design debate and started accusing me of believing in UFO's. (Just for the record. . . I don't.)

But I'm not so amused when they make cavalier assertions that "Charmaine Yoest said" and are so sloppy that their "proof" is a link to something that has nothing to do with me. And when they state in a morally superior tone and very dismissively that I said something that I never did. In the Internet Age, there is no excuse for not quoting someone accurately.

I work hard to make reasoned arguments about the issues I care about. So it really irritates me when those who disagree don't bother to engage with what I really said and slander me by putting up false statements.

The latest accusation? Apparently now I supposedly believe in "sex cults." Here's what some woman calling herself "Bean" says about me:

Remember when the FDA was holding up approval of EC over-the-counter? People like the Family Resesarch Council (and in fact Ms. Yoest herself) were all worked up because they were worried that EC would encourage promiscuity among teens and other women, leading to sex cults. Seriously.

(I love it when anonymous people get snarky -- I make statements under my own name.)

Seriously. Here's the challenge: someone show me where I said anything, anywhere about "EC encouraging promiscuity" or "leading to sex cults." Show me.

Well Ms. Anonymous Bean, to back up her (false) assertion provides two links. Great. I was intrigued. Perhaps I had forgotten losing my mind and making a public statement about sex cults. She had hyperlinked the word "Seriously" as if to say, "boy, do I have the goods." So I clicked over.

Sure enough, there was a quote from me:

"It's very clearly caught up in political dynamics and I would go so far as to say there is electoral politics involved here," said [FRC's Charmaine] Yoest.

Hey, I remember saying that!

But, um, where are the sex cults??

That appears to be further down in the article, quoting a woman named Dr. Janet Woodcock.

Excuse me, "Bean." My name, let us recall, is Dr. Charmaine Yoest.

Then, continuing down the article, is another quote describing the lawsuit Family Research Council filed against the FDA challenging their decision to create the historically unprecedented system of selling Plan B over-the-counter to women over 18 and by prescription to those younger:

[The conservative groups'] lawsuit charges that the FDA had no authority to approve the same drug and labeling for simultaneous prescription-only and over-the-counter distribution and that the FDA cannot treat the drug differently based on the age of the buyer because "FDA lacks the authority to enforce Plan B's age limitations."

That does pretty much sum up one element of our lawsuit against the FDA. Again, I have to note, I'm not seeing where the sex cults come in.

And then, just when I was getting ready to click away from this ridiculously sloppy website in disgust, I see the first commenter weighs in, once again putting words in my mouth -- and simultaneously misrepresenting both me and the organization I work for:

It's not just Plan B. Charmaine Yoest was the FRC's pointwoman on keeping girls from getting the HPV vaccine lest it encourage promiscuity.

Sigh. This time it's a woman named Julia who needs a little help with her fact-checking. I was not FRC's "pointwoman" on the HPV vaccine. We do have someone who speaks on that issue quite a bit; it's usually not me. And we are not opposed to the vaccine -- in fact, if Julia had done her homework she would have found that we have supported the vaccine; we just opposed making it mandatory since HPV is not spread through casual contact.

Sex cults. Oh please.

Seriously.

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Roy Blunt
Credit: The DudeYour Business Blogger was wondering what the Republicans were going to do about the war, the wall, Osama, Obama. So I wandered over to The Heritage Foundation this afternoon for a free lunch. And happened upon The House Minority Whip, Roy Blunt, an R from fly-over country.

If any one could, well, show me, it'd be someone from Missouri.

The Dude tagged along. He's likes a free meal as much as his dad.

The Dude live blogged. Sarah Little from Blunt's press office ablely worked the crowd. See The Dude's report at Panzer Commander.

After Blunt's talk, I feel a bit better about the state of the Union. Not that the GOP may or may not get good things done, but at least they might stop bad things from happening.

Which might be good enough -- it is around our house. Which is like a carnival.

But for well organized carnivals, here are some suggestions,

See Blog Carnival of Observations on Life July 8, 2007, By Anja Merret. While there visit Reciprocity - What we do in Life always comes back to us March 17th, 2007 by Callum.

But sometimes good does not come back measure for measure. I've found the ratio to be about 10-to-1. See What is the best tactic to get a referral? More Biblical than Karma-tic.

Visit The Carnival of Family Life. See Physical Education.

Stop by Carnival of Life, Happiness & Meaning #8, hosted by Life Insurance Lowdown, Life insurance news, reviews and tips. Don't let the title scare you (as it did me). No agent will call. No emails from Nigeria. And see What Makes a Relationship Great? Much more articulate than The Complete Married Man's Guide To Spousal Responses.

For a good post on Office Politics. Read Management vs. Politics by HotStrategies.

It is not until we look at later definitions... that we see a political content. He maps management as ‘SAMP’, Science, Art, Magic and Politics. In this definition we are seeing politics as part of management activity in which he acknowledges that in order to be a successful manager an individual has to know how to “play the game” in order to achieve his objectives.

For more on Office Politics, with a nifty video see Management Training, Tip #1 at the last Office Politics link.

And please visit Carnival of Family Life - June 25 2007 for about the nicest compliment Your Business Blogger got all week.

Thank you (foot)notes:

See Roy Blunt's speech at the jump. From his website,

As Whip, Congressman Blunt is the second highest Republican in the House of Representatives. He selects and leads a team of Deputy and Assistant Whips, which columnist Robert Novak has described as "the most efficient party whip operation in congressional history."

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Two years ago Your Business Blogger sent the Little Woman to the G-8 with the B3: Bono and Branson and Bush. Scotland and England are still being bombed by the jihadists.

Not the US of A. Not yet. We must be doing something right.

Follows is a re-post of Charmaine's reporting from Edinburgh and London on 7.7.05.

Charmaine on the plane with Richard Branson

Following is an edited cross post from Charmaine's Reasoned Audacity, July 1 - 7, 2005.

A year ago, Charmaine calls early morning from Edinburgh. "I'm having trouble flying into London," she says.

I'm still waking up. I ask, "When can you come home?"

"I don't know," she says, her voice unsteady, "They're still clearing the bodies."

A wake up call.

London, welcome to the war.

It started, as most things these days do, with Powerline.

Following is original posting from London as Charmaine called it into me, when her site went down. Any inconsistencies may be due to transcription overload.

This is Jack, the husband: Charmaine called. Her site is still down, but she wanted to file a report to Powerline.

"Flew into Heathrow airport and took a $150 cab ride into north London to conduct interviews and document the bombsites. Bobbies cordoned off area around the sites sealing the scene of the explosions. I got to within a block or so of Edgware Tube station entrance with Londoners sitting calmly, relaxing in pubs. Everything is strangely calm, business as usual. I interviewed a woman, an interior designer, expecting some emotional display. There was none. "We don't do a lot of group hugging in England," she said, making me think of the stiff-upper lip. "We are not sentimental."

And she seemed to reflect the mood of the London population. Not for what they were doing but for what they were not doing: No candles, no out-pouring of grief, no hoards of gawkers milling around police tape, no teddy bears, no bouquets of flowers. No movement. No tears. Everything normal, except, maybe for that bus with the top blown off. Workers cleared and cleaned up the area real well. Spiffy. And got back to their pints.

I visited hospitals and learned that 'only' 37 were confirmed dead at that time. More confirmations were expected.

There were no moms with little children in downtown London. I interviewed middle-aged businessmen on cell phones and kids with Mohawks, none who were surprised.

Londoners gently reproached me about my concern over the bloodshed, "You Americans get sentimental over silly things. We're used to getting bombed." The IRA Troubles had hardened hearts as well as the London infrastructure.

I expected some grief, at least as much as there was when Lady Di died. And grief I got. I interviewed three very ordinary, normal teenaged English Muslims, one with short spiky hair (dressed not unlike my 10 year-old-dude). All three seems to be parroting Muslim talking points. "The bombings were a conspiracy by Blair to generate support for the war," they recited in a charming British accent.

The bombers were quite indiscriminate. Edgware is not far from the heart of Little Beirut, a Muslim ethnic neighborhood.

A young British black woman told me, "The bombings are Tony Blair's fault -- they killed a 100 thousand Iraqis -- and it's like a boomerang [coming back at the British]." Most everyone I talked to believed that the British caused the bombing or had it coming.

Of the dozen or so people I interviewed only white males in business attire expressed surprise that anyone would think the British were at fault in anyway.

But these gentlemen were the minority. Most felt that the Brits were complicit. The people at London's ground zero were sounding like the "wobbly" Spanish after their train bombings.

The day is a cloudy, cold, rainy 7.7."

Charmaine is still out on the streets -- 9pm local London time and will be sending pictures soon.

Read the entire story at My Wife Flew off with Bono and Branson; Bombed in London 7.7.05 .

See Charmaine and Michelle Malkin work to keep the Muslims from sawing off more heads.

CMR Salamander points to HotAir with video.

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Jingo-Jihadists Cheerfully Surrendering Mike Jingozian, candidate for president (of the United States) has begun his political campaign.

With a surrender.

Using the banner "Jingo-Jihadists for Surrender Soonest" the JJ for SS hopes to mobilize the America-Firster voting public into surrendering, a la French, to Al Qaeda.

However. It might be a mistake for a politician to throw his hands into the air and cry "Surrender Now!" This makes for a compelling picture message, that didn't even work for Cindy Sheehan.

The first rule of politics, as in medicine is First Do No Harm.

Which is close to a motto in our household: Don't screw up.

(Alert Readers understand well that Your Business Blogger rather enjoys a [calculated] risk. Don't Screw Up is not a retreat from trying, but an invective to be smart.)

Smart politics has yet to be found in the Jingo-Jihad Surrender presidential campaign. The first item on which Your Business Blogger advises clients is to get the big, simple things right.

Like your name.

And the domain. This being the internet age and all.

Which makes the Jingo-Jihad Surrender campaign so sad. Mike Jingozian claims a degree from Harvard and various technology awards.

You'd think he'd get the basics right. Him running a super-duper tech company as he is wont to remind us voters. And running for President (of the United States!).

Basics like:

www.MikeJingozian.com

Mike Jingozian
visionary on a pedestal The Jingo-Jihadists might also reconsider the Reset photo shooting. It is very difficult to get a good publicity shot of a client where the audience is looking up his nose holes. Even assuming excellent nose-hair-hygiene.

So, we start with three minor campaign criticisms:

1) Surrender is bad bannering
2) Claim your name domain
3) Make your picture perfect

Yes, there's more. Continue reading the Jingozium Erratum at the jump.

Reset American banner

Thankyou (foot)notes,

See "First, do no harm": Not in the Hippocratic Oath sans abortion.

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Mike Jingozian
founder of AngelVision
announces political ambitions "You will hear more about my political plans in the months ahead. For now, I wish you peace and harmony. Be well, Jingo."

A number of Alert Readers have been following our case study of AngelVision. The founder, Mike "Jingo" Jingozian has been most unhappy with Your Business Blogger's analysis and has hired (at least two) lawyers and a private investigator in response to the critique and the comments.

(A private investigator??!! I'm honored.)

Jingo will be running for an elected or appointed public office -- but has taken some time off the campaign trail and his business to address Reasoned Audacity's review of the unusual AngelVision management style.

Jingozium Erratum
Your Business Blogger at
Oxford's circular library
May 1995Over the next few weeks we will discuss the challenges of crisis management in dealing with the blogosphere.

AngelVision continues to be an outstanding case study -- on a "distinctive" reaction to public criticism.

Meanwhile Jingo should consider CampaignSiteBuilder.com to help him launch his political career. (See compensated link on sidebar.)

Continue reading at the jump. Hint: Don't hire expensive private investigators to spy on bloggers.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Be sure to visit AngelVision and take the Jingo on-line poll on what to do with Your Business Blogger. Here's how I voted:

Number three: Don’t be a wimp! Kick some @ss! Sue the b@stard out of principle! [Expletives modified]

The vote results will surprise you.

(Charmaine voted for "ignore him." She's no fun.)

Here's my advice and bumper sticker for his political world view.

UPDATE: 16 May 2007, Mike Jingozian claims that Your Business Blogger is a Washington government insider. Very flattering, but I must not be much of a political insider because I just now noticed that Jingo Jingozian is really, really running for public office. No, not town council. Not for congress. Nope. Jingo is going the Full Monty. Mike Jingozian is running for President. Goodness.

Blue state Oregon is now in play for the GOP.

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GOP Presidential Debate Smackdown? Nope. The buzz is on Blumenthal.

Max meant to be snarky. But comes off stupid silly. Or worse: An amateur.

Blumenthal on the Huffington Post hotlinked to a picture on the Family Research Council web site. Max is 'borrowing' server space. Not really a big deal...just bad form.

Joe Carter and Jared Bridges at FRC caught it and substituted this come-back:

Dead Kitty: Blumenthal Poisons Cats

The Huffington Post lefties are slow learners. Liberals always are. So Max Blumenthal re-hot-links. And screws up yet again.

But cannot get ahead of Christian Soldiers Marching as to War. Or Blumenthal's Comedy Club.

FRCBlog: Max Blumenthal's Favorite Stops on the Interweb

Thank you (foot)notes:

Joe Carter, a former Marine,
said he started blogging as a way
to become an influential voice
for Christian values even though
he doesn't have
Ivy League credentials.
(By Rich Lipski, The Washington Post) Joe Carter is the Editor at the FRCBlog and was recently highlighted in The Washington Post. He blogs at The Evangelical Outpost.

Jared Bridges is a contributor at FRCBlog and personally blogs at TruePravada.

The Carter/Bridges brilliance is noted in NewBusters Editors' Pick May 4, 4007.

Brian Kaylor at For God's Sake Shut Up! sees nothing funny. Pursuing a Ph.D. has that effect. His sense of humor should return after his dissertation defense.

Kevin Aylward at Wizbang has an update.

See ChristianityToday.

Blogroll the BlueyBlog: Max Blumenthal: Image Thief

HuffPo p0wn3d by FRCblog.com! by Laura at Pursuing Holiness. Our kind of girl.

And see what Joe Carter did with:

Michelle Malkin

Little Green Footballs

National Review Online

RedState

FreeRepublic.com

Human Events' Right Angle

Bluey Blog

Wizbang!

NewsBusters

InstaPundit

TownHall.com

Pursuing Holiness

WORLD magazine's blog

Wonkette

in A Lesson in Web Etiquette for the Huffington Post (Part II)

Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly. -- Proverbs 26:11

Wizbangblog is on the story with analysis,

That's not ignorance of how the web works, no that's willfully dishonest bandwidth theft on the part of Mr. Blumenthal.

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The Dude will be on Gregg Jackson's show Sunday night, March 18th. Gregg and The Dude met while The Dude was blogging the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

R to L: The Dude from Panzer Commander, John Tabin from The American Spectator, Michelle Malkin, Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters.

On March 2nd The Dude was the youngest blogger on the scene. He secured an interview with Mitt Romney and gives us Mitt's take on bloggers vs. the mainstream media here. The Dude is pictured above proudly wearing his TownHall.com hat.

The Dude was working the exhibits at the CPAC trade show -- he knows how to work a trade show -- and introduced himself to Gregg Jackson.

CPAC 2007 Hit time Sunday is 9:40 pm Eastern. Listen in and let us know how he did.

WRKO Talk Radio
Boston

Thank you (foot)notes:

Gregg Jackson is the Co-Host of Pundit Review Radio on WRKO Boston's Talk Station www.WRKO.com He is also a contributing editor at PunditReview.com, a 2005 and 2006 Weblog Award finalist in the Best Media/Journalist Blog category.

Jackson is author of Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies: Issue By Issue Responses to the Most Common Claims of the Left from A to Z. More at the jump.

Alert Readers know that The Dude is is no stranger to show business. See his First Show Biz Break.

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Roxane and Jim Gilmore; Charmaine and Jack Yoest
April 2005 Governor Jim Gilmore promised to be the First Blogger-in-Chief, if sworn in as president. Gilmore addressed the weekly conservative blogger lunch today at the Heritage Foundation hoping to "talk over the heads of the standard press."

Although Gilmore promised to start blogging; he did not promise to hire a blogger full time during the campaign. (I was hoping for a bit more pandering to this crowd, but it never was quite Gilmore's style.)

Far from pandering, Gilmore continues his combative conservatism.

Which, these days, might just sell.

The former governor of the Commonwealth Virginia claims "a broad record of success" and states that "there is not a conservative in the race" besides him.

He might be right.

Except for being pro-choice thru the 13th week. So I ask him, "As governor you hired pro-lifers extensively in your staff, do you promise to do the same if elected president?"

Gilmore reminded us that no one has done better in "service to the pro-life community" and walked down his leadership list on pro-life initiatives:

1) A 24 hour waiting period for abortions,

2) Pushed stopping partial birth abortions,

3) Championed Hugh Finn.

Alert Readers will remember Hugh Finn sustained severe brain injuries from a car accident, and was comatose for 3 and a half years. After moving him to a Virginia nursing home, his wife Michele requested the removal of his feeding tube, but his parents and his six brothers filed suit to stop her.

Careful readers of this blog will recall the hyperventilating over "hyperalimentation" -- feeding food and water through a tube -- during the legal battle over Terri Schiavo's case. In 1998, the Commonwealth of Virginia -- and Governor Gilmore -- confronted nearly exactly the same situation as that posed by Terri Schiavo for Florida and Governor Jeb Bush.

The Governor supported continuing Finn's feeding tube, and the case went all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court which ruled in favor of Mrs. Finn.

Finn died eight days after the tube was removed.

Gilmore enjoys a pro-life record any pro-life candidate would envy.

Thank you (foot)notes:

Full Disclosure: Your Business Blogger is pro-life. And campaigned for Gilmore, voted for him and served as his Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Resources while the governor was in office. Watched the Governor up close on the Hugh Finn case. Gilmore got this right.

James Gilmore Is Running For President: Can A Pro-Choice Republican Win?

Read on some of Gilmore's management style at Y2K and The Management of Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath.

Gilmore may have been planning this for a while; see Americans for Freedom and Opportunity.

Also see Are Children at Risk in Red States?

Rob Bluey is the weekly host at The Heritage Foundation -- be sure to read his report Jim Gilmore: The First Blogging President? at Redstate.com

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Thank you for reading at least one of our 1,197 posts.

We remain in your debt, Charmaine and Jack.

Bill Maher with Mother in the Middle.

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"This just in...oops, too late,
the bloggers got there before us.
from The Wall Street Journal Bloggers are first and best with the best rumors. But are bloogers always first with the best story? Is there really a difference in the research and writing styles in the best blogs compared to other writers?

Last week Charmaine and Your Business Blogger attended a gathering in Washington, DC. Alert Readers will remember two concurrent confabs: The National Review Institute and the Anti-WarPeaceNowGobalWarmingRally.

Guest where we cheered...

Anyway, we sat behind Paul Mirengoff from Powerline at the National Review event. (Surprise!) I ask him, "Will you be live blogging?"

"No," he says instantly. "I never live blog."

He was taking notes on a reporter-like skinny spiral note-pad just like MSM-types. I was expecting a yellow legal pad from the famed Washington attorney.

Paul then says "I like to think about the topic and write later."

I'm disappointed. I was hoping for a flaming slash and burning-brief from our favorite counselor. But no. This is a thinking, contemplative blogger.

Well.

This measured, thoughtful writing strategy was exactly what (some) paid journalists do. Charmaine and I talked with old friend Stanley (not Howard) Kurtz, now at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. We are big fans of his work.

"So how do you write?" I slobber. "Do you sit at a keyboard and open a vein -- rewrite and rewrite?"

"No," says Stanley. "I spend 80% of my time on research -- writing it over and over in my head -- and after a while I just sit and write it out."

Oh.

Chasing a thought-phrase around like that would have it leave my head on the first lap. Hence the need for instant posting/instant messaging.

This must be what the academics call the "Life of the Mind."

So it would appear that Paul Mirengoff and Stanley Kurtz both have the same writing strategies:
Think First.

Who knew?

Thank you (foot)notes:

Power Line graced Reasoned Audacity with a citation. This is an unpaid link.

Be sure to read about Stanley Kurtz's conservative conversion. Dr. Kurtz received degrees from Haverford College and Harvard University. (Not a typo.) Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political Journeys

The Chronicle of Higher Education didn't care for the book.

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Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D. (?) What is a good way to learn if your accountant is getting all those numbers to add up right?

He spells your name right.

When Your Business Blogger was in the army way back in the days of the horse cavalry, I had a boss, Captain Akroyd, who once gave me a memorable 'corrective interview.' The West Pointer said I needed to concentrate on my Attention to Detail.

And, in lacking that quality (back then!), I am, of course, very quick to criticize the same lack in others (today).

I often see this lack in the spelling of our names: Charmaine has an unusual first name that is often misspelled, or misidentified. Yoest, a Flemish name, is often misspelled.

The cliche goes: There is no bad PR, as long as they spell your name right.

So it was memorable that my name would be misspelled and insulted in the same article. Very bad.

A two-fer.

Dennis Howlett on innovation for professional accountants who blogs at AccMan gets my name wrong and uses bad language.

Sounding like, well, a blogger:

I come up with Jack Youest, ...an A&&hole.

My new best friend, Dennis Howlett might be right half the time. But these would not be the odds one would take.

From an accountant.

New tag line:

Dennis Howlett on innovation for professional accountants -- We're Right Half the Time! We're British!

We May Have Lost the Empire, But We Won't Lose Your Money!

Thank you (foot)notes: I do hope Dennis Howlett is not disqualified for the AcountancyAge Awards 2006 coming up on 15 November. His ciphering is no doubt more accurate than his spelling. More at the jump.

Management Training Tip: Get the name right; both sight and sound, for the eye and ear, spelling and pronunciation.

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I'm headed to the Left Coast to talk about blogging with some of my favorite people, the godbloggers.

The Diva and the Dude are coming along because they have both become bloggers and I want them to catch the vision for blogging with a purpose.

Stay tuned -- I'm looking forward to meeting some great people and learning a lot. I'll be reporting back -- right here.

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Charmaine, wife of Your Business Blogger will be speaking at the Political Plenary Panel,

A bi-partisan discussion on political conversation across the blogosphere, featuring answers to questions such as: What makes a political blog insightful and interesting, versus a dime-a-dozen rant? What role will political blogs play in the upcoming elections and future campaigns? Where can a blogger find insightful content from which to draw? How can a blogger facilitate legitimate political conversation on his or her political blog?

Charmaine will be joining:

Hugh Hewitt / Professor of Law, Author, Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host
Blog: hughhewitt.com

La Shawn Barber / Author and Writer
Blog: La Shawn Barber's Corner

John Mark Reynolds / Director of the Torrey Honors Institute (Biola)
Blog: Middlebrow

James Kushiner / Publisher of Touchtone Magazine
Blog: Mere Comments

Joe Carter / Comm. Director at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Blog: Evangelical Outpost

Rob Asghar / Writer and Political Commentator
Blog: TheAmericaBug

Ryan Bolger / Assistant Professor of Church in Contemporary Culture (Fuller)
Blog: TheBolgBlog

Marvin Hutchens
Hutchens Blog

Rhett Smith
rhettsmith.com

Andrew Jackson
SmartChristian.com

Melinda Penner
STR Blog

Matthew Anderson
Mere Orthodoxy

Fred Sanders
Middlebrow

Paul Spears
Middlebrow

The GodBlogCon 2006 is hosted by the Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University. Register now!

Cross Post from Jack Yoest.

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Friends, thanks for stopping by Reasoned Audacity -- as you can tell, we've been changing some things on the site. Mostly fixing some bugs on the back-end that will, hopefully, in the long run make this site run better. One of my main goals with the site update is to get my comments will be fixed so that it will be easier for you to comment.

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Cross Post from Jack Yoest with The Carnival of the Capitalists.

Years ago, Your Business Blogger held a (most minor) position in the local Republican party. It was an election; votes were taken. I didn't buy any votes.

But I'm buying now. Vote for Your Business Blogger in the Carnival of the Capitalists. A lucky voter for me gets a t-shirt from the Jollyblogger. Vote here. And leave me a comment.


Jotzel Jotzel has the best articles on Capitalism this week.

And while you are there, visit Lipsticking for an post on Yvonne Talks Gender on the Net.

In any debate between women -- she said/she said, my money's on what she said -- visit Lipsticking.

Now.

Please vote for me at Jotzel. Please, I'm buying.

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Carnival of the Capitalists is the creation of Jay at AccidentalVerbosity and Rob at BusinessPundit.

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Google has a feature called "Google Current" which is a short 2 minute video round-up of the news. In this clip, the host slams Michelle Malkin . . . and praises Andrew Sullivan.

(HT: Michelle Malkin -- saw her across the room yesterday at CPAC -- seriously beautiful in person. Beauty is as beauty does.)

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Wonder Woman and Right Girl
(Gentlemen bloggers to be identified when I find my notes! Sorry.)
update: Jeff Harrell and Tom Bridge The Conservative Political Action Conference is going on here in DC this week, and bloggers were out in force. Some of the Cotillion ladies were here, so I ran over this afternoon to get a chance to meet them in person.

Wonder Woman and Right Girl have come down from Canada, while Little Miss Attila flew in from the Left Coast. We missed Attila for lunch, but Mary Katherine Ham was also there. And we were joined by LaShawn Barber and Chris Nolan. Chris agreed to be our token liberal -- though never fear, we did not divulge any of the sooper seekrit right-wingnut codes.

Rob Bluey from Human Events graciously agreed to be our token male -- because conservative women like men -- and then even treated us all to lunch! Thanks, Rob.

LaShawn Barber

Rob Bluey and Mary Katherine Ham

Now, in the interest of national security, I really feel that I must disclose that over lunch, MK and Right Girl were developing a smuggling plot: RG would smuggle in Vanilla Coke from Canada for MK -- in exchange for health care. . .

True story.

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A weblog reader wrote to Powerline: "Thanks for Changing the World!" When they wrote about errors on the CBS icon 60 Minutes. And bringing to the public news and expertise that had not been seen anywhere else.

Scott Allen is continuing this trend.

Whenever Your Business Blogger talks with journalists from the Main Stream Media, they always complain that there is no editorial oversight in the blogosphere.

The journalists are wrong. As usual.

Note the emergence and growth of Carnivals. They review and select the best offerings. Weblog readers and writers are segmenting down to narrower and narrower niches with greater and greater expertise.

Until they become like the old joke about Ph.D. dissertations: Knowing more and more about less and less.

And this is good. Blog readers and commenters provide some of the sharpest insight and critique around in any medium. Editorial oversight, as it were.

Here is the case study: Scott Allen has started up a start-up for start ups for weblog readers and writers. Free consulting. Every Week.

At The Carnival of Entrepreneurship. Up and running at Scott's.

Michael Barone, Scott Johnson, Paul Mirengoff
credit: Jack Yoest

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See more on the expertise of Scott Allen in the extended entry.

See Don Surber's Thursday Best Blogs.

Cross post from Jack Yoest.

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This is Niagara Falls in 1911 -- when I was a kid we lived in nearby Tonawonda, NY and took all Southern visitors to see the Falls. But I'd never seen this picture. Amazing.

Anyway, I snagged it from Maggie's Farm. Scroll down their page for some funny stuff. . .

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If you are in Washington, D.C., come on by 801 G Street tomorrow morning at 9:30 to join the Blogs for Life gathering!

If you can't be there, tune in to the LIVE WEBCAST, here!

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Cross Post from Jack Yoest

Blogs for LifeOver 50 bloggers have signed up. We will be live blogging the annual March for Life in Your Nation's Capital, Monday 23 January 2006. See Blogs4Life.

The blogger event is co-sponsored by Tim from Pro-Life Blogs and Peter Shinn from March Together and Family Research Council.

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Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., will be assisting with logistics. She blogs at FRCBlog and Reasoned Audacity.

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Cross Post from Jack Yoest

Basil's BlogThe Award Winning Basil's Blog is running an interview with Charmaine from Reasoned Audacity.

Go visit. For the secrets.

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Basil's Blog was a Finalist in the Weblog Awards as Best New Blog for 2005.

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One of my favorite blogs is basil's blog. He interviews other bloggers as a regular feature: today he has an interview with. . . Jack Yoest! It's a lot of fun and even I learned a couple things about a guy I know fairly well. . .

(Tomorrow he is posting an interview with me.)

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Tim Petty of the RSC and Scott Johnson of Powerline

Spent the day today at Blogger Row up on Capitol Hill, covering the Alito hearings, courtesy of the Senate Republican Conference -- who've caught the blogging vision big-time. They brought so many Senators by to see us that it was hard to get blog posts up -- I've got some great quotes coming up for you from Senators Hatch, Brownback and Kyl and Congressman Trent Franks.

Anyway, the real fun, of course was the bloggers! I got to spend the day sitting with Scott Johnson of Powerline, Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters and his First Mate Marcia, Ian Schwartz from Political Teen, Tim Chapman from Townhall.com, Rob Bluey frmo Human Events and Alitoblog.com, Patrick Cleary of National Association of Manufacturers -- they have a blog! -- and Flip from Suitably Flip.

They've all got great coverage of the day.

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Cross Posted From Jack Yoest.

at www.FRCBlog.org. FRC launched the blog on January 6th to promote public education on important policy issues.

The non-profit is on the cutting edge of conversation on the Sam Alito Senate hearings.

I think they are off to a great start as a new group blog. Do visit the FRCBlog and let me know what you think.

Soon, all major corporations and not-for-profits will be hosting blogs. FRC is proving to be an early adopter of this communication channel.

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The Managing Editor of the FRC Blog is Charmaine Yoest, Ph.D., who also blogs at Reasoned Audacity. The wife of Your Business Blogger.

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Over at the Corner. Some are really funny. My favorite, from Jonah Goldberg:

Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame will enter talks to launch their own talk/reality show. Even after a sweeps week episode in which Wilson eats 6 pounds of yellow cake from in-between Plame's cleavage with his hands tied behind his back, he will take great offense at anyone who suggests he's a publicity hound.

UPDATE: Took a quick stroll by the Anchoress and found she had weighed in with predictions. This one is hilarious:

Howard Dean will not be DNC chair by the end of the year. He will be replaced by affable eye candy of some sort, capable of bumper-sticker-speak. John Kerry will make all sorts of noises about running again for the WH, but at the last possible moment, he will declare himself uninterested due to his deep committment to the people of Massachusetts. A quick search through his Beacon Hill garbage will reveal a bloody horse's head.

Another favorite from the Corner, from KLO -- you KNOW it will happen:

Hillary Clinton makes a cameo appearance on Commander-in-Chief.

C'mon my Reasoned and Audacious readers. . . what are YOUR predictions??

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. . . be sure to include "Subscribe to Reasoned Audacity."

Hey, it's free.

And it doesn't involve giving up chocolate. . .

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There are 5.7 BILLION phishing fraud emails sent out each month! Amazing. Seems like half of those land in my account.

Here's an interesting online quiz to test your "phishing IQ." I scored very badly -- that's because I thought all but one were frauds.

So I've become a complete skeptic. But what does that say about the future of email as a method of communication for businesses? I automatically delete anything that comes in my inbox from ebay, paypal, and mostly from amazon, too. . .

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The Weblog Awards voting has finished and I just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to go over there and vote for Reasoned Audacity. I've heard from so many of you who kept it up over the long voting period and I really appreciate your support.

Most of all, of course, I appreciate you coming back here to read this blog.

And congratulations to Willisms, who was already one of my favorite blogs, and who is the real winner in this category.

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Jack at Yoest.org and Noah at Okdork.com are having a contest.

A Contest! About Marketing.

The Marketing Department
courtesy www.toothpastefordinner.com,
drawing by drew

Show us your four P's: Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement!

Give us your best on Reach, Frequency, Awareness!

Explain your finest on Branding, on Advertising.

Okdork (Noah Kagan's thoughts on money, entrepreneuring, media, internet and other business things) and Jack are pulling together the best marketing posts.

The Jack and Noah team will each put 4 blog entries on the greatest articles from the year. (Their opinion.)

No entry fees. No cash prizes. Just recognition and bragging rights.

delectare et docere. . .

Submit by December 20th to
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Reasoned Audacity is a finalist in the 2005 Weblog Awards! We're in the Best of the Top 501 - 1000 Blogs category.

Here's the shameless plea: please go vote! You can vote once a day starting today through December 15th. So, if you're willing, this is a case where early and often is more than a joke -- it really does count!

I'm really humbled to be in such great company in this category -- and a little sad to be competing against some of my favorite blogs: Willisms, American Princess, Armies of Liberation, Vince aut Morire and MacStansbury.

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President at Annapolis
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Michelle Malkin strikes again! And the influence of the blogosphere extends to the White House. . .

I had a note from the Chairman last night, telling me to read closely the President's speech on Iraq at the Naval Academy yesterday. Particularly this passage:

One of those fallen heroes is a Marine Corporal named Jeff Starr, who was killed fighting the terrorists in Ramadi earlier this year. After he died, a letter was found on his laptop computer. Here's what he wrote, he said, "[I]f you're reading this, then I've died in Iraq. I don't regret going. Everybody dies, but few get to do it for something as important as freedom. It may seem confusing why we are in Iraq, it's not to me. I'm here helping these people, so they can live the way we live. Not [to] have to worry about tyrants or vicious dictators. Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark.

There is only one way to honor the sacrifice of Corporal Starr and his fallen comrades -- and that is to take up their mantle, carry on their fight, and complete their mission.

Next, the Chairman reminded me where it was that I first had heard the name "Corporal Starr." Take a look at the headline from Michelle Malkin's October 28th post, "CPL. JEFFREY B. STARR: WHAT THE NYTIMES LEFT OUT."

The New York Times had run a story on the 2,000th soldier killed in Iraq, and Corporal Starr was one soldier featured.

Michelle, however, broke a big story by exposing how the NYT had misrepresented Jeffrey as someone who was fatigued by the war, and anxious to get out of the Marines. In fact, as the quote the President used in his speech illustrates, Jeffrey believed strongly in his mission.

Good work, Michelle.

And God Bless our soldiers.

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I'm so excited: my friend Mike (aka "Waco Kid") has made the code to his Ipso Facto cartoon available! So look left for a new cartoon daily here at Reasoned Audacity -- and then stroll over to Ipso Facto headquarters to check out some past ones you might have missed. And, then, tell a friend.

Here's my all time favorite!

Thanks Mike!

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