A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

Really, that was it? That was the commercial that had activists all in a tizzy?
Almost two weeks ago, Mike Celizic (writing for NBC) announced that money is the only reason CBS would agree to air this ad: 
There is no other reason — and certainly no good reason — for anyone, including a television executive, to [...]

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This is in response to a comment on Gizmodo’s post “8 things that suck about the iPad”:
@ridedali: you’re the first sane commenter on this Giz post. Thank you for acknowledging that the iPad is not anywhere near perfect, but at the same time has great potential.
Apple has introduced game-changing things in the past. Unfortunately, [...]

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Interesting comments being made on a Newsvine poll at MSNBC that asked whether Democrats should continue with the health bill. (The poll itself is useless since the choices are very leading.)
I just felt like recording some here for posterity, or at least as long as I maintain this blog.
A commenter named “cdahl” had an idea to keep down [...]

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From AP via Yahoo News:
[House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and others contend that because Massachusetts already has near-universal health coverage under a state law, the upset victory by GOP state Sen. Scott Brown to take Edward M. Kennedy’s old seat could not be seen as a referendum on the issue.
“Massachusetts has health care. … The rest [...]

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