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POPSTales of Class Struggle in Newport Beach "More than a few Newport Beach residents say Councilman Steve Rosansky needs to clean up his act. And by "act," they mean his house. The vacant property, purchased by Rosansky more than four years ago, sits in the Newport Shores neighborhood. Locals have long been miffed by the dwelling's battered stucco, peeling paint and occasionally knee-high weeds. In one oft-told anecdote, an opossum died inside and attracted rats."
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POPSMcCain: Campaign by Anecdote Never mind that the stories have little to do with the topic, or that he, among Senators, bears more responsibility than most for the current financial debacle.
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POPS10 Ways You Will Change When You Become a Parent or even parts of the house to using a totally inconvenient door just because it’s quieter than the closest one. Using the above anecdote involving my brother, their front door sounds like bank vault door when someone closes it. I cringe every time this happens. 2. Keen Awareness of the Location of Potentially Dangerous Items - I swear
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POPSRacism and Discrimination at the Secret Service E. Desmond Hogan, a lawyer for the black agents, said the agents were “shocked but not surprised by the late production of significant evidence of racism at high levels in the Secret Service.” “The government’s delay,” Mr. Hogan said, “follows a pattern of the Secret Service stonewalling plaintiffs and ignoring court orders, depriving African-American agents of the fundamental evidence of race discrimination that is key to their claims.” The lawsuit, which has dragged on through years of litigation, was filed in 2000 by 10 black agents who charged that they were unfairly denied promotions. The agency employs about 3,200 agents, about 10 percent of whom are black.
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POPSHow To Write A Speech As you hang up the phone, the icy fingertips of panic grip your stomach, your heart beats faster. Your project was delivered on time, within a budget, and is approaching payback two years ahead of schedule. As a result, your company wants you to address their annual convention. Relax! They believe you have something to offer. Here are some steps to ease your palpitations.
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POPSMcCain's Ethics: From Keating Five to Iseman McCain has a pattern of unethical operations on behalf of favored lobbyists while feigning to be a policeman for good government against corruption. This is why he is entirely untrustworthy and why his public image as a reputable maverick is without merit.
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POPSHow Do You Psyche Yourself? Up? Or Out? The moral of the story? No matter how high you jump, how fast you run or swim, how powerfully you row, you can do better. But sometimes your mind gets in the way. “All maximum performances are actually pseudo-maximum performances,” Dr. Morgan said. “You are always capable of doing more than you are doing.” From an article on how athletes trick their brains into letting them achieve what their bodies are capable of. I think this anecdote perfectly encapsulates what makes pushing one's personal boundaries so maddening yet rewarding. If I had more time, I would come up with some witty, insightful comments right about here, but I'm afraid I need to run (for work, unfortunately, not for pleasure). Anyone else have some thoughts? :)
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POPSHedge Funds Petarded I sat next to John Bogle on a train from DC to New York when he composed this commencement speech. At 79 years old he is still an inspiration. Passionate, brilliant and down to earth. I clipped one of the most poignant parts of his speech about current hedgefund greed.
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POPSThat Took Forever: Beauchamp Story Collapses Very interesting. I never paid much attention to Beauchamp's claims. There's a lot of stuff *out there* that is fabricated or manipulated to deceive the public. However, how long is it going to take before these guys realize that there are people (bloggers) just waiting to investigate their stories AND publish their mistakes?
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POPSThe Untold Story of the Cheney 'Quagmire' Video "Collins shared with us a funny anecdote about that interview. When he showed up at Cheney's office, he said the future Veep asked, "How much time do you need -- one, two minutes?" Collins explained it was an hour-long interview. Cheney grumbled that he hadn't planned on that much time. Collins said the interview was for C-SPAN's "American Profile" series, which would give the audience a chance to learn more about Dick Cheney the man, where he comes from, how he thinks, how he lives. "You mean, touchy feely?" Cheney replied, according to Collins. "This is an opportunity to go beyond policy," Collins recalled saying. To which Cheney growled, "Well, you know I'm a policy kinda guy." And there you have it: Dick Cheney is not a touchy-feely kinda guy." Nope, he is the murder and plunder kind of guy.
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POPSWeekly World News to Close I have always loved this paper and the William Kotzwinkle novel about it (Midnight Examiner). The end of this fine journalistic publication will certainly be a sad day in the life of supermarket queuers everywhere. Remember "Bigfoot, Celestial Traveler?"
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