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My mom held this banner on the corner of 13th & University Avenue in Gainesville, FL, at an Iraq war protest. The banner is a quote from Martin Luther King: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
That's what I'll be doing from now until forever -- not staying silent about things that matter. I'll always think of my mom holding this banner.
On tossing out the baby with the bathwater: Jill Abramson fired from the NYTimes
I'm old enough to have had the NYTimes delivered daily to my door and to especially savor Sundays when the paper arrived with all of its bulk and I knew that a good part of my day would be devoted to the Book Review and the Magazine and one of Will Shortz' crosswords, all while sipping many cups of coffee. And then the digital age happened...I get the NYTimes, as I do most everything I read, online. Digitized. And we all know the order of the day is different, as is the order of everything we read. No more beginning to end. We jump around. Like bees on flowers. There's another flower. And another.
How does a newspaper respond to this? That's the question the New York Times set out to explore and here is a link to their findings, as reported on Buzzfeed:
Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire Digital Picture
It's a tough business, no doubt. Amidst all of this turmoil, the NYTimes quite unceremoniously showed Jill Abramson the door. Mere readers will never know any, or all, of the machinations that went into the decision of tossing out the first female executive editor in NYTime's history, but I can say, most definitely, that the way it was done stinks to high heaven. They do want to assure everyone that her firing had nothing to do with gender discrimination or equal pay issues:
Times Seeks to Reassure its Staff After Abramson's Ouster - NYTimes
For the first time ever, I'm thinking of cancelling my subscription to the NYTimes.
For sheer genius, there is nothing better than this instagram photo of Jill Abramson posted by her daughter the day after the NYTimes tossed out the baby with the bathwater:
Bill Moyers - Shutdown Showdown
On Silence and the Value of Dissent
Chris Hedges writes: The Treason of the Intellectuals
President Obama - Inauguration Day - January 20, 2013
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President Obama Takes the Oath of Office at the Official Swearing-In Ceremony - The White House
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Yes! Obama!!
President Obama!
Yes.
Obama 2008 and 2012! Forward!!
I was in Grant Park on election night in 2008. It was thrilling! May we be as fortunate again on this day. Obama 2012...Forward!
Land of Hope and Dreams - Springsteen - Obama 2012
We can, we did, and we will do it again! Obama 2012
Obama 2012
Barack Obama - Grant Park - Chicago 2008 (3rd in a series)
Grant Park - Chicago - Obama - 2008
I was in Grant Park on election night in 2008; it was thrilling! We're going to do it again on Tuesday!!
Obama - Grant Park - Chicago - 2008
I was in Grant Park, in Chicago, on election night in 2008. It was thrilling! We're going to do it again next Tuesday!!
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(This was a shaky bit of recording. I was standing near a ditch, and I had a heavy DSLR camera in one hand and this little point and shoot video recorder in the other.)
I voted early.
VP Debate Hightlights Songified
I love it!
Draw the Line - Bill of Reproductive Rights
Once upon a time, Big Bird was like a member of the family...
I was having a little fun with photoshop tonight!