Dorian Snow
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The Sky Is Falling, and I Have the Numbers to Prove It
Another truism—that with true compromise, no one is happy—exposes the bitter reality that it is difficult for people with different points of view to happily co-exist. It’s a basic instinct that motivates most of us: we defend our land, our stuff, our ideas, and our ideals. It’s an “I versus You” world. Nevertheless, in this country, we have constantly strived to co-exist even in the face of history…even in light of the fact that humans have always operated by another truism that “might makes right.”
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Our Post-Privacy World
After all, there are no scary monsters under my bed watching me. Are there?
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What’s in a…
As luck would have it, we now have an adult in the White House…
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Nit-twits!! If You Twitter, You May Be a Twit
How many people who post using their real names wonder if anyone is spying on them? Do they wonder if they may be sounding unprofessional? Do they wonder if judgments are forming about them—and I don’t mean the good ones?
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Dorian Snow’s Election Diary Part 2
It is not that there is a lack of information out there, but the stuff that gets through the most are the negative ads, viral emails, and robocalls from Republicans with lies about Obama that play into people’s fears.
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Impressions on the Ground in Schwenksville and Collegeville, PA
There are ample videos taken by Mike Morrill of Keystone Progress that have documented the invective pouring forth from many McCain supporters outside of McCain rallies. To view them: http://keystoneprogress.blogspot.com/ We are not talking about mild suspicion of Obama, or a distrust of proposed policies. It is downright hatred.
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Calling on Your Inner Volunteer: Stop Reading, Stop Blogging, and Help!
Tired of the smears, the lies, the creeping ulcers, the endless barrage of e-mails calling you to arms, asking you for donations, and asking you to forward the message to everyone you know? Are you screaming profanities at your TV every time you see John McCain or Sarah Palin lie about their own records while perpetuating more myths about Obama?
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Stealing Your Vote: How to Fight Back!
I really have no faith. This could be all a spinning of the wheels. If Obama is ahead in the national polls the day before the election and then loses, I won’t be surprised. If he wins, I might die of shock.
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