Posts Tagged ‘Anti-War Movement’

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Jul21

I Guess These Web Counters Have Become Passé

by Duane on July 21st, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Politics

Do you remember some years ago here in blogtown, USA when it was the thing to put a counter on your site to show spending in Iraq? Or how about the big debate over publishing pictures of soldiers in coffins as they were being unloaded off of military planes. What happened to all of that?

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Oct19

An Interesting Find In The Marketplace Of Ideas

by Duane on October 19th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Follow the money, Politics

A reader some time ago aptly described the blogosphere as a “marketplace of ideas”. In other words, it is a place where one can “shop” at a number of outlets to get the information they want to help frame their worldview. For some, this site may be like your Super Walmart/Target where a bulk of [...]

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Feb27

It’s All About the Effect

by Duane on February 27th, 2009 at 2:44 am
Posted In: Headlines

The recent reversal of a ban on pictures of coffins returning from Iraq/Afghanistan has nothing to do with keeping the public informed. Instead, the caskets themselves serve as the perfect empty slate needed for the anti-war crowd to fill in their own commentary. If these folks were really interested in who was inside those coffins, [...]

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