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Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 11:58pm.
So I'm watching television and there's a commercial from thetruth.com, an organization which is extremely explicit in stating that smoking will indeed kill you. In effect they are actively advertising against a legal product. I was curious as to who is funding The Truth, so I paid a visit to their Wikipedia entry. Its ads are financed by the tobacco industry, stemming from an agreement between tobacco companies and state attorney generals in which large companies, in particular Phillip Morris, agreed to fund the ads. Just as I figured: our very own governor's extortion scheme while she was attorney general is the reason why companies are forced to finance an advertisement campaign against themselves. How is it right for the government (which was the entity behind organizing thetruth.com) to create a campaign which warns people to avoid purchasing a legal product? Although I don't agree with the government funding advertisement campaigns focusing on driving while intoxicated or smoking marijuana, these are at least aimed at activities and products which are illegal. And yes, this is the type of stuff I ask myself when I'm watching TV.
Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 10:52pm.
I had to leave the forum early, hopefully there are some bloggers that can clue me in as to what went on after I left around 7:30. Dang the last bus to Tacoma.
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Submitted by Norm on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 5:28pm.
I just thought some folks may like to read this story off of msnbc http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16077185/?from=ET It even has a little uterine diagram explaining how it works.
Submitted by Norm on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 4:09pm.
Ladies and Gentleman, the Top 25 Posts Currently On Olyblog…and how many of them Norm posted in.
What Makes a Community? 1/1 I have 1 post, complimenting Crenshaw The Gossip 1/2 no posts Women and Blogging 1/3 no posts Time to End the Boycott 2/4 Lots of posts, Genuine interest btw And So It Continues 2/5 State my piece in the boycott thread Space is The Place 2/6 Interested, haven’t found a good jump point Movies Lately 2/7 Interested, too busy with other threads
Submitted by Glasses on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 2:57pm.
Dec 6 2006 - 1:44pm Dec 8 2006 - 5:00pm If anyone is willing to donate new or gently used items on this list, please consider dropping them off at our center. These items will be distributed directly, at no cost, to the individuals who need them most. Drop off week is going well and we're not even done with the week! We are always accepting donations, but this would be a great time to round up extras and bring them down! The address is 1009 4th Avenue E. We are located in the old Oly Yoga Center (there is a marquis that says Bread and Roses on it) just before Eastside street going up the 4th ave. hill. Our phone number is (360) 754-4588 if you have any questions. Please do not bring items not on the list as our facilities are limited and the below items are what we are focusing on for the Winter.
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 2:38pm.
I am fond of the fourth avenue bridge, I walk over it often. The bridge is aging nicely since its creation post-earthquake. I like the design concept. I especially enjoy all the shells and nuts and other remnants of bird meals left on the wide rails. I've already vigiled on it with hundreds of other people. We've claimed this bridge as our own and it will be used once again this Saturday at noon. (Check Rob Whitlock's blog and the events calendar)
» So I have mixed feelings about the graffiti that is now all over the bridge railings. Folks might need to get out of their cars and walk to see the graffiti most clearly, not sure how visible it is from a car. On foot, especially walking from west side to downtown as I was, you will be able to see how extensive it is. I wish it hadn't been done. But I also wish that the Oly community had been included in that "design concept" I spoke of earlier. Would that have made a difference? My guess is that there is not one monolithic graffiti community and that what works for one artist might not for another. I don't know how to decode this graffiti, I feel sort of left out of the message, although maybe the intent isn't to be inclusive. Whoever has hit the bridge has also worked up on the west side too, some graffiti on utility boxes looks to be from the same source. Graffiti has significance to the artist and to the community in both positive (expression) and negative ways (defacing).Kent L. Norman I am curious, do you all see this graffiti as expression or vandalism?
Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 12:07pm.
I was just browsing some of the comments at today's Letters to the Editor page. I was struck by a couple of the comments, though they don't seem as outlandish as they sometimes do. Spiceman was pretty noticeable, his incredulity was dripping off the page.
» I thought I would start this thread so as to have a place for the discussion of comments at TheOlympian.com. Maybe this could be a way to, you know, get somewhere with it. Although I find many of the comments and interactions between commentators, on The Olympian's website, distasteful, I think that we would lose something - an aspect of our culture, something very flavorful and colorful - if certain comments were disallowed. In some ways, it's nice to see how people think, and how crude, base and vulgar some of our neighbors are.
Submitted by Rick on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 10:10am.
Another Olympia band with an awesome video.
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 9:36am.
What is BlogHer's mission? Yes, men can be a BlogHer. This is a great resource: forums, opportunities to be listed on blogrolls, conferences, support, and inspiration.
Submitted by Crusty on Wed, 12/06/2006 - 2:14am.
The time for angels begins now
» beneath a darkened sky-- While dolphins swim and old hearts mend and I can only sigh. Memories unveil themselves as now I lay me down-- In dreams I squirm a lowly worm attracting scorn and frowns. Peace exists in life and death and does it really matter? If we are right or not too bright or mad as that old hatter! AB Christie
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