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Barack Obama’s speech was so full of interesting threads. The issue of religion and our ever more confusing association with a particular religion, its leaders and its every rule is central to Obama’s speech - and likely some of his more robust and potentially inflamatory arguments.
I’m posting this article recently published by my friend [...]

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Wanna get a good idea about why asking “who would do such a thing” is not an uplifting question to ask about events like Spitzer?
Check out these sites:
http://www.google.com/search?q=emperors+club
Think they benefited at all by those curious enough to go find out about Emperors Club’s services?
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Two domain name variations on Emperors Club put those sites in [...]

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Check out these headlines pulled from Google News regarding the recent Obama speech (full text).  The context and content of the speech make this an excellent media event to analyze.  It’s full of taboo issues  and the stakes are sky high.  Doesn’t hurt that this is an incredibly active political season.
What can we gather about [...]

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Someone asked me tonight to write about Bear Stearns and the ripples - the behaviors, the consequences.  This was the 4th person asking for perspective on Bear Stearns.
Hmmm….
Bear Stearns situation is probably an intervening variable, not primarily an event generating more behavior.
The news of Bear Stearns serves as a reinforcer for those in investment or [...]

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