As a Michigan native, I watched the presidential primary results last night with great interest. Fellow Michigander Mitt Romney won among the Republicans, but due to a mix-up in the press releases, the state GOP initially congratulated the wrong candidate:
The Michigan Republican Party mistakenly sent out a news release Tuesday night congratulating John McCain for […]
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When life gives you lemons… That SUX
Published by October 22nd, 2007 in General, Government and Marketing Events. 0 CommentsThis just makes me laugh every time I see it.
“Yeah, I’m flying into SUX today, I’ll be home about five…”
Nothing like taking a less-than-stellar situation and turning it into a positive, right? Until I read this, I didn’t know Sioux City, Iowa even *had* and airport. Now I’ll never forget.
Chinese quality issues harm national brand
Published by August 3rd, 2007 in Crisis Communication, Government and PR Disasters. 0 CommentsChildren today will never remember a time when Japanese cars were considered vastly inferior to American brands like General Motors, Ford or Chrysler. They won’t remember when all Korean electronics were cheaply marketed with unheard-of brand names.
In the last few months, front-page news stories have told us of the pet food scare that was inexplicably […]
Military changes comm policy, bloggers need permission to post
Published by May 3rd, 2007 in Government, PR in the Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Web 2.0, Web/Internet, Weblogs and Writing. 0 CommentsOver the last few years, I’ve really enjoyed reading blogs of soldiers serving overseas- The information comes straight from the source without being filtered through the mainstream media, and as a result I’ve been able to read a number of extremely compelling stories. I empathize with these guys. I see how hard they’re working, and […]
Proposed Illinois law may block social networks in public places
Published by February 15th, 2007 in Government, Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Web/Internet. 0 CommentsFrom the “bad idea” department:
A new bill called “The Social Networking Web Site Prohibition Act”, and would require that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace are blocked on any computer made available to the public in a plublic (sic) library, and schools must prohibit access on any computer made available to students.
Here’s some […]
When I was young, watching a space shuttle launch was exciting. Sometimes teachers would even bring a TV to my elementary school classrooms so we could watch launches as they happened and inevitably discuss outer space and the future of manned space travel. Over time, however, shuttle launches became routine, and with few exceptions (such […]
