01 Oct
Posted by charles as Journalism, Media Advice, News, Politics, Public Appearances & Conduct, commentary
Are you ready for the Sarah Palin, Joe Biden Big Debate? How could you not be? Besides the financial crisis and what the Congress may or may not do, what else has been talked about as much in the news as the soon to be vice-presidential debate?
I spoke with someone today in Alaska who was [...]
25 Aug
Posted by charles as Branding, Journalism, Media Advice, News, Personal Development, Politics, Public Appearances & Conduct, Publicity, commentary, satire
Looks as if the one person who is not in control of this convention is Barack Obama. Ted Kennedy’s speech–even when suffering from a probable fatal brain tumor–made Obama’s rhetorical skills seem pale by comparison.
Obama’s wife gave a speech that makes one wonder whether she plans on a political career herself. Pretty good.
And, the Clinton [...]
01 Aug
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, Public Appearances & Conduct, commentary
Forget the fact that should Barack Obama be elected he’d become America’s first black president. The question apparently being raised by John McCain’s camp is—should he be elected, will Obama become America’s first “Messiah?”
In a new emailed ad that is funny if you have a sense of humor but an example of mean politics if [...]
16 Mar
Posted by charles as Public Appearances & Conduct, commentary
The economy is in shambles; the Democrats are riven; the Iraq war is about to go into its fifth year. So, what better time then to talk about Mel Gibson and Britney Spears–perhaps two of the most useless people currently on the world stage.
I bring this up because one website is reporting that Mel and [...]
12 Mar
Posted by charles as Public Appearances & Conduct
Is this story full of s–t or what?
The Associated Press reports tonight that in Ness Countu, Kansas, the sheriff came across a woman who had been sitting on her boyfriend’s toilet for two years.
I’ll repeat this so you don’t think you read it wrong: A woman, in Kansas, was allegedly found sitting on a toilet [...]
25 Oct
Posted by charles as Public Appearances & Conduct, commentary
There is a knock at the door.
“Come in at your own risk,” says the private eye as he takes one last slurp from a bottle of Southern Comfort stashed in the upper left draw of his beaten up desk.
The lights in his office are off. The only light is a thin ray of a fast [...]