Support the guy the troops support
August 15, 2008 | Filed Under Election 2008 | Leave a Comment
“Honestly, after years of hearing that if you don’t support the Bush military policy, you don’t support the troops, you have to wonder what the neo-cons will do now. Today, a study by the Center for Responsive Politics reported that members of the military are giving more donations to Senator Obama than Senator McCain, and when you just examine those troops who are deployed, Obama attracts more donations by a 6 to 1 factor.”
– Jon Soltz, Co-Founder and Chair of VoteVets.org, and a leader of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans community.
Read the full article.
Why we should boycott Simon & Schuster
August 14, 2008 | Filed Under Election 2008, Credos, Seriously/Real Stuff | 1 Comment
Once upon a time, long ago and far away, when at least a thin thread of ethics ran through reputable American publishing houses, publishers actually cared (and checked) whether the non-fiction books they published were factual. Not any more.
Why should you care? Apart from the rare American who hungers for facts and intelligence, perhaps most people don’t care. But put yourself in the position of the person being libelled. If a book was published with completely undocumented and unverifiable assertions-what we would call “lies” on our planet–about you, what would you do? By the time you sued, the damage would be done.
“Obama Nation,” debunked by reputable sources everywhere as a pack of lies, was published by Simon & Schuster’s Threshold Editions, a division run by Mary Matalin, the former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney and a publishing conduit for the conservative fringe. Matalin is the solitary voice claiming the book to be a good work of scholarship even though real scholars have discredited the “author,” Jerome Corsi.
In short, Simon & Schuster has demonstrated that it is willing to publish libel. Traditionally, publishers check facts before publishing. Think about what would happen if you asked them to publish your fine manuscript asserting that George W. Bush has had a long-running affair with Cindy McCain, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and several dead people, complete with quotes and bogus footnotes (Mr Corsi cites his own works as well as other discredited “sources”). How about a potential money-maker about how John McCain was never even in Vietnam during the war but was instead doing drag shows in Columbus, Ohio? Hmmm. Would that get past the editors? Ms Matalin? So, let’s just cut to the cha$e and boycott Simon & Schuster. Why would we pay money to a publisher when they are known to sell goods that are inauthentic?
Repeat: Boycott Simon & Schuster. If you’d like to tell them why you are boycotting them, fill out a Customer Service form, or write a letter to:
Simon & Schuster, Inc.1230 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020
If you are interested in a the facts that are subverted in Corsi’s trashy book, check out “Unfit for Publication,” or the Media Matters for America Web site.
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Simon & Schuster divisions/imprints include: Atria Books, Beyond Words Publishing, Free Press, Howard Books, Kaplan, Pocket Books, Scribner, Strebor, The Touchstone and Fireside Group, Threshold Editions, Washington Square Press, and these young adults/children’s imprints: Aladdin Paperbacks, Atheneum Fireside Books, Little Simon, Little Simon Inspirations, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (including Paula Wiseman Books and Ruckus), Simon & Schuster Libros Para Niños, Simon Pulse, Simon Scribbles, Simon Spotlight, Simon Spotlight Entertainment. Simon & Schuster is owned by CBS.
Tributary Magazine Best of Livingston 2008: Community Website
August 14, 2008 | Filed Under Breaking News, Blog Info | Leave a Comment
Writer Kris King and Bozeman’s Tributary Magazine have just named LivingstonOutLoud the “Best of Livingston 2008: Community Web Site.” Our thanks to Kris for her refined sense of humor and irony, and to the excellent Trib.
Kris King is a freelance writer and the Advice Columnist for Tributary Magazine. Her articles have appeared in Montana Quarterly, Distinctly Montana, Livingston Weekly, Balance Magazine, Urban View (Oakland, CA), Berkeley Monthly, and more. Her work has also appeared in the book: It’s a Chick Thing, a New York Times Bestseller edited by Ame Beanland and Emily Miles.The Tributary is Southwest Montana’s alternative monthly magazine offering news and feature stories, events, the “Welcome to Bozangeles” comic strip, and monthly columns by Yellowstone Public Radio’s Chrysti the Wordsmith and others. You can pick it up for free at many outlets around Livingston and Bozeman. The Tributary logo on our home page is Copyright © The Tributary; a division of Lee Enterprises.