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What Twitter could have given Sam, and Portland

by Abraham Hyatt

Late last month, when the whole Gov. Blagojevich indictment situation was threatening to taint Barack Obama’s transition, two writers at the Politico put together a list of “five rules of scandal response” that the president-to-be had intentionally, or unintentionally, imposed on his staff. Rule No. 1 was simple: “Be transparent, to an extent.”
Sam Adams didn’t [...]

01.29.2009 See the rest → 9 comments

Sam Adams Should Step Down

by FlexRex

Sam Adams, you are a big fraud and it is time for you to step down.

01.20.2009 See the rest → 20 comments

US Soldiers deployed on Portland soil

by Dieselboi

Soldier
Originally uploaded by dieselboi

Today, I came across active duty soldiers on the Portland waterfront. They have been deployed there by the president in order to prepare for any challenges “Little Beirut” may offer up in the near future.
When I first came across the soldiers, I assumed it was some sort of art project, but [...]

10.27.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

Obama ‘08 iPhone App Launch Party!

by JTK

If you’re very lucky, once in a while you’ll get to be part of something really great. This happened to me in September when I was privileged to be part of a fantastic team that worked feverishly to create a groundbreaking new iPhone application. The Obama ‘08 iPhone application launched yesterday (10/2/08) to [...]

10.03.2008 See the rest → 2 comments
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