Year: 2012

If Vice President Joe Biden didn’t exist, you couldn’t invent him. You couldn’t invent him because no one would believe such a character possibly could exist. No Hollywood producer ever would believe someone that dumb could rise to that level without an “R” after his name. But if someone did attempt to pitch a TV […]

What is official misconduct? That was the matter before the San Francisco Ethics Commission on Thursday. What is political misconduct in San Francisco? The standard constantly evolves. Ross Mirkarimi, the city’s newly elected but not yet sworn-in sheriff, got in an argument with his wife on Dec. 31. He bruised her arm. She told a […]

If you want to score twenty G’s this summer and garner at least thirty minutes of crazy fame then get busy rooting out Obama’s college transcripts. This past Friday provocateur Brooks Bayne who runs: TheTrenches.us: asked me if I’d help get the word out about his offer of 20k to anyone who could produce what the White […]

Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan was supposed to be a problem for the Republicans. So said a chorus of chortling Democrats. So said a gaggle of anonymous seasoned Republican operatives. All of which was echoed gleefully by mainstream media. The problem, these purveyors of the conventional wisdom all said, was Medicare — to be […]

While it’s original and different, let’s see how it does. Certainly a non-traditional idea.: : Post, “Israel has unveiled the latest weapon with which it hopes to win over the hearts and minds of people in the former Soviet Union: Interpretive dance.” Maybe if Bar Rafaeli and some Israelis who look like her are leading the dance […]

10 great public relations & propaganda quotes compiled by Ronn Torossian, owner of a leading PR Agency: “He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.” Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, 1900 “See, […]

Do you believe in the Kabalistic Jewish tradition of the 36 hidden Tzadikim -:  saintly Jews:  who sustain the Jewish people with their good deeds? Do you wonder if they could really exist in our time? In the age of Google searches, social networks and the prying eyes of mass media, would it really be […]

For much of the past few generations, the debate over balancing the federal budget has been a central feature of every presidential campaign. But over time, the goalposts have moved. As the amount of red ink has grown steadily larger, the suggested time frames to restore balance have gotten increasingly longer, while the suggested cuts […]

Yes, a major media outlet, the AFP ran this week spoke of a Hamas PR campaign — with a headline reading: “PR campaign hits roadblock after Sinai attack”. AFP lauds Hamas for a campaign which reads: “We have carried out 800 open-heart surgeries, regulated traffic, and built 44 schools.” AFP which refers to the “Hamas […]