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DC Tea Party Looking to be a Huge Success

h/t to Ms. Chandler Ramelli at ANotSoCapitolIdea.com for the info, and for helping put this together. For those who will be in the DC area tomorrow (April 15) between 11am – 3pm, I strongly urge you to attend the DC Tea Party, which will be staged at Lafayette Square and outside of the United States [...]

Obama’s New Dog is Named…

Bo. Yes, alas, it’s Obama’s new dog. From Sunday’s Washington Post. The little guy is a 6-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by that Portuguese water dog-lovin’ senator himself, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The girls named it Bo — and let it be noted that you learned that [...]

Barney Frank Puts Code Pink in Their Place

Here is a great clip of Barney Frank telling Code Pink to “grow up” during today’s House Finance Committee hearings. It’s about time someone shut them up.

Marketing on the Bailout

Now this is a great way to play off of current events! In this commercial, Dominos Pizza has used the bailouts and stimulus package to their advantage by poking fun at the process, and selling pizza at the same time. This is definitely smart advertising.

Proof we’re winning: Capitol Hill receiving more than 1 million emails per day

Here is an interesting article from NationalJournal.com that gives a small glimpse into the IT infrastructure currently being used by on Capitol Hill. As a tech-geek, I’ll avoid going into total analytical nerd mode, however the very fact that National Journal was compelled to write an article titled “E-Mail Surge Forces Hill IT to Keep [...]

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