Comments on: Viva Las Vegas… http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lizzy http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-134299 Lizzy Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:56:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-134299 <p>#65 said: <i>a note to the lucky ones in Vegas -</i></p> <p>There are no such things as too much live blogging or too many pictures!!</p> <p>Do try and sneak a photo of Digby!!</p> #65 said: a note to the lucky ones in Vegas -

There are no such things as too much live blogging or too many pictures!!

Do try and sneak a photo of Digby!!

]]> By: Steve Clark http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133989 Steve Clark Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:53:52 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133989 <p>Please be careful out there. I have been worried that the guys in the white house look at you all being in the same place as an op to eliminate you all. Be aware of the nearest exit, watch your back etc. I know I’m paranoid but somebody has to do it.</p> Please be careful out there. I have been worried that the guys in the white house look at you all being in the same place as an op to eliminate you all. Be aware of the nearest exit, watch your back etc. I know I’m paranoid but somebody has to do it.

]]> By: Mark http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133958 Mark Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:16:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133958 <p>Hey Redd!<br /> In a former job I used to get down to Vegas for CES every January - Vegas is a trip, in every sense of the word!<br /> RE: your Media Training this morning. I’ve been through this sort of thing several times, and it can be a bit grating. They teach you how to stay “on topic”, how to answer questions in a way that gets your primary message out, regardless of what you’re asked. It all feels a bit skeevy, or at least it did to me. Regardless, the skills they teach you will be invaluable. We all love you here at FDL for the in-depth and well-thought-out essays on various topics, especially the Plame Affair. However, MSM values the ability to express your point of view in short, pithy statements that invariably shortchange all the thought and research that you’ve put into forming your opinion. It sucks eggs. You finally get a platform for your brilliant analysis, uncompromising research, and scintillating logic, and they want you to sum it all up in 30 seconds. :(</p> <p>It’s not fair. The fact that the other side is so shamelessly good at this sort of thing is galling.</p> <p>Put that aside.</p> <p>Boil it down to a message that you can articulate clearly in 10-20 seconds. It’s not easy to do, and staying ‘on topic’ is very hard when there’s so much that you could say, if only you had a bit of time to write out the argument you know to be true.</p> <p>It all sucks so hard. But you get good at expressing your main point, and that leads to follow up questions where you can expand a bit, and that leads to listeners coming to FDL to read your essays, and that leads to change.</p> <p>It all seems like such a game, and it is. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t play the game in a way that remains true to your own goals and ethics.</p> Hey Redd!
In a former job I used to get down to Vegas for CES every January – Vegas is a trip, in every sense of the word!
RE: your Media Training this morning. I’ve been through this sort of thing several times, and it can be a bit grating. They teach you how to stay “on topic”, how to answer questions in a way that gets your primary message out, regardless of what you’re asked. It all feels a bit skeevy, or at least it did to me. Regardless, the skills they teach you will be invaluable. We all love you here at FDL for the in-depth and well-thought-out essays on various topics, especially the Plame Affair. However, MSM values the ability to express your point of view in short, pithy statements that invariably shortchange all the thought and research that you’ve put into forming your opinion. It sucks eggs. You finally get a platform for your brilliant analysis, uncompromising research, and scintillating logic, and they want you to sum it all up in 30 seconds. :(

It’s not fair. The fact that the other side is so shamelessly good at this sort of thing is galling.

Put that aside.

Boil it down to a message that you can articulate clearly in 10-20 seconds. It’s not easy to do, and staying ‘on topic’ is very hard when there’s so much that you could say, if only you had a bit of time to write out the argument you know to be true.

It all sucks so hard. But you get good at expressing your main point, and that leads to follow up questions where you can expand a bit, and that leads to listeners coming to FDL to read your essays, and that leads to change.

It all seems like such a game, and it is. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t play the game in a way that remains true to your own goals and ethics.

]]> By: The Great Society :: YearlyKos, June 8 - June 11 @ The Riviera :: June :: 2006 http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133953 The Great Society :: YearlyKos, June 8 - June 11 @ The Riviera :: June :: 2006 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:26:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133953 <p>[…] desktop era.) I am looking forward to seeing everybody there. [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]</p> […] desktop era.) I am looking forward to seeing everybody there. [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]

]]> By: Matt O. http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133943 Matt O. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:16:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133943 <p>I’ll be there. I get in around 1pm local time.</p> I’ll be there. I get in around 1pm local time.

]]> By: Harley http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133939 Harley Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:24:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133939 <p>I’m assuming you know about NRO’s outing of Armando. If not, please take a look at <a href="http://tacitus.org/?op=displaystory;sid=2006/6/8/01055/39856">this</a>. And then, by all means, let the ‘author’, Stephen Spruiell, know how you feel. At <a href="mailto:sspruiell@nationalreview.com.">sspruiell@nationalreview.com.</a></p> <p>Thanks.</p> I’m assuming you know about NRO’s outing of Armando. If not, please take a look at this. And then, by all means, let the ‘author’, Stephen Spruiell, know how you feel. At sspruiell@nationalreview.com.

Thanks.

]]> By: Mrs. K8 http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133878 Mrs. K8 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:27:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133878 <p>Prairie Sunshine & Difficult Lawyer –</p> <p>Thank you, both, so much! Hugs & Puppy Kisses back at ya.</p> <p>I’ve been off reading doggie health newsgroups, looking for more info. And now I have to make a belated dinner, then collapse.</p> <p>All this emotional stuff is exhausting (not even counting the first few nights when I <i>couldn’t</i> sleep). Will be back here to find you and all my other pals ASAP, and to cheer on the FDL yKOS contingent. Yay FDL!!!</p> <p>Night, all!</p> Prairie Sunshine & Difficult Lawyer –

Thank you, both, so much! Hugs & Puppy Kisses back at ya.

I’ve been off reading doggie health newsgroups, looking for more info. And now I have to make a belated dinner, then collapse.

All this emotional stuff is exhausting (not even counting the first few nights when I couldn’t sleep). Will be back here to find you and all my other pals ASAP, and to cheer on the FDL yKOS contingent. Yay FDL!!!

Night, all!

]]> By: Kevin Judge http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133877 Kevin Judge Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:27:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133877 <p>Christy:<br /> But for a business meeting I would be at the bar with you guys in Vegas. </p> <p>Have a great time but there is some serious work that needs to be done. Kos and Stoller have had some good takes on Busby. The Dem base did not turn out. Gotta change that if we have a shot in November.</p> <p>Have a great time and let’s kick some serious ass.</p> <p>All the Best</p> Christy:
But for a business meeting I would be at the bar with you guys in Vegas.

Have a great time but there is some serious work that needs to be done. Kos and Stoller have had some good takes on Busby. The Dem base did not turn out. Gotta change that if we have a shot in November.

Have a great time and let’s kick some serious ass.

All the Best

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133868 ccmask Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:10:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133868 <p>The ones who show up in pajamas are the<br /> in-bedded bloggers.</p> The ones who show up in pajamas are the
in-bedded bloggers.

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133865 Redshift Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:09:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/06/07/viva-las-vegas/#comment-133865 <p>oilfieldguy — I’m a dude.</p> oilfieldguy — I’m a dude.

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