Monthly Archives: July 2008

One Cheer for McDonalds

I am no great fan of McDonalds — I don't think I've been inside one more than twice in the last decade — but I think they deserve praise for this letter responding to the threat that has now matured as this boycott campaign.

(found via Good as You, AFA will try to tarnish Golden Arches)

Note that I support the right of people to organize boycotts against companies whose policies they don't like, indeed celebrate it as a valued form of citizen activism. And I also support the right of the rest of us to make fun of misguided boycotts.

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Today’s Discovery In Applied Informatics

I have found what I believe to be one of the last types of information for which search on the Internet remains utterly useless: finding where fireworks stands might located in the South Dade area.

I did discover that there's a store in Key Largo, but that's kinda far.

The big July 4 celebration in Coral Gables at the Biltmore has been canceled again — perhaps permanently. And the family doesn't want one of those boxes they sell in Publix this year…

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PoliticsTV Looks Back on Recent Political Videos

Politics TV has a July 4 Special: 2008's Best Campaign Web Videos So Far -Pt 2

They put it online, so I guess we don't need to wait until Friday to see it.

My vote for funniest is still the Gravel moment of zen.

But I suspect “yes we can” will go down in history as the best video of the campaign.

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