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Monthly Archives February 2005

Bush To America: If You’re Wealthy, You Met Your Goals. If You’re Not, You Didn’t - And We’ll Make It Harder For You

Yesterday President George W. Bush met with his cabinet and responded to some questions from reporters about his budget proposal to congress. Here is the last exchange:
“Q First of all, you’re talking about equality and keeping everything on a level playing field for everyone. Many people are saying that this budget proposal is not […]

Posted 08 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Dollars and Social Sense § Political Communication § Working Hard - Living In Poverty ‡ Comments (0) °

“It Is A Budget That Sets Priorities”

George W. Bush’s new budget proposal would do many things I’m against. But here’s the “kicker,” if you will:
From the Daily Herald:
“Bush’s budget would…cut health payments for…veterans….”
“‘It is a budget that sets priorities,’ Bush said after a meeting with his Cabinet.”
Yes, it does.
Extra Point
The Army gets caught adding insult to injury.

Posted 07 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Dollars and Social Sense § Economy § Iraq War § Medicine ‡ Comments (0) °

Shh! It’s A Secret He’s A Moderate. Howard Dean And The DNC Chair

It now appears that Howard Dean is the last candidate standing, with other contenders seeing he has the votes and the support to become the next DNC Chair next week. While some will see this as the beginning of Dean leading a Newt Gingrich-like revolution for Democrats, the analogy goes only so far. […]

Posted 07 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Democratic Change § Democratic Party § Economy § Howard Dean § Medicine § Political Communication § Retirement § Social Security § Working Hard - Living In Poverty ‡ Comments (1) °

Commenters Need To Register - Sorry

People commenting on my website/blog (which I encourage) will now have to register. It’s a real bummer, and I made the move with a lot of regret. Had computer generated comment spam not shut down my site temporarily last Friday, I would not have made the move. It did, so I had […]

Posted 06 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § WurfWhile Housekeeping ‡ Comments (0) °

On The Web You Pick The Address - Make It Unique

I’ve given advice to candidates (and businesses) about picking a web address (aka URL) - and always suggest, among other things, that it be as short as possible, as memorable as possible and as unique as possible. Unfortunately John “Jack” Cunningham, who is running for Mayor of Aurora didn’t seek my advice (or similar […]

Posted 06 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § DuPage Political Campaigns § Illinois Political Campaigns § Political Communication § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

When More Control Is…Less

One theme running through Republican policy talk is that they want to give more control to individual Americans - Bush’s “ownership society.” In the next few years you will hear a lot of talk about giving people “choices” - and that “choices” are what “control” and “ownership” is all about. It sounds glamorous. […]

Posted 03 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Big Picture § Bush Administration § Democratic Change § Economy § Medicine § Retirement § Social Security ‡ Comments (1) °

George W. Bush’s Oratory

I have no doubt that a lot of quality speechwriters work hard on George W. Bush’s speeches. But having heard Bush on TV, which doesn’t make me an expert by any means, I nonetheless know he is far from a “Great Communicator.” Matthew Scully, a former Bush speechwriter, has a NY Times Op-ed […]

Posted 02 February 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Political Communication ‡ Comments (0) °