It hasn’t been the greatest week for MSNBC. First, Morning Joe was forced to go to a seven-second delay because the host let a four-letter word slip. Oops. Then, anchor David Shuster thought he discovered the source who leaked news about Sarah Palin now knowing the difference between a country and a continent. “Turns out […]
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Carefully Crafted on November 13
Carefully Crafted on November 13
prTini Goes Mobile
My super cool husband figured out how to optimize prTini for the iPhone. So, now all of you who — like me — use the iPhone for everything from checking Facebook, sports scores and the weather … to playing music and making lists can now also easily read this great blog on your all-in-one phone. […]
Carefully Crafted on November 12
Irony. At Its Finest.
If you’ve read this blog, you know that my beliefs are pretty out-of-sync with the Catholic church’s views of the world. So, imagine the chuckle I had when I saw that an article mentioning ME was posted to a Catholic web site. (Click on that link to see the article. It’s a re-posting of a […]
Carefully Crafted on November 12
RNC Chair Tweets Candidacy
The chair of the Michigan Republican Party, Saul Anuzis, announced that he would seek the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee via Twitter. Another example of breaking news on Twitter. Do you tweet? If not, visit www.twitter.com to sign up … and follow me. My user name is @prtini. Not sure about Twitter? Two articles […]
Carefully Crafted on November 09
Open Mindedness
On Friday, the United Church of Christ’s national office purchased full-page color ads in upcoming issues of the three largest LGBT newspapers in California in order to offer pastoral support to the LGBT community and others who were opposed to Proposition 8. No one agrees with their chuch 100% of the time, but, it’s moments […]
Carefully Crafted on November 08
Palin and Feminism
Earlier this week, I received a very interesting response to my post about Michelle Obama being a better role model than Sarah Palin: I sometimes wonder that if she (Palin) wasn’t a republican and against abortion, wouldn’t the feminists love her? I spent a lot of time this week thinking about that. What does it […]
Carefully Crafted on November 08
Who's an expert?
It’s becoming harder and harder to find actual experts. You know, people who base their “facts” on the truth … people who really know what they’re talking about (not just those who talk a good game). There are countless examples of political talking heads who claim to be exprts who maybe weren’t so right after […]
Carefully Crafted on November 06
The Next Civil Rights Movement?
One of the most important things we’ve learned in this election is that women and African Americans have come a long way in their fight for equality. There’s still work to be done (as we saw in the treatment of Sen. Clinton and maybe even Gov. Palin, and certainly in some of the hatred spewed […]
Carefully Crafted on November 05
Our Moment
To paraphrase what I just heard on ESPN radio: Our generation just pulled off our “Jackie Robinson-esque” moment by electing Barack Obama president. No longer can so-called “adults” call us apathetic, unmotivated or self-centered. We’re anything but. We’re totally engaged in the process. We’re ready to bring about change. In fact, preliminary studies indicate that […]
Carefully Crafted on November 05
Palin Who? Michelle Obama is New Role Model
During the crazy election season, there was much chatter about Sarah Palin being the type of person all women should strive to be I was repulsed by that notion then — and, now that we know even more about “Sarah Barracuda,” it seems almost laughable. Michelle Obama, on the other hand, really is a role […]