Poll: Balanced Budget Beats Tax Cuts (AP)

Grok Headline matches for Poll: Balanced Budget Beats Tax Cuts (AP)

Poll: Most People Prefer Balanced Budget
(AP)

Poll: Most People Prefer Balanced Budget
(AP) 04/13/2004 02:27 PM
AP - About six in ten, 61 percent, chose balancing the budget while 36 percent chose tax cuts when they were asked which was more important, according to a poll conducted for the AP by Ipsos Public Affairs.

Poll: Bush Approval Low But Still Beats
Kerry (Reuters)

Poll: Bush Approval Low But Still Beats
Kerry (Reuters) 05/05/2004 11:18 AM
Reuters - President Bush's approval rating hovers at an all time low, but if the election were held today more voters would still vote for Bush than his Democratic rival John Kerry, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

Bush Budget Calls for Law Enforcement
Cuts (AP)

Bush Budget Calls for Law Enforcement
Cuts (AP) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
AP - President Bush's budget will propose slashing grants to local law enforcement agencies and cutting spending for environmental protection, American Indian schools and home-heating aid for the poor, The Associated Press learned Saturday.

Caution and Years of Budget Cuts Are
Seen to Limit C.I.A.

Caution and Years of Budget Cuts Are
Seen to Limit C.I.A. 05/11/2004 10:35 AM
Thirty-two months after the Sept. 11, America's spy service has fewer than 1,100 case officers posted overseas.

Budget: Microsoft seeks duty cuts

Budget: Microsoft seeks duty cuts 07/02/2004 09:36 AM
Microsoft India on Friday said duties on computer hardware and peripherals should be reduced to accelerate PC penetration while continuing with the concessions like tax exemptions to the IT sector. The concessions extended to the information technology sector under Sections 10A and 10 B of the Income-Tax Act should be continued, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India, said in the company's pre-Budget memorandum.

Clark closes in on Dean in poll; Bush
still beats Democratic field
(USATODAY.com)

Clark closes in on Dean in poll; Bush
still beats Democratic field
(USATODAY.com) 01/07/2004 03:25 PM
USATODAY.com - Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, pounded by rivals in recent weeks for his positions and his temperament, has lost ground in the USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll, and retired general Wesley Clark has emerged as his chief rival. (Related items: Poll results | Political analysis: Bush in strong position)

Congress Cuts NASA's Budget On Apollo
Anniversary

Congress Cuts NASA's Budget On Apollo
Anniversary 07/21/2004 11:21 AM

$2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many
Programs (washingtonpost.com)

$2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many
Programs (washingtonpost.com) 02/07/2005 01:13 AM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush plans to unveil a $2.5 trillion budget today eliminating dozens of politically sensitive domestic programs, including funding for education, environmental protection and business development, while proposing significant increases for the military and international spending, according to White House documents.

Lawmakers feel pinch of budget cuts,
protest rallies

Lawmakers feel pinch of budget cuts,
protest rallies 03/16/2003 03:11 AM
Rep. Robert Puente, D-San Antonio, brought scores of the stickers after doing a Google search on the Internet and punching in "pit of hell.".

Fair and Balanced

Fair and Balanced 05/04/2004 09:16 PM
Read this Editorial titled Leader: iTunes ain't what it used to be from Silicon.com. If you're like me you'll see many glaring errors. Let's start...

Balanced Passion

Balanced Passion 01/16/2004 11:33 AM
What is more important in business today: Spirit or sobriety?

Fair and Balanced?

Fair and Balanced? 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Bill Gates recently got together with Steve Mills from IBM and demonstrated some web services interoperability between our two companies' products.  It has taken awhile to get to this point, from the initial hype to the point where some of these key scenarios work without smoke and mirrors; so it is nice to see a "status report" like this.

The first response I saw came in the form of this shrill attack piece run on CNET.  The author seems stuck in the last century, when people still bought the big lie about "write once run anywhere".  He fails to explain how "runs only on Java" is significantly different from "runs only on Windows", and completely misses the point that most enterprises have to support both types of systems (and many more) and therefore place a high priority on interop.

The attack piece brought back fond memories of the days when Bob Metcalfe and Jai Singh (now managing editor at CNET) were together at the helm of Infoworld.  Then I saw another analysis in CNET, covering the same interop event, but surprisingly balanced, at least in comparison to the first piece.  Finally, I found yet another analysis on CNET, again covering the same event; and this one is positively glowingly accurate!

What to make of it?  A single presentation by Bill Gates inspires three different pieces in CNET which cover the whole spectrum of opinion.  Can't complain about that.

~

Tragically, politics shuts down John Poindexter's data mining program.  It seems that only Safeway is allowed to collect that sort of information about U.S. citizens.

The Balanced Scorecard

The Balanced Scorecard 06/17/2005 03:20 PM
CIO Jun 11 2005 7:42AM GMT

Neowin Poll updated, Results for Doom 3
& HL2 Poll

Neowin Poll updated, Results for Doom 3
& HL2 Poll 01/18/2004 08:11 AM

Fox New: Is "Fair and Balanced"
"ridiculous"?

Fox New: Is "Fair and Balanced"
"ridiculous"? 07/18/2004 06:39 PM
"Is 'Fair and Balanced' ridiculous?" So opened the FOX News Watch segment examining Robert Greenwald's film, OutFOXed. And astonishingly, the uncontradicted view of FOX News Watch was "yes"! As Neal Gabler put it, "To say that this network promotes the Republican view ... is like saying that the Pope is Catholic. It's self-evident ... pretty much undeniable." But, he asks, as if he hadn't actually seen the film, "So what?" So what? Well first, start with the question that opened the segment: Fox says it is "Fair and Balanced." If it is "self-evident" that it is not, then I guess we agree then that it is "ridiculous" to say that it is. And second, "obviously" media critics get this about Fox. Anyone who critically watches Fox gets this about Fox. But as one questioner at the San Francisco opening put it, for those who aren't media critics, and for those who don't actually watch Fox, just how "ridiculous" Fox's claim is is something significant. My bet is that a cross-section of FOX viewers would be surprised just how false Fox's claims actually are. The discussion opened with Jim Pinkerton of Newsday calling the film "dull and didactic." He then asserted that the film says that media networks are "either worse than the Mafia that ran Cuba in the 1950s or worse than the Soviet Union." When I heard him say that, I understood why he saw the film as "dull and didactic": if this is his view, he didn't really watch the film. The opening allusion to the Mafia comes from Robert McChesney, where he compares how the Mafia carved up Cuba with how the government carves up media ownership -- nothing to do with the media being "worse than the Mafia." The allusion to the Soviet Union, also McChesney's, again had nothing to do with Pinkerton's claim. McChesney's claim was simply that propaganda is most effective when the audience is unaware -- unlike in the Soviet Union. The other simple fabrication of Pinkerton was that the film comprised "two or three disgruntled employees." That's true if by "two or three" you mean seven (four listed here; three requested anonymity). But the more fundamental fabrication is the suggestion that the film's claims are based on nothing more than the word of "two or three disgruntled employees." The film has five independent sources for its "self-evident," as Grabler puts it, conclusion: (1) former Foxies, (2) Fox memos (unmentioned by anyone on the show), (3) independent studies of Fox viewers, (4) media commentators, and (5) clips from Fox shows. Cal Thomas -- who was one of the people in the film -- found the film flawed because it "ignored the many Democrats I've had on my show." Again, not true. The movie never asserts that there are no Democrats, or liberals on the show. It just asserts -- not denied by Thomas -- that the "balance" is "unbalanced." Indeed, in one of the best parts of the film, Greenwald reports a media group that studied months of Brit Hume's "Special Report" and found over 80% of the guests on that premier show were Republican -- and that most of the Democrats were centrists. Not balanced, and not a fair picture of the facts reported. Thomas goes on (with his wonderful announcer voice -- I love listening to him) to say something extraordinary however. Here's the quote:

"I think the reason that this network looks so Republican ... is by contrast on [sic] what the others do. If you went and did -- as the Media Research Center has done -- clips of what is said on the broadcast networks ... you would find an enormous tilt to the left. So by contrast it looks conservative."

I think we need more Media Research Centers on both the Left and Right and -- imagine this -- even without a political agenda! But I've not seen that they've put together "clips" as Greenwald has. And again, the film is comparing what Fox News actually is to what Fox News says it is. Jane Hall (Who? She's an assistant professor in the School of Communication at American University) complained the film was flawed because it left "out any evidence to the contrary." There were plenty of liberals on Fox she said -- for example, she said, she was a liberal. She also mentioned Jeff Cohen, cofounder of FAIR, was on Fox News Watch "for five years." Jeff Cohen? Actually, the movie not only doesn't ignore Jeff Cohen. He is one of the most critical interviewees. And again, the film doesn't say there are no liberals on Fox. The show instead reports Clara Frenk reporting that the "quality" of the liberals was far less than the quality of the conservatives -- in the sense that the liberals were either "unknown" or "weak." Hall also repeated the total non-thought that has been framed around this film -- that somehow the film is weak because it didn't get Roger Ailes to respond. The film in fact has Roger Ailes stating Fox News was to be a fair and balanced news program. It also has Roger Ailes stating Fox News failed its viewers on election night by allowing George Bush's cousin, on the basis of extremely weak data, to call the election for Bush. But even if it didn't twice include Roger Ailes in the film, the idea that before you release a film critical of someone you must include their comment is inane. I've had many critical reviews of my work published, some very intelligent, some others not. Never has anyone asked me for my comment on their review before they publish it. Indeed, to do so would be unethical. But my favorite part of the whole show is the contrast between segment one and segment two. The review of Outfoxed was in segment two. Segment one was about -- I swear -- "Media bias." For a full segment, Fox News Watch focused on a single statement by Newsweek's Evan Thomas. As Media Research Center quotes him,

The media want Kerry to win. They’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic, and this glow is going to be worth maybe 15 points."

This single quote by a single editor at a single magazine apparently proves, according to the show, that liberal "media bias" exists. Yet a film gathering (1) former Foxies, (2) Fox memos, (3) independent studies of Fox viewers, (4) media commentators, and (5) clips from Fox shows is, by contrast, "not that fairly put together," said Eric Burns, the show's host. I guess they would know. They're the trademark holder for the words "Fair and Balanced" (at least until the challenge to that trademark gets resolved).

Efficiency must be balanced with
security

Efficiency must be balanced with
security 05/27/2004 09:35 PM
Computer Weekly May 28 2004 1:07AM GMT

"Fair and balanced" polls

"Fair and balanced" polls 06/25/2004 01:34 PM

Bush gets checked and balanced

Bush gets checked and balanced 06/29/2004 08:43 AM
The Supreme Court rules against indefinitely locking up detainees -- and deals a mortal blow to the president's vision of his own limitless power.

Fair and balanced, at least 27 percent
of the time!

Fair and balanced, at least 27 percent
of the time! 03/14/2005 06:14 PM
A new study crowns Fox News Channel the king of biased reporting.

Now your cell phone can be fair and
balanced, too

Now your cell phone can be fair and
balanced, too 07/23/2004 04:52 PM

Precariously balanced atop Öolong

Precariously balanced atop Öolong 03/14/2005 06:29 PM
Peop le of the pancake: "I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self—evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the 'instantly available'. A new self that needs to contain less and less of an inner repertory of dense cultural inheritance—as we all become 'pancake people'—spread wide and thin as we connect with that vast network of information accessed by the mere touch of a button." Writing on the Edge, Richard Foreman and George Dyson speculate on a 'thin-client' view of the self where most cultural processing occurs not only somewhere else, but by something else! [reality checks provided by Kevin Kelly, Jaron Lanier, Steven Johnson, Marvin Minsky and Douglas Rushkoff, among others :]

A Fair and Balanced Review of the Mac
Mini

A Fair and Balanced Review of the Mac
Mini 02/05/2005 09:16 PM

Mac Mini: The Emperor's New Computer: Attention: Before you rip the living hell out of this guy, please remember that he went to DeVry. And he has an MCSE.

The Mini boots up into a stripped-down operating system which Apple calls OS X, similar to the stripped-down WindowsCE OS found on many handhelds. The mini OS is going to be a significant hurdle for many buyers who are used to Windows or have favorite Windows software packages they need to use. Think of it more as a first computer for your daughter or niece than as a machine to get any serious work done and you’ll get the point of the Mini and its target market. It might also be the perfect computer for grandmothers or autistic children, for example.

Paper Beats Rock, but Plastic Beats
Paper

Paper Beats Rock, but Plastic Beats
Paper 12/28/2004 11:18 AM
Credit cards are eclipsing cash and checks in our society.

Outfoxed: How Murdoch's network gets so
fair and balanced

Outfoxed: How Murdoch's network gets so
fair and balanced 07/12/2004 07:22 PM

ABC's 60 Minutes is absolutely not fair
and balanced

ABC's 60 Minutes is absolutely not fair
and balanced 11/03/2003 09:33 PM
I spend a lot of Time watching Fox news and stay away from the heavily liberal biased ABC, NBC, CBS...

Linus swiped Linux from SCO, says
balanced study

Linus swiped Linux from SCO, says
balanced study 05/17/2004 03:07 PM

Internet can be a means to finding
balanced life

Internet can be a means to finding
balanced life 04/17/2004 03:39 AM
Seattle Times Apr 17 2004 8:22AM GMT

balanced and fair: Geist on copyright
reform

balanced and fair: Geist on copyright
reform 06/16/2004 03:46 AM
Michael Geist's latest column in the Tornoto Star maps a sane process to realizing balance in IP. Help spread the sanity.

How to Perform a Balanced Evaluation or
Comparison Using a Matrix

How to Perform a Balanced Evaluation or
Comparison Using a Matrix 01/09/2004 09:52 PM

Making American Forces Radio fair and
balanced

Making American Forces Radio fair and
balanced 06/24/2004 08:07 AM
As Rush Limbaugh cries foul, the Senate moves toward loosening the right-wing propagandist's stranglehold on the military's airwaves.

Alien puppet Linus swiped Linux from
SCO, says balanced study

Alien puppet Linus swiped Linux from
SCO, says balanced study 05/17/2004 07:24 AM
Well, almost...

Are You A Balanced Individual? Can You
Handle Life's Topsy-Turvy Leanings?

Are You A Balanced Individual? Can You
Handle Life's Topsy-Turvy Leanings? 12/04/2003 07:13 AM
Marble Mayhem .. Too hard

spikything.plus.com/games/marblemayhem
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IBM Unveils Business Intelligence
Strategy for Balanced Performance in an
Analytic Environment

IBM Unveils Business Intelligence
Strategy for Balanced Performance in an
Analytic Environment 04/06/2005 03:48 PM
Claudia Imhoff recently spoke with IBM's Karen Parrish in an exclusive interview. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

"the petition to make the Federal Trade
Commission and Congress must act to
prevent Fox News from using the
deceptive and misleading trademark 'Fair
and Balanced.'" "

"the petition to make the Federal Trade
Commission and Congress must act to
prevent Fox News from using the
deceptive and misleading trademark 'Fair
and Balanced.'" " 07/21/2004 02:44 AM

Dingell Joins Republicans to Protest
CBS's Mini-Series "The Reagans": Demands
"Fair and Balanced" Portrayal of 40th
President

Dingell Joins Republicans to Protest
CBS's Mini-Series "The Reagans": Demands
"Fair and Balanced" Portrayal of 40th
President 11/02/2003 03:12 AM
Congressman John Dingell .. and much more .. his letter .. letter

house.gov/dingell/10-29-03.html
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PC Beats Mac In TV Face-Off

PC Beats Mac In TV Face-Off 07/27/2004 09:16 AM
The Power Mac lost out in speed tests involving gaming and Photoshop filters. However Macs scored highly in ease of use. By Nick Spence, Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

Man beats horse

Man beats horse 06/12/2004 05:24 PM
Man beats Horse, finally, after 25 years. Every year, a small village in Wales holds a race between people and horses - cross country, over 22 miles. And every year, they've added ÂŁ1000 to the prize should a man win....

Cisco beats by a penny

Cisco beats by a penny 05/11/2004 06:05 PM
Sympatico May 11 2004 9:40PM GMT

Computer Associates Beats

Computer Associates Beats 01/22/2004 05:08 PM
TheStreet.com Jan 22 2004 8:01PM GMT
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