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Your Comments are Valuable

By On November 13, 2007 · 5 Comments

Ever notice how your comments on the Chapel Hill News blog Orange Chat end up in the paper? First time I noticed my comments there I though, “Wow. That’s cool. My words in print for people to see.” Its kind of like a letter to the editor. But now I am concerned that all [...]

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Ignore the Indy this week

By On October 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

When I first read the front page story of the most recent triangle Independent Weekly I though about writing a letter to their editor. (Notice how I don’t link to them?) Then I thought about not blogging about it. Now I am telling my fellow blog friends to ignore it. Not to blog about it. [...]

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Colbert does NYT OP-ED

By On October 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Has the sky fallen? Cause our fav conservative Stephen Colbert has a guest Op-Ed column in the New York Times. It damn funny too. Here is my favorite part. Being a southerner of Appalachian descent… it makes me laugh out loud.

So why I am writing Miss Dowd’s column today? Simple. Because [...]

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NYTimes Pay Wall Comes Down

By On September 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Times to End Charges on Web Site This is major like Google buying YouTube. It will open minds to so much. Especially old skool newspaper owners. I hope. Will think more about this and maybe comment more later. wow. I found out via: Justinsomnia

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US TV beats Iran War Drum!

By On August 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment

We don’t need another War. The US should not invade Iran! Don’t let Fox or any other network fool you. Haven’t enough people died for Bush and Cheney’s war profiteering?

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Why you should care about the Carrboro Citizen

By On May 25, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Jock Lauterer has a straight to the point bit of witting in this weeks Carrboro Citizen called Why we should support our hometown newspaper. My fav part:

So why is this new paper special? How is it different from the others? And why should you care about whether The Citizen fails or [...]

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Town of Carrboro Charter Printed in The Citizen

By On May 6, 2007 · 1 Comment

In this weeks Carrboro Citizen you’ll find the Charter of the Town of Carrboro. You may wonder who besides a politician or bureaucrat would enjoy reading this document? Well me for one.

Why? Because within this ancient legalese lies answers to why things happen in Carrboro. Time and time again here on OP [...]

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Buying the War

By On April 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Bill Moyers has a great new piece called Buying the War. All the video is online here. I’ve only gotten through chapter one but I can already tell how very important this documentary is. History will be kind to the view that the main stream media was hoodwinked by the Bush administration. What [...]

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Carrboro Citizen Arrives

By On March 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

We got a Carrboro Citizen newspaper on our doorstep yesterday evening. Its really nice to have it delivered for free. ESPECIALLY when it doesn’t sit rotting in our parking space like the Chapel Hill News.

This Citizen’s paper design reminds me of my Grandparent’s home town paper The Hickory Daily Record. I [...]

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Change can be good, Make Media

By On February 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Ed Cone had a good op-ed article in the N&R yesterday titled The way we politick now. Of course you can find it on his blog. (It wasn’t so long ago that MSM would flip out if you put your column on your own webpage.) He brings up several great points about how [...]

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