Here comes the flag pin

Well, it is the 4th of July, so it’s no surprise that Obama has donned the American flag pin in a proper show of patriotism. Now the FOX News network can and assuredly will say that it was responsible for making Obama toe the line of proper displays of patriotism. Maybe just to outdo his competitors, he should wear a bigger one.

And of course, the Unity, New Hampshire event. Some staffer is really patting herself on the back that she found out about that place. “OMG, it’s PURfect!” Ah, politics. Some of the rules never change.

Anyway, the Obama campaign is making the right choice. If Obama is proud of America in the way he claims to be, then wearing a flag pin is certainly no compromise. And if it makes an Amerkin feel a little better about voting for him, then what’s to lose. Karl Rove knows that symbols are every bit as important as words, and moreso for people who don’t read.

Publish Your Own Mag!

I just go goofy for new Web 2.0 communications technologies. The latest I’ve found, via Photojojo is a free online magazine publishing site called Issuu.com. You just upload your PDF and next thing you know, you’ve got your portfolio/screed/babybook in a really nice format for online viewing.

It’s not all that different from just having your PDF on your site I suppose. Seems like modern browsers worth their salt have a PDF viewer embedded. But the thumbnails, zoom and view tools on this are pretty cool. And, hey, it’s free.

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