Blogs List
 Carol Foltz |
My right to blog, your right to commentMon, August 25, 2008 @ 10:44PM There have been many posts regarding an article in the Des Moines Register on Saturday about Dr. Robert Paxton. The Messenger's managing editor, Barbara Wallace Hughes (Ms. Wallace Hughes, not Mrs. Hughes, BTW) wrote an editorial about why The Messenger did not cover the photo as a news story. Now, of course, The Messenger has been accused of covering up and censoring. Wearing my "comment administrator" hat, I deleted a lot of comments today, and disabled comments on one article - so far. Here's the deal: When you sign up for a membership on this website, you agree to the Terms of Service. Quote: The Messenger reserves the right to delete any communications at any time, for any reason or in its discretion, but has no obligation to review or remove any such content. When you walk into a restaurant, you don't loudly proclaim the joys of eating at another establishment.
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 Dave Jakeman |
The Power of The PaperMon, July 14, 2008 @ 6:15PM A couple of weeks ago The Messenger, with the help of Hy-Vee and Decker Truck Line, put together a flood drive to assist the flood victims of Eastern Iowa. This two-day drive was literally put together five days prior. The community response was overwhelming. We filled a semi with supplies, plus received over $1,000 in cash donations and gift cards! This event really made me proud to be a part of this community.
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 Mark Rial |
Not SatisfiedThu, May 15, 2008 @ 5:13PM It's been awhile since the last time and I apologize for that. A lot of things have been going on since then and one of them was the US Nationals. I wanna share some of my thoughts from that tournament and give you an idea of what it was like. First I want to address a question that was brought up recently by someone that could just ask me in person but aparantly he wants me to share it with you as well, which is great. The topic of boycott. First of all from what I understand there has been no talk of boycotting the Olympics. The talk was that some are going to boycott the opening ceremonies. In this day and age there is no way in my opinion that the US would ever boycott an Olympic Games, the reason is money. With all of the big corporate sponsors donating and getting their name out there during the games for millions and millions of dollars there is no way we would not go in my mind. As far as the opening ceremonies, I would not want to miss that for anything.
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