On the first day of Blagojevich’s impeachment  trial for conspiracy and bribery charges, Blagojevich announces that he’s considering nominating Oprah Winfrey to fill the empty U.S. Senate seat left by President Barack Obama. Is there anything else he could do to draw more attention to himself than that?

In an article on USA Today,  we read that: 

 ”She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators,” Blagojevich said. But the Democrat said appointing Winfrey might have been perceived as a gimmick — and that Winfrey probably would not have accepted the appointment anyway.”

What was Oprah’s response?

Oprah said that she was pretty amused by the whole thing and that she would have fallen off her treadmill if she had been working out on it.

She is definitely, not interested.

CNN conducted a phone in survery and here is what several people said:

James from Brooklyn, New York,  says that Oprah may not be bi-partisan. Her opinions may not reflect the opinions of the rest of the country.

Sharese from Seattle, Washington says that she would be the perfect Senator because she understands poverty, she’s totally involved in the community and she can definitely handle it.

Larry, from Louisian said that Blagojevich is a cynical and evil person and that by considering Oprah as a Senator because he ultimatley wants someone in the position to help him get his own way.

What do you think?

Thanksgiving is coming up and in the spirit of giving, I have created a writing contest where you can be eligible to win over $30 in free gift certificates to Starbucks.

Starbucks gift certificates make great Christmas presents!

Use your imagination to get some free gift certificates and make money!

 

• First prize is a $20 – free gift certificate to Starbucks.
• Second Prize is a $10 – free gift certificate to Starbucks
• Third prize is a $5 – free gift certificate to Starbucks.

Here are the contest rules:

Write a short article about good internet business principles to follow. The article can be serious or humorous but it must have one of the following fun titles. Each of these titles has action words in them and are out of the ordinary in a lot of ways. All of these titles came from actual business management books.

All articles will be reviewed and if appropriate will be published. You may provide a link back to your website. Entries to this contest will end on November 21, in time to get these certificates to you by Thanksgiving. Winners will be announced on November 24. 

Here are the titles to choose from:

Blue Blood and Mutiny
Everything I Know About Business, I Learned at McDonalds
Fallen Giant
Falling Forward
First, Break All the Rules
Green Business Strategy
Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile
How Full is Your Bucket
How the Wise Decide
Jacked Up
Made to Stick
Mavericks at Work
Our Iceberg is Melting
Planet Google
Reality Check
See Jane Lead
Sneaker Wars
Starbucked
Stay Mad For Life
The 10 Commandments for Business Failure
The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leaership
The 24 Carrot Manager
The 4 Obssessions of an Extraordinary Executive
The 48 Laws of Power
The 7 Leadership Principles That Drive Breakout Success
The Fifth Discipline
The First Billion is the Hardes
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Necessary Revolution
The Only Three Questions That Count
The Radical Edge
The Ultimate Question
The Wolf of Wall Street
Why Work Sucks
Wikinomics
Work Less, Do More

Have fun writing and getting a little free advertising as well.

Trick or Treat? 

It’s hard to tell with this Presidential Election coming to a close in less than a week whether we wil have a trick or treat. Have we got all the facts to make a good decision? Will the Presidential candidates actually do what they propose when elected?

Will there be a trick or treat?

With new technology on the Internet providing instant replays of everything the candidates say and do, voters are probably more informed about this presidential election than they have ever been in the past.

Social media sites like www.capzles.com have provided voters with an incredible means of viewing and listening to all the information one could possibly want on each candidate’s past and present. Capzles.com allows users to upload documents, videos and photographs of whatever they choose and then the information is organized on a time line.

All of the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates have a time-line style profile, complete with photos, videos and all their ads. You can see instant replays of the aircraft accident that John McCain was in during his younger years. You can actually see the plane skidding off the runway of the ship. You can also see pictures of him being pulled out of a Hanoi lake by the North Vietnamese after his plane was shot down. View the actual film footage of him as a prisoner, lying in a hospital bed in Vietnam. 

Sarah Palin, “mother, moose hunter, maverick, mayor, governor” also has an impressive time line. The time line is full of short clips and photos of her career and service.

Barack Obama’s time capsule is equally impressive.  Photos from childhood through the present are interesting to look at. He has posted videos of all of his campaign speeches and one that shows the Charles Keating, Lincoln Savings and loan scandal where five U.S. Senators, including John McCain were investigated for their role in helping Charles Keating to get his charges of fraud reduced. 

Joe Biden’s time capsule is rather sparse with only one photo of him.  Wonder why that happened?

So this next week when you go to vote, there should be no excuse for not being informed about which Presidential candidate you are voting for. Don’t let there be any tricks for you!

Anyone care to comment on this?

Hawaii was certainly a wonderful place to attend high school. Memories of high school events somehow seem to fade away with the sunset.  Anyone have fond memories of beach parties, prom nights, the Punahou carnival, malasadas, ferris wheels or lily ponds?

Comment below to share your most memorable time with Punahou. 

Nancy (Cook) Collings and Sherry (Cook) Tingley – 2006
Punahou Senior Bench

Old School Hall, Punahou Campus

Pauahi Hall, Punahou Campus