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Geri Spieler's Blog
September 28, 2009
- Is it possible that the future of real journalism is in the form of a non-profit entity? It appears to be the latest approach given that approximately eight to ten non-profit journalism or news outlets have sprung up around the country: ProPublica in New York, The Voice of San Diego, Texas Tribune, Minnesota Post and others. The question is, are these forms of journalism outlets sustainable? ...
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September 22, 2009
- It’s been 34 years since Sara Jane Moore stood on a sidewalk 40 feet away from the back door of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.After all this time, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor’s wife who aimed and shot at the head of the President of the United States.Sara Jane Moore did not then, and still has not, fit any ...
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August 14, 2009
- Is Pres. Obama Safe From Attack? Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford. Has the Secret Service learned anything from Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, which will help them in their attempts to protect Pres. Barak Obama? · The Secret Service is working doggedly to ...
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August 11, 2009
- It seems it is the season for paroling women who attempt to assassinate our presidents and those who commit heinous crimes. Sara Jane Moore, the middle aged woman and a mother who shot at Pres. Ford in 1975 was released from prison December 2007. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Manson follower who waved a gun at Pres. Ford 17 days before Moore fired at Ford also may be out soon. ...
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June 15, 2009
- Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary thought, isn't it? Think about the pressure our protective and security agencies have been under since President Obama took office? Yet, will all this pressure, we---and our agencies--must be sure we are not creating a net that catches more ...
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June 2, 2009
- Doesn't the person who saved the life of the President of the United States deserve a name? The woman who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford, Sara Jane Moore, has her name out there. Although we still know little about her. But we hear nothing about the person who foiled Moore's second shot. He was just a bystander. Just a bystander? To correct a common error, Sara Jane did get off one shot at ...
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June 1, 2009
- Doesn't the person who saved the life of the President of the United States deserve a name? The woman who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford, Sara Jane Moore, has her name out there. Although we still know little about her. But we hear nothing about the person who foiled Moore's second shot. He was just a bystander. Just a bystander? To correct a common error, Sara Jane did get off one shot at ...
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May 29, 2009
- Tell me how you really feel about it?Seriously, though, reading through the strong reactions and comments regarding Sara Jane Moore's interview on the Today Show are not really surprising given the lack of knowledge about the times and San Francisco in the 1970's.If one were to casually glance at a short cast of characters from the 1970's, one would truly appreciate Sara Jane's chameleon ...
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May 28, 2009
- Sara Jane Moore was interviewed on the Today Show this morning. I want to thank Matt Lauer for not giving away all the official, unofficial and exotic details of my book. As the author of, “Taking Aim At the President,” I reveal the unpleasant, hidden, unpopular, unseemly, talented, warm, generous and quizzical side to this West Virginia woman who ended up on that sidewalk 40 ...
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May 22, 2009
- Melting polar ice caps, decreasing fertile land, dying species, floating islands of waste and unstoppable virus strains. What is happening? How is this happening? The Right (read Republican) says this is all "hog wash." They trot out doubting scientists who dispute the claims of natural global warming and cooling cycles every 10,000 years or so. Their stable of scientists, including the ...
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May 4, 2009
- I just learned I won first place in non-fiction Wild Card category for "Taking Aim At The President."Wild Card is a category for books like mine that don't fit neatly into one category. For example, my book is non-fiction, history, biography and political. Had I entered it into one category, it would have been diluted and competed against books that were more linear in terms of the ...
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April 28, 2009
- OK, so maybe it's just me, but all this Social Networking is just too much pressure! I have more guilt now than when I was a young mother sure I was the worst person in the world because I didn't find every living moment with my child the most satisfying of my life. Just how many Social Networking sites can one person stay current on and still have time to eat, breath, work, and take a ...
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April 26, 2009
- Check out my interview with Martha Alderson and Blockbuster Plots. Martha is a master at helping writers plot their books, fiction and nonfiction. http://www.blockbusterplots.com/resc/spieler.html
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April 14, 2009
- Twenty-seven years ago I promised a convicted felon I would store her art collection until her son was old enough to take it. This collection is not some small assembling of prints or photos. The collection includes seven oil paintings, some as large as a doorway. There are wall-size Georgia O’Keefe-type flowers bursting in reds and orange magnificence. The most ...
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April 14, 2009
- Twenty-seven years ago I promised a convicted felon I would store her art collection until her son would take for her. This collection is not some small assembling of prints or photos. The collection includes seven oil paintings, some as large as a doorway. There are wall-size Georgia O’Keefe-type flowers bursting in reds and orange magnificence. The most interesting ...
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