Social Reflections » Government http://www.socialreflections.com Social to Search And Everything In Between Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:10:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 State of the Union 2010 http://www.socialreflections.com/state-of-the-union-2010/ http://www.socialreflections.com/state-of-the-union-2010/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:16:23 +0000 Shailesh Ghimire http://www.socialreflections.com/?p=694

Here is a word cloud of President Obama’s State of the Union last night:

obama-word-graph

Here is a word cloud of the Republican response:

republican-response-word-graph

]]> http://www.socialreflections.com/state-of-the-union-2010/feed/ 2 Consolidation of State Power Continues http://www.socialreflections.com/consolidation-of-state-power-continues/ http://www.socialreflections.com/consolidation-of-state-power-continues/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:29:26 +0000 Shailesh Ghimire http://www.socialreflections.com/?p=333

If President Bush signs the bailout for the car companies, as he is expected to, Uncle Sam will play a very prominent role in the marketing industry as well. Here is some food for thought:

The draft rescue plan for Detroit sent to the White House by Congress yesterday calls for the appointment of a “car czar” who will oversee the Big Three automakers’ expenses over $25 million — which, by extension, would include media buys. Based on Advertising Age’s estimates of spending by General Motors Corp., Chrysler and Ford Motor Co., that would give the as-yet-unnamed car czar control over some $7.3 billion in marketing spending in the U.S. alone.

State power is reaching areas once unimaginable.

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