http://www.commiesutra.com Learn about our various communist positions... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:58:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (CSC) – On November 14th India joined the likes of Japan, the U.S., and Russia by landing a probe on the moon. Indian politicians have put aside their partisan bickering for the time being to celebrate the occasion, with ruling Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi calling it “a historic day for ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=214 2-year-old Gracie Melvin angered Liberals with her appearance at a Conservative rally in Harbour Grace, N.L. on Thursday. While Stephen Harper was giving a speech, she walked across the stage with a sign that said “Harper”. Senior Liberal strategist Tom Dumont has accused the two year old of misconstruing Dion’s Green ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=213 These days, in our workplace, at home, and in politics, we have less and less leadership, and more management. The structure of our social and economic system depends on this shift towards management, and the result for all people is alienation and detachment from public life. There is no one definition ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=212 Tim Connolly - Buffalo Sabres Tim suffered from bone spur problems in his hip last year and only played half the season, and missed the entire 2006-2007 season due to “post-concussion symptoms” (headaches, boo-boos, etc). But don’t let that keep you from drafting this hip-cat onto your team. He may be ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=211 Bibliography “About Us”. Canadian Tire Homepage. Available: http://careers.canadiantire.ca/english/about/index.html Accessed 20/07/2007. Amernic, Joel; Craig, Russel. CEO-Speak. Montreal, Kingston: McGill – Queens University Press, 2006. Banker, Steve. “The Ethics of Political Marketing Practices: The Rhetorical Perspective”. Journal of Business Ethics. 11:11. Nov 1992. 843-849. Barrett, Deborah. “A Best Practice Approach to Designing a Change Communication Programme”. ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=210 Chapter 7: Conclusion Therefore, political marketing has pushed the language of our politicians towards an evolved type of doublespeak known as salespeak, which is essentially the way our governments and parties speak to us when the only thing that matters is getting elected or re-elected. To show that salespeak is something we ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=209 Chapter 6: Salespeak in Canadian Party Platforms and Public Policy This chapter is dedicated to Dan Lungo The important thing here is that we have a theory to start with, and some examples of how the theory may work. The best way to show that our politicians are speaking to us differently ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=208 Chapter 5: The Concept of Salespeak Once again, Salespeak is: Communication in the form of policy documents, party platforms, and writing and speech related to these, that uses the findings of market intelligence to make citizens believe they are getting the type of government they want and requested. To write or speak ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=207 Chapter 4: Political Marketing Meets Corporate Language Many might expect the answer to be that that the corporate world has created the most effective language tools for advertising, selling something, and then affirming to the buyer that they purchased the best thing. But a language that attempts to make you purchase ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=206 Chapter 3: A Theory of Political Marketing – Political Marketing as Social Control If political marketing is the reason our government communicates with us in salespeak, then we need to know what political marketing really is. To do this we will examine its origins and then look at how it works ... http://www.commiesutra.com/?p=205