Subject Line Length?

Current mood: cynical

The “hidden” meaning of the title should be self-evident.

I posit that a posting’s title should probably be less than one line across the top of the field reserved for the title.

Here’s the full title I typed in –

Exactly How Long Should One Of These Subject Lines Last?! I Mean, Seriously, I Could Probably Get a Whole Paragraph Well Maybe Not A Paragraph But Definitely A Long Sentence. What Do Y’all Think? Is This Too Long? Maybe I Should Go On a Few Lines More? How Much Is Too Much Here? It Doesn’t Seem to Cut Off At 255 Characters, Like MS Windows Does With Filenames. How Many Words Should You Need In A Subject Line To Adequately Let People Know What The Topic Is All About?

Here’s the error message that I received after I clicked “Publish Post” –

We’re Sorry

A problem seems to have occurred. Please correct the following:

     The Post Title is over 200 characters

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NOTES

1. Original article
2. Reposted –
   1. Personal blogs – Xanga
   2. Darth Mike

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Hats Off to Marilyn Steffen!

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: county chair
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:46:54
From: M. Steffen

I do the best I can here. I’m not an organizer, but I do hand out DVD’s of Freedom to Fascism and the Citizens Rule book by the hundreds and did a radio interview last year at a Silver City radio station and have a 23 minute copy of the show if you would like to have a copy. I talked about the Constitution, Fully Informed Jury and Freedom Fest.
——– Original Message Ends ——–

I’d like to put this interview on the LPNM site.

I’ve passed this on via email, as well as included in the next New Mexico Liberty, and sent it on to the National Chair, Mark Hinkle.

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NOTES

1. Original article
2. Reposted –
   1. Personal blogs – Xanga / Yahoo!
   2. KCUF Media – WordPress / Xanga
   3. Partisans of the American Southwest – WordPress / Yahoo!
   4. Yahoo! group – [lpnm-discuss]

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Completed Survey about “ABQ the Plan”

Current mood: cynical

My completed survey from the City of Albuquerque about “ABQ the Plan,” as formulated by Mayor R.J. Berry:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on ABQ the PLAN.

Your opinion will help shape Mayor Berry’s presentation during the 2011 State of the City address to Albuquerque.

Working together, we can make Albuquerque an even better city.

Summary of Response

Should we invest in our future?

No

Bus Rapid Transit & Route 66 Improvements

Not Important

EXPO New Mexico (State Fairgrounds)

Not Important

Convention Center

Not Important

Civic Plaza

Not Important

4th Street Pedestrian Mall

Not Important

Rail Yards

Not Important

ABQ Culture Trail

Not Important

Balloon Fiesta Sports Park

Not Important

98th Street Sports Park with APS

Not Important

Mesa del Sol Sports Park

Not Important

50-Mile Bike Loop

Not Important

Rio Grande Enhancements

Not Important

Paseo del Norte & I-25 Interchange Improvements

Not Important

Other Project Ideas

Take any money left over from this year’s budget (if any) and either give it back as a tax return or set it aside for next year. Or put it towards repayment of some of the city’s existing bond expenditures.

Get over it – this schtick about "there’s nothing to do" in Albuquerque is bunk. Take a look at the local newspapers – Alibi, Local iQ, the Journal, etc. – and you’ll see plenty of things to do listed.

If you really want to "invest in the future," cut taxes, cut regulations on business, and cut regulations on private property. Let us in the private sector grow the economy by getting government out of the way.

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NOTES

1. Reposted –
   1. Personal blog
   2. KCUF Media
   3. The Weekly Sedition

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The LPNM in May 2011

New Mexico Liberty for May 2011

Albuquerque Liberty Forum is a no-host dinner, with discussion of issues important to libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, extropians, and Constitutionalists.

We’re currently meeting at the Sizzler at 7212 Menaul NE in Albuquerque (two blocks to the east of Louisiana Blvd., on the south side of Menaul), from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Suggestions for speakers are welcome. Speakers will have 30 minutes to make their case, then should be open to questions from the audience. Audience members are requested to ask questions of the speaker as opposed to making statements. All speakers will be considered to have consented to being recorded, including but not limited to audio or video devices, for posting to the internet (YouTube, etc.).

ABQ Campaign for Liberty

Facebook

FreedomConnect

FreedomTorch

Myspace

NMPolitics.org

New Mexico Liberty

Agenda for this event

1. Round-robin introductions (if needed)
2. State of the Party speech by LPNM State Chair Mike Blessing
3. Notices about upcoming events
4. Getting Started as an Activist

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After-event review

What went well

1. We stuck to the posted agenda fairly well – we didn’t get sidetracked much at all.
2. We had a few new faces at this event – total attendance was twelve, which is double last month’s number.

What needs improving

The venue’s management seated us in the separate room after another group had previously reserved that same room for every Thursday. So at 7:00 PM, we had to move from that room to the main dining room, where we had to raise our voices to be heard over the piano.

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NOTES

1. Original article
2. Reposted –
   1. Personal blogs – Xanga / Yahoo!
   2. KCUF Media – WordPress / Xanga
   3. The Weekly Sedition – WordPress / Yahoo!
   4. Partisans of the American Southwest – WordPress / Yahoo!

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Random Shots for 29 April 2011

Comments I’ve posted

1. Posted to William N. Grigg’s Facebook Wall –

   “Is it because we have a mulatto man in the White House that hates America that caused you to write your diatribe on Allen West. . . .”

   Wait a second here – isn’t Allen West a “mulatto” as well, by this racist clown’s “standards” ?

   Forget weapons of mass destruction and natural disasters – cognitive dissonance will be the death of civilization.

   Here’s another goodie from Allen West – http://youtube.com/watch?v=KHrJitv3nXM

   So much for his Tea Party street cred.

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Random Shots for 28 April 2011

Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: Where is our Cicero? –

   vicious expressions of violence should be curtailed,

   As opposed to the kind, gentle, nice variety of violence . . . ?

2. Re: LGBT Political Activity –

   I’m wondering if there’s anyone interested in starting chapters of either Pink Pistols or the Outright Libertarians here in New Mexico.

   My being “straight” doesn’t mean I’m precluded from offering support on issues of mutual agreement.

3. Re: LGBT Political Activity –

   Denise J Griffiths said:
   

   There is already a chapter of the Pink Pistols in Albuquerque. They are LGBTQ friendly.

   All I can find on the web is a “splash” page with dysfunctional HTML coding for the Albuquerque “chapter” and an “placeholder” page for the New Mexico “chapter” – I’ve sent several emails to both the ABQ @ pinkpistols.org and NM @ pink pistols.org email addresses, and received nothing in the way of responses.

   For what it’s worth, the last time I did get a response from either one of the addresses, it was from Bill Hartwell, who moved to Florida in 2004, then to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project.

4. Posted to Patrick Petrie’s Facebook Wall –

   This was back in July, 2004 – Romney signs off on permanent assault weapons ban

Notes from Life, Etc.

1. Attended a focus group with the Bernalillo County Bureau of Elections this morning.

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Video clip: I Wipe My Ass With the American Flag
2. Counterpunch: Ron Paul: More Progressive Than Obama?
3. Detroit SWAT team assaults African American mom who refused to medicate her daughter with antipsychotic drugs
4. SWAT Attacks Home School Mom for Refusing to Force Med Child
5. Wal Mart CEO: “Shoppers Are Running Out Of Money”; There Is “No Sign Of A Recovery”
6. Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
7. Fox Business video clip: Aiding and Abetting with AK-47s
8. Adult Swim: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies

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Random Shots for 27 April 2011

Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: Where is our Cicero?

   The angry should be silenced, the tolerant should feel renewed, public comment should be measured

   Who shall be empowered to determine who is “angry” and thus should be “silenced,” and what exactly should be the mechanism of this “silencing” ? What are the standards here?

   How exactly should public comment be “measured,” and what passes for “public comment” here –

   • op-ed pieces in the local paper?
   • bloggers?
   • people speaking up in the “public comment” time at the City Council meeting?

   Who should be empowered to determine what is and isn’t proper for “public comment” ? Why should I trust those person(s) over myself?

Notes from Life, Etc.

1. Created the group “NM Libertarians” on Myyearbook.com

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. YET ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL: The Roentgen Standard by Larry Niven
2. The New American: Smugglers as Heroes by Dr. Walter E. Williams
3. The Toronto Star: SlutWalk marches expand to the U.S. and England
4. Adult Swim: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Squidbillies

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Random Shots for 26 April 2011

Comments I’ve posted

1. Posted to A.J. Arias’ Facebook Wall –

   See Nuclear No-Contest by James P. Hogan

   http://lewrockwell.com/orig9/hogan3.1.1.html

   Just how much safer are coal- and methane-fired plants?

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Random Shots for 25 April 2011

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers

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Random Shots for 24 April 2011

Comments I’ve posted

1. Re: Rex Barron – Boots On The Ground

   If Heather is so hot-to-trot in support of the Iraq and Afghanistan Occupations, then why doesn’t she go and take part personally?

   That she probably never touched a pistol or rifle aside from the mandatory qualification tests (usually annual) while she was in the Air Force is something that I couldn’t care less about at this time. If she wants to send other people’s kids over to kill and be killed, then she should lead from the front.

   Indeed, from looking at her record in the Congress from 1998 to 2008, she seems to have something of an aversion to the rest of us owning and carrying pistols and rifles – maybe that stems a fear or aversion on her part about owning and carrying them herself?

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