| Reporter: Susan Ramsett
During a trip to a sanctuary we learned about Australia's unique wildlife and were able to hold a koala and feed kangaroos. Our final days were spent on South Stradbroke Island at a resort built for the 2000 Olympics. We spent our last night there enjoying the sunset from our balcony. We listened to the birds, watched wallabies on the beach below, and tried to describe it all on the postcards we finally got around to writing. However, what makes these trips so special is getting to experience it all in good company with the new friends we make. Chris and I had so many interesting conversations, hearty laughs and amazing adventures with the wonderful folks we traveled with. Cheers! Respond to Sue's blog here:
Hi Susan\, I miss seeing you with Jeff at 10pm\, but Angela is going a nice job.
Senator Santorum and Michael Gerson on McCain (Bumped With A New ...
When Santorum says that "we're looking at the media trying to make Barack Obama the president, and make John McCain the shill for him," and "I think they know that John McCain can't win this election," he is exactly on target.
When Santorum says of McCain that on "the environment, he's absolutely terrible. He buys into the complete left wing environmentalist movement in this country," he is speaking from Republican Caucus experience.
When Santorum says that about the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill that "John McCain was the guy who was working with Ted Kennedy to drive it down our throats, and lectured us repeatedly about how xenophobic we were, lectured us, us being the Republican conference, about how wrong we were on this, how we were on the wrong side of history," he was there, heard those lectures.
When Michael Gerson says that "I think the main policy problem John McCain has is that I don't think there's much evidence that he's a convert on the pro-growth economic philosophy," and adds that "[w]hen he opposed the Bush tax cuts, it wasn't just that there was not offsets, and not sufficient cuts," remember that Gerson was at George W.
Guatemala to Swear in New President
And God willing, in a few months Guatemala will begin to see a reduction in poverty and crime," he said in an interview with Radio Sonora on Monday. Colom, an industrial engineer who led Guatemala's efforts to coax thousands of war refugees back home, has promised to build schools and medical centers, create jobs, and bring security to a country where gangs behead victims and drug traffickers control much of the police forces. Half of Guatemala's 13 million people live on less than $1 a day. Colom plans to recruit business leaders by having them participate in a so-called "Social Pact" to improve the economy and alleviate poverty. The ceremony provides Chavez the first opportunity to meet face to face with Uribe since the two leaders were at odds over Colombia's hostage crisis.
The Money Game Before You Tie the Knot...
Swept up in the excitement and all the expectations, many people jump too hastily into relationships. And the result often isn't pretty. That's just as true in business relationships as it is in personal relationships. Too many people think they know a friend or colleague well enough to start a business together, only to discover they don't. .
Dell Introduces the Next Da Vinci
Dell is announcing today that it will partner with WPP, who will join Dell to create a new global integrated marketing and communications agency. Together with the WPP agency, Dell is creating a new marketing model designed to further propel Dells growth. Weve been calling this Project DaVinci because weve been looking for the combination of artist and scientist an agency that has both the creative horsepower and ability to measure the business impact of their work. The agency will be charged with building shareholder value via programs that are centered on creativity with a business purpose. We believe this is the first time a global client and agency have come together to redefine the agency on such a scale. The process started with Vice President of Global Marketing, Casey Jones, joining Dell eight months ago and discovering that the company was working with more than 800 agencies worldwide.
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