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April 29, 2010 By Susan C. Strong

Cards on the Table!

Right now the biggest game on Capitol Hill is the financial reform bill. Although the outcome is still far from sure, the Democrats are finally getting their narrative on this topic right, moving into American ‘punch back fighter’ mode. They’re countering Republican and Chamber of Commerce propaganda immediately.  They’re ‘stepping up to the plate’ and demanding […]

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March 28, 2010 By Susan C. Strong

Got American Breakthrough Language?

Making a breakthrough is an important piece of the ideal American story. Just before Representative Dennis Kucinich voted for the recent health insurance reform bill, he told Esquire.com (esquire.com/the-side/qa/dennis-kucinich-health-care-bill-032210) about the breakthrough that led him to do it.  Hope for future health care reform bills revived because of it.  Now, lined up on the political […]

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February 18, 2010 By Susan C. Strong

The “Big Business Thugs!”

In December, 2009, President Obama said, “the buck stops with me,” when the Homeland Security Department he inherited from Bush & Co. failed to prevent the Christmas bomber’s attempt. But the four alarm mess the Bushies dumped on Obama and the rest of us, including the badly pasted together Homeland Security Department, is not a […]

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December 2, 2008 By Susan C. Strong

Why ‘Speaking American’ Really Matters Now

Right now, in the light of President-elect Barack Obama’s historic victory, almost everyone on the left is focused on what new and good things our government might do in the next four years. Policy proposals are multiplying geometrically, laid out in page after page of abstract, jargon-laden detail. The primary audience for these messages is […]

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September 10, 2008 By Susan C. Strong

American ‘Truth Bites’

Two words. Three. Sometimes four or five at the most. Smart, punchy ones that ‘got rhythm.’ Phrases that grab attention, tell a quick story, sound kind of familiar. Today, friends, that’s what it’s really going to take to save the world, our ecosphere here on planet earth, and our country. If it’s ever going to […]

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January 14, 2008 By Susan C. Strong

Revisiting The One Big Family Frame

Dear MP Network, Back in February of 2005, I sent you a post, already published on Common Dreams, called ‘The One Big Family Frame.‘  It began this way: ‘As the Bush Administration finishes setting forth its alarming vision for America, we must lay out our own ‘big vision’ story. But a vital piece of that […]

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February 24, 2006 By Susan C. Strong

Sellout, Not Security

Friends, we are in one of the biggest framing crises since 911. The President calls the UAE port management deal business/free trade as usual. But there’s a threat behind the administration’s rhetoric too– you don’t want to be seen as anti-Arab/Muslim, do you? This is a serious, far-reaching trap for all opponents to this deal. […]

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January 31, 2006 By Susan C. Strong

How To Take The Latest ‘Framing’ Buzz

Dear MP Network, Maybe it’s the threat of Samuel Alito actually being seated on the U.S. Supreme Court, but in the last week or so it seems like there’s just been an explosion of new ideas, sites, blogs, articles or online debate about framing. For example, we have Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s ‘Our Ten Words’ […]

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November 23, 2005 By Susan C. Strong

Fighting Fire with Fire: ‘More’ & ‘Pop Speak’

Reframing the great American ‘more’ In the November 2005 issue of ‘free-range thinking,’ Andy Goodman’s lively communications newsletter, there is a story about what ‘re-branding’ has done for The Center for A New American Dream, an organization devoted to helping move the public toward sustainable consumption. Interesting enough, the key thing they did was shift […]

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February 2, 2005 By Susan C. Strong

Our ‘One Big Family’ Frame

Published on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 by CommonDreams.org by Susan C. Strong As the Bush Administration finishes setting forth its alarming vision for America, we must lay out our own ‘big vision’ story. But a vital piece of that vision is the way we get to the future we want from where we are now. […]

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