
The question is being asked 'Should retailers keep the word Christmas out of Christmas Sales ads?'
A Wal Mart Greeter was fired for telling customers Merry Christmas.
In some states several people protest the use of the Christmas Tree in Government offices, etc.
In several sch …

It's been a tough year for me and probably many of you fellow Viners. I started getting very active on Newsvine when I got laid off this time last year. Sadly enough I am still unemployed and things are still hard as probably many of you. I try to be positive about things...

Hey all of newsvine. I am a 21 year old caucasian male, college student currently working at UPS, I enjoy movies, the greatful dead, playing guitar and taking pictures.

This week marks the one year anniversary for the concept of Good News Wednesday. Our friend, Azsky13 wrote the article kicking off the idea of posting only good news concentrating on one day a week.
Can the law keep up with technology? - CNN.comSource: CNN
CNN) -- In a case that would have been impossible even five years ago, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter.
The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir fo …

I'm just curious how high you have ever been on the leaderboard "from the past week"?

I joined Newsvine because it was for real people to comment, write and bring our attention to different issues. We, the readers made the decisions as to what was important enough to seed to Newsvine, not the media giants.

"I can't define pornography, but I know it when I see it." (SC Justice Potter Stewart)

I have been noticing that on the Newsvine pages when one posts a comment we have a choice to post with or with out a vote on the article.
Whatever Happened To... NewsvineSource: Read/WriteWeb
I haven't been around for a while, so I'm not sure how things are going on the 'Vine. Has the signal:noise ration gotten any better? It's sad that development has slowed so far down.

In 2007, I was commissioned by a Fortune 100 company to perform an analysis of their company's operations and suggest means by which they could become leaner and more efficient.

OPINION:
Political debate takes it's toll. And this on line forum is a glaring example of the casualties of that war.
Many quality contributors have fallen to the way side of pointless, endless, debate. They have simply opted to " Opt Out"

So my Newsvine payout balance is sitting at a paltry $21.75, well below the $25 necessary for payouts. Right now, it tends to accrue about $0.08 per month, which would mean a long time before it surpasses that magical barrier. I need to do something about this.

Perhaps my favorite story of government failure of all time is the recent, proud (lol) announcement by the Obama Administration that the Obama/Democrat 787 bullion dollar "stimulus" bill has "created" 30,000 new jobs--6 (count 'em on your fingers) in Rhode Island alone, and less …

It seems to me that in life and with movies and TV shows and even on blogs, that some people see that other people are attracting a lot of positive attention and that some of those people seem to exist just to criticize the other people.

I love polls. One of the greatest parts of Newsvine (IMHO) is asking people questions and getting their response. It comes from a real genuine curiosity about how people feel about many different things.

How many votes does it take to be freed from the greenhouse? I want to flourish on the vine with all the other cool kids!!

Newspapers seem to be less available each year.
Newspaper boxes used to be outside many stores,
on street corners, outside almost all restaurants.
Lately they are much harder to find.

...Or, 5 Things you can do to make your online arguments more effective.

I've seen jeremiads for the American Dream... I've seen 'viners write op-ed pieces on almost every topic...

A family member recently challenged me to see if I could give up Newsvine at least for a week, and when I re-examined her points of view. I had to agree with her.

I had an unpleasant experience with Newsvine Friday PM October 16, 2009. The web site "hung" repeatedly, and I suspect that the electronic malfunctions are damaging my software in my computer.

Reflecting on all the people that live in the Newsvine cyber world and those that have vanished. A big neighborhood of people and conversation and a plethora of information being exchanged and discussed. A new found peer group to incorporate into our daily lives.