Michael R. Shannon

Michael R. Shannon (The Whole Shebang (mostly)) is a Virginia-based public relations and media consultant with MANDATE: Message, Media & Public Relations who has worked in over 75 elections on three continents and a handful of islands.

Most Recent Articles by Michael R. Shannon:

This Toll Tolls for You October 7, 2011
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, Tolls on I-95
A “Safe” & “Legal” Procedure That’s Always Fatal September 22, 2011
The abortion industry is built on the death of innocents and a flight from personal responsibility — all while hiding behind the euphemism of “choice.”
The ‘Save Obama’s Job’ bill September 15, 2011
Right now the only job Obama is really interested in is his own
When Dry–Cleaning Attacks September 8, 2011
Perchloroethylene (PERC)
Why some are more ‘illegal’ than others September 2, 2011
Why obey the law when breaking it gains you a work permit?
Note to Post: Cover Katie Perry, not Rick August 25, 2011
Washington Post: Official media Stop Perry Campaign
A New Media Slant Detector August 19, 2011
Come November, when I let my WSJ subscription lapse, I’ll be saving hundreds of dollars and fighting media bias.
One man’s museum is another man’s menace August 12, 2011
Hoarding in Fairfax County
Dead skunk stinkin’ to high Heaven August 5, 2011
More money needed to compost Virginia's roadkill
Hot town – summer in the city July 29, 2011
Complete infantilization of America by a self-appointed group of we-know-best busybodies who don’t think the average American has enough sense to come in out of the sun.
Embracing Defeat in the Debt Ceiling Debate July 22, 2011
Mitch McConnell offers a debt ceiling “contingency” plan that combines pre–emptive surrender with the approval of Nancy Pelosi
Persuading Politicians to Do Your Price Fixing July 15, 2011
Right now any yahoo with a cell phone and a laptop can claim to be a political media consultant.
Aviation justice and the debt ceiling July 8, 2011
Obama, stalwart class warrior, has declared non–kinetic action on corporate jet owners and is asking for Congress’ help in promoting the conflict
What’s legal in court is often a crime July 2, 2011
Failure of ethics and morality is just as big a crime as a rush fashion shoot with a pair of new boots
Richmond Fed: Letting Its Glee Flag Fly June 24, 2011
Goal not tolerance. Activist’s ultimate aim appears to be controlling our thoughts, speech and opinions with regard to their place in society with no room for deviation
Illegal Immigration: Address Supply & Demand June 18, 2011
Chipotle, a national chain of burrito emporiums
The Gang that Couldn’t Negotiate Straight May 27, 2011
Obama says many things he does not mean, he assumes the PA and Hamas do likewise, but cemeteries in Israel prove him wrong
The Return of the Unicorn May 20, 2011
Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John W. Douglass, conservative Democrat
Standards? We don’t need no stinking standards! May 13, 2011
We live in a restraint–free environment. If it feels good do it. If the check’s large, cash it.
Cuccinelli Conducts Free Backbone Seminar May 6, 2011
Obama decided the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) he supported in 2008, was past its Constitutional sell–by date in 2011
Gov. McDonnell Demonstrates Resolve April 29, 2011
Leadership and the veto of the Virginia redistricting bill
Budget & Other Deals on Slow Boat to Nowhere April 24, 2011
Budgetary victories made in the age of Obama
Contracts Are Made to Be Broken April 16, 2011
It’s hard to tell who holds the Tea party in greater contempt: Democrats or Republicans
Virginia Tech’s Teflon President April 9, 2011
Charles W. Steger dithered and delayed
Government Shutdowns Are as Risky as Nuclear Shutdowns April 2, 2011
In Japan damaged nuclear plants are leaking radiation into the water and the air. In Washington a damaged political system is spewing toxic debt into our nation’s future
Political Cartography for Dummies March 25, 2011
Elections in Egypt, America, access to the ballot, domestic redistricting
Can You Hold It ‘til We Get Home? March 18, 2011
Former governor Tim Kainewill enter race for US Senate seat
The French Fry’s Revenge March 11, 2011
Crime on Metro up, Ten years ago Metro police began a program of stepped–up enforcement of the prohibition against eating and drinking in the system
A Newton for Our Time March 4, 2011
Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson repudiated his participation in the greatest moral evil of his age, Abortion
What Do You Do When the Government Revolts? February 26, 2011
Obama is desperately trying to keep public employee unions —call it the Collective Brotherhood — in power