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:

Standing Up to Adversity, Both Foreign & Domestic February 18, 2011

Google appears to operate under the principle that actions have consequences

You Can’t Be a Little Bit “Private” February 5, 2011

How leftist and “progressive” thought so permeates the culture that even conservatives can be fooled

Time for an Intervention January 27, 2011

Virginia’s Gov. Bob McDonnell, privatizing the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

All the News That’s Good for You January 23, 2011

People are tired of being mislead as reporters select and distort news coverage to conform to the media’s ideology

Guns Don’t Kill People, Rhetoric Kills People January 13, 2011

If I had only known my words had such power I could have used my talent for good

No Wonder Henry Ford Said “History Is Bunk” January 7, 2011

Vitginia School textbooks

Help ‘Public’ Broadcasting Kick the Habit December 31, 2010

Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing if not tough love, at least disapproving love. McDonnell wants to eliminate the Commonwealth’s $4 million a year subsidy to ‘public’ broadcasting

The Cathedral of Can’t We All Get Along? December 25, 2010

‘Catholic’ schools that enable Muslim students are what the faithful refer to as Catholic In Name Only

The First Rule of Holes December 10, 2010

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation

Ratchet Effect – How the Old Maximum Becomes the New Minimum December 3, 2010

The Iron Triangle of big government spenders — Democrats, media & feeders at the federal trough

Why Are Schools of Education Such an Oxymoron? November 26, 2010

No F's and cheating not punished

Bend Over & Experience 21st Century Air Travel November 19, 2010

Getting microwaved at the airport is a benefit of modern air travel, TSA, Ta–Ta Squeezin’ Animals

Shannon Post How to boost the TEA Party’s Caffeine Level November 12, 2010

Don’t be co–opted by the Republican establishment

New Congress To–Do List November 5, 2010

Tuesday’s result was not a Republican victory, it was a conservative victory and Republicans just happened to be the least worst choice available

Is Anyone Not Offering Flu Shots This Year? October 29, 2010

When is the last time you remember the Democrats running on social issues and the Republicans on economic issues?

Are Newspapers This Hard Up? October 22, 2010

The Wall Street Journal

Another 18th Century Infestation Courtesy of the EPA October 15, 2010

I foresee an avalanche of studies, reports, initiatives, task forces, joint operations and a lot of scratching, but no DDT.

Why the GPS Is Magellan and Not Columbus October 8, 2010

Columbus Day

Call 1–8700–Ask–A–Lawyer October 1, 2010

Democrats are accusing Republicans of “legal activism.”

Death Is Cheapened in VA September 24, 2010

These constant efforts to overturn death sentences on the basis of social worker “evidence” and the musings of mental health professionals only serve to cheapen the murder of the victims

Take Two Tranquilizers And Call After November September 17, 2010

People are tired of wishy–washy pols afraid of their own electoral shadow.

Elephant Community Suffers Another Drive By September 10, 2010

RINO sighting in the capitol, Meghan McCain

Northrop Grumman Introduces Y2K! September 3, 2010

Day 7 of VIRGINIA HELD HOSTAGE: The Great Computer Outage

You Wouldn’t Take a Dog to that Clinic August 27, 2010

Virginia Commonwealth can legally resume oversight over “clinics” that abort the unborn

Brass Ring Escapes Again August 22, 2010

Bob Marshall urging Gov. Bob McDonnell to refuse to accept a penny of Obama’s latest $26 billion government “stimulus” bill

Sisters of Political Futbol August 13, 2010

Drunk Driving, Illegal Aliens, Dead Nuns and Democrats