Double Vision in authorship
Todd Epp has an interesting story starting to take form over at SD Watch, regarding former Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Dennis Wiese.
According to Todd, Dennis recently penned an article for the Argus Leader where he expressed some concerns about immigration policy.
Go over to SD Watch and keep tabs on this case of great minds thinking alike. Really alike.
According to Todd, Dennis recently penned an article for the Argus Leader where he expressed some concerns about immigration policy.
Immigration is a defining feature of America's history and of America's future. Unfortunately, America's current immigration system is broken. Instead of legal channels, legal immigration and orderly, screened entry, the immigration system has fostered a black market characterized by a ballooning undocumented immigrant population, widespread use of fake documents, increasingly violent smuggling cartels and widespread exploitation of undocumented workers.Fair enough, he's not alone in that. But then, according to Todd, there was a another twist to it. Did I say he wasn't alone in those thoughts?
The American people are frustrated with their leaders on this issue and hunger for a solution that will work. They want neither open borders nor closed borders - they want smart borders. The time has come for the president and Congress to work together to enact comprehensive legislation that rewards work, reunites families, restores the rule of law, reinforces our nation's security, respects the rights of U.S.-born and immigrant workers and redeems the American dream.
Immigration is a defining feature of America’s history and of America’s future.Unfortunately, America’s current immigration system is broken. Instead of legal channels, legal immigration, and orderly, screened entry, the immigration system has fostered a black market characterized by a ballooning undocumented immigrant population, widespread use of fake documents, increasingly violent smuggling cartels, and widespread exploitation of undocumented workers.Read that all here at the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action.
The American people are frustrated with their leaders on this issue and hunger for a solution that will work. They want neither open borders, nor closed borders, they want smart borders.
The time has come for the President and Congress to work together to enact comprehensive legislation that rewards work, reunites families, restores the rule of law, reinforces our nation’s security, respects the rights of U.S.-born and immigrant workers, and redeems the American Dream.
Go over to SD Watch and keep tabs on this case of great minds thinking alike. Really alike.
Comments
They can't have it both ways. They have to cite their sources, too.
This is B.S.
O the power of the internet!
Do we have a couple of ob-1-konobies (sp) in blog land. You know what I'm trying to say.
At least in Blog land two different postings are putting people on alert! So are these a "heard it here first".
HT: Epp & PP
eg: lessons to be learned
1. creative writing what not to do
2. spaming and full content.
That is todays lessons
Who are they kidding acting superior now?
He should have sited his sources as people do in college, business and yes even lobbist give source!
OPPS
Yes, they do resite the law and as they state it you KOW they are stating what is on the books.
If i remember correctly such terms used have included
in policy is states
Or a bill number
etc. etc. etc.
So to me it has always been clear.
But if someone knows different by all means let's speak now.
I would also like to say do not try and spin or turn the conversation off of what is at hand.
enfu said.
They have a personal vendetta out against Wiese and will do whatever they can to 'attempt' to destroy him.
What if the tide turns the other way? Will Epp & Klocheck go running and hide under papa Billion's shadow?
Give me a break!
I'm sure Dennis has authored a few other pieces of Farmers Union policy and Dem policy under his name just like the rest of the cronies he hangs around.
I hope no one else authors such a piece without the disclaimer. Otherwise the friends of Epp at the
Argus will extract more blood.
It is interesting that because a high profile person like Wiese got challenged and although Wiese talked to the Argus, a simple apology wasn't enough and they had to help Kloucek....I mean Epp continue to harass Wiese and his family. Wiese has thicker skin than anyone I have seen. I don't think the congressionals have ever endured the personal attacks that Wiese and his family have had.
I guess anything goes with the Dems and the legislators as they are as quiet as church mice.
I think you're stretching just a little bit to call Dennis Wiese a "high profile" person.
A self righteous over inflated regard for one's own self does not a high profile person make.
He certainly is a resilient person though. And he has a lot of supporters as well. Even his issue of immigration that he was addessing made a lot sense and seems to be where the majority of Congress and the Bush administration is going. Wiese is not afraid to tackle difficult issues.
I'll bet their figuring out how to square their ethics issues about now.
I'd have to agree with you. While other local political figures sit back and fight quietly amoungst themselves about nothing, Wiese actually stood up and put his foot down on an issue. Be it not his own words - but his feelings.
You can't say that for many other politicians in this state. They are all 'playing it safe' when it comes to controversial issues.
Let's see Thune, Johnson, Herseth Sandlin or any other candidate come out in favor or against an issue that is controversial - publically.
90% of the time it's a 'safe' bet that they're just playing the cards the way that they're dealt...politically.
If you don't agree with his politics or his 'writing' ethic - you can a least, quietly, give him a little respeact for sticking his foot out.
The comments on this blog about plagarizing are wrong and actionable.
Wiese was given full authority to reprint the policy in entirety as an op ed piece.
You should take down any comments regarding plagarizism or any other comments that Wiese might have done something without permission.
Seems that the only issue is the Argus' expectations that clearly are not being met by many so called
'writers'.
It is coming from Epp or his friends as it is stated on his website as well.
Plagiarism (from Latin plagiare "to kidnap") is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship or incorporating material from someone else's written or creative work, in whole or in part, into ones own without adequate acknowledgment.
So, as everyone dances around the word, without using it, did Dennis give adequate acknowledgment?
Plagiarism is not about permission to use a work. It deals with not attributing the work to the author.
From Webster online:
Main Entry: pla•gia•rize
Pronunciation: 'plA-j&-"rIz also -jE-&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -rized; -riz•ing
Etymology: plagiary
transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
It doesn’t matter if the author gave Weise permission or not. What matters is that the source of the information is properly credited. He attempted to pass off the article as his own work. Any high school or college student who did the same would be either failed or expelled. He gave no credit...therefore, he plagiaized the work. Period.
Shouldn't you give credit to Wikipedia for using their definition?
I kid because I love :)
The only thing this should apply to is LEGAL immigrant workers, not illegal. Am I missing something, or do Wiese and Epp actually agree on the issue of illegal immigratoin and are just at odds over who wrote this article?
I take it too then that they both support the immigration bill currently in the Senate. Have they read any of the 1,000 pages of this thing and the fine print, and have they thought about what will happen to our country, Social Security, taxes, etc if this is allowed to be enacted? Off hand, I would say no. Who knows what is buried in those 1,000 pages and will come back to haunt us, let alone the added burden to and quicker destruction of the SS and society safety nets now in place when millions of current illegals are allowed to draw from them without contributing. Of course, the Dems just plan on taxing the rest of us to death to pay for it, but I can't figure out why Bush and the Reps would support this.
Both sides are pandering to voters IMO, even though the majority of voters are sending a resounding NO to Capitol Hill. Just another example of the disconnect between the people and their so-called representatives in Washington.
But then again, it's the comment section, not the argus.
But the irony is that in a post about plagiarism ... PP himself plagiarized.