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TSS Meetup Kota Malang

2011-11-30T04:52:00.000-08:00

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Michael Jackson

2009-06-27T06:57:00.000-07:00

A Tribute To Your Great Work

Off the Wall: 1979

Thriller: 1982

Thriller: 1982-Best Selling Album Worldwide

Bad: 1987

Dangerous: 1991

Thanks for four decades of music which brought millions of people happiness across the world.

Gone, but not forgotten

Stop Dreaming Start Action For Better Future

2009-06-20T05:57:00.000-07:00

Kita semua pasti pernah dan pasti punya sebuah impian (dream) dan biasanya kita akan lakukan apapun agar impian tersebut tercapai atau menjadi kenyataan, atau mungkin ada yang telah berusaha mati-matian tapi tetap gagal,akhirnya kita menyerah dan membiarkan impian itu terbengkalai, atau mungkin juga sangking frustasinya akhirnya kita mengganti impian kita.

Sungguh disayangkan jika itu terjadi, Coba bayangkan apa hal pertama yang anda pikirkan ketika anda membuat sebuah impian atau membayangkan sebuah angan yang kemudian tanpa sadar menjadi impian kita.

Mungkin sebagian dari kita malah lupa akan hal ini. Itu sudah biasa, Namun satu hal yang pasti pada Impian kita adalah tujuan dari tercapainya impian itu nantinya. Entah itu berupa perbaikan hidup, perekonomian, kesejahteraan, status, derajat, jabatan, banyak yang lainnya.

Nah, sekarang saya akan memberikan beberapa tips yang saya kutip dari seseorang yang menjadi panutan dalam setiap langkah hidup saya yaitu Bapak Joko Sosilo untuk anda,

Beri tenggat waktu.

Setel musik. Bagi yang suka musik, dengarkan musik favorit anda. Biarkan pikiran anda menari-nari. Apa saja ide yang anda dapat? Catat!

Rileks sejenak.

Nikmati hobi anda. Seperti memancing yang biasa saya lakukan saat waktu senggang. Sambil menunggu umpan dimakan ikan, ide-ide segar dari kepala saya mengucur lancar. Anda pun bisa melakukannya. Apakah anda suka memelihara tanaman, bermain sepakbola, membaca, atau apapun hobi anda, nikmatilah untuk membuat anda lebih kreatif.

Tanyakan pada anak kecil. Sederhanakan persoalan yang tengah anda hadapi dan tanyakan pada anak kecil. Anda akan takjub terkadang jawaban-jawaban mereka begitu brilian. Simpel namun mengena untuk menyelesaikan persoalan.

Berdoa dan ACTION. Berdoa itu akan membuat anda lebih kreatif. Coba anda lakukan doa dengan sungguh-sungguh. Lalu barengi dengan ACTION. Kata Pak Haji Mohamsa Ramly, bekerjalah dengan penuh minat dan doa yang kuat.

untuk detail silakan lihat pada jokosusilo.com

Jadi jangan pernah menyerah akan impian anda,sekali anda gagal coba, dan coba lagi.
Selamat Meraih Impian Anda
Stop Dreaming Start Action For Better Future

98 Killed In Indonesian Military Plane Crash

2009-05-20T06:25:00.000-07:00

MAGETAN, Indonesia – An Indonesian military plane carrying troops and their families crashed into a row of houses and burst into flames Wednesday, killing at least 98 people, the latest in a string of accidents plaguing the beleaguered air force.

Black smoke billowed in the air as soldiers carried the injured past the burning wreckage of the C-130 Hercules — its tail resting upside down in a rice paddy and the rest of the charred fuselage scattered over several hundred yards (meters).

Military spokesman Sagom Tamboen said the transport plane, built in 1980, plunged to the ground near an air force base in East Java province, slamming into a residential neighborhood and then skidding into a field.

It was not clear what caused the crash, but several witnesses described seeing its right wing fall off while it was still in the air.

"I heard at least two big explosions and saw flashes of fire inside the plane," said Lamidi, a 41-year-old peasant who was working in a nearby rice field and ran for cover. "The wing snapped off and fell to the ground."

The plane was carrying at least 109 passengers and crew, including troops and their families, when it went down in Geplak, a village 325 miles (520 kilometers) east of the capital, Jakarta. At least 10 children were among them.

At least 98 people were killed, including two on the ground, and 15 others were injured, said Bambang Samudro, chief of the military air base in Magetan. Many of the injured suffered severe burns.

"Before the plane crashed, I heard several blasts and then it started wobbling from left to right," 2nd Pvt. Saputra said from his bed at the air force hospital. "It crashed to the ground and I was pinned under several people. I heard screaming before losing consciousness."

The country's air force, long underfunded and handicapped by a recently lifted U.S. ban on weapons sales, has suffered a series of accidents, including a Fokker 27 plane that crashed into an airport hangar last month, killing all 24 onboard.

The air force has operated C-130s — the backbone of its transport wing — since the early 1960s, when it received a batch of 10 from the United States in exchange for the release of a CIA bomber pilot shot down in 1958 while supporting an anti-government mutiny.

About 40 more were delivered over the next 20 years, many secondhand and provided by Washington before the Clinton administration imposed sanctions on military deliveries because of violence that broke out during East Timor's 1999 break for independence.

The air force complained that many of the planes quickly became unserviceable because of the lack of spare parts. Though the embargo was lifted several years ago, the air worthiness of many is still in question.

Tamboen promised a full investigation of all military aircraft.

There also have been a series of commercial airline crashes in recent years which killed more than 120 people. The EU responded by banning all Indonesian carriers from flying to Europe

Indonesia Masih Paling Murah Senyum

2009-05-19T00:17:00.000-07:00

Berdasarkan hasil survei The Smiling Report 2009, Indonesia adalah negara paling murah senyum di dunia dengan skor 98%. Untuk salam, skor Indonesia sejajar Hongkong, juga 98%.

Siaran pers The Smiling Report dari AB Better Business berbasis di Swedia (8/4/2009) yang diteruskan Korfungsi Pensosbud KBRI Stockholm Dody Kusumonegoro kepada detikcom (16/5/2009) juga menyebutkan bahwa skor terbaik ucapan salam ini terutama ditemukan dalam pelayanan pemerintah (94%), sedangkan business to business (B2B) cuma 70%.

Sementara itu negara paling tidak ramah senyum adalah Pakistan dengan skor 44% dan terendah untuk memberikan salam adalah Maroko dengan skor 48%. Swedia sendiri berada di rangking 24, dengan skor untuk murah senyum 77% dan salam 81%.

Untuk kategori per benua, skor tertinggi diraih Australia dengan skor murah senyum 89% dan salam 92%. Terendah dari semua benua adalah Afrika: skor murah senyum 62% dan salam 51%.

Sektor industri dengan senyum terbaik adalah Health &; Beauty Care (Kesehatan dan Perawatan Kecantikan) dan Transportasi dengan skor 86%, dan terendah adalah sektor B2B dengan 52%.

Data-data di atas dikompilasi dari para Mystery Shopper, yakni orang-orang terlatih untuk merasakan dan mengukur proses pelayanan terhadap pelanggan. Mereka ini pura-pura sebagai pembeli atau pelanggan potensial untuk selanjutnya melaporkan pengalamannya. Para Mistery Shopper ini disebut juga pelanggan anonim (anonymous customer), tamu virtual, atau pelanggan percobaan.

Hasil kompilasi survei 2008 yang meliputi data customer service itu termasuk jawaban dari 2,5 juta lebih pertanyaan mengenai Smile (senyum), Greeting (salam) dan Add-on Sales (layanan tambahan saat penjualan) di 66 negara.

Untuk layanan tambahan saat penjualan, skor tertinggi diraih sektor B2B (65%), sedangkan leisure paling rendah dengan skor cuma 40%. Sementara penjualan tertinggi dibukukan Pakistan (82%), terendah adalah Finlandia (3%).

Smiling Report mencatat tren yang terus menurun tiap tahun untuk Senyum, yakni 77% (2008), 82% (2007) dan 87% (2004). Tren penurunan juga terjadi Salam, yakni 81% (2008, 2007) dibandingkan 88% di 2004

Miss North Carolina USA crowned Miss USA 2009

2009-04-19T21:50:00.000-07:00

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer

Miss North Carolina USA Kristen Dalton dinobatkan Sebagai Miss USA 2009 pada Minggu,19 April 2009, mengalahkan 50 orang ratu kecantikan dikontes yang ditayangkan langsung dari Planet Hollywood Resort dan Kasino di Las Vegas.

Wanita berumur 22 tahun yang bercita-cita menjadi pembicara motivator dan penghibur dari Wilmington bergerak perlahan keluar terlebih dulu nomor dua Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, San Diego, dan nomor dua Miss Arizona USA Alicia-Monique Blanco, Phoenix.

"merasa benar-benar natural,"kata Dalton kemenangannya. "saya bekerja keras agar bisa disini dan ini adalah impian seumur hidup saya dan akhirnya saya di sini. Dan siapa pun tahu kamu bisa menang dalam pirus gown?"

Kontestan dari ke-50 negara bagian dan Daerah Columbia bertanding dalam pawai, menganginkan hidup dari NBC.

Contestants dinilai berdasarkan kinerja mereka di pakaian renang dan meratakan perlombaan keperagawatian gaun dan tanya jawaban mereka atas pertanyaan diatas pentas 15 orang kontestan melakukan tahap di bikini tali putih didesain di samping air soda bintang Jessica Simpson pakaian renang garis.

Rocker Kevin Rudolf melakukan lagunya"Membiarkan itu Rock,"mengikui oleh Veronicas, yang main mereka tunggal"tak Rayu"sewaktu 10 cantik teratas memamerkan pilihan mereka gaun meratakan yang cemerlang. Dalton"S adalah jumlah biru Grecian yang mengalir yang menonjol di antara rentetan gaun putih.

Gelarnya terdapat dengan setahun"S penggunaan apartemen New York, tim hubungan masyarakat, pengetahuan akademis dua tahun di Akademi Film New York dan gaji yang tak tersingkap. Dia juga akan pergi ke Bahama pada Agustus untuk bersaing di Miss Alam Semesta pawai, di mana Amerika cantik tempat berlindung"t mujur tahun-tahun ini.

Baik Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart maupun pendahulunya, Rachel Smith, dibinasakan di panggung selama pertandingan gaun meratakan, menjadi kebetulan YouTube bintang. Menanya tentang jatuh terguling selama pameran pada Minggu, Adalah pelajaran dalam segar kembali dari kekalahan. "saya berpikir adalah tes sebenarnya saya character,"mengatakan orang Texas berumur 27 tahun, yang bekerja untuk mengangkat kesadaran untuk kanker payudara sewaktu dia melalui bola bumi yang memajukan perlombaan kecantikan.

Jika ada YouTube saat dari Minggu"S menunjukkan, mungkin menjadi Miss California"S bertanggung-jawab pada pertanyaan tentang mensahkan yang sama-jenis kelamin perkawinan. Rambut pirang tinggi tersandung beberapa sebelum memberi jawaban yang muncul ke silahkan hadirin pawai.

"Kami tinggal di negeri di mana kamu bisa pilih yang sama-jenis kelamin perkawinan atau di hadapan marriage,"kata Prejean. "Dan kamu mengetahui apa yang, saya pikirkan di negara saya, di keluarga saya, pikir saya bahwa saya percaya bahwa perkawinan sebaiknya di antara seorang laki-laki dan seorang wanita.

Tak ada melukai perasaan kepada siapa saja ke luar sana, tetapi itu adalah bagaimana saya ditinggikan. " Beberapa di hadirin menyoraki, orang lain berolok-olok. Jawaban mencetuskan pertandingan berteriak di lobi sesudah Scott Ihrig, seorang laki-laki homoseks, yang menghadiri pawai dengan mitranya. mengatakan "saya berpikir menggelikan bahwa dia mendapat terlebih dulu nomor dua.

Itu tidak adalah nilai sebanyak 95 persen dari orang di hadirin ini. Melihat-lihat di hadirin ini dan katakan pada saya berapa laki-laki homoseks ada. " Charmaine Koonce, ibu Miss New Mexico USA Bianca Carla, membantah punggung. "di Alkitab mengatakan perkawinan di antara Adam dan Eve tak ada Adam dan Steve!" Pawai sudah menikmati tahun yang tanpa skandal sampai lebih awal bulan ini, waktu Miss Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza ditusuk untuk blog mengirimkan dari perjalanan ke Guantanamo Bay.

Peserta menggambarkan mempunyai"banyak kesenangan"di alas bahwa rumah penjara militer yang terkenal buruknya Dan Nadine Velazquez NBC sitcom"Nama Saya ialah Pangeran.

"tahun ini"S hakim termasuk"Sabtu malam Hidup"melemparkan anggota Kenan Thompson,"menari dengan Bintang"pemenang Kelly Monaco dan gunjingan blogger Perez Hilton Miss Wyoming USA Cynthia Pate, Casper, Wyo., dipilih Miss Congeniality oleh sesama kontestannya. Jessi Pierson, Milton, W.Va., dipilih Miss Photogenic lewat perlombaan online pada Miss Universe Web Site.

Organisator mengatakan Minggu"S sandiwara pergi"Green Week"di NBC. As sebagian kampanye kesadaran lingkungan, Miss USA mahkota didesain oleh jauhari bahwa berspesialisasi dalam di tanpa konflik dan eco-bersahabat permata. Mahkota dari Diamond Nexus Labs of Franklin, Wis., berharga $202.000

9th April : Indonesia Vote

2009-04-09T23:08:00.000-07:00

This is my 2nd time to vote,but i still excited.
Even theres a lot kind or political organisation on Indonesia, and thats make me confused to voted who???
hahah....

But,it would be nice for me, really.

8 Headline Sales Letter Paling Menjual Sepanjang Masa

2009-02-24T08:34:00.000-08:00

Dalam sales letter, salah satu bagian terpenting adalah headline. Karena headline yang dilihat orang pertama kali. Kalau headline anda gagal menarik perhatian pengunjung, mereka akan meninggalkan situs web anda seketika itu juga. Artinya tak terjadi penjualan di situs web anda.

Karena itu anda perlu memberikan perhatian penuh pada headline sales letter anda. Di headline, pesan anda akan terbaca pertama kali. Dari headline pula bermula proses terjadinya penjualan. Untuk itu, jangan segan mengubah headline sales letter jika memang penjualan anda masih seret.

Baiklah. Anda mau tahu headline sales letter paling menjual sepanjang masa?

Headline yang saya sampaikan di sini merupakan pengamatan saya terhadap sejumlah sales letter dan dari beberapa buku copywriting, serta beberapa dimodifikasi sedemikian rupa. Berikut 8 headline sales letter paling menjual sepanjang masa:

* Mereka tertawa ketika saya duduk di depan piano. Tapi BUNGKAM Saat Saya Mulai Memainkannya. Headline jenis ini sangat ampuh karena menarik perhatian dan menampilkan efek from “zero to hero”. Seseorang yang mulanya ditertawakan namun bisa membuktikan kemampuannya sehingga membungkam orang-orang yang menertawainya. Anda bisa pakai headline jenis ini dengan pola kalimat berbentuk “Mereka ……., tapi saya membuktikannya”.
* Siapa lagi yang ingin mendapatkan jutaan rupiah setiap hari? Headline jenis ini kuat karena banyak orang yang belum pernah merasakannya. Anda bisa pakai headline jenis ini dengan pola kalimat “Siapa lagi yang ingin…..?”.
* Bagaimana sebuah ide sederhana membuat saya menghemat ratusan juta rupiah setahun. Headline ini menghubungkan dua hal secara dramatis. Kalau anda suka, anda bisa pakai dengan pola “Bagaimana ………… Membuat Saya…..”.
* Apakah Anda Sudah Mempersiapkan Masa Tua Anda? Headline jenis ini bersifat provokatif, menantang, dan menimbulkan rasa penasaran. Pola headlinenya “Apakah Anda…..?”.
* Bagaimana Saya Mengubah Perusahaan Bobrok menjadi Perusahaan Paling Diperhitungkan Saat Ini. Headline ini merupakan rentetan kejadian. Dari yang semula terpuruk, lalu bangkit, dan meraih prestasi. Anda bisa gunakan dengan pola kalimat “Bagaimana Saya…..”.
* Bagaimana Mendongkrak Produktivitas Anda Hanya dalam Tiga Hari. Headline ini sederhana dan berisi manfaat besar. Polanya berbentuk “how to” atau “Bagaimana…..”.
* Jika Anda Bisa Menulis, Anda Bisa Meraup Jutaan Rupiah Dalam Seminggu. Headline ini mengarah kepada kondisi pembacanya. Pola headline ini adalah “Jika Anda …., Anda Bisa……”
* Rahasia Menggondol Tujuh Piala Catur Beruntun Terungkap. Polanya “Rahasia…..”. Kata “rahasia” mujarab untuk menggugah rasa penasaran pembaca.

Kedelapan pola headline di atas hampir semuanya pernah saya coba. Hasilnya memang berbeda-beda. Yang penting setiap anda menggunakan suatu headline, anda ukur hasilnya. Dan bandingkan dengan headline lain yang anda coba. Namun yang jelas, headline sangat besar pengaruhnya terhadap bisnis internet anda.

Bagaimana komentar anda? Atau mungkin anda mau mencoba menulis headline di kotak komentar. Boleh juga berbagi pengalaman anda menulis headline. Silakan…saya nantikan dan mari kita diskusikan.

(source: jokosusilo.com)

Pilih Mana, Blogger atau Wordpress?

2008-12-21T02:48:00.000-08:00

Bagi yang pertama kali mau blogging, mungkin bingung mau membuat blog dimana. Karena banyak sekali pilihan yang ditawarkan. Mulai dari penyedia blog luar seperti Blogger, Wordpress, Multiply, Blogdrive, sampai yang lokal seperti BlogGaul, BlogBoleh, Detik, dan Dagdigdug.

Di antara sekian banyak pilihan tempat blogging itu, kali ini mari kita ulas dan obrolkan tentang dua penyedia blog yang paling banyak dipakai saat ini, yakni blogger dan wordpress. Apa saja kesamaan keduanya? Dan apa pula yang menjadi kelebihan keduanya?

Dalam memilih apapun, kebanyakan dari kita pasti akan memilih yang bagus dan (kalau bisa) gratis. Kedua kriteria umum tadi sudah pasti bisa dipenuhi blogger dan wordpress. Tapi di samping dua hal tadi, keduanya memiliki kesamaan lain. Apa sajakah?

1. Mudah digunakan. Keduanya sama-sama mudah digunakan. Semudah anda mengetik di program pengolah kata. Sebelum posting dipublikasikan, anda pun bisa melihat review-nya terlebih dulu. Membuatnya pun tidak sulit. Kita tinggal mengikuti petunjuknya yang cuma dalam beberapa langkah, maka jadilah blog kita.
2. Tersedia pilihan template (theme). Keduanya sama-sama punya pilihan theme. Namun, secara jumlah, pilihan lebih banyak terdapat di Wordpress. Template atau theme ini pun sebenarnya bisa kita ganti dengan template lain yang beredar di internet.

Di samping itu, blogger memiliki keunggulan pada:

1. Bisa mengubah desain. Dengan mengedit berkas style (CSS), kita bisa mengubah desain seperti yang kita inginkan.
2. Bisa dibuat adsense. Mayoritas peraup uang dari Adsense yang menggunakan blog gratis, biasanya memakai blogger. Mungkin karena blogger dan adsense adalah sama-sama milik Google. Jadi lebih mudah untuk disetujui adsense-nya. Wordpress pun sebetulnya bisa, tapi harus memakai yang versi berbayar.

Contoh yang menggunakan blogger seperti Mas Satriyo, Mas Erick, Mas Agung, Mas Ichu, dan Pak Sumartono.

Sedang wordpress memiliki kelebihan antara lain:

1. Adanya fitur kategori. Adanya kategori akan mempermudah pemilik dan pengunjung blog. Pemilik blog mudah untuk menentukan cakupan topik yang akan dibahas. Bagi pengunjung, fitur ini memudahkan untuk mencari topik tertentu yang diminati. Di wordpress, fitur ini secara otomatis muncul. Di blogger pun sebetulnya bisa dimunculkan, tapi perlu sedikit usaha.
2. Mudah untuk berkomunikasi. Menurut saya ini merupakan salah satu kelebihan terpenting wordpress. Yaitu bisa melakukan pingback atau trackback. Sebab, pada hakikatnya setiap pemilik blog adalah makhluk sosial. Suka untuk bergaul dengan pemilik blog lainnya. Selain berkomentar, melakukan pingback dan trackback adalah cara lain berkomunikasi dengan pemilik blog lainnya.
3. Ada statistik. Di wordpress tersedia plug in yang bisa menampilkan statistik, baik secara harian, mingguan, maupun bulanan. Ada juga informasi tentang jumlah pengakses setiap halaman beserta kata kuncinya. Semua informasi ini penting untuk memantau perkembangan blog anda. Sehingga anda pun bisa mengambil tindakan tepat untuk perkembangan blog anda.

Di luar yang saya sebutkan di atas, tentu masih banyak sisi lain blogger dan wordpress. Anda mau menambahkannya? Atau mungkin bercerita tentang pengalaman blogging selama ini? Bagi yang belum punya blog, silakan ikutan nimbrung di sini.

source : www.jokosusilo.com

Inilah 10 Kiat Membuat Blog Anda Jadi Makin Terkenal dan Meraup Sukses Besar

2008-12-02T10:18:00.000-08:00

Anda punya blog? Dan ingin blog anda mengalami sukses besar? Pastilah anda semua akan menganggukkan kepala tanda setuju dan menjawab,” Ya!!!” Nah, kemudian pasti pertanyaan yang diajukan berikutnya bagaimana melakukannya?

Kalau benar seperti itu yang anda tanyakan, silakan lanjutkan membaca.

Seperti yang saya katakan tadi, saya akan beritahu cara membuat blog anda cepat terkenal dan meraup sukses besar. Saya tulis secara singkat agar anda mudah dan cepat memahaminya. Serta segera bisa meng-ACTION-kannya. Ini dia kiat-kiatnya…

1. Buat link ke blog lainnya. Terutama ke blog yang trafficnya tinggi dan topiknya sama dengan blog anda.
2. Berlombalah jadi yang pertama berkomentar. Lakukan ini terutama di blog yang pengunjungnya banyak. Karena komentar anda pasti akan terbaca oleh pengunjung lainnya. Kalau komentar anda menarik, mereka pasti langsung menuju ke blog anda.
3. Pancing mereka untuk berkomentar. Cara melakukannya bisa anda baca di sini.
4. Berkomentar untuk menjalin hubungan. Jangan selalu berkomentar hanya demi kepentingan bisnis saja. Tapi bicaralah seperti layaknya obrolan antar-manusia. Tanyakan bagaimana kabar mereka, sedang sibuk apa, atau anda bisa berbagi cerita tentang kejadian menarik yang baru anda alami. Komentar yang alami dan penuh persahabatan seperti layaknya obrolan antar kawan bisa memperkokoh jalinan hubungan.
5. Ijinkan trackback dan link pada tempat berkomentar. Salah satu alasan blogger dalam berkomentar adalah agar bisa membangun jejaring link-nya. Penuhilah keinginan mereka, jangan abaikan.
6. Buat review tentang blog lain. Mereka yang anda buat review blognya pasti akan sangat senang. Ya, ibaratnya anda telah mau menceritakan isi blog tersebut ke pengunjung anda. Blog yang telah anda buat review-nya minimal pasti akan mengunjungi blog anda.
7. Jawablah komentar yang ditujukan pada anda. Punya blog berarti anda harus mau berinteraksi dengan blog lain. Kalau anda hanya ingin mengasingkan diri dengan ngeblog di dunia maya, urungkan niat anda itu. So, jangan biarkan komentar mereka bertepuk sebelah tangan. Bagaimana caranya menjawab komentar?
8. Buatlah artikel yang tak lekang ‘dimakan’ waktu. Maksudnya, yang tidak mudah basi dan dilupakan orang. Tapi yang selalu dibutuhkan orang sampai kapanpun. Seperti artikel berbentuk how-to yang sedang anda baca ini. Jenis-jenis artikel lainnya silakan klik di sini.
9. Pelihara hubungan baik dengan blog lain. Khususnya dengan blog yang ikut menyumbang aliran traffic ke blog anda. Alias dari sana salah satu sumber datangnya pengunjung ke blog anda.
10. Masukkan posting mereka ke social media. Ini cara lain yang bisa anda perbuat untuk memperkuat hubungan. Mereka pasti senang kalau tahu anda membantu menyebarluaskan posting blog mereka ke social media.

source : http://www.jokosusilo.com

Bagaimana Membuat Blog Dibanjiri Komentar

2008-12-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

Kalau anda suka jalan-jalan di dunia maya, pasti anda temukan banyak sekali blog. Di Indonesia saja konon jumlahnya sudah mencapai puluhan ribu. Dan pasti jumlahnya terus bertambah. Setiap hari ada saja blog baru yang lahir. Tapi tidak sedikit juga yang mati suri atau mati beneran alias tidak pernah diurusi lagi.

Dari sekian banyak penyebabnya, salah satunya adalah sepinya pengunjung. Jarang ada orang yang mau melirik blog yang kita buat. Kalau melirik saja mereka tak mau, bagaimana bisa mereka meninggalkan komentar di blog kita?

Nah padahal keunggulan blog salah satunya adalah kuatnya interaksi dengan pengunjung. Pengunjung bisa langsung bertegur sapa dengan pemilik blog. Si empunya blog pun bisa melayani pertanyaan atau komentar pengunjung. Hubungan yang kuat antara pengunjung dan pemilik blog ini yang menjadi dasar kesuksesan blog yang kita bangun.

Kalau anda sudah mengunjungi sejumlah blog, anda pasti juga bingung kenapa ada blog yang luar biasa ramai dikomentari, sedangkan blog lainnya sama sekali sepi? Bahkan sampai ada pengunjung yang rela berkali-kali berkomentar di suatu blog. Kenapa kok bisa begitu?

Ok… ok… biar tak penasaran saya jelaskan perlahan.

Pertama tentu anda sudah tahu kalau komentar itu diberikan oleh pengunjung. Jadi kalau tak ada yang berkunjung ke blog anda, pasti tak bakal ada yang berkomentar. Di sinilah pentingnya TRAFFIC. Semakin ramai traffic blog anda, semakin banyak yang sudi meninggalkan komentarnya.

Ada yang bilang kalau traffic itu tergantung dari posting yang kita buat. Kalau artikelnya bagus, pasti banyak orang akan rela berkomentar. Sebaliknya kalau artikel yang kita tulis buruk, tak ada yang mau kasih komentar.

Pendapat itu ada benarnya, tapi tidak 100 persen benar. Saya sering menemukan blog yang isinya bagus (sangat bagus bahkan) tapi jarang ada yang mau komentar. Lalu apanya yang salah?

Menurut saya penyebabnya adalah ketidakmampuan memasarkan blog yang kita punya. Menulis artikel yang bagus itu sangat penting, tapi tak kalah pentingnya adalah bagaimana memasarkannya. Percuma saja punya blog yang berkualitas bagus tapi tak ada orang yang tahu!

Soal memasarkan blog itu akan kita bahas lebih lanjut nanti. Pertama kita urai dulu bagaimana supaya tulisan di blog kita mampu memancing pembaca berkomentar. Apa saja trik yang bisa kita lakukan?

* Tulis tentang blog lain. Tulislah blog lain yang menurut anda bagus. Bagus dalam arti isinya menarik serta traffic-nya ramai. Siapa tahu anda ketularan traffic blog tersebut sehingga komentar di blog anda mulai bermunculan. Pemilik blog yang anda tulis juga akan senang dengan tulisan anda. Hubungan mesra antar blogger bisa dimulai dengan cara seperti ini. Bahkan bukan tidak mungkin mereka akan balik merekomendasikan blog anda. Tapi sebaiknya blog yang anda tulis memiliki kesamaan topik dengan blog anda. Sehingga bisa dipastikan target pembacanya juga sama. Ayo siapa tertarik nulis tentang blog ini? ;-)
* Tutup artikel dengan pertanyaan. Di akhir artikel, bertanyalah pada pembaca. Misal, “Apakah anda punya ide lain?” atau “Apakah artikel ini membantu anda?” Pertanyaan anda akan memancing pembaca untuk memberi komentar.
* Pancing dengan berita hangat. Anda bisa awali tulisan dengan menceritakan hal yang lagi jadi bahan pembicaraan. Bisa tentang situasi terkini blogosphere dunia atau di Indonesia. Atau bisa juga mengenai hal lainnya seperti situasi politik atau ekonomi. Gosip artis pun boleh dipakai untuk menarik perhatian pembaca.
* Tulis kontroversi. Menulis hal-hal kontroversial sangat menarik pembaca untuk ikut terlibat. Tidak masalah apakah nantinya pembaca blog setuju atau tidak dengan pendapat anda. Yang pasti, pembaca akan mengisi kolom komentar untuk mengutarakan pendapatnya.
* Sabarlah. Kadang-kadang kita perlu sedikit bersabar menunggu datangnya komentar pertama. Biasanya setelah ada yang mulai memberi komentar, komentar-komentar berikutnya akan deras mengalir.

Sangat mudah kan? Intinya bagaimana tulisan yang kita buat mampu menarik pembaca untuk terlibat. Jaga perhatian pembaca, gugah perasaannya, dan buat pembaca tergerak untuk memberi komentar.

National security announcement from Barack

2008-12-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of their national security team.

Barack and Joe have asked some of the country's most experienced leaders on national security, foreign policy, law enforcement, and military matters to come together to renew America's security and standing in the world.

Watch the video of Barack's announcement and learn about the national security team.

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator from New York and former First Lady, will serve as Secretary of State.

Secretary Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense, will continue to serve in that role.

Eric Holder, former Deputy Attorney General and a former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, will serve as Attorney General.

Janet Napolitano, Governor and former U.S. Attorney for Arizona, will serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Dr. Susan E. Rice, a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Obama for America campaign, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, will serve as Ambassador to the United Nations.

General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret), former Allied Commander, Europe, and Commander of the United States European Command, will serve as National Security Advisor.

Barack's national security team has been assembled to represent all elements of American power, diplomacy, and leadership that will be vital in overcoming the challenges of the 21st century.

Watch the video of today's press conference:

http://my.barackobama.com/securityteam
These appointees will be tasked with strengthening current alliances and forging new ones, protecting our citizens at home, defending against our enemies, and promoting our values and moral leadership throughout the world.

While the challenges they are sure to face will be great, the opportunities to unify our country and our world will be even greater.

With your support, we'll meet those challenges and opportunities with the hope and optimism that has brought us to this moment of change.

BISNIS YANG SANGAT MENGUNTUNGKAN

2008-10-27T14:50:00.000-07:00

check this one out....
sumpah aq ja sampai seneng dapat uang banyak walau belom kerja
hehehehe.....

AKU SUDAH GABUNG, BUKTIKAN!!! BARU JADI RESELLER AJA UDAH BALIK MODAL,lumayan buat tambah2 uang saku

MASSA FRONT PEMBELA ISLAM (FPI)

2008-10-20T08:53:00.000-07:00

kalo liat di berita-berita massa FPI tuh g menghargai Konstitusi Negara Indonesia dech. Kenapa??? karena sudah sangat jelas ditulis di Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 pasal 28,

setiap orang

Setiap orang bebas memeluk agama dan beribadat menurut agamanya, memilih pendidikan dan pengajaran, memilih pekerjaan, memilih kewarganegaraan, memilih tempat tinggal diwilayah negara dan

meninggalkannya, serta berhak kembali.

Setiap orang atas kebebasan meyakini kepercayaan, menyatakan pikiran dan sikap, sesuai dengan hati nuraninya.

Setiap orang berhak atas kebebasan berserikat, berkumpul, dan mengeluarkan pendapat.

Sosialisi Masih Berlangsung, DPR Tunda Pengesahan RUU Pornografi

2008-10-13T05:52:00.000-07:00

DPR menunda pengesahan RUU tentang Anti Pornografi dan Pornoaksi (APP) dari rencana tanggal 23 September 2008, mengingat masih dilakukan sosialisasi di masyarakat.

Ketua Pansus RUU APP, Balkan Kaplale, di Jakarta, Jumat, menyatakan, Pansus berusaha memperhatikan masukan yang disampaikan masyarakat. Komposisi keanggotaan Pansus juga telah mencerminkan kepentingan semua daerah.

Pernyataan Balkan membantah pernyataan anggota Pansus RUU APP DPR, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin yang mengemukakan bahwa Rapat Paripurna DPRI pada Selasa, 23 September 2008, mengagendakan pengesahan RUU APP sebagai UU.

Hingga saat ini masih terjadi tarik-menarik kepentingan di antara fraksi-fraksi di DPR mengenai RUU APP. Fraksi PDIP sejak awal menolak RUU ini, namun sejumlah fraksi lain, seperti PKS dan Bintang Pelopor Demokrasi berusaha menggolkan RUU APP.

"Insya Allah pengesahan RUU APP sebagai UU akan dilakukan pada rapat paripurna DPR, 23 September mendatang," katanya di Jakarta, Kamis (18/9).

Pernyataan Ali Mochtar itu diampaikan usai menjadi salah pembicara dalam peluncuran buku "Menusuk Ahmadiyah" karya pengamat intelijen Wawan H Purwanto.

Menurut Ali Mochtar, nasib RUU APP itu akan diputuskan dalam rapat paripurna DPR tersebut, apakah akan disahkan sebagai UU atau tidak.

Ketika ditanya mengenai ancaman sejumlah fraksi seperti Fraksi PDIP yang akan memboikot sidang paripurna, Ali Mochtar mengatakan, jika ada fraksi yang tidak ikut rapat paripurna, maka akan dilakukan pemungutan suara (voting).

"Kita akan putuskan lewat voting, sebagai salah satu bentuk mekanisme pengambilan keputusan di DPR," katanya.

Ali Mochtar menambahkan, kekhawatiran sejumlah pihak bahwa dengan adanya UU APP itu akan muncul perda-perda bernuansa syariah, tidak perlu terjadi.

ya ampun.......
nie nie klo kelompok2 agama merajalela
mereka selalu ingin semuanya seperti yang diinginkan oleh agama masing2
sudah tidak ada pengertian satu sama laen,
bangsa kita da terpecah,
telah di adu domba,
oleh agama......

Banyak sekali berita yang membahas tentang RUU APP,
contohnya :

(source : http://www.tvone.co.id//index.php/searchnews/doSearch)

Itulah beberapa contoh berita yang bisa aq temukan.
tapi entah mengapa, kita g sadar2 juga
hehehe..........

ya mungkin inilah saatnya kita bisa lebih menghargai
keberagaman agama di Indonesia

DEBAT CANDIDATE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

2008-10-09T00:57:00.000-07:00

YA AMPUN KLO AQ LIAT DEBAT PARA CALON PRESIDEN AMERIKA DI METROTV TUH
HEMH PENGEN IKUT DEBAT KESANA JA
HEHEHE......

sumpah mang dua2nya tuh g da matinya......
siapapun yang terpilih nanti aq ucapin selamat
semoga dengan terpilihnya anda sebagai presiden,
akan menjadikan Amerika negara yang lebih baik lagy...

SELAMAT BERJUANG........!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Break The Dawn by Michelle Williams, Music Video and Lyrics

2008-10-08T05:13:00.000-07:00

“We Break the Dawn” tuh single pertama dari album “Unexpected“, punya Michelle Williams’ forthcoming.

Lagunya, katanya ditulis ndiri ma Michelle Williams, and dibantu ma beberapa rekannya kayak Andrew Frampton and Solange Knowles, and produced by Wayne Wilkins and Andrew Frampton.

“We Break the Dawn” is pop/dance music with R&B-influenced vocals.

You can listen the song here, this is a live performance video, enjoy !
ni lagu gila asik banget, liriknya, arransemenya, nge-beat banget
asik klo bwt nge-dance nih
sumpah michelle asik...........

coba dengerin dech :

Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn Lyrics

OOh there’s somethin’ bout the skylight tonight
Something that makes me know everythin’s gon’ be alright
There’s somethin’ in the way that the stars align
There’s not a single moment Imma pass by

The hour’s now
The base is loud
The disco lights
Shinin’ through the crowd
We’re holdin’ time in our hands and it stops when we say
We say
And we ain’t stoppin’ ’til the morning light

We gotta hold back the sun, don’t let it come
Ain’t stoppin’ for no one
The night is young
Don’t let them turn on the lights
Let us decide when they play that last song
The night is done
When we break the dawn

We break the dawn (x4)

Ooh there somethin’ on the surface right now
Somethin’ the keeps me movin’ diggin’ deeper down
So I just let the speakers speak to me
Vibrations movin’ on the floor all around

The hour’s now (yes)
The base is loud (yes)
The disco lights (yes)
Shinin’ through the crowd
We’re holdin’ time in our hands and it stops when we say
And we ain’t stopping ’til the morning light

We break the dawn (x8)

The daylight scene never hurt nobody
And if the DJ decides there ain’t no more party
Cuz we’re turnin when we’re good and ready
We step outside
Til the sunrise
Wait up and let me…

We ain’t goin’ nowhere
’til we good and ready
Ooooh, break the dawn!

We gotta hold back the sun, don’t let it come
Ain’t stoppin’ for no one
The night is young
Don’t let them turn on the lights
Let us decide when they play that last song
The night is done (keep it goin’)

We gotta hold back the sun, don’t let it come
Ain’t stoppin’ for no one
The night is young (the night is young)
Don’t let them turn on the lights
Let us decide when they play that last song
The night is done

We gotta hold back the sun…

We break the dawn….(repeat)

Michelle Williams - We Break The Dawn Song Info

Released United States April, 2008
Genre Pop, Dance, R&B
Length 3:54
Label Music World/Columbia
Writers Andrew Frampton, Michelle Williams and Solange Knowles
Producer Wayne Wilkins and Andrew Frampton

source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Break_the_Dawn

Greed and irresponsibility by Obama

2008-09-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has created a financial crisis as profound as any we have faced since the Great Depression.

Congress and the President are debating a bailout of our financial institutions with a price tag of $700 billion or more in taxpayer dollars. We cannot underestimate our responsibility in taking such an enormous step.

Whatever shape our recovery plan takes, it must be guided by core principles of fairness, balance, and responsibility to one another.

Please sign on to show your support for an economic recovery plan based on the following:

• No Golden Parachutes -- Taxpayer dollars should not be used to reward the irresponsible Wall Street executives who helmed this disaster.

• Main Street, Not Just Wall Street -- Any bailout plan must include a payback strategy for taxpayers who are footing the bill and aid to innocent homeowners who are facing foreclosure.

• Bipartisan Oversight -- The staggering amount of taxpayer money involved demands a bipartisan board to ensure accountability and oversight.
Show your support and encourage your friends and family to join you:

http://my.barackobama.com/ourplan

The failed economic policies and the same corrupt culture that led us into this mess will not help get us out of it. We need to get to work immediately on reforming the broken government -- and the broken politics -- that allowed this crisis to happen in the first place.

And we have to understand that a recovery package is just the beginning. We have a plan that will guarantee our long-term prosperity -- including tax cuts for 95 percent of families, an economic stimulus package that creates millions of new jobs and leads us towards energy independence, and health care that is affordable to every American.

It won't be easy. The kind of change we're looking for never is.

But if we work together and stand by these principles, we can get through this crisis and emerge a stronger nation.

Thank you,

Barack

itu adalah E-mail yang ku terima setelah aq coba regist ke situs campaign-Nya.

emang sih bagus banget cuman, kita g bisa dong cuma berencana dan menjanjikan ini itu, selama janji itu belum pernah terlaksana sekalipun. Banyak orang berencan, namun tidak ada seratus persen yang menjalankan rencananya, bahkan cenderung melupakannya.

McCain Profile

2008-09-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

[ni versi bahasa indonesia]

John Sidney McCain III (lahir 29 Agustus 1936 di Zona Terusan Panama) adalah senator senior Amerika Serikat dari negara bagian Arizona. Ia mewakili Partai Republik.

Ia pernah menjadi bakal calon presiden dalam pemilu presiden 2000. Ketika itu, ia kalah dengan George Walker Bush dalam konvensi Partai Republik. Pada tahun 2008 ia memenangkan pencalonan Partai Republik dan akan maju dalam pencalonan presiden Amerika Serikat 2008.

[ni versi bahasa inggris]

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona and presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 presidential election.

McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. Later that year while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. He was held from 1967 to 1973, experiencing episodes of torture and refusing an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer; his war wounds would leave him with lifelong physical limitations.

He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981, moved to Arizona, and entered politics. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982, he served two terms, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, winning re-election easily in 1992, 1998, and 2004. While generally adhering to conservative principles, McCain at times has had a media reputation as a "maverick" for disagreeing with his party on several key issues. After being investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as a member of the "Keating Five," he made campaign finance reform one of his signature concerns, which eventually led to the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act in 2002. He is also known for his work towards restoring diplomatic relations with Vietnam in the 1990s, and for his belief that the war in Iraq should be fought to a successful conclusion in the 2000s. McCain has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee, has opposed pork barrel spending, and played a key role in alleviating a crisis over judicial nominations.

McCain lost his bid for the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush. He ran again for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, and gained enough delegates to become the party's presumptive nominee in March 2008. McCain was formally nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in September 2008, together with his chosen running mate from Alaska, Governor Sarah Palin.

Early life and military career, 1936–1981

Formative years and education

John McCain was born in 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama, to naval officer John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912). At that time, the Panama Canal was under American control.

McCain has Scots-Irish, Anglo-Irish and English ancestry. His father and his paternal grandfather both became four-star United States Navy admirals. His family, including his older sister Sandy and younger brother Joe, his father to various naval postings in the United States and the Pacific. Altogether, he attended about 20 schools.

In 1951, his family settled in Northern Virginia, and McCain attended Episcopal High School, a private preparatory boarding school in Alexandria. In high school, he excelled at wrestling and graduated in 1954.

Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, McCain entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. There, he was a friend and informal leader for many of his classmates, and sometimes stood up for people who were being bullied. He also became a lightweight boxer. McCain came into conflict with higher-ranking personnel, he did not always obey the rules, and that contributed to a low class rank (894 of 899) despite a strong intelligence. He did well in academic subjects that interested him, such as literature and history, but studied only enough to pass subjects he struggled with, such as mathematics. McCain graduated in 1958.

Naval training, first marriage, and Vietnam assignment

McCain's pre-combat duty began when he was commissioned an ensign, and started two and a half years of training at Pensacola as a naval aviator. While there, he earned a reputation as a partying man. He completed flight school in 1960, and became a naval pilot of ground-attack aircraft, assigned to A-1 Skyraider squadrons aboard the aircraft carriers USS Intrepid and USS Enterprise in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. planes he was flying crashed twice and once collided with power lines, but he received no major injuries.

On July 3, 1965, McCain married Carol Shepp, a model originally from Philadelphia. McCain adopted her two young children Douglas and Andrew. He and Carol then had a daughter named Sidney.

McCain requested a combat assignment, and was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal flying A-4 Skyhawks. His combat duty began when he was 30 years old, in summer 1967, when Forrestal was assigned to a bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. McCain and his fellow pilots became frustrated by micromanagement from Washington, and he would later write that "In all candor, we thought our civilian commanders were complete idiots who didn't have the least notion of what it took to win the war."

By then a lieutenant commander, McCain was almost killed on July 29, 1967, when he was near the center of the Forrestal fire. He escaped from his burning jet and was trying to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded; McCain was struck in the legs and chest by fragments. The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors and took 24 hours to control. With the Forrestal out of commission, McCain volunteered for assignment with the USS Oriskany.

Prisoner of war

John McCain's capture and subsequent imprisonment began on October 26, 1967. He was flying his 23rd bombing mission over North Vietnam, when his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down by a missile over Hanoi. McCain fractured both arms and a leg, and then nearly drowned, when he parachuted into Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi. After he regained consciousness, some North Vietnamese pulled him ashore, then others crushed his shoulder with a rifle butt and bayoneted him. Lieutenant Commander McCain was then transported to Hanoi's main Hoa Lo Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton".

McCain being pulled from Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi and becoming a POW^[32] on October 26, 1967

Although McCain was badly wounded, his captors refused to treat his injuries, instead beating and interrogating him to get information, and he was given medical care only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a top admiral. His status as a prisoner of war (POW) made the front pages of major newspapers.

McCain spent six weeks in the hospital while receiving marginal care. having lost 50 pounds (23 kg), in a chest cast, and with his hair turned white, McCain was sent to a different camp on the outskirts of Hanoi in December 1967, into a cell with two other Americans who did not expect him to live a week. In March 1968, McCain was put into solitary confinement, where he would remain for two years.

In mid–1968, McCain's father was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater, and McCain was offered early release. The North Vietnamese made that offer because they wanted to appear merciful for propaganda purposes, and also wanted to show other POWs that elite prisoners like McCain were willing to be treated preferentially. turned down the offer of repatriation; he would only accept the offer if every man taken in before him was released as well. Such early release was prohibited by the military's Code of Conduct. To prevent the enemy from using prisoners for propaganda, officers were to agree to be released in the order in which they were captured.

In August 1968, a program of severe torture began on McCain. He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours, at the same time as he was suffering from dysentery. Further injuries led to the beginning of a suicide attempt, which was stopped by guards. After four days, McCain made an anti-American propaganda "confession". He has always felt that his statement was dishonorable, but as he would later write, "I had learned what we all learned over there: Every man has his breaking point. I had reached mine." His injuries left him permanently incapable of raising his arms above his head. subsequently received two to three beatings per week because of his continued refusal to sign additional statements. Other American POWs were similarly tortured and maltreated in order to extract "confessions" and propaganda statements, with many enduring even longer and worse treatment. Virtually all of the POWs who were tortured eventually yielded something to their captors.

Interview with McCain on April 24, 1973, after his return home

McCain refused to meet with various anti-war groups seeking peace in Hanoi, wanting to give neither them nor the North Vietnamese a propaganda victory. From late 1969 onward, treatment of McCain and many of the other POWs became more tolerable, while McCain continued actively to resist the camp authorities. McCain and other prisoners cheered the B-52 Stratofortress-led U.S. "Christmas Bombing" campaign of December 1972, which they viewed as a forceful measure to push North Vietnam to terms.

Altogether, McCain was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years. He was finally released from captivity on March 14, 1973.

Commanding officer, liaison to Senate, and second marriage

McCain's return to the United States reunited him with his family. His wife Carol had suffered her own crippling ordeal during his captivity, due to an automobile accident in December 1969. Her husband became a celebrity of sorts, as a returned POW.

McCain underwent treatment for his injuries, including months of grueling physical therapy,^[54] and attended the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. during 1973–1974. Having been rehabilitated, by late 1974, McCain had his flight status reinstated, and in 1976 he became commanding officer of a training squadron stationed in Florida. He improved the unit's flight readiness and safety records, and won the squadron its first-ever Meritorious Unit Commendation. During this period in Florida, McCain had extramarital affairs, and the McCains' marriage began to falter, for which he later would accept blame.

McCain served as the Navy's liaison to the U.S. Senate beginning in 1977. retrospect, he has said that this represented his "real entry into the world of politics and the beginning of my second career as a public servant." His key behind-the-scenes role gained congressional financing for a new supercarrier against the wishes of the Carter administration.

In April 1979, McCain met Cindy Lou Hensley, a teacher from Phoenix, Arizona, whose father had founded a large beer distributorship. began dating, and he urged his wife Carol to grant him a divorce, which she did in February 1980, with the uncontested divorce taking effect in April 1980. The settlement included two houses, and financial support for her ongoing medical treatments due to her 1969 car accident; they would remain on good terms. McCain and Hensley were married on May 17, 1980, with Senators William Cohen and Gary Hart attending as groomsmen. McCain’s children did not attend, and several years would pass before they reconciled. John and Cindy McCain entered into a prenuptial agreement that kept most of her family's assets under her name; they would always keep their finances apart and file separate income tax returns.

McCain decided to leave the Navy. It was doubtful whether he would ever be promoted to the rank of full admiral, as he had poor annual physicals and had been given no major sea command. His chances of being promoted to rear admiral were better, but McCain declined that prospect, as he had already made plans to run for Congress and said he could "do more good there." McCain retired from the Navy on April 1, 1981 as a captain. He was designated as disabled and awarded a disability pension. Upon leaving the military, he moved to Arizona. His 17 military awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medal, for actions before, during, and after his time as a POW.

House and Senate career, 1982–2000

U.S. Congressman and a growing family

McCain set his sights on becoming a Congressman because he was interested in current events, was ready for a new challenge, and had developed political ambitions during his time as Senate liaison. Living in Phoenix, he went to work for Hensley & Co., his new father-in-law Jim Hensley's large Anheuser-Busch beer distributorship. As Vice President of Public Relations at the distributorship, he gained political support among the local business community, meeting powerful figures such as banker Charles Keating, Jr., real estate developer Fife Symington III and newspaper publisher Darrow "Duke" Tully. In 1982, McCain ran as a Republican for an open seat in Arizona's 1st congressional district. A newcomer to the state, McCain was hit with repeated charges of being a carpetbagger. McCain responded to a voter making that charge with what a Phoenix Gazette columnist would later describe as "the most devastating response to a potentially troublesome political issue I've ever heard":

"Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi."

With the assistance of local political endorsements, his Washington connections, as well as money that his wife lent to his campaign, McCain won a highly contested primary election. He then easily won the general election in the heavily Republican district.

In 1983, McCain was elected to lead the incoming group of Republican representatives. Also that year, he opposed creation of a federal Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but admitted in 2008: "I was wrong and eventually realized that, in time to give full support [in 1990] for a state holiday in Arizona."

McCain's politics at this point were mainly in line with President Ronald Reagan, and he was active on Indian Affairs bills. He won re-election to the House easily in 1984.

In 1984 McCain and his wife Cindy had their first child together, daughter Meghan. She was followed two years later by son John Sidney McCain IV (known as "Jack"), and in 1988 by son James ("Jimmy"). In 1991, Cindy McCain brought an abandoned three-month old girl needing medical treatment to the U.S. from a Bangladeshi orphanage run by Mother Teresa. The McCains decided to adopt her, and named her Bridget.

First two terms in U.S. Senate

McCain's Senate career began in January 1987, after he defeated his Democratic opponent, former state legislator Richard Kimball, by 20 percentage points in the 1986 election. McCain succeeded longtime American conservative icon and Arizona fixture Barry Goldwater upon the latter's retirement as United States Senator from Arizona.

McCain meeting President Ronald Reagan with First Lady Nancy Reagan at left, March 1987

Senator McCain became a member of the Armed Services Committee, with which he had formerly done his Navy liaison work; he also joined the Commerce Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee. McCain continued to support the Native American agenda. As first a House member and then a senator, McCain was one of the main authors of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which codified rules regarding Native American gambling enterprises and established a balance between tribal sovereignty and state regulatory oversight over such enterprises. McCain was also a strong supporter of the Gramm-Rudman legislation that enforced automatic spending cuts in the case of budget deficits.

McCain soon gained national visibility. He delivered a well-received speech at the 1988 Republican National Convention, was mentioned by the press as a short list vice-presidential running mate for Republican nominee George H. W. Bush, and was named chairman of Veterans for Bush.

McCain became enmeshed in a scandal during the 1980s as one of five United States Senators comprising the so-called "Keating Five". Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in political contributions from Charles Keating Jr. and his associates at Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, along with trips on Keating's jets that McCain belatedly repaid two years later. In 1987, McCain was one of the five senators whom Keating contacted in order to prevent the government's seizure of Lincoln, and McCain met twice with federal regulators to discuss the government's investigation of Lincoln. On his Keating Five experience, McCain has said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do." In the end, McCain was cleared by the Senate Ethics Committee of acting improperly or violating any law or Senate rule, but was mildly rebuked for exercising "poor judgment". In his 1992 re-election bid, the Keating Five affair was not a major issue, and he won handily, gaining 56 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic community and civil rights activist Claire Sargent and independent former Governor Evan Mecham.

The 1992 christening of USS John S. McCain at Bath Iron Works, with his mother Roberta, son Jack, daughter Meghan, and wife Cindy

McCain developed a reputation for independence, during the 1990s. He took pride in battling establishment forces, was willing to challenge party leadership, and became hard to categorize politically.

As a member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, chaired by Democrat and fellow Vietnam War veteran John Kerry, McCain investigated the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War. The committee's unanimous report stated there was "no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia." Helped by McCain's efforts, in 1995 the U.S. normalized diplomatic relations with Vietnam. McCain was vilified by some POW/MIA activists who, unlike the Arizona senator, believed large numbers of Americans were still held against their will in Southeast Asia. Since January 1993, McCain has been Chairman of the International Republican Institute, an organization partly funded by the U.S. Government that supports the emergence of political democracy worldwide.

In 1993 and 1994, McCain voted to confirm President Clinton's nominees Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg whom he considered to be qualified for the U.S. Supreme Court. He would later explain that "under our Constitution, it is the president's call to make." McCain had also voted to confirm nominees of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, including Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.

McCain attacked what he saw as the corrupting influence of large political contributions – from corporations, labor unions, other organizations, and wealthy individuals – and he made this his signature issue. Starting in 1994, he worked with Democratic Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold on campaign finance reform; their McCain-Feingold bill attempted to put limits on "soft money The efforts of McCain and Feingold were opposed by some of the moneyed interests targeted, by incumbents in both parties, by those who felt spending limits impinged on free political speech and might be unconstitutional as well, and by those who wanted to counterbalance the power of what they saw as media bias.". Despite sympathetic coverage in the media, initial versions of the McCain-Feingold Act were filibustered and never came to a vote. The term "maverick Republican" became a label frequently applied to McCain, and he has also used the term himself.

Another target of the Arizona senator was pork barrel spending by Congress, and he actively supported the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, which gave the president power to veto individual spending items. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that the act was unconstitutional.

In the 1996 presidential election, McCain was again on the short list of possible vice-presidential picks, this time for Republican nominee Bob Dole. The following year, Time magazine named McCain as one of the "25 Most Influential People in America".

Family memoir published in 1999

In 1997, McCain became chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee; he was criticized for accepting funds from corporations and businesses under the committee's purview, but in response said the restricted contributions he received were not part of the big-money nature of the campaign finance problem. McCain took on the tobacco industry in 1998, proposing legislation that would increase cigarette taxes in order to fund anti-smoking campaigns, discourage teenage smokers, increase money for health research studies, and help states pay for smoking-related health care costs. Supported by the Clinton administration but opposed by the industry and most Republicans, the bill failed to gain cloture.

McCain won re-election to a third senate term in November 1998, prevailing in a landslide over his Democratic opponent, environmental lawyer Ed Ranger. In 1999, McCain shared the Profile in Courage Award with Feingold for their work in trying to enact their campaign finance reform, although the bill was still failing repeated attempts to gain cloture.

In August 1999, his memoir Faith of My Fathers, co-authored with Mark Salter, was published. The most successful of his writings, it received positive reviews, became a bestseller, and was later made into a movie. The book traces McCain's family background and childhood, also covering his time at Annapolis, and his service as a naval aviator before and during the Vietnam War, concluding with his release from captivity in 1973. According to one reviewer, the book describes "the kind of challenges that most of us can barely imagine. It's a fascinating history of a remarkable military family." Another reviewer observed that, "The appearance of John McCain's 'Faith of My Fathers' seems to have been timed to the unfolding Presidential campaign...."

2000 presidential campaign

McCain announced his candidacy for president on September 27, 1999 in Nashua, New Hampshire, saying he was staging "a fight to take our government back from the power brokers and special interests, and return it to the people and the noble cause of freedom it was created to serve". The leader for the Republican nomination was Texas Governor George W. Bush, who had the political and financial support of most of the party establishment.

McCain focused on the New Hampshire primary, where his message appealed to independents. He traveled on a campaign bus called the Straight Talk Express. He held many town hall meetings, answering every question voters asked, in a successful example of "retail politics", and he used free media to compensate for his lack of funds. One reporter later recounted that, "McCain talked all day long with reporters on his Straight Talk Express bus; he talked so much that sometimes he said things that he shouldn't have, and that's why the media loved him." On February 1, 2000, he won New Hampshire's primary with 49 percent of the vote to Bush's 30 percent. The Bush campaign and the Republican establishment feared that a McCain victory in the crucial South Carolina primary might give his campaign unstoppable momentum.

The Arizona Republic would write that the McCain-Bush primary contest in South Carolina "has entered national political lore as a low-water mark in presidential campaigns", while The New York Times called it "a painful symbol of the brutality of American politics". A variety of interest groups that McCain had challenged in the past ran negative ads. Bush borrowed McCain's earlier language of reform, and declined to dissociate himself from a veterans activist who accused McCain (in Bush's presence) of having "abandoned the veterans" on POW/MIA and Agent Orange issues.

John McCain's Gallup Poll favorable/unfavorable ratings, 1999–2008

Incensed, McCain ran ads accusing Bush of lying and comparing the governor to Bill Clinton, which Bush said was "about as low a blow as you can give in a Republican primary". An anonymous smear campaign began against McCain, delivered by push polls, faxes, e-mails, flyers, and audience plants. The smears claimed that McCain had fathered a black child out of wedlock (the McCains' dark-skinned daughter was adopted from Bangladesh), that his wife Cindy was a drug addict, that he was a homosexual, and that he was a "Manchurian Candidate" who was either a traitor or mentally unstable from his North Vietnam POW days. The Bush campaign strongly denied any involvement with the attacks.

McCain lost South Carolina on February 19, with 42 percent of the vote to Bush's 53 percent, in part because Bush mobilized the state's evangelical voters and outspent McCain. The win allowed Bush to regain lost momentum. McCain would say of the rumor spreaders, "I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those." According to one report, the South Carolina experience left McCain in a "very dark place".

McCain's campaign never completely recovered from his South Carolina defeat, although he did rebound partially by winning in Arizona and Michigan a few days later. He made a speech in Virginia Beach that criticized Christian leaders, including Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, as divisive conservatives, declaring "... we embrace the fine members of the religious conservative community. But that does not mean that we will pander to their self-appointed leaders." McCain lost the Virginia primary on February 29, and on March 7 lost nine of the thirteen primaries on Super Tuesday to Bush. With little hope of overcoming Bush's delegate lead, McCain withdrew from the race on March 9, 2000. He endorsed Bush two months later, and made occasional appearances with the Texas governor during the general election campaign.

da segini ja. soalnya banyak banget klo mw tw selengkapnya liat di

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain

http://www.youtube.com/johnmccain
http://www.myspace.com/17431860
http://mccain.senate.gov/public/
http://www.johnmccain.com/

McCAIN/ PALIN RULES

2008-09-22T10:59:00.000-07:00

tw g.....
pas awal campanye pemilihan candidat presiden amerika, aq tuh njagoin Mr. Obama tapi entah kenapa setelah cari2 informasi mengenai masing masing kandidat akhirnya pilihan q jatuh ke Mr. McCain.

selain pengalamanya dibidang militer, dalam politikpun beliau juga menguasainya dengan baik, dan menurut aq syarat untuk jadi Good Leader tuh the Experience ya g???
banyangkan klo sebuah negara dipimpin ma orang yang g memiliki pengalaman dalam bidang politik mw jadi apa tuh negara?????
ya g pak SBY??? kayaknya anda harus mencari pengalaman dulu dech biar pas indonesian election tahun depan bisa dipilih lagy. jangan hanya pengalaman di medan perang aja trus terjun ke dunia politik sebentar dan ikut pemilu presiden, mungkin waktu bapak dipilih, hanya karena rakyat butuh sosok yang baru dan pas mereka butuh itu, cuma bapak yang disodorkan sama masyarakat indonesia ini, jadi ya mw tak mw mereka memilih anda.

apakah pak SBY tw klo di masyarakat ini ada black campaign melawan bapak walaupun musim campaign masih lama...
gini bunyi Black Campaign-Nya "ojok mileh SBY polae tejo jenenge ae wis "nYUDO nYOwO" sing artine malah g apik gawe wong cilik...."
nah klo diartiin ke bahasa indonesia bunyinya gini
"jangan pilih SBY karena dari namaya saja sudah mengisyaratkan "nyudo nyowo" yang berarti bukan mensejahterahkan rakyat malah membunuh rakyat..."
gini pak maksud "nyudo nyowo" itu diartikan dari "yudoyono"

aduh kenapa jadi ngomongi pak presiden ya.....
hehehe.....

pokoknya saya dukung Mr. McCain untuk memimpin Amerika Serikat
www.JohnMcCain.com