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WaPo: Deeds Castrates… Things…
…and as your next Governor, he will put that kind of experience to work for the Virginia economy? I kid you not — this was the “experience” that Deeds offered to Virginia’s farmers during a candidates forum today. Deeds is in serious trouble.
DP.com: Forged letters to congressman anger local groups
Now this should anger you too. Seems as if a lobbying firm is astroturfing their grassroots in targeting Congressman Perriello: In a letter notifying Perriello’s office about the matter, Freilich said he was “offended” by Hegyi’s characterization of the forged letter as a “mistake.” “This was not a ‘mistake,’” wrote Freilich, who is also legal director [...]
FT.com: India plans to build 100 warships
This matters. India is showing a commitment to making the Indian Ocean their sphere of influence, a sphere that will be contested in the long run by the People’s Republic of China. 100 new ships, just to put it in perspective, would bring their total complement to 256. To give this even greater perspective, [...]
Seth’s Blog: “All I do is work here”
FINALLY!  Something Seth Godin writes that I agree with! One person will email to ask me for a favor or a connection, and I’ll point out that just yesterday, I got three emails, all spam, from three different people at the organization either selling me something irrelevant or sending me a press release I didn’t ask for.  [...]
Does Perriello Have the Hiccups?
OK, yes I’m about to make fun of the guy, but I couldn’t help but notice the sort of short breaths and quick-jerks back-and-to-the-right during the entire interview: What is this choppy stutter back and forth? The good congressman’s communication style seems like a cross between Pat Schroeder and Barney Frank. And petrodictators, Tom?  Seriously?  You [...]
SurveyUSA: Republicans leading in all statewide races
This isn’t good news for the Dems, and you know it’s really bad when folks like Bob Holsworth are rattling the cages: (T)he Democrats will need to do a far better job in understanding and responding to the problems that the Governor’s dual role as DNC Chair has raised for them.  Bob McDonnell is simply pounding them [...]
First Pitch Breakdown
via First Pitch Breakdown.
New Look?
Maybe… though I haven’t quite sold myself on it.  One thing is for certain — the days of blogging once every few days (weeks?) are over. What’s happened?  With the previous design, I thought I could get away with quality posts over the quantity of posts.  Though this works for a time, it didn’t quite stitch [...]
‘Double Dip’ Recession
Not entirely improbable, but given the fact that such a condition would cause a recession on it’s own merits, the idea of a “double dip” recession isn’t far fetched: A “perfect storm” of fiscal deficits, rising bond yields, “soaring” oil prices, weak profits and a stagnant labor market could “blow the recovering world economy back into a [...]
Kindle = Kommunism
This says it all: As one of my readers noted, it’s like Barnes & Noble sneaking into our homes in the middle of the night, taking some books that we’ve been reading off our nightstands, and leaving us a check on the coffee table. You want to know the best part? The juicy, plump, dripping irony? The author [...]