Archive for February, 2009

McAuliffe Meets the Bloggers

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

On Friday night, local and national bloggers (Lowell Feld, Josh Chernilla, teacherken, code, Not Larry Sabato, and some DailyKos contributors to name a few) descended upon the McAuliffe campaign headquarters in McLean, VA for a meet n’ greet. One person in attendance pointed out that a lot of candidates for office make a big deal […]



Stafford County High School Senior Debuts New Regional GOP Blog

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Stafford

Stafford County is home to Mountain View High School and a bustling Republican committee chaired by senior Colin Brehm.Colin has wokred his tail off to get students to become active in local politics and understand the process by which we run grassroot…



There’s a great new blog in town- check out Rapp GOP

By From http://rappahannockred.wordpress.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Stafford County is home to Mountain View High School and a bustling Republican committee chaired by senior Colin Brehm.
Colin has wokred his tail off to get students to become active in local politics and understand the process by which we run grassroots campaigns.
This promising young man has reached out to the business community leadership for sponsorships […]



here we go.

By From http://bfredman.blogspot.com/ • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This post has been long overdue. Fitting I write about this on the day one of America’s best newspapers, the Rocky Mountain News, published it’s final edition. The economy and the newspaper business is in utter turmoil. Last month, I found myself on th…



New Internet/ Real Estate Scam

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a local REALTOR.  She alerted me to a problem she was having with her rental properties and Craig’s List.  It appears that someone is stealing her rental listings and posting them!  They are even using this REALTOR’s name in the ads.  (And one advertisement actually had the […]



Connors, Woodson Have Questions for McDonnell

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Spotsylvania, Stafford

Stafford Co. Supervisor Bob Woodson and Spotsylvania Co. Chairman Hap Connors are among 55 local elected officials in Virginia who want to know how Bob McDonnell would balance the budget as Governor without funds from the economic stimulus package. Will he align himself with grandstanding GOP Governors like Mark Sanford, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, and Bobby Jindal? Or will he join […]



Congrats to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, & Maggie!

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

With a h/t to this loyal fan:
As reported this morning on the WaPo website, Fox has renewed The Simpsons through Season 22.
WOO HOO!



Elsewhere on the Internet (February 26th 16:43)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes: 2000s Archive : gourmet.com – You would think we would have whipped the slavery issue in the US by now. You would be wrong.



What other people have said about Senator Ken Cuccinelli’s support for law enforcement.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I did a post earlier this week detailing the stuff I know Senator Ken Cuccinelli has done in support of law enforcement. Now read what other people have said:
The Virginian-Pilot, February 23, 20051:
The House of Delegates is expected to vote this week on SB873, an amendment that includes law enforcement employees in the overtime compensation […]



Next Year’s CPAC Will Be Held at the Apollo Theater in Harlem

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!”
– Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN)
Since being elected RNC Chairman, Michael Steele has been doing an outstanding job of acting like an out-of-touch white person’s stereotypical view of an African-American with phrases like “bling-bling” and “off the hook.“ It looks like that courtship is already starting to pay dividends! Today Michelle […]