I think I am probably the only person that reads this site that this applies too, but there is a special election coming up on December 11th, for VA-1, US Congress. This includes the Fredericksburg area, through the Northern Neck, and on down to Williamsburg and environs. Our Representative, Jo Ann Davis (R), died, kind [...]
Check this out. Apparently, in order to vote in the Republican primaries in Virginia next year, voters will be required to sign an oath of loyalty to the eventual nominee. You will swear to vote for whichever Republican wins, according to the story. Sooooo, say you are pro-life. So you vote for Huckabee or something. [...]
Senator Warner has announced that he will not run for re-election next year. A sad day for Virginia.
There goes our last chance of having a Virginian in the White House in 2008. The esteemed Jim Gilmore has dropped out of the race. During his brief candidacy, many people wondered, “why is he even running?” Many more wondered, “who is that guy?” In any case, it goes to show you that even if [...]
Today is the anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech down there at St. John’s Church in Richmond, VA. You know the one, about the liberty and such. If I had to guess, I might predict that there may be a reenactment or something going on there, although that may simply come from spending too much [...]
We’ve been having an interesting discussion here about Richmond City’s (possibly) unreasonable minimum monthly water bill. To summarize where we are so far: Richmond City residents pay a minimum monthly water bill of 43.55$ regardless of how much water they actually use. The average American uses around 400 cubic feet of water a month (supposedly). [...]
Turns out. If someone is going to mistake me, over here in my Haduken capacities, as a source of press and send me a press release, well, I am going to have to post it. Apparently, and I expect someone more intelligent than I to read the press release and tell me if this is [...]
Haha! Just kidding! From the Falmeister himself: Now, I’m certainly not a scientist. But if one looks past the superficial reporting of the mainstream media and examines the many alternative scientific views on global warming, it is apparent that the earth frequently experiences warming and cooling trends. It appears to me — and I have [...]
I was thinking today about Harriet Miers and how that situation was so entirely bizarre. I love this hilarious quote from her wikipedia article: Miers’[sic] nomination was criticized from people all over the political spectrum, based on her never having served as a judge … Remember the Harrier Miers blog, you know “The blog of [...]
We all know that I love Lee-Jackson day. It is a holiday uniquely Virginian and maybe my second favorite holiday (next to Thanksgiving, duh). Obviously that makes me a raving racist right? RIGHT? Anyway. For today’s Lee-Jackson day celebration the Sons of Confederate Veterans had a small gathering at Lee Circle with some speechifying and [...]
I VOTED. Did you? I’ll post my ballot in the comments after the election is over.
Oh crazy Charlottesville liberals and oh crazy George Allen campaign. The video from YouTube: Technorati Tags: politics, Virginia, wtf
Earlier this week I saw that John over at CHPN.net had interviewed his City Council candidates. I thought it was such a great idea I stole his questions and fired off an email to both the incumbent, Marty Jewell, and the challenger Silver Persinger. I told both of them that I’d like their responses by [...]
Virginia is now officially a swing state. According to that article, the national Republican party is starting to concentrate their efforts (read: money) on 3-4 senate races: Missouri, Tennessee, New Jersey, and, yes, Virginia. This is significant in that it means they are to some degree abandoning Montana, Ohio (the focus of the article), Pennsylvania [...]
By now everyone knows George Allen hates black people called some guy “macaca” and Jim Web hates women said a thing when he was younger. But do you know who is running for the 5th District City Council spot? I do, but I live there. Anyway, here is an incomplete list of things/people on the [...]