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Glass City Jungle: Dogs matter more than Connecting Point clients and employees…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:48:41 -0500

Neither Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop, who was an actual board member on the Connecting Point, or the daily newspaper focused much on the huge mismanagement issues that took place at the Connecting Point, allowed/ignored by the Mental Health Recovery Services Board. The final solution was a review committee and [...]

The Daily Briefing: Voinovich urges commission to reduce deficit

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:02 -0500

Sen. George V. Voinovich today urged a Senate committee to create a bipartisan commission that would devise a long-term plan to end the federal governments growing budget deficit.

Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee, the Ohio Republican said, our federal spending is out of control, and as a result, [...]

Glass City Jungle: Trash: East Toledo is always excluded out of all other thoughts for the rest of the city of Toledo

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:09:08 -0500

The title is one of the comments made last night at the “Transition to Automated Refuse & Recycling Collection Meeting” as reported by FOX Toledo. I could debate it just being East Toledo, try being in the part of the City that’s South Toledo but is in District 3…

But [...]

taxmanblog: What happened to summer?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:55:00 -0500

Some photos from summers past......

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Liberally Conservative: Obama - Healthcare and Abortion - Supporting Taxpayer Funded Murder

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:53:33 -0500

Barack Hussein Obama said yesterday that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend. Yes, Mr. Obama wants you, the taxpayer, to join him in paying for infanticide.

“I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a [...]

De Magno Opere: Congratulations!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:45:00 -0500

Only one person could have shepherded through the worst assault on women's rights in a non-Sharia law country ever, but done so in order to pass a completely worthless bill.

Which doesn't even begin to address the provision that might take the "public" out of the' [...]

Plunderbund: Hey, Lee, how’s that Boccieri endorsment working out for ya?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:39:37 -0500

Apparently, Lee Fisher’s Senate campaign believes that John Boccieri’s endorsement was a major get for them last month. Otherwise, why else would they list it just below Governor Strickland’s? Here’s what Lee said about Boccieri last month while announcing Boccieri’s endorsement: “I am honored to have John’s support and counsel,” Fisher said. [...]

Plunderbund: Nobody reads blogs…except

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:34:05 -0500

The Cleveland Plain Dealer: If anyone thought Democratic Congressman John Boccieri’s vote against the health reform bill Saturday night would give him cover from the GOP, they might want a second opinion. … So does that mean everything is copacetic between Boccieri and the GOP since he voted no on the health bill? [...]

Plunderbund: Whose health care reform vote was bought and paid for?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:25:14 -0500

Number of comments: 2
The effect of money on our politics has been an age old problem. I don’t have a problem with money in politics. I have a problem when money begins to distort the focus on the “public” part of public service. Money causing politicians to defer their constituent needs for those [...]

Buckeye RINO: Transportation, part 1, historical retrospective

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:11 -0500

Way back when the country was first being settled, and travel over land was difficult, the highways were the waterways. Settlements were most dense along navigable waterways. Lorain, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo are examples of cities that lie alongside navigable waterways. Shipping from Cincinnati down the Ohio to the [...]

Plunderbund: Profile in Courage: Congreswoman Kilroy voted against Stupak amendment and for health care reform

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:08:14 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy knows that the national Republicans have painted a big target on her back. She knows she’s likely facing a rematch from her ‘08 opponent in which she narrowly won thanks, in part, to a high youth turnout fueled by the presidential election that is unlikely to [...]

ProgressOhio: Right Wing World: Linking Hasan To The Gay Rights Movement

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:55:37 -0500

The Liberty Counsel released a statement on Monday linking Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged shooter in last week’s Fort Hood massacre, to the gay-rights movement. [...]

Better Living: Always There!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:54:00 -0500

And always sending emissaries. [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: A Lack of Strategic Reassurance

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:46:00 -0500

One of the main reasons a nation can become a "superpower", "hyperpower", "global hegemon", or whatever term you want to call a singularly important nation that is more powerful than others by several orders of magnitude, is that it offers strategic reassurance to other nations.

The history of international relations is a history [...]

ProgressOhio: Glenn Beck Loses 'Raped and Murdered'' Arbitration

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:35:23 -0500

Fox News' Glenn Beck has lost a claim that a website called "glenn beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990" was registered in bad faith and in violation of his trademark rights.

The website was founded by Isaac Eiland-Hall earlier this year in response to a' [...]

taxmanblog: Sure is cold for global warming

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:29:00 -0500

So Mr./Ms. Branch Gorevidian how do you explain this?

The average October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the 20th Century average and ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.

For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The [...]

ProgressOhio: Brunner: The Senate Must Reject the Anti-Choice Amendment to the House Health Care Reform Bill

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:23:52 -0500

Number of comments: 2

I am Ohio Secretary of State and a candidate for the United State Senate. I have been an outspoken proponent of health care reform with a strong public option. However, the last-minute Stupak-Pitts anti-choice amendment to the House health care reform bill, adopted late [...]

Plunderbund: How Rahm should handle Lieberman

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:36:12 -0500

I’m imagining a big flourish of an invite to the White House. “Joe,” Rahm says, “the president wants you to come to the Oval Office I’ll meet you at the front portico.” Joe smiles with satisfaction as he hangs up, says to the chief of staff, “call the car around. [...]

Pullins Report: Senator Gibbs Smacks Zack Space on Government Healthcare Vote

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500

Here's the presser:

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Ohio 15th District: While people suffer and die without health insurance....

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:24:00 -0500

While people suffer and die without health insurance, the Republicans are going after Ohio's Democrats for supporting the health care reform bill.

The Lancaster Eagle Gazette:

The Republican Party has launched a political attack against three Ohio Democrats they say cast the decisive votes for a [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: FROM WHENCE I CAME…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:11:18 -0500

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Cincinnati Blog: Remove Cole From Finance Chair

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:59:00 -0500

If there is one thing Mayor Mallory can do to improve City Council quickly, then it is removing Laketa Cole from the Finance Committee Chair. Her inability to work with, well, anyone, makes it an obvious need. She was the only person voting for her motion on the Property [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: HE SAID… HE SAID… I SAY…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:57:19 -0500

Jeffrey Goldberg writes: I am not arguing, of course, that American Muslims, as a whole, are violently unhappy with America (I’ve argued the opposite, in fact). But I do think that elite makers of opinion in this country try very hard to ignore the larger meaning of violent acts when they [...]

ProgressOhio: REP. SPACE AGAIN LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS CARD DRIVE FOR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS FIGHTING OVERSEAS

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:46:03 -0500

As our nation pauses to observe Veterans Day this week, U.S. Congressman Zack Space (OH-18) is again launching a to urge students in Ohio schools to write Christmas cards to American service members serving overseas. Space will once again work to make sure that soldiers in Iraq, [...]

taxmanblog: Dealing with evil

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:41:00 -0500

The one issue that eventually swung me to being a conservative was how "progressives" deal with evil.

The fact is..... they don't.

First, "progressives" can't even identify what true evil is. Oh, they'll tell you George Bush was truly evil but what about that guy who walks into' [...]

taxmanblog: The "progressive" goal on health care

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:32:00 -0500

So what the hell are "progressives" trying to accomplish with nationalized health care?

Here's the words right from a blue blooded liberal..............

The typical argument for ObamaCare is that it will offer better medical care for everyone and cost less to do it, but occasionally a supporter lets the [...]

BizzyBlog: Positivity: Remembering the Victims of Communism — Nikolai Getman’s Gulag Collection

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:26:52 -0500

As the Reason TV video (HT Instapundit) explains, the evils of communism are to a large extent not recorded in pictures. That’s why what Nikolai Getman did — from memory –is such a positive thing:

We cannot forget the objective evil that led to over 100 million deaths and [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: MY COMMENTS…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:09:01 -0500

0709: AFA: No More Muslims in the Military 0636: RNC Chairman suggests his party is racist [...]

ProgressOhio: At the Statehouse

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:49:23 -0500

At the Statehouse

Jack Shaner, OEC Deputy Director,Senior Director of Legislative & Public Affairs

WINS AND LOSSES MARK FINAL 2-YEAR STATE BUDGET

Ohio’s new two-year budget blueprint—adopted just before lawmakers went home for their summer break in mid-July—includes both victories and setbacks for the protection of air, [...]

Crabby Fat Guy: Free Meals for Vets

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:45:33 -0500

Applebee’s will provide a free entree to veterans tomorrow from 11:00AM to Midnight. Take some sort of ID such as a military ID, DD-214, whatever.

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De Magno Opere: A Socialist Attempts to Save Capitalism

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:40:00 -0500

If this what the Morons are afraid of when they speak of socialism, then I'm all for socialism:
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would break up financial institutions that are too big to fail. "If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to'" [...]

Thinking Green, Speaking Green: At the Statehouse

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:28:41 -0500

At the Statehouse Jack Shaner, OEC Deputy Director,Senior Director of Legislative & Public Affairs WINS AND LOSSES MARK FINAL 2-YEAR STATE BUDGET Ohio’s new two-year budget blueprint—adopted just before lawmakers went home for their summer break in mid-July—includes both victories and setbacks for the protection of air, land, and water. Here is a [...]

Thurber's Thoughts: Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:49:00 -0500

From Marines.com:Founding of the Marine CorpsA legacy is bornDuring the American Revolution, many important political discussions took place in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia, including the founding of the Marine Corps. A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling for two battalions [...]

Glass City Jungle: A nation divided as anonymous asshats run amok…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:10:14 -0500

I read about this on Jill’s facebook, she’s also posted it on her blog, Writes Like She Talks, she read it on Nookular Option who read it on America Blog who took the commenters running amok from Politico…That’s the complete disclosure/attribution…Elie Wiesel a holocaust survivor [...]

KEELER POLITICAL REPORT: So I saw that health care passed ...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:42:00 -0500

So I saw that health care passed the House (literally, I watched it, yeah I am a loser). The final vote was 220-215. All Republicans but one voted no, and the one who did was trying to keep up his futile effort to keep his seat in his overwhelming D [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: FROM MY (NANORWIMO) CHAPBOOK…

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:30:58 -0500

Found in my electronic chapbook. It might be more useful to point out that a story has two beginnings, it’s beginning on the first page and its chronological beginning. Sometimes they coincide. Sometimes the do not. p. 147 From Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence [...]

KEELER POLITICAL REPORT: Other Sports News

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500

Wow...Browns game Monday night vs. Baltimore might not sell out and could be blacked out. It will probably end up being a sellout (either genuine or team buying the remainder of the seats to avoid an embarrassment on a national stage), but this was unthinkable even a couple years [...]

Writes Like She Talks: On anniversary of Kristallnacht, this is how some Americans feel about Jews

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:12:25 -0500

From AmericaBlog (via The Nookular Option): Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel criticized a Teabagger protester in Washington, DC this week who held up a sign showing dead bodies from the Dachau concentration camp stacked in a pile, and compared this to the Democrats' health care reform plan. Here are' [...]

Plunderbund: Late Night PB Theatre: Successful Re-Launch Style

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:08:32 -0500

This is what a good blogging day looks like. Day one of Plunderbund 2.0 was an absolute success. We tripled our normal traffic. We were able to get 4 of the 5 main bloggers active, crank out 18 posts, and get this thing kicked off right. We also got Amber [...]

KEELER POLITICAL REPORT: One of earliest news/political memories ...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500

One of earliest news/political memories was watching the Berlin Wall fall. I kind of understood what was going on, but not really the significance of it.

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Wellsy's World: Obama to send 40,000 troops to Afghanistan (?)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:10 -0500

CBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send nearly 40,000 additional combat troops to Afghanistan, honoring the majority of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for that country. The administration still says that troops aren’t the only answer and Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai bears a lot of responsibility for [...]

ProgressOhio: SCIENTISTS UNDER ATTACK, Chris Award, Free Press Free Film

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:02 -0500

It would be really good if you could come to watch the film that won the Free Press award for the Chris Awards this year! Sorry for the late notice. Hope to see you there!

SCIENTISTS UNDER ATTACK
A Political Thriller about genetic engineering and freedom of speech.
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Keane Observations: Fort Hood Terror Attack

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:29:00 -0500

Most of the dust has settled in Texas and some aspects of the terror attack are becoming clear. Immediately following the attack various incorrect information was flying back and forth in the news casts. At one point the report was there were three attackers. At another point we were told [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: Empty Hearts and Empty Thrones

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22:00 -0500

Given the pronouncements of an end to capitalism since the great economic catastrophe of the past few years, I found this poem I wrote years ago rather fitting. Though at the time I wrote it, it was meant as being a meditation on my own existential angst, I think it [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: Organized Forgetting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:11:00 -0500

I was looking back through some old poetry I had written a little over a decade ago and found several gems.

This one is particularly appropriate given the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall as I wrote this while taking a course on Czech literature and film. It was striking [...]

Wellsy's World: The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 20 years later

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:02:14 -0500

Twenty years ago today, a decades-long symbol of division and oppression came crashing down. The roar of its falling stones was felt across Europe, across Russia, across America, across the entirety of the whole of planet Earth. It signalled the beginning of the end of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: Russia and Permanent Stuggle

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:01:00 -0500

An insightful piece from Stratfor on the geopolitics of Russia. Essentially, Russia is too large, too sparsely populated, and the victim of poor access to oceanic trading routes and without major navigable rivers. This makes Russis inherently unstable despite periods when it comes under authoritarian leadership that typically controls it's' [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: A Taste of Armageddon?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:50:00 -0500

I reread a piece over at the Sublime Oblivion blog that spoke to me in a way. Though I do not necesssarily subscribe to all of this, the last paragraph of this post, aptly titled "Armageddon" says something interesting and, I think potentially profound:

"At the end of history, there will" [...]

The Nookular Option: Teabaggers to Holocaust survivor: "Stop whining"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:42:00 -0500

John Aravosis points out some truly heinous comments by tea-baggers, in response to Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel's criticism of a tea bagger. Some highlights:

"Rothschilds nothing! Everyone knows that Obama is George Soros sock puppet. Wasn't Soros Jewish once upon a time? May the Schwartz'" [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:30:35 -0500

Just as fellow Nobel Laureate Nelson Mandela was a constant lightening rod for protests against South Africa’s apartheid government, so to is Aung San Suu Kyi the inescapable top-of-mind political fact hanging in any discussion with Myanmar’s military dictators because imprisonment has negated Myanmar’s next election before a single vote [...]

TheSkeptikOne: Obama's Rope-a-Dope

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:26:00 -0500

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A closer look at the Stupak Amendment

What the first part of the legal mandate that the Stupak Amendment would impose is not new. It echoes the law laid down back in 1976 by the Hyde Amendment, which already forbids the use of federal funds to pay for most abortions. The [...]

Pho's Akron Pages: Twenty Years Ago

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:18:00 -0500

In 1984 I was on a study abroad program in Yugoslavia. One night we met up with some German students and sampled a great deal of the local malt beverage and got talking about politics. I (clumsily) brought up the idea of reunification and they shrugged it off. A pipe [...]

The Nookular Option: Not so fast on Stupak?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17:00 -0500

Encouraging words from Rep. DeGette (D-CO) on the Stupak amendment:

Although House liberals voted for the bill with the amendment to keep the process moving forward, Rep. Diana DeGette (Colo.) said she has collected more than 40 signatures from House Democrats vowing to oppose any final bill that [...]

Brain Shavings: Sarah Palin's qualifications for the presidency

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:55:00 -0500

Perpetual RINO weasel David Frum drives to the hoop for a dunk on Sarah Palin ... and gets stuffed by Doctor Zero:

That isn't a glass of sherry gripped in David Frum's sweaty fist, Palinistas. It's a mug of scalding hot coffee, and' [...]

TMCNEWS.NET: THREE INJURED IN LORAIN ROLL OVER

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:48:00 -0500

Lorain – Two people that were struck by a drunk driver early Saturday morning had to be taken by ambulance to Elyria Memorial Hospital while Police searched for the driver that hit them.

Police say 22-year-old Charles Montgomery of Lorain was traveling north on Grove [...]

Return of the Conservatives: Fundraiser for 4 Paws for Ability

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:47:38 -0500

On 21 November 2009 at 2:00pm there will be a fundraiser for 4 Paws for Ability at the Xenia Holiday Inn. 4 Paws is a Dayton area agency that trains and places service dogs for people with a variety of disabilities. They are a wonderful agency that does great [...]

Return of the Conservatives: Government school indoctrinator fired from Clark-Shawnee Government School District

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:47:12 -0500

A teacher with the Clark-Shawnee [Government] School District in Clark County was fired after a referee appointed by the Ohio Board Of Education reported that the teacher acted inappropriately with female students.

On Sunday, school board members voted unanimously to terminate the contract of 35-year-old Dennis Dahlberg. He [...]

Stubborn Liberal: This and That

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:40:00 -0500

> The Berlin Wall came down 20 years ago this week. I visited Germany a year and a half after the Berlin Wall was dismantled. When I visited Berlin, there were people selling small pieces of what they claimed to be part of the Wall. Of course, I had to [...]

Pullins Report: Eliminating Coal Would Devastate Our Energy Production

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:39:00 -0500

Check this statistic out:

The folks at Peabody Energy say replacing coal would require 2,400 times more solar generation, 40 times more wind power, 250 new nuclear plants, almost double the U.S. production of natural gas, 500 hydro plants the size of the Hoover Dam or halving electricity consumption.

Read the full article here.

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Pho's Akron Pages: ODP Talking Junk about the Republican Senate Primary

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:58:00 -0500

The tasteful graphic above is from the Ohio Democratic Party website today. The link leads to a release riffing on an ABC News story about the Republican Senate Campaign Committee assuming a neutral posture in contested primaries in 2010. The presser notes:
COLUMBUS - National [...]

MVRed.com: The USCCB Has it Entirely Wrong

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:42:26 -0500

This past Sunday I went to 8:30 mass at St. Joseph's Church in Austintown. After mass, I opened up the bulletin to find a flyer from the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that urged the passage of health care reform. Although the USCCB made it known they would [...]

taxmanblog: O' Hail the Messiah Lord Obama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:39:00 -0500

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Weapons of Mass Discussion: Spaces’ Health Care Vote Raises Taxes and Slashes Benefits for Seniors

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:00 -0500

Release:Lakeville, OH – Senator Bob Gibbs, candidate for Ohio’s 18th Congressional District, reacted today to Rep. Zack Space’s vote to favor the Nancy Pelosi government run health care program.

“It is unacceptable that Zack Space just voted to slash benefits from the Medicare program, raise taxes, and add [...]

taxmanblog: Presidential quiz

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:28:00 -0500

From the American Thinker......

1. President Bush was famous for lacking "intellectual curiosity," while President Obama has been called "the smartest guy ever to become President." Who reads more books: Bush or Obama?

2. Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big [...]

ProgressOhio: President Obama Launches Major Veterans Employment Initiative

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:05 -0500

Today, the White House announced the launch of an initiative that is designed to transform the federal government into the model employer of America’s veterans. This evening, President Obama will be joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of Homeland [...]

Plunderbund: So long, John Boccieri – ask Eric Fingerhut how the ol’ Hamlet act works out

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:03:47 -0500

Number of comments: 2
I first met John Boccieri on the Tim Ryan campaign trail in 2002. Boccieri always struck me as very Marc Dann-ish; always hovering around, sniffing out the political winds, looking for whatever angle he could help himself to. Seemed like a nice guy, but I always got the sense he [...]

Ohio Daily Blog: Jennifer Brunner has women's backs on Stupak Amendment

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:24 -0500

In a climate that has become exponentially more explosive for the Democratic party around women's reproductive freedom in the last couple of days, Jennifer Brunner has issued a statement supporting those of us who are fed up with being told that women can always be put last, that our rights [...]

Plunderbund: What I Learned Today about Health Insurance

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:47:11 -0500

Number of comments: 6
I work for a small business. I just got married. I thought it would be a good idea to investigate whether or not I should switch to my husband’s health insurance plan. I had no idea how HUGE the price difference would be! My company struggles every year to figure out how to continue [...]

De Magno Opere: Are Democrats Prepared to Destroy Abortion Rights?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:35:00 -0500

I've said it before, I'll believe it when I see it, and as evidenced by the previous origami-act put on by the Congressional Progressive Caucus when it came to a worthwhile Public Option, I highly doubt anyone is going to vote against the already heinous health care bill [...]

Plunderbund: Brunner blasts anti-choice Stupak amendment in House health care reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:07:19 -0500

Number of comments: 1
To date, it’s been difficult to find any daylight between Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher on health care reform. Today, Brunner came out blasting the Stupak amendment. (HT: Columbus Dispatch Daily Briefing Blog): "By voting . . . to block women from essential reproductive health care [...]

Plunderbund: RNC Chairman suggests his party is racist

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:53 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Seriously… The Hill reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was on a radio show and asked about the GOP could reach out to African-American voters. And here’s what transpired: MARTIN: But your candidates got to talk to them. One of the criticisms I’ve always had is Republicans — white Republicans [...]

Plunderbund: Breaking: Dow Surges on Health Care Reform Passage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:43:55 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Dow Hits High for Year at 10,226.94, signaling mass approval among the business community for the recent passage of health care reform. …no, not really. But it’s a nice rhetorical point for the wingers who want to superimpose an Obama speech on top of minute-by-minute Dow levels. I’d be an [...]

The Daily Briefing: Brunner assails anti-abortion section in health bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:33 -0500

U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner today assailed moderate U.S. House Democrats for including an anti-abortion plank in a bill narrowly approved Saturday that would overhaul the nations health care system.

Brunner, the Ohio secretary of state and a candidate for next years Democratic nomination for the Senate, took dead [...]

Liberally Conservative: Fort Hood Massacre - Terrorist Attack or Act of War?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:56 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot, killed and wounded fellow military personnel at Ft. Hood, Texas, Friday.

Many are making excuses for Hasan because he is Muslim, many are being careful not to jump to conclusions about his motives, his religion and any connection his religious beliefs have with the Friday massacre.

My [...]

Buckeye RINO: The Obamacare vote among Ohio’s representatives in Congress

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:53 -0500

Late Saturday night, 11/7/2009, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed an Obamacare bill, 220-215. As you may recall, this past summer, when Obamacare opponents said that the proposed legislation hadn’t ruled out federal subsidies for abortions, Obamacare supporters said that such a charge was as fictitious as death panels and [...]

Third Base Politics: The Too-Little, Too-Late Governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
In a statement all too symbolic of his entire term as Governor, Ted Strickland recently came out against Issue 3.

Yes, I know it already won.

From nbc4i.com:
Ohio’s governor and members of the horse racing industry are concerned that voters’ recent approval of casinos in four [...]

Plunderbund: Question for Councilwoman-elect Zimon

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:30 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Friendly advice – an elected official should not have a Twitter account that is untransparent thus. Now, I will give Jill credit for having a campaign account that isn’t blocked. However, it does look a bit strange if you are showing your constituents one side of you in your campaign self-promotion machine, [...]

Plunderbund: Tea Parties: Grassroots Gives Way to Invasive Weeds in Florida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:42 -0500

Maybe all their base are NOT belong to them afterall: A Florida conservative has registered an official “Tea Party” with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races. Whoops. GOPers will be in a frantic pile on [...]

Glass City Jungle: E-mail from Senator Sherrod Brown on the health care reform legislation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:08 -0500

Number of comments: 10

This in via e-mail from the office of Senator Sherrod Brown:

You may have seen a lot of me lately. I’ve been speaking out and setting the record straight on why it’s critical that health care reform legislation includes a public option. And now that the House has passed it, [...]

The Daily Briefing: Space defends health care vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:57 -0500

Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, defended his vote Saturday for the House version of the health care bill, saying from his perspective, its the right thing to do.

In a conference call with reporters today, Space said the federal subsidies in the bill will make it easier for as many [...]

Plunderbund: AFA: No More Muslims in the Military

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:11:53 -0500

Number of comments: 1
PFAW’s Right Wing Watch does just that, which is why they caught American Family Association’s latest descent into lunacy in response to the Fort Hood tragedy. Bryan Fischer, AFA Director of Issues Analysis, begins his screed: It became evidently almost immediately that the mass murderer in yesterday’s killing spree at Fort [...]

ProgressOhio: Senator Sherrod Brown: It's Crunch Time On The Public Option

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:04 -0500

You may have seen a lot of me lately. I've been speaking out and setting the record straight on why it's critical that health care reform legislation includes a public option. And now that the House has' [...]

The Daily Briefing: Ohio voters support climate change steps, group says

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:34:20 -0500

A survey of Ohio voters shows broad support for the concepts of tackling global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and switching to clean energy sources, says the Pew Environment Group.

The group is using the survey to try to persuade the Senate to move forward with a climate [...]

Glass City Jungle: Latta tells TFP Health Care bill is “smoke and mirrors”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:32:24 -0500

Those of you who are not fans of the bill that the House passed and that is now in the hands of the Senate, might want to read, Latta: health care bill is ’smoke and mirrors’ by Toledo Free Press’s Kristen Rapin. The picture gives you the impact of [...]

Aude Sapere: Why Mark Levin Hates Glenn Beck

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:06:18 -0500

This second video from the Southern Avenger screams at the neo-con fools…especially to all the knuckleheads in Ohio jumping on the Kasich bandwagon. [...]

Ohio Daily Blog: "Ted Is Bad For Business" Meme Proved Total Bunk

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:21 -0500

We've all read various stories this year pinning Ohio's poor economic condition on the Strickland administration, from sources as diverse as the The Dispatch, The Plain Dealer, and the righty blogosphere. John Kasich is counting on that story for his bid to take Ted's place, featuring a "Jobs Lost Under'" [...]

BizzyBlog: WSJ’s Timely Wall-Fall Reminder: In 1987, Rather Said USSR Citizens ‘Do Not Yearn For Democracy’

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:32 -0500

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The Wall Street Journal’s editorial today on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is excellent, as would be expected, and gives credit where credit is due:

In the debate over who deserves credit for causing the Berlin Wall to collapse on the night [...]

Invincible Armor: Time To Tear Some Walls Down

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:55:00 -0500

Reminds me of our Tea Party movement, but their movement had leaders.

9th November, 1989 : East Germany opened its borders today, allowing its citizens to freely cross into the West for the first time since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. Some [...]

The Daily Briefing: Group thanks Kilroy for health care vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:57 -0500

The group Health Care for America Now is running a television ad in the Columbus area thanking Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy for voting in favor of the health care reform bill in the House.

The Columbus Democrat is one of some 20 lawmakers around the two country being thanked [...]

Buckeye State Blog: The Tea Party Gets Official In Florida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:28 -0500

This is almost too stupid, but a conservative in Florida has actually filed to create the Tea Party. Yes, a political party named Tea.

I’m impressed, I never thought there would be a 3rd party more of a joke than “Lieberman for Connecticut”.

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ProgressOhio: New TV Ad: Health Care for America Now Thanks Representative Kilroy for Historic Vote to Pass Health Care Reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:36:04 -0500

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) - the nation's largest health care campaign - launched a new television ad today to publicly thank Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) for her historic 'yes' vote on the House of Representatives' health care bill - the Affordable Health Care' [...]

Aude Sapere: The Myth of Objective Journalism

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:34:08 -0500

Thanks to the Southern Avenger. I would add to the video content, this would be a great time to develop a “counter” newspaper, call it republican or the right side, to the leftist Columbus Dispatch. Not knowing the markets in Cincinnati, Cleveland or Toledo, I would think the chances of getting [...]

The Daily Briefing: Casino developer is cautious

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:29:33 -0500

In its first report to Wall Street since Ohioans approved four casinos last week, the developer of two of the casinos did not predict that it would get rich quick as a result of the passage.

Penn National Gaming Inc., which will own and operate casinos in Columbus and [...]

Plunderbund: 41 Dems Set to Sink Bill with Stupak (Updated)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:23:58 -0500

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This Stupak amendment is going to have to get changed greatly or jettisoned all together. 41 Dems have now signed on to voting against a bill that contains Stupak. Greg Sargent has the letter: November 7, 2009 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: As members of Congress [...]

ProgressOhio: Ohio Retirees Praise Kilroy and Space for Health Care Vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:02:23 -0500

Retirees in Ohio owe thanks to those Members of Congress voting for HR 3962 for having the courage to end the cynical policies of the past. Retirees, seniors, and older workers see closure of the Medicare Rx drug donut hole, coverage for preventative services, and access to [...]

Keane Observations: Health Care "Reform" Bill Passes House

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:52:00 -0500

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The House of Representatives passed their version of Health Care "Reform" on Saturday night.

What does that really mean? Well, until the Senate passes a similar bill and it is signed into law it means nothing. However, that House vote does mean we are much closer to seeing [...]

Right Ohio: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:04 -0500

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Plunderbund: Hey creepy Lee Fisher tracker dude – it’s so not worth it.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:03 -0500

Potts seems to have found Lee Fisher’s asshole loser creepy stalking tracker dude. So have we. What are you trying to capture there, tough guy? Jennifer Brunner letting slip that she’s not gonna hire your sorry ass when she’s US Senator? I don’t know who this douchebag is, but you have to [...]

BizzyBlog: NYT’s Krugman Quotes Song Proving ObamaCare Opponents’ Point

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:09:33 -0500

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Isn’t that Paul Krugman clever? The title of his latest op-ed (”Paranoia Strikes Deep”) quotes a line, presumably deliberately, from a 1960s protest song many consider one of the opening shots in that decade’s protest movement.

Before he got cute with his title, Krugman should have gone [...]

taxmanblog: Blogger Fail

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:05:00 -0500

I have no idea what's going on but Blogger is randomly setting the the fonts on my posts. I have no idea why. I typically like to keep the fonts large so older folks do have to whip out the cheaters.

If anyone else has noticed this problem please [...]