Archive for September, 2008

Arlington VA must be a great place to live

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Having solved all other problems, officials in Arlington VA have time to cite animal rescue volunteers for zoning violations. There are no complaints about too many animals, or poor care, or anything like that. They claim providing temporary foster care to pets in your home is a commercial use of the home and thus not […]



Elsewhere on the Internet (September 14th 14:26)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Slashdot | Successful Moonlighting For Geeks? –
SNL skit lampoons Palin and Clinton « bore me to tears –
The Meming of Life » An Inconvenient Commandment Parenting Beyond Belief on secular parenting and other natural wonders – Republicans are having a lot of trouble with the whole "Thou shall not lie" thing these days.



Is Obama’s campaign “off track”?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Sep 15th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Subject of e-mail sent to his supporters (no, I’m not a supporter): “Get the conversation back on track”.
Obama’s campaign, of course, blames that big, evil John McCain.
I guess McCain has been going around stealing Obama’s milk money or something.
Now, I ask you: Whose campaign is “off track”?
What campaign has their blogger buddies going around stating […]



Great homeschooling story on CBS

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Somebody at CBS will probably get fired for this story. Not only is it a very fair and positive 9 minute look at homeschooling, but nobody from HSLDA was consulted or interviewed. The primary family in the story is black, the other family they talk to is upper middle class (at least) in Chicago. […]



Duck, NC Vacation

By From http://fredericksblogger.blogspot.com/ • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Our vacation last week started off on a shaky note, with Hanna blowing across North Carolina and into Virginia on the day we were supposed to leave for the beach. We hung around on Saturday just long enough to make sure none of the trees around our hou…



George Mason

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Continuing with the theme of sculptured figures at eye level, where one can get a better feel for the person depicted, I offer this photo of the sculpture of founding father George Mason at the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. I have visited his home in …



Shooting Creek Brewery Granted Alcohol License

By From http://vadavid.blogspot.com/ • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Shooting Creek Farm Brewery in Floyd County has been granted an off-premises license by the Virginia Alcohol Control Board. Following a contentious hearing last month, Robert O’Neal, Virginia ABC’s chief administrative hearing officer, ruled on Friday…



So, what’s that $18,000,000 “technology center” at Culpeper doing?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

From The Free Lance–Fish Wrap:
Germanna Community College may lose state funding if it can’t come up with its share for a third building at its Fredericksburg-area campus.
Last year, Gov. Tim Kaine presented a bond package that included $23.3 million for the building at the Massaponax site.
But before construction can start, the college needs to raise […]



Elsewhere on the Internet (September 13th 19:28)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

FARK.com: (3869959) Brits standed by failed airline are now being flown back to UK — by the lead singer of Iron Maiden –
Fredericksburg.com – He’s fighting to free us from Microsoft –



Every Voter Should See This

By From http://fred2blue.wordpress.com • Sep 13th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

I know it’s hard to keep up with the McCain campaign lies nowadays. But this one is one of the oldest: That Obama will raise your taxes. That’s true, he will….if you make more than $600k a year. The McCain campaign claims everyone making more than $42k a year will recieve a tax-hike under the […]