Archive for February, 2009

The Fourth John Minor – “Cousin John”

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Virginia Magazine of History and BiographyVolume X – No. 4, April 1903, pages 438-440THE FOURTH JOHN MINORBy Charles M. Blackford, Lynchburg, Virginia Was the eldest son of General John Minor. He was born in 1797, at Hazel Hill, in Fr…



Lincoln on PBS

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Wednesday will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln (February 9, 1809). To mark this day, PBS will show the following:The Assassination of Abraham LincolnPBS, February 9, 2009 at 9:00 p.m.Looking for LincolnPBS, February 11, 2009…



Elsewhere on the Internet (February 7th 20:03)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

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The House of Delegates Elections Subcommittee shows Bobby Orrock the door.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Thank God.
As I pointed out a couple days ago, Bobby Orrock’s original version of HB 2642 was a monstrosity which required that anyone, who distributed a voter registration form to a citizen, register with the State Board of Elections (SBE) and provide quarterly reports to the SBE about who conducted voter registration activities and where […]



Wrong, But Funny

By From http://kybecca.blogspot.com/ • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local



25 Random Annoyances

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a h/t to my Summer Hill Road homies:
Like the flu that is spreading rapidly across the United States, you and your millions of other Facebook Friends have been tagged with a 25 Random Things About Me message.  For the give or take 25 people across the U.S. and A. that […]



Start of the Mid-Atlantic storm chase season

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After my last post I became curious as to when the storm chase season began for us during the past few years. After perusing my chase logs (at www.cjwhite.us) this is what I found:2003: 21 March2004: 6 March2005: 11 March2006: 4 February (no Ma…



Mary Wash Hospital Thanks

By From http://burgnews.blogspot.com/ • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Reviews

Sometimes it’s one or two people that can really change how your stay in the hospital goes. Our son was admitted last Saturday to Mary Washington Hospital with low oxygen levels due to what we were to find out was pneumonia. We had been to the doctor e…



Elsewhere on the Internet (February 6th 09:26)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Feb 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Tarp Hat – The Real Deal: Made In Brazil –
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Is Orrock Going After Third Parties?

By From http://fred2blue.com • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Del. Bobby Orrock recently introduced HB 2642. Here’s the key paragraph:
… (iii) makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to pay or receive compensation on a fee per signature or on a basis related to the number of signatures obtained for circulating election-related petitions or completing and submitting voter registration applications;…
I’m kind of torn. I don’t like […]