Archive for March, 2009

License Suspension is a Threat

By From http://www.andrewflusche.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

My Southern California criminal defense colleagues wrote a great article that discusses license suspension due to charges other than DUI.
The general point of the article applies here in Virginia as well: your license can be suspended for many different charges. It’s a real threat.
One of the most common non-DUI offenses to incur suspension of your […]



Culpeper Star-Exponent: No Wilderness Wal-Mart

By From http://fred2blue.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Media.Local

Good news. The Culpeper Star-Exponent has joined the Free Lance-Star in opposition to building a Wal-Mart right next to one of the most historic locations in the commonwealth.
Speaking of history, a major corporation is threatening a renowned Civil War battlefield. The Wilderness, where Gens. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant matched wits in 1864, was […]



Music on Mondays in March

By From http://fredericksblogger.blogspot.com/ • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The downtown library is offering a new concert series, “Music on Mondays in March,” which started tonight with the Quintessential Brass Repertoire, an outstanding group of professional musicians. One of the trumpeters is Zack Smith of the Dixie Pow…



Stephen A. Smith of ESPN is an idiot.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Sports

Stephen A. Smith was on ESPN a few minutes whining that sports organizations don’t seem to be feeling the effects of the recession. For one thing, he cited the cost of the New Yankee Stadium at $1.6 billion. Well, first, New Yankee Stadium began construction in 2006, a long time before the beginning of this […]



Is the World’s Oldest Legislature a “House Built on Declining Revenue?”

By From http://fred2blue.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

So says the one Democrat in the House of Delegates who voted against the budget last week:
A week ago last Saturday, the General Assembly passed a two year budget that was remarkably similar to what Governor Tim Kaine proposed in December. This was despite an additional $800 million shortfall from the January numbers that got […]



Elsewhere on the Internet (March 9th 15:47)

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

What Watchmen Did Next: 9 Comics To Follow Watchmen –



Beer – An American Revolution

By From http://kybecca.blogspot.com/ • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Here’s a neat short documentary about the beer industry in American and the rise of craft brews.



Barbie Celebrates 50th Birthday; AARP Card “In The Mail”

By From http://fred2blue.com • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

On this date 50 years ago, Barbie debuted at the New York Toy Fair.
(A Pisces gal…who knew?)
And oh Babs, according to the organization’s website, today is your day to join AARP!
Anyone 50 or over can get all the great benefits of membership in AARP for only $16 a year. And membership includes your spouse or partner, […]



Eric Holder & George Wallace’s Daughter Remember Selma

By From http://fred2blue.com • Mar 8th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Forty-four years ago, the very idea of pairing Peggy Wallace Kennedy, daughter of former Gov. George Wallace, and Eric Holder, the nation’s first African-American Attorney General, could get you lynched in Alabama.
AP:
Wallace’s daughter endorsed Barack Obama for president last fall, but she and Holder had never met until Sunday. But the ties between them go back […]



Signs of Spring

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

With super warm temperatures this weekend (it hit 80 today), we decided to get back in the habit of walking the downtown neighborhoods. Saturday’s outing took us to the neighborhood below the college, from Sunken Road to Kenmore Ave. I was searching …