Archive for July, 2009

Crabill Watch: “We have the chance to fight this battle at the ballot box before we have to resort to the bullet box.”

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Actually the statement before the quote I have in the title is probably the worst:

H/t: Fred2Blue, Not Larry Sabato.
And the bad thing is these Republicans in the 99th district can’t backpedal now and say they didn’t know what they were getting. They knew full well the kind of comments she had made previously as well […]



Speaking of Catherine Crabill, did she forget to file her campaign finance report this month?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s neither listed on the State Board of Elections’ website nor on the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).
Of course, her report from the previous filing period was noticeably missing certain expenditures that should have been included in the report but I haven’t had a chance to write a post about that yet.
UPDATE, 07/16/2009, 1:10 p.m.: […]



Northumberland Co. Tea Party: “If we lose at the ballot box, we will have to turn to the bullet box.”

By From http://fred2blue.com • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Stay tuned…Video coming….
UPDATE: NLS- Quote corrected (it’s actually worse): “”We have the chance to fight this battle at the ballot box before we have to resort to the bullet box… That’s the beauty of our 2nd Amend rights.”
UPDATE II: Here’s another gem… “Mohammed didn’t found this country–we would all be wearing burkahs and […]



Kaine & Howell Unite to Oppose the Wilderness Wal-Mart

By From http://fred2blue.com • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Governor Kaine and Speaker Howell agree: No Wilderness Wal-Mart
July 13, 2009
The Honorable Lee Frame, Chairman Orange County Board of Supervisors
112 West Main Street
Orange, Virginia 22960
RE: Wal-Mart Development Proposal, Orange County
Dear Chairman Frame:
As Virginia and the nation prepare to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, we write to express our concern over the […]



A Trip to Colonial Beach—Rt. 205

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”Mark TwainTom …



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-07-15 18:28:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Another Computer Enhanced Photo of An Abandoned Building. Why do I Keep Subjecting You to This?A question I asked myself when I took this photos. Last week I went back to take a photo of something I had passed for years with little notice. The scene h…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-07-15 18:23:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

God Bless AmericaAs you travel down Rt. 205 you will notice that someone has attached American flags, and in some cases yellow ribbons, to random street and roads signs. Welcoming someone back? Or just a simple way to show love of country?



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-07-15 18:20:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Just A Gravel RoadTypical rural Virginia road coming off of Rt. 205.



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-07-15 18:13:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

A Garden Along the Road”When a gauzy, purple butterfly, Softly tilts a golden flower,It’s cool wings ease the summer flame As laughter sooths a troubled hour.”



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-07-15 18:10:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

The Post Office in NideNot many of these one room Post Offices remain.