Archive for July, 2009

LCV Gives Creigh Deeds 91% Rating, 2nd Highest Among Senators

By From http://fred2blue.com • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Virginia League of Conservation Voters gave Creigh Deeds a 91% rating for the 2009 session. Only Donald McEachin (100%) scored higher among the 40 State Senators in the General Assembly. Sen. McEachin endorsed Deeds for Governor during the 3-way Democratic primary. Sen. Edd Houck scored an 82%.
Creigh Deeds for Governor
On the House side: former […]



Obamacare: 50+ Specific Pages Explained that will Scare the Crap Out of You and If Passed, Probably Kill Someone You Know!

By From http://rappahannockred.wordpress.com • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Politics

American Life League is leading the charge in informing the public about Obama’s pro-death policies. His latest claim to ramroding a socialist agenda into your private and business lives is the Healthcare bill.  He took six months to choose a family dog!  Now he wants congress to vote on a healthcare bill none of them […]



national guard drill

By From http://collegeterrace.blogspot.com/ • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Virginia Army National Guard will be doing emergency response drills this coming weekend (August 1-2). You may see uniformed personnel using the University parking lot on Thornton Street by the power plant. There should not be any traffic or nois…



Former Democratic Gov. Doug Wilder Praises Bob McDonnell, Cautions Creigh Deeds

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

“It’s beginning to look a lot, like, Christmas…”From The Washington TimesFormer Democratic Gov. L. Douglas Wilder said Wednesday that his party’s gubernatorial nominee, R. Creigh Deeds, is at risk of becoming the “me, too” candidate, and complimented…



Time for a variation of Godwin’s Law and other logical fallacies from people supporting Lippa’s railroading of Benjamin Boyd.

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

For those not familiar with Godwin’s Law, it states: “As a Usenet [a message board-style system] discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” It was also used in the ye olde days (back when you had to carry the electrons on your back!) to determine when a Usenet […]



Links for 2009-07-29 [del.icio.us]

By From http://www.DaliBurgado.com • Jul 30th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local



29 July Fredericksburg funnel video

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is a video clip showing the funnel and wall cloud I observed just before 6:00 pm today. I’ve edited the clip and darkened it to show the feature a bit better. It actually lasted longer than I remembered!



Funnel just east of Fredericksburg

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

When the SPC indicated a 5% tornado probability for our region I immediately checked the models and verified the chance. Thus when cells began firing this afternoon I was able to head out to attempt a mid-afternoon intercept of one in eastern King Geo…



Gov. Kaine Announces 1,100 Acre Addition to Crow’s Nest Preserve

By From http://fred2blue.com • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Stafford

“Brings total to 2,870 acres of protected coastal habitat.”
RICHMOND – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced the purchase of more than a thousand acres for preservation as part of Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve in Stafford, Virginia. The $14.2 million deal finalized this week adds 1,100 acres to the 1,770 acres already purchased in the […]



Am I supposed to have sympathy here?

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

She ran up $120,000 in debt getting a 4 year degree from Robert Morris, and now she makes $7.25 an hour plus tips at a bowling alley and has a 10 month old kid. Dad is not mentioned in the article.
If you are wondering, like I was, how exactly you run up that kind […]