Archive for March, 2008
Bruce Gates to Altria
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by fdc.
Patrick O’Connor: Influential GOP lobbyist joins Altria Bruce Gates, an influential Republican lobbyist with close ties to House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), is leaving Washington Council Ernst & Young, the firm he helped found in 1996, to work in the Washington office of the newly reconstituted Altria, according to someone with knowledge of [...]
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A Nats blog worth checking out
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Good insight from several perspectives. [another WaPost powered blog] The metal detectors were cumbersome but we understood; the nerds who decided to make opening day a political scene were worse. If I had a nickel for each person who made the “Bush messes everything up” joke while waiting on line, those $7.50 beers would not [...]
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Great advice for a campaign on the brink of striking out
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Listen to Mortman: A Banks Shot For Hillary [free advice, that might work]
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Latest Links
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Gold star for rebuilding after Katrina [Wally World] Digging up Bones [Friedrich Schiller] Best of the state political blogs [the fix!] Julia Allison = real life Carrie Bradshaw [Harold Ford's Ex] Caron Butler’s 28th birthday bash [Ray Lewis & Jason Campbell kicking it] One in six West Virginians receive … [drum roll please...]
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Patrick Hynes helps McCain embrace the blogosphere
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
It’s no doubt the McCain camp has a firm grasp on the importance of bloggers and the role blogging will have this cycle – proof is in the fact that the left is paying close attention. But also worth noting is the fact that the MSM has taken notice too. Below is an article about McCain’s [...]
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NRCC’s Blues
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by fdc.
Here’s the famous New York Times Magazine article all of DC discussed over brunch this weekend. Benjamin Wallace-Wells: A Case of the Blues Cole’s strategy is not complicated, but it does contain an essential difficulty: at a moment when Washington is deeply unpopular, he wants his candidates to run as insurgents, but voters still identify [...]
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Welcome Back Congress
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
The second graph of the Beltway’s best round-up should get you back up to speed: Good Monday morning. The president is off to Eastern Europe, the HUD secretary is out, the Treasury secretary wants to rewire the nation’s financial regulators, Al Gore is launching an ad campaign featuring Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton, Obama could [...]
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ZIMMERMAN! Nats Win!
Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by fdc.
Ryan Zimmerman delivers game ending home run in the bottom of the 9th! Nationals 1-0 in new stadium Michael Ruane: Cheers Not Just for the Home Team but for Timely Rails, Clear Roads Dick Heller: A permanent palace for baseball in the District Express: Opening Night at Nationals Park Selig: Washington Must Wait for All-Star [...]
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Opening Day
Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by fdc.
Nationals Park opens today. WaPo has an interactive map for your own virtual tour. Boswell: Upon Inspection, New Home Has Some Sweet Aspects to It Sommer Mathis: Nationals Park Songs Selected
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Latest Links
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Hillary facing gun fire [yikes] Pin the VP on the nominee [the fix] Blog Freedom [Freddoso]
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Look alike?
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
From Anne Schroeder’s blog: Does anyone else think Xavier’s basketball coach Sean Miller is a ringer for the Republican Study Committee’s spokesman Brad Dayspring? We’ll let you decide …. *PS: Thank you to the tipster who ripped the Dayspring photo off Facebook. Ah, the ever so public Facebook phenomena …
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Famous Five [twitterific version]
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
This week we are highlighting the 5 Most Ridiculous Twitter Updates. In case you have a life and don’t know what Twitter is – it’s a microblog for nerds who can’t get enough blogging in on a daily basis. It’s utterly useless, but entertaining for us. [*note, names have been left off as not to embarrass [...]
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The ticket?
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Leave us your thoughts in the comment section …
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Virtual Respect
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Redneck Genius.
Someone has uploaded a virtual Vietnam Wall [amazing] You can view every name on the wall. You can search by name, hometown, service, or enlistment type. Facts about the Interactive Wall At full size, The Wall image on Footnote is about 460 feet wide (400,000 pixels wide by 12,500 pixels tall). We found 58,320 names [...]
