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It’s a sad commentary that a site with such great potential, like FamousDC most certainly has, continues to ignore the fantasy football and focus instead on transition teams and jobs for journalists after the election.  This site should be instead focused on the transition from regular season football to the …

It’s no mystery that Google is a powerful force.  Just how powerful has yet to be determined- But if the latest Google experiment is any indicator, you ought to be a bit nervous the next time you go to look something up on your favorite search engine. From Drudge: GOOGLE …

Leave it up to the federal government to find creative ways to “use” our money.  Their latest stroke of brilliance, let the FCC sponsor a NASCAR race car. Hoping to rev up awareness for the transition to digital TV, the Federal Communications Commission is putting up $350,000 for a three-race …

FamousDC recently speculated on what would happen to a few of our favorite political reporters now that the election is over. One of our predictions had Capitol Hill heartthrob Jonathan Martin leaving the Politico to pursue employment at his favorite fast food restaurant. After a handful of emails to our …

Anne Schroeder: Do you think he IMs anymore?

What a Tangled Web We Weave Here’s a quick recap of what’s going on… Last week, FoxNews reported that some bitter McCain staffers were trashing Sarah Palin and why she wasn’t cut out to be Veep.  Tonight, the supposed staffer doing all the talking outed himself – or did he? …

We should note, while the editors of FDC aren’t necessarily wordsmiths, several of our loyal readers are. This is a comment that was posted a few days ago and we thought it deserved a little front page action. We hope you enjoy PhoenixSunsPhan’s post from election night: Famous DC gurus …

Forced to cut words. This doesn’t happen often, but Boehner’s entire quote Thursday was almost shorter than the release’s title. TITLE: Boehner Statement on President-Elect Obama’s Selection of Rep. Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff … QUOTE: “This is an ironic choice for a President-elect who has promised …

No intro this week.  This is serious. 1.  I bet you started Larry Johnson again this week instead of dropping his duck footed ass for Ray Rice-and beans of the Baltimore Ravens.  Mr. Rice-and beans scooted himself to 17 fantasy points without scoring a touchdown.  Get yourself a nice flour …

Gary Trudeau was so outraged that McCain had lobbyists advising him that he decided to run a cartoon per day naming each of the now famous K-streeters. Now, while his cartoon was happy to nail the GOPers, he’s not doing the same for Obama. Where are the Doonesbury cartoons now? …

We’ve heard the stats and we all know what was on the line at FedEx field last night. The Skins didn’t deliver for McCain.

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Happy Monday. How was your weekend? Here’s the DC update if you’re stuck on the trail knocking on doors and making calls. Texas Tech shocked the world Following Jay Z is tough Not sure if it moved any votes, but damn funny. Who doesn’t want pork knives? Head’s up – …

FamousDC’s Nominee for President, Mike Allen, received a glowing write-up in Newsweek. Can we count this a the first official endorsement of the FamousDC Media Ticket? It’s 5 a.m. and Mike Allen has already been awake for nearly two hours. The baby-faced, 44-year-old reporter for Politico, the Beltway-obsessed Web site, …