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Plunderbund: Brunner blasts anti-choice Stupak amendment in House health care reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:07:19 -0500

To date, it’s been difficult to find any daylight between Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher on health care reform. Today, Brunner came out blasting the Stupak amendment. (HT: Columbus Dispatch Daily Briefing Blog): "By voting . . . to block women from essential reproductive health care [...]

Plunderbund: RNC Chairman suggests his party is racist

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:49:53 -0500

Seriously… The Hill reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was on a radio show and asked about the GOP could reach out to African-American voters. And here’s what transpired: MARTIN: But your candidates got to talk to them. One of the criticisms I’ve always had is Republicans — white Republicans [...]

Plunderbund: Breaking: Dow Surges on Health Care Reform Passage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:43:55 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Dow Hits High for Year at 10,226.94, signaling mass approval among the business community for the recent passage of health care reform. …no, not really. But it’s a nice rhetorical point for the wingers who want to superimpose an Obama speech on top of minute-by-minute Dow levels. I’d be an [...]

The Daily Briefing: Brunner assails anti-abortion section in health bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:40:33 -0500

U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner today assailed moderate U.S. House Democrats for including an anti-abortion plank in a bill narrowly approved Saturday that would overhaul the nations health care system.

Brunner, the Ohio secretary of state and a candidate for next years Democratic nomination for the Senate, took dead [...]

Liberally Conservative: Fort Hood Massacre - Terrorist Attack or Act of War?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:32:56 -0500

Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot, killed and wounded fellow military personnel at Ft. Hood, Texas, Friday.

Many are making excuses for Hasan because he is Muslim, many are being careful not to jump to conclusions about his motives, his religion and any connection his religious beliefs have with the Friday massacre.

My [...]

Buckeye RINO: The Obamacare vote among Ohio’s representatives in Congress

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:53 -0500

Late Saturday night, 11/7/2009, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed an Obamacare bill, 220-215. As you may recall, this past summer, when Obamacare opponents said that the proposed legislation hadn’t ruled out federal subsidies for abortions, Obamacare supporters said that such a charge was as fictitious as death panels and [...]

Third Base Politics: The Too-Little, Too-Late Governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:00 -0500

In a statement all too symbolic of his entire term as Governor, Ted Strickland recently came out against Issue 3.

Yes, I know it already won.

From nbc4i.com:
Ohio’s governor and members of the horse racing industry are concerned that voters’ recent approval of casinos in four [...]

Plunderbund: Question for Councilwoman-elect Zimon

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:30 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Friendly advice – an elected official should not have a Twitter account that is untransparent thus. Now, I will give Jill credit for having a campaign account that isn’t blocked. However, it does look a bit strange if you are showing your constituents one side of you in your campaign self-promotion machine, [...]

Plunderbund: Tea Parties: Grassroots Gives Way to Invasive Weeds in Florida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:42 -0500

Maybe all their base are NOT belong to them afterall: A Florida conservative has registered an official “Tea Party” with the office of the Secretary of State, and is promising to run candidates against Republicans and Democrats in state and national races. Whoops. GOPers will be in a frantic pile on [...]

Glass City Jungle: E-mail from Senator Sherrod Brown on the health care reform legislation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:21:08 -0500

This in via e-mail from the office of Senator Sherrod Brown:

You may have seen a lot of me lately. I’ve been speaking out and setting the record straight on why it’s critical that health care reform legislation includes a public option. And now that the House has passed it, [...]

The Daily Briefing: Space defends health care vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:57 -0500

Rep. Zack Space, D-Dover, defended his vote Saturday for the House version of the health care bill, saying from his perspective, its the right thing to do.

In a conference call with reporters today, Space said the federal subsidies in the bill will make it easier for as many [...]

Plunderbund: AFA: No More Muslims in the Military

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:11:53 -0500

PFAW’s Right Wing Watch does just that, which is why they caught American Family Association’s latest descent into lunacy in response to the Fort Hood tragedy. Bryan Fischer, AFA Director of Issues Analysis, begins his screed: It became evidently almost immediately that the mass murderer in yesterday’s killing spree at Fort [...]

ProgressOhio: Senator Sherrod Brown: It's Crunch Time On The Public Option

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:04 -0500

You may have seen a lot of me lately. I've been speaking out and setting the record straight on why it's critical that health care reform legislation includes a public option. And now that the House has' [...]

The Daily Briefing: Ohio voters support climate change steps, group says

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:34:20 -0500

A survey of Ohio voters shows broad support for the concepts of tackling global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and switching to clean energy sources, says the Pew Environment Group.

The group is using the survey to try to persuade the Senate to move forward with a climate [...]

Glass City Jungle: Latta tells TFP Health Care bill is “smoke and mirrors”

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:32:24 -0500

Those of you who are not fans of the bill that the House passed and that is now in the hands of the Senate, might want to read, Latta: health care bill is ’smoke and mirrors’ by Toledo Free Press’s Kristen Rapin. The picture gives you the impact of [...]

Aude Sapere: Why Mark Levin Hates Glenn Beck

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:06:18 -0500

This second video from the Southern Avenger screams at the neo-cons fools…especially to all the knuckleheads in Ohio jumping on the Kasich bandwagon. [...]

Ohio Daily Blog: "Ted Is Bad For Business" Meme Proved Total Bunk

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:04:21 -0500

We've all read various stories this year pinning Ohio's poor economic condition on the Strickland administration, from sources as diverse as the The Dispatch, The Plain Dealer, and the righty blogosphere. John Kasich is counting on that story for his bid to take Ted's place, featuring a "Jobs Lost Under'" [...]

BizzyBlog: WSJ’s Timely Wall-Fall Reminder: In 1987, Rather Said USSR Citizens ‘Do Not Yearn For Democracy’

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:32 -0500

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial today on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is excellent, as would be expected, and gives credit where credit is due:

In the debate over who deserves credit for causing the Berlin Wall to collapse on the night [...]

Invincible Armor: Time To Tear Some Walls Down

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:55:00 -0500

Reminds me of our Tea Party movement, but their movement had leaders.

9th November, 1989 : East Germany opened its borders today, allowing its citizens to freely cross into the West for the first time since the Berlin Wall was built in 1961. Some [...]

The Daily Briefing: Group thanks Kilroy for health care vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:57 -0500

The group Health Care for America Now is running a television ad in the Columbus area thanking Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy for voting in favor of the health care reform bill in the House.

The Columbus Democrat is one of some 20 lawmakers around the two country being thanked [...]

Buckeye State Blog: The Tea Party Gets Official In Florida

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:28 -0500

This is almost too stupid, but a conservative in Florida has actually filed to create the Tea Party. Yes, a political party named Tea.

I’m impressed, I never thought there would be a 3rd party more of a joke than “Lieberman for Connecticut”.

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ProgressOhio: New TV Ad: Health Care for America Now Thanks Representative Kilroy for Historic Vote to Pass Health Care Reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:36:04 -0500

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) - the nation's largest health care campaign - launched a new television ad today to publicly thank Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) for her historic 'yes' vote on the House of Representatives' health care bill - the Affordable Health Care' [...]

Aude Sapere: The Myth of Objective Journalism

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:34:08 -0500

Thanks to the Southern Avenger. I would add to the video content, this would be a great time to develop a “counter” newspaper, call it republican or the right side, to the leftist Columbus Dispatch. Not knowing the markets in Cincinnati, Cleveland or Toledo, I would think the chances of getting [...]

The Daily Briefing: Casino developer is cautious

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:29:33 -0500

In its first report to Wall Street since Ohioans approved four casinos last week, the developer of two of the casinos did not predict that it would get rich quick as a result of the passage.

Penn National Gaming Inc., which will own and operate casinos in Columbus and [...]

Plunderbund: 41 Dems Set to Sink Bill with Stupak (Updated)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:23:58 -0500

Number of comments: 4
This Stupak amendment is going to have to get changed greatly or jettisoned all together. 41 Dems have now signed on to voting against a bill that contains Stupak. Greg Sargent has the letter: November 7, 2009 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: As members of Congress [...]

ProgressOhio: Ohio Retirees Praise Kilroy and Space for Health Care Vote

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:02:23 -0500

Retirees in Ohio owe thanks to those Members of Congress voting for HR 3962 for having the courage to end the cynical policies of the past. Retirees, seniors, and older workers see closure of the Medicare Rx drug donut hole, coverage for preventative services, and access to [...]

Keane Observations: Health Care "Reform" Bill Passes House

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:52:00 -0500

The House of Representatives passed their version of Health Care "Reform" on Saturday night.

What does that really mean? Well, until the Senate passes a similar bill and it is signed into law it means nothing. However, that House vote does mean we are much closer to seeing [...]

Right Ohio: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:04 -0500

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Plunderbund: Hey creepy Lee Fisher tracker dude – it’s so not worth it.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:03 -0500

Potts seems to have found Lee Fisher’s asshole loser creepy stalking tracker dude. So have we. What are you trying to capture there, tough guy? Jennifer Brunner letting slip that she’s not gonna hire your sorry ass when she’s US Senator? I don’t know who this douchebag is, but you have to [...]

BizzyBlog: NYT’s Krugman Quotes Song Proving ObamaCare Opponents’ Point

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:09:33 -0500

Isn’t that Paul Krugman clever? The title of his latest op-ed (”Paranoia Strikes Deep”) quotes a line, presumably deliberately, from a 1960s protest song many consider one of the opening shots in that decade’s protest movement.

Before he got cute with his title, Krugman should have gone [...]

taxmanblog: Blogger Fail

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:05:00 -0500

I have no idea what's going on but Blogger is randomly setting the the fonts on my posts. I have no idea why. I typically like to keep the fonts large so older folks do have to whip out the cheaters.

If anyone else has noticed this problem please [...]

ProgressOhio: Poll finds Clean Energy a Winner amongst Ohio voters

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:36 -0500

New polling out today from Pew Environment Group:
A large majority of voters in Ohio think global warming poses a serious threat (60%). A vast majority, across all demographic groups, favor the United States taking action to reduce carbon emissions that cause global warming (70%). Overall, a large plurality believe [...]

Glass City Jungle: New Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve increases access to Lake Erie coastline…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:04 -0500

This in via e-mail from Kevin Joyce of the The Black Swamp Conservancy:

New Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve Creates Mile-Long Lake Erie Access

Nonprofit, local and state government partnership protects coastal land for new preserve

Port Clinton, OH – The public’s access to Ohio’s Lake Erie coast was recently enhanced with [...]

Plunderbund: Boccieri Health Care Reform vote blogger roundup

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:55:38 -0500

Number of comments: 2
The blogs, sir, they have declared a fatwa, against you: Buckeye State Blog: "Hey John, ever consider that maybe your sane constituents didn’t want to deal with teabaggers? Way to go John! They played you for a fool, and you were more than happy to oblige. But do you seriously think that [...]

Plunderbund: Sarah Palin. Still Batshit Crazy? You Betcha. And Also Too!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:54:31 -0500

Number of comments: 1
In case you were wondering if our favorite wingnut-rogue mom-public service commitment quitting-electoral losing ex-politician is still batshit crazy? I can confirm this as not only true, but continuing to exceed even my giddy expectations. It’s no wonder Palin won’t allow any press, cell phones, or other recording devices into her [...]

taxmanblog: Steyn gets it

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0500

From Mark Steyn at NRO...........

For the purposes of argument, let's accept the media's insistence that Major Hasan is a lone crazy.

So who's nuttier?

The guy who gives a lecture to other military doctors in which he says non-Muslims should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down [...]

taxmanblog: Diversity

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:40:00 -0500

Army Chief Had this to say over the weekend.......
General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, [...]

Buckeye State Blog: Who Is This Guy?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:34:34 -0500

The man pictured above made quite a pest of himself at one of Jennifer Brunner’s recent speaking engagements at the Elyria YWCA Board Dinner.

Apparently this guy showed up outside of the closed door event YWCA fundraiser, planted himself just outside the room door, [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: ROLDO RIGHTS…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:51 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Roldo Bartimole writes: Ran into an old friend this morning at University Hospital where we older people are likely to meet. Boy was she angry. At Dennis Kucinich, a favorite of hers. Kucinich, as you may have noted, vote NO on the health care bill the other night. He gave good [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: Future Projects- Romantic Statescraft and the Paradoxes of Absolute Security and Existential Faith

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0500

I plan to take a brief break from regular blogging as I work on several larger pieces I want to write.

While I will occasionally link to comments at other sites and blogs, my main focus for the next couple of months is to work on three major writings.

1) A piece [...]

Greg R. Lawson's Blog: Beyond the Great Illusion

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:11:00 -0500

I just hasd an opinion piece I submitted to Asia Times promoted by their editors to front page of the pay website.

Here is the direct link, however, you have to pay to register at Asia Times.net (as opposed to their .com site).

I will publish the full piece in the [...]

Plunderbund: PlunderChat: Friday @ 5 p.m.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:59:12 -0500

A short programming note. On Friday, November 13th (ooooh, scary) at 5 p.m., we’re going to have a live, interactive chat with Sandy Theis, the spokewoman for the TruthPAC, the main anti-Issue 3 campaign to dissect last week’s passage of Issue 3: how it happened, what issues need to be [...]

Third Base Politics: A clueless Chairman.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:53:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
I swear, it's like the Ohio Democratic Party is in denial.

For some reason, rather than focusing on issues that matter to Ohioans, they think they can win by making sure Ohioans learn John Kasich used to work for Lehman Brothers. Their reasoning? Jon Corzine lost!
Like Mr.' [...]

Liberally Conservative: Obama’s 10-percent Stimulus Failure

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:23 -0500

Last week the Obama administration issued a report purporting to show that the President’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan had saved or created exactly 640,329 jobs. Such a precise number for such a fuzzy concept as jobs “saved or created” immediately raised doubts about the veracity of the report [...]

Third Base Politics: Is there such a thing as tripling-down?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:44:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
There is now.

From Politico:
For Perriello, Kilroy, Driehaus and Space, the health care bill represented their second exceptionally tough vote this year — the other was on the cap-and-trade bill — meaning they’ve essentially doubled down on the ambitious national Democratic agenda.In other words, these Ohio congressmen [...]

Third Base Politics: 2010 for 2010.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:36:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
As you should see in the widget on the right, the Kasich campaign is making an online push to pull in 2,010 internet contributors in the month of November.

This, needless to say, is awfully ambitious. Most similarly sized campaigns only bring in a few hundred internet contributions a [...]

Third Base Politics: What was the motive, again?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:27:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
From the Washington Post:
About 9 a.m. Thursday, Maj. Nidal M. Hasan walked over to see a neighbor in his aging apartment building here on the edge of downtown. He had come to say goodbye.

The two occasionally would sit together in plastic chairs beneath a wind chime [...]

Glass City Jungle: TFP: An outstanding cover and more…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:09 -0500

Number of comments: 2

This week’s cover of the Toledo Free Press is one of my favorites so far, the artwork is amazing, and it doesn’t hurt that I’m a fan of the Batman…

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of Batman is one I hope many [...]

Plunderbund: Hey, Boccieri, go big or you’ll go home…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:12:35 -0500

Number of comments: 2
I was all ready to write a post about how the difference between Driehaus voting for the bill and Boccieri voted against it was because Driehaus has a sizeable African-American population in his district where having the President campaigning for him may be the very thing necessary for Driehaus to [...]

Glass City Jungle: FOX Toledo follows the Marina District money…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:02:26 -0500

Number of comments: 8

If you didn’t watch last night, the video and the print story is online, FOX Toledo tracks the money for project. FOX Toledo has been the only news station that has consistently reported on the Marina District and the fact that the $3.6 million check that was due on [...]

Plunderbund: My return to the DailyKos community

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:59:29 -0500

Posted my first diary there in years. Feels good. Share on Facebook [...]

BizzyBlog: Lucid Links (110909, Morning)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:58:27 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Presence:

In response to what is probably the worst attack on American soldiers on American soil since the end of the 19th century (Hawaii was not yet a state when Pearl Harbor was attacked), our president …. made a statement that came off as perfunctory, and stayed in Washington for [...]

The Daily Briefing: Husted announces campaign chairmen

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:44:12 -0500

Republican secretary of state candidate Jon Husted has released a list of chairmen in each Ohio county for his 2010 campaign, including four individuals in Franklin County.

Husted, a state senator from Kettering, is expected to face former Ashtabula County auditor Sandra O'Brien in the May GOP primary.' [...]

ProgressOhio: A Rally and March For Health Reform This Wednesday In Dayton

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:43:15 -0500

We can be proud that this weekend, eight congressional representatives from Ohio voted for the successful passage of House Bill 3962.

But this victory is only a first step. The senate must pass a bill. We cannot waste any time and we must continue to show [...]

ProgressOhio: REMINDER: Toledo Health Care Rally

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:36:39 -0500

Join us Tuesday for a rally in Toledo!

Real health care reform that includes the choice of a public option is supported by 72% of Americans.

Health Care Reform passed in the house this weekend, and now we turn our attention to the Senate. It's' [...]

Keane Observations: Health Care Monstrosity and Fort Hood Shooting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:00 -0500

No, I'm not tying the two stories together. Just acknowledging not having blogged on either subject over the weekend. Computer wiped out a couple attempts. The Fort Hood shooting happened Thursday evening and the initial reports (as often happens) were a mix of correct, incorrect and incomplete information. Unlike a' [...]

The Daily Briefing: The (Democrat) politics of health care reform

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:49:17 -0500

How tough a vote was the Democrat-authored health care bill for Ohio Democrats?

Only two of 10 Democrats in the Ohio congressional delegation voted against the bill late Saturday night. But the reasons Ohio members came out for and against the bill point to the delicate political dance House [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: TIMUS INTERRUPTUS GOES PLUNDERING…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:43:28 -0500

Ohio will never be the same… [...]

Chief Source: Seabee Honored - By Edwin Foster (Petey)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
The following is an article was written by Edwin Foster and has been submitted to Saipan and the NPS War Memorial of the Pacific.

Marianas Islands Medallion Award to Phm2c Lewis E. Foster, 112th Seabees, 30th NCR, 6th Brigade, Tinian 1944-1945
October 31, 2009
Akron, Ohio

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BizzyBlog: National Right to Life Did What?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:31:59 -0500

While this type of thing breaks my heart (b/c it goes on all the time), I am grateful for the truth.

(HT: Emailer)…

Dear friends,

Please take 5 minutes to read this…then read it again. A friend and I were just talking about the “major” Right to Life organizations being focused NOT on [...]

BizzyBlog: ObamaCare’s Redistribution of Health

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:30:50 -0500

Of course the president and Congress are after money, but they really want control over your life.

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Note: This item originally appeared at Pajamas Media and was teased here at BizzyBlog on Saturday.

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The House’s latest iteration of ObamaCare now weighs in at 1,990 pages. That’s hundreds [...]

taxmanblog: How liberals milk conservatives.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 -0500

So you are one of those gun control ding dongs who believes that we should ban all guns. Well, if you are so adamant about banning guns, post a notice on your doors that no guns are allowed.

But you won't do that, right? Because you and I both' [...]

ProgressOhio: Boolean Politics

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:14:12 -0500

Boolean Politics

Boolean algebra and digital circuit analysis is the study of modern computer design. The goal of any Boolean circuit is to prevent redundancy, promote efficiency and reduce costs in the computer production phase.
Boolean Politics is the study of rapid response to maximize political leverage [...]

Plunderbund: Damn Good Health Care Reform Ad

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:50:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1
The older I get the more of a sucker I am for good political advertising. The ad below is a perfect example. It has no scary voice-over announcer. It has no concerned conversation over breakfast at a kitchen table. It has no charts or graphs. It mentions no statistics and makes [...]

Callahan's Cleveland Diary: Healing the wounds

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:26:42 -0500

Evidently the New County Politics is going to to require the same old iron stomach. As opponents of Issue 6 before the election, Democrats FitzGerald, Rokakis and Jones have no business running for executive, said Parma Heights Mayor Martin Zanotti, who was a leading advocate of the reform measure. “It would be [...]

blogger interrupted: Farewell to this blog, hello to my new one.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:25:37 -0500

Number of comments: 5
“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.” Barack Obama, January 8, 2008 When I started this blog over a year and a half ago, I had no idea where it would lead. That road leads me today to a new venture at Plunderbund, where [...]

Plunderbund: In total panic, PD’s Egger signals more layoffs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:20:10 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Front page, top right corner, above the fold, Sunday edition – Terrence Egger begs his readers to save him. Normally, the PD might sell the space now featuring Egger’s mug shot. Egger then devotes an entire page on A5 of the Sunday paper, also apparently un-sellable to advertisers, to more begging. In [...]

Ohio Politics Online: Congressman Bob Latta on Pelosi-Obama Healthcare Bill

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:17:39 -0500

Congressman Bob Latta’s (R-OH) statement after voting against Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s government takeover of our nation’s health care system.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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DaytonOS: If We AreTo Have A Great Future, The Ascending Issue In Our Democracy Must Be Democracy Itself

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:06:33 -0500

One great feature of trying to maintain a web log is that, over time, you accumulate a lot of thoughts. Two years ago, I would not have guessed that the biggest theme in my web log history would turn out to be democracy. I recently searched through the DaytonOS archive [...]

Ohio 15th District: Just Enough

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:54:00 -0500

*** Thank you, Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) for voting in support of the health reform bill on Saturday night. Thank you!

* * * Do Ohioans really believe anything that comes out of the mouth of Republican Jon Husted? Husted has apparently teamed up with another Republican state [...]

taxmanblog: Reagan - Tear Down This Wall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:44:00 -0500

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ProgressOhio: Dennis Kucinich: Why I Voted No

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:41:22 -0500

“We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which makes money not providing health care. We cannot fault the insurance companies for being what they are. But we can fault [...]

ProgressOhio: Religion wins, women lose

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:20:58 -0500

They have no women members -- a serious empathy vacuum. They do not pay taxes like corporations do. They have no medical expertise. They have extremist views on contraceptive use.

So why are we allowing this group to hijack democratic health care reform?

Because when the U.S. Conference of [...]

Cincinnati Blog: Qualls Nixes Vice Mayor Slot

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:03:00 -0500

In this in-depth piece by Howard Wilkinson Roxanne Qualls stated she does not want the Vice Mayor's appointment. Here's the meat of what her future may hold:Does she parlay her strong support among Cincinnati voters into a position of greater influence on the new City Council, such as an [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: HOW OHIO VOTED…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:52:24 -0500

[Update @1400: Brian Hester has a few words for John Boccieri. Update @ 1230: Roldo has a few words for Dennis Kucinich.] On H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act: Democrats — Boccieri, N; Driehaus, Y; Fudge, Y; Kaptur, Y; Kilroy, Y; Kucinich, N; Ryan, Y; Space, Y; Sutton, Y; Wilson, [...]

ProgressOhio: Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:48:59 -0500

Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation
By Jim Witkin
Institute for Local Self-Reliance A new report argues that a decentralized electricity generation scheme — using a variety of renewable resources — is achievable and advantageous.
Most states could meet their demand for electricity with renewable [...]

Liberally Conservative: Liberal Ambition and The Newest RINO

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:47:37 -0500

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) bribed her way to healthcare “reform” and who knows what the mountain of promises must look like after a Saturday night live vote for Socialism. One vote from a RINO in Louisiana and now the Liberals are screaming “bi-partisan.

Maybe Representative Cao (R-LA) should consider a party switch if [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: WHAT THEY SAY…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:36:14 -0500

Antonino D’Ambrosio writes: Cash, [Kris Kristofferson] said, was a “holy terror … a dark and dangerous force of nature that also stood for mercy and justice for his fellow human beings.” Four years before his famous concert at Folsom Prison, four years before the American Indian Movement formed, and at the [...]

Thurber's Thoughts: If health care bill just like Social Security and Medicare, how long until bankruptcy?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:33:00 -0500

In looking at the news coverage of Saturday's vote on the Pelosi health care bill, nearly all reports include this statement:"A triumphant Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, likened the legislation to the passage of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later."And I just have to shake my head [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: FROM MY DAD…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:47 -0500

I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for [...]

King's Right Site: Black Radical Group Stage Anti-Obama Protest at the White House

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0500

I wonder if the lily-white lefties and the MSM meatheads will call these protesters racist because they disagree with President Obama's policies?

From Breitbart --

Decrying Barack Obama as "white power in black face," hundreds of African-Americans marched on the White House Saturday to protest policies of [...]

BizzyBlog: Positivity: Thousands of Catholics turn out for Rosary Sunday in Phoenix

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:13:47 -0500

At Catholic News Agency:

Nov 8, 2009 / 02:33 pm (CNA).- From its humble beginnings in the church of St. Francis Xavier in Phoenix, Rosary Sunday has grown into an annual event that draws more than 5,000 people in devotion to Mary. Last month, Catholics in the diocese marked the [...]

King's Right Site: NYC Muslims praise Fort Hood Jihadikaze

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:02:00 -0500

A muslim group in NYC is shown praising the Fort Hood murderer...

There are now reports that the Jihadist shooter may have had ties to the same Mosque as the 9/11 hijackers. [...]

Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff: A bad sign in Seven Hills becomes letter perfect: Michael K. McIntyre's Tipoff

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0500

Tipoff features offbeat takes on the news including, this week, a dustup over the misspelling of street sign in Seven Hills that has finally been corrected. [...]

King's Right Site: Bedford School Board Member Swept out of Office

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0500

In the long over due spanking he never received, Bedford School Board member, Andrew "I want my Food" Mizsak was bent over the knee of Bedford voters and soundly spanked at the polls.

From the PD Tip Off --
Andrew Miszak, who [...]

De Magno Opere: Would Boccieri Have Voted Against Medicare Too?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:35:00 -0500

So-Called Democrat, and Representative of Ohio's 16th District, John "I get tax-payer supported health care, too bad for you!" Boccieri, explained his No vote on H.R. 3962:
While I fully support quality, affordable health care coverage for everyone, I am disappointed the House bill sadly does not go [...]

Thinking Green, Speaking Green: Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:32:16 -0500

Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power GenerationBy Jim Witkin

Institute for Local Self-Reliance A new report argues that a decentralized electricity generation scheme — using a variety of renewable resources — is achievable and advantageous.

Most states could meet their demand [...]

Have Coffee Will Write: FROM MY (NANORWIMO) CHAPBOOK…

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:59 -0500

Found in my electronic chapbook. A novel, as we’ve all heard far too often, ought to have a beginning, and a middle and an ending. No question about it. But not necessarily in that order. p. 145 From Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block. I [...]

Upper Arlington Progressive Action: A thousand to one: Mental health care in the Army

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:12:40 -0500

Well, it's really closer to 1300 to one -- the ratio of Army personnel to psychiatrists. This statistic is becoming more important to us because of the terrible events at Ft. Hood this week.

As the New York Times reports, the Army has 400 pyschiatrists for more than 500,000 active [...]

Chief Source: Fading Fall

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:06:00 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Saturday was so beautiful I decided to go searching for some remaining Fall color. I went for a hike out at Virginia Kendall. Many of the trees were bare but I did find these few leaves [...]

Better Living: No Leftovers for God

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500

[This was shared during worship with the people of Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Logan, Ohio, this morning.]

Mark 12:38-44
Here’s a bit of trivia: I love vegetable soup. Love it. I especially love it a few days after Ann makes a big pot of it. Two days [...]

Plunderbund: Welcome to Plunderbund 2.0

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:10:32 -0500

Number of comments: 6
I want to tell you about the new site, but first I have to tell you a story. It’s a story about absolute perfected incompetence. A story so full of inability, hilarity, and a comedy of so many errors that you’d think I was referring to the modern day Republican [...]

Stubborn Liberal: Now We Know

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:01:00 -0500

From the Jacksonville Journal Courier, comes this little gem from their "Open Line" section:

“The Republican leader John Boehner doesn’t know the difference between the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, he recited one and called it the other. He’s not even smarter than a fifth-grader.”

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Have Coffee Will Write: ROLDO RIGHTS…

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:10 -0500

Roldo Bartimole writes: Could the pathetic condition of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party give us a Republican for the first County executive? Is the Pee Dee already pushing a Republican, the out-of-county son of Cleveland Indians’ owner Larry Dolan for the top spot? Ohio Rep. Matthew Dolan, it has been reported by [...]

taxmanblog: Sportsmanship 101

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:54:00 -0500

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historymike: On Canine Hoarding

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:52:00 -0500

Pictured on your left is my oldest Puggle, a handsome three-year-old male whose name is Eddie Haskell. In this image Eddie is hiding under my work desk, and the reason that he lurks at my feet is that he has accumulated portions of five rawhide [...]

Keane Observations: Land of Opportunity

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:38:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Next time someone says the deck is stacked against them or they just can't succeed in this country tell them about Commander Hung Ba Le, U.S. Navy. On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing' [...]

BizzyBlog: Thank You, Steve Driehaus…

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:29:17 -0500

Number of comments: 3

…for showing your true colors.

Your vote for this unprecedented takeover of private industry, shows what a weak-minded, socialist sock-puppet you really are; making next year’s OH-01 race a no-brainer (and by extension, less expensive and less emotional for any opposition).

So I was wondering, how does it feel to be man-handled [...]

Return of the Conservatives: Abortion practitioner admits "Yes i am" killing unborn children during abortions

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:20:51 -0500

The late-term abortion practitioner at the new abortion center in Dallas has admitted in a shocking interview that he kills unborn children during abortions. Curtis Boyd is one of the few abortion practitioners to admit what he is doing, but he has no qualms with his job.

Boyd opened [...]

Return of the Conservatives: The Fort Hood terrorist attack and Obambi's "shout-out"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:20:10 -0500

What he did by taking exactly 122 seconds to mention what happened on Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas should remain in the forefront until he leaves office on 20 January 2013. Can you begin to imagine what it had been like if previous Presidents had given a "shout-out" [...]