Monday, October 31, 2005

The Other Shoe Drops

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The wait is over, the jig is up, El Presidente has caved in to the radical right, and we have Samuel A. Alito nominated for Sandra Day O...
Sunday, October 30, 2005

The Water Crisis

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On October 25th, a joint meeting between the towns of Boone and Blowing Rock, ASU, and Watauga County discussed the feasibility of a "W...
Saturday, October 29, 2005

All That Old Stuff

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Yesterday's Watauga Democrat (front page) brought news that the Appalachian Cultural Museum is being forced out of University Hall by C...
Friday, October 28, 2005

More on Virginia Governor Race

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According to Bloomberg News , Larry Sabato, the University of Virginia political scientist, says "Bush is a drag, even in Virginia....
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Thank Gawd We've Got an Oil Man for President!

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Earlier this morning, according to Reuters , Exxon-Mobile posted the largest quarterly profits in U.S. history ... $9.9 billion. "Analy...

Bush Will Reinstate Davis-Bacon; Foxx Is Frowning

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El Presidente slipped it out quietly yesterday, sending forth his Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to announce that the Davis-Bacon Act would ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Bellwether

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n. A male sheep, usually castrated, with a bell hung from its neck, that is followed by a flock of sheep. El Presidente is coming to Norfo...

The Wal-Mart Leak

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Someone inside the higher levels of the Wal-Mart corporation leaked a draft copy of a secret memo sent to the company's Board of Directo...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The Highlander Center

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News of the death of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks contained deep in it this sentence: "At the urging of an employer, Virginia Durr,...