Plunderbund

From CNN:
RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) — The future of the Middle East entered a new era of uncertainty Thursday, as the militant Palestinian opposition group Hamas snatched power from the ruling old guard and made skeptics of many key players in the peace process.
76-43 seats. This is big. This would be when your […]

Thanks Paul. I always wanted a Democrat with a bit of fight in ‘em! What a great gift! All wrapped up with nice conviction wrapping paper and tied with a persistence bow! I really appreciate it:
Dear Eric,
Last week the Columbus Dispatch published a column about my candidacy that said, […]

Interesting comment on the Strickland/Fisher post I thought I’d shuffle up to the top via Tim Russo. Since he can’t post, I wanted to be sure his voice was heard on it (knew those NEO folks would chime in):
“This is the biggest mistake Ted Strickland’s campaign has made yet, and may have given Fingerhut […]

From the Dispatch:
U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland, the Democratic frontrunner for governor, will announce Thursday that Lee Fisher — former attorney general and gubernatorial candidate himself — will be his running mate.
On the other side of it, word on Blackwell is this:
In a related development, there are indications that Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell may […]

Breeze of summer day
A bird is inviting me
In the grass
Supine
I hear a winter storm is on the way. It’s in times like these that old haiku comes in really handy…as well as headphones and Bosatsu - I’m listening to it now sitting in the Mean Bean. Good stuff. Bosatsu means “Deity of […]

(hat tip BSB)
Paul Hackett on CBS…features quite a bit of stuff about Van Taylor, but a decent piece:

I wanted to point you all to a movie I saw this weekend that I have been planning on seeing for some time. It is by a friend and local activist here in the Delaware area. Gabrielle is part of 5 Sisters Productions and the movie is “Manna From Heaven”. The story […]

Alright…now see why bloggers aren’t very enamored with the great honorable gentleman from Lorain? Blame it on the bloggers. Nice:
He added, though, that while he likes Hackett, he is upset at the actions of some of the people commenting on blog Web sites about the campaign. These bloggers, Brown said, are “basically trying […]

Another from the weekend inbox. Seems the ODP rapid response machinery got all oiled up and ready to go. The PR was about a PD article of the same day:
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland today reports that Secretary of State’s poorly worded gimmick modeled after Colorado’s TABOR/TEL is so poorly worded that it […]

Great little piece in The Blade yesterday. I love the contrast in her description of how a “normal” politician tells us it’s raining out:
“Standing before you, I see a glorious view through this wonderful, plate-glass window. And through this sparklingly clear pane of glass - as every bit as clear to me as is […]

Steelers
Here We Go!
Pittsburgh’s Goin’ to the Super Bowl!
PS - Russell should stick to politics! Bwahahaa!

Have you ever been standing next to someone and feel it? Meet a person with such charisma that you knew that had it? Muhammad Ali, for example. He has it. That thing that you can’t explain but know it’s there. The thing that makes you feel like a deer in […]

In the words of one Gomer Pile (USMC): Surprise, surprise, surprise! Rove is going to use fearmongering as a strategy in November:
Embattled White House adviser Karl Rove vowed Friday to make the war on terrorism a central campaign issue in November. (AP)
You don’t say. I love that Dean replied by reminding Mr. […]

I’m not an economist and I hated studying it. Micro, macro…it all ranked right up there with Accounting for me. My ADD brain could stand about a minute of each and I was off thinking about other things…beer most likely. I have often thought why things happen in a free market economy, […]

Think again. Check out the latest effort to get it overturned. They are pushing for it by pressing legislation in Ohio. Backers of the bill even talk about triggering a review of Roe. (from Cincy Enquirer)
Here we go folks! Get ready to get in the streets. The lunatics are […]