Plunderbund

This guy is unreal.

EOG magazine has done some grading of Congressmen For and Against Online Gambling. “The higher the letter grade, such as an A+, the more favorable the candidate is towards online gambling.”
Here’s how some of Ohio’s Representatives did:
Tim Ryan [D]: A
Dennis Kucinich [D] and Pat Tiberi [R]: A-
Stephanie Tubbs Jones [D]: B
Steven Chabot [R], David […]

If you thought David Brennan was only trying to influence Ohio politicians, think again.
Brennan’s White Hat Management group, an Akron-based, for-profit charter school company, “currently operates schools in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania” and is building schools in “Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, New York and other states across the US.”
And it looks like […]

There’s been a lot of talking about Strickland being a possible running mate for one of the Democratic candidates and an article in yesterday’s Washington Post does a good job explaining why:
Among Democrats, Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio is starting to generate some buzz. Hardly a surprise, since Ohio will be a hugely important swing […]

The Plain Dealer ran a ridiculous editorial piece on Sunday accusing the Strickland administration of “siphoning … millions for pet projects” because they are using Third Frontier money for the broadband initiative Strickland promised to voters during the campaign.
I was just getting up the energy to write about it when I read Bill Callahan’s post […]

PBS provides evidence of the GOP fixing the election here in Ohio. Of course, this will be ignored because of “media bias”.
Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004? Is there a similar plan for the upcoming elections? This week NOW examines documents and evidence that points to a Republican […]

So it turns out that Rudy and Mitt are pulling out of the planned YouTube/CNN Republican Debate.
So much for the questions that I was planning to submit.
For example:
Mr. Giuliani: Which of the current democratic candidates do you believe hates america most?
and…
Mr. Romney: Given than you want to make abortion illegal, how long do you think […]

I was never a big John Mayer fan in the past, but I absolutely love this song. And if it offends you, you suck.

I saw this on CNN the other day. Watch it a couple of times- it gets more funny each time…

So what do YOU think… Is the reporter squatting down for some reason? Is he sitting on a sinking chair? Did the camera guy just get lazy?
Not sure. […]

Give it up for Governor Strickland, folks. More internet access means more blog readers…
Governor Establishes Broadband Ohio Network To Expand High Speed Internet Access in Ohio
In order to coordinate and expand access to the state’s broadband data network, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has signed an executive order establishing the Ohio Broadband Council and […]

When I finally got close to the front of the line at my polling place in 2004, a pollworker told me to cover my T-shirt. It had the words “Vote Explosion” on it.

Seeing as I had nothing to cover it with and had just spent 3 hours in line, I politely pointed out that there was no partisanship expressed by the shirt. Vote Explosion was just a loose group of friends registering folks to vote at rock shows. She replied that they were trying to avoid even the slightest possible implication of impropriety.

OK, fair enough. Polling places are supposed to be inner sanctums of nonpartisanhip. Neither voters nor pollworkers may wear political shirts, stickers, or buttons within a 100 foot radius. Although the words “Vote Explosion” aren’t explicitly partisan, neither are the words “Eagle Forum” or “MoveOn.” I think it was a wise move to err on the side of overzealousness, and simply prohibit T-shirts bearing all of the above.

The guy behind me in line loaned me his sweatshirt, and I was able to step forth to express my partisanship in the privacy of the voting booth. As an ongoing tribute of thanks to sweatshirt guy, ever since that day I’ve stowed an extra large, plain T-shirt in my purse whenever I go to vote - just in case a fellow voter is asked to cover up.

Until I read Monday’s Columbus Dispatch, it had never occurred to me that I might someday want to offer my spare shirt to a pollworker.

Long awaited and long promised, the PlunderTee is here! Long ago when I coined the term “Plundercrew” (before Jerid’s apt Plundermonkey), I promised those on the crew T-shirts. Well, not only did I deliver for them - I’ve delivered for you. These are going to be hot kids. HOT! I […]

I’m sorry, I couldn’t let this slide. Maybe it has something to do with the last name? From Pandagon:
Janet Folger, head of Faith2Action, wrote a completely unhinged column at WorldNetDaily in support of the madness of homophobic Mayor Jim Naugle, who wanted to install $250K autocleaning toilets to prevent the nonexistent gay sex […]

In case you couldn’t tell, I’m a fan of lists.
So here’s one more for you…
The latest issue of the Other Paper has a list of Best Of Columbus top picks made by the paper’s readers.
Readers voted Governor Ted Strickland the top Democratic Politician and State Senator Steve Stivers the top Republican Politician.

Senator Brown didn’t make the top 10 list, but he was listed as one of the top 50 in The Hill.com’s 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill
…
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Age: 54
Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio
Political party: Democrat
Dating status: Married to wife, Connie Schultz
Ohio’s Democratic senator may not be as sharply dressed as his home-state colleague, House […]