Plunderbund

Heh. OK. WooPoo U was one of many beloved nicknames cadets had for West Point - probably more since I was there. The rock. The point. You get the picture. This news came back in April, but I just wandered upon it in one of those odd multi-tiered search […]

Maybe the big boys over at BSB will pick this one up. Some local central ohio flavor for the NEObabble set. Pretty Mighty Mighty and Ski Instructor. Probably the best band I’ve seen live in Columbus and I’ve been here since ‘93. Guys shoulda got some kinda deal. CD101 played […]

Columbus got some great news yesteday when the Clean Ohio Council approved a $3 Million grant to clean up the Columbus Coated Fabrics site - leading the way for the development of 500 apartments and condos on the site.
If you’ve ever driven east on E. 5th Avenue in Columbus, then you’ve seen this site at […]

Now this is a man who doesn’t mess around: he’s fired his campaign manager before he’s actually entered the race for President. From the mailbag…
Out before he’s in? The Politico reports that Fred Thompson has fired his campaign manager before launching his campaign: Though he has not yet even declared he is running […]

In the ol’ mailbag yesterday:
Just months after beginning his inventory of underused state properties, Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray joined Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and City Council members to cross a significant site off the list and help bring nearly $200,000 dollars into state coffers.
A […]

Wow. PB readers are all over Dave Hickman lately. This time with news of a rumored book he has written and subsequent book tour. The rumor is that Dave will be promoting his book at Bloggapalooza. The book is entitled: “Beating Ohio Blogs Bare - My Erotic Journey from Cleveland […]

According to the Enquirerer, Mary Taylor our politically-lonely Republican state auditor, is finally stepping up and calling out some charter schools on their poor financial reporting.
Ohio’s state auditor warned charter school operators Tuesday that if they don’t provide satisfactory financial documents for public oversight, they could lose state money.
Auditor Mary Taylor told about 60 charter […]

Jonathan over at MYDD.com has a good post up today discussing the fight in congress over expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio has threatened that “Republicans will fight these proposals”.
And the Democrats have accused Boehner and the Republicans of trying to deny the Democrats a political […]

Our boys over at RABid (HT BSB) had a cow yesterday afternoon… Quoting from a “Patton Revisited” video they posted…
Thank god, I really wonder where we’d be today if some of our current members of Congress were residing during World War II. I think we’d all be speaking German right now and the world […]

That headline there is factually correct - an Oregon DA has dropped felony charges against two people who were slapping 13 year old girls’ asses. But there’s a twist - the persons charged (now with misdemeanor sexual assault) are 13 year old boys. (If you read the link, you’ll get their names, but […]

LMAO. A reader sent me this one. Couldn’t pass it up really. A band out of PA called Pelvic Fury has a YouTube site under the name Hickmania. They explain what that means:
HICKMANIA - adj. - (hyk-mane-e-a): Anything about or dealing with insanity. i.e. - random acts of senseless crazy.
See also; […]

My oldest just came barreling though the door upset. Two neighborhood kids told her they would not be friends with someone who doesn’t believe in god and jesus. Religious intolerance does indeed start young and I see the indoctrination all too much. Teach your children your faith and include in that the […]

I once advocated John Edwards shave his head to deflect the expensive haircut parroting that was hurting him. While they opted not to go with this risky outsider type of tactic, they did do something. A YouTube video debuted at last night’s debate.
It’s well done, but might do more to remind […]

E.J. Dionne has a wonderful piece in the Washington Post today about his interview with our Governor. It starts like this:
My interview with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland was delayed for a reason that explains why this Democrat is so popular in a state that was once considered a Republican bastion.
In the course of his […]