Ballot Initiatives
If you're interested in various state ballot initiatives, this is the best
current round-up I've seen
[http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=353318].
Eric Scheske
The Hangover
Well, a fine mess we've gotten ourselves into. The only good news: The Democrats
won't get 60 seats in the Senate. But they still have a shot at 59. With even
56, they'll have enough Republicans cave in to break filibusters. So what will
Election Tuesday
I don't hold out much hope for McCain, but he has made up a remarkable amount of
ground these recently. According to the Yahoo Election page, at least three
states have turned red in the past three days, and McCain has closed the gap
considerably in many key
From the Notebooks. Feature Essay
The Social Law
My son and daughter are teenagers. The prospect brings back one recurring memory: my teenage years.
And it's more than a little disconcerting.
I wasn't a bad teenager, but I did things that would simply be unacceptable today. I'm referring primarily
Something for Sunday Morning
"To succumb to human respect is to give more weight to someone else's opinion
than to the teachings of Christ."
Francis Fernandez
No Blogging Saturday
Enjoyable evening yesterday: weather warm, nice night for children. But allow me
the annual rant: It's Halloween, the children's favorite holiday after
Christmas. TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON AND HAND OUT $4 WORTH OF CANDY! At least half the
houses on our route didn't hand
The Haunted Pub
A second installment of Brews You Can Use
[http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-10-30-boo_N.htm?csp=34].
Brews You Can Use
Best site I found this week: Bum Wine [http://www.bumwine.com/]. Thunderbird,
Mad Dog. Enlightening and entertaining stuff. Sample:
Night Train is all business when it pulls into the station. All aboard to
nowhere - woo wooo! The night train runs only one route: sober to stupid with no
Best Election Blog Post of 2008
Four ways Obama will raise taxes on those making less than $250,000
[http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/senator_obamas_four_tax_increa.html].
Excerpt:
> The first loophole was easy to find: Senator Obama doesn't "count" allowing the
Bush tax cuts to lapse as
October 28th Bites
Save on pumpkins [http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/pumpkin_sim.html].
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What are people wearing this year for Halloween? Forbes breaks it down: Palin,
Obama, McCain, Joe the Plumber, Speedo Phelps
[http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/106037/Who-Profits-From-Halloween?]
.
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Also from Forbes: How to treat the children more healthily