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Help Out Trey Paradee This Weekend
Trey Paradee, who lost what former Phils’ manager Danny Ozark called a ‘cliff-dweller’ to State Rep. Pam Thornburg for the 29th RD seat in 2008, will host a fundraiser for the 29th RD committee and for ‘Democratic candidates’ on Sunday. I think this is the first announcement of its type for which I’ve shilled (thanks for […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-September 27, 2009
LEAD STORY-The (UK) Independent: In the Future, We’ll E-Mail Toast. Oh, and Live Forever. A Baby Boomer’s Dream, and IT COULD HAPPEN. The living forever part. Not sure how the Series of Tubes Called the Internet will adapt to melted butter: …or at least that’s what Ray Kurzweil thinks. He has spent his life inventing […]
‘Bulo’s Music for the Masses-40th Year HS Reunion Edition
Yes, I AM that old, and next week will be our 40th. So, for the next two weeks, I’m gonna highlight some of the (IMHO) best music from 1968-69. While there was still a strong string of 45 RPM single classics, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from a few years earlier had ushered in the […]
News-Journal Unmasks Carper as Corporate Shill
About bleeping time, and good for them. Given the choice of protecting senior citizens or his Big Pharma corporate cash cows, Carper chose the bundles of campaign cash. His ‘spokesperson’ tries to explain it: AstraZeneca, the global drug maker with U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, was the top contributor to Carper’s leadership political action committee, First […]
‘Bulo’s Music for the Masses-Happy 60th to the Boss
People of a certain age (mine) were present at the beginning. It (and he) were a revelation. Some amazing musical treats from fans of the Boss (he turns 60 today) and maybe, just maybe… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfx2f9db-BE[/youtube] Bettye LaVette-Streets of Philadelphia [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boHnBtOiVp4&feature=related[/youtube] Patty Griffin-Racing in the Streets [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0t4aY8lfOg[/youtube] The Hollies-Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kwW2U19sYg[/youtube] Bruce/The […]
‘Wrong’ Williams Writes Another Column About Nothing
A column featuring two huge ‘rumors’ with not one whit (although written by one nitwit) of substantiation. 1. Carper may not be running. Why? But at least two people have reported they’ve witnessed Carper trying to cover up a tremor in his shoulder. Note to Wrong Williams: My fingers sometimes feel like ginger ale when […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-Sept. 20 Edition
LEAD STORY: McClatchy Papers: Anti-Government Protests Racism By Another Name Of course it is, and it has been since the beginning of the Obama Administration, but the ‘respectable’ media has failed to tell the story. Until now: At about the same time (Nov. 5 after Obama had been declared the winner), newspaper Web sites were […]
Breaking: Big Win For Net Neutrality
The Washington Post reports that FCC Chair Julius Genachowski will announce ‘new so-called net neutrality rules’ on Monday. The rules would “prevent wireless companies from blocking Internet applications, according to a source at the agency.” In addition, “one principal would clearly state that operators of networks — including wireless firms — cannot discriminate what services and […]
(Neck-)Breaking News: Rasslin’ Invades the Political Arena!
Both locally (oh, yeah, I’ve got pictures) and nationally! This is so cool that I’m fighting the urge to lapse back into the Third Person to tell this story. You may have read that perennial Rethug hack and aparatchik Ron Poliquin has thrown his hat into the ring for the 31st RD seat currently held […]
The 2002 Reapportionment-Another View
This morning, I wrote that the seeds for defeat for Saturday’s Special Election in the 37th RD were sown with the reapportionment of 2002, and the Republican gerrymandering and Democratic acquiescence that took place in Sussex County and elsewhere. Following that piece, I was contacted by someone with intimate knowledge of the House D’s approach […]
Some Not So Random Political Thoughts
Just because I was sedated and sadistically eviscerated during my stint in Third Person Rehab, I still had time in between fevered dreams to think about what was going on locally and nationally. Here are a couple of observations: 1. The seeds to defeat in Saturday’s 37th RD Special Election were sown by Bob Gilligan […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-First First-Person Edition
I’m back from Clown College rehab. Haven’t had much sleep, as the tortuous techniques inflicted upon me included aversion therapy right out of ‘A Clockwork Orange’. I am now officially totally averse to the ‘Old Ultra Third Person-ness’. I’ll tell my terrifying tale once I’ve gotten the proper perspective on it (I had no idea […]
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