tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77544512011-08-20T13:34:27.092-04:00This is my personal weblog. This site is solely my opinion... well a few facts here and there. Mostly political in nature, but some other topics as well. This is my outlet to get stress off my chest and voice my views of things going on around us all, that effect us all. I hope you enjoy what I have to say. I also encourage you to post comments and debate what I have to say.Jay Ovittorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761128359904926515noreply@blogger.comBlogger3321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754451.post-10526650542895298042007-11-13T22:24:00.001-05:002007-11-13T22:50:57.015-05:00

As I embark on new endeavors in my life I have chosen to retire my personal blog, at least for now. Maybe I will continue here in the future, maybe I won't. I will not remove this blog until after Election Day '08, so as no one can cry foul about it's removal. If I remove it at all.I appreciate all the dialogue on this site and the opposing views which were debated here. This site has

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Scary stuff!

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My weekend of politics continued back at the Koury Center on Sunday at 2pm. I attended the Yvonne Johnson kick off event. I walked into the Koury center to the sounds of hand drums and it really put a swagger in my step. I looked around and figured out that my swagger was part of a contagious energy that is found anytime you are around the Mayoral candidate and long time City Councilwomen

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I attended three wonderful political events this past weekend. My weekend started on Saturday afternoon at the Koury Center here in Greensboro for the NC Democratic Party State Executive Committee Meeting. This is my party's semi-annual Executive Committee Meeting. For disclosure purposes, I am a State Executive Committee Member, with full voting powers. We conducted our normal business and

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I read this story today on Yahoo(via AP).Scary stuff. The Italian Government was probing possible drug smuggling and stepped in to a much bigger pile then they had thought. Apparently the smugglers were not dealing in drugs, but instead were dealing in arms. According to the AP story they found out about 100,000 Russian made automatic weapons selling on the black market to be shipped to Iraq.

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I've been to busy with work to post this since Wed., but I served my first day of my recently appointed position as a Commissioner on the Human Relations Commission. I was appointed on 7/17/07 and will serve until 8/15/08. I have to pick two committees to serve on as well and I have chosen my first to be the Fair Housing Committee. I am interested in the Education committee as well. I look

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As a kid I spent my summers in my Dad's home town of Mount Vernon, NY. I stayed with my Grandma Connie and my Great Uncle Tom. One particular day sticks out to me as one I will never forget.I was playing baseball in the huge back yard, where the beaten down garage served as our backstop and the massive roots of the old trees served as bases. The game was really just me and the neighbors kid

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HB91, In Person Registration and Voting passed the Senate today. It passed with a pretty bad amendment attached to it. Republican Senator Phil Berger(Guilford, Rockingham) got his amendment passed that requires all voter registration forms to be in English. This forces me to ask the question, Is Phil Berger a racist? Regardless, according to the US Dept of Justice website, the amendment can

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NC State Auditor Les Merritt has been in the news an awful lot lately. He has stood up against HB91 In Person Registration and Voting, which has already passed the NC House and today passed the NC Senate. It had a long road to get there. Let me tell you the story.The Young Democrats of North Carolina held their first ever day at the legislature a few months back. The goal was to advocate in

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I have been drinking a lot of Caribou Coffee at Friendly Center and wanted to let the word be out on their Coolerfest 2007. It is tomorrow, June 21st from 2-3pm. It's easy, show up at Caribou between 2 and 3 tomorrow and get a yummy 12oz Northern Light Cooler free. They have Vanilla, Caramel and Chocolate. I have had all three and they are all good. So I repeat FREE COFFEE TOMORROW. How can

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I received an announcement flyer from Tonya Clinkscale this past week. Tonya is holding an announcement on Thursday at noon at Warnersville Rec Center, 601 Doak St. Tonya will run for the embattled seat of Diane Bellamy Small, District 1 City Council.I have sat with Tonya a few times in the past months and she is a viable candidate. She has a plan and a vision for the folks in her community.

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Just writing to let you know I remembered. You would have been 29 today. Happy Birthday brother, I still miss you.

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I stopped by Source Energy Drinks and spoke with President Tyler Benedict today. He informed me they have a new 16oz sugar-free Burn on it's way somewhere around June. It will have the same great taste, but it will have some new features to it's make-up. It will have ECCG, a powerful antioxidant, and Calcium. Should be good, I'll let you know when I get a taste. In the mean time go to the

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The AP by-line on this photo:Suspected terrorists are interrogated by Iraqi troops at a Iraqi military base in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2007. Six Iraqis believed to be linked with al-Qaida were detained in a raid near Baqouba. (AP Photo/Adem Hadei)It says 6 were detained, I count seven blindfolded men. And the big one...does the soldier

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We know Yvonne Johnson(pdf) is running for mayor. No opponent has surfaced yet. I hope none does, but either way Yvonne will be a great mayor for Greensboro. Florence Gatten(pdf) isn't running for anything. I'm glad about that. I've never been a big Gatten fan.Diane Bellamy Small's(pdf) seat will be hotly contested by Luther Falls and impressive newcomer Tonya Clinkscale.At large seat's will

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Gov Easley talked a few months ago about exploring Universal Health Care for the state of NC.If it was possible to do Universal coverage in the state what would you want the coverage to be like? What would you be willing to give to get it?I would want some personal responsibility, like a co-pay or deductible. That would avoid abuse of the system. I would want a residency restriction, like 2

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Dan the Insurance Man has a great post on getting group health insurance rates even if your working for yourself with no other employees. State law requires it. This has been passed through the local blogs from Matt to Me, Me to Sean, and Dan can facilitate it. If you own your own business this is a must read for insurance savings.I'm sitting down with Dan on Monday to discuss my insurance

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I was the main subject in the lead story on WFMY news tonight. Video is available online at WFMY. I will try to get the video up here if I can. Erich Spivey came by my house today, after asking my wife about the recent door to door panhandling in our neighborhood. She directed him to me.We don't have many problems in this quaint neighborhood, but this one could become a little scary. We had

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Local blogger Sean Coon is working very hard on his uber cool project The People, Yes. TPY is a blogging and community site that empowers the homeless and less fortunate to have a voice online and share experiences as well as get experience. I signed on long ago to help as an instructor when the day comes. This tool to empower people who are as unempowered as one can be, is innovative,

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Sen John Kerry opens his mouth and does something good for a change. He mediated a deal between Major League Baseball and InDemand (which provides the MLB Extra Innings for cable companies), which brings the MLB package back to cable. This ends a horrible exclusive deal for MLB and DirecTV which would have cut a lot of fans out of being able to watch baseball this season and the next six

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I haven't had much time to write lately due to other responsibilities. I will be back soon I hope. I did want to let all know that I have been re-elected to another term as 3rd Vice Chair of the Guilford County Democratic Party today.I have a lot to catch up on. Soon I promise.

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MLB announced an exclusive agreement with DirecTV last week for their MLB extra innings package, cutting out cable and Dish Network. It is a 7 year, $700 million deal. Not only is this bad for baseball, but this is bad for (once again) baseball fans. If cable and Dish Network do not get cut into this deal, as MLB says they will before seasons start, this is the equivalent of Bud Selig taking

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From Bill Maher last night, a discussion about marriage. Newt Gingrich on his third, McCain on his second and Giuliani on his third, and the only guy who practices monogamy, Mormon Mitt Romney. Now that's irony from the family values crowd. Newt admits this week to an extramarital affair while trying to fry Bill Clinton for the same thing, now Falwell rewards him with commencement speaker at

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Over at Dan's Message, he tells a story that will make you need to use your health insurance for an upset belly, it also might make you call to see if anger management is covered on your policy, assuming that you can afford any of this stuff in the first place. Head of Blue Cross Blue Shield makes 5.6 million in salary at the non-profit in 2 years for salary! At $4800 a year for an average

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Flyer from the campaign:How many times do we get to see a Presidential candidate in Greensboro? I urge all to attend.

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Tyler Hansbrough has 26 points and 17 rebounds, in the UNC smack down on Duke 86-72. Dukes worst loss of the year.Things get ugly with 14.5 seconds to go. Gerald Henderson punches Hansbrough, trail of blood. Henderson will be suspended for 1 game. This begs me to offer this quip: "If the aliens come to make contact, send Tyler Hansbrough because he isn't afraid of contact!"

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Another Greensboro neighbor starts a blog here. I'm in no way supporting the sale of a SUV aka Global Warming Machine, but I am supporting the use of a blog to promote ones wares.

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I just got off the phone with Wayne Herder, Director of Driver License's under Commissioner Tatum and he assures me that it is in fact not an RFID chip on my license. It is a common security element, basically a hologram, with no chip embedded. They have no plans as of now to implement the RFID technology. He said that the DMV officer at the Coliseum Dr location was mistaken and he is going to

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I went and got my new NC drivers license today at the local DMV. I had to get my address changed. Come to find out the new issue NCDL has a RFID chip in it. Not only can RFID technology be used to track a location of what it is in, but it can store information as well. It is easily hackable, if you can even call something so easy a hack, with a RFID scanner which for a price is available to

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A few months ago I submitted a bid to have the Young Democrat's State Convention here in Guilford County. The convention has not been here in a long time. I won that bid to have it here.Judge Robbie Hassell told me he was a Young Dem last time it was here. I'm not going to make any jokes, because you never know when you might be standing in front of a judge. I also now understand what Sue

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A little while after the election in Nov, I posed the question of who would clean up Jim Rumley's mess of stickers on public street signs,etc... Details here in this post. In a comment to the Nov post on this Jim Rumley himself said "As with any campaign, some volunteers are a bit over zealous. I pay for my campaign materials and will take them down wherever I can after the Nov. 7th election.

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I attended the 1st day of the General Legislature today in Raleigh. I watched the swearing in of the House of Representatives and the election of Joe Hackney to Speaker of the House. I met with most of our Guilford County reps, including Pricey Harrison, Maggie Jeffus, Katie Dorsett and Kay Hagen. I ran into the New and Records Mark Binker as well.I also met some new folks while out in Raleigh

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Tony Snow said today, leading up to the State Of The Union address, that we would see a bold and visionary leader. I saw one, and she was sitting behind the President and next to the Vice President. Nancy Pelosi must have been the bold and visionary leader Tony Snow was speaking of.On a side note, Sen Webb did a fine job with the Democratic response. He pointed to two Republican President's

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I ran into Congressman Brad Miller yesterday at the NC Democratic State Executive Committee meeting. I asked how things were going in DC now that the Dem's have power. He said, "It feels good to finally have a voice, we can finally get some things done for the people." I also commented on how happy I was with the first 100 hours plan. He pointed out that it only took 42 working hours to do it

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We all know how Wal-Mart is when it comes to eradicating small businesses and running up your local social services bills to astronomical rates, but the following is a prime example of how Wal-Mart treats their own customers when they are injured by someone of Wal-Mart's employ.Mom and Pop have frequented the Sam's Club(owned by Wal-Mart) on Wendover Ave in Greensboro, pretty much since the doors

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I can't stress enough how important being healthy is to everything. Our economy relies on the fact that people go to work and get things done. A healthy work force is a vibrant work force. I am pro universal health care for our country. The cost of a doctors visit and the pharmaceuticals that go with it are outrageous. I think we would all rather pay a couple of percent more in taxes in

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JR posts about the new GoTriad arts site Scene. I've been called on to spread the word....so, if your an artist, musician, actor, dancer(not adult), photographer, have a movie, or have an event or festival to promote....then get to this site and submit your 411. Sister sites are also in Austin, Phoenix, Denver and Huston to name a few. I urge you to embrace this new site and promote your wares

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Last time I checked we humans didn't have gills. Living like they did in the horrid movie "Waterworld" is just not a possibility. But, if we don't do something about global warming soon, we are going to faced with our own little "Waterworld".There are a lot of things that we can personally do to help this impending crisis, but not to much our government can do. For starters, we have not

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A legend passed last night. Peter Boyle has died at 71. You all know him as the father on Everybody Loves Raymond. What a funny, funny man. You will be missed, and I will laugh a little less in your absence. You have brought many a smile to my face and cheered me up when I was a little down. Your humor and style was one of a kind and there will never be another like you.You were in three of

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I hope you all are having a better morning then I am. My wife woke up to go to work this morning to find my driver side window smashed in and my radio and satellite receiver gone. They didn't bother with the power tools in the back. The police are on the way, but that's another story.I called the main non-emergency number 373-2222 and spoke with a lady who took my name, address and phone

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Education is the very fabric of the future of our country. With that said, I feel it is in the top three things that the Dem's need to fix in this two years leading up to the 2008 Presidential election.We have lost our way when it comes to teaching our children. I remember being educated on geography and science. I don't see it in my child's curriculum.I also receive a list of items that we

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Aaaah! A disconnect. I've needed this for a while. I'll be off to the coast for a few days to do some work, before you get up in the morning. You all don't do anything I'd hate to miss here at home. Wait a week, so I can partake as well. No e-mail. No Internet. Nothing but a few books and a notebook to do some writing. See you in a few days.

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This week after a thorough thumping by Brad Miller, Vernon Robinson has said that he has no intention to make another run. I don't blame ya buddy. After that trouncing, I'd find another line of work too.But....I have to thank you for running Vernon. You were the top Republican candidate in the 13th district and that helped us Dem's like you wouldn't believe. Just so you know, here's how you

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I write this as an opinion. I have met Joe Guarino in person, and as we disagree on many, if not all issues, he is a nice guy. Just a friendly smackdown back to reality. So here it goes:Joe Guarino leans so far to the right, the leaning tower of Pisa seems straight. I am writing this post in response to several posts, one of which is here that Joe has rubber stamped Republican. A while back,

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All over Greensboro's District 59 and around the Early voting locations you will find Jim Rumley's bumper stickers on the back of signs that are public property. Property owned by the City of Greensboro. They are also all over the YES Weekly paper boxes all over town, and from what I understand they are pissed too.Here's a good example:Just drive around the city and pay attention to the signs,

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Check out the photos here of Vernon Robinson and Sen Hugh Webster with full and semi-automatic firearms. Ya know, the illegal ones. The ones we want out of the hands of criminals and gangs. I am all for the right to bare arms, but if you need a full or semi-auto to protect yourself or to go hunting, then your just not a very good shot. Are you? And, what a headline on this piece, GPNC Full

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I get vocal at Yes this week on Pricey. The editorial is here.

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Another death after the use of a taser gun on a 17 year old in Illinois by police. Story here. Quote of the piece that stands out to me: "In a report released in March, international human rights group Amnesty International said it had logged at least 156 deaths across the country in the previous five years related to police stun guns."So what about taser's in schools BJ? Why must we shoot

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A report from the field today garnishes this information on early voting problems:Early voting sites have malfunctions at Barber Park (Dan Rd, Greensboro) - opened at 11:30, instead of 10:00...malfunctions throughout the day, Culler Center (N Hamilton St., High Point) - Machines down during Day, and Leonard Center (Ballinger Rd, Greensboro)- Machines Down During day. Only 4 machines

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I started a Fantasy Congress league for our online community entitled Greensboro Bloggers. Feel free to join and have fun. There is 100 slots to fill and 99 are open. The more players the better. All are welcome. Right, Left, Center, what ever.

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Tonights debate from the WRAL website is here. Worth a watch to see Vernon stumble and scrape his knee again. Avoids questions, gets called on his inaccurate account of a bill and flat out shows he is not House of Representative material. Don't worry Vern, on Nov 8th you can start your quest again. The easiest way of dealing with defeat is accepting it and moving on, maybe back to your own

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Doug Clark, at the N&R, got to it before I did here. I have had this document for a few days now and just haven't had the time to post it yet.Here's the actual document:The thing that Clark points out, but doesn't point out the possible legal violations, is that BJ Barnes lifted this photo from Berkley Blanks website. That is a personal photo, published on the web by Berkley Blanks and he has

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Around 1:30-2pm I got this overwhelming smell of sulfur in the air. Oh yeah...Capi-ton Stupid is in town to visit kids and then dine with his big business pals at their home. Wonder what future mess for our country they will be discussing? Our current mess for that matter. Either way there is a lot to choose from, mess wise.I can't wait for this smell to clear. It's making me nauseous.

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The RMA report found it's way to Greensboro101.com today, posted by anonymous. Following a conference call with the board I have officially resigned from my Editorial Board position at Greensboro101.com effective immediately. Let me explain. I have read the report, and as left leaning as I am, felt that it should not go up. At least not yet. Rumor has it a local publisher will have it in

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This interview came about when I started digging into some information on BJ. I had called the NSA and asked a few questions. They called me back the next day and politely answered. A few hours later my cell phone rang and it came up on the ID as private. The only person I get a private ID from is my daughter when she is at her grandmothers. So I answered. "Who am I speaking with?" the male voice

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As per Vernon Robinson's endorsement page at his campaign site, Rep Tom Reynolds is endorsing Vernon. Just a quick reminder that Reynolds is involved smack in the middle of the Foley Page Scandal. He knew about Foley's behavior and told Hasterts office, but did nothing himself. That scandal. That's a great endorsement Vern. Morals and family values people Vernon Robinson and Tom Reynolds. I

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Check out this Vernon gem. He appeared on Hannity and Colmes about a week ago and stumbles like a drunk. It looks pretty bad when your parties national tv station, FOX rips you a new one.UPDATE:If the video does not play from here for the full 5 minutes, the original source at Youtube is here.This is what Vernon would be like at a national level with important issues that involve us all in the

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I sat down with Brian Clarey, editor of Yesweekly, last Friday at the ungodly hour of 8:45am. I only hoped that I didn't say anything stupid since I was in the process of consuming my first coffee and had just finished my morning BURN and it hadn't kicked in yet. Clarey had informed me he wanted to write a column on me, on what I've been up to. You can read it here or pick up the best paper in

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I received the following Letter To The Editor from the Berkley Blanks Campaign for Sheriff. The News and Record did not run this in print or online and my question is why? Is this not newsworthy enough? Not to mention that a candidate running for office wrote the letter. JR? Please clarify why this was not published, and I know what the N&R told the Blanks campaign as a heads up so I get

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10/7/06 vs. Clemson @ Winston-Salem10/14/06 vs. NC State @Raleigh10/28/06 vs. UNC @ Chapel Hill11/04/06 vs. Boston College @Winston-SalemAbove is the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football schedule from now until the election. Vernon, you may want to leave a little early on 10/7 and 11/4 to allow time to get to the 13th district. I hear I-40 can be hell coming from Winston-Salem when Wake has

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You guessed it, Vernon Robinson. Now let me explain why. First, on the left is the e-mail he sent out to all on his campaign e-mail list.A truck he was borrowing to move 7000 yard signs went up in flames. This I would not wish upon anyone, but I am going to point out the exaggerations. I, at one point thought this might be a campaign stunt of the likes of Vernon's political icon Jesse Helms.

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I have been passed the circulating meme, 15 questions on blogging. I really hate these things. But since Sam and Jim have both passed it to me, and they are polar opposites, I guess I can answer the questions.1: Do you like the look and the contents of your blog?I like the look and the content. I have been debating about switching to another blog software like Wordpress to give me more options

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WRAL scoops me on this one, good work.For a guy who wants to create laws, maybe he should try following them first. Ya know, to get the feel of how these things work.

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Thank you Brian Clarey, for letting me share my feelings on the pages of Yes Weekly. I can not express how much this means to me. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to write. Bo was my boy, and I feel honored to share what he meant to me and what he meant to so many of us. The piece took 2 hours to get out, and I knew what I wanted to say right from the start. It is hard to type

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Tonight, I ran for 3rd Vice Chair of the Guilford County Democratic Party. I had one very good opponent.Amid all the bad news about my friend this weekend, I called party members who were eligible to vote and introduced myself and answered questions, all weekend. It turns out my strategy was effective and needed.There was a careful recount, it was close. How close? One vote separated myself

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Friend, Co-worker, Ex-Bandmate. I'll miss you brother. That's all I can write for now.

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Yesterday night, as on many nights, I found myself winding down with a little XBOX 360. I was playing Madden 07 when there was this horrible audio glitch and then the screen froze with vertical lines across the madden game background. I rebooted my system twice and two more times, after a little Madden, vertical lines and a screen freeze. I put in my favorite racing game Project Gotham 3 and

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The usual stuff here.All the violence is not what stood out about this article, it was this third paragraph from the bottom:Disagreements continued over the handover of Iraq's armed forces command from the U.S.-led coalition to the Iraqi government, and the Defense Ministry said a ceremony to mark the transition had been postponed indefinitely. (From the AP, via Yahoo)The longer we wait to bring

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240 Hot Dogs in 3 Minutes. This has got Kobayashi written all over it. Full story here.

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RIP Croc Hunter. Steve Irwin dead at 44, he was killed by a stingray. We all enjoyed your adventures. Story here.

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I am as bummed as the rest of you about the FEC dismissal of Vernon Robinson's campaign no-good-niks. I do however have hope.In my first episode, I was a confident young padiwan taking on an evil force in Darth Vernon. I cast my lightsaber upon the FEC regulations and hope was there for the Republic Commandos.In my latest episode the forces of evil and corruption have made an advance and a

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As you all know I have filed several FEC complaints against Robinson For Congress for excessive campaign contributions. Well, it seems the FEC doesn't care and has dismissed the case. I will point out in the documents below, that will chronicle the rest of the experience, the fact that the FEC lists that Robinson had 10 contributors that were over the limit, and that the dates involved clearly

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I had a dream last night, which in itself is a miricle, because I don't dream or don't remember them. I had a dream that gas was on a sign at the gas station at $1.01 a gallon, but on the pump it was $3.01 a gallon. When I went to argue the false advertising, I was told to go scratch, "Fill up somewhere else then." We put up the sign like that so we attract customers in, is what I was

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The National Cable and Telecommunications Association ran a TV ad tonight during the Yankees- Red Sox game on ESPN. I am still in shock. Here is a link to the video of the commercial (from their site). They have blatantly lied about the issue to further confuse the public into voting in their favor. What they say is that the Silicon Valley executives are making all the money from the

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This is a call to action. First come, first serve and you get a boxed dinner. Democratic candidates are going grassroots because we can still connect with our constituents. Be a part of this cool event.From the Guilford Democratic Party HQ:The Guilford County Democratic Party will hold a candidates and volunteers a "Door to Door Walk"” in several areas to introduce voters to candidates this

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Today, I was elected as President of The Young Democrats of Guilford County. This is a position I feel I can do a lot of good in. After all the younger generation of Democrats are the future of our party. I have a lot of work to do, and I need your help. If you are a registered Democrat, who lives in Guilford County, is 35 years of age or younger, you can be a Young Democrat.Bottom line is,

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I saw V for Vendetta this evening, finally. Well worth the wait. This might be one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. I highly recommend this flick.My favorite line and the quote of the day is, "People should not be afraid of their Governments, Governments should be afraid of their people." If that doesn't make you want to see this flick, I don't know what will. I'll just say it has

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I found this really cool game at pumafootball.com. Can you beat the Italia goalkeeper Gigi Buffon on penalty kicks? You can try here. He's the world's #1 goalkeeper and trust me he shows you so in the game. The whole time you are made fun of as you miss badly. So can you beat the #1 keeper?I went 44 for my first 100. How will you do?

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There has been a lot of talk on the blogs over the course of time about the Simpkin's PAC. I have heard you pay for an endorsement, I have heard that you don't. So to set the story straight, I went to the horses mouth, I contacted Rep Alma Adams who sits on the PAC.I told her what I had been hearing about paying for an endorsement and she said, "No way. Let's say you ran for office Jay. If

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I just got off the phone with a campaign worker at Robinson For Congress. I was calling to get comment on and fact check some info for a piece I am putting together and will blog later, as soon as I get all of the documents I need in hand. I was told, first off, that "Mr Robinson does not want me to call his campaign to ask questions any more". I asked, "Why"? The response was "that Mr Robinson

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Yeah, world market, OPEC(which besides the drug cartels is the only other cartel I know of), speculation. I don't understand why our gas prices keep going up on speculation about the Middle East if our top 10 oil imports are from 2 countries in the Middle East and 8 other countries. Report here. Top 5 in order are, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria. Someone please elaborate

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Very Disturbing Video Images Below Proceed At Your Own RiskI have friends that are within miles of the bombings in Lebanon. My thoughts are with you and your families. I hope we see each other again.These friends of mine in Lebanon are very good people. You have probably eaten at their resteraunts here in Greensboro. They gave me my first job when I moved to town in the early '90's. People

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I sat down with Tyler Benedict last week at Source Beverages to talk about the company and his plans for the future.Tyler is a family man who has lived in Greensboro since 2001. A former mountain bike racer, he saw the need for a sports performance drink and came up with Propel energy drink, the name was bought by Gatorade(Quaker Oats) for a reported "low six figures" two months later. Tyler,

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In the past couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of talking with a bunch of folks for articles. As I haven't been blogging a whole bunch, I have been doing research for quality stories in the near future.Among the people I have chatted with is sheriff BJ Barnes and his November opponent Berkley Blanks about the Sheriff's race. I will have a comprehensive article for the Sheriff's race closer

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That is the gist of it. While chewing with his mouth open and speaking to Tony Blair at the G8 Summit, our President the so-called leader of the free world used the word SHIT. Here's the entire transcript including what CNN didn't subtitle(in these sort of parentheses):Bush: What about Kofi Annan? (It seems alright, even though) I don't like the sequence of it. His attitude is basically cease

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I recieved this interesting e-mail from Carl Sheeler for Senate in Rhode Island. I haven't gone an looked at the campaign site just yet, but as it says below the top personal blog page referring to Sheller's site will get a $500 contribution to support their personalpage or blog. Interesting strategy, at the very least. This tells me that politicos are really geting the importance of our

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The troops come home. Well... not really. They do leave Iraq and move east to Iran.Israel and Hezbollah have been at it for days now, intensely. Hezbollah captured 2 Israeli soldiers, and Israel responded with airstrikes and ground troops. The underlying statements of Syria and Iran's involvement, sounds like current US foreign policy. I'm not saying that what Hezbollah did is right, but is

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You might see the ad at the right of this page for Burn Energy Drink. They are a local business, based in Greensboro. I am a huge supporter of local business as it is good for our local economy. Source Beverages just recently expanded to national distribution. I will be sitting down with Tyler Benedict, who owns Source Beverages, maker of Burn and other great drinks, in the coming weeks to

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There was an incident with an unethical Ferry Boat ride taken by NC legislators. Details here.From Pricey's new blog for "06"(to which I post for her), how she handled the situation with class. A shining example for other legislators in NC and other states. Wrong is wrong, but having communicated with Pricey about this, she feels terrible. So, cut her some slack and support a legislator who

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Of course this is all my opinion, but I feel it makes complete and total sense.America doesn't get the sport of soccer. No one has ever really figured out why, but as an avid sports fan I think I found a pulse. We area fast food nation. We like our entertainment fast, high scoring and in short spurts. These values, how ever, do not apply to NASCAR. I personally, am not a fan of the go fast,

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From an inside source at the Hoggard camp. He's faster then a speeding bullet and groovier then James Brown himself, I present what may possibly be the missing link...... 70's Hoggard man.

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I am getting over my tears of happiness. Buffon made a save on Zidane in the overtime, save of the world cup in my mind. Zidane gave a gutless head butt to the chest of Italy defender Materazzi. Zidane was red carded and ejected. The game went to penalty kicks and Italy prevailed 5-3. Viva Italia, Viva Azzuri.What I'd give to be in Rome right now.

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At: Yahoo and here.Fabio Grosso in the 119th minute and Alessandro Del Piero in the 121st minute defeat host country Germany. Germany has never lost at the stadium they were at, but Italy has never lost to Germany ever in the World Cup. Italy has a 26 game unbeaten streak right now in International play. Italy to the finals. Facia bella. (beautifual aspect or look)I know what I'm doing Sunday

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Over at this Ed Cone post, commenter Bruce Birch (via CBS4)reports that Rush didn't do the Vernon Robinson interview tonight because he was detained for possession of illegal prescription drugs again. Maybe this time they'll throw the rightwing airbag in jail? My guess is probably not, because right wing seems to equal amnesty from all the laws.

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Team Italy Advances in World Cup to the round of eight on Francesco Totti's penalty kick in the 93rd minute, beating the Aussies 1-0. Italy played one man down from the 51st minute on, when a horrid red card was called and one of our defenders ejected. Here's the photos (AP&Reuters) of the winning goal:He shoots....He scores! GOOOAAALLL!Tottti is da man!

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The dictionary definition of insurgent is: one who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government. In my eyes, we are a government of the people and when you go against the people you are technically an insurgent(just look at the poll numbers anywhere).The Bush Administration has shown time and time again that it will piss on the Constituition of this great country to

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Congrats to the Carolina Hurricanes on NC's 1st ever professional sports championship ever. I am a Rangers fan forever, and forever miserable, but I am terribly proud of the Canes for their victory.

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About a week ago, I read a story posted by the AP about scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovering 8 new species in a limestone quarry. At the bottom of that story was a message that said, "pictures by request only", so I requested. Here they are:Left to right: Israel Naaman, Prof. Amos Frumkin and Dr. Hanan Dimentman examine one of the crustaceans found in the cave near Ramle.

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Rep Brad Miller posted a new diary at Daily Kos today. His message: Don't mess with the blogosphere. My favorite part of the post is:"Vernon Robinson has guaranteed that this campaign will be part of the 2006 story. There are two stories about the blogosphere that may result: 1. It makes no sense for politicians from competitive districts to engage in the blogosphere--it's all risk and no

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There is a real good movie coming out tomorrow.Peaceful Warrior, is a novel adaptation of a Dan Millman bestseller called "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior".Nick Nolte is in the cast. Nolte is always good. The movie site is here and there is also a blog site here. Yahoo has some exclusive clips here as well as trailers, cast, and a bunch of other cool stuff.Here are a bunch of reviews from cooler

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