I wonder why laundry detergent makers stopped selling detergent tablets just a few years after introducing them. For anybody who doesn’t have a washer in their home — which is to say me, up until a few years ago — it’s way easier to grab a few tablets than haul a two gallon bottle to …
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Free-lunchers batting .000.
Virginia free-lunch Republicans are convinced that we can eliminate taxes and increase services. They’re also convinced that, deep down, Virginians are angry and resentful towards Gov. Warner and the Republican-led General Assembly for raising taxes in 2004. They’re wrong, of course — every poll and last week’s election make that obvious. But don’t expect any …
Virginia Aquarium visit.
Goode responds to USA Today article.
USA Today published an analysis of Rep. Virgil Goode’s ties to MZM last week, in which they discover an alarming correlation between contributions to Goode from the defense contractor and major contracts being awarded to them by the House Appropriations Committee, on which Goode sits. Goode has some quibbles with that article. Tellingly, he doesn’t …
Saddam Hussein has 1,100 attorneys on his defense team? I’m no lawyer, but isn’t that a bit excessive?
The Jaded JD considers what the future holds for Republican candidates in Virginia.
Decorum, pronunciation and politics.
During this fall’s election, now-former delegate Dick Black got in the habit of intentionally mispronouncing the name of his opponent, Delegate Elect David Poisson, as “poison,” rather than “PWA-sonh.” He did this in their debate and on his advertisements. Black lost his seat to Poisson, and his childish antics surely played a role in that. …
C’ville’s Second Street Gallery mentioned on Boing Boing.
Deeds: 410.
Creigh Deeds found another 100 votes. He’s just 410 votes from McDonnell.
Sorensen in Virginia Beach.
Amber and I are spending the weekend in Virginia Beach. It’s a Sorensen weekend, and we’re all the way east this month. We had a wide variety of topics this time. We started with a tour of the port authority early yesterday afternoon, which was really impressive. Sen. Ken Stolle and Del. Lynwood Lewis addressed …