Black Friday Shopper: “It was chaos. And it was just crazy noise” ~ BHC Sales strong as shoppers swarm Johnson City mall. ~KTN Good reports. Technorati Tags: Shopping, Christmas

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(CBS/AP) A worker died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers when a suburban Wal-Mart opened for the holiday sales rush Friday, authorities said.
At least three other people were injured. ….Police also said a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation and three other shoppers suffered minor injuries and were also taken to hospitals…..Also, in

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If there is any presidential speech that has captured a place in popular culture, it is the Gettysburg Address, seemingly recited by school children for decades. The truth is, however, Lincoln’s most memorable words are now remembered by very few. Of the 2,508 Americans taking ISI’s civic literacy test, 71% fail. Nationwide, the average score on the test is only 49%. The vast majority

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I am curious as to what it is exactly all these bloggers want from the RPV? It seems that is the main theme of the complaint - The RPV is not reaching out to bloggers. Nothing new there. Chad Dotson was addressing this subject years ago. The next thing is that Chairman Frederick does not read blogs. Wow! Frederick is just like 95% of Virginians because they don’t read blogs either. I am afraid a

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SWAC Girl - Staunton goes politically correct & renames Christmas parade. I hate this PC bullshit. It’s Christmas for me, always has been and always will be. It represents way more than a “Holiday” Technorati Tags: Christmas

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Loudoun Insider over at Too Conservative has a post up declaring his support of John Brownlee. “John Brownlee has an amazing resume and would provide the perfect balance to the statewide ticket. He’s a former Army Ranger and US Attorney with unassailable credentials.” Indeed. Read the comments and add your thoughts. I share many of LI’s views. I believe Brownlee is the stronger statewide

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Great bone handles. Technorati Tags: Knives, Hen & Rooster

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The Santa Train made its trip yesterday. The Kingsport and Bristol papers both have reports and video. Singer Kathy Mattea went along for the 110 mile ride. The toys are what the train is known for. Tons of toys! More commonly called the Santa Train, the cooperative effort of the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce, Food City and CSX Transportation distributed more than 15 tons of gifts

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A comment from a post on Jerry’s blog - Salt Lick said… I have a dream.
Everything we know predicts Obama will push a semi-socialist, big government agenda, but what Hanson describes contains a glimmer of my dream —
Obama serves two terms of only a mildly left-of-center tenure and leaves office a “success.”
Following his example, young black men adopt the

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As we say down south, BYE. The democrats flagship Virginia blog crawfishes and quits. Copy all those anti religion posts to share with SWVA as we want to help Brian and Lowell out. Bwaaaaa haahaahaahaa!!!!!!! Technorati Tags: Lowell Feld, Brian Patton,

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Saturday Night Sunday Morning Technorati Tags: Randy Travis, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Music, Video

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Most bloggers have linked to the post on Bearing Drift by Jason Kenney titled “New Media And The RPV” A mere nine lines into the post Jason writes “Here in Virginia we have two Republican blog circles: The Old Dominion Blog Alliance and The Jeffersoniad.” That is a false statement about the ODBA. In its history the ODBA has never been a “Republican blog circle.” We are a group made up of

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The Red Queen…..Amazing! Technorati Tags: Photography, Pictures

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Chris Green has the report in his post John Brownlee Addresses Augusta County GOP. Chris cuts to the heart of the matter as he relates a story of someone trying to knock Brownlee. He writes - This individual said to me, Don’t support Brownlee, he prosecuted a fellow Republican. My reply was, well, was the Republican Guilty? He replied, well… yeah, and I responded, Well, what’s the

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Shew! Wind chill must be in the single digits. This makes the third snow so far this year. As I said before, Global warming my ass. Technorati Tags: Snow, Wise Virginia, Wise County Virginia, Global Warming, My Ass

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HB273: Interscholastic activities; exclusive use of wood baseball bats. Chief Patron Del. Paula Miller (Democrat-87) One can only imagine the time and money spent to address this metal vs wooden baseball bat issue. Tree Killer! Technorati Tags: Democrats, Virginia, Baseball

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You readers know I love cigars. You also know that CAO is one of my favorite brands. You cant beat the taste and construction for the price. I hope they never realize their products could easily go for twice the price. The girlfriend and I like to mail each other gifts. It is a surprise for both of us and we do it because we can. Today I received the CAO Vision cap in the center. I got the other

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Hat Tip Hans Mast Let Detroit Go Bankrupt By MITT ROMNEY IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay

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This is post number 3010. I had planned to shut the blog down at 2500 posts, then at 3000….but not yet…not yet. Thanks to my readers and friends. A big thank you to The Old Dominion Blog Alliance. Technorati Tags: Blogging, Blogs

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