A totally biased and unreasonable list of blogs that I think you might enjoy reading.
UPDATED WEATHER FORECAST SUMMARY:
Tuesday…Cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning…Then rain likely in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Tuesday Night…Rain likely. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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And I thought the McCain Grannies in my neighborhood were mean-spirited:
Continue reading " Cranky McCain Supporter to Obamakids: No Halloween Candy for You! "
We’ve been waiting for the results with bated breath. And now we can report that the Weekly Reader Poll of 125,000 elementary, middle, and high school students has Barack Obama winning the presidency in a landslide.
According to the poll:
Obama 54.7 percent
McCain 42.9 percent
But before you all conclude that Fred2Blue has jumped the shark in reporting the [...]
Everyday is a hard news day at the FL-S, don’t ya know.
Accompanying the saturation coverage of Sarah Palin’s Real America Tour visit to Herkamp Park (a venue you’d think from the reporting has more people in it today than Yasgur’s Farm in the Summer of ‘69) comes this delightful FL-S featurette about the Stafford County Republican who looks just [...]
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Apparently, it has been whisked away to stage Herkamp Park for today’s noontime visit of Gov. Sarah Palin.
The Farmer’s Market is a Fredericksburg institution, offering excellent quality produce to area residents and restaurateurs.
Family farmers rely on this popular venue for their livelihood. Certainly, they lost their income this weekend so that Sarah could make her photo-op appearance, today.
So [...]
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On Thursday evening, an Obama supporting family in the Partlow section of Spotsylvania County allowed the Spotsy Democratic Committee to place a 4×8 foot Obama-Biden on their property.
Not surprising, it didn’t take long for the sign to be vandalized. Last year, I had all of the signs on my front lawn stolen. But the sign vandalism that [...]
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A fortnightly rant, FL-S style (VOGUE Bulldog Edition):
Much has been written and discussed at water coolers across this great land about Sarah Palin’s $150,000 high-fashion boondoggle.
And goodness knows this blogger has gotten a lot of mileage from it.
Still, there’s been hardly a peep from the Alaska Governor about the clothes purchased for her and her family by the Republican [...]
Back in the day, many parents would use 2 time-tested criteria to name their little bundle of joy.
First, the child’s full name - when bellowed by an irate parent - would need to send shivers down Junior’s spine. Road-test this one:
“Rudolph William Giuliani, I am going to start counting and if you are NOT in the [...]
…with a h/t to Mr. Blackwell (R.I.P.)
What’s up with this: a $150k shopping spree for Gov. Palin at Saks Fifth Avenue, Barney’s of New York, Atelier, Nieman Marcus, and Bloomingdales?
Courtesy of the Republican National Committee, the candidate making repeated claims that only her ticket represents “real America” just souped up her wardrobe at several of the most-elite [...]
Continue reading " Saks Fifth Avenue: Where “Real America” Shops? "
D’s and R’s aren’t the only groups to experience difficulty getting along.
In the U.S., there are millions of dog-lovers. At some point, all will experience difficult canine behavior or dog/human interaction problems.
So we’re pleased that Laurie Williams - F2B’s newest blogger, nationally-known canine behaviorist, successful local businesswoman, and star contestant (with her Maltese Andrew) of CBS’s Greatest American Dog - [...]
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D’s and R’s aren’t the only groups to experience difficulty getting along.
In the U.S., there are millions of dog-lovers. At some point, all will experience difficult canine behavior or dog/human interaction problems.
So we’re pleased that Laurie Williams - F2B’s newest blogger, nationally-known canine behaviorist, successful local businesswoman, and star contestant (with her Maltese Andrew) of CBS’s Greatest American Dog - [...]
Continue reading " F2B Exclusive: Laurie Williams’ New Dog-Behavior Column (Ask Laurie!) "
…Ed McMahon goes viral.
The famous former Tonight Show announcer was long known to be a savvy investor, someone that knew how to make a buck. (You think he did all those Alpo commercials for the fun of it?)
Ed was just fine until he got under water on his residential mega-mortgage. Times are tough.
So, now. Ladies and [...]
McCain flack Nancy “But I Live In Oakton” Pfotenhauer being interviewed on MSNBC borrows one from the George Felix Allen/Dick Wadhams playbook.
It’s gone from the ridiculous to the absurd!
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style (halftime show). With a h/t to Patty for Mr. Bug Eyes.
Chris’ post last week, recalled that today (October 17) marks 4 years since the FL-S published a completely ironic endorsement of George W. Bush for President.
From the editorial:
He will, we judge, persevere in Iraq and in the larger conflict with neo-barbarism. The country’s economic [...]
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…coming in at number 3, from the first debate of the 1960 general election campaign, Vice-President Richard Nixon’s washed-out looking gray suit and infamous 5 o’clock shadow.
…at number 2, during the third debate of the 1992 general election campaign, President George H.W. Bush impatiently checks his wristwatch…
…and now (drumroll) from the 3rd debate of the [...]
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Like all political debates, last night’s episode was viewed by many as Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s final presidential job interview.
As an executive recruiter by profession, I was struck by how the three presidential debates seemed like any one of thousands of job interviews for which I have presented executive candidates.
And I’ve caught myself wondering what Obama’s and [...]
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style:
BALLSTON, Va. - Greetings from John McCain’s brother Joe’s favorite place - The People’s Republic of Arlington - where capitalism is alive and well. And, after the pounding that the financial markets have taken, well, thank goodness for that.
The old-style A-Frame IHOP just 2 blocks from here is packed with hungry customers. Business there is brisk.
We just finished [...]
You know the mood at the Gilmore for Senate campaign is depressed. And certainly what follows doesn’t make Gilmore staffers feel any better:
Mike Allen at Politico is reporting today that retiring U.S. Senator John Warner might cross party lines to vote for his 1996 election opponent, Former Gov. Mark Warner.
Read the story, here.
Could Mark not John [...]
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style HALFTIME SHOW. A shoutout to a good friend from my junior high school days in Mo.Co., Maryland.
Back in the day, my friend Kathy Kearns told me and a bunch of other kids that her dad had invented something very important: the intermittent windshield wiper. And I am sure that my [...]