May
15
He is at it yet again. At a press conference yesterday, Obama said the following:
Agar asks Obama what he’s “going to do to help American autoworkers.”
He replies, “Hold on one second, sweetie, we’ll do a press avail, thanks” but didn’t get back to Agar.
On the air later, the station played a voice message Obama left for Agar. Obama apologizes for not getting back to her. He also tells Agar he has a bad habit of calling people “sweetie.”
In this day and age, why in the world would “sweetie” come out of your mouth to a woman that you do not know?
May
13
Clinton Wins West Virginia By a Landslide!
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To hear the news over the last several weeks, you’d think this election were over. The mindless pundits of the main stream media continue to bombard us with the message that election is over and Clinton is just causing problems staying in the race. Well, I guess the voters of my great state, WV, haven’t heard the message.
No matter what the media is reporting (I really have a hard time watching anymore), this election is not over. Hundreds of thousands of people continue to go to the polls to let the democratic party know that not all of us are happy with Obama. He does not represent the ideals and values that we all share.
One would think that you might see stories telling us that the Obama camp is worried because he keeps losing state after state. Even though the numbers might work out for him mathematically, doesn’t the democratic party worry that its candidate is consistently losing and tonight by 37% at the time of this post?
What will the new narrative out of the Obama campaign now be? West Virginians are uneducated and racist? I’ve heard that tired song before. As a displaced West Virginian, I am very proud that my state ignored the relentless stories in the media for Clinton’s exit of this race and chose to exercise their right to vote. Those of you that will be quick to say WV doesn’t matter…the democrats need that state to win just as they do Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Our party finds itself in a quandary. A large portion of us support Clinton and will not be pleased to vote for Obama. Many could end up sitting this election out. I know it makes me angry every time I hear one of the party bosses on TV tell Clinton to give up. Be careful. You are shooting yourselves in the foot.
Its on to Kentucky!
May
13
The Hillary I Know
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May
13
I really hadn’t given this story the attention that it deserved when it initially occurred. According to the Columbus Dispatch, two state highway patrol officers were suspended, and later fired, for a “klan prank.”
A patrol investigation found that Franklin put a white cone on his head and donned a white mask and white cloth the day before Martin Luther King Day. Wlodarsky took a photo that he forwarded on his cell phone.
I can already hear that many will say that it was just a joke, or that the punishment does not fit the crime. Is it not their constitutional right of free speech or some other right to act or say moronic, offensive, or even hateful things? Perhaps.
But when in Ohio are we going to get serious about our elected officials and other entities that represent the government (i.e. highway patrol) behaving in a way that is fitting of their job and the public trust that they hold? We recently finally moved beyond a corrupt governor who should probably be serving time, we have a corrupt (to say the least) attorney general who now refuses to resign, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Driving around predominately “white neighborhoods’ in central Ohio, it always amazes me to notice who the cops are pulling over. I’ve not done any type of formal study, but suffice it to say, it seems like there are a lot of African Americans getting pulled over and I doubt that is due to coincidence.
May
13
Relief For Myranmar
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How long must the world sit and watch as tens of thousands of people starve to death after the deadly cyclone in Myranmar? We have all seen the video and pictures of the dead floating in water and scattered throughout the countryside.
In my opinion it is time to leave the military junta behind. Why can’t the countries of the world at the very least take supplies on boats and drop them off on their shores? It might be impractical but must a whole country suffer because of the whims of its tyrants?
May
11
A George Bush Moment?
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I originally saw this posted on one of the best political blogs in ohio, the Keeler Report. Now it seems to slowly be making its rounds on the internet. Can you imagine if President Bush or Hillary Clinton had made this kind of mistake? The MSM would be playing it on a loop.
May
11
Dispatch Columnist Anne Fisher Characterizes Attorney General Marc Dann
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He still seems unwilling to resign and we still are keeping the pressure on him to do so. In her blog, Ann Fisher describes Dann:
Dann is not stupid. He’s arrogant, rude and unrepentant. I’ve previously characterized him as a petulant little troll and a blustering bully. He’s a dangerous man because he has no respect for anybody or anything other than himself. He believes that he is above the law. Stupidity is often forgiveable because stupid people often mean well but they screw up anyway. Dann doesn’t mean well. Stupid is what Marc Dann made of the people who voted for him.
I don’t think that any of us could say it any better!
May
10
Marc Dann Refuses to be Pushed Out
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If one can be said about Marc Dann it would be that he is very stubborn. After calls for resignation by virtually every high-ranked democrat in the state of Ohio, the attorney general will not leave.
In response to that stubbornness, today his party ousted him. According to the party leader Redfern:
“What it means is that he can call himself an unaffliated Democrat if he wants, but he is no longer a member of this party,” said state Rep. Chris Redfern, the Catawba Island Democrat who is chairman of the state party.
Do you think that this will put more pressure on him or do articles of impeachment need to be filed?
May
9
West Virginia Democrats Poised to Vote on Tuesday
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Many of you may not know that I grew up in West Virginia. As a young boy we were told that the whole world was ahead of us and that all we needed to do was to dream. If you don’t know many people from West Virginia, you may not know that once you are a Mountaineer, it is always in your heart.
The great people of the Mountain State have the chance this Tuesday to make history and deliver a decisive win for Hillary Clinton. Even though the mainstream media has been bombarding us with the message that this election is over, that we need to move beyond the primary battle and focus on the general election, we know that we can send the message on Tuesday that Barack Obama does not speak for all of us and that he does not possess the same virtues that make the people of West Virginia so great.
Mine is a familiar story that mirrors so many young people from the state of West Virginia. After graduating college, the job market was bleak. Eventually I had to leave West Virginia to be able to secure a job, but not before having tried to find employment throughout the state.
As West Virginians, we know that for the last seven years, President Bush has given tax breaks to the wealthy, protected the oil and drug companies, and encouraged companies to leave this country and take our jobs overseas. The economy of our great state and country is hurting and President Bush has failed to take decisive action.
It is time to choose a president that will look after the average citizen that does not make enough money to enjoy the Bush tax cuts. If you look at the economy the promises of these tax policies have not come to fruition. Actually, quite the opposite has happened. Giving tax breaks to the wealthy was supposed to create more jobs for Americans. Well, all we need to do is look around and talk to our neighbors to find out that his policies failed miserably.
Too many West Virginians are living pay check to pay check, and with the rising gas prices, often don’t have enough at the end of the month to make it through. Many don’t have the insurance to be able to afford the health care that they deserve. Many are losing their homes to foreclosures, yet we read in our papers that President Bush is going to veto the help that Congress wants to pass.
It is long overdue for the people of West Virginia, and the people of this country, to have a president that fights and stands up for us. Hillary Clinton has a proven track record of working hard for all of us in issues like health care, children’s rights, and making sure that veterans have the health care that they so deserve.
This Tuesday, West Virginia has the opportunity to send the message to the national democratic party that we don’t want this primary to end until all of our voices have been heard. I urge you to go to the polls and let Hillary know that we want her to keep fighting for us. Send the message that we aren’t happy with Barack Obama. Call your friends and relatives and make sure that they can get to the polls. Every vote counts!
May
7
The Columbus Dispatch has a very interesting article to those of us that care about education in Ohio regarding the new Ohio CORE Curriculum. According to an administrator of Columbus City Schools (formerly Columbus Public):
Columbus schools will have to hire more math teachers, modernize their science labs and increase the number of counselors to prepare students for the state’s new graduation requirements, a district administrator told the school board last night.
As a both a secondary and post-secondary educator, I am familiar with the new Core requirements. What I did not know before reading this article was that three state colleges will be exempted from requiring these Core standards for matriculation purposes. They include Central State, Youngstown State and Shawnee State.
I find this quite interesting that students that could not meet the general requirements to attend a state university might have a chance to attend one of these three schools and earn a college degree. Will these three schools now be considered the “dummy schools” in Ohio?
When do we stop fooling ourselves that college is for every student? It certainly is not and we shouldn’t be setting at-risk kids up for failure.
