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Month: October, 2006

Verizon sucks

31 October, 2006 (18:03) | Technology | By: ricjames

Again. Update later.

Kerry shows why he’s unfit for command

31 October, 2006 (10:15) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Michelle Malkin has the round up for this one but I can’t simply let this go unnoted here at HoodaThunk?. John Kerry, Democrat loser of the 2004 Presidential elections, stood up on stage at the Democratic Party convention to accept the nomination of his party. To puctuate the matter, he snapped to a sort-of attention [...]

A letter of intent

30 October, 2006 (09:29) | Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

To say I’ve gotten a bunch of direct mail political advertising the past couple of weeks would be an understatement. I still go through them, however, because even the opposition candidate’s stuff can give you information you can use down the road. So it was with a letter received Saturday from one Pat Heelen of [...]

What’s in a name? Baggage, that’s what.

28 October, 2006 (10:52) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

I was in college the first time the late singer Rick James was hitting the charts. I won’t go into details but there was a certain amount of ribbing that went along with introducing myself at my college fraternity functions. Hi, I’m Ric James. Rick James? Superfreak! That was usually followed up with a chord [...]

Allen-Webb campaign – I’ve had enough

28 October, 2006 (09:15) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Has there been a political campaign in recent history that compares, in terms of sheer disgusting nastiness, to what’s going on here in Virginia’s senate race between George Allen and Jim Webb? Rather than hear about what they’re going to do about national security, immigrations, taxes, energy – you know, the issues that face all [...]

Road referendum will be on ballot in Loudoun County

28 October, 2006 (08:32) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

A story in the print edition of the Loudoun Independent reminds me that there’s going to be another referendum on the ballot this year and this one’s about roads. Having become tired of waiting for Virginia’s General Assembly to get off their collective rear-ends and provide some fixes for our road and traffic situation up [...]

Anonymous political messages are ineffective

28 October, 2006 (08:11) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

While it may not be true as a rule, there’s something I want to say about me, personally, to the people who have been putting political flyers in my mailbox that don’t have any identifying information on them. I consider these political missives to be a sign of cowardice and you’re inducing me to oppose [...]

Vote Republican this fall

26 October, 2006 (08:46) | Politics | By: ricjames

Why? Glad you asked.

NJ Supreme Court overturns same-sex barring laws; issues order to legislature (See Update)

26 October, 2006 (06:36) | Human Interest, Law | By: ricjames

New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled, on Constitutional grounds, that the state’s laws barring same-sex marriage are void providing for domestic partnerships but not full marriage don’t go far enough. New Jersey’s Supreme Court has left it to the Legislature to decide the rules for gay couples who want to marry in the state. In [...]

Maybe you’d like to rephrase that?

25 October, 2006 (06:24) | GWOT | By: ricjames

It’s no surprise to anyone who has read my stuff that I support the general doctrine used in the war on terror – go after the terrorists before they come here after us. I strongly believe that the Iraqi theater of this war is crucial to our security and I advocate getting the job done. [...]