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Month: October, 2008

Ohio agencies used government computers and restricted access databases to snoop on “Joe the Plumber.”

25 October, 2008 (09:36) | 2008 Presidential Race, Crime & Punishment, Politics | By: ricjames

Someone from inside the Cuyahoga County Child Support Enforcement Agency used their access to government databases restricted to law enforcement and official government business to pull information on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher’s (a.k.a. “Joe the Plumber”) driver’s license and/or his vehicle registration, according to reports. You’ll note that Cuyahoga County is nowhere near Toledo, Joe’s place [...]

Fred Thompson speaks: Now is the time for people to seriously consider what’s at stake

24 October, 2008 (11:03) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

I’m still with ya, Fred.

Pew Reseach shows large majority of voters say MSM wants Obama to win election

24 October, 2008 (10:50) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Following up on the report that media coverage of McCain has been significantly more negative than for Obama, Pew Research has the results of a poll that show the vast majority of voters believe the MSM wants Obama to win this election. In recent presidential campaigns, voters repeatedly have said they thought journalists favored the [...]

“Ladies and Gentlemen”

24 October, 2008 (07:32) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

Dems & Obama consider move to kill 401(k)’s

24 October, 2008 (06:37) | 2008 Presidential Race, Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

If you’re employed in a salaried position these days, chances are your company offers you a retirement investment program called a 401(k). That’s a reference to the section of IRS regulations that deal with this particular kind of investment, one in which deposits get made to an investment account without being taxed first. As those [...]

MSM coverage of McCain overwhelmingly more negative

23 October, 2008 (06:06) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Most of we in the rightish side of the blogosphere consider this to be from the “No Sh*t, Sherlock” department but it’s nice to see the story getting some air nonetheless. A story on FoxNews.com – written by the AP, even – shows that coverage of McCain by the MSM is far, far more negative [...]

Back in

22 October, 2008 (21:28) | Blogging | By: ricjames

Many thanks to my readers who reached out to me lately. The HoodaThunk household had a family issue that we had to devote 100% of our attention toward and that meant dropping the blogging. Suffice it to say it was necessary. The issue’s been resolved and I’m firing back up again. Sorry I had to [...]

Too Conservative begins the rise from the ashes?

10 October, 2008 (13:19) | Blogging, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

After finding out that Too Conservative had been taken off the wire a few weeks ago, I’ve checked in on the site every couple of days to see if there’s anything new. The first sign of something moving over there came a few days ago when the message I got from browsing to the site [...]

Elections matter: what happens to tax rates under the proposed plans of the 2 candidates?

10 October, 2008 (10:39) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

TaxProf Blog has information you should see: Marginal Tax Rates Under Obama (50%), McCain (40%). Have a look at the graphs and understand what this means to the middle-class folks earning between $30K-$60K. The tax rates on these folks will go up, significantly. Ditto to those households making $105K-$125K which, given the average payroll these [...]

Hacker indicted on charges stemming from illegal access of Palin e-mail account

8 October, 2008 (10:10) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

David Kernell, the 20-year-old son of TN state Democratic Rep. Mike Kernell, has been indicted on charges of “…intentionally and without authorization access[ing] a protected computer by means of an interstate communication…” (You can view a PDF of the actual indictment here.) The charges carry a potential sentence of 5 years and $250K in fines. [...]