Awesome 100-meter medley. We really are the most awesomest country. Not to mention #1 in beach volleyball! Hats off to the Aussies however. Talk about punching above one's weight for a country: with 21 million people, they are less than … [Read more...]
Archives for August 16, 2008
Middle-aged women rock at the Olympics
Just watched 38 year-old Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania win the women's Olympic marathon and 41 year-old Dara Torres take the silver in the 50 meter freestyle swim. Forget nationality, I'm now rooting for my generational cohort - … [Read more...]
Government Accountability Made Easy–a tutorial
Clearly if I want to know about past or present bills, in the House or the Senate, I go to thomas.gov It's website is fairly straightforward to use. You can search for a bill by it's number or text. You can search by a Senator … [Read more...]
Warren’s Saddleback Civil Forum
is on. First up is Obama for an hour, than McCain for the 2nd hour. You can watch here (but it took forever for the page to load for me...) … [Read more...]
A Small Anti-McCain Video Gallery
Next we have a video that emphasizes McCain's remarkable fondness for military force. McCain is one of those Dolchstoss nuts from the Vietnam War era who still believes that killing yet another million Vietnamese would have successfully … [Read more...]
Anketell for Sheriff of Essex County
Anyone interested in getting involved or making a donation can send them to PO box 245 … [Read more...]
Checking in from Leominster
My website is continually being updated at www.SueChalifouxZephir.com. I hope you'll take a minute or two to check it out. If you'd like to join our grass-roots campaign, give us a call at 978-534-7125 or send an email to … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Review
Baracky II starts us off: fired up, and ready to go: Next up, Bush the Lesser waving our flag backwards at the Olympics. Olbermann: "It is the best summary of his presidency, which is: everything looks perfect from his point of view" (Flag … [Read more...]
Another Globe National Political Scoop!
It's an old campaign tactic. Come out with some news a day ahead of your opponent and lure a gullible reporter into writing a story favorable to your side. Sure sounds like the formula that resulted in Foon Rhee's story in today's … [Read more...]
The convention approacheth — need your input!
Furthermore, MA is unlikely to be an electoral battleground, which can actually lead to a sense of complacency and even powerlessness. I'm interested in finding out what we can do to help battleground states -- even beyond NH. Can we … [Read more...]