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Monday, November 10, 2008

Candidate Ratings

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Politics/Election 2008 · Friday, Jan 11, 2008, 6:04 PM · 537 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/candidate-ratings.html

I don't think a president needs too many skills. Delivering a good speech and bartering with foreign leaders is about it. Other than that, I figure the actual work of running the country is delegated far down the chain of command and the president himself is just a figurehead embodying the spirit of America to the rest of the world. So with those cynical standards in mind, here are my ratings of the contending presidential candidates, in alphabetical order. (Contenders being those that the media likes.)

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Stosch and O'Bannon Bills

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Personalities/Dan O'Bannon, Personalities/Walter Stosch, Virginia/General Assembly · Wednesday, Jan 9, 2008, 10:14 PM · 135 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/stosch-and-o-bills.html

Like everyone else in the Virginia blogosphere, I've been getting a bunch of RSS items from Richmond Sunlight this week. Let's see what my illustrious representatives are working on.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Outrage!

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Personalities/Bill Bolling, Virginia · Thursday, Jan 31, 2008, 6:25 PM · 105 words · 1 comment · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/outrage.html

I can understand why I wasn't invited to the second annual Richmond Blogger's Day. After all, I'm just, oh, a blogger who lives in Richmond. (Well, Henrico County -- but close enough.) In response to this outrageous insult, I pledge not to vote for you, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, and I will not consider changing my mind until such time as I, too, am treated to a free dinner at the Peking Restaurant.

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Jeremy said,

Meh, they're just jealous of our tax base.

- Another excluded Henrico blogger

P.S. I've spent a lot of time in pajamas lately, and I *still* didn't get invited. I don't think your productivity was a disqualifying factor :)

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Meet The New Boss...

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Blogs/SWAC · Monday, Jan 28, 2008, 6:49 PM · 129 words · 4 comments · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/meet-new-boss.html

Since I first saw SWAC Girl's post welcoming Spank That Donkey to the ODBA, I couldn't help but think that there was going to be trouble in that organization. Could Spank and Shaun Kenney -- bitter rivals on opposite poles of Virginia Republicanism -- co-exist together in the same organization?

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Anonymous said,

Kat and both Kenneys were booted. Others have now bailed on their own. The SWACers win.

Jeremy said,

The SWACers win *what*, exactly? Is ODBA really that big of a deal?

Tom said,

I can only guess they wanted to take over an organization with some name recognition. I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing a steady stream of "press releases" like that one they made up during the Joe Stanley affair.

Whackette said,

This was the second Richmond Bloggers' Day that Bolling has hosted. I went last year, but was unable to go this year. I believe all the ODBA was invited along with a few other bloggers. As far as I know all the bloggers that attended can be classified as conservative except two.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Gun Show Loophole

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Issues/Gun Control · Tuesday, Jan 22, 2008, 9:48 PM · 279 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/gun-show-loophole.html

I'm generally in favor of gun rights, but I'm not obsessive about it. I think I'm in the minority on that in Virginia. The only other opinions here seem to be the extreme right-wing we-need-to-stockpile-guns-to-prepare-for-the-zombie-apocolpyse opinion and the extreme left-wing ban-access-to-all-items-that-might-conceivably-cause-injury opinion.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

New Hampshire Independents

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Politics/Election 2008 · Wednesday, Jan 9, 2008, 7:06 PM · 114 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-hampshire-independents.html

In the 2008 New Hampshire primaries, 42% of registered Independents voted Democratic and 34% voted Republican. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#val=NH

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Weather Wisdom

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Science/Climate · Tuesday, Jan 8, 2008, 9:28 PM · 21 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/weather-wisdom.html

Embracing global warming because it's warm today is just as silly as refuting global warming because it's cold. Partisans, please stop. It's embarrassing.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Life A VR Simulation

Tom · Krehbiel Commentary · Science/Space · Friday, Jan 4, 2008, 5:00 PM · 22 words · http://krehbiel.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-vr-simulation.html

Funny, we were just talking about this recently in the Krehbiel household: Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory.