Thomas Krehbiel

I feel compelled to write a little bit about Catherine Crabill (R), who is running for delegate in Virginia’s 99th district against incumbent Albert Pollard (D).  Normally you don’t hear much about local delegate races unless you happen to live in the area, but in this case she’s caught the attention of the mighty Huffington Post after her ballot box and bullet box remarks were caught on tape by a tracker.

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Blogs on the right are saying Gov. Sarah Palin resigned because the left’s smear tactics finally got to her, blogs on the left are saying Gov. Palin quit because she’s dumb and irrational.  Not too many people are saying what I think is at least one of the real reasons:  She can make a heck of a lot more money on the public speaking circuit leading “Team Sarah” around the country than she can as governor, where there are too many pesky ethical considerations.

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Did we slip into a parallel universe?  Everything seems backwards.

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Perusing the Virginia blogosphere today, I made an amusing observation about the state of political blogging.

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I'll admit I'm not a Dixie Chicks fan (though their latest album is pretty good). Most of the Chicks' material is about girlie stuff -- you know, how men are lyin' cheatin' bastards and so forth -- that doesn't particularly resonate with me. And -- I hesitate to mention this because it might brand me a terrorist-sympathizer -- I'm not fond of bluegrassy country music in general.

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I'll admit I'm not a Dixie Chicks fan (though their latest album is pretty good). Most of the Chicks' material is about girlie stuff -- you know, how men are lyin' cheatin' bastards and so forth -- that doesn't particularly resonate with me. And -- I hesitate to mention this because it might brand me a terrorist-sympathizer -- I'm not fond of bluegrassy country music in general.

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Two of my favorite modern software development bloggers and role models -- Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software -- are joining forces to create a new developer community site called stackoverflow (not sure if that's the correct casing, but that's how it is on the site). Because, you know, there just aren't enough "community" startups on the Interwebs. But seriously: I listened to their inaugural podcast which described their vision for the site and I look forward to seeing what they come up with. I agree completely with their premises: Basically that, a) Developers look to Google for answers to programming problems long before turning to a book, and b) Most of the programming advice you find on current developer forums is anywhere from really bad to dead wrong.

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So I guess SWAC Girl was in Richmond recently taking pictures again (which seems to be her life's work now that the Republican party is leaning more moderate). What's funny is that I've lived in Virginia all my life -- have lived around Richmond for most of my life -- and I've never seen any of the buildings in her pictures, let alone been inside them. I suck.

Captain's Quarters: The Road Goes Ever On. How disappointing that the relatively moderate, thoughtful, and literate Captain Ed is being absorbed by the Michelle Malkin-branded corporate noise machine. (I can only assume this is a monetary decision... Malkin must be paying him more than he makes from his own blog.)

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Captain's Quarters: The Road Goes Ever On. How disappointing that the relatively moderate, thoughtful, and literate Captain Ed is being absorbed by the Michelle Malkin-branded corporate noise machine. (I can only assume this is a monetary decision... Malkin must be paying him more than he makes from his own blog.)

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A while back, pseudonymous blogger "Teddy Roosevelt" popped up* in the Virginia blogosphere to oppose the rhetoric from Bloggers 4 Sayre. He delivered a shocking bombshell (superfluous writing used for dramatic effect): On June 2, Teddy alleged that "Elle" of In-Politically Correct is really Ann Taetzsch, Staunton Republican Committee Chairperson, and "General Grievous' Dog" is really Augusta County Chairman Kurt Michael. Several other Virginia bloggers picked up on the news and repeated it, and it now seems to be regarded as established lore.

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Say, I wonder if anything interesting is happening in the Virginia political blogosphere? Guess not.

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A smorgasbord of topics today as I sit here in agonizing pain from a strained neck muscle.

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Hey I forgot to mention this: Cousin* Greg Krehbiel is back at blogging over at the Crowhill Weblog after taking some time off. Welcome back!

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I've criticized the CASTLE bloggers (aka. oasis + launchpad) a lot lately so I figure it's only fair that I also say I approve of their campaign to use candles and signs to show support for the troops, as reported in the Staunton News Leader: Candles support troops; signs call for victory. There's not a thing wrong with it, and I applaud their conviction.

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