Should the results start getting to you - either coming in too quickly or not quickly enough, should the night drag on and ESPN2 with the UB Bulls playing Miami of Ohio Red Hawks - yes, billed as the battle of the blue and red - try playing Candy-Date Land. No, it does not have [...]
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Candy-Date Land
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election08, election2008, pittsburghpostgazette on 4 November 2008 | No Comments »
Holographic Reporters?
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged cnn, ncaafootball, holographicreporter on 4 November 2008 | No Comments »
Is this really what news coverage has come to? First, this morning, there was the crabgrass remark by Bob Schieffer. Now, I am watching CNN and they are “beaming” holographic reporters into the studio.
This is not what I want in my reporting. I am off to watch college football.
First Time Voters
Posted in Family, Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election08, election2008 on 4 November 2008 | No Comments »
So I bought a hard copy of the Press & Sun-Bulletin on Sunday so I could show my 18 year old son what the actual ballot would look like for his first ever trip to the ballot box - or as we know it, the voting booth. I explained how he would vote on the [...]
Exercising My Voting Privilege
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election2008, election08 on 4 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Literally and figuratively. I just returned, about an hour ago, from my polling place. You see, I run to my local polling location. Up until two years ago, this was a relatively flat prospect. Then, the local fire department started a building project on the station on Route 26. The polling location moved to Union [...]
Strangest Weather-Related Issue So Far
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged cnn, election08, election2008, northcarolina, virginia on 4 November 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, I now have CNN on my television. CNN started publicizing a hotline to report voter irregularities last week or the week before. They reported on some during early voting in both Georgia and Florida.
I have heard of some strange happenings in the local area thanks to Pressconnects.com but the recent voting irregularities report on [...]
John McCain and Crabgrass
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election2008, election08, johnmccain, bobschieffer, cbsnews on 4 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, I admit it. I turn my television set to CBS when I turn it on in the morning. I am not particularly a big fan of CBS news but I do want the local news on WBNG, the local CBS affiliate.
So, I still have CBS on and the Early Show has Bob Schieffer - [...]
College Students and Voting
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election2008, election08, absenteeballot, collegestudents on 4 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
I grew up in a very political home. My grandmother was a poll worker/election inspector. My best friend’s father was the county democratic chair. I volunteered on my first presidential campaign in 1972 at the age of 11, stuffing envelopes for George McGovern. My father could not believe, when I finally registered to vote, that I [...]
Business Productivity on Election Day 2008
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election2008, election08, businessproductivity on 4 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am intrigued by this story that seems to be a non-story for national media.
I don’t think that lines will be extraordinary where at my polling place. Granted, there are only two machines at the polling place but things generally run smoothly. My first time voter, 18 year old son, left the house at 7:02 [...]
Everything is Local
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged election2008, election08, mauricehinchey, townofunion, vote2008, briankolb, noahsargent, responsibleny, georgephillips on 3 November 2008 | 1 Comment »
With all the buzz about national politics, please remember that everything is local as you step into that polling booth tomorrow. I am watching a series of races - local, state and national - for my area plus a few other races that have caught my eye throughout the last two or three months.
Locally, I [...]
Chronic Disease
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Politics, tagged chronicdisease, election08, election2008, katysegal, laurenbacall, marylouiseparker, phyliciarashad on 31 October 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, it is true. Seventy-five percent of every dollar spent on health care in this country is spent on chronic diseases. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease recently released a new television ad featuring Katy Segal, Phylicia Rashad, Lauren Bacall and Mary-Louise Parker along side every day women in an ad asking women to be [...]
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