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Conservatives, who have spent the last 40 years whining (and they are champion whiners) about the so called liberal media continue doing it this weekend. Watching the media criticism show Fox News Watch (yes, on the Fox News channel) we hear the moderator say this: "Why is it that Chelsea Clinton was completely off limits when she occupied the White House" This was in reference to the so ca...
Ohio Daily Blog - 5:26 p.m.
My friend Diane who I work with on the UA Arts board owns Ursus gallery here in Upper Arlington and she gets some interesting exhibits in there from time to time. The most recent (current) show is artist Jim Charette who has an interesting background of visual arts, tattoo arts, performance art and general pedaling [...]...
Elephants on Bicycles - 3:21 p.m.
In this email exchange below, Councilmember Jeff Berding asks David Rager for permission before sending an email to Tom West concerning issues surrounding the secretive plans to move towards a “Water Disctrict,” that some feel could be the first step towards privatizing water in Cincinnati. It’s noteworthy how Berding needs Rager’s permission to send an email. Also, it’s noteworthy tha...
The Cincinnati Beacon - 8:00 a.m.
Ever since I saw that Republican Steve Chabot wrote a letter in support of an issue being discussed by Christopher Smitherman and the Cincinnati NAACP, I’ve been thinking about how the emerging boondoggle over Dwight Tillery’s “Closing the Health Gap” can hold Steve Driehaus back from beating the incumbent Republican. At the end of the day, the Chabot-Driehaus race will have less to do with ...
The Cincinnati Beacon - Sat 8:00 p.m. - 6 clicks 
Oh, okay - here’s the context, from the Plain Dealer in an article about how Ohio’s delegates to the Republican convention believe they sense change for Ohio’s GOP: …not every Republican necessarily thinks that success requires new faces. Former Ohio Attorney General and Auditor Betty Montgomery, who lost a 2006 race for attorney general to Marc [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Sat 1:10 p.m. - 10 clicks
Treasurer and Attorney General candidate Rich Cordray and former congressman Louis Stokes were Grand Marshals in place of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. On Monday at the 11th District Labor Day Parade, an event long hosted by Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and this year co-hosted with the North Shore AFL/CIO, there were many moving tributes to the late congresswoman, large and small, formal a...
Ohio Daily Blog - Sat 11:07 a.m. - 10 clicks
This graphic from the Columbus Dispatch shows the increase in Democratic voter registration as compared to the Republicans since 2004. In 2004 Democrats outnumbered Republicans in Ohio by less than 300,000. In 2008 Democrats outnumbered Republicans by over 900,000. ...
Medina County Democrats - Sat 9:32 a.m. - 24 clicks
Nader, Live in Cincinnati, September 8, 2008 - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Nader, Live in Cincinnati, September 8, 2008...
The Cincinnati Beacon - Sat 6:45 a.m. - 9 clicks
Photo courtesy of here. The recent Uniersity of Cincinnati assessment backing the sugar-plum claims for the proposed streetcar may have brought in a few dollars to the university, but it also shows the standards that enable one to pay for pre-determined results. It accepted ridiculous claims at face value, ignored outrageous assumptions, and cavalierly dismissed focused criticisms of the ...
The Cincinnati Beacon - Sat 6:45 a.m. - 8 clicks
Here’s the most recent breakdown: 1. Me - going Obama, after voting Clinton in primary and not liking either - but I like Biden; Palin is a throwback for me 2. My mother: was John Edwards, now Obama - she’s 69, worked outside the home and in business w/my dad - married at 19, first child at [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Sat 3:47 a.m. - 14 clicks
While I'm preoccupied today here are some video clips as a Friday diversion: New ad for OH-15 candidate Mary Jo Kilroy , focusing on health care: Here's a music video about five days on the campaign trail with OH-07 candidate Sharen Neuhardt : And, by the way, Sen. Sherrod Brown endorses Neuhardt: Don't miss Jeff Toobin's reaction to McCai...
Ohio Daily Blog - Fri 10:52 a.m. - 10 clicks
You may assume that because you sat up late watching John McCain’s speech last night, you don’t need to read about the GOP convention in today’s paper. You would be wrong. Yes, today’s Dispatch main convention stories predictably swoon over......
Licking County Pro-Active Citizens - Fri 8:43 a.m. - 8 clicks
I can’t possibly take John McCain seriously and no one else should. Does he really think that Sarah Palin can run a country? If anything just by accepting the nomination she is making a joke of it. At least Obama has the guts to surround himself with a running mate who has experience where he may be lacking. McCain surrounded himself with a hockey mom. Give me a break. I really don’t want a ...
Medina County Democrats - Thu 6:08 p.m. - 11 clicks
This just in: "A coalition pushing a ballot initiative that would have provided seven days of paid sick leave for certain Ohio workers said Thursday it will remove the issue from the fall ballot. Service Employees International Union District 1199 President Becky Williams said the Coalition for Healthy Families will ask to have the proposal taken off the ballot. Ms. Williams said the decisi...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 10:40 a.m. - 11 clicks
Judith Ezekiel PhD, a professor at Wright State University, has shared with me her letter to the editors of the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun, and Xenia Gazette about congressional candidate Steve Austria's blatant copying of his Labor Day column from a Department of Labor publication and the Wikipedia: Plagiarism is theft. As a professor who has taught writing and research method...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 10:40 a.m. - 4 clicks
According to a new poll commissioned by Emily's List , taken August 31st to September 1st from 800 women voters nationwide, McCain's strategy of attracting women voters in general (and Hillary Clinton supporters in particular) by putting Gov. Sarah Palin on the ticket is a complete bust. The key issue is whether enthusiasm for Palin will extend beyond Christian conservative women to women in g...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 8 clicks
Lovely. Courtesy of the Capital Blog , here's what attorney general candidate Michael Crites (R-Powell) has to say about the innovative lawsuits Marc Dann (D-Liberty Twp) filed to shut down underperforming charter schools in the Dayton area under the state's charitable trusts law: [Crites called the lawsuits] a waste of taxpayer resources because they’re based on flawed legal theory. If electe...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 8 clicks
A new CNN poll released a little over an hour ago has Obama well ahead of McCain in Iowa and Minnesota but only slightly ahead in Ohio (within the 3.5% margin of error): Ohio: 47% Obama 45% McCain Iowa: 55% Obama 40% McCain Minnesota: 53% Obama 41% McCain CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider attributes the close results in Ohio to blue-collar white voters who "were so impo...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 8 clicks
A short but very telling commentary of the current life that is Ken "Worst GOP Defeat Ever" Blackwell: Where's Ken Blackwell? The 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate and former secretary of state is not with the Ohio Republican delegation in any capacity, according to the party's communications director, John McClelland. When asked if Blackwell was invited to join his own state party...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 6 clicks
Stories today in the Dayton Daily News and its sister publication the Springfield News-Sun pick up my story about State Sen. Steve Austria (R-Beavercreek) plagiarizing his Labor Day column in the Xenia Gazette from a Department of Labor publication . Austria doesn't deny that the copying occurred. His response is that "a citation was inadvertently omitted when a member of Austria's leg...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 6:25 p.m. - 6 clicks
