West Virginia
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2:24 a.m.
Call to Action --- Cancel Your Ogden Newspaper!
I write this brief diary nearly in tears. Beginning tomorrow, for the first time in my life, neither the Wheeling News-Register nor the Wheeling Intelligencer will be delivered to my home. I have decided to cancel my subscription until further notice, and I am urging you to do the same . Over the past few years, Ogden Publishing has become more extreme, more partisan, more biased, and more divisi...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 3:23 p.m. - 5 clicks 
Democrat mixer and dinner in Martinsburg
I believe several " Carnackis " will be there. Maybe even me. From an email: The real Campaign for Change is now underway. Please forward this message, as appropriate. TO: All friends and members of the Berkeley County Democratic Association RE: Holiday Dinner, Celebration & BCDA Meeting Dear friends - There will NOT be a BCDA meeting on Monday, November 24. Instead, your officer...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 2:49 p.m. - 5 clicks
After 2008 Election, Some States Want to Make Voting Easier; Others Determined to Make it Harder
Cross-posted at Project Vote's blog, Voting Matters Weekly Voting Rights News Update By Erin Ferns Following an historic turnout in the 2008 election comes a flurry of election reform agendas from both sides of the battle over voting rights. Since November 4, some state lawmakers have seized on the success of early voting and Election Day Registration (EDR) as models for facilitating...
DailyKos (West Virginia) - Thu 2:49 p.m. - 3 clicks
Support a fellow state blogger
Please take a moment to vote for fellow state blogger David Mauro of Burnt Orange Report as he tries to win a college scholarship. Vote here . Thank you. ...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 1:48 p.m.
UPDATE: I told you so, Endangered Species Act is Endangered
Hit the phones again folks. I know, you still have a neck cramp, between the campaign, and the JoeMentun, but if you like Almost Heaven license plates, smush your ears again. In case you missed it the first time, read up: Got No More Animal Puns: Endangered Species Act Extinct Rahall is on the relevant Committee that write the Sternly Worded Letters . Shelley has an undergraduate degree ...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 9:42 a.m. - 6 clicks
Republican values watch
Via Jed , Tennessee Republican Rep. Zach Wamp explains how workers should receive low wages and less healthcare. ...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 8:42 a.m.
Big Daddy's 91st birthday
The Martinsburg Journal's Naomi Smoot has a good story on Sen. Robert C. Byrd: They don't call him "Big Daddy" for nothing. In recent years, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., has secured more than $400 million for projects in the Eastern Panhandle, not to mention what he's done for the rest of the state. As the former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Byrd helped obtain ...
West Virginia Blue - Thu 6:21 a.m. - 7 clicks
Morgan County residents protest Verizon
Story Here : About a dozen citizens picketed Verizon's office in downtown Berkeley Springs at noon today to protest the company's failure to provide Internet Broadband service to Morgan County. Carrying signs that read: "Verizon Abandons Rural West Virginia" and "Honk for Broadband" and chanting "What do we want? Broadband. When do we want it? Now" -- the citizens protested Verizon's failure t...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 6:08 p.m. - 7 clicks
Alaska Sen. Ted "Tubes" Stevens Loses Bid for 7th Term
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted. source ...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 6:08 p.m.
Let's Hope This Goes Somewhere
Oh Please oh Please Oh Please let this happen. Dick Cheney indicted for corruption in Texas! At least someone is indicting him for something. I know I don't have to tell y'all, but Dick Cheney really represents everything, absolutely everything wrong with this country. Let's just hope Obama doesn't let him off the hook for "reconciliation". ...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 10:04 a.m.
The New Progressive Era Pt. 2: What is Progress for West Virginia?
Cross-posted from InkBlog . I thought this story from West Virginia Metro News was interesting. George Hammond of the WVU Business school describes how West Virginia is faring during this economic mess: Hammond says West Virginia is weathering the financial crisis better than most other states. "I think West Virginia is doing a bit better than many states in terms o...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 9:27 a.m. - 14 clicks
Audit of State Police finds troubling problems
From yesterday's Charleston Gazette, a random audit of the West Virginia State Police has found some very troubling problems. First and foremost, a 'sloppiness' in record keeping and evidence preservation has been cited. The audit found widespread and frequent inadequacies in documenting and safeguarding evidence, including: Time lags as long as 200 days or more ...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 7:51 a.m. - 13 clicks
See what happens when you get bad karma from West Virginia?
ANTHRAX SCARE AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Michigan football practice was delayed nearly two hours late this morning after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Rich Rodriguez immediately suspended practice while police and federal agents were called to investigate. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the wh...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 7:51 a.m. - 9 clicks
The New Progressive Era Pt. 1: A History
Crossposted from InkBlog . We will have a new president soon. This is an amazing moment for the country. It is also one for progressives, liberals and populists everywhere. We are going to move into an era where government will make a huge pushes to stabilize a top-heavy economically and is now crashing down on the rest of us. The Right is in shambles and too weak and conservative impulses will b...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 5:04 a.m.
Sen. Rockefeller off Intelligence, on to Commerce?
Jake Stump at The Charleston Daily Mail reports the latest "Washington insider" news . The committee shuffle starting with Sen. Byrd's departure from Appropriations may well end up with Sen. Rockefeller as chair of Commerce. U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller is set to take on a new leadership role as chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, according to Washington insiders and publications. ...
West Virginia Blue - Wed 3:25 a.m. - 11 clicks
Democrats Work: Yes We Cans!
"This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change." President-elect Barack Obama Across the country, food banks are struggling to keep up with increased demand. And with the holidays approaching, Democrats Work is doing something about it. We need your help. Today, we are launching the Yes We Cans Virtual Food Drive to h...
West Virginia Blue - Tue 2:29 p.m.
Byrd and Rockefeller: if this is a Lieberman trial balloon please shoot it down
West Virginia Blue - Tue 5:09 a.m. - 10 clicks
The Fate of Joe Lieberman: How The Senate Democrats Should Handle Droopy Dog
West Virginia Blue - Tue 5:09 a.m. - 9 clicks
Eastern Panhandle West Virginians living in "Constitution Free Zone"
West Virginia Blue - Mon 7:25 a.m. - 10 clicks
West Virginia deep blue except at the top of the ticket
West Virginia Blue - Sun 7:28 a.m. - 17 clicks
Caperton v. Massey Granted Certiorari: SCOTUS to Hear Case in the Spring (UPDATED)
West Virginia Blue - Sat 2:44 p.m. - 2 clicks
Supreme Court Checks Price Tag for Supreme Court
There's no doubt that if you're charged with a crime, it's good to be rich. It's nice to be innocent, but really, would you rather be guilty as sin and packing a squad of high-powered private attorneys, or pure as driven snow and represented by a massively overworked public defender? But what do you do when even the best attorneys can't help? What about when you're facing a $20 million dollar...
DailyKos (West Virginia) - Sat 2:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
Late night Obama wave in Martinsburg
Tonight we held our usual Drinking Liberally in Martinsburg at the Chinese restaurant across from this election season's Dem HQ. I had the idea earlier of encouraging people to bring their rally signs for one last wave after we finished drinking and several did. ...
DailyKos (West Virginia) - Fri 10:11 p.m. - 22 clicks
Who needs unions?
West Virginia Blue - Nov 13 - 3 clicks
N. Panhandle newspaper injects cost perspective into prison debate
West Virginia Blue - Nov 13 - 14 clicks
Fired up
West Virginia Blue - Nov 12 - 2 clicks
A solution to overcrowding, resource draining West Virginia prisons
West Virginia Blue - Nov 12 - 7 clicks
Conversations
West Virginia Blue - Nov 12 - 2 clicks
Massey, Blankenship on trial in Logan County for Aracoma deaths
West Virginia Blue - Nov 11 - 4 clicks
closegitmo.com
West Virginia Blue - Nov 10 - 2 clicks
More from the West Virginia exit polls: deciding on the candidate
West Virginia Blue - Nov 9 - 4 clicks
Fear vs. Hope
West Virginia Blue - Nov 7 - 2 clicks
Grats President Obama.
Modern America - Nov 6
Thank you
West Virginia Blue - Nov 6 - 2 clicks
Ah-ha!
West Virginia Blue - Nov 5 - 2 clicks
Obama is pro-coal
West Virginia Blue - Nov 4 - 2 clicks
Another protest against the Chamber on Tuesday morning regarding their lies about McGraw!
West Virginia Blue - Nov 3 - 2 clicks
West Virginians protest attempt by Chamber of Commerce to buy election
West Virginia Blue - Nov 3 - 4 clicks
'I am Carnacki'
West Virginia Blue - Nov 1 - 2 clicks
GOTV in WV
West Virginia Blue - Oct 31 - 2 clicks
Outside groups try to buy two West Virginia elections for $1 million
West Virginia Blue - Oct 30 - 2 clicks
Barth-Capito debate and interviews on West Virginia Public Television at 9 p.m.
West Virginia Blue - Oct 30 - 2 clicks
Capito Rejected Oversight of War Contracts at the Peril of Our Troops
West Virginia Blue - Oct 30 - 2 clicks
US and WV Chamber of Commerce decide to make a mockery of democracy
West Virginia Blue - Oct 29 - 2 clicks
Mason County Board of Ed. is latest to take up student drug testing
West Virginia Blue - Oct 29 - 2 clicks
RNC OnAir in MT, WV as Dean/WJC Go to ND,WV: Landslide Frontlines
DailyKos (West Virginia) - Oct 28 - 2 clicks
Electronic voting machine problems... fraud or greed? (Pt.2 - Fraud)
DailyKos (West Virginia) - Oct 24 - 2 clicks
%@#!&$ Chuck Todd
West Virginia Blue - Oct 13 - 3 clicks
