100 days = Zero accomplishments (and policy reversals don’t count)

Filed under: National , President Obama

Only in Rockingham County

A real press release:

April 29, 2009
Rooster caught on scooter
Incident date: April 28th at 9:33 a.m.
Incident location: 118 Roach Creek Road, Eden

Reporting officer: Deputy W. Perdue

Deputy Perdue was in the area of Riverside Drive attempting to locate Ronald “Rooster” Derrick Smith to make service of domestic 50-B warrant. He observed the suspect traveling on a red scooter and without a helmet, and attempted to stop him by activating his patrol vehicle’s blue lights.

The suspect did not stop and attempted to elude by driving his scooter to the rear of area residences. The suspect then came to an abrupt stop near a residence on Roach Creek Road. The deputy was unable to stop his patrol vehicle as quickly and actually hit the rear of the scooter causing the suspect and his cooler of beer to be ejected. The patrol vehicle suffered about $500 in damages and Smith was arrested.

The N.C. Highway Patrol responded and issued citations for Driving While Intoxicated, Open Container Alcohol Violation and No Helmet.

Smith was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for a check-up.

Filed under: Reidsville , Reidsville

Swine flu symptoms

Because knowledge is power.

CDC:

The symptoms of swine flu in people are expected to be similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite and coughing. Some people with swine flu also have reported runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Google search.

Filed under: National , swine flu, swine flu symptoms

Brad and Britt = corporate tools

Triad Media Watch has the story on these two gutless wonders who won’t even mention the Time Warner usage rate issue on their radio show because TWC is a major advertiser.

As Kurt Cobain would say, corporate radio still sucks.

Filed under: North Carolina , Brad Krantz, Britt Whitmire, Time Warner Cable

Get to know Chad Adams

Mr. Adams seems like a very strong candidate for chairman of the NCGOP.

Filed under: North Carolina , Chad Adams, NCGOP

Against It! – a visual interpretation of Hendrix’s “Machine Gun”

This is a video project I made in 1999 for a AV class I was taking. As a history major and a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix, it seemed like a good fit to research video of the turmoil of the late 60s and make a video collage set to the solo from “Machine Gun”

This was a huge learning process for me at a time when digital video was in its infancy. I spent most of my time capturing and cataloging clips from VHS tapes I found in the school library. Once I got them on the cpu, I visualized a cauldron of chaos, protests and violence to represent what I felt Hendrix was trying to express through this song and the most powerful solo of his career.

Filed under: Concepts, Music , Chicago 1968, Jimi Hendrix, protest movements, Vietnam

Ouchers (or study puts the hurt on NEA)

WaPo:

A U.S. Education Department study released yesterday found that District students who were given vouchers to attend private schools outperformed public school peers on reading tests, findings likely to reignite debate over the fate of the controversial program.

Filed under: National

Union benefits

Some friends of mine were saying that there was a union members only golf course at the Goodyear Plant in Danville.

I didn’t believe them, so I looked it up.

Sure enough.

Filed under: National

Holder to release terrorists in your back yard?

Did Eric Holder really say he might have to release terrorists from Gitmo into the United States?

If he did, I’m sure he has a good reason to make such a statement. Although I can’t think of one.

I’m hoping somebody will clear this one up for me.

Filed under: National , Eric Holder, Gitmo