A reporter from The Greensboro Times Record got roughed up a little when covering Palin's visit to Elon. Read about it.
Bush Speaks To Nation; Reassures Everyone
During the course of his chat with the nation, the Dow dropped 60 points. I'm thinking maybe he needs to not talk to us anymore. We're just sick of him (which is why, I think, Oliver Stone's "W" is going to have lackluster box office receipts).
Today Is The Last Day To Register In North Carolina
What are you waiting for? Do it.
Dow Plunges Below 10,000
But you probably know that already. And as for that $700 billion bailout? Money well spent….
Recovery Plan Bill Passes House
I guess that’s what… good? Oh, okay. Good.
Presidential Race – NC
Lookie at Pollster.com (which plots trends based on all the polls). Here’s the trend for September. My, my….
NC: It’s A Tie….
According to Public Policy Polling (pdf): Democrat Sen. Barack Obama has pulled into a tie with Republican John McCain in North Carolina, according to results released by Public Policy Polling Saturday. Each candidate has 46 percent and Libertarian Bob Barr had 5 percent. North Carolina has voted for Republican presidential candidates for the past three decades. Obama’s standing in the … Read More
North Carolina – The Presidential Race
It looked for a while like NC might become a swing state. But the Palin-mania did well here, and it looks — right now — like NC is safely in the McCain column. BUT… not so fast. Let’s start on August 2, 2008, with the following numbers of registered voters Democrats: 2,669,616 Republican: 1,937,735 And then the week by week additions: Week … Read More
Not A Pretty Day
Bit of a bloodbath here in my office building: Reynolds American Inc. will cut 570 full-time jobs within its company and its largest subsidiary, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, under a restructuring program announced this morning. Virtually every Reynolds person who I work with on my floor was let go this morning.
RIP Don LaFontaine
You know him as the voice-over guy who does movie trailers. "In a world…." CNN reports: Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world …" phrase on movie trailers was much copied — and much parodied — has died, according to media reports. He was 68. LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, according to … Read More
Praying For Rain
Funny. Here’s a video from last week of Stuart Shepard of Focus on the Family encouraging people to pray to God to send "rain of biblical proportions" to ruin the Democrat’s big night in Denver. Now, with Gustav bearing down on Louisiana and ruining the GOP convention, I think God has indeed sent a message… … to Shepard. Heh.
Morgan Freeman In Serious Condition After Mississippi Car Wreck
Sad…. Happened last night. Car flipped several times. Let’s hope for the best…. UPDATE: MSNBC is reporting he was talking at the scene of the accident, so that bodes well….