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Tuesday December 09, 2008 · 9:57 PM PST

2008/12/09 · 21:57

Local Factory to Layoff 300, Shutter One Division

Two Factories To Shutter in January

Car Lot Trims Sales Staff from Nine to Three

Textile Mill No Longer Accepting Applications, Considering Layoffs

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Tuesday December 02, 2008 · 10:42 PM PST

2008/12/02 · 22:42

While the media keeps telling us that Democrats need 60 seats (including Martin and Franken plus Sanders and Lieberman) to have a filibuster-proof majority, I must call bullshit.

I've been looking over the numbers and I think we are more solid than they think we are.

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Thursday November 27, 2008 · 9:26 PM PST

2008/11/27 · 21:26

One year ago today I published a diary titled Worst Thanksgiving Ever. Worst Thanksgiving Ever What a difference a year (and an election) makes.

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 8:58 PM PST

2008/11/19 · 20:58

This AP story on community colleges really caught my attention. In a time of rising unemployment and the potential collapse of the auto industry, this is the money quote:

For students, that's because of the economy, which is boosting interest in two-year schools as a cheaper starting point for a bachelor's degree. They're also the place for job retraining, with unemployment at a 14-year high of 6.5 percent. A community colleges group estimates enrollment is up about 8 percent this fall.

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Monday November 17, 2008 · 10:01 PM PST

2008/11/17 · 22:01

Let me begin by saying that I am no fan of government bailouts to industry. It always seems to help the big guy without regard to the little guy.

That said, I have witnessed first-hand the death of an industry in a factory town. In my case it was textiles and I would like to give a preview of what an auto industry failure might look like.

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Thursday October 16, 2008 · 7:36 PM PDT

2008/10/16 · 19:36

Roy Carter is running against incumbent Virginia Foxx in North Carolina's 5th District. Recent internal polls show a very tight race (low single digits).

The campaign has literally begged the DCCC to throw a few bucks their way to no avail. If they do nothing else, though, I hope that the DCCC (and any small donors here) will help raise the money to air this new ad, which is one of the best I've seen in a while.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 9:09 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 21:09

Personally, I don't agree with the whole guilt-by-association nonsense. Who a person happens to know or even be friendly with does not necessarily reflect on that person.

In my lifetime I have met with career criminals, racists, drug addicts, and general idiots. That was at my last family reunion and I am none of those things.

But, in the face of tomorrow's debate when the Ayers stuff will surely come up, I felt the need to look at McCain's association with another "man of honor," former mafia don Joe Bonanno.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 9:13 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 21:13

I've never bought into the McCain "Maverick" persona. McCain is, when it's all said and done, a conservative Republican. I have been, however, shocked, by his sell-my-soul-ruin-my-good name campaign he has been running.

Then, I came across this quote by the late, great Hunter S Thompson that sums it up perfectly.

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Sunday September 28, 2008 · 7:12 PM PDT

2008/09/28 · 19:12

West Wing fans may find this familiar. But is it possible?

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 9:10 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 21:10

This video is great in and of itself, but to hear Elizabeth Dole say at the end that those who would use gender as an election tool are, well, tools, is priceless.

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 8:33 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 20:33

Lost in all the Palin hoopla and Obama's speech, a story about McCain's so-called health care plan got brushed under the rug.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 6:23 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 18:23

I've been hearing many Republican incumbents in Congress recently claim that the Democratic gains in 2006 is to blame for high gas prices. I did a little digging, and while the makeup of Congress has had little to do with the price of oil, the guy in the oval office does.

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