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  • A Forced Sabbatical

    I’ve been technologically deprived for about 6 weeks now. I’m back. I have, however, spent this time offline constructively. I’ve been reading quite a bit, and working on a special writing project that until now has existed only in my head. An outline now exists on paper. One of the more enjoyable [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 2:02pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • New Member Welcomed To ODBA

    Number of comments: 2
    The Old Dominion Blog Alliance is pleased to introduce its newest member, Melody Scalley, a blogger who is currently a candidate for the 100th House of Delegates district seat. We welcome Melody into the group today. This marks a first for us. We’ve never had a blogger/candidate as a member before. The [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 9:03am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • My Daily Writing Exercise

    Number of comments: 3
    I write something every day. You don’t read it because I sometimes go a long time before I get something down that I’m comfortable publishing. But every day, sometimes more than once a day, I do a “free writing” exercise like this one. This is exercise number two for today, where [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 8:22pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • How Can Barnie Day Justify Deeds’ Latest Campaign Tactic?

    Number of comments: 2
    One of the saner, if not the only sane one, of Creigh Deeds’ cheerleaders regularly posting in the Virginia blog community is Barnie Day. Barnie sometimes sends me stuff to publish, more often lately he’s been sending his pro Creigh Deeds stuff to Bob Holsworth at Virginia Tomorrow. I’m guessing that [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 8:20pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Meanwhile, At A Tropical Resort Somewhere…

    Number of comments: 4
    South of Margaritaville, Mathew and Sarah Clum are setting out to begin their life together. Sarah and Mat’s wedding was celebrated last evening here at my home. I grew very fond of this young couple as we worked together to create the setting for their wedding. You know how much I like [...]
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    Posted: August 09, 2009, 9:25pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • It’s Almost Time…

    Number of comments: 1
    The wedding of Sarah Stone and Mat Clum is drawing nearer to being ready to begin. There has been a flurry of activity here since early yesterday morning, busy people touching up final touch-ups. The bride’s parents, Jennifer and Greg, seem to be quite calm about the whole thing. But they have [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 11:48am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Bob McDonnell’s Weekly Republican Address

    Number of comments: 7
    Bob McDonnell was chosen to deliver the weekly Republican response to the President’s Weekly Radio address today. Here is the transcript, as provided by the McDonnell campaign, of his speech which will be heard today on national TV and radio. Hi, I’m Bob McDonnell from Virginia. Times are tough in our state, [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 6:46am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Health Care Questions For Your Congressman

    Number of comments: 3
    Rep. Tom Perriello will be in the Martinsville area this evening, at Laurel Park Middle School from from 6:00 – 8:00pm. If you can get there, perhaps you could ask Mr. Perriello one or more of these questions. If the health care bill passes in its current form, will I be [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 5:56am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Would You Click This?

    Number of comments: 5
    You know the drill. You go to a website and you get the usual Terms and Conditions statement you must agree to before continuing. Standard stuff. Sometimes though, those Terms and Conditions are more than you can accept. Some websites will place programs on your computer that will track your [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 9:40am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Reader Survey

    Number of comments: 3
    I’ve often wondered, and readers have asked, why there are relatively few comments on my blog. It seems the trend from I’m Not Emeril has continued over here. One of Virginia’s earliest and most notorious bloggers once gave me his opinion on this question, and I must admit his theory was [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 7:11am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • I Don’t Know Jeanette Rishell. But “Family Values” Must Mean Something Entirely Different To Her

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    Since forever bloggers have been taking bits and pieces of campaign videos and remixing them to make a point. It’s a form of free expression that is wholly protected by copyright law. Black Velvet Bruce Li’s Greg Letiecq put together a short video, using the “family values” taglines from Ms. Rishell’s [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 11:09am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Sometimes A Lesson Just Has To Be Learned The Hard Way

    Number of comments: 3
    Professor Gates and Sergant Crowley had their beer with the president. No one apologized, and I’m not sure Gates or Crowley should have. The entire episode is now, I hope, over with. It does, however, provide some insight into a fact of life I learned way back in the mid ’70s. [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 8:52am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Give AEP and Dominion Virtual Competition

    Number of comments: 2
    Barnie Day is suggesting that Creigh Deeds turn his back on national Democratic politics. That’s good advice, but I’m pretty doubtful  it will work if it means he reverts to running as the third leg of the Warner/Kaine milking stool. Bob Holsworth doesn’t think so either. Barnie does offer Creigh a [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 10:03am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • I’m Back

    Number of comments: 10
    Please don’t say you didn’t know I was gone. I’ve been having wireless router problems and have just gotten them sorted out. I think. [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 6:56pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Will Government Run Health Care Kill Jobs?

    Number of comments: 1
    For all you people who insist that Government Run Health Care will not harm private insurance, and those of you who insist that the program will still leave you with an option to purchase private insurance of your choice, let me direct you to the words in section 102 of [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:32am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Politically Viable v. Economically Viable

    Number of comments: 1
    Over on the right I have a little feature called Virginia Blog Quote of the Week. I read quite a bit more than I write, and I’m often hit with a great quote that sums up an entire article in just a few words. Here on the edge of Southside/SWVA I’ve [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 4:57am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Group Think = Racism

    Sometimes we on the right don’t have to work at all. I just love it when white politicians set themselves up as arbiters of racial authenticity, especially when they try to scold minorities for drifting off the political reservation. It belies a “soft” bigotry, if you will, when Barbara Boxer assumes [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Joe Biden Explains

    Number of comments: 3
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 7:55pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • National Health Care. The Patriots Choice!

    Number of comments: 1
    Step up! Be patriotic! Support your all-knowing President! Stop whining! [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 6:29pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Remember, Ken’s In Collinsville Today

    Remember, if you can find the time please get out to the Dutch Inn in Collinsville today at 12:30 to meet your next Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli. Ken’s a Senator from the Fairfax area of Northern Virginia so many down this way have yet to get to know him. Today is [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 5:42am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Ken Cuccinelli Gets Around

    Number of comments: 1
    As Michael says, Ken Cuccinelli is a busy man. This morning he taped a few TV interviews, tomorrow he’ll be at a luncheon here in Henry County at the Dutch Inn in Collinsville. Come out and meet Ken. He’s a true conservative Republican in the mold of Virgil Goode. The lunch [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2009, 5:09pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • The Butt Leer Revisited

    By now everyone has seen the photo. You know the one. The butt leer made famous by Matt Drudge. I even joined in on a caption contest over at Doug’s Below The Beltway. Just in case your memory needs refreshing, the photo in question is on the left. Click the thumbnail [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 9:32am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Has Anybody Seen Bobby May? A Side Note To The Previous Item

    Number of comments: 2
    A few days ago I received some dark news. News in the form of information heard from someone who had heard from someone. You know the drill. It seems a friend of mine had been told that Bobby May, of Hurley had passed away. I could hardly believe the news since [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 12:28pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Perriello And Boucher Place Future Out To Dry On Windmills

    Number of comments: 2
    Here where I live, the road that runs beside my house is the dividing line between the 5th and the 9th Congressional Districts of Virginia. Largely because of this, (well, maybe I’m a political junkie as well), I try to keep a close watch on both Congressmen. This was fairly easy [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 12:05pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Jim DeMint On Honduras “Coup”

    What exactly is our President thinking when he continually mis-represents what’s happening in Honduras? Coup d′état; * Variant(s): or coup d’etat \ˌkü-(ˌ)dā-ˈtä, ˈkü-(ˌ)dā-ˌ, -də-\ * Function: noun * Inflected Form(s): plural coups d’état or coups d’etat \-ˈtä(z), -ˌtä(z)\ * Etymology: French, literally, stroke of state * Date: 1646 : a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 9:30am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Voter Ignorance Part Two

    Number of comments: 7
    The photo below is voter ignorance personified, but I have a short story or two to share that further illustrate the point. A couple of years ago I worked with an excellent candidate for the Virginia Senate who was running against Roscoe Reynolds in the 20th district. The following took place [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 9:57pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • The Biggest Problem America Faces

    Number of comments: 3
    Voter ignorance. One picture is worth a thousand words. [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2009, 9:00pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Independence(?) Day, Version 233

    Number of comments: 4
    Did you just finish celebrating the Fourth of July? Or was it something a bit more weighty? We don’t celebrate the 25th of December. We celebrate Christmas. We don’t celebrate November 11th. We celebrate Veterans Day. This weekend, you may have celebrated July 4th. We, here at Obfuscation Central, celebrated the adoption [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2009, 9:21am EDT
    by Alton & Luke

  • Independence Day Week Has Been Slow

    Number of comments: 1
    Sorry I haven’t been around much this week. Monday I traveled to Richmond in order to attend the SCC hearing on APCO’s latest rate increase Tuesday morning. Then, upon my return, Luke and I went to work on a special for Independence Day. Emails were flying back and forth across the Blue [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 5:43am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Amtrak Health Care System

    Let’s take a little trip. Let’s ride the rails on our little trip. It’s always been a romantic concept, hasn’t it? Riding a train across country. Sit in relative comfort, (beats a crowded plane or jostling bus anyway), or get up and stroll into the dining car for an elegant meal. [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 12:14pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

    Number of comments: 2
    Just be sure you tell me only what I really want to hear. Let’s begin with a couple of quotes, OK? First, from a noted left-wing Virginia blogger. George W. Bush did many things wrong during his presidency, but none were worse than his flagrant abuse of “signing statements.” Essentially, what Bush [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 9:48am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • About Luke The Drifter

    I’ve been asking Luke the Drifter to write up a short biography to be included on our “about” page. Luke’s been reticent to do so, saying, “Your readers don’t really care to know about me.” Fair enough, Luke. But I am going to put something on that page. Oh, and they’re [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2009, 6:32am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Must Republicans Give Up On Family Values?

    Number of comments: 1
    I guess I’m the official religion editor here now. Alton just emailed me and asked me to write about my thoughts on this post from Loudoun Insider at Too Conservative. In his latest post, LI says; Unbelievable. The reign of the GOP as the party of “family values” has officially come [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
    by Luke The Drifter

  • Honor Their Service TroopAThon Live Feed

    Live From The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Comments open, place your best guess at what time Andrew gets his head shaved. 6:00pm– 1/4 the way there. $250,000. [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Resurgence

    Henry County and Martinsville were once the engine of economic prosperity here in Southside where it slowly melds into SWVA. It was small businessmen, willing to risk it all, who put this area on the map. Small family owned businesses, such as Bassett, Stanley, Hooker, and American of Martinsville in the [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 1:59pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • ABC Violations Of SPJ Code Of Ethics Listed

    Number of comments: 1
    I mentioned last evening that ABC had seriously damaged their reputation as impartial journalists. I’ve been thinking about that statement this morning, so I decided to “look it up” as it’s often said. There does exist a “Journalists Code Of Ethics”. Though I doubt it carries any legally binding requirements, it should [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:40am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Is My Sin Bigger’n Yours? Luke Said No

    Number of comments: 1
    Heh… As Luke, my new sidekick, has said before, there’s no such thing as big sins and little sins.  Infidelity is infidelity. Period. PWConservative has a transcript of something that sure reads like infidelity. Infidelity, not to just one person, a wife, instead infidelity to a whole state-full of citizens. Pots and [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 9:09am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Does Tim Kaine Still Drink Too Much?

    And about all those trips out of state? Does he have a girlfriend in Miami? Or maybe Kansas City? He hasn’t been to Argentina lately, has he? I mean, really now. After all, Governor Sanford has just proven that most anything is possible, right? I know! Maybe he’s traveling undercover to [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 6:13am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Well, Since You Asked, Bart

    On the probably illegal firing of firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin, Bart Hinkle at R-TD’s Barticles,asks; So which do you like more, this account by conservative pundit Byron York, or this account by the White House American Broadcasting Corporation**… Tough choice. NOT. But actually, the one I find most amusing comes [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2009, 5:58am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Counter ABC’s ObamAd

    Number of comments: 1
    Tonight, at 10:00pm, an American TV network will turn its programming over to the White House Spin Machine. I suppose ABC is within their rights to refuse a counter-view. But they can no longer claim to be any sort of journalists. To counter, RNC is running this ad on practically all [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • And This Is News?

    Number of comments: 1
    Not exactly a man bites dog headline… [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 6:11pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • I Gotta Give Obama Credit

    Heh… He sure does make blogging fun again. HT/William Warren, Netright Nation [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 4:55pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Psst, Hey Buddy. Wanna See Some Dirty Pictures?

    Anti-coal bloggers, and even most news organizations, insist on showing you just what mountaintop removal mining looks like. That’s a picture right over there, on the right. Now, bear in mind, that is a picture of a working strip mine. A mine that is employing folks who would have no other [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 3:08pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • It’s Clean, It’s Green, It’s Right-Sized, And It’s Perfect For Southside

    Number of comments: 2
    A few days ago I laid out a simplified history of energy. I said then that a new fuel would need to be discovered before we could see major changes in how we produce and consume energy. However, it seems that a new clean energy “engine” is on the horizon. A [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 12:55pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Through Ron’s Funky Glasses

    Heh… Missed this a few days ago. “There’s no telling where this might lead,” said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. “One day, someone might find an image of Hillary Clinton being warm and lovable.” [LINK] Enjoy. [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2009, 11:16am EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Cartoon Goes Well With Earlier Article

    Number of comments: 2
    Heh… Wish I had found this before I wrote this. Sometimes blogging should just be fun… [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 1:55pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Big Sins Little Sins

    Number of comments: 5
    I’ve been reading Alton’s fine article on the Gadsden Flag. It was obviously a response to a former Kaine Raiser who I’ll spare from any further embarrassment. It got me thinking, though. Just why do liberals insist on transferring their own biases and misconceptions onto us conservatives? Especially us conservative Christians. Honest, [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 11:58am EDT
    by Luke The Drifter

  • My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge

    In the final days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, before the Israelites were captured into bondage in Babylon, a prophet named Hosea expressed his anguish over the condition of his countrymen. When Hosea began his ministry, Israel was in the midst of prosperous times under Jeroboam II. Economically and politically [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2009, 7:19am EDT
    by Luke The Drifter

  • News Outlets As Public Educators Get An “F”

    Number of comments: 1
    Many of our fellow Virginia bloggers are echoing the results of a recent New York Times/CBS poll; Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind [72%] one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 9:06pm EDT
    by Alton Foley

  • Things You Just Know To Be True

    Number of comments: 9
    Or are they? The big lie. It’s been said, and used quite often to great effect, that the more a lie is repeated, the more people come to believe it is true. Example; The impeachment trial of President Clinton was just about sex. Here’s another. Republicans have always stood in the way of [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
    by Alton Foley
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