Supporters of changing how justices are elected to the Ohio Supreme Court were buoyed today by the results of a survey showing support for reforms.
Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, Ohio State Bar Association President Barbara J. Howard and League of Women Voters President Meg G. Flack [...]
Handing Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Columbus, a major victory, the federal government today reversed course and decided to allow state and local governments to use homeland security grants to maintain emergency equipment.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced the decision just days after a House committee approved a bill [...]
Senior health care solution–according to Maxine
So you’re a senior citizen and the government says no health care for you, what do you do?
Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. Your are allowed to shoot 2 senators and 2 [...]
The idea may not be as fanciful as this one, but state rail officials are eyeing some innovation with their plan to extend passenger rail service through Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati.
The Ohio Rail Development Commission yesterday passed a motion expressing its preference for Diesel [...]
Two months ago, there was the “Dog Ate My Global Warming Data” episode. As noted at NewsBusters and at BizzyBlog (original source: National Review Online), we learned that important original information forming the underpinning of global warming alarmists’ claims about the earth heating up has [...]
"The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to dress up for it." -- Truman Capote
' [...] As expected GOP Sen. George V. Voinovich is blasting the Senate's Democrat-authored health care bill.
The Ohio Republican won't be in the chamber Saturday if a procedural vote known as cloture is taken. Sixty-votes are needed to prevent a filibuster - Republicans are nearly unanimously opposed to the bill' [...]
This weekend (until Noon Monday) is the final qualifying round for OhioDaily Democrat of the Year 2009. In early December, our readers will select from one of nine candidates. The top three finishers this weekend will compete with Betty Sutton, Sherrod Brown, Jennifer Brunner, Jay Goyal, Richard Cordray, and Ted [...]
Attorney General Richard Cordray is by far the most interesting of Ohio Democrats, for many reasons, and today’s filing of a lawsuit against credit rating agencies is another example of that fact.
On the one hand, if properly and narrowly handled by the courts, this sort of claim could be [...]
His name is Lou Gentile of Steubenville, a former Strickland congressional staffer who worked for the Strickland office worker who exposed himself to 12 year old girls.
The unpopular Governor gave his former employee a glowing endorsement:
“I know how much Lou loves this region,” said Gov. Ted Strickland. “I [...]
It seems like a long shot, but Buckeye Staters who want this country to be saved from statist health care ought to pursue it any way.
After spending 25 minutes on hold waiting to talk to someone at Sherrod Brown’s Washington Office, I was told that the Senator [...]
This in via e-mail:
McNamara Will Explore Senate Run
Toledo City Council President says middle class families need a strong voice in Columbus
Toledo, OH – Democrat Joe McNamara announces today that he will form a committee to explore a campaign for the 11th District seat in the Ohio State Senate being [...]
Okay, feedback time here at BSB. Last weekend over 60% of you said you supported Brunner over Fisher, but the public narrative seems to be overwhelmingly the exact opposite. So what is she doing wrong? Money is obviously important, but it’s not everything. How does she wrestle control of the [...]
Gov. Strickland had some of the strongest words of disdain for Senate Republicans and Sen. Bill Seitz, in particular.
Senate Republicans put forth a truly odious bill that would balance the budget by cutting money from a fund that prevents families from becoming homeless and relying on liquor profits, casino [...]
Dept of Motor Vehicles...Medicare...Veterans Hospitals...United States Postal Service...
All models of 21st Century efficiency...right???
Just yesterday the US Postal Service said, "No mas!!!" and they are shutting down Operation Santa.
So if your cute little kid or niece or nephew writes a letter to Santa Claus as many millions of kids [...]
I' [...]
A few things on my radar this afternoon:
Gary Baise Is a Straight Shooter - I met Gary for the first time at a joint session of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting and the National Agri Marketing Association. He spoke about the role litigation plays in modern agriculture policy on [...]
Unemployment continues to skyrocket:
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in October, up from 10.1 percent in September, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said today.
Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 1,400 over the month, from 5,097,000 in September to 5,098,400 in October.
And this [...]
Mitt Romney, call your office (emphasis mine).
Remember Mitt? The guy who keeps insisting that he could make RomneyCare work nationally?
From Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal…
By JEFFREY S. FLIER
As the dean of Harvard Medical School I am frequently asked to comment [...]
It was announced today that Ohio’s “official” unemployment rate is now 10.5% - that’s up from 10.1% in September. Welcome to the recovery.
According to www.recovery.gov zip code 43130 received 35 grants totaling $12,487,898 creating 20.11 jobs. That’s $620,979 per job created.
[...]The National Association of Farm Broadcasting is the professional organization for farm broadcast journalists across the country, and Lindsay Hill, Gary Jackson, and I are proud members. Each November we gather in Kansas City, Missouri for our Annual Convention. One of the highlights is the opportunity to recognize [...]
"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
-- John Churton Collins
Cross-posted at DailyKOS
Prior to another recent Thanksgiving in OH-02, the big news in the district was that my neighbor Terry’s two full-grown African lions escaped and were found "molesting" cars on the highway. This year competes for drama. On Tuesday, November 17, the Ohio division of the Tri-State Building [...]
[tinyurl.com]We now have two very good, very real examples of what early, aggressive targeting of absentee voters can do.
This is truly a paradigm shift.
The old way of campaigning is done, finito, kaput...it has gone the way of the dinosaur, the dodo bird & Tim Grendell's' [...]
It will go up here at BizzyBlog on Sunday morning (link won’t work until then) after the blackout expires.
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Supplement: The column points out what should be obvious, but isn’t to many — Where government goes, trouble follows.
Of course [...]
Some time ago I published a post about Opinion Outpost. I had been doing paid surveys for some time. I continue to do surveys as a diversion and continue to get paid. I currently have $59.70 in my account that I can draw out in a check or spend instantly [...]
1000 spots online and I'm not one of em. Palin is basically a tribal conversation anyway, only this time, the tribe is the Caucasian tribe..Black people, brown people never figure in anything she does or says..nor does the mainstream media or pollsters ever ask us..they always' [...]
Unemployment in the state of Ohio is at 10.5%.
In Teddy's Bizarro World this is the true definition of turning around Ohio.
If we have to endure four more years of this guy I'm wondering where in the hell he is going to turn us around to by 2014.
Scary stuff...
' [...]My dentist is a wicked smart guy named Scott Schumann. He and a small group of folks just wrote a book together and although I have not yet read it (it just came out yesterday...give me a break...I'm not Superman) my guess is it is going to be great. Here [...]
I have searched for years for the best BBQ sauce. I have tried cheap sauces and expensive sauces. I have tried many recipes to try to make my own. I am pleased to announce the I have found the best available sauce. It is…drum roll please…Sweet Baby Ray’s sauces. This [...]
Nov 20, 2009 / 01:21 am
An unprecedented coalition of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders, and scholars has crafted a 4,700-word declaration addressing the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. The declaration issues “a clarion call” to Christians to adhere to their convictions and informs civil authorities [...]
Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl, just seven years out of college, is igniting ire with his plan to levy a 1 percent tax on tuition collected by the city’s 10 nonprofit colleges' [...]
The Alcove announced on Thursday that they will be adding Movie Theater popcorn to its alreadly artery clogging menu.
The Alcove is a haven to all those who stubbornly throw caution to the wind and eat anything cooked with bacon. The downtown eatery is the kind of place when you walk [...]
The Democratic National Committee released a rapid response to House [...]
The hard-working folks over at Recovery.gov, ever on guard for that rare instance of government inefficiency that occurs only once in a decade or so, have responded with commendable speed to news reports of erroneous/incompetent/fraudulent data in the records of stimulus money spent to save [...]
Really, who knew?
In what appears to be the opening round of a rearguard action against what leftists used to call “the good war” (only because they felt they needed to pretend they had pro-war bona fides to make their anti-Iraq War arguments look stronger to the general [...]
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Pictured on your left is Petey, an 8-pound Yorkshire terrier mix who was rescued from a local dog pound. We think Petey is about nine months old, and he is a friendly and affectionate little guy who has a lifetime of love to give his [...] Dispatch political reporters Darrel Rowland and Jim Siegel discuss the latest proposals for dealing with the state budget shortfall.
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"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow." -- O.S. Marden
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I am almost NEVER at a loss for words...yep, I know...sucks to be you...but I was at a loss for words when I saw on the local news (yep...I know, I know, I know...I should not be watching the local news, but I have my reason for doing [...]
Those were Ted Strickland’s words this morning as quoted in the Columbus Dispatch Daily Briefing.
Unseemly, indeed.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I take you back to July [...]
