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• Consider running for office in 2010

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Up in arms over the direction your county is headed in?  Up in arms over the direction the state is headed in?  Up in arms over the direction our nation is headed in?  I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if that’s the case. Wonder what you can do about it besides [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:47pm EST
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• Transportation, part 2, the city of Lorain

  —Buckeye RINO

  In response to my post that launched this transportation series, Brandon Rutherford asked a perfectly good question about how much importance to attach to transportation infrastructure.  Sometimes a site, at first glance, appears to be sufficiently connected, yet the site remains vacant or underutilized.  I didn’t fully respond to Mr. [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:06pm EST
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• As climate change negotiations approach in Copenhagen . . .

  —Buckeye RINO

  The following gruesome photos (below the fold) have gone viral on the internet, and have even made their way into my email inbox.  I tried to check the website cited on the pics, but I don’t read Arabic, so I reached a dead end. I also googled the photos and [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:01pm EST
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• Transportation, part 1, historical retrospective

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Way back when the country was first being settled, and travel over land was difficult, the highways were the waterways.  Settlements were most dense along navigable waterways.  Lorain, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo are examples of cities that lie alongside navigable waterways.  Shipping from Cincinnati down the Ohio to the [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 10:14am EST
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• The Obamacare vote among Ohio’s representatives in Congress

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Late Saturday night, 11/7/2009, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed an Obamacare bill, 220-215. As you may recall, this past summer, when Obamacare opponents said that the proposed legislation hadn’t ruled out federal subsidies for abortions, Obamacare supporters said that such a charge was as fictitious as death panels and [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:14pm EST
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• I wanna be a czar

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  It’s another Saturday of college football,  a government-subsidized, tax-exempt moneymaker for the biggest collegiate athletic programs. I’m not suggesting we should start taxing college athletics to death.  I definitely think the federal government needs to drastically cut both spending and taxes. But I do want to call attention to a charade. At the [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:10pm EST
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• Hoping somebody’s listening

  —Buckeye RINO

  This was forwarded to me by way of some Ohioans who trekked to Washington DC yesterday to express their disapproval of how the U.S. House of Representatives is shaping their health care bill. The AARP, in defiance of the wishes of a great number of its members, has endorsed the House [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:55pm EST
  by buckeyerino

• 2009 election results: 1 step forward & 2 steps backward

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  Some of the election races turned out the way I’d hoped, but I’m sure regular readers know that, over all, I’m displeased with Ohio’s election results, especially pertaining to Issue 3. All counties routinely covered by Buckeye RINO, namely Erie, Huron, Seneca, Lorain, and Cuyahoga, favored the casino cartel.  Absentee votes [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:35pm EST
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• It’s November 3rd, 2009

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Did you vote? Tagged: Announcements [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:26pm EST
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• 2009 Buckeye RINO endorsement recap megapost

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  Election Day is next Tuesday, November 3rd.  Don’t forget to vote. This year, I’m weighing in on the following issues:  The statewide ballot Issues 1,2, and 3; Lorain County Issue 4; Cuyahoga County Issues 5 and 6. Buckeye RINO’s local political coverage generally spans Lorain, Huron, Seneca, and Erie Counties.  This year, [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:49am EDT
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• Richard Koonce for Sandusky school board

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Unfortunately for Sandusky residents, there are not enough challengers to sweep out both incumbents, Tom Patterson and Faith Denslow.  Though you are permitted to vote for two candidates, you may want to consider casting a vote for just one: Richard Koonce.  By voting for only Koonce, you don’t add to [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:23pm EDT
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• Bonds and my opposition to Issue 1 explained

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  As a rule of thumb, I take a dim view of state bond issues. We’ve seen several bond issues on our statewide ballots in recent years, championing majestic causes from cleaning up brownfields, preserving green space, raising venture capital for Ohio’s high-tech startups, and, this year’s Issue 1, showing our appreciation [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 1:00am EDT
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• Cuyahoga County Issues 5, 6, and predictions about voting over the next 50 years into the future

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  First of all, on the issue of Cuyahoga County reform, voting NO on Issue 3 would be quite helpful in keeping a lid on corruption.  Access to a casino, with its money-laundering potential, facilitates crime and political corruption.  Even the police will have a hard time trying to keep everything [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Criminals sponsor gambling? No way! . . . umm, YES way, hello . . . wake up, people . . .

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Dan Gilbert, the Michigan resident who, if Issue 3 passes, would be allowed to own and operate Ohio casinos while Ohioans would be forbidden from doing the same, is trying to whitewash his past.  Gilbert saw to it that an illegal bookie operation during his college days was expunged from [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Mark Stewart finally realizes his 2010 re-election bid is right around the corner

  —Buckeye RINO

  Elyria’s Chronicle-Telegram has a story of dropping property values in Lorain County.  What’s newsworthy about that?  Anyone who knows anything about the real estate market in Lorain County knows that market values have been down for several years.  What makes it newsworthy is that county government is finally acknowledging the [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:51pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• More self-dealing for Treasury afoot?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Last week, the Boston Globe released a story by a staff reporter named Bryan Bender that suggests that some Beltway politicos may be contemplating changing the mission of the Secret Service. The Secret Service is entrusted with protecting our nation’s currency from counterfeiting and is also entrusted with guarding our nation’s [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Press release:House GOP Lawmakers Introduce Estate Tax Reduction Act

  —Buckeye RINO

  Editor’s Note: State Rep. Hottinger is from Ohio’s 71st House District, and State Rep. Grossman is from Ohio’s 23rd House District. COLUMBUS—State Representatives Jay Hottinger (R- Newark) and Cheryl Grossman (R- Grove City) today introduced House Bill 326 that would shrink Ohio’s estate tax liability, a proposal included in “The Future [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 4:02pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Guest blog: Brandon Rutherford, Democrat, Elyria 4th Ward city council candidate

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Editor’s Note:  Brandon Rutherford is the Democrat candidate for the 4th Ward seat on Elyria’s city council.  Feel free to visit his campaign website.  Election Day is November 3rd, and the early voting period has already begun.  Buckeye RINO endorses Brandon Rutherford for the Elyria 4th Ward seat. Hello, I first [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 1:28am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Guest blog: Phil Van Treuren, candidate, Amherst City Council at-Large

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Editor’s Note:  Phil Van Treuren, a former journalist, political consultant and soldier, is a candidate for Amherst City Council at-Large.  You can visit his campaign website at www.PhilVanTreuren.com. I’m very grateful to Dan for inviting me to write a guest post here on Buckeye RINO about my campaign for Amherst City [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Press release from leadership of Ohio House Republican caucus concerning Issue 3

  —Buckeye RINO

  Editor’s note:  This press release was issued on October 8th.  The proponents of Issue 3 have deflected criticisms of the specific language of the proposed Constitutional amendment by giving the impression that the Ohio General Assembly has the ability to correct whatever flaws may exist in its wording.  The Ohio [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• State rep Dennis Murray opposes Issue 3, but introduces his own casino bill

  —Buckeye RINO

  The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Dennis Murray (D-80) has introduced a casino bill in the Ohio House of Representatives to legalize up to 15 casinos in Ohio. This is yet another example of ethically-challenged politicians helping themselves to more campaign funds while allowing casinos to cannibalize whatever’s left of Ohio’s ruined [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• State rep Terry Boose press release: Farmers may see property taxes go up

  —Buckeye RINO

  Editor’s note: State Rep Terry Boose (R-Norwalk) represents the 58th Ohio House district, which includes Huron county and significant portions of Lorain and Seneca Counties. This year farmers in Huron and Lorain Counties will see their CAUV values on their property taxes adjusted.  By law County Auditors are required to reappraise [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Coming up this month

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Mark your calendars!  Oct. 12, Candidates Night in Oberlin; Oct. 14, CHIP Candidates Night in Lorain;  Oct. 21, Town Hall with State Rep Terry Boose in Norwalk; Oct. 22, Candidates Night in Huron; Oct 25, Chris Ritchey fundraiser to fight Hodgkins Lymphoma in Lorain; Oct. 29, Town Hall with State [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Fair to who?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  When is the Sandusky City Commission finally going to get rid of that hypocritical and sexist city manager, Matt Kline?  The Sandusky City Commission has been trying to cut costs while hoping to maintain services by reducing administrative pay by 5%.  The Sandusky Register now reports that a stubborn Matt [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 5:10pm EDT
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• Sean Kalin Stipe guest blog: The Illusion of Fiscal Responsibility in Lorain and the role of Council in 2010

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  Editor’s note: Sean Kalin Stipe is a Libertarian candidate for an at-large position on Lorain City Council. Early voting has already begun, with election day set for November 3rd.  Buckeye RINO endorses Stipe for Lorain City Council at-Large. A quick read of the Morning Journal gives the impression that we are [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 4:18pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Religious intolerance from the political right

  —Buckeye RINO

  The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows freedom of religion, yet even those who are the most unabashedly religious are capable of openly expressing religious intolerance. I don’t seek to excuse religious intolerance practiced by some from the political left, but since I’m on the political right, [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 7:08am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Guest blog: Joyce Early, Libertarian candidate, Lorain 3rd Ward

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Editor’s note:  Joyce Early is the Libertarian candidate for Lorain City Council’s 3rd Ward seat.  If you would like to make a donation to her campaign, you may do so at the bottom of this page at the Joyce Early website. The early voting period for the general election has [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 7:36pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Absenteeism

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  Please remember to vote NO on Issue 3.  We shouldn’t amend Ohio’s Constitution to give a few out-of-state people special rights that are denied to all Ohioans. Ohio’s absentee voting has begun.  Or should I call it the early voting?  After all, any registered Ohio voter can use the absentee voting [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:47am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Twittering

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  To keep up with politics and the blogosphere, I’ve decided to give Twitter a try.  I once (briefly) tried Facebook, but there was too much drama on there for my taste, and it took up too much of my time to maintain my page, so I pulled the plug on [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Police don’t have the tools to hold casinos accountable

  —Buckeye RINO

  As a follow-up to my prior story that asks questions about Cleveland cops, their ability to fight corruption, and the FOP endorsement of Issue 3, I see anecdotal evidence in the Sandusky Register that casinos will run circles around law enforcement. As you may recall from an earlier post, Erie County [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 5:03pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Perplexing questions about Cleveland cops

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  In the unfolding drama of political corruption in Cuyahoga County, where do the local forces of law enforcement fit into the picture? The scandals we are learning about in 2009 have been going on for years and years. Newspaper reports tell of FBI investigators cracking the case and federal prosecutors lining all [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 1:41am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• The managed economy

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  The managed economy.  Not to be confused with the free market economy. I could provide dozens of examples, but this one, concerning University Hospitals in Cleveland, as reported in the Plain Dealer, works about as well as any. Ohio’s legislators in DC are already naming the price at which their votes can [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 10:10pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• DO LESS!

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Want my vote for Congress next year?  Want my vote for state elections in 2010?  Then let “DO LESS!” be your campaign slogan. One caveat would be that our nation needs to retain its leadership role internationally, but on the domestic front, the people of our nation are highly literate and [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Ohio Supreme Court says We, the People, will be able to vote on Strickland’s slots plan

  —Buckeye RINO

  I’m pleased to say that the Ohio Supreme Court has determined that the people of Ohio may hold a referendum on Gov. Ted Strickland’s lottery expansion plan that would have introduced Video Lottery Terminals to Ohio’s horsetracks. Here’s a report on the story from Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. Had the decision gone the [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:34am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Gambling buys politicians

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  I’m glad somebody besides me is starting to connect the dots, even though the proposed remedy is garbage. Please read this article about a proposal from state senator Keith Faber (R-Celina) from The Daily Briefing section of The Columbus Dispatch. There is finally an acknowledgment that the various gambling cartels (lottery vendors, [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 12:07am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Another reminder that Mark Stewart needs challengers in 2010 Lorain County Auditor election race

  —Buckeye RINO

  Lorain County residents, take inventory amongst yourselves and scrounge up some opposition for Mark Stewart in the race for Lorain County Auditor next year. I’d like to see a Democrat challenge him in the primary as well as see some competition in the general election. In 2006, Mark Stewart waltzed [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Pics from DC on 9/12: It was crowded

  —Buckeye RINO

  Here’s my pictorial recap of the events of 9/12 during my trip to Washington DC. This first picture is blurry, but that’s because I’m standing in a moving subway car as I’m snapping the photo. When I stepped on the DC Metro’s Red Line subway in Rockville, Maryland, I encountered several people [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Pics from DC on 9/12: Women have the best signs

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  I just got back from Washington DC a little over 24 hours ago, so I have some catching up to do.  I’m sorry I didn’t have the capability of uploading my pics sooner, when the events were more current. I didn’t take any signs with me to the rally.  There wasn’t [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:37pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Sep. and Oct. town halls with state rep Terry Boose

  —Buckeye RINO

  Mark your calendars!  September 17–Wellington.  September 24–Attica.  September 27–Vermilion.  October 8–Bellevue.  October 17–Norwalk.  State Rep Terry Boose (R-58) will be conducting town hall meetings in these communities on these dates. Previously, Boose held town halls in Willard, Amherst, New London, LaGrange, and Grafton.  So, if you happen to be in one [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 12:51pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Round-up of Issue 3 posts to date

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Collecting My Thoughts, a right-of-center blog appearing in my blogroll under the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance heading, has posted an excerpt of an email discussion about Issue 3, the casino issue that Ohioans will see on the November ballot.  The right-of-center bloggers of Ohio are not of one mind [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 8:47pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Write-ins surface for Lorain’s November elections

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  Lorain City Treasurer Tom Urbanek will have opposition after all, though Karen Shawver’s name will not appear on the ballot. Wednesday, Sept. 2, was the deadline for filing as a write-in candidate for November’s general election. If you go to the polls intending to vote for a write-in, and you suffer a [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Batchelder press release: Bill introduced seeking to stop county officials from seeking campaign funds from their subordinates

  —Buckeye RINO

  Note:  The following is a press release from the office of State Rep. William Batchelder (R-69), minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives. Batchelder Announces Bill to Strengthen Campaign Finance Laws COLUMBUS – Ohio House Republican Leader William G. Batchelder (R-Medina) today announced plans to introduce legislation to close an avenue [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 2:42pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• The crux of oral arguments on slots

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Oral arguments were made before the Ohio Supreme Court over whether the voters will have any say on the matter of Video Lottery Terminals at racetracks. The Ohio Channel has a video clip of the oral arguments. The lottery slots proponents argue that the people do not have the right to a [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 10:40pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• The imminent rebellion: States vs the Federal government

  —Buckeye RINO

  Note:  This is a guest blog entry submitted by James Williamson, one of my younger brothers, who is an Ohio native currently residing in Utah. Not long ago while listening to KSL radio in Salt Lake City I heard that the state legislature was proposing an unusual move if the US [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 2:14pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Kennedy’s in Lorain? Meet Daly’s in Sandusky.

  —Buckeye RINO

  Deja vu all over again.  I’d written about the poker scheme hatched by Kennedy’s Billiards in Lorain.  Voila!  Read the Sandusky Register.  Same story, but this time the gambling scheme is being sought by Daly’s Pub in downtown Sandusky. Governor Strickland, thanks to you, I think we are sliding headlong down [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 8:45am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• $876,831

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Take a guess what that number means.  Need a hint?  The source of that number comes from the Contra Costa Times, of Contra Costa, California. Have you figured it out yet? It’s what one person earned last year.  But these weren’t the earnings of a celebrity, nor were they the earnings of [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 8:09am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Erie County gambling petitions: “I see dead people”

  —Buckeye RINO

  The Sandusky Register has the story of an investigation being conducted by the Erie County Board of Elections into fraudulent signatures that appeared on Issue 3’s petitions. Issue 3 is the casino proposal that will appear on Ohio’s ballots this November.  I’ve written 5 prior blog entries about this year’s casino [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Give this Democrat his own TV show

  —Buckeye RINO

  I’ve seen soundbite interviews with Pat Caddell, a self-described liberal Democrat and former pollster for McGovern and Carter, and wanted to hear more of his down-to-earth insightful analysis. Why?  Because he’s not happy with Washington DC . . . and, quite frankly, neither am I. So I did a google search hoping [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 4:45pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Good old boys of the Democrat machine prevail in Lorain

  —Buckeye RINO

  I’m eating crow now.  My prediction about what would happen next in the Lorain law director election race was dead wrong.  In a blog entry asking whether Pat Riley’s name should appear on the November ballot, I wrote: So here’s what will happen next:  A meeting of the Elections Board members [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 5:01am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Sutton creating myths about reform?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  Is Betty Sutton, Ohio’s 13th Congressional District Representative (D-Akron), using teleconference calls to fabricate tall tales about what’s in the Obamacare bill that would otherwise be called into question if she were holding a town hall in an arena or stadium? That she only addressed 9 questioners in one hour is, [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 6:47am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Lorain city council ripping a page from the Strickland playbook?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Elyria’s Chronicle-Telegram is reporting that Lorain city council is mulling a way to enable poker tournaments at a Lorain bar/billiard lounge. “State law only allows government facilities, veterans halls, sporting facilities and fraternal organizations to host gaming festivals for charity. Kennedy’s Billiards could only host such an event if the city [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 4:31am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• IRS dispute resolved

  —Buckeye RINO

  Bottom line:  No additional tax liability. To recap: In May 2008, I wrote 2 blog entries, “Subprime lender as tax evader,” and “Defrauding homeowners AND the IRS,” which comprised a case study of a consumer getting shafted by the mortgage industry.  The consumer had sold a house in 2006 with the assurance [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 3:46am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Should Pat Riley’s name be on the November ballot in Lorain?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Patrick Riley was appointed to be Lorain’s Law Director when Mark Provenza finally resigned. Ordinarily, the Law Director position wouldn’t come up for a vote until 2011, but an election is needed to fill the remainder of the unexpired term, so the position will appear on the general election ballot in [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 2:27am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Gambling: Plundering of other people’s wealth causes economic contraction

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  NOTE:  This entry has been cross-posted at Kyle Sisk’s blog, www.kylesisk.typepad.com.  You’ll also find his blog listed in my blogroll sidebar under the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance heading.  This is not my first post about how gambling hurts the economy, as I’ve written about the lost opportunity cost and [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 2:38pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Mr. Williamson goes to Washington

  —Buckeye RINO

  In my post titled “Uproar over health care: some Democrat myths need to be busted,”  I wrote the following sentence: “But if members of Congress, instead, are derelict in their duty by turning a deaf ear to the people, and letting us have no voice, I swear I’ll trek to Capitol Hill [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 1:02pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• New Hampshire undeserving of first primary

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  From Obama’s town hall in New Hampshire, it appears the voters have become too brain-dead to conjure up the tough questions that need to be asked.  Why do they get to weigh in first on presidential candidates?  Is it because New Hampshire’s residents are the most carefully groomed to serve [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 6:42pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Obamacare hysteria

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  Yes, there’s definitely hysteria being expressed by Obamacare opponents.  Obamacare supporters are claiming that Obamacare opponents have mischaracterized what the reform plan is, and with misleading rhetoric, have whipped mobs up into a frenzy.  Among the most noteworthy examples that Obamacare supporters like to point to are Sarah Palin’s recent [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:32pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Uproar over health care: some Democrat myths need to be busted

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  I generally blog about what I want to blog about.  I generally prefer to blog about Ohio issues instead of national ones.  Lately, I’ve been on fire over gambling, both Strickland’s flip-flop, and the pending casino ballot issue. However, my friends and family members have been pestering me day after day [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 6:19am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• AARP not working for the seniors

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Mega hat-tip to Michelle Malkin for this astonishing post (complete with video clip) about an AARP town hall in Dallas that didn’t go according to plan.  The AARP staffer had an agenda different from grassroots seniors.  The AARP agenda?  Obamacare.  The staffer was asked by a senior, “Do you work [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Casino rebuttal and counter-rebuttal

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Today I received an e-mail from Justin Higgins, a former blog author of  Right on the Right, which can be found in my blogroll sidebar under the heading of State of Ohio Blogger Alliance.   Mr.Higgins is also a contributor to Shots on the House.  Mr. Higgins is involved in internet [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 5:04pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• What’s an Iranian to do?

  —Buckeye RINO

  Bill Clinton returns from North Korea with two American reporters who’ve been released from captivity.  I’m happy that the two reporters are coming home safely. But let’s not forget how well this plays out for Kim Jong-Il.  In another blog entry, about an underground nuclear test, I had this to say [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 2:51am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Compare with Monte Carlo . . .

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  In November, Ohioans will be asked if they wish to amend the Ohio Constitution to allow 4 casinos, owned and operated by out-of-state entities, to do business on Ohio soil. As one can determine upon reading my correspondence with spokespersons for the casino proponents, the major thrust of their marketing efforts [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 7:55pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Town Hall meetings with State Rep Terry Boose

  —Buckeye RINO

  Mark your calendars!  Willard–August 18.  Amherst–August 19.  New London–August 25.  LaGrange–August 26.  Grafton–September 3.  State Rep Terry Boose (R-58) will be conducting town hall meetings in these communities on these dates. Plan to attend!  There needs to be dialogue between voters and elected officials, and this is a prime opportunity.  Boose’s [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 10:52pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Casino operators: Special rights for special people

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  There are so many illuminating tidbits of information to cull from my correspondence with the backers of the casino issue.  Thus, this will not be the only blog entry written about what’s revealed in that correspondence, so stay tuned . . . If voters were to approve this casino issue in [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:25pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• E-mail correspondence with casino issue spokesmen

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  From: David Kormanik <dkormanik@ohiojobsandgrowth.org> To: williamsonworks@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:36:54 PM Subject: Hello from the Ohio Jobs & Growth Plan Daniel, Hello, my name is David Kormanik and I represent the Ohio Jobs & Growth Plan. Over the coming weeks and months, I will keep you informed on our activities and make sure you [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 11:07am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Petition time looming for school board, township trustee, non-partisan municipal races

  —Buckeye RINO

  Fed up with government?  Do you feel you need to step in with common sense solutions?  Well, there’s still time to do that, and get in at the ground level. This year, there are township races, school board races, and municipal races. Municipalities that have partisan races already have their ballots set [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 11:08pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Voinovich press release about Lee Fisher’s posturing on health care reform

  —Buckeye RINO

  Again, I’m in copy and paste mode.  Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, is a 2010 Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate who has intra-party competition for the 2010 nomination from Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.  I’m not a fan of Brunner, but I’m not a fan of Fisher, either.  In [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• State Rep. Terry Boose op-ed on the state budget

  —Buckeye RINO

  In the past, I haven’t posted press releases at Buckeye RINO.  However, in the heat of summer with no airconditioning, I haven’t felt like spending much time typing away at my keyboard.  So, for once, I think I’ll go ahead and post a press release at Buckeye RINO, as it’s [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:51pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Gambling: Something to NOT do when one loses a job

  —Buckeye RINO

  In the heat of summer, I don’ t have much patience for sitting at a keyboard to blog, so there hasn’t been much new content here at Buckeye RINO in a while. But I don’t have to spend a whole lot of time at my keyboard if I can just point [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 2:57pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• I love Carnivals from TBMD

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  Installment number 171 of the Carnival of Ohio Politics is up, thanks to the author of The Boring Made Dull.  As dismal as Ohio’s political trends may be, TBMD’s deft compilations of the Carnivals often make me laugh.  He warns us that for the next Carnival that he writes after [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 9:53pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Strickland, Redfern, Dimora, Kasich, and Coughlin

  —Buckeye RINO

  Politics serves us flip-flops and broken campaign promises on a frequent basis.  In the midst of petty political bickering, we have a fully stocked arsenal of such flip-flops and broken promises to go tit-for-tat with our opponents, no matter which candidate one champions.  Such is the human condition. But some political [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 5:31pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• For Ohio’s sake, move county commissioner races

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  “Along the rust belt that hugs Lake Erie’s shores, Democrats have long enjoyed a near monopoly on municipal and county governments.” I began another Buckeye RINO post with those words, titled “Democrats control everything.” If you are a Cuyahoga County voter, you probably think that’s a pretty cool thing that Democrats control [...]
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  Posted: June 20, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Two scoops of Carnival, please

  —Buckeye RINO

  For those who love the Carnival of Ohio Politics, Jill Miller Zimon, of Writes Like She Talks, has composed a double-post.  Therefore, as you peruse the contents and see that some blogs appear in two separate paragraphs, bear in mind that they aren’t duplications of the same thing, they are, [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 12:55am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Support for Willard Ministerial Association’s “released time from school” proposal

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  I don’t know what the Board of Education of Willard City Schools will decide pertaining to a “released time” proposal put forward by the Willard Ministerial Association, but I certainly favor the idea.  The Norwalk Reflector recently published an article outlining the proposal. Under the proposal, students at Willard’s Central Elementary [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• “Why aren’t more women at the forefront of the GOP?”

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  I’ve put the headline in quotes, because it isn’t my question.  It’s a question more often posed by those who are left of center.  It’s not my question, because I know that Republican women can do whatever they want to do, in the political arena, or otherwise.  I’ve met some [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• If you have enough hours in the week, Carnival 168

  —Buckeye RINO

  This week was my turn in the rotation, so I’ve compiled and posted installment number 168 of the Carnival of Ohio Politics.  Contributing blogs this week were Bizzy Blog, Writes Like She Talks, Roland Hansen Commentary, Just Blowing Smoke, Keeler Political Report, The Ohio Republic, Spinelli on Assignment, The Cincinnati [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2009, 2:37am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Supplemental learning opportunities: School Enterprise Zones

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  In my recent post expressing my opposition to charter schools, I had this to say about my own education in the public schools: My parents are aware that sometimes values are taught in public school that run counter to their own values.  My parents are aware that some values are totally [...]
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  Posted: June 02, 2009, 12:49pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Ohio Carnival 167 . . . with Washington

  —Buckeye RINO

  I did a double-take upon seeing installment 167 of the Carnival of Ohio Politics.  Lisa Renee, of Glass City Jungle, used a Washington state route marker as an illustration for the latest Carnival.  I did a double-take because I’ve actually driven on that very road.  Nevertheless, though the road sign [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 1:02am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• My opposition to charter schools

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 5
  I oppose charter schools. I’ve been called a RINO because of it.  Conservatives might say I’m a moderate, or might even say I’m from the liberal wing of the Republican Party because of it.  I think they’re wrong.  I think I’m more conservative than the supporters of charter schools (despite what [...]
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• North Korea’s underground nuclear test

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  One of the striking features of South Korean foreign affairs during the Roh Moo-Hyun administration was how much South Korea offered to North Korea for so little in return.  It’s undeniable that South Koreans would like the entire peninsula to be unified in peace, but being soft with North Korea [...]
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  Posted: May 25, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Shellshocked by suicide of Roh Moo-Hyun

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Well, I don’t know what to think, at this point.  The news of the suicide death of the former leader of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, is just washing over me in waves. He was South Korea’s president when I resided and worked in South Korea, so he embodies the South Korea [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2009, 5:56pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Carnival CLXVI

  —Buckeye RINO

  That headline is supposed to indicate Installment 166 of the Carnival of Ohio Politics, but the author of The Boring Made Dull is whimsically turning the number system on its head.  There are a number of other whimsical anomalies contained within this newest carnival, like the Grand Canyon of slippery [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 12:39am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Where is Sandusky’s City Manager?

  —Buckeye RINO

  If you happened to read my post titled “Smackdown on women in Sandusky,” then you are fully prepared to appreciate the humor behind this video from the Sandusky Register website.  What’s not good for the goose seems to be good for the gander.  Have a gander. (ROFL!) Tagged: Local Politics [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 1:22pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Brushing up on the English language

  —Buckeye RINO

  For those of us to the right-of-center, we may have found ourselves engaged in conversations with those to the left-of-center where we thought we knew the meanings of words, but to our puzzlement, found that we must not be talking the same language. Luckily, I happened across a blog titled “Conservative [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 5:37pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Elected officials guest blogging at WMD

  —Buckeye RINO

  WMD is the abbreviation for Weapons of Mass Discussion, a blog among many fine blogs appearing in the blogroll sidebar under the heading of State of Ohio Blogger Alliance. The Congressional Representative from Ohio’s 5th District, Bob Latta, shares his views on cap-and-trade policies that are supposedly designed to help the [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 5:21pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Now Showing: Carnival #165

  —Buckeye RINO

  Ah!  The Carnival of Ohio Politics!  More bloggy goodness from all over Ohio about politics!  Installment #165 is now posted, thanks to the efforts of Jill Miller Zimon, who also authors Writes Like She Talks.  Readers, you know the drill.  Head on over to the Carnival for some great reading [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Trains, tubular and otherwise

  —Buckeye RINO

  I’ve advocated for an upgraded transportation system to make Ohio’s urban areas more competitive.  For background reading, you can find my views, particularly on highway infrastructure, more specifically focused on how my views applied to the city of Lorain (but within a framework of principles that is broader than just [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2009, 12:26am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Carnival of Ohio Politics & LeBron

  —Buckeye RINO

  There’s a new installment, number 164, now posted of the Carnival of Ohio Politics.  This one is the LeBron James edition.  Some of the blog entries submitted to this week’s Carnival had me laughing out loud.  I recommend you read them, too. Tagged: Political Blogosphere [...]
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  Posted: May 06, 2009, 3:37am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• A new day in Lorain with a new law director

  —Buckeye RINO

  It’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? If you’ve been a regular reader here at Buckeye RINO, then you know I’ve been clamoring for Mark Provenza, serial drunk driver, to step down as law director in the city of Lorain. Provenza eventually did step down, and now, finally, a new appointee, [...]
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  Posted: May 05, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Survey says . . .

  —Buckeye RINO

  Alo Konsen, of Brain Shavings, brought attention to a survey that charts where a person is positioned along the political spectrum.  You can find and take the survey yourselves here, at The Political Compass. Alo Konsen sent an email to members of the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance (a blogroll of [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Buckeye RINO in exile

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  For those of you who’ve been wondering when I’d be posting some more content, there’ve been big changes lately in the life of yours truly, Daniel Jack Williamson. The biggest change is that I’ve moved from Ohio to the state of Washington during this past month.  What am I doing here?  [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• New Carnival courtesy of GCJ’s Lisa Renee

  —Buckeye RINO

  The blog author of Glass City Jungle, Lisa Renee Ward, has produced another fine edition of the Carnival of Ohio Politics.  Check out installment number 163 here.  Along with links to some excellent reading material contained in Ohio’s political blogs, Lisa Renee also uses free word association to choose links [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 5:03pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Keeler takes a victory lap at Carnival of Ohio Politics

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 1
  I have heard from several of my readers, via email, wondering when posting entries would resume here at Buckeye RINO.  I didn’t intend to be on hiatus, or at least, didn’t intend to be away for this long.  Sometimes real life gets in the way (and I’ll have more to [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 1:12am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Carnival of Ohio Politics–St. Patrick’s Day edition

  —Buckeye RINO

  I’d like to call your attention to the Carnival of Ohio Politics.  There’s a wide range of topics covered by Ohio’s political bloggers in this week’s edition, the Saint Patrick’s Day edition, which was cobbled together by yours truly, Daniel Jack Williamson. Jill Miller Zimon, of Writes Like She Talks, is [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2009, 2:37am EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Glenn Beck: “You are not alone”

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  I remember when Glenn Beck was a virtual nobody on the radio, and he didn’t always seem to have a message that was in focus.  As time has passed, it seems that he’s really finding his voice, and there’s much more consistency in his views of the issues.  If any [...]
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  Posted: March 17, 2009, 7:29pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Carnival #158 has sprung

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 2
  Lisa Renee, of Glass City Jungle is anticipating the advent of spring.  Spring hasn’t sprung yet, but installment number 158 of the Carnival of Ohio Politics has sprung, thanks to Lisa Renee’s hard work. By the way, if you feel like you need to put a face with a name, Lisa [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 11:03pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Smackdown on women in Sandusky

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Okay, let’s start with a basic fact:  I’m male. Therefore, when it comes to sexism, more specifically, misogyny, I am not always able to perceive subtleties.  For example, when Jill Miller Zimon, of Writes Like She Talks, complained how a photograph of Hillary Rodham Clinton was used on a magazine cover, [...]
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  Posted: March 10, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
  by buckeyerino

• Carnival #157

  —Buckeye RINO

  Are RINO’s more conservative than the rest of the Republican party these days, when they used to be more liberal than the rest of the party?  It might be a topic for further conversation at The Boring Made Dull, but don’t hold your breath for that blog entry, even though [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 2:26pm EST
  by buckeyerino

• MSM frames California Prop 8 debate incorrectly

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 3
  Look back over the centuries at any culture you care to single out.  Was there ever a taboo against cohabitation of unrelated adults of the same gender?  Whether it’s military barracks, or university dorms, or monasteries, or convents, or private dwellings, I can think of no instance in which unrelated [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  by buckeyerino

• Rove (and Mandel) and the RPCC (and Mandel)

  —Buckeye RINO

  Number of comments: 4
  On Tuesday, February 24th, the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County held their Lincoln Day Dinner in downtown Cleveland in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel.  The featured speaker was Karl Rove. The cost of an individual ticket to the dinner was $85.  In the hinterlands of Ohio, I’m accustomed to [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2009, 8:03pm EST
  by buckeyerino