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• Doctors and politicians

  —Fishersville Mike

  In health care reform, politicians are making decisions and doctors will bear the brunt of the changes. If politicians really understood the differences between them and doctors, they might pause before dumping all of this on doctors.
  Remember,
  It takes lots of work to be a doctor. Anybody can be [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:19pm EST
  

• Watch your punctuation

  —Fishersville Mike

  C-Ville Weekly in Charlottesville offers a "Rant" line, to let people have their say.
  Unfortunately, speaking a rant into the phone may not work out on the printed page. A punctuation mark may be missed. You may rant a little too long.
  Like this recent rant about giving shelter [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:32am EST
  

• Aborting health care reform

  —Fishersville Mike

  How's the Stupak Amendment looking two weeks out? The left is still in turmoil, blaming abortion opponents for standing up for their principles instead of making health care reform the top and only priority.
  Augusta Free Press runs a column blasting the Catholic Bishops for their pro-life stand. Never [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:16am EST
  

• From the Sin City Roller

  —Fishersville Mike

  Another Saturday night and another important vote. Democratic legislators must think they get overtime.
  How about a song parody for Harry Reid, here's the Bay City Rollers' Saturday night.
  
  S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
  S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
  S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
  S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
  Gonna talk all day and take a vote tonight
  On Saturday night,' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:16pm EST
  

• I can't believe my lying eyes

  —Fishersville Mike

  Blue Virginia watches a video of Bob McDonnell and can't square the circle - this isn't the monster I think he is.
  You'll see plenty more starting January 16.' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  

• Anybody (or any body part) can blog

  —Fishersville Mike

  Little Miss Atilla alerts us to the newest blog on the block.
  Sarah Palin's Uterus [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:25pm EST
  

• Advice for Republicans

  —Fishersville Mike

  Another Saturday night, another health care vote. Maybe Elton John has it right - Saturday Night's all right for Fighting.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  

• Enemies list

  —Fishersville Mike

  Jonah Goldberg looks at a reason to like Sarah Palin - the reactions from those who don't.
  Indeed, some of us will always be sympathetic to Mrs. Palin if for nothing else than her enemies. The bile she extracts from her critics is almost like a dye marker, illuminating' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• Weekend watchdog

  —Fishersville Mike

  After 36 races since February, NASCAR crowns its season champion Sunday.
  And sends gearheads into withdrawal for a while - only 12 weeks or so until Darrell Waltrip screams "Boogity, Boogity, Boogity" again at Daytona.
  Jimmie Johnson appears on his way to his 4th straight championship, as long [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:19am EST
  

• Thankful for Rule 5

  —Fishersville Mike

  The Rule 5 Sunday before Thanksgiving remind you to be thankful for friends.
  Like Yankee Phil collecting some of my recent postings in one link.And to Smitty for all his hard work checking out the pictures and putting the Rule 5 roundup together each week. And we can [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:27pm EST
  

• The more you know

  —Fishersville Mike

  I'm confused. Is it..
  The more you learn about the health care reform bill, the less you'll like it?
  or
  The more you know about the health care reform bill, the more you like it?
  I lean to the "less you'll like it" side. A pair of 2,000' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:51pm EST
  

• You still need doctors

  —Fishersville Mike

  An important part of the health care reform debate seems forgotten. Do you have enough doctors to do this?
  Dick Morris looks at Massachusetts and underserved areas and finds the answer is no.
  Maybe if all the government lawyers started medical school now. That might solve the problem.
  Imagine [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:14pm EST
  

• Taxes, get your taxes here

  —Fishersville Mike

  Keith Hennessey explores some of the new taxes the Senate has dreamed up.
  h/t Legal Insurrection [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:38pm EST
  

• Meet me in St. Louis

  —Fishersville Mike

  Checking sitemeter, I found a political writer for Inside St. Louis found my post on the health care timeline.
  Don't think they liked it, but I live in Virginia. I've seen the Obama tide beginning to go out to sea. Whatever the House and Senate do, it doesn't' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  

• Classic bow smackdown

  —Fishersville Mike

  
  GrandpaJohn's found the classic, this ends it, take on President Obama's problems with bowing.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:29pm EST
  

• Weblog Awards countdown

  —Fishersville Mike

  Two more days until nominations close on the Weblog Awards. Ruby Slippers has a good awards roundup, listing several of the blogs I like and follow.
  She even voted for me, since I went ahead and submitted a nomination for this blog. With the changes in Technorati ratings, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:02pm EST
  

• Can Deeds blame Jimmy Buffett?

  —Fishersville Mike

  Jimmy Buffett brought his Coral Reefer Band to visit the Parrotheads of Charlottesville, and played a new song - called "Nobody from Nowhere" - from his album due out December 8.
  Nobody from nowhere described Deeds, in 2005 and now.
  If Buffett had brought out the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:06pm EST
  

• High maintenance voters

  —Fishersville Mike

  Much has been written about the missing Democratic voters - those who came out for Obama in 2008 and didn't for Deeds in 2009. Much has been said about Deeds not being exciting. But what does this say about the voters?
  Are they high maintenance voters? To get their votes,' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:48am EST
  

• Report from Virginia's 00 congressional district

  —Fishersville Mike

  Recovery.gov's addition of 12 extra districts in Virginia opens up the possibility of some new slogans. I like District 00 the best. Think of the potential slogans:
  Nothing's like living in the 00.
  Zero pork in the 00.
  Imagine the great people of the 00.
  Nobody likes Obama in' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:59am EST
  

• Transparency is fun

  —Fishersville Mike

  Recovery.gov has provided plenty of enjoyment for our Virginia bloggers. The state has 11 congressional districts and yet stimulus money has been spent in 23.
  Give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe people thought they meant state House districts. Or the computer default was 00 [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:40am EST
  

• It's an honor to be mentioned

  —Fishersville Mike

  It's always nice to find your blog's name on the top left corner of the Other McCain. Welcome visitors, and here's my song parody to honor Mr. Million Hits and his blog. Inspired by Brad Paisley's "Start a Band," it's "Start a blog."
  
  Yes I was a straight-lace, [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

• Christmas is coming

  —Fishersville Mike

  Driving around the neighborhood, I've seen my first Christmas lights outside houses. It's getting closer.
  I'll start the decorating this weekend, but I now have archived blog posts from a prior Christmas. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:48pm EST
  

• Maybe Deeds and Palin should compare notes

  —Fishersville Mike

  How convenient that Sarah Palin will be in Roanoke Sunday. Maybe Creigh Deeds could stop by for a chat about political consultants.
  Or being blamed for losses. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  

• Deeds' email from November 2010

  —Fishersville Mike

  Gov. Tim Kaine tells his side of the 2009 election story to the Washington Post.
  After next year's election, perhaps Creigh Deeds can fire off an email - "Whose fault are all these Democratic losses? Yours, not mine."
  Hopefully, somebody will check with Deeds next year. [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:09pm EST
  

• In deep Schmidt

  —Fishersville Mike

  When it comes to bald political gurus, give me James Carville over Steve Schmidt anyday.
  Don Surber liked this part of Sarah Palin's book after Schmidt talked nutrition with her.
  I’m a forty-four year old, healthy, athletic woman raising five kids and governing a large state, I thought as [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:03am EST
  

• Palin media mania

  —Fishersville Mike

  The Other McCain has a look at the media frenzy over Sarah Palin and her book.
  There seems to be a media competition at work, a sort of championship tournament. Every reporter, anchor, and pundit in America is engaged in a frantic effort to be the hero who fires [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:33am EST
  

• Hey, anchor dude

  —Fishersville Mike

  It's Palin book day. National Review has a bunch of excerpts. I already have a favorite, which involves ABC's Charlie Gibson.
  
  Charlie Gibson as photographer before the Alaska interview:
  At one point we jumped out of the van to film in front of the pipeline when a truck [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Hoops all night long

  —Fishersville Mike

  Whatcha doing Tuesday? Want to watch some college hoops?
  ESPN has 24 hours of college basketball, including a 6 a.m. game in New Jersey and Clemson vs. Liberty at 10 a.m. You can head to Lynchburg and be a part of history. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:41pm EST
  

• An important question

  —Fishersville Mike

  Fred Barnes looks at the quagmire Democrats are getting into on health care. And asks the question that must be asked.
  But what if an undecided Democratic senator, in a private chat with the president, asks about the public's distaste for liberal health care reform? "Mr. President, how will" [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  

• Get your Palin news

  —Fishersville Mike

  National Review has set up a separate blog to cover news on Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue."
  There's plenty to read already. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:40pm EST
  

• What's up for Palin in 2012?

  —Fishersville Mike

  I watched the Oprah interview off-and-on (it's also important to watch the son play video games).
  Is she going to run for president in 2012? I doubt it, because I think that would be a step down for her.
  She's a normal person, and can do normal things. And still [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:16pm EST
  

• Hope they call Jerry

  —Fishersville Mike

  Public Policy Polling talked about their poll in Arkansas, where a Democratic incumbent who had no challenger in 2008 is now polling evenly with three unknown Republicans.
  They plan to poll Virginia's 9th District before Christmas, to see if Rick Boucher is facing the same troubles. If it's a [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:43pm EST
  

• Catastrophaganza

  —Fishersville Mike

  Reason creates a word to describe the movie "2012."
  After you saw all the destruction, the other message was "only rich people need apply." If you didn't figure that out with shots of rich oil sheiks or Queen Elizabeth and her dogs, you did when our hero got to' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:23am EST
  

• News from a warrior

  —Fishersville Mike

  Peter King writes the Monday Morning Quarterback column for SI. The past few years, he's mentioned hearing from Army Sgt. Mike McGuire, who's been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in recent years.
  He provides an update this morning.
  b. Great to hear from Army First Sgt. Mike McGuire, the [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

• Fish-slimed

  —Fishersville Mike

  The Today Show just ran Andrea Mitchell's report on Sarah Palin's book. Palin writes about the July interview where she took Mitchell and other journalists on their fishing boat.
  And being disappointed they didn't get "fish-slimed."
  How many conservative readers would have loved to seen journalists "fish-slimed?"[...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:21am EST
  

• Undefeated teams watch

  —Fishersville Mike

  The Saints marched on to a 9-0 record, beating the Rams. Up next is Tampa Bay on Sunday.
  The Colts rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Patriots. Can't believe they did that.
  They travel to Baltimore Sunday. The Ravens knocked off then-undefeated Denver on Nov. 1.
  The Patriots' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:19am EST
  

• A full-service blog

  —Fishersville Mike

  SWACgirl not only links an editorial from the Sunday News Leader, but provides an out-quote and commentary. And a letter to the editor from a reader.
  No waiting until mid-week for an alternate opinion. It's ready before you (and the Monday paper) go to bed. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:55pm EST
  

• NBC is green because...

  —Fishersville Mike

  ....they are honoring the two years Randy Moss spent as a member of the Marshall Thundering Herd.
  Why else? [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:09pm EST
  

• Part-time governor

  —Fishersville Mike

  Poor Tim Kaine.
  His party's candidate loses. It rains and floods when he wants to go to fun fundraisers out of state. Not Larry Sabato picks on him.
  Time to pile on with a parody. Apologies to Stevie Wonder, but his song "Part-time lover" seems to fit.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  

• Fine Fishersville football

  —Fishersville Mike

  Congratulations to the Fishersville Senior football team (grades 7-8) for winning the Augusta County Super Bowl Saturday.
  We're looking forward to good things on the high school field in a few years.' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 3:21pm EST
  

• Two blogs in one

  —Fishersville Mike

  Blue Virginia's had an interesting weekend.
  Saturday, he was imagining a decisive use of Progressive power to settle the issues of the day. Alas, 2009 is almost over and he's still waiting.
  Sunday, he's upset with David Broder for asking the president to be - decisive - on' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  

• Off the port bow

  —Fishersville Mike

  Several bloggers have posted the picture of President Obama bowing in Japan.
  SondraK has a great take.
  h/t Smitty [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:33am EST
  

• Fishersville Mike Justifies Rabbit Allergies

  —Fishersville Mike

  Beware the ides of November. Time for another roundup.
  The Other McCain reached the 3-million visit mark Saturday, helped by Smitty's FMJRA roundup.
  No Sheeples Here puts the roundup under a three-ring circus.
  Pat's roundup from Shreveport has the blues.
  The Daley Gator did his roundup [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

• Byrd: Gimme my pork

  —Fishersville Mike

  What deficit? What transportation problems in Northern Virginia or populated areas?
  West Virginia's Robert Byrd wants more money for transportation - including West Virginia projects. From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  A new federal highway bill could include funding for a number of projects in the region, including the King' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

• How's life at the South Pole?

  —Fishersville Mike

  My 12-year-old son wanted to see "2012." All the destruction in the commercials is pretty inticing for him.
  As the world is destroyed and things shift around, there's a picture of Wisconsin on the screen. It's identified as the new South Pole.
  So Troglopundit, GrandpaJohn and the rest [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  

• 3 million and going strong

  —Fishersville Mike

  It's 3-million hit day at the Other McCain. But he'll cross the milestone during an SEC football doubleheader. (Probably shortly after kickoff of the Florida-South Carolina game).
  Not as bad as Congress voting on a football Saturday. [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  

• Fact check vs. fact check

  —Fishersville Mike

  Sarah Palin writes a book.
  AP decides to fact check it.
  Powerline fact checks the AP fact-checkers.
  Mark Steyn gives AP the mockery they deserve. [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• Remove one word

  —Fishersville Mike

  Politico has a headline on reaction to Sarah Palin's new book.
  McCain camp: Book 'petty and pathetic'
  You can improve the headline by removing one word
  McCain camp: 'petty and pathetic'' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:22am EST
  

• NY 23 - You can put ads in newspapers, too?

  —Fishersville Mike

  My former boss gives his latest rundown on the special election that capitivated the nation - and may still.
  He reports that the three candidates combined to run only one political ad in the Watertown Daily Times - Dede Scozzafava's ad thanking voters after she left the race.' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:25pm EST
  

• Live from Orlando

  —Fishersville Mike

  When the Other McCain gets the weather account of this week in the mid-Atlantic, he'd better be happy he got to go to Orlando for Thursday's Tea Party rally.
  The local media even made it there. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:47pm EST