Hey there!
Yes, I did survive the snow storm. We are still digging out, though. Or I should say they are. I live in an apartment, so technically others are paid to do the shoveling. Although, I did get out and do some myself this morning and Bob did quite a bit.
The [...]
Hey blog readers. Sorry that I have been missing for the last few days. I have been sick. Is it me, or do I say that a lot? I don’t know why, but this winter has been a real bear as far as sickness is concerned in my home.
Anyway, I wanted [...]
I wasn’t going to post anything else today, but I couldn’t help but comment on this new piece of legislation from the vault of stupidity.
Lawmakers are considering a measure that would ban eating, drinking, smoking, reading, writing, personal grooming, playing an instrument, “interacting with pets or cargo,” talking on a cell phone or using any [...]
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The other day, Andrew Sullivan had a post about Giuliani’s bid for President.
Giuliani is running as a secular, modern conservative to run what has become a religious, theological party. His fate is going to be a fascinating insight into what American conservatism can now mean. And the Christianists are not going to put up with [...]
Continue reading about Christianity, Same-Sex Marriage, and the Republican Party
A while back, Burlington mayor Bob Kiss joined onto the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
There was a brief “What the heck? This is Vermont, we love our guns, ” but that quickly dissolved into a, “What are you some sort of moron? He’s only against illegal guns.”
Case closed.
Well, some of us knew that this [...]
Yesterday, the mayor held a press conference about the zoning rewrite issue that I brought up in this post.
The Free Press has coverage here and Channel 17 will post the streaming video of their coverage sometime today.
I don’t have the time to blog a proper follow-up on this because everyone is sick today (including my [...]
Okay, this is my last post on Global Warming, or else I am going to have to make a category for it.
So, today, everyone was gushing over the announcement that Rep. Peter Welch is off-setting the carbon output of his DC office.
How?
A Vermont company allows you to compute the carbon footprint of your household based [...]
Tonight at 7:00 pm, Channel 17 will have complete coverage of today’s press conference in Burlington about the zoning rewrite issues.
Channel 17 also begins their Town Meeting Day election coverage starting Thursday and Friday with Williston.
Burlington election forums air live next week. I will post a reminder later this week.
You can view the full [...]
Update (3:45 pm)
I came across this interesting piece on global warming today. I thought I would post it in honor of the anonymous commenter on this post yesterday.
Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn’t exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see [...]
Updated @ 10:59 am and again @ 2:35 pm.
Big story in the Free Press about a possible scandal involving the zoning re-write.
It seems that the consultant who was doing the re-write was being paid $65/hour, totaling more than $200,000 to date. Apparently, this is acceptable for a short-term contract, like her original 90-day [...]
