Bloviations

Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday morning) I was bicycling to work and had this flitting thought:
I haven’t heard the names “Joe McLaughlin” or “Delma Collins” in a while. Isn’t that nice?"

And it was, it was very nice…But it wasn’t to last very long. Follow the jump for details.

March 1st, 2009 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Ci ty Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC-03, NC-Sen, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissions, Republicans, Richard Burr, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

In what can only be described as an egomaniacal trip down horror alley, Craig Weber has announced via email his third bid for North Carolina’s Third Congressional seat.
The text is below.
To all,
I want to thank you for every effort that you made in this past election.  It took a bit of time to come [...]

January 9th, 2009 | Tags: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC's Third Congressional District, NC-03, US House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC-03, North Carolina, Politics, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

It’s been 4 days since Election Day. I haven’t updated the Elections Page, but I will. There’s just been a lot to process (politically and otherwise) for me.
Senator Barack Obama won by a pretty large margin (his 53% to McCain’s 46%). Check out President-Elect Obama’s Transition Office’s website for more information on his transition staff and [...]

November 8th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, NC Council of State, NC General Assembly, NC Governor, NC House 14th District, NC House 15th District, NC House 4th District, NC House of Representatives, NC Lieutenant Governor, NC Senate, NC Senate 6th District, NC-03, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, U.S. Senate, US House of Representatives | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Elizabeth Dole, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Kay Hagan, Lionell Midgett, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Politics, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, W. C. Jarman, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

We all know Tuesday is Election Day here in the U.S. I’m sure it’s an election that the world will be watching, as well as very nervous Americans.
I’ll be posting frequent updates here (probably every half-hour to hour) and will be Twittering updates as well.
The races I’ll be paying particular attention to are:

President of the [...]

November 2nd, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, Barack Obama (IL), Bev Perdue, California's Proposition 8, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Daniel Johns, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain (Az), Kathy Dahlkemper, Kay Hagan, Larry Kissell, NC Governor, NC-03, NC-05, NC-08, NC-10, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Sales Tax Referendum, PA-03, Pat McCrory, Patrick McHenry, Phil English, Robin Hayes, Roy Carter, U.S. Senate, US House of Representatives, Virginia Foxx, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Don Sweeting, Elizabeth Dole, Ernie Wright, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), John Burns, Kay Hagan, Lionell Midgett, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Paul Buchanan, Politics, Republicans, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Tony Padgett, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, W. C. Jarman, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent), William Rouse, Jr. | Comments (3)

I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Legislation, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips, Tweet-Digest | Comments (4)

The Swansboro Chamber of Commerce is hosting the candidates for election to the Onslow County Board of Commissioners tomorrow evening from 7 PM to 9 PM in the Assembly Hall of the Town Hall located at 502 Church Street.
According to the Jacksonville Daily News report, the audience will be able to submit questions and there [...]

October 1st, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, BrockNet, Don Sweeting, Elliot Potter, Ernie Wright, Forum Onslow, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville Daily News, John Burns, Lionel Midgett, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Paul Buchanan, Swansboro Chamber of Commerce, Tony Padgett, W. C. Jarman, William T. Rouse Jr. | Category: 2008 Elections, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, BrockNet, Democrats, Don Sweeting, Ernie Wright, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, John Burns, Lionell Midgett, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Paul Buchanan, Politics, Republicans, Swansboro NC, Tony Padgett, W. C. Jarman, William Rouse, Jr. | Comments (5)