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November 8th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections, 236.com, Get Your War On, New World Order | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, Video | Comments (1)

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)

If you follow me on Twitter, you’d see several different places that have pointed to what I’ve called a “hijacking” of the Christian faith for political means. After some reading, though, I think it’s much more insidious than a mere hijack.
I think many Christians and Christian religious leaders are hoping for a McCain win [...]

October 14th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections, Barack Obama (IL), Christian Mandate, John McCain (Az), Religion | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, Religion | Comments (2)

Michele Obama will be in Jacksonville on Tuesday, October 7th at the Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center. Doors open at 12:30pm and the program begins at 1:30pm.
The event is free and open to the public. There’s no tickets, but an RSVP is requested.

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October 4th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Presidential Elections, Barack Obama, Democrats, Events, Jacksonville, NC, Michelle Obama, Politics | Category: 2008 Presidential Election, Democrats, Events, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, NC | Leave a comment