tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:47:09 +0000http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (John S.)Blogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-357129077739015838Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-11-16T08:35:09.813-05:00ClintonObamaLast week I posted a "what if" post concerning Hillary and the lead up to the 2012 Democratic nominating process. Have the war drums already started in the West Wing?HT to Brucehttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/beat-drum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-6263556567381130235Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-11-13T10:37:06.702-05:00ClintonObamaelectionsTony Blankley is among the first to seriously discuss the possibility of Hillary in 2012. I agree it's a strong possibility. Here's how it might go down:A few “Clinton insiders” like Ickes, Stephanopolis, Daschle, etc. begin asking questions about Obie’s ability to lead the party and start actively praising Hillary’s statesmanship as Sec State.Bill begins to beat the drum about the off year 2010 http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/hillary-or-barry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-339702211693170497Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:16:00 +00002009-11-09T16:18:01.920-05:00VideoLeadershipPatriots and HerosThis is statesmanship. This is history worth celebrating. http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/tear-down-this-wall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-5162981233312842695Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:22:00 +00002009-11-04T13:28:45.535-05:00Let's see Gibbsie explain this swing away...bottom line..it wasn't just at the top of the ticket yesterday Sweetheart.HT to VPAPhttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/virginia-delegates-map-party-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-1759603463198838095Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-11-04T10:02:30.463-05:00humorTerrorismGo Yogi! ...new Indian secret weapon...enjoy those virgins boys..http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/allahu-akbar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2391838586581036589Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +00002009-11-04T09:56:06.767-05:00ObamaelectionsDavid Gregory, moderator of Meet the Press, on this morning's Today show said, in effect, Obama has created a wave of change in this country. Voters in VA and NJ were voting for change of the status quo.Most of us took high school algebra and learned that if: A=B and B=C, then A=C.So Bloom's twisted conclusion is, in essence, Obama gets to take credit for the races in VA and NJ (in a positive wayhttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/spin-baby-spin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-4633462515974981753Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:50:00 +00002009-11-03T23:08:59.310-05:00ObamaelectionsCongratulations to the GOP leadership ticket who beat Deeds and Co. like a rented mule today.Now for the other shoe....wait for it....wait for it....Tomorrow Gibbsie and POTUS will throw Deeds and Corzine under the bus.It's actually begun. While Obama remains cloistered in the White House disentangled from the fray, his surrogates are on TV yapping about what a poor candidate Corzine was, http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-night-for-virginias-gop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-6189040258608614923Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +00002009-11-02T15:00:07.489-05:00VideoPenceHealthcare ReformThe Pelosi health care bill could change everything about the fundamental relationship between Government and the People. If passed, it will be virtually impossible to reverse or undo, and will forever make the People "beholding" to the Federal Government for the most basic of services and resources. This is why America is so opposed to this plan, and why emotions are running so high. We are at ahttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-could-change-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2495875385789947342Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:00 +00002009-10-28T10:35:35.270-04:00FamilyOctober's been pretty momentous around here. On the 1st, daughter Meg got her driver's permit. While we're not completely out of the teenage woods yet, she's growing up fast...helping with her sister, driving herself to school and beyond, and focusing on her future and the college she wants to attend (for now Longwood seems the front-runner).She'a also taking all advanced Honors classes. Tough http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/10/meg-magnificent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-9077229884482689707Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:41:00 +00002009-10-27T19:45:24.513-04:00electionsMcDonnelldeedsYeah, this is really going to help.http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-fired-up-ads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-5899352176595137692Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:50:00 +00002009-10-27T16:23:05.079-04:00electionsMcDonnelldeedsFrom the WaPo's The FixThings are getting pretty bleak down at the Virginia Donkey Headquarters.One senior Democratic strategist who has closely followed the contest in Virginia said that the "chances are somewhere between solid and definite" that Deeds declining performance would hamper the party's chances of winning LG and AG races. Of those downballot contests, the source added: "They pretty http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/10/deeds-is-boat-anchor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-4698273845208421845Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-10-27T12:33:27.795-04:00electionsMcDonnelldeedsIt's looking worse each week for the Deeds camp. They have run an anemic, negative, whiney campaign that is short on substance and long on invective. The Obamachine is running away as fast as their little arms and legs will drive them (look for Deed's loss to be Bush's fault...the Democrats just inherited the mess in Virginia).Virginia's stampeding from Bluish, beyond Purple, and onward to Red. http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/10/good-ole-country-whuppin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-152341928337763307Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:53:00 +00002009-10-14T08:54:33.208-04:00VideohumorYankeeshttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-birds-fans-tooyankees-suck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-4488823010555563518Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:40:00 +00002009-09-24T12:45:31.124-04:00IranMaybe we should just buy them some jet fuel and keep them flying...sooner or later they'll crash all their junk......good for today's laugh anyway.... HT Blackfivehttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/irans-only-awacs-in-pieces-on-ground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-4188989255569139247Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:03:00 +00002009-09-23T12:08:26.047-04:00VideoJust for FunOMFG! I laughed till I fell out of my chair. I spewed coffee halfway to Aroda. This is seriously funny stuff!HT to Roman Wolf via Stoatyhttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/preemptive-hillary-strike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2343128406079378526Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:12:00 +00002009-09-23T10:17:55.515-04:00VideodemocratsHealthcare ReformBaucusMcConnellSenator Mitch McConnell speaks on the floor of the Senate in reaction to the White House "gag order" on health insurers' communications to policyholders. Where's the ACLU? Thank goodness...someone in the US Senate has finally grown some balls. He should have said the hell with the Senate "decorum" pleasantries and named that asshat Baucus by name.http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/mcconnell-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2784098283793532625Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:41:00 +00002009-09-22T16:56:28.308-04:00VideoguinnessJust for FunThursday is "Arthur's Day," the 250th Anniversary of Guinness. Care to join me in a pint?HT to Blackfivehttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/arthurs-day-sept-23.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-527345204035844221Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:39:00 +00002009-09-14T14:49:54.853-04:00ObamaPoliticsAriel Cohen has posted a good piece today at the Foundry in which he takes the Obama Administration to task for its naive approach to Russo American relations.Has no one in the White House read a history book? Putin's calling the shots...Putin is a dyed in the wool Sov era holdover. The Russian negotiating strategy has always been to smile thinly, give no ground, and wait out the other side. Whenhttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/russian-bear-awakened.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-5812428129271923400Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-09-14T12:07:38.155-04:00MusicVideoObamahumorJust for FunToo funny not to share.http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/kanye-to-congress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-4473016468916691242Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:35:00 +00002009-09-14T11:58:44.079-04:00UVAfootballAl GrohHoosACCThe Hoos have sucked at football since Shep was a pup. No surprises here...academics and the gridiron do not necessarily good bedfellows make. I get that. It's OK. If you want to brag about your athletic graduation rates and your student athletes, I'm with you. I can hack it. More reason to drink in the parking lot, I say. This bullshit about winning all started when ESPN put the lights up in http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/whens-groh-go.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2146935269156650642Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-09-09T12:24:39.095-04:00electionsdemocratsPoliticsdeedsEither Deeds doesn't know his civics, or.......he's trying to duck any association with his party's leadership in Washington. Good luck with that.HT to Bearing Drifthttp://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/09/deeds-company-you-keep-does-matter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-1212858902240853309Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:08:00 +00002009-08-27T12:33:19.958-04:00VideodemocratsHealthcare Reform"He later apologized." Hey wingnut, sometimes "I'm sorry" doesn't cut it.Note to Congress and the White House: We the People pay your salary! That means we call the shots, not the other way 'round. How 'bout some simple respect.....and about this whole "angry mob" thing. I deal with angry customers from time to time, and I have a few observations:Customers get angry when they think you're not http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/08/moranor-moronyou-decide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-3227803837702679509Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:18:00 +00002009-09-14T12:20:24.985-04:00ironySeriously.....There's no way I can make this stuff up. If you or I did this the SPCA would howl until we were placed in leg irons and flogged with canes.http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/08/irony-just-keeps-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-2224022987988984525Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:57:00 +00002009-08-25T14:03:06.943-04:00Fat TaxConservative Wahoo BlogMudge has started a good exchange about the obesity dust up over at the Conservative Wahoo.....I'm just sayin'http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/08/fat-wars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538812630561044446.post-5510114803306785224Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:37:00 +00002009-08-25T13:56:40.179-04:00nimbyCountry LivingThere's more common sense in rural America than one might think. Hey Governor Kaine, Robert DuVall, and Ken Burns..nice FAIL. Do any of ya'll live or work in Orange County? Last time I checked Orange County zoning was an Orange County issue.http://cheapseatsview.blogspot.com/2009/08/walmart-1-nimbies-0.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S.)0