Archive for January, 2011
Obama’s Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks
It is amazing that, with unemployment unacceptably high, the Obama administration has endorsed a plan that will cost U.S. jobs and make highway driving for Americans more dangerous and less pleasant. Barack Obama wants to admit Mexican trucks to drive on all U.S. highways and roads. Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent [...]
Pete Michaud: Is Your Face Real?
“Is your patch real?” My eye patch is a conversation piece. Many people ask about it, a lot assume it’s either fake or temporary (it’s neither). “Do I need it?” some ask. Some people reflexively yell “Yarrr!!” at the sight of me, like their ancestors evolved some pirate instinct that preserved their genes from pillaging [...]
Pete Michaud on Fear and Freedom
by Pete Michaud When I first moved to Jacksonville at 18 years old, I lived in a Riverside duplex shared with a woman who insisted on using 4-ply toilet paper. It would block the 80-year-old plumbing at least every two weeks. Mike, the landlord’s plumber, would make the trek from Baldwin every time it happened, [...]
Cheers for Repeal of ObamaCare
The U.S. House did what its candidates had promised and the voters expected: The House passed 245 to 189 a repeal of ObamaCare, the centerpiece of socialism. Three Democrats joined every single Republican, with Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Steve King, R-Iowa, spearheading the charge. According to public opinion polls, support for repeal remains strong among [...]
And The Debt Bomb Ticks On
With his approval rating moving up to 50 percent and higher in some polls, the pundits are all agreed. President Obama has turned the corner. He is now the winter-book favorite in 2012. How, two months after his “shellacking,” did he do it? First, by taking the wheel from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, cutting [...]
What Do Media Choices Tell Us About Potential Mayors?
Every election cycle, the local media sends out questionnaires that ask candidates about their background and policy positions. Sometimes they even ask frivolous, but interesting questions about favorite movies or places to eat. Beating everyone to the punch, the Florida Times-Union today rolled out 5 candidate profiles featuring questions like “what’s your favorite TV show” [...]
Ad Watch: Mullaney Launches First Television Spot
Republican Mayoral candidate Rick Mullaney revealed his first 30-second television spot today. It’s an introductory piece aimed at showing voters that Mullaney is just a regular guy who comes from humble roots. He stands in front of the house he grew up in on the Westside (though it almost looks like a green screen at [...]
Gators Quarterback Strategy?
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Ballot is Set for March Elections
Voters who’ve joked about having too many choices when it comes to Jacksonville’s mayoral race may now regret those words. Most observers of local politics understood that at least half the names who have filed were non-serious and wouldn’t pay the fee or gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. But in the last [...]
Tom Kenny Talks Rabbit Role in New Winnie the Pooh Film
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ben E. King, who released his first studio album in 12 years, “Heart & Soul,” last year, will be heading off to Europe in a couple of weeks for a continental concert trek. And after that, the legendary singer, who gave us jukebox classics including “Stand By Me” and [...]
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