http://blog.blairdems.org brave to be blue in blair Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:33:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well People, here's an article I ran into from Dec. 26, 1985.  Titled The Reagan Revolution: In a provocative article called "Ideas Move Nations" in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly, writer Gregg Easterbrook notes the rapid growth in the past decade of what might be called the "Anti-Liberal Intellectual ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2007/10/01/137/ “It’s always been that way around here.”  Those seven words are the barrier to progress.  Those seven words are the reason not to put forth effort and the excuse for our failures.  Examine it, if you will; the phrase contains no logic or argument, holds no fact or philosophy, yet ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/12/03/the-politics-of-provocation/ TNR20Online207C20Role20Reversal20print http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/10/28/watching-rush-limbaugh-squirm/ Last weekend, the friends of Tony Barr took it to the streets in Blair County, canvassing neighborhoods and talking to voters, face to face. In the middle of the Hollidaysburg Pumpkin festival, the friends of Tony Barr HQ, saw wall to wall traffic. Volunteers and visitors alike, helped themselves to ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/10/16/takin-it-to-the-streets/ The following is a link to an MSNBC story about the book "Tempting Faith" by David Kuo.  This book describes in delicious detail how the Bush administration played Right-wing evangelical types for political gain.  It made ME angry and I'm not exactly a holy roller!  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15228489/ The more people out in The ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/10/13/this-story-needs-traction/ So all along the Corporate Media has protected the their favorite party, now we know the extent to which the GOP will go to protect their slim majority!! Papers Knew of Foley E-Mail but Did Not Publish Stories - New York Times http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/10/07/papers-knew-of-foley-e-mail-but-did-not-publish-stories-new-york-times/ Monty Python, Teddy Roosevelt and our current political landscape.   Theodore Roosevelt once said “Patriotism means to stand by the Country.  It does not mean to stand by the President.”  I am forced to wonder what Teddy Roosevelt would think of the present holder of his former office.  I am forced to ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/10/06/teddy-roosevelt-monty-python-and-politics-today/ Bill Shuster(R PA-09) has a simple campaign stratetgy. It dates back to the heady days of Sputnik and the A-bomb scare.  It's called "Duck and Cover".  It seems that Bill Shuster thinks that if he keeps his head low that the voters won't notice that he has an opponent and ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/09/26/shuster-shucks-yet-again/ On this day of remembrance 9th Congressional District candidate Tony Barr visited Shanksville, Pennsylvania site of the Flight 93 crash and issued the following statement:   “Hi My Name is Tony Barr. I’m a candidate for Congress, right here in the Pennsylvania 9th Congressional district.  That’s about all the campaign you’re gonna ... http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/09/11/tony-barr-visits-shanksville-2/   http://blog.blairdems.org/2006/09/11/tony-barr-visits-shanksville/