Monday, March 21, 2005

Guilford County GOP chairman Marcus Kindley has a weblog. The first post is classic Kindley: "The dems will do anything to hold on to power. When will they realize we are a two party state? "I guess they do by these low down underhanded tactics they use to maintain power." (via Inside Scoop) 5:37:56 PM    comment []

Faith, hope, and charity...but only some faiths, or no charity. A huge Charlotte church has reversed course and will continue to support charities that are also supported by Catholics. But it's still bailing on the Charlotte Rescue Mission, in part because Muslim students have served meals there. Isn't this a Tom Lehrer song? 1:28:36 PM    comment []

Terry Heaton is feeling pretty good about his NCAA picks. He's got 13 of the 16 teams left, including big underdogs like UW Milwaukee...and it's still good for just 4,554th place in the ESPN standings. 12:07:25 PM    comment []

Ourmedia.org: "We'll store your video, podcasts or digital photo collection for free — forever. No catches." 10:44:49 AM    comment []

Downtown Greensboro is past the tipping point and will be a very different place in five years. Justin Catanoso: "Greensboro's downtown renaissance has created enormous excitement lately. Southside is filling up. Smother's Place is nearly completed. Governor's Court is sold out. Now, the opening of First Horizon Park, and the development projects to follow, appears to be taking that excitement to new levels." He might have mentioned the Civil Rights Museum, too, and the imminent cleanup of the lots at South Elm and Lee. We're on a roll, let's take some pride in it and leverage our successes. 10:19:45 AM    comment []

Digby: "This is why we cannot trust the mainstream media." "George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient's family's wishes. It is called the Texas Futile Care Law." 10:04:07 AM    comment []

Scott Rosenberg: "It's difficult to express just how outrageous and surreal are the antics of Congress and the president this weekend around the Schiavo case." 9:55:45 AM    comment []

Greensboro City Councilwoman Sandy Carmany jumped right into blogging with her post on the Truth & Rec commission. Blunt talk on a tough issue. But Carmany seemed a little suprised by the immediate push-back she got from readers. Hoggard tells her that's the way blogging works: "My advice is for her to keep doing exactly what she is doing.  State an opinion... cite sources... explain... ask for input... consider the input... alter position if necessary... attend the Council meeting... listen some more... consider... vote." It's a conversation. You are off to a great start, Sandy -- and yes, I'm one of the people who pushed back, in what I hope was a constructive way. But let's not pretend this is always going to be easy for the politicians. That's not the point, we don't need another press-release mechanism. Look at the bruising Tom Phillips gets in the comments at his blog from the passionate and well-informed Chewie. 9:48:46 AM    comment []

Julius Hodge gets the star treatment in this morning's NY Times. Bill Rhoden: "We often talk about how this player or that epitomizes the student-athlete ideal. More often than not, it's wishful thinking. "But Julius Hodge really does." 8:58:15 AM    comment []