Some of you know I used to play piano and sing for a living.  This HoggFest video (MPEG) recorded by Don Moore (the other one) demonstrates why I almost starved to death. (IE users click here if you dare)

  Thanks Don... I think.

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Guilford GOP Chair Marcus Kindley has finally stopped comparing everything he disagrees with as being related to Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.  He has looked further east for his latest comparison.

Kindley likens Mark Felt's role as Deep Throat thusly:  "...sounds to me like the tactics of the KGB."  It's good to see intellectual growth in our political leaders happen right before our eyes.  Don't you think?

The Chairman goes on to allege, "...The MSM is hailing him (Felt) as the hero de jour".  (MSM is short for "mainstream media BTW)

I haven't heard or read of many 'hero' claims except cautious ones from Felt's own family.  Mostly I'm hearing suspicions regarding Felt's possible motivations for ratting out to Woodward and Bernstien - but not so much about his legacy, yet.  But Kindley seems to have a proclivity for taking in a lot more of that dreaded "liberal media" stuff than I do, so there's no telling what news he's being fed.

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Longtime local blogger Jay Ovitorre makes his editorial debut in this week's Yes!Weekly.   Stem Cell Resarch is Pro-Life.

David Wharton gives coincidental counterpoint to Jay with I, Zygote.

I don't care who you are, you have to admit that some of the best stuff being written hereabouts is coming from local webloggers.

Ed note: I first posted that Jay was paid for his column and Wharton was, of course, unpaid.  Truth is, they are both still starving writers.

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On the links between Action Greensboro and our city government, what Gate City "...can't understand is why a private group like Action Greensboro continues to play such a role in (the City's) budget decisions. ...I find it an interesting combination."

The leaders of Action Greensboro have often stated it is their intention to close up shop within five years (or so) of inception.  The organization opened their doors in 2001, so that doesn't give them much more time if they stick to their original plans 

From AG's recent efforts to "partner" with the City for what started out to be quasi-private investments in our city's future, I think the answer to Gate's wondering might be this: Action Greensboro is running low on time and money, but still has a large reserve of ongoing and unfinished initiatives on their agenda.  Its looks increasingly like it might be the taxpayer's turn at bat. (pun intended)

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Nate DeGraff's N&R article on the continuing saga of the Parks/Wade election spat apparently didn't make the paper's 3:00a online cut.  To find it at all you have to flip pages way back to B5 in the print edition.  Nevertheless, the upshot of the latest wrangling over which of the two should ultimately occupy the long-disputed at-large County Commissioner seat is this: according to the state elections office, its not over.  Here's what's next:

"Up to 376 voters could be asked to testify or submit affidavits as to where they lived around the time of the election."

That's enough former Commissioner Wade.  You ran at large, which means every voter in Guilford County had the opportunity to vote for you last November.  Every subsequent count of the ballots indicates you came up short. 

So, precincts aside, unless this next desperate and expensive attempt for you to keep that seat on the Commission uncovers the unlikely scenario that 244 of the 376 disputed provisional ballots were cast by citizens of Forsyth or Davidson Counties, you were, unfortunately, defeated.

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