Archive for November, 2006
Some medical personnel that came to pick up donated medical supplies.
Since the candidates were announced for the 2006 Congressional Election, everyone in the United States and in the Sixth Congressional district knew the Murphy and Gerlach race would be close. After Republican Jim Gerlach defeated Democratic candidate Lois Murphy in 2004 by a very slim margin, the 2006 election was thought to be even more [...]
Despite Matt Wertz’s initial enthusiasm to run for Congress, he experienced some difficulties while campaigning. His decision to stop actively campaigning for the 17th Congressional District seat was made public on Wednesday, September 20th. The Lebanon Daily News reported that Wertz’s decision to withdraw was due to health and family reasons. Chris Tarsa, the Lebanon [...]
Educational reform is an important issue in any race, no matter if it is at the local, state, or federal level. Reforming and funding education is an important issue that many Pennsylvania voters are concerned about. The majority of candidates who run for public office have some sort of plan or plans concerning reforming education. [...]
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Ranger Rob posted a photo:
From The New Yorker
‘Adelman said that Rumsfeld didn’t take to the message well. “He was in deep denial—deep, deep denial. And then he did a strange thing. He did fifteen or twenty minutes of posing questions to himself, and then answering them. He made the statement that we can only lose the war in America, [...]
Lois Murphy, the Democratic candidate for the 6th congressional district, is running for a spot in the House of Representatives. Her opponent is the Republican incumbent, Jim Gerlach. The race is considered one of the closest races in the nation. As of September 28, Gerlach is ahead in the polls 44% to Murphy’s 41%, with [...]
Republican Jim Gerlach and Democrat Lois Murphy indisputably have one of the closest races for the House of Representatives in America. Though Gerlach and Murphy are not strangers to this, since they ran against each other in the 2004 election, the competition between Gerlach and Murphy has intensified. The main goal of each candidate is [...]
The Pennsylvania’s Governor race is an interesting one this year. Republican celebrities have begun to emerge in the Governorship. Not too long ago in California it was Schwarzenegger and now in Pennsylvania it is the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Lynn Swann. However, what is interesting about this celebrity is that he is not really [...]
The Jamestown Project- Small Tent April 16, 2009 dsilbey
- Votes Have Consequences, or Regionalization (continued) April 14, 2009 dsilbey
- What A Regional Party Looks Like April 7, 2009 dsilbey
- What Defeat Looks Like March 31, 2009 dsilbey
- The Wrong Question March 30, 2009 dsilbey
- silbey@h-war
- ANN: Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq Video Lecture Poste
- REPLY: Trinidad during World War II (3 Responses)
- CROSS-POSTED REVIEW: H-Net Review Publication: 'About Soldiers, More or Less'
- TOC: _Defence and Peace Economics_ , Volum e 20 Issue 3
- TOC: Journal of Conflict Resolution Table of Contents for 1 August 2009; Vol. 5
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- silbey: You know it's the 21st century when your four-year-old uses the DVR remote control to pause the TV, gets candy, and then starts it again.
- silbey: @msilbey Or there's only a _Mother's_ Club: http://bit.ly/3vZVdg
- silbey: It's the 21st century when the local Jewish deli has wifi.
- silbey: @msilbey And gorilla!
- silbey: @thecline Sportsguy video: comedy gold. Extra bonus: the Doug Christie jersey he's wearing.
- silbey: @msilbey Hilarious. I think we should shout "Bingo" whenever the Redskins score from now on.
- silbey: @msilbey It's all about Vitamin D: http://bit.ly/2WlzpO
- silbey: Comedy gold: http://bit.ly/HmBm6
- silbey: @msilbey http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/healing/
- silbey: @kdhopwood What she said.
