Turncoat Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) took his wife and an legislative aide on an 11 day New Year's vacation. Specter reported that the trip cost $2,800 but the true cost was $70,000+ when you factor in the cost of military air travel. Conveniently, they always manage to leave that expense out . Rep. Ike Shelton (D-MO) and 10 other members of Congress traveled to Hawaii, Guam, Japan, South Korea at...
In this month’s episode of Rep. Walter Jones’s (R-NC) TV show, Washington Watch, Jones hosted Dick Armey, former House Speaker and current chairman of the right-wing astroturf group FreedomWorks. About halfway through their conversation, Jones suggests that President Obama could have benefited from taking several months off in the beginning of his presidency to study [...]
Last week I stumbled across an interesting article completely unrelated to the 49ers . A writer for the Seattle Times put together a ranking of the 15 most important Seahawks for the 2009 season. Matt Hasselbeck topped the list, followed by Patrick Kerney , Walter Jones and TJ Houshmandzadeh. I can see how those four might be your most important guys. After reading the article, I thought, why not come...
OK, I think I know Congress's new moto for the Navy. Efforts by local congressmen to block moving a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier to Florida and to give more clout to opponents of the Navy's proposed outlying landing field won approval in the U.S. House in Washington on Thursday. The measures were included in the House legislation that would authorize $680 billion for defense spending in 2010, including...
All of North Carolina’s Republicans (Sue Myrick, Virginia Foxx, Howard Coble, Walter Jones and Patrick McHenry) voted against the carbon-tax bill that came up for a vote at 7:17 tonight. Two Democrats, Mike McIntyre and Larry Kissell, also voted against this calamitous legislation, which passed the House by a 219-212 vote, despite no one having [...]
Yesterday, we saw that Brian Urlacher was the only Bears player to get featured on ESPN's All-Decade Defense. Today, they have released their All-Decade Offense. Before I clicked their article , I tried to see how many Chicago players could make the list, and I came up with the only name that ESPN did. Center, Olin Kreutz : This was a three-way toss-up between Kreutz, Kevin Mawae and Matt Birk . All...
More photos » by Ted S. Warren - AP Seattle's tackles turn on the health of Walter Jones. Browse more photos » Seattle Seahawks Blogger: John Morgan I’m in a tough spot. There was a time I would guess about Walter Jones . I would guess if he’s healthy enough to play and if healthy enough to play, at what level. I won’t do that. Because of that, Seattle’s tackle ranking...
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP Julius Jones doesn't have to play better to rush for a thousand yards. He needs a better team and more touches. Browse more photos » Overview: On March 3, 2008 and before cutting Shaun Alexander , Seattle signed Julius Jones to a four-year, $11.8 million contract. Maurice Morris started week one. Morris left with a knee injury and Jones would start...
from Trout Unlimited: WASHINGTON—Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives June 10th that will help improve populations of fish and wildlife on America’s National Forests and BLM lands. “The America’s Wildlife Heritage Act is a bill that is good for America’s sportsmen and women because it will compel [...]...
Walter Jones - Living Without Your Love [mp3] in DFA we trust their new signee is Walter Jones makes our faith stronger head over to FADER to read a nice interview
Perennial champion label DFA 's newest release is from the somewhat reclusive Walter Jones . Jones, who DFA was introduced to first through their Death From Abroad compilations and his work with Supersoul Records, is actually from New Orleans, Louisiana. Despite his Southern heritage, Jones' music is more aligned with the chipper soul of Chicago's early lo-fi house minus the creepy tantalization of...
Photo's credited to: (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Deion Branch looked over his shoulder at a grassy hill to the side of the Seahawks' practice field. The Seahawks wide receiver has hopped, run and shuffled up and down it during tedious rehabilitation sessions during most of the last two years while recovering from knee, foot and leg injuries. "I'm going to leave that thing alone. I'm done. I did pretty...
Support H.R. 539, to Limit Federal Courts’ Right to Rule on Abortion! H. R. 539, the “We the People Act “introduced by Rep. Ron Paul (R.-Texas) and initially cosponsored by Reps. Walter Jones (R.-N.C.) and Ted Poe (R.-Texas), would limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts, most notably on matters related to religious liberty, sexual orientation, [...]
(Photo: Jeff R Williams) Do you remember those Zola Jesus tracks we posted a little while back? Pretty big, weren't they? The girl - real name Nika Roza Danilova - could wail, belting out distress calls over lo-fi scratch and four-track hum. It's Nika who lends her voice to "The Bull And The Ram", one of the first tracks to emerge from the ranks of Former Ghosts , also the project of Freddy...
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