MaxRedline (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
After ducking and weaving and with ballots already in the mail, Mike Erickson finally takes a courageous stand against allegations that he helped to conceive a child and then paid to have it aborted. He acknowledged dating a woman named...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Republican Mike Erickson, candidate for the nomination in Oregon's 5th District, has come under heavy fire lately from primary opponent Kevin Mannix, with rumors afloat that Erickson used to hold wild cocaine parties on his boat. Well, Erickson flatly denies these scurrilous allegations; he's not only never used cocaine, but "I've never used cocaine. I wouldn't know what it looks like," Erickson said,...
Upper Left Coast (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Between a big work project and a nasty cold, I haven't had the time to think much about the Mike Erickson-Kevin Mannix kerfuffle. But in light of today's developments, I forced myself to carve out a few moments on Blogger. My first reaction on reading that Mannix had released the accusations that Erickson had fathered a child and then paid for his girlfriend to abort the baby? Ewwwwwww. Ewwww for Erickson,...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters * Obama says U.S. should negotiate with Iran * Rival Clinton defends Obama * White House puzzled by Democrats' anger By Jeff Mason WATERTOWN, S.D., May 16 ( ...
Pythian Group Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 97th edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs, has been published on Brian “Krow” Aker’s Idle Thoughts. We have Jeff Smith and Ward Pond standing by for two upcoming editions. And if you'd like to contribute, make yourself known in the DBA community-at-large (and have some fun in the process), you [...]
jillstanek.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
On May 13 JivinJ posted a story in (Prolifer)ations on accusations against pro-life OR congressional candidate Mike Erickson by his opponent Kevin Mannix of paying for a girlfriend's abortion in 2000. A couple items in follow-up. First, Mannix's mailer implicated OR Right to Life as having endorsed Erickson. I received an email of clarification from Lois Anderson , political director of the ORRTL...
Rain Delay (Free subscription) | yesterday
Triple - A Richmond 2 Indianapolis 3 Josh Anderson: 1-5 1R 2K Wes Timmons: 2-5 (1)2B Barbaro Canizares: 0-3 Diory Hernandez: 0-4 1BB 2K Damian Moss: 4.0IP 5H 2BB 5K Brad Nelson: 3.0IP 5H 2R Zach Scheiber: 0.1IP 2H 1R 1BB This was Nelson's third game since being promoted from Mississippi. Double - A Mississippi 4 Chattanooga 6 Matt Young: 2-5 1RBI Jason Perry: 1-3 1BB 1K Reid [...]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paul Maslin, Salon, May 16, 2008 Thanks to John Adams and James Madison, an American presidential election really does begin and end with the Electoral College. Didn't 2000 tell us that? (Well, it ended with Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O’Connor, but you get the drift.) Critics scoff and call it an antiquated and unfair system [...]
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | yesterday
KGW-TV Newschannel 8 SALEM, Ore. -- Congressional candidate Mike Erickson is using a new television ad to respond to allegations that he paid for a woman to have an abortion. The 30-second ad, released late Wednesday, includes a bold headline...
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | yesterday
SALEM, Ore. -- The hard-fought battle for an open congressional seat took a nasty turn Monday when candidate Kevin Mannix accused his opponent, Mike Erickson, of impregnating a young woman in 2000, then dropping her off at a clinic to...
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following up on Liss's post on Bush's speech in Israel (and the post below in which Chris Matthews helps a GOP operative to make an ass of himself over the same topic) ... It's not like this is the first time that Bush has denounced his own country on foreign soil. From Kevin Baker's classic Harper's essay, "Stabbed in the Back!" : It is ironic that, even as support for his war was starting to unravel...
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Joseph B. Frazier / The Associated Press Oregon Right to Life says 5th District congressional candidate Mike Erickson "has become so tainted" by claims that he impregnated a girlfriend and paid for her abortion that he should quit the...
Electronista (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Alltel will use Long Term Evolution (LTE) for its next-generation phone network, according to statements made during a conference call discussing the provider's latest financial results. Company chief Scott Ford explained that the technology is Allt...
MAC News Network (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Alltel will use Long Term Evolution (LTE) for its next-generation phone network, according to statements made during a conference call discussing the provider's latest financial results. Company chief Scott Ford explained that the technology is Alltel's pick and that LTE will have a "significant" installed base for the company's cellular network w...
The Apple News (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Alltel will use Long Term Evolution (LTE) for its next-generation phone network, according to statements made during a conference call discussing the provider's latest financial results. Company chief Scott Ford explained that the technology is Alltel's pick and that LTE will have a "significant" installed base for the company's cellular network w...
