I know, I know. I said I’d try to get back into the habit of more-regular postings, and I didn’t do it. I’m a bad, bad webmaster (lol). In all seriousness, things have been pretty busy but things have also been pretty good. I was on a high for about a week after seeing Roger Waters in concert a week-ago Saturday.
The Politics of Old Opinions
In this goofy political culture, anything any politician ever said or wrote in their entire life is apparently fair game for opposition mudslinging. According to recent reports by the hyperventilating local and national media, you would think that the race for Senator from Virginia is between an avowed racist Republican and an avowed sexist Democrat. I think both characterizations are false and unfair.
U.S. Senate, Virginia, 2006
In the race for the Senate from Virginia, staunchly conservative incumbent George Allen (R) is pitted against novelist and former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb (D) and long-shot candidate Gail Parker (IG). Allen was Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1994-1998 and is vying for his second term in the Senate.
U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia’s 11th District, 2006
In the race for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District (Fairfax City and portions of Fairfax and Prince William Counties), moderate incumbent Tom Davis (R) is up against Andrew Hurst (D) and Ferdinando Greco (IG). Davis is seeking his seventh term representing the 11th District in the House.
Virginia Statewide Ballot Issues, 2006
Citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia will be voting on three state constitutional amendments on November 7. These amendments would each add, remove, or change text in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This year, they range from small, ‘routine’ modifications (Questions #2 and #3) to a major addition addressing an extremely controversial issue (Question #1).
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.