FOX News: Following Best Practices of FL-S Newsroom?

We haven’t had an opportunity to place the FL-S graphics department in our cross-hairs, in quite some time. 
And who could possibly forget the classic FL-S blunder from 2007, when a story about then-State Senate candidate Albert Pollard was matched with a photograph of convicted spy, Jonathan Pollard?
But now it appears that FOX News, and especially the snarky [...]

With “Democrats” Like These…

…who needs Republicans?
Black voters in North Carolina have been getting mysterious robo-calls from a man calling himself “Lamont Williams.” The deadline for voting in Tuesday’s NC presidential primary has already come and gone, but the phone calls in question tell voters to wait for something to come in the mail and then, ”All you need to do is sign [...]

Heroes Treated Like Animals *UPDATE*

This video is 10 minutes long, but it needs to be seen. Send it to everyone you know.
 

UPDATE: It worked.
AP:
Army officials said Tuesday they are inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, N.C., last week are widespread.
Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, who is responsible for maintaining barracks [...]

Sens. Webb & Warner Among Those Supporting New G.I. Bill

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, HUNDREDS OF IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN WAR VETERANS CALL FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF WEBB GI BILL
Rally on Capitol Hill for “Post-9/11 Veterans Assistance Act” (S.22/ H.R. 5740)
Washington, DC- More than two hundred veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from across the country converged on Capitol Hill Tuesday to join members of [...]

Mark Warner Kicking Things Off

Go here to see where Mark Warner will be on his official campaign kick-off tour May 4-6. He’s not coming to Fredericksburg, but he’ll be in NOVA, Richmond, and pretty much every where else in the commonwealth.
UPDATE: This makes things easier:
Abingdon - May 4 at 5:00 PM (E. Stanley Middle School)
Roanoke - May 5 at [...]

Stewart: Can’t Someone Else Pay For It?

In an episode of The Simpsons, Homer got elected Sanitation Commisioner with the campaign slogan: Can’t Someone Else Do It? And since the residents of the fictional town of Springfield U.S.A. are a bunch of reactionary buffoons, Simpson won in a landlside. Thank god voters that stupid only exist on sitcoms. Right?
The Washington Post:
Hundreds of [...]

Washington’s and Fredericksburg Region’s Future: 2025

Marc Fisher’s cover story in today’s WaPo Sunday Magazine is a must-read.
We’ll put it to you this way: If you believe what’s speculated, Fred2Blue Land is going to be a lot different in 2025 than it is, today.

Wittman on Energy Independence

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA 01):
“Hybrid cars are the technology of the day, but I think there’s a lot of room for us to increase the efficiencies. If we can do things to increase efficiencies there, that will take a lot of pressure off demand.”
As Lowell at RaisingKaine points out… Wittman talks a good game, but [...]

To Tree, Or Not to Tree: That is the Question

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style
The front-page article in yesterday’s WaPo detailed the ambitious efforts of some large American cities to reforest their urban landscapes: 100,000 new trees in Boston by 2020; 649,000 new trees in Seattle (one for every man, woman, and child in the city); 1 million new trees in Denver by 2025; and [...]

Angry Stafford Group Ponders Trip to New York

Judie Brown, head of Stafford’s American Life League, is angry at comedian/talk show host Bill Maher for recent comments he made on his HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher.
Stafford County Sun:
“If you have a few hundred followers and they let you molest a few hundred children, they call you a ‘cult leader.’ If you [...]

DMV’s License Plate Screening: Oops, We Missed One!

We all know that Virginia DMV’s policy towards vanity license plates is pretty loosey goosey. In other words, don’t mess with the cash cow. 
There’s very little that gets rejected by our favorite state service.
The litmus test:
PRAZ JZS         (Good)

S8N LUVR        (Bad…very,very bad)
So how did this prize plate get lost in the shuffle?  From Just Humor Me.

Fred2Blue Passes 5-Month Mark, Unveils New Look

To paraphrase John “Hey kid, get off my lawn” McCain:

(MY) FRIENDS…Break out that hats and party favors, Fred2Blue is now 5 months old.  We’ve cut our teeth, we’re eating solid food, and we’re down to 2 naps a day, although on occasion we wake up early and steal the other toddlers’ binkies.
This is our 260th [...]

RTD: Eric Cantor for Vice-President

Bob Rayner of the Richmond Times-Dispatch has penned a column that makes the case for a McCain-Cantor ticket for the Republican Party this year. The rationale is that Rep. Eric Cantor is a) young b) Jewish and c) understands economic issues better than McCain does (which isn’t saying much). Hey, why not? Every other politician in [...]

Fredericksburg Mayors Race Coming into Focus

To anyone following the Fredericksburg Mayors race, something has become increasingly obvious: Tom Tomzak should cruise to a second term. The Free Lance-Star has just endorsed Mayor Tomzak over his opponent, fellow Fredericksburg city council member Debby Girvan. No other members of the city council are endorsing Girvan for Mayor. Lately, Mrs. Girvan has been [...]

Free Lance-Star Scolds Local Republicans

It’s now official. Stafford Co. Republicans are to the right of the most conservative newspaper in the commonwealth. To Stafford GOP Chair Susan Stimpson, they have this to say:
In her letter (”Raising the gasoline tax isn’t the answer”), Mrs. Stimpson stole the words right out of House Speaker Bill Howell’s mouth when she accused us [...]