A Tale of Two 18 year olds

bobestes

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday August 12, 2005 · 8:38 AM PDT

2005/08/12 · 08:38

From NY Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/336290p-287262c.html

When Scott Harper's buddies found out it was their friend who plunged from the upper deck at Yankee Stadium, they were shocked for a moment - but not surprised.

The 18-year-old from Westchester County is a dedicated underachiever who organized his senior class prank and once vowed to get face time on an ESPN highlight show Read More

OH-02, Republicans, and the 401k Plan

bobestes

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday August 05, 2005 · 8:03 AM PDT

2005/08/05 · 08:03

When I took a look at the numbers from the recent OH-02 race, I was more or less shocked to see that Hackett had won the rural counties (Brown, Scioto, Adams, Pike). As most of us now know, the race was lost in the suburb/exurb land of Hamilton, Warren and Clermont.

Naturally, I've spent the better part of the last three days trying to make sense of what this means, politically. Aren't the folks out in Brown county the crazy wingnuts that vote on "morals" first, policy second? I have a theory.

I'll attribute it to the rise of the 401K. Read More

RSS