Videocast | AFP News sits down with Sam Rasoul
AFP News sits down with Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee Sam Rasoul about the 2008 elections. Length: 6:52.
Videocast: AFP News reports on the Bush Legacy Tour
Chris Graham of AFP News reports on the stop of the Bush Legacy Bus Tour in Waynesboro on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Length: 5:14.
Haresh Daswani: Hindu Extremists
Column by Haresh Daswani
I have watched several news reports about Hindus that have attacked Christian temples in South India. These acts were barbaric and despotic. This does, indeed, cause an international uproar that I do find unimaginable.
But they never did talk about the entire proper story. Here is a more complete situation in rural South India.
Rural villagers do not have centralized religion. They have community temples where they pray and there are village gurus who impart basic knowledge.
Due to their lack of knowledge, just like everywhere else in the world, their choice of action would not be considered civil and peaceful. They are emotionally charged and usually have a tendency to do things that we would all regret, even if we were not the ones who committed the action.
Valley Blue Dog: Republican Tricks, Democratic Treats!
Column by Steven Sisson
Halloween is a time for dressing up in a costume and wearing a mask and having fun. But grownups wear masks, too, especially politicians, and more than ever Republicans are masking the truth behind their agenda.
According to nationwide polls, 70 percent of leaders can’t be trusted. The Blue Dog says it’s time to take off the Halloween mask with these lackluster politicians and conservatives. No more play-acting. Remove the actors mask and be yourself, I say.
George Bush mask: Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, who voted with President George Bush 90 percent of the time and supported a failed war policy in the Middle East.
Sixth District: It’s time for new blood in Congress
Story by Chris Graham
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Sam Rasoul forced the Sixth District Democratic Party to live up to its name.
It had been 10 years since the party had even tried to challenge Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte in the Sixth, after his 40-point win over then-Roanoke mayor David Bowers in a race that had seemed at the outset like one that the Dems could compete in and win. And so it was that every two years I would call up the late David Layman beginning in January or early February and ask him some version of, Do you have anybody in mind for November this time around?
Fifth District: A vote for solutions, not controversy
Story by Chris Graham
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The Danville Register and Bee endorsement editorial put it well, I think. Noting that the paper hadn’t endorsed a Democrat since Virgil Goode was a Democrat, the editorial board relayed that it is changing course not because it is leaving Virgil Goode. “Virgil Goode,” the Register and Bee said, “has left us.”
That has become readily apparent the past two years, as Goode has moved from the far right wing of the Republican Party squarely into whackjob territory, making headlines with his self-generated controversy over comments about a fellow member of Congress taking his oath of office on the Koran and then most recently nonsensically blaming the financial crisis on Wall Street on a favorite political bogieman, illegal immigrants.
Sports: Doring ready to take Richards down for the 1-2-3
Story by Chris Graham
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Danny Doring and Stevie Richards were both ECW Originals, so you’d probably assume that their paths had crossed somewhat regularly back in the glory days of E-C-Dub. And you’d be wrong.
“We probably only crossed paths in the ring two, three times, which isn’t a lot in 10 years,” said Doring, who will square off with Richards in the main event of Night of the Superstars VI at Waynesboro High School on Nov. 8.
The card is a fundraiser for the UVa. Children’s Hospital. General-admission tickets are available for $10 and are on sale now at the WHS athletics office, at 7-Eleven in Fishersville and Stuarts Draft, and at Crossroads Music in Waynesboro and Staunton.
Doring, a former ECW tag-team champion with his longtime partner, Roadkill, has been doing well for himself on the independent circuit since the demise of ECW in 2001 and his release from WWE in 2006. “I’m actually busier now than I’ve been in years,” said Doring, who is also working into his busy wrestling schedule work toward a certification in physical therapy. “I figure I broke or injured every bone in my body, so I pretty much know the anatomy pretty well. So it would be a natural progression,” Doring said. “Plus it’s kind of like police work. There’s always going to be demand for people who are injured or are criminals, so they’re the best two fields with the economy being the way it is.”
Kathryn McMillan: How to have a stress-free holiday
Column by Kathryn McMillan
This is the time of year that everyone should be enjoying time with family and loved ones, and that includes you!
Yes! You can have dinner parties and enjoy your guests! You can make time to go to the mall and enjoy your shopping without rushing! You can enjoy decorating your home without the stress or spending too much money!
How? Follow these tips and enjoy the holidays!
Waynesboro: Fishburne Color Guard to present colors at JMU-Delaware football game
Story by Chris Graham
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The Fishburne Color Guard has the honor of presenting the colors before the James Madison-Delaware football game on Saturday.
The game will be the Homecoming game for JMU, which is ranked #1 nationally in I-AA football.
“We are thrilled that our Color Guard has the chance to take part in this special event at JMU,” Color Guard Advisor First Sgt. Jim Hensley said. “Thanks to their hard work and dedication, this group never fails to inspire with their performances.”
Members of the Color Guard involved in the presentation include Justin Knuth, Color Guard Commander, FMS junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Zimmerman of Stafford; Alexander Macavoy-Gomez, Battalion Commander, senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gomez of La Grande, Ore.; Justin Ford, sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Ford Jr., Miramar, Fla.; Jordan Chambers-Blair, junior, son of Ms. Letisha Blair, of Charlotte, N.C.; Matthew Tisdelle, Junior, son of Dr. and Mrs. Michael Tisdelle, of Fishersville; and Tzu-Han “Evan” Pai, Senior, nephew of Mrs. Eugenia Henry of Sparks, Md., originally from Taipei, Taiwan.
Charlottesville: New Mexico governor to host town hall for Obama
Staff Report
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be in Charlottesville Friday morning to participate in a town hall with voters on behalf of the Barack Obama presidential campaign.
The event will be held at the Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center at 1400 Melbourne Road and will begin at 10:15 a.m.
The town hall is free and open to the public.
Waynesboro: Traveling museum on Bush years to stop downtown
Story by Chris Graham
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A museum on wheels dedicated to the legacy, such that it is, of the George W. Bush years will be in Waynesboro on Friday.
The Bush Legacy Bus will make a stop at the Democratic Committee Election Headquarters in Willow Oak Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 45-foot, 28-ton bus features several interactive exhibits providing information on the failed policies of the Bush administration and its allies in Congress.
The Washington, D.C.,-based progressive advocacy group Americans United for Change has taken the traveling museum on a 40-state, 20,000-mile journey across the United States since it left the nation’s capital on June 24.
More information on the tour is available online at www.bushlegacytour.com.
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David Cox: Abraham Delano Obama
Posted October 31, 2008
Readers of this column may not be surprised that Barack Obama is my choice for president of the United States. What may surprise them is how long it took me last spring to get to that opinion. But, having made it, subsequent events have confirmed, at least in my own mind, the wisdom of electing him.
Last winter and spring, I supported another candidate. No, not her. Subsequent revelations about the man I’m now too embarrassed to mention have proven how inappropriate he would have been.
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