20080317 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Monday, March 17, 2008

General Assembly Journal 2008 – Volume 4

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Less than four weeks to go, and some of the biggest battles remain to be fought. Seems odd, but it’s completely natural in Annapolis.

Political Pornography

Steven R. Berryman

Just imagine that – in 10 years or so – you will be reminding yourself of just where you were and what you were doing when Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D., N.Y.) abruptly resigned his sacred office. Not!

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Friday, March 14, 2008

Politics of Desperation

Roy Meachum

Geraldine Ferraro's withdrawal from the Clinton campaign drowned in the flood of news generated by the New York governor's resignation. Elliot Spitzer accepted the inevitable. The lady was altogether another case.

Politics as Usual – Sadly

Patricia A. Kelly

My life as a Republican was altered forever on the day the United States Senate attempted to circumvent the ruling of the state of Florida regarding Terry Schiavo. Bill Frist, a Tennessee senator, and cardio-thoracic surgeon said that, in his opinion from viewing a four year old videotape, there were signs of life in Terry, in spite of multiple court rulings that she was in a persistent vegetative state.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Character Counts…

Chris Cavey

The race to become the 44th President of the United States has boiled down to three individuals, two Democrat and one Republican. There are some similarities, such as all three are members of the human race and each have the letters a, c and o in their name. They are also each members of the U.S. Senate, however only one passes underwriting standards.

“Sing A Song Of Sixpence…”

Joan McIntyre

Perceptions.................. what are they and how do they develop?

My perception is that our government spends too much of our money.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

“Power to Tax, Not Power to Destroy…”

Kevin E. Dayhoff

…With all apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; but today is being dubbed as “tax day” in the Maryland General Assembly.

Gilgamesh and such…

Tom McLaughlin

I have tried many different and unique ways to meet ladies of quality and one of them is to join poetry groups. My logic is that warm, sensitive and intelligent women would be attracted to these gatherings and I would woo them with my rhymes.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Commissioners' No Common Sense

Roy Meachum

Sweeping aside the short-neck, no-growth mentality promoted chiefly by newcomers, will someone please explain why Frederick's Board of County Commissioners insisted on penalizing taxpayers again by their erratic logic?

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Monday, March 10, 2008

Casa de Illegals

Steven R. Berryman

Historians contend that “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” While The Maryland General Assembly is allowing time for debate on key issues such as the protection for “Doo-Wop” singers against copyright infringement, consequential issues like the current illegal immigration disaster fall by the wayside. Do we really want to hold a nationally infamous title as a “Sanctuary State?”

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March 6, 2008

Making Trash Go Away – Part 2

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The February 26^th joint meeting between Frederick and Carroll County over how to make trash go away came after two years of discussions and deliberations resulting from the Frederick County commissioners’ adoption of Resolution 06-05, on February 16, 2006.

March 5, 2008

Making Trash Go Away – Part One

Kevin E. Dayhoff

On February 26, the Frederick and Carroll County commissioners met to discuss how to make a combined 1,100 tons of trash-a-day go away.