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Bacon’s Rebellion Strikes Again

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James A. Bacon
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The August 28, 2006, edition of Bacon’s Rebellion is now online. You can view the whole kit and kaboodle here. Or just check out the following columns:

Extreme Makeover
Burrell Saunders has mastered a skill vital to Virginia’s future: transforming suburban decay into urban cool. His talents are on display at Virginia Beach’s Town Center.
by James A. Bacon

Sportsmanship Matters
In politics, as in baseball, there is a way to play the game.
by Doug Koelemay

Someone Has to Pay
Virginia’s transportation system needs more money, but not all fund-raising schemes are created equal. Some perpetuate the status quo while others encourage innovation.
by Patrick McSweeney

The Whale on the Beach
The era of massive over-consumption of the earth’s natural capital is coming to an end. The only prayer for sustaining our quality of life is to adopt more efficient human settlement patterns.
by EM Risse

Backgrounder:
Quantification of Land Resources and the Impact on Land Conservation Efforts
by EM Risse

Saving Money, Helping Kids
Tuition Assistance Grants of $10,000 would help disabled children to attend private schools with programs tailored to their special needs — and save public schools money in the bargain.
by Geoffrey Segal

When Bureaucrats Rule
Our legislators can enact all the laws they want, but their implementation is easily thwarted if they fun afoul of our state bureaucracy.
by Phillip Rodokanakis

The Real Race Problem
Which is worse: calling someone “macaca” or painting whites as racists in order to perpetuate the cult of victimhood and keep minorities on the liberal plantation?
by James Atticus Bowden

Nice & Curious Questions
Up, Up and Away: Ballooning in Virginia.
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs

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2 responses to “Bacon’s Rebellion Strikes Again”

  1. Toomanytaxes Avatar
    Toomanytaxes

    Doug,

    Your comments seem a bit one-sided. What about Webb’s use of a clearly anti-Semetic cartoon in his campaign against Harris Miller? The silence of the liberal media on that one, while at the same time, belaboring Allen’s careless and stupid remarks are quite telling. How many stories has the Post run on the Allen remarks?

    One could make a very strong argument that the publication of a campaign ad with a clear slur against a Jewish candidate is much worse than off-the-cuff remarks by a candidate. Webb’s actions were premeditated, while Allen’s were spontaneous. But, with the mainstream media, the gravity of any candidate’s offense is measured by whether she/he is a Democrat or a Republican.

    Likewise, Tim Kaine’s breathtaking reversal of position on the issue of adequate public facilities — the issue that won him the election — was largely ignored by the press and completely ignored by the editorial writers. Toss in Kaine’s 180 on raising taxes for transportation and one would think our Governor would have been hammered in the media for promising one thing while running for office and doing the opposite. But not so. (Imagine the media coverage had the GOP captured the Governor’s seat on an issue and then abandoned it.)

    To my way of thinking, such conduct on the part of Tim Kaine is much worse that either Webb’s stupid/racist cartoon or Allen’s stupid/racist remark. But Kaine continues to receive pass after pass from the media. It just goes to show that most members of the press are Democrats first and journalists later!

  2. Ray Hyde Avatar
    Ray Hyde

    I tend to agree with you about Tim Kaines behavior following his previous (sort of) pledges. But I don’ recall him saying anything about adequate public facilities, just linking land use with transportation. The brilliance of that slogan was that both sides could read it the way they wanted to, and read it to mean APF if they wanted to.

    It’s possible, I suppose, that after he was elected and became privy to the facts the rest of us don’t necessarily have to face, that he decided one way to link transportation with land use was to spend more money.

    It seems to me the Governor ought to be able to admit he was wrong and change his mind. Provided he is up front about the reasons.

    That last part has been lacking.

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