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Concord blogger seeks bailout

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:03:29 +0000

Halfway To Concord Contra Costa County’s most widely read independent blog, applied for a Congressional bailout this week. After witnessing Congress drop trillions of dollars down the bottomless tin cans of the U.S. Auto industry, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and numerous other financial institutions, not to mention Tesla and rumors of bailouts for corporate and state pensions, it seemed like a no-brainer to many financial industry observers.

Editor and Publisher Bill Gram-Reefer says he will ask his representative, George Miller, to walk his request through initial hearings so it can be placed at the top of the docket for the new Congressional session that begins in January. “if push comes to shove, we’ll earmark it,” said sources in Miller’s office familiar with the request. “George Miller’s office has a long history of getting his constituents entitlements whether they deserve them or not,” said the source. “The Congressman isn’t going to stop now.”

“I should get the red carpet treatment from Congress and my representative just as much as any other industry in the U.S.,” said Gram-Reefer.

Gram-Reefer dismissed charges from reporters that his online publication was, unlike the newspaper industry, neither in debt, failing, or a matter of national security. “That’s just sour grapes from the newspaper lobby,” he countered. “If there is any industry that does not deserve a bailout it’s the newspaper business, but they insist on queering the deal for everyone else just to be spoil sports.”

New blog with Concord focus

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:06 +0000

Welcome Mayor of Concord to a new local blog covering Concord, with its first story about What’s Wrong With Clayton. Apparently registered to a Koka Sexton, a vet and self-described tech geek and systems softwa re distributor,the site offers news feeds from the Contra Costa Times site, cars for sale from eBay, a link to free stuff on Craigslist, and a pending Jobs section, which would be interesting, depending on how it is implemented. A tad derivative; like we already don’t have a Mayor of Claycord. But hey, have fun, Mayor and blog on!

Concord Councilman to hold virtual office hours via weblog

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:44:06 +0000

Concord Councilman, Guy Bjerke, demonstrating once again the brave leadership Concord City Council provides, has announced he will hold virtual office hours via the Internet using his blog at http://guybjerke.typepad.com. Bjerke, probably the biggest geek currently sitting on Concord Council, hopes to answer questions and welcomes comments on his posts, and will offer (for free) occasional Solomon-like commentary on current events. Next up, don’t miss the forthcoming launch of Bill “Luddite” Shinn’s reelection campaign site!

Testing mobile blogging from iPhone

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:45:49 +0000

I am in Walnut Creek waiting in line and decided to test the new Wordpress client for iPhone 2.0. Let’s see how it works. I can see already that I may not be able to do some of the formatting required by the Revolution theme, but let’s see. Add photo first!

Bloggers v. Associated Press

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:57:06 +0000

What is fair use? AP has been bullying a blogger and intends to rewrite standard for “fair use.”

Problem posters

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:22:08 +0000

Are you a troll? Here’s an interesting post on the never-ending question about problem posters. Take the test at the bottom to see if you are one.

Ron Paul launches Phase 2

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:16:07 +0000

Ron Paul formally ended his U.S. presidential campaign and on June 13th launched “phase 2″: the Campaign for Liberty, with a blog powered by WordPress, of course.