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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 17, 2010

Those ingenious Chinese have come up with a bizarre, capitalism-inspired money-making ploy in an overcrowded park in Eastern China… but are trying to put a communist/socialist spin on it. That somehow this wacky technology guarantees a “fair” and “shared” and “redistributed” environment for Chinese park-goers. Yeah, right. Coin-operated park benches… with steel spikes that rise [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Government, Social and Political Climate, Technology | 3 Comments »
Tags: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, China, coin-operated bench, Congress, Democrat, Fabian Brunsing, Harry Reid, money, Nancy Pelosi, park, park bench, park bench spikes, revenue, Shangdong, Shangdong Province, socialism, socialist, spikes, Yantai Park

Vicki McClure Davidson | August 17, 2010

  Breaking news… The verdict is in. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty in his Chicago corruption trial on one count: that of lying to the FBI. On the other 23 counts against him, the jury was deadlocked. From The Chicago Tribune: Blago guilty on one count: Lying to the FBI; faces up to [...]

Category: Government, Law & Constitution, Social and Political Climate | 7 Comments »
Tags: Barack Obama, Blago, Blago guilty, Blago trial, Blago verdict, Blagojevich guilty, Blagojevich trial, Blagojevich verdict, Chicago, Congress, Democrat, FBI, George Ryan, Gov. Blagojevich, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, governor, Illinois, Illinois governor, jury, Obama, Patti Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Sam Adam Jr., Senate, Senate seat

Vicki McClure Davidson | August 17, 2010

I was born and lived in Los Angeles County until my family moved to Arizona when I was a teen. Southern Californians are, for the most part, accustomed to frequent traffic jams and rush hour traffic (an oxymoron, if I ever heard one), and will amicably roll with the flow of living and driving in [...]

Category: Entertainment, Celebrities, Government, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate | 5 Comments »
Tags: Barack Obama, California, California fundraiser, Democrat, Democrats, DNC fundraiser, election, fundraiser, fundraising parties, Hollywood, John Wells, LA, LA traffic, liberal, Los Angeles, November election, Obama, political, politics, POTUS, Pres. Obama, Santa Monica, traffic