http://blog.munger4ncgov.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:46:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An amazing post from Chris Telesca: Met up with some friends last night at the Flying Saucer. It was "glass night" and you could vote for a presidential candidate (Obama or McCain) by buying their glasses. You could buy more than one, so I guess this was "approval voting" night at ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=94 Let us begin with following poll result, just to establish the baseline. This is from Public Policy Polling, January 2008, just before the Debate televised by WRAL here in Raleigh. Pat McCrory 18 Fred Smith 16 Bill Graham 13 Bob Orr 8 Elbie Powers 2 Did Bob Orr get invited to the Debate, on January ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=93 On Saturday, an invitation arrived from UNC-TV. Mike has accepted the invitation to participate in two debates on public television, Sept. 24 and October 8. This adds momentum to the effort to include Dr. Mike in ALL the debates. Previously Dr. Mike was invited to one debate, ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=92 Quite a bad day at the Munger campaign, and for journalistic consistency. 1. First, the Charlotte Observer runs this story. Notice the total ABSENCE of any mention that I even exist. Now....I have a PhD in Econ. I have worked as an analyst at the Federal Trade Commission, I ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=91 There is now a new feature on the blog called the "Holla Point," where registered users can post a message to other users. Within two days users will be able to add other registered users as friends, and send each other messages. We'll have a more vibrant community ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=90 The kinks have been worked out on the server's end. Some firewalls and stuff may prohibit you from entering the chat room, so if you're behind a work firewall or whatever, you will probably be SOL when it comes to being able to connect. Windows may try to ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=89 Michael was recently profiled on NBC 17's coverage of the gubenatorial election. Here is the clip: The original clip on the YouTube was cut off by the cropping of the clip or something, this should be the full profile of Michael by the local media. http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=88 As the blog evolves, I've decided to upload the new theme I've been spending most of my time on while working on the chat room and the message center for the blog. Here is a brief description of the new changes you will see within the next week: - Chat ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=87 The Volokhs point out that L. Spooner made it into a Supreme Court decision, cited approvingly. Amazing.... (Well, Randy Barnett was the one who wrote the post, I should note...) (Nod to the Bishop, btw) http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=86 I have an old metal sign, framed and hung on my office wall. It says: Help the President with Law Enforcement! Repeal the 18th Amendment....for Prosperity! Lots of stuff is illegal just because it happens to be against the law. Or to paraphrase the old gun slogan: If ... http://blog.munger4ncgov.com/?p=85