It happened last night......SNOW! In October!!
Over a foot in the Adirondacks........enough to make the Green Mountains white!
Even a dusting in that banana belt, the Lake Champlain Islands!!
And it's still just October!
Shaping up to be quite the winter!!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Bait the Hook Douglas, Bait The Hook!!
Crossposted @ www.greenmountaindaily.com
It should be of no surprise to anyone in the Green Mountains that our state is in economic trouble. For six years Jim Douglas has been at the helm, how we again elect a captain who cannot bait his own hook? That was a very telling moment on that riverbank when Douglas's own Fish and Wildlife employee had to bait his hook for him.
Did the state employee feel that his boss was unable or unwilling to bait his own hook? Did Douglas not want to dirty himself, but just enjoy some photo-ops with a rod in hand? This is again to me a central theme in the whole Jim Douglas theory of governing Vermont.
He sets himself to look like he's doing all these great things, when really he not accomplishing anything worthwhile. If our governor does not grasp the concept of baiting a hook for himself and searching out a fish, how good will he be at attracting new business? That's indeed the very thing Vermont must do, fish for some businesses to grow here, using incentives as our bait. Incentives to relocate here, expand, and grow their business here.
Again with the fishing analogies, but we also need a governor who knows what to do when s/he's got one on the line. They need to know how to finesse the fish into the net, so we don't go home empty handed. We need to work with businesses that are already here that we've "hooked". We need to keep them here, and help them to grow here. Their successes are our successes.
That's why Jim Douglas's failure to bait his own hooks makes me question his ability to lead Vermont through these troubled times. If he needs other people to do his work for him, why are we electing him in the first place? I understand delegating responsibility and such, but this is where the governor needs to rise to a leadership role.
The next governor of Vermont needs to say it's their responsibility to find work for Vermonters and they're not gonna rest till they do. That's not the vibe I get from Douglas when he has state employees bait his hooks for him. It's more like, I have people do my work for me so if they fail, the blame doesn't fall on me, and I can point fingers elsewhere.
It should be of no surprise to anyone in the Green Mountains that our state is in economic trouble. For six years Jim Douglas has been at the helm, how we again elect a captain who cannot bait his own hook? That was a very telling moment on that riverbank when Douglas's own Fish and Wildlife employee had to bait his hook for him.
Did the state employee feel that his boss was unable or unwilling to bait his own hook? Did Douglas not want to dirty himself, but just enjoy some photo-ops with a rod in hand? This is again to me a central theme in the whole Jim Douglas theory of governing Vermont.
He sets himself to look like he's doing all these great things, when really he not accomplishing anything worthwhile. If our governor does not grasp the concept of baiting a hook for himself and searching out a fish, how good will he be at attracting new business? That's indeed the very thing Vermont must do, fish for some businesses to grow here, using incentives as our bait. Incentives to relocate here, expand, and grow their business here.
Again with the fishing analogies, but we also need a governor who knows what to do when s/he's got one on the line. They need to know how to finesse the fish into the net, so we don't go home empty handed. We need to work with businesses that are already here that we've "hooked". We need to keep them here, and help them to grow here. Their successes are our successes.
That's why Jim Douglas's failure to bait his own hooks makes me question his ability to lead Vermont through these troubled times. If he needs other people to do his work for him, why are we electing him in the first place? I understand delegating responsibility and such, but this is where the governor needs to rise to a leadership role.
The next governor of Vermont needs to say it's their responsibility to find work for Vermonters and they're not gonna rest till they do. That's not the vibe I get from Douglas when he has state employees bait his hooks for him. It's more like, I have people do my work for me so if they fail, the blame doesn't fall on me, and I can point fingers elsewhere.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
BREAKING NEWS IN THE SPOOF NEWS WORLD; VERMONT BLOGOSPHERE FEELS EFFECTS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC ROLLERCOASTER
This just in, the Vermont Blogosphere has been hit hard by the national economic instability forcing everyones favorite Vermont blogs to be renamed;
Vermont Stray Cat
Vermont Recession
Vermont Scrap Anything
Vermont Oracle For Hire
Vermont Humdinger
Vermont Gardener Taking New Clients
Vermont Field Journal For Reminiscing
Vermont Daily Mugging
Vermont Blows
Beg and Plead
Welfare of Vermont
Idiocy and Spare Change
Green Mountain Two Cents
Refrain From Buy Land
Five Before Broke
Evolving Piggybanks
Flanking Maneuvers
Contribute to Bill Doyle's Next Campaign
Hope things get better soon!! :)
Vermont Stray Cat
Vermont Recession
Vermont Scrap Anything
Vermont Oracle For Hire
Vermont Humdinger
Vermont Gardener Taking New Clients
Vermont Field Journal For Reminiscing
Vermont Daily Mugging
Vermont Blows
Beg and Plead
Welfare of Vermont
Idiocy and Spare Change
Green Mountain Two Cents
Refrain From Buy Land
Five Before Broke
Evolving Piggybanks
Flanking Maneuvers
Contribute to Bill Doyle's Next Campaign
Hope things get better soon!! :)
Democrats For Douglas
Crossposted at www.greenmountaindaily.com
Now that I've got your attention, this little ad on the TV has me ammused. This is not the first time we've seen this ad, with the very same people. It's the one he uses campaign cycle after cycle, and to effect. It's not an attack ad, nor is it negative really. Kind of a neutralizer ad suggesting the democrats may not fully support their candidate.
I must say hands down this is my favorite go to tool in the whole Douglas Campaign re-election chest. It's predictable, we see it campaign after campaign. But my question to Governor Douglas is that are we to think the ad's still current? I mean here we are a couple years later, has their opinion of Douglas not to have changed? How will these "democrats" vote this election cycle?
To me it's kind of reminiscint of the whole Douglas theory of governorship; take old ideas, give them a new spin, repackage it, and sell it to the people as what they need. I'm not buying it, it's a rope a dope, a shell game. Watch one hand while the other does what it wants.
He's had a fair shake at being Governor of Vermont, what has he really done for us? Sure, he can point fingers and blame everyone but Douglas, but is that moving our state forward? Are any of us better off now than we were before he became Governor? We need to think about this dearly as we vote for the next governor.
I still don't know how this election will playout with the record turnout predicted. It's quite possible that a vote for anyone other than Douglas, may do nothing but help Douglas out. It's a sticky situation. If the election gets tossed to the legislature, a majority of Vermonters would have not voted for Douglas, but he'd be the candidate with the most votes. This would mean Vermonters wanted a new governor, but were unsure of who among the other candidates.
What would the legislature decide? Boy, that's a whole other can of worms, makes who you vote for this fall awfully important. Lots of things to think about in the weeks leading up to the election.......
Now that I've got your attention, this little ad on the TV has me ammused. This is not the first time we've seen this ad, with the very same people. It's the one he uses campaign cycle after cycle, and to effect. It's not an attack ad, nor is it negative really. Kind of a neutralizer ad suggesting the democrats may not fully support their candidate.
I must say hands down this is my favorite go to tool in the whole Douglas Campaign re-election chest. It's predictable, we see it campaign after campaign. But my question to Governor Douglas is that are we to think the ad's still current? I mean here we are a couple years later, has their opinion of Douglas not to have changed? How will these "democrats" vote this election cycle?
To me it's kind of reminiscint of the whole Douglas theory of governorship; take old ideas, give them a new spin, repackage it, and sell it to the people as what they need. I'm not buying it, it's a rope a dope, a shell game. Watch one hand while the other does what it wants.
He's had a fair shake at being Governor of Vermont, what has he really done for us? Sure, he can point fingers and blame everyone but Douglas, but is that moving our state forward? Are any of us better off now than we were before he became Governor? We need to think about this dearly as we vote for the next governor.
I still don't know how this election will playout with the record turnout predicted. It's quite possible that a vote for anyone other than Douglas, may do nothing but help Douglas out. It's a sticky situation. If the election gets tossed to the legislature, a majority of Vermonters would have not voted for Douglas, but he'd be the candidate with the most votes. This would mean Vermonters wanted a new governor, but were unsure of who among the other candidates.
What would the legislature decide? Boy, that's a whole other can of worms, makes who you vote for this fall awfully important. Lots of things to think about in the weeks leading up to the election.......
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Poop Or Get Off The Pot Already!!
Well it’s getting down to that time in this election cycle that I’m sick of it. All the candidates do is spend their time attacking each other. This other candidate is worse than me because…. This is not constructive, nor does it do our state, or nation’s history the justice it deserves.
Where is the change? Where are the plans to help Vermonters and Americans live out and afford their lives? Where is the foresight to say this is the future we want to have and these are the steps we’re going to take to get there?
Another election, another disappointment. Are there no great people or do great people not run for public office? We live in argueably the best state, in the best nation in the world. Why the negativity? Our fate is not pre-determined. In the words of Tom Petty, “the future’s wide open.”
Vermonters, Americans have persevered. No matter how bad things have been, we’re still here. We’ve banded together before and overcome obstacles. New Hampshire Grants, Independence, statehood, civil war, depression, World Wars, and every war since.
We will make it. We just need good leaders, and a plan to get us there. We will live more in harmony with our environment. We will feed everyone, we will make sure if someone is hurt, sick or ill they have access to the medical attention they need. We will make sure everyone has a roof over their heads, and a safe place to sleep at night.
We will make sure everyone has a fair slice of the American dream. We will provide equal access to the resources people need to live productive and satisfying lives. America cannot be about survival of the fittest. We will not, and cannot leave the economically disadvantaged behind. If we fail in this, are we truly the greatest state, the greatest nation on earth?
Where is the change? Where are the plans to help Vermonters and Americans live out and afford their lives? Where is the foresight to say this is the future we want to have and these are the steps we’re going to take to get there?
Another election, another disappointment. Are there no great people or do great people not run for public office? We live in argueably the best state, in the best nation in the world. Why the negativity? Our fate is not pre-determined. In the words of Tom Petty, “the future’s wide open.”
Vermonters, Americans have persevered. No matter how bad things have been, we’re still here. We’ve banded together before and overcome obstacles. New Hampshire Grants, Independence, statehood, civil war, depression, World Wars, and every war since.
We will make it. We just need good leaders, and a plan to get us there. We will live more in harmony with our environment. We will feed everyone, we will make sure if someone is hurt, sick or ill they have access to the medical attention they need. We will make sure everyone has a roof over their heads, and a safe place to sleep at night.
We will make sure everyone has a fair slice of the American dream. We will provide equal access to the resources people need to live productive and satisfying lives. America cannot be about survival of the fittest. We will not, and cannot leave the economically disadvantaged behind. If we fail in this, are we truly the greatest state, the greatest nation on earth?
RE: ABSENTEE BALLOT
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Vote by absentee ballot.
Get it sent in to your town clerk, now and lock in your say in one of the most important elections in the history of Vermont, and the United States of America.
You won’t even have to worry about where you need to be, or when the polls close on election day.
Who cares who you vote for, just vote.
The rest of your life you’ll get to say you either voted for the guy who
saved America, or the guy who screwed it up even worse!
Vote!!
Vote now!!!
Vote by absentee ballot.
Get it sent in to your town clerk, now and lock in your say in one of the most important elections in the history of Vermont, and the United States of America.
You won’t even have to worry about where you need to be, or when the polls close on election day.
Who cares who you vote for, just vote.
The rest of your life you’ll get to say you either voted for the guy who
saved America, or the guy who screwed it up even worse!
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