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A smarter person would post this rant after they have successfully arrived at their final destination… but a smarter person wouldn’t have nearly this much fun.
Long story, short:  My e-ticket said the flight left at 11:20, reality said it left at 11:05.  We arrived 25 minutes before take-off, also known as 5 minutes after the [...]

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I know I said I wasn’t going to blog this week, but I just saw this article at the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation website and wanted to get a quick post out.
As most of you know, Bobby Schindler came to speak at Cornell in March this year, and it really changed the way I approach [...]

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Spring Break!

Only not.  It’s more like summer break, only still not.
Just to let everyone know, I’m going on a blogging hiatus for the week.  I have a friend coming into town to visit for a few days and then I’m headed out east again.  So, in the next 5-6 days there will be much fun-having, suitcase-packing, [...]

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I’ve just heard that Gov. Freudenthal has chosen Dr. John Barrasso to replace the late Senator Craig Thomas.
I can’t find any news stories yet, but updates will be forthcoming.
UPDATE: (10:02AM)
Here is a copy of the email sent to all WY state workers –
Remember, folks, you heard it here first …
Juliette Rule
Information Officer
Wyoming Department [...]

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From Edward Whelan at the National Review Online,
“The Next Supreme Court Vacancy: There’s plenty of room to confirm another strong justice.”
If a Supreme Court vacancy unexpectedly develops this summer, the conventional wisdom is that President Bush will find it extremely difficult or impossible to get a strong proponent of judicial restraint confirmed by the [...]

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Just in from the Governor’s Office:

June 20, 2007

******FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE******

******NOTE CORRECTED SPELLING OF BARRASSO

Contact: Press Secretary Cara Eastwood
Office: (307) 777-7437
Cell: (307) 421-0197

GOVERNOR’S LETTER TO U.S. SENATE SEAT NOMINEES
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Gov. Dave Freudenthal sent the following letter today to the three nominees for Wyoming’s vacant U.S. Senate seat.
The letter was addressed individually to the three [...]

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1.  It was long.  Very long.
2.  It was repetitive.  Very repetitive.
3.  It was interesting and exciting.  Despite the length and the unfortunate repetitiveness of a lot of the questions, it really was an amazing process and an incredible event to be able to observe.
I am very pleased with the list that we are submitting to [...]

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It’s finally time. We’ve been here since 8AM (earlier in the case of many committee-people and candidates) and it is going on 5:30PM.
There have been some really stellar candidates today and others who are not so stellar.
Alright, it looks like Fred Parady is preparing to make an announcement.
And here we go. [...]

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Right now we’re in the midst of a questioning session in which one delegate from each county has one minute to present a question to a candidate and the candidate has 1 minute and 30 seconds to respond. I’m too lazy to organize my transcripts into blogs, but if you’re interested, the Casper Star [...]

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I’ve been here since 8AM and I have to admit I’m running low on energy and attention span.
Unfortunately, the first questioning session of the top 10 consisted of rather general questions that lent themselves to repetitive statements from each and every candidate. By the time that round was over, even the candidates [...]

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