Posts belonging to Category 'Politics'
August 9, 2010 | Posted by BJH
As usual, I’m taking a short break from Maryland On My Mind in August. This year, the reason is the 2010 election campaign. You may have heard that I’m running for Maryland House of Delegates in District 38B, which is all of Worcester County and part of Wicomico, on the Lower Eastern Shore. The first [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Politics | 
Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Change, Democrats, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, John Hayden, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Wicomico County, Worcester County | 
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July 7, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re cooking in another heat wave, hotter than the last one. A distinct haze is in the air, along with the temperature. Ozone. Don’t tell me how hot it is. I don’t want to know.
I’m sorry to say there was an accident in the surf in front of my workplace today. Police and ambulance responded. [...]
Categories: Life, OCEAN CITY, Politics | Tags: Beach, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Weather | 1 Comment »
June 28, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Democracy is easy. All you need for democracy is:
1) Voters
2) Candidates
That’s all, folks. Voters + Candidates = Democracy. Everything else — political parties, opinion polls, advertising — is froth.
Pretty simple, right? So what is the state of democracy in Maryland, and in the U.S. generally?
We have enough voters to make it work.
Sometimes turnout is disappointingly [...]
Categories: Democracy, Maryland, Politics | Tags: Election 2010 | 1 Comment »
June 25, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Thousands of Americans will be going to beaches Saturday to say “No” to offshore oil drilling, and “Yes” to clean energy. Clean energy in our lifetime, please! Clean energy now! People will link hands on the beach in a demonstration of solidarity to protect the coastline.
In Maryland, “Hands Across the Sand” will be at Ocean [...]
Categories: Maryland, News, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Travel | Tags: Beach, Environment, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Offshore drilling, Oil, Oil spill, Sand | No Comments »
June 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Since when do U.S. generals give interviews to Rolling Stone?
Double-dip recession? There was never any real question of that. You can see bigger storm clouds on the horizon. Of course, they could blow over. You never know.
BP lies. So which big corporation can you trust?
What about government? Everyone turns to the federal government. But what [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Work | Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2010, Recession, Summer | No Comments »
June 18, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.”
There it is. Write it down. Send it to the printer. Barack Obama said it today, in Ohio. “We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.” You can put that on your bumper sticker.
“Make America Great In The [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
June 14, 2010 | Posted by BJH
The victory of Alvin Greene, 32, in the South Carolina Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, was greeted with dismay — even laughter — by many, who thought him to be somehow less than qualified.
Now the dismay is changing to excitement, as this soft-spoken man, a recently discharged veteran, quietly and calmly answers the disrespectful questions [...]
Categories: Democracy, News, Politics, Social Justice | Tags: Alvin Greene, Democrats, Election 2010, Poor, South Carolina | No Comments »
May 24, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Frank Kratovil, Maryland’s District 1 congressman, is committed to keeping constituents informed about how busy he is, working for us on Capitol Hill.
Today’s mail brings another of Rep. Kratovil’s increasingly frequent “legislative updates.” This is the second legislative update during the month of May. Do you think there’s an election coming up?
The first May update [...]
Categories: Democracy, Maryland, Politics | Tags: Congress, Eastern Shore, Election 2010, Frank Kratovil | 1 Comment »
May 11, 2010 | Posted by BJH
This just in: A new Washington Post poll shows Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown with an early 49 to 41 percent lead among registered voters over former Gov. Bob Ehrlich and his running mate, “Who?” O’Malley and Brown are the Democrats; Ehrlich and Who are the Republicans in the 2010 Maryland election.
Here’s [...]
Categories: Maryland, Politics | Tags: Bob Ehrlich, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
May 10, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Ocean City: Past, Present, Future
Things are always changing and renewing. People, buildings, and towns need hard effort, just to keep from sliding backwards. We work to preserve the best, but just as often, we need to start again or tear down and build new. Sometimes we need to hold on and sometimes we need to [...]
Categories: Culture, Leadership, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Travel | Tags: Boardwalk, Change, Hooters, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Shoreham Hotel, Slots | 1 Comment »
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