- Rick Perry may be a redneck but his ballsy comments on Social Security are right on the money: http://goo.gl/2YzJ4 – Glenn Beck launches his ($4.95 and up a month) online TV channel. Talk about “niche.” http://goo.gl/oTFBn – Emily’s thoughts on growing up under the cloud of 9/11. – Unable to pay child support, poor [...]
READ MORE »Topics and Show Notes: 9/12/2011
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READ MORE »Ron Paul, Don Lapre, Whitey Bulger, Conan & Walmart
Guest: Liberty University College Republican Chairman Zachary Martin. Infomercial pitchman Don Lapre is arrested for fraud. A consumer group is warning the White House to distance itself from Google! Is Congressman Ron Paul trying to go more mainstream in his run for the Presidency? One Politico writer says yes. For 16 years, the FBI had hunted [...]
READ MORE »Starlings, spiders, Jon Huntsman & Libya (1)
Guest: Lynchburg Times political writer Emily Williams a starling nest outside Dan’s porch a weird spider on his porch that keeps killing other spiders When Emily FINALLY calls they discuss Republican Jon Huntsman’s entry into the presidential race Ipads new cigarette warning labels what we should be doing in Libya Share this:FacebookEmailDiggStumbleUponRedditPrint
READ MORE »Obama holding military families hostage, Trump the ‘Apprentice Candidate’ – Gingrich (AUDIO)

By Dan McDermott The Lynchburg Times and McDermottReport.com LYNCHBURG – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama is holding military families hostage in his budget battle with House Republicans and said that potential Republican rival Donald Trump’s newest show is ‘being Apprentice Candidate.’ Speaking at The Awakening 2011 conference at Liberty University on [...]
READ MORE »I LOVE the new Bing ad (VIDEO)

Not only is this hysterical but it gets to the point that search simply is NOT there yet. For example, I was driving the other night and needed a haircut at about 8 pm and wanted to know what I could type into my phone for Google to tell me what haircut place is open [...]
READ MORE »(AUDIO) McDonnell talks redistricting, Jens Soering, Va. Retirement System, autism and VCU

By Dan McDermott LYNCHBURG — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke to reporters Wed. March 30 at a ribbon cutting in Lynchburg just one day after Senate Democrats and House Republicans released their respective plans for new legislative lines in the Commonwealth. The senate plan groups four Republicans into two senate districts. In one case, Sen. [...]
READ MORE »(AUDIO) Major Civil War seminar set for this weekend in Lynchburg

By Dan McDermott The Lynchburg Times An important date in American history is coming up. On April 14, 1861 Confederate forces launched an attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. This was the start of the American Civil War which would last until the summer of 1865. The War between the States caused more than [...]
READ MORE »America’s tiniest restaurant?

By Lauren Satterfield The Lynchburg Times Bernadette Christian watched and waited as we exited our car and slowly approached the smallest restaurant in Lynchburg. Amazed, we walked around the small building located at the intersection of 5th St. and Park Ave. downtown. My publisher, who came along to take pictures said, “See what I mean? [...]
READ MORE »America’s longest serving state legislator

[Note: This is part of the 'best of' series from my newspapers. This was a terrific piece by Rich Griset that we used to launch our third newspaper in 2010.] By Rich Griset Capital News Service State Delegate Lacey Putney is in no rush. It’s not that he isn’t busy, because as the chairman of the [...]
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