So Many Good SOB Alliance Posts, So Little Time

Outstanding posts I noted over the weekend while perusing the output of the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance (I’m sure I missed many other good ones; please don’t feel offended if you’re not included):

• Congrats to A Rose by Any Other Name for participating in “An Auction on Behalf of a Military Family” that raised over $30,000.

• Blackwell v Strickland found a FreeRepublic poster who said, “I am a graduate of the same seminary as Ted Strickland. There is NO WAY that a graduate of Asbury Seminary, in that era in which he attended (late 60’s), should be advocating these anti-morality positions that Strickland advocates.” It gets better from there.

• B v S also had a quick interview with an apparently confident Lt. Gov. candidate Tom Raga, who said, “Polls have been wrong before, remember the RON issues?” Oh yeah. I do.

• Boring Made Dull had Part III of a series with a great title: “Ohio Issue 3 — Don’t Learn, while Racetrack and Casino Owners Earn”

• Friday afternoon, Matt at Weapons of Mass Discussion posted a passionate video recitiation by Mike DeWine of Sherrod Brown’s dismal record (one would hope, in about 8 days, Sherrod Brown’s dismal legacy). The idea that every major 527 Media newspaper except the Toledo Blade endorsed DeWine because Sherrod Brown is too far on the fringe — even for them — is stunning.

• Large Bill’s post last Wednesday included an important link to and excerpt from an American Thinker piece by Dr. Mary Davenport on the relative results of adult vs. embryonic stem cell research.

• Gribbit’s Word looked at District Judge Algenon Marbley, who suspended Ohio’s voter ID law last Thursday. Surprise (not) - Marbley uses dingaling logic, and is a Clinton Administration appointee (but I repeat myself).

• This goes back a bit, but FYI News wrote a reinforced editorial endorsement of Ken Blackwell that Ohio’s 527 Media hopes their owners won’t read — because it’s better written than theirs, regardless of who they’re supporting.

• EyeHackerBlog covered the Hugh Hewitt interview/slugfest with Andrew Sullivan last week that I mentioned briefly in an earlier post, and honed in on Sullivan’s heretical recasting of Vatican II as an excuse to dismiss papal authority if your conscience tells you otherwise. Nice try, Andy — no sale. UPDATE: Non-SOB blog Deep Thought fisked the conscience question in great detail, and finds Sullivan’s take on Vatican II totally wrong, to the point where he questions Sullivan’s right to call himself a Catholic. Money quote: “The trickiest part of claiming to be Catholic, though, is that there is actually a definition. Mr. Sullivan doesn’t seem to match it.”

• Conservative Culture noted a big story being neglected and downplayed, as it was last year until it got so hot (literally) that no one could ignored it: France is frying again.

• Conservative UAW Guy tells us what various answers to the question “How many guns do you own?” mean.

• New SOB member Connect the Dots 2006 (welcome!) fisks a tiny portion of the Associated Press Stylebook. Creating an automated AP-to-objective/fair/balanced translator from a detailed study of the Stylebook would be a noble project.

• Newshound, who in my opinion must have tuned in sometime after the endless fever-swamp repetition of the false “Blackwell stole Ohio” meme that his opponent has bought into, isn’t happy with the gubernatorial campaign’s devolution, and says he won’t be pulling the lever for Ken Blackwell. (UPDATE: I think NixGuy has a great post to consider for Newshound and anyone else who is thinking of sitting out the guv race on account of “civility.”)

• Don’t forget that NixGuy, in addition to comprehensively covering all things Strickland-Foley and the complete collection of Strickland Dealbreakers, is ably representing the Alliance at the AOL Elections Blog, covering Ohio’s Senate and gubernatorial races. UPDATE: Do not miss “Who Is Bruce Rind?“

• Porkopolis is continually updating his own index of all things Strickland.

• The Pullins Report is clearly getting under the skin of the post-buyout survivors (or is that time-markers?) at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

• Pro Ecclesia (”pro” must be short for prolific) has a list of three things people should pray from now until Election Day.

• Red Hawk Review covers Antonin Scalia’s speech a little over a week ago. Make it an over-dinner read if you want to get through the comments, where Red Hawk quite stridently and successfully defends originalism.

• Repeal the 17th is troubled by the money being spent on political campaigns. I’m not as troubled by that as by where it’s coming from. Consistent with what I’ve said before, I don’t understand why someone from another state giving money to a given state’s US Senate candidate is even legal.

• Return of the Conservatives risks a fatwa.

• Justin at Right on the Right has YouTubed his first foray into video. Outstanding. Moving. Go there. And Justin — Keep it going. When you get a chance, help us old fogeys out.

• Steve the Pirate has 10 questions you should ask yourself before deciding whether to vote in this election. Steve, you’re grading on a curve — I’d be tempted to say anyone who isn’t 9-for-10 on “yes” answers should stay home.

• Thespis Journal was on the most invisible story of last week — the one that, despite the current blackout, will end whatever positive historical legacy Ted Kennedy thinks he still has.

• Viking Spirit covers a sore loser and political vandal who defends the Taft Administration. Zheesh.

• Wizblog notes the coverage of a coach and father figure who may have as much to do with Ohio State’s current perch at Number 1 as anyone besides Buckeye Jim Tressel.