The Virginia Blog Carnival

Welcome one and all to this week’s edition of the notorious Virginia Blog Carnival. This is NOVA TownHall’s first opportunity to host the VBC and we’re honored to do so. For those unfamiliar with the VBC:

“Each Monday, a Virginia blogger will host a Virginia Blog Carnival, offering just a sample of the topics Virginia bloggers have been writing about during the week. We hope everyone’s curiosity will be piqued to read more of the selected posts, thereby giving more exposure to each participating blogger’s site.”

I won’t attempt to be exceptionally eloquent or creative in my presentation; I just hope to introduce you to some great bloggers and their fine work this past week… I’ll post less verbiage so you have more time to read theirs. Now on to the main event:

Submitted Entries

• Conservative blogger Shaun Kenney has a post titled Damn Proud to be a Virginian addressing the controversy over the Confederate flag. He also has a fascinating post titled What Happens if Miller Beats Webb discussing the self-created hysteria of the Virginia blogs for Webb, and comparing it to what happened to Howard Dean’s echo-chamber in 2004.

• Spank That Donkey has a post titled Liberal Bias in Political Cartoons. They also have an interesting post discussing a windfall tax refund idea.

• Roci over at Rocinante’s Burdens has a post mocking the windfall profit tax concept titled Damned Oil Company Owners.

• Bob Gibson over at the Daily Progress Blog has a post titled Miller hasn’t lost; Allen hasn’t won that discusses the unfolding U.S. Senate race. It serves as a good primer for anyone who hasn’t been following the race.

• Adam over at Sophistpundit posts God Bless the South which he describes as “just a little mockery of someone entrenched in older ways.”

• Knut Karnapp over at World Cup 2006 News submitted his World Cup Trivia post that attempts to interject some healthy non-political dialogue into the Virginia blogosphere (but watch out for all the Google ads!) I have to mention that I’ve heard it said that Soccer is “a sport for bureaucrats, socialists, and overbearing mothers.”

• One Wise Girl over at Spark it Up discusses an extremely important issue with her post Keeping our Children Safe from Sexual Predators. Meanwhile Kilo is discussing the newfound racism debate with his post Jim Webbs Racial Problems.

• LAST MINUTE ADDITION: Apparently Ferdy’s Carnival Submit form did not forward me RomeoCat’s submission so I am adding it now. She had submitted a very powerful post titled Sunday Thoughts that discusses God’s purpose in our lives and that because He is in control we should be anxious for nothing and let not our heart be troubled. A healthy reminder as we go about our often hectic lives.
  

Editors Picks

• Vince over at Too Conservative celebrates his blog’s first anniversary and remembers some of the posts that sparked the most interest. Happy blog-anniversary Vince!

• Not Larry Sabato has a post titled VehrsGate that discusses the ridiculous attacks on Will Vehrs and lays out some action items for the Virginia blogosphere.

• Waldo Jaquith has a post on the upcoming 2006 Summit on Blogging and Democracy in the Commonwealth.

• GOPHokie over at Elephant Ears has two great posts that provide a very impressive overview of the redistricting possibilities facing the House of Delegates and the State Senate.

• Charles over at Two Conservatives has a very amusing post that asks Did Rove Leak Critical Data to China?

• James Young over at Skeptical Observer has a post aptly named Priceless that discusses some pictures of an anti-American Syrian protest. Crazy stuff.

• Norm over at One Man’s Trash discusses the Eminent Domain blogger conference call with Joe Waldo in his post The Eminent Domain Game. I am sorry I missed it but grateful for Norm’s coverage.

• Virginia Centrist of Virginia Centrist, inspired by criticism on another blog, decided to examine what it actually means to be a “centrist” with this post (ultimately providing a Centrist Blogger List). Then Richmond Insider carried the dialogue further with this post comparing the term “moderate” and “centrist.”

• And the post that got me most excited this week had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with truth, justice, and the American way. Chad over at Commonwealth Conservative posted this entry linking to the trailer of the new Superman movie. I can’t wait.
  

Well, that’s it for this week’s Virginia Blog Carnival. I hope I managed to expose you to some interesting posts you may have missed. Thanks for you patience as we hosted for the first time. If you'd like to host a future edition of the Virginia Blog Carnival, send an e-mail to Chad Dotson over at Commonwealth Conservative.