Columbia World Affairs Council Event

Sept. 15, the Columbia World Affairs Council will have Wendell Cox of the American Petroleum Institute speaking in a discussion called "A Fresh Perspective on Energy: How Our Lifestyles Drive Demand…And What We Can Do About It" at The Summit Club, 1301 Gervais Street, Columbia.

95% Chance Campbell will Run

Mike Campbell is strongly considering another run for Lt. Governor of South Carolina in 2010.

In an exclusive interview with TPS, Campbell said, “the number of people from around the state that have approached me to encourage me to run again has been tremendous, many of which were supporters of my former opponents. It’s been both flattering and humbling to say the least.”

- From The Palmetto Scoop

Chain E-mails

Like anyone with an e-mail address, I get my share of chain e-mails, especially political ones. FactCheck.Org, a great Web site that debunks and unwinds the spin of both campaigns, has a report about theses emails everyone should take to heart.
Please take a few minutes to read it.

More election news

Tune in tonight 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. EST. Live from Minneapolis. It's Ralph Nader. And Matt Gonzalez. And Jesse Ventura. And a lot more. The Nader/Gonzalez Open the Debates Rally.
You can watch it the live stream here.

The Complete Idiot's Guides Celebrates 15 Years of How-to

Since 1993 millions of "idiots" have learned how to operate a PC, speak conversational Japanese, gamble like a pro, understand Islam, make homemade ice cream, install solar power, meditate, play the harmonica and have amazing sex. Those subjects, along with the 450 current titles, comprise The Complete Idiot's Guides line of books, now celebrating its 15th anniversary.

The Complete Idiot's Guides, published by Alpha Books, started as a series of easy-to-understand, authoritative computer guides – The Complete Idiot's Guide to MS-DOS and The Complete Idiot's Guide to PCs. With the success of these titles, the line quickly expanded to include lifestyle categories and today more than 450 titles are currently in print in more than 30 different categories.

Election Updates

Innovative Campaign Idea
Baldwin/Castle '08 Campaign is looking for truck drivers, especially, but not limited to, those who are independent and who haul "over the road," to help carry the Baldwin/Castle '08 Campaign Across America. Please contact us at: contact@baldwin2008.com or call 1-800-2- VETO IRS (toll free) or (717) 390-1993 and provide us with the following information: Your name, cell phone #, email address, your state and please indicate that you are a trucker. The campaign would also like you to tell us (in just a few words) what you believe is the most important issue of the 2008 Campaign.

The Green Party Package
Cynthia McKinney is scheduled to appear on Road to the White House, scheduled to air on on CSPAN-1, Sunday, September 7 at 6:30 pm EST and again at 9:30 pm EST that same night.

Fudge of the Month

Allison's Gourmet, the award-winning online artisan bakery that creates organic gourmet goodies, now has a Fudge of the Month Club. Sounds tasty though we haven't tried it.