Sitemap - 2009 - Michael Swartz

2009's influential blogs

All apologies

Lewis suspends Congressional bid temporarily

Scoring the locals

Relinquishing the lead

High unemployment: the new norm?

Weekend of local rock volume 27

Wishes for a Merry Christmas 2009

Not pointing toward a rebounding economy

Just try making this stick, Harry!

A tale of two polls

Hogan: shocked about electric rates

The 2010 slush fund

Slamming it down our throat

Politics: one venue where pouting is rewarded

TEA Partiers to GOP: Can you hear us now?

Ghrist drops Congressional bid, endorses Harris

Poll update 4

Friday night videos episode 17

2009 State of the County address

Senate Republicans finally decide to FIGHT!

A message for Virginians

Those pesky financial issues

In the department of "bring it on"...

Poll update 3

A debt downgrade?

A tale of two meetings

Distributing lumps of coal

Great expectations dashed

Victimology

Poll update 2

Friday night videos episode 16

The virtual opposition

A failing recovery

2009 Maryland General Assembly awards and scorn

MDGOP gets new Executive Director

Message to TPX3: don't forget Delmarva

Early endorsements

NPR pressured Liasson to leave Fox News

Best local blog - poll update 1

On crime in Salisbury

The free sanctuary state

A message to GOP brass from Rasmussen

Hogan: MD unemployment system needs overhaul

Jobs for the taking - but who wants them?

No benefits for illegals? Not so fast...

Haste makes...Pelosicare pass

A good political brawl

A new poll - best local blog

Friday night videos episode 15

Dying to pass a new tax

Cardin: GOP "not playing fair" on health care

Shorebird of the Week Hall of Fame unveiled

The next bailout: media?

A town hall about Maryland's budget

Governor O'Malley, march into your office and get to work!

monoblogue turns four

TEA Party film debuts tomorrow

Counting chickens?

Double-digit sobriety

The conservative roadshow

A four-day weekend - open thread

Thanksgiving 2009

Does Newt have the jobs solution?

A Libertarian governor for Maryland?

RNC proposal: it's all about the principle

WCRC meeting - November 2009

Rutledge joins chorus questioning stimulus numbers

AFP meeting wrapup

Which side is the AARP on?

Kratovil defends his vote

Letting loose the attack dogs

Friday night videos episode 14

Someone save this for 2013...

Making plans for the Governor's office

Perspective on the MDGOP

State budget smackdown

Slicing up the Shore

The 10-0 project

Hogan: help small businesses, Governor O'Malley

Open season on Bush appointees

2009 MDGOP Fall Convention in pictures and text

A true stimulus

Friday night videos episode 13

The GOP choice in Maryland

Term limits: the next litmus test?

Bursting the bubble

A not-so-delicious irony

Wicomico addresses its shortfall

Is Frank being frank?

A tale of three meetings

Three reactions on health care

One step closer to losing more freedom

Notable quotables from the 'emergency House call'

Observations on the 'emergency House call'

A chat with Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson (PA-5)

Chamber caves

Pappas drops Governor bid, endorses Hogan

My take on Election Day 2009

Republicans reading the Pelosi bill

al-Qaeda beats the system

Powerful message from Pence

America's next great (liberal) pundit

Tarnished black gold

Kratovil to appear in Berlin

Friday night videos episode 12

Not hearing the other side

House health care bill is out...

Decrying "crony capitalism"

Breaking: Cavey drops out of MDGOP Chair race

DeMint makes his case

Update on the drilling biz

WCRC meeting - October 2009

Medicaid vs. education

Food for thought...

Friday night videos episode 11

Fragmentation grenades

The time has come for this idea

Hope we don't need matching funds!

So what will cap-and-trade cost?

Ignorance, arrogance, or control? Or all three?

Making a better point

2009 Autumn Wine Festival in pictures and text

Going Rogue in the media business

Where in the world is Michael, part one

Friday night videos episode 10

Conference call 10-14-2009

MDGOP Chair Pelura pays visit to Salisbury University College Republicans

Polling: a 'soft' opening

Does Frank mean what he says?

Working from within

No one else to blame, President Obama

A Mobbie update

Friday night videos episode 9

The Maryland GOP follies

Business as usual

Gingrich: Obama should veto Obamacare

One-sixth of a loaf

McDermott hosts successful fundraiser

Weekend of local rock volume 26

The art of politicizing

Obama's secret hypocricy

Friday night videos episode 8

We're gonna ask you again: read the bill!

Saturn falls out of GM orbit

Cavalry with a popgun

Soliciting popularity

WCRC meeting - September 2009

WCRC Crab Feast 2009 in pictures and text

In print no. 9

McCain-Feingold on the ropes?

It takes a court to educate a child?

Friday night videos episode 7

Ten questions for - Deborah Johns

Stumbling onto Astroturf

Great response to a joke of a day

Wargotz takes the pledge

After 9-12, where do TEA Partiers go?

Weekend assignment

Serving to remember

Friday night videos episode 6

Picks and pans from a Shorebirds fan - 2009 edition

What I want in a MDGOP Chair

Patients First rally in OC

Pelura to step down in November

McDermott joins the fold

D.C. 9-12 rally in pictures and text (part 2: the players)

D.C. 9-12 rally in pictures and text (part 1: the crowd)

Kennedy's final partisan ploy

Weekend of local rock volume 25

9-11 plus 8

Shorebird of the Year - a 2009 season wrapup

Reality reflected

So the recession is over? Hey, we can get that stimulus money back now!

Obama's school stump

A Labor Day 2009 summer wrapup

Building 18: your next health care stop?

TEA Parties: Can more really achieve less?

Friday night videos episode 5

Shorebird of the Week - September 3, 2009

When should the county do its business?

"Contract with Maryland" - an update

Are we at it AGAIN?

The deep roots of Astroturf

Start the bus!

Paling in comparison

Shorebird of the Week - August 27, 2009

Two lions lost

A growing prosperity

WCRC meeting - August 2009

Sunday evening reading 3

The Blue Dog dilemma

Friday night videos episode 4

Shorebird of the Week - August 20, 2009

Third time is the charm?

The view from D.C.

Why not audit the Fed?

Observations on Cardin at the GraySHORE meeting

Cardin protest in pictures and text

Shorebird of the Week - August 13, 2009

And yet a third update on Cardin in Towson...

Another viewpoint

Radio days volume 15

Random thoughts on the passing local blogging scene

The Astroturf is greener on the other side

Friday night videos episode 3

Shorebird of the Week - August 6, 2009

The battleground

Twofer Tuesday

Turnover in Delaware

Effigy optional

A clunker of a bailout

Conference call with members of the Media Fairness Caucus

Friday night videos - episode 2

Shorebird of the Week - July 30, 2009

Picking "Young Guns"

The noose and the damage done

Widespread panic (about our freedom)

Health care shot over the bow

Sunday evening reading 2

It's tough being a blogger sometimes

Friday night videos

Live blogging the AFP Healthcare Summit

Shorebird of the Week - July 23, 2009

Health care summit tomorrow

Frank's response - and where it could lead

The anti-Pelura push, continued

NIMBY vs. MAPP

Tawes Crab and Clam Bake 2009 in pictures and text

Shorebird of the Week - July 16, 2009

Another voice on health care

Accountability on both ends

Has the stimulus done its job?

The anti-Pelura push

Lower Shore AFP chapter goes uptown

Response to comment #102393

Shorebird of the Week - July 9, 2009

It's not Iran!

Don't count the environmentalists out just yet...

More thoughts on the TEA Party

Salisbury's July 4th TEA Party in pictures and text

Help wanted on Wicomico Board of Education

Time for accountability once again

Tomorrow is TEA Party day

Shorebird of the Week - July 2, 2009

Well, that was fast...

Fun facts on fuel

Next up for Frank - health care

Sunday evening reading

Identity theft tied to illegals: study

Kratovil (and Castle) make your utility bills skyrocket in time for the Fourth of July

Update on the Troop-A-Thon

Shorebird of the Week - June 25, 2009

Troop care package redux

Panic in Detroit

Tracking the Shorebirds 2009

WCRC meeting - June 2009

Progress made

Energy grab bag

Shorebird of the Week - June 18, 2009

Observations for prosperity

A conservative run

Odds and ends no. 20

A clunker of a deal

Shorebird of the Week - June 11, 2009

Whither the jobs?

But what have they done to deserve it?

The power of many?

Spring cleaning

Shorebird of the Week - June 4, 2009

Good company

D-Day for health care

I don't care what your political leaning is...this is funny

Explanation impossible? Well, maybe not.

Wicomico County Memorial Day service

Shorebird of the Week - May 28, 2009

Quick links

Balancing the budget on drinkers?

LSYR fundraiser

Weekend of local rock volume 24

Shorebird of the Week - May 21, 2009

In the category of "duh..."

An extension of the tea party?

Economic rant and theory

Observations on blogging

Shorebird of the Week - May 14, 2009

Odds and ends no. 19

It's suckcastic!

The market basket, April 2009

Two-sided politics

Shorebird of the Week - May 7, 2009

A new new Saturn?

Muzzled for liking tea?

Observations on the 2009 Maryland GOP Spring Convention

Shorebird of the Week - April 30, 2009

WCRC meeting - April 2009

Salisbury Festival Saturday in pictures and text

Light posting ahead

Shorebird of the Week - April 23, 2009

Again, it's a philosophy

Pork in the Park 2009 photos

A new link

Carnival of Maryland 57

District 1 decided - or is it?

Shorebird of the Week - April 16, 2009

Pictures from Salisbury's Tea Party

Are we there yet?

Whither downtown?

If they don't read a 1200 page bill...

Happy Easter!

Steele hits a brick wall

Bitter and venomous

Shorebird of the Week - April 9, 2009

A retro protest

The unofficial results are in - Salisbury election 2009

Salisbury election thoughts

Carnival of Maryland 56 is up

Slash and burn, baby, burn

No shortage of material

Repudiation or restoration?

What I want to know is: who's against this?

Weekend of local rock volume 22

The party's not over

Budget troubles to the north, too

No shortage of gray area

WCRC meeting - March 2009

Salary drive

DCWC/WCRC candidate forum - March 18, 2009 (part 2)

DCWC/WCRC candidate forum - March 18, 2009 (part 1)

The cancer revisited

A unique way to contribute

monoblogue's spring training

A referendum on March 31

And what about the blogs?

Free thuggery

The 2012 campaign continues

A bit of self-service

Carnival of Maryland 54 is up...

Quirky but appropriate

Same topic of discussion...

Further Salisbury analysis

City of Salisbury election results (and analysis)

Steele vs. Limbaugh

In like a lion

Addressing turnout for 2 too

Odds and ends no. 18

Local disclosure

Post-worthy comment #98740

A sign of things to come

WCRC meeting - February 2009

An apt cartoon

Carnival of Maryland 53 is up

Maryland's pod

The next guy on the unemployment line

Objectivity

The secret revealed

I'm not the only one who thought this way

Showing his true (blue) colors

NAACP City of Salisbury candidate forum (part 2)

NAACP City of Salisbury candidate forum (part 1)

Another bailout idea

Not too stimulating

Carnival of Maryland 52 is up

Asserting independence?

2009 Wicomico County Lincoln Day Dinner

Weekend of local rock volume 21

Stepping back a bit

LSYR public service announcement

Profit-taking by Uncle Sam

A safe government job

Seeing how my "comrade" does

Economic primer on the stimulus

Rules for the rest of us

Thoughts on the local political scene

The state of Maryland

Republicans now party of Steele

Salisbury Council District 2 candidate forum - January 29, 2009

Welcome to a new advertiser

Odds and ends no. 17

Lesson three: green that costs green

Question on metering

Lesson two: The Long War

WCRC meeting - January 2009

Lesson one: the stimulus

The need for education

Carnival of Maryland 51 is up

Observations on District 38B town hall meeting

Tax reform even Geithner couldn't screw up

Disappointed and disillusioned

Is energy a priority?

Call me negative, but...

Reflections

Tough words from the inside

Ten Questions for - Dr. Jim Pelura, Chair of the Maryland Republican Party

A real recovery?

Not everyone's anticipating the One

A lesson in dominoes falling

Town Hall meetings scheduled

Standing by the hot stove

Venting on Human Events

My first letter to Frank

A leadership void

Caldwell throws Superman hat into Mayoral ring

Waste not, want not?

Odds and ends no. 16

Time to sink a SCHIP

Quarterback sneak

Another sort of stimulus?

Standing on principle (in part)

Subsidies for our plenty

Off on the wrong foot

A Quixotic effort

Didn't we try this before?

Thoughts on the live blog and RNC Chair race

A new experiment

2009 Guide to the Maryland Blogosphere

Back to normalcy...

Law of unintended consequences

2009: A clarion call