Archive for September 24th, 2008

Secret Chatham AT&T bunker closes

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Looking for other things on the Internets brought me news that a secret AT&T communications bunker in Chatham county has closed. The site, known locally as “Big Hole,” sits near Fearrington Village and has generated wild rumors in the 46 years its existed.
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Time for a history lesson, Joe?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Yeah, I know I’m a Democrat, but I gotta admit that Joe Biden said something really dumb in an interview with Katie Couric the other day:

When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said, “look, here’s what happened.”

Roosevelt on television in 1929. Um, yeah. Joe obviously wasn’t paying attention in college.

Whoa

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I walked out of the house wearing shorts and all ready to take Hallie to school. After 10 seconds outside I realized what a dumb idea this was and returned to get some jeans.

Fall is definitely here, folks, brought to you by 30 MPH gusts.

Still Snippy Sheehan

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Ruth Sheehan wrote another column today. And I thought the News and Observer was trying to get rid of its dead weight.