| Thursday, November 20, 2008  BooneWeb Weekend - Sales down in local real estate, Obama finally makes up his mind and ASU QB is one tough champion by BooneWeb Blogger (posted: 8/23/08) -- Taking Monday off. Back tomorrow --
Glancing at some weekend headlines as we are captivated.
Appalachian is one of region's best universities. It's tradition, really.
High Country Real Estate: Slower sales, increased value since 2007. 'Numbers provided by the Avery-Watauga Association of Realtors for the January to June time period show that inventory - the number of homes on the market - is up 12.7 percent, sales are down 22 percent and average days on market are up 9.2 percent compared to the same period in 2007.'
Appalachian Skatepark council members and parents question new rules at Appalachian Skatepark. Not only that, but some are encouraging kids to raze the security guard and diss the park. (Real mature)
Let's chuck the drinking age. 'There is no politician who has the audacity to take on MADD, anyway. No one wants to be accused of willfully hurting children.' (What does the drinking age have to do with hurting children?)
Panel questions lottery's benefits. 'Committee members pointed to two of the four programs that the lottery is supposed to help fund: the More at Four program for pre-kindergarteners and teacher salaries to reduce elementary-school class sizes. In both cases, they said they suspected that lottery revenue is supplanting money that the General Assembly would have found from elsewhere.' (Shocked! Shocked we are! ... Not!)
You might be an elitist... If you put campaign posters on the Western Wall and expect royal treatment when overseas just because you're a citizen of the world, you might be an elitist.
Obama taps veteran senator Biden as running mate. If you hype announcing a major campaign decision via text messaging so you can sound hip and cool, yet drag your feet and get scooped by the media so you rush the message out in the middle of the night, you might be an elitist. (Just watch, there will be more to this story that won't be too flattering)
Obama, Ayers, and the Annenberg challenge cover-up. If one of your best friends is responsible for several murders and bombings, but you act like you don't know him when asked about it, you might be a delusional candidate with a messiah complex.
Mountain of Expectations. 2007 gonna be hard to top.
Boone native Breitenstein hopes to made immediate impact with Wofford. Gonna be hard to boo that guy. (But boo we must)
As gymnastics cheating evidence grows, IOC shrinks. You don't really expect China to be censored do you? (The karma alone would be explosive)
Twenty years old is a little young for a makeover. Hard to bee-lieve it's been 20 years since Charlotte got an NBA team.
AE ain't got time to bling. 'But this QB doesn't come marked "frah-GEEL-lay" (That must be Italian). He's proven he can take a licking and keep on scoring.'
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