http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:49:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the historic Capitol Building at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia -- a Tory makes his views know to some visitors to the Virginia Capitol's House of Burgesses, Council Room, and General Courtroom. The Tory is not so sure that this Declaration of Independence that the Virginians and the other States ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/tory-virginian.html Ahoy there, HVDU fans! Your HVDU founder is preparing for the Fall 2010 HVDU debate season, and part of that preparation was a desire to reach back to the roots of debate in this country. So I decided to go (along with my New Lovely Bride) to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/williamsburg-visit.html Just to keep everybody happy in the summer, we now have a video of the HVDU official mascot, Anteyka the Min Pin, up on YouTube: Hope you like it! More HVDU news soon! http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/day-in-the-park.html OK, everybody. I know you've been screaming for them. Now, they're here, finally. It took a while to get these up, thanks to painfully slow YouTube uploading times, but we now can present -- The Confidence in The Obama Administration Debate Videos! Here they are, in ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/obama-debate-videos.html Well, the debate went off, and it was lively, but potential Voting Guests were spooked by the upcoming Big Storm, which didn't start until after midnight in these parts. So there were only about 20 persons in attendance, altogether. I spent the bulk of today hunkering down from the snowstorm, ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/first-report-on-obama-debate.html THE HUDSON VALLEY DEBATE UNION PRESENTS THE CONFIDENCE IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DEBATE Classic motion of the Oxford debate genre comes to the Hudson Valley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patrick McGrath 845-429-3206 STONY POINT, NY (31 January 2010) – The Hudson Valley Debate Union, which brings face-to-face “Oxford-style” debating to Rockland County, ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/confidence-in-obama-administration.html Yes, it's been a while since you've seen any activity from the HVDU. However, please be alerted: There will be an announcement of the next event very soon. And it will be a biggie. So keep your eyes open. That is all. http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/keep-your-eyes-open-hvdu-fans.html We present the Official Anteyka Anthem ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/official-anteyka-anthem.html TO: Friends, Colleagues, and Contacts of the HVDU FROM: Patrick McGrath, HVDU Executive Director SUBJECT: Cancellation of Health Care Debate for 10 November Dear Friends: I had been planning for some weeks to hold a HVDU Debate on the Health Care Bill now presently being considered in Washington. It was going to be ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/cancellation-and-disappointment.html Good news, ladies and gentlemen! After a day and a half of concentrated work, I have just posted the videos of the Stony Point Debate onto YouTube! Yay! Because of YouTube's 10 minute limitation, and because it's just plain more convenient, I've split up the footage into conveniently managable chunks. ... http://www.hudsonvalleydebate.com/uncategorized/stony-point-debate-videos.html