Virginia Right!

12:54PM: I am in the media section with great seats in the back of the ground floor.  I have seen and been greeted by too many to mention but I will mention one or two as I listen to the Lieutenant Governor candidates.  I shout out to Del. Peace who provided the Hanover delegation with [...]

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More good news from the New York Times!  Here is an article on German politics.  Chancellor Merkel was trying to decide if she should attend a soccer game as a guest of its owner, under investigation for tax evasion (maybe he used Uebertax!) and it is hardly salad days for her governing coalition: But for [...]

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This Bloomberg op-ed piece shows that there is a glimmer of hope for the UK to leave the EU. Usually, what happens in these “Europe” referenda, we have the business community (especially the banks), rock stars, community leaders, supermodels probably too, and of course the Tweedledee and Tweedledum political parties all united to support whatever [...]

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The stellar German magazine Der Spiegel (The Mirror and yes it is a masculine noun!) reports the Alternative for Germany is not going away – and that is bad news for Chancellor Merkel and her governing coalition! For months, the CDU and the FDP have sought to ignore the Alternative for Germany in the hopes [...]

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that City Council is questioning a $800,000 cost overrun on the Redskins deal! The price tag for the Washington Redskins training camp and attached park area has pushed about $800,000 past the original $10 million appropriation from Richmond, prompting questions from City Council members over whether the Richmond Economic Development Authority, [...]

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Alachua County, FL, the home of the University of Florida, has gotten out of ICLEI, according to this report by the Gainesville TP: Apparently County Commissioner Susan Baird is a friendly voice (wonder if she was audited?): Dearest Friends of the County and the world, My greatest wish (among so many others…) is for the [...]

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Here I am again!    

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Forbes has this great article about how young people from all over America want to come to the University of Alabama: As a high school senior from Woodbury, Long Island, some 30 miles east of New York City, Daniel Machover’s top choice for a college might strike some as curious: the University of Alabama. A [...]

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I get these articles from time to time (along with 30 million other people!) from Tom DeWeese.  I am legitimately concerned about smart meters and this article is disturbing.  Some aspects of this I have heard elsewhere.  The VA law to allow conscientious objection to smart meters failed in committee. The Growing Threat of Smart [...]

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This article has a calculator to determine what the vote percentage in a British General Election would be required for UKIP to win the General Election in 2015. I found this analysis to be useful as to what happens in the vote.  Here’s part of the conclusion: Electoral Calculus said that Ukip would win enough [...]

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This hit piece in the New Republic interested me very much for two reasons:  I admire Senator Cruz very much and came out early for him in the primary last year.  He’s a sovereignty guy and very good on liberty issues so far. But I also am interested in the “native born” clause of the [...]

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I was invited by Senator Bell’s campaign to attend the Chesterfield Nottobenamed/Reagan Dinner.  It was a nice presentation with a great speech from Jim Kuhn, who worked for my hero from 1976 through the end of his second term (I am surprised I did not mob him like a rock star!) who wrote this book:  [...]

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The Libertarian Party of Virginia has not fielded any official candidates since 2007 (see this list for all LP Va candidates since 1976; the most famous of the Virginia Libertarians is Roger McBride, a GOP elector who voted in 1972 for the first LP electoral team and then was the 1976 LP Presidential candidate (The [...]

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I have written about this before.  My position has not changed.  Any organization that calls for the arrest of a former President by a foreign government is not friendly to the USA!  Here is an article about how Amnesty International is seeking the ARREST of former President George W. Bush by Swiss authorities.  Here’s their [...]

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Here’s what I got from the FB page of the Hanover Young Republicans: Please tell friends under 40 we are meeting on May 11 from 4PM to 6PM at the Atlee library on Atlee road. Light refreshments and beverages will be served. All are welcome to attend So I did!  I am way way too [...]

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I heard that Cold Harbor and South Anna districts are available.  And they pay some money ($8k) and it is rumored health benefits! HERE’S my manifesto in case the Henry District position comes up for consideration: 1.  Elected School Boards:  I favor elected school boards because the present board is neither accountable nor is it [...]

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On Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm – the Mechanicsville Tea Party has the distinct honor of having former WRVA radio host Doc Thompson. Bob Shannon, MTP President, says that “[n]o single person, certainly no one from the media, did more for the patriot movement in central Virginia than Doc Thompson.  We are indebted to [...]

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The news from the UK is very encouraging in local elections and the one by-election in a Labour stronghold.  Here’s the live blog from the Guardian (UK) and here’s another site that is anti-extreme right wing parties. From the Guardian website: The first result has been declared in Hykenham Forum (North Kesteven), Lincolnshire, reports the [...]

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I completely missed this story because I do not read the Richmond Times-Dispatch every day! Group believes Hanover should elect School Board This “group” is the Friends of Hanover Schools.  This group is not a friend of mine or friend of any effort to cut spending.  FOHS really is one hand washing another.  Teachers, coaches, [...]

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