Posted on April 3, 2015. Tags: American Government, Compromise, point, right
When is uncompromising principle applied absolutely a poor political strategy? For both the brains and brawn of the freedom movement, the term “compromise” holds the most bitter taste. It’s the word we hear every time a politician explains to us why he or she didn’t do the right thing. It’s a white flag and it’s […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 19, 2015. Tags: Bob Shannon, candidate, Gillespie, office
by Bob Shannon (Central Garage) The Editorial in last weeks edition of the Tidewater Review ( Washington Post ) had to have been written by one of the republican establishment folks hell bent on destroying the slowly growing influence by the last few remaining conservatives willing to roll up their sleeve’s and fight.Gillespie’s loss destroys this writers own thesis since […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 22, 2014. Tags: civil forfeiture, Corruption, Law Enforcement
Don’t you hate when the government takes your money? Oh, sure, paying taxes that contribute to programs you don’t agree with is kind of a pain. But I’m actually talking about the government physically reaching into your pocket and taking all of our cash under threat of imprisonment. Sounds like something only Denzel Washington would […]
Daniel Faris is a freelance journalist and a graduate of the Writers Institute at Susquehanna University. When he’s not blogging about politics on Only Slightly Biased, you can find his alter ego discussing progressive music at The Sound of Progress. He currently lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Posted on April 12, 2014. Tags: complicated, deep, government, Narrative
Photos by Vox Efx, (Note: Part 1 is here) The Democrat Party is not alone in its belief that the federal government exists to shape, mold, and control the composition of American society, but its vision of what America must become is by far the most idealistic and impossible of the Statist agendas in existence […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on April 12, 2014. Tags: Dave Brat, government, political, program
Like many of you, I had the opportunity to listen to Dave Brat last Thursday at Life Church in Mechanicsville, Va. For those who have not yet been to a Dave Brat event, I would encourage you to do so. There are few citizens running for political office in this country with the intellect and […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on April 7, 2014. Tags: Democrat Narrative, Progressives, Republicans, Tea Party
The Democrat Party, fueled by the Progressive movement, is masterful in the establishment of narratives in the public psyche. I cannot tell you how many people I know that refuse to vote for Republicans because Republicans only care about rich corporate elitists and hate the little guy. Republicans are all bigots and racists and homophobes. […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on April 2, 2014. Tags: free, libertarian, lives, political
I’ve been a Libertarian since 1996, after reading Friedrich Nietzsche, David Hume, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, Adam Smith, Aristotle, and Francis Bacon. These men and women changed the way I viewed the world, which was primarily Marxist as a teenager. 18 years later I find being a “libertarian” somewhat difficult, because my principles did not […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 30, 2014. Tags: Freedom Movement, life, rule, three
Why do young people support Marxism and Liberalism, when their every natural instinct opposes submission to authority? It is important to understand that in the absence of objective experience, the individual grasps for broad ideals within which to believe. The market place for ideals is wide open and hardly any of the people in the […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 27, 2014. Tags: Medicare Costs, Premise, Republicans, State Senate
Governor McAuliffe was on WTOP’s “Ask The Governor” this morning, making his case for Medicaid Expansion through the Affordable Care Act. I was in my truck, so I couldn’t call in, but listening to the Governor while driving is probably as dangerous as texting, or putting on makeup, or clipping ones’ toenails while operating a […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 26, 2014. Tags: Dave Brat, Eric Cantor, Howard Baker, Rockefeller Republican Establishment
Are you familiar with the phrase “Rockefeller Republicans”? If you’re not, look it up. The Rockefeller Republicans were the Republican establishment for decades. In the late 50s and the early 60s, Barry Goldwater led a movement, along with Alan Greenspan and Ronald Reagan, against the Rockefeller Republican Establishment. For twenty years, these conservatives and constitutionalists […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 24, 2014. Tags: costs, government, Virginia, year
Whats on the table? 400,000 Virginians registered to Medicare. The cost? The federal government will subsidize the costs for three years and then Virginia is on the hook for the rest. We’ve already seen just how poorly Virginia is handling current Medicare registrations. Why would we expect 400,000 new registrations to work better than 40,000? […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 23, 2014. Tags: blue, General Assembly, Republicans, Virginia Medicaid
42,000 HealthCare.gov applications stalled in Virginia Medicaid limbo Ladies and gentlemen, Virginia has handed over the State Government to progressives (aka liberals, aka statists) and the result is apparently no different in Virginia than in Washington D.C. How can Virginia afford 42,000 more medicaid applications? We’ve neither the money nor infrastructure in place to handle […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 20, 2014. Tags: Bob Shannon Founder, County Budget, Mech Local, year
User Submitted Post It should not surprise me anymore but the comments by Ms. Wiecek in the March 19th Mech Local article on the proposed .02 real estate tax cut by Vice-Chair Wayne Hazzard left me convinced she is unfit for any elective office. How does one reason that you can’t give the money back […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 19, 2014. Tags: Federal Governments, Principle, Republican Party, Republicans
Every person of principle has trouble when it comes to dealing with political parties, which for a myriad of reasons seem utterly immune to principle. Every time we make a principled argument about why a particular policy is wrong, we’re shouted down as being “purists” or “impractical” or “uncompromising”. What the impure, practical, compromisers forget […]
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Posted on March 16, 2014. Tags: 2010, Republican Party, Republicans, Tea Party
The following is from an article I wrote in 2010: “Independents across the nation are grappling with a difficult choice in November. Do they punish the Democrat Party’s overreaching policies by once again entrusting the Republicans with power in Congress? The consensus, it seems, is that independents are willing to trust Republicans again, if and […]
Graduated with a degree in Philosophy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Also studied economics and political science at George Mason.
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Posted on March 16, 2014. Tags: Constitutional Government, Fda, right, time
When Majority Leader Eric Cantor says that he wants to help people, I have no doubt that he is sincere in his desire; but the government does not exist for the purpose of helping people. I am constantly astonished that this thought make me a radical. Our government doesn’t have the right or constitutional authority […]
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Posted on April 10, 2013. Tags: Advocate, Blah, Education, Gentleman, Hanover, Hawk, Mechanicsville Va, Private School Teachers, Private Schools, Public School Teachers, School Outcomes, Tax Group, taxes
More Taxes! Less Taxes! More education funding! Less education funding! BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! I’m writing to advocate for the forgotten group; NO TAXES! My only child attends private school so I should be able to opt out of funding the government run schools which I don’t really approve of anyway. And the people who want […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 28, 2013. Tags: Casting Lots, Christians, Clothes, Dear Woman, Disciple, Drink Jesus, Eloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani, Father Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit, God, Good Friday, Hanover, Happy Easter, Jesus Christ, Loud Voice, Ninth Hour, Sayings Of Jesus, Scripture, Seven Sayings Of Jesus, Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise, Truth
Here’s the last seven sayings of Jesus Christ on what we Christians call “Good Friday”: 1.) Luke 23:34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His clothes by casting lots. 2.) Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 14, 2013. Tags: 1776, Battlefields, British Crown, Collapse, Colonial America, Congregations, Denominations, Fire Of Freedom, Glaring Differences, Mechanicsville, Military Regiment, Moniker, Patrick Henry, Patriot Pastors, Precipice, Public Position, Pulpits, Reader Submission, Sanctity Of Life, Sanctity Of Life Sunday
One of the most glaring differences between Colonial and modern America is the attitude of our pastors. In 1770-1776 (and actually for many years previous to this period), Colonial pastors (of all denominations) lit the fire of freedom in the hearts of their congregants like no generation has ever seen — before or since. Advertisement […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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