Virginia Right!

Every week on Monday morning , the Council and invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day. This week’s question: What grade would you give Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech? The Noisy Room: Many will disagree, but I give Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech an [...]

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  U.S. Senator John Barrasso Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘There should be no doubt: Republicans in Congress will fight to repeal the President’s failed health care law.’   WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) calls for full repeal of Obamacare following the Supreme Court’s decision this week to uphold the [...]

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I have been, and still am, a firm believer in the good things that the Family Foundation does. But I am not alone in scratching my head at their failure to get behind one of the most important bills of the year, House Bill 1. Here is another voice in the baffling saga of tepid [...]

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The BBC reports that former LibDem head Charles Kennedy and Boris Johnson, Tory Mayor of London call for a EU referendum! This UK blog is dedicated to an EU referendum.   They share many of my concerns about NGOs and global institutions: On the one hand there is the growing power of the transnational organizations. [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results of these week’s contest are inscribed in the Great Kozmic Archives This week of course, everyone’s mind was on the killing of Osama bin-Laden in Pakistan, and this week’s winner, Joshuapundit took a look at our rather troubled relationship with that country,why it [...]

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Richmond, VA “After being convinced by his liberal allies in Washington to run, Chairman Kaine’s announcement today sets up a clear contrast for the families of Virginia. Whether comparing records and ideas for the future on job creation and innovation, tax and regulatory policy, energy, or protecting Virginia’s right to work laws, the differences are [...]

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Here’s a report from the Eldersburg Patch on the first 100 days of Carroll County’s Prague Spring!  It’s an encouraging report.  Local government can be sexy and crucial to liberty!  Some highlights from Commission President Doug Howard’s report: Implemented the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer at the opening of Commissioner meetings.*  *  * Reinstated the County Christmas [...]

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The nation has had an interesting week, has it not? And this week’s Watchers Council vote was no less interesting, mainly focused as it was on the tragic events in Tucson and their highly instructive aftermath, as the Left and their allies in the media decided not to let a good crisis go to waste [...]

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0810/The_new_message_Improve_health_care_dont_talk_cost.html?showall NOTE: Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit, and instead stressing a promise to “improve it.” … The presentation’s final page of “Don’ts” counsels against claiming “the law will reduce costs and deficit.” The presentation advises, instead, sales [...]

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President Obama is like the nerdy little kid that is shunned by “cool” kids and longs for their attention and would like nothing more than to have them like him, or at least sit with him at lunch.

Unfortunately, the ones Obama picks as his idols are the radicals and dictators of the world. He tries to bow, curtsy and genuflect his way into the hearts and minds of the worlds worst dictators and human rights abusers, turning his back on America’s friends.
From NewsMax:

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This is not good news for President Obama. While he is showing an inability to make decisions on Afghanistan, unable to correct the job losses, and generally losing friends and allies in droves, the voters are not indecisive at all. In the latest Harris Poll, the ONE is now at 45% Positive and 55% Negative approval of his job performance.

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My guess is, these no longer fit in with the “Progressive Liberals” when in power. I would be proud to put any of these on my car, or in my yard. When you read what these hypocrites were saying a couple of years ago, it is easy to see that they are about power and money. Not ideals.

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