Virginia Right!

According to the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has issued a proclamation saying that Thursday is a “Day of Reason,” lending his name for the second consecutive year to a movement that emphasizes the separation of church and state. The American Humanist Association, a co-sponsor of the day, said on its website, that, “with [...]

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‘The Price Increases Are A Downside Of President Barack Obama’s Health Care Law’   ‘Americans Could See Their Insurance Bills Double Next Year’   “Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people. The nation’s big health insurers say they expect premiums [...]

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Wow. They call this monstrosity of a tax increase – $6.1 billion – the “Transportation Bill”. But only 57% is supposed to go to transportation. And we all know how “secure” that spending will be. There is no lock box. So as Bob McDonnell sends email after email trying to convince people that bigger government [...]

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Sequestration is a result of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, kicking the budget can down the road over and over again. In order to avoid responsibility for trimming a few dollars from the massive Federal Budget, our elected officials appointed a smaller group – a Super Committee – to make the tough decisions. They stacked the [...]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole [...]

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After President Obama spent weeks campaigning against the sequester and demanding that Republicans agree to tax hikes to prevent it, the sequester has gone ahead and many observers are declaring it a setback for the White House spin machine.   Roll Call writes today, “It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the White House [...]

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Following the State of the Union address by Barack Obama tonight, US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will deliver the Republican response. Below are excerpts from the speech he is set to deliver: “This opportunity – to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life – it isn’t bestowed on us [...]

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Here’s a disturbing article on Senator Graham and drone attacks on US citizens in POLITICO.  Let’s start here: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will offer a resolution next week commending President Barack Obama’s use of drones and the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. “Every member of Congress needs to get on board,” Graham said. “It’s not fair [...]

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As sure as Autumn has turned to Winter, the gentle thoughts of Progressives turn to trashing the Constitution, a document that they find places restraint on their plans to remake America into the very type of tyrannical monster the founders fought to gain their freedom. There were many protections place in the Constitution to prevent the [...]

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The Los Angeles Times writes today, “Even before Barack Obama was sworn in as president the first time, he touted his efforts to ‘change business as usual in Washington’ by setting strict rules for his inauguration: No corporate donations were allowed; individuals could give only $50,000. This time, Obama’s inaugural committee is seeking million-dollar contributions from corporations and [...]

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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 Are Your Predictions For President Obama’s Second Term? The Razor:I believe we will witness the Left’s Reagan, the difference being that no matter how badly he [...]

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We have been predicting for some time that House and Senate Republicans were going to cave in to higher taxes. Every one of these Republicans has said many, many times “you don’t raise taxes on anyone in a recession – period!” So Senate Republicans would have us believe that they were completely at the mercy [...]

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  The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. What happens when you finally decide enough is enough? This week’s winner, Virginia Right! looks at that question in this week’s winning entry, .Boehner and Cantor’s ‘War on Conservatives’ Causes Exodus of Conservatives [...]

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It never fails. When the Republicans lose an election, they always start listening to the Liberal media telling them that they are too far to the right. They toss principles out the window and run to the left. And it never works. And even worse, instead of gaining support and popularity, they end up alienating [...]

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There is no doubt that whoever coined the phrase “Fiscal Cliff” for the converging tax hikes and sequestration cuts is a fan of big government. And while most Republicans and Conservatives are loathe to cut a single dime out of Defense spending, and those on the left will never willingly cut the entitlement spending that [...]

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I found this fascinating article on how sustainability, the holy doctrine of the ICLEIites and their followers, can have unexpected consequences on the very poor in the developing nations that the do-gooders purport to be helping!  Maybe the blowback doctrine applies to some non-military intervention, too! It is written by an Obama, Dr. Auma Obama, [...]

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Democrats have always been strangers to the truth and huge fans of revisionist history. And nothing states that more clearly than the intellectually deficient calls for a return to the “Clinton Tax Rates” to bring prosperity back to the country. And of course, the de facto leader of the intellectually deficient is Barack Obama who used this false [...]

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Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole [...]

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Four years ago the Republican Party entered a self imposed funk. Much like they are in now. So we didn’t knock off an incumbent president. That’s a shame. A crying shame. But the time for crying is over. Now it’s time to buck up and assess where we are. It seems pretty dark, but we are a [...]

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