Virginia Right!

I am owing a huge apology to Robert Cox and the Talk of the Sound.  It is a lot more than just a blog group:  They are a local media source that dares to take on local officials on issues of all sorts and project a good image for their community.  It’s easy to call [...]

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The Sun newspaper/YouGov poll has startling results: Labour party leads poll with UKIP now third These local elections for May 5 are probably the most critical elections in UKIP’s history.  If UKIP expects to get Tory MPs to defect in any kind of meaningful numbers, they need to do well in the local elections.  This [...]

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No, Tom White did not send me to Prague!  (Maybe next year?)  But this group is doing an unofficial live blog at the Pirate Parties International Convention this weekend in Prague, Czech Republic.  Here it is: Have fun.  This could be the beginning of a world-wide movement for liberty!

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I have confirmed from this source that Dr. Ron Paul will speak in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 22 at the Philadelphia Phreedom Rally starting at 1PM. There will be live music, including a new singer I just discovered:  Tatiana Moroz.  She has a powerful voice for liberty! Also speakers cited on the website will be [...]

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Here’s a great ad for Sonja McNally, the UKIP candidate in the March 29 by-election in Bradford West: “Let’s send a message to Westminster with Sonja!” I agree.  It’s way past time the PM and the MPs got the message:  Liberty and Sovereignty is non-negotiable. McNally also supports pubs, too: “Four pubs close everyday, which [...]

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Townhall is generally not a blog favorable for Ron Paul so I started to read this article (Will the Real Ron Paul Please Stand up?) with trepidition But I am pleasantly surprised!  Here’s how it starts: May I have your attention please? Will the real Ron Paul please stand up? I repeat, will the real [...]

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A GREAT report from Hal Shurtleff in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:  Reading is NO LONGER an ICLEI member! Hal sent me an email he got in response to several he sent out to the selectmen in several cities and one from Reading replied: No. Reading is no longer a member It’s great to add Reading [...]

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I was privileged to attend the Ron Paul Meetup party last evening at the River City Diner North.  There were 35-40 excited RP supporters, ranging from livelong libertarians to GOP stalwarts to even a blogger for a leading political blog in the Old Dominion! We heard some great advice from the state chairman of the [...]

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You need go no further than this blog to get the 2012 Hanover Board of County Supervisors Legislative Agenda! Here it is! Questions to ask your new supervisor: What was meant by not reducing the eminent domain power?  Is that an opposition to the Eminent Domain Amendment pending in the VA General Assembly? What environmental [...]

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How can I help Ron Paul right here in Virginia or wherever you are (assuming you are not in Iowa and/or NH): Buy a Iowa precinct where you can have the supervoters in that precinct be sent the Ron Paul Superbrochure! Pledge to give money to the RP campaign on December 16, 2011 (Boston Tea [...]

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Everybody cheered former Speaker Newt Gingrich when he said, “Timothy McVeigh succeeded,” as justification for the Patriot Act in Tuesday’s debate on national security and foreign policy.  Although Ron Paul’s answer was great – we can fight crime if we have a police state but it is not worth it.  Alas, few will remember Paul’s [...]

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  A few changes over last week. Too Conservative and Black Velvet Bruce Li had pretty good weeks according to the ranking services. 22 out of 34 Right Leaning Blogs improved over the previous week (65%)! 9 out of 17 Left Leaning Blogs (53%) improved in relation to the same blog’s score last week. Overall, [...]

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After a couple of weeks of fighting the fact that several of the ranking sites have either been down or made changes to their site that I had to rewrite my data harvesting routines, everything is finally back on track. Last week, Compete made several changes and I was able to fix it, so the [...]

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553am -Sandy the blogger is out to support his supervisor candidate – Sean Davis – if you are in the Henry district – vote today for DAVIS! Excitement occurs in the Sanders home every election day.  Gotta run. Remember – vote for Mary Jones in James City County and Kenneth C. Boyd in Albemarle County!  [...]

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This encouraging report from the Roanoke Tea Party on ICLEI in Roanoke County: Roanoke Board of Supervisors member Ed Elswick has requested to put the question of severing ties with ICLEI on the agenda for the November 15 board work session. While no public comment is allowed in this session, this puts us one step closer [...]

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The weekly Virginia Political Blog rankings have been compiled. There was a bit of a shuffle in the top 10 as Virginia Right! moved to #1 and Too Conservative moved from 9th to 8th place showing an 80% increase. On the Conservative end of the Blogosphere, 19 out of 34 blogs improved (56%) and on [...]

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I am not sure what Tom White will say but tomorrow night at 820 pm the Saints (my team) and the Colts (Tom’s team) will play.  I am sorry the Colts are not at full strength and frankly worried about the game.  The Saints SHOULD win but who knows!  May the best team win!

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It has become quite common that one or more of the ranking sites decided to either go down completely or have major issues just when my software kicks off on Sunday mornings to gather the rankings for the (now) 51 Virginia blogs I track each week. And even when the sites all cooperate, it seems [...]

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Although it would be a complete victory if Clallam County had renounced sustainable development, the city of Sequim did in deed decide not to renew their membership in ICLEI!  We’re adding it to the Wall of Honor! Here’s one report from a blog, another from the Freedom Foundation, and a third confirmation from the local [...]

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