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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I am excited that PBS (No, I am not going soft – PBS should be denationalized and privatized!) is going to show a three part (Can I say mini-series?) event through their American Experience brand on The Abolitionists. I have tremendous admiration and respect for the abolitionists and consider William Lloyd Garrison a spiritual mentor [...]

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parentalrights.org reports that Tuesday, December 4 is the date for the vote in the Senate on the UN Disabilities Treaty.  Let’s just say NO!  Here’s why! 1.  It hurts parental rights.  All disabled children (and every child who ever have had an IEP or 504 plan could be considered disabled) will be subject to bureaucrats [...]

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Tom White and I conferred by email and we are endorsing both of the constitutional amendments – Amendment 1 because it will preserve a state statute that requires public eminent domain taking to be for a public use and not to increase property values or for urban planning.  I do not trust politicians to make [...]

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I just wrote about how the OSCE sent election observers and alleged that the USA had a duty to accept them in!  But every time I find globalist meddling,  there’s a UN treaty!  It’s like a scorpion under a rock! So I decided to look at the last report or two from OSCE about our [...]

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The New York Times reports today, “On David Axelrod’s New York City itinerary for Monday: to meet privately with potential donors to a ‘super PAC’ supporting President Obama’s re-election, then publicly declare that if that re-election happens, Mr. Obama will stop at almost nothing to undo the ruling that made super PACs possible. Days before the Supreme [...]

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This post was written by: Rick Buchanan Fauquier County Tea Party Patriots Event Chair – VTPP Federation   On Monday, February 13th, the day before cross-over, I took on a responsibility incumbent on every citizen of our representative Republic. I took a day off from running my small business to visit my representatives in the [...]

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US Senate Candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen had an Op-Ed in the Daily Press on Sunday calling out Tim Kaine and his big spending, budget busting ways.Americans do not see things getting any better as the Washington Democrats are going all in on the very policies that got us to the crisis we [...]

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`The reason we’ve got a $14 trillion debt is because no matter how much money Washington has, it always spends more — and the only way to cure the problem is to stop enabling it.’ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate floor Friday regarding a [...]

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Richmond, VA – George Allen issued the following statement today commending the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment as a first step in reining in federal deficit spending: “The federal government’s exploding debt has become a national crisis, and it is urgent that Congress act now.  I commend the 47 Republican Senators who have co-sponsored the Balanced [...]

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I’ve been thinking about the Sooner State after my research on the antics in Edmond; I know that the citizens of Oklahoma voted to deny the use of international law in judicial decisions (although that decision was promptly challenged in the Federal Courts).  So, it occurred to me:  Oklahoma is a RED state – let’s [...]

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At a press conference on January 18th the Senate Republican Caucus announced their Legislative Agenda.  It includes measures to increase transparency and strengthen accountability in Virginia’s budget process, to oppose tax increases, to protect Virginia’s status as a Right-to-Work state and prevent the implementation of Card Check. Some of the legislation that the Senate is [...]

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One of my “pet peeve” issues is the 17th amendment. Although, I knew about it, it wasn’t until two years ago, when I was doing my due diligence on the constitution, that I finally understood the impact of the 17th amendment. It was passed during the progressive era (1890-1920) under President Woodrow Wilson and it [...]

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The opposite of Bad UN law (all together now:  “REDUNDANT!”) is any proposal by my former delegate who I helped in several elections when I lived in Prince William County:  Del. Bob Marshall.  (I must confess that when Bob first ran for delegate in 1991 I supported his opponent in the primary!  But I said [...]

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Lindsey Graham (R-SC), known by many as Lindsey Graham-nesty shocked Conservatives and angered Liberals at the same time when he suggested he may introduce legislation to eliminate “Birthright Citizenship”, a 14th amendment right. “I may introduce a constitutional amendment that changes the rules if you have a child here,” Graham told Greta Van Susteren. “Birthright [...]

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Real Clear Politics is reporting that the DC representation bill is dead for this session of Congress.  While I am pleased this bill is dead, I am not pleased that DC hs no representation.  Many years ago as a YAF leader I opposed the constitutional amendment that would have given the District two senators and a [...]

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