Virginia Right!

Editor’s Note: Where were the Liberals who say we don’t pay enough in taxes? This citizen exposed them for what they are… liars! – Tom May 1st at 5:00 pm the “Voluntary Tax Donation ” Event was held at the historic Hanover Courthouse.  I’m proud to say that I attended but was very discouraged by the outcome. I [...]

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This is pretty big. Former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor decided not to extend his endorsement of Barack Obama for his reelection. According to the Times Dispatch: Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, who backed Democrat Barack Obama for president in 2008, did not endorse Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in [...]

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  ‘Raising taxes as our economy continues to struggle is not a solution, and the majority of Americans and businesses understand that.’   WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) says that raising taxes on small businesses, as Senate Democrats voted to do this week, is the wrong solution in the [...]

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The Hill writes today, “Two-thirds of likely voters say the weak economy is Washington’s fault, and more blame President Obama than anybody else, according to a new poll for The Hill. It found that 66 percent believe paltry job growth and slow economic recovery is the result of bad policy. Thirty-four percent say Obama is the most [...]

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The anti-business Obama Administration is seeing it’s policies damage the jobs market. After fudging the math by removing large numbers of out of work people from the count, the fuzzy math is proving to be too much to hide the dire condition of the US economy. The figures for May 2012 were just released and [...]

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Last night was a pretty big night for Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. He won the Illinois Primary by a pretty good margin. It seems that Republicans are coming to grips with a Mitt Romney candidacy. Many are still reluctant to “settle” for a New England Moderate. Not that Romney is light years better than [...]

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Editor’s Note: This Guest Post post was written by Melody Scalley, an entrepreneur and talk-radio show host in Virginia. I met Melody at the 2009 Republican Convention when she was a candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates. She is a rock solid Conservative and a powerful voice for the right out of the beautiful [...]

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There are some news reports that indicate that former UN Ambassador and presidential adviser John R. Bolton might run for the White House in 2012.  As I blogged before, Bolton would be great on the sovereignty issue and is probably a solid mainstream conservative on other issues.  However, he is certainly a national security conservative, [...]

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The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week, carved eternally in the Akashic records of cyberspace. This week we ended up with tie between two superb pieces, The Razor’s Betting It All And Losing , a great piece about the pain of indebtedness and how politicians [...]

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Politico’s Playbook reported yesterday, “EXCLUSIVE — OBAMA AND SENATE DEMS PLAN PIVOT TO JOBS: Senate Democrats hope they now have ‘checked the box’ on debt reduction and can move to an agenda focused on job creation and economic growth, through a combination of spending and tax cuts. Dems want to change the subject fast, and [...]

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If we do not address culture, the Debt Ceiling debates are meaningless. Debt is a symptom of our cultural meltdown. Perhaps that is an overstatement. But, if we wish to become solvent again, emphasizing cultural solutions will get us farther than emphasizing economic fixes. Without such culturist discussions we will never pay down the debt [...]

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Speaking on the floor this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “Over the past few weeks, Americans have gotten what seems like a daily dose of bad news about the state of the economy. Whether it’s more joblessness, threats from ratings agencies, the price of gasoline, goods and housing, or a slowdown in manufacturing, [...]

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On the heels of a May jobs report showing “anemic” growth and higher unemployment, Gallup writes today, “[H]iring remains seven to eight points below early 2008. That is, current job creation has not returned to its levels of nearly 3 ½ years ago, when the recession got underway. On an absolute basis, job creation in [...]

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Starbucks CEO Says ‘Pressure On Small Businesses’ ‘Is Too Great,’ Other Job Creators Say ‘The Healthcare Law Costs Too Much And Further Jeopardizes The Economic Recovery’ HOWARD SCHULTZ, Starbucks CEO: “I Think As The Bill Is Currently Written And If It Was Going To Land In 2014 Under The Current Guidelines, The Pressure On Small [...]

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Dems Agree: Don’t Raise Taxes On Small Businesses During A Recession SEN. CHRIS COONS (D-DE): “I Would Extend Them [Tax Cuts] For Everyone.” “I am committed to extending the Bush tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans for everybody making up to $250,000, but I would extend them for everyone. … I’d be willing to [...]

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On November 2 Obama’s Boots will be Removed From the Economy’s Throat The change America was promised in 2008 has not been delivered by President Obama. Americans wanted change. We wanted change from the rising unemployment, the declining economy and the erosion of the American Dream. In fairness, these things will not happen overnight, nor [...]

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A GROWING CHORUS A Growing Chorus Of Democrats Reject President Obama’s Plan To Raise Taxes On Small Businesses In The Middle Of A Recession A GROWING CHORUS OF SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREE: DON’T RAISE TAXES DURING A RECESSION SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (ID-CT): “I Don’t Think It Makes Sense To Raise Any Federal Taxes During The Uncertain [...]

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Even As World Leaders “Embrace A Newfound Desire For Fiscal Austerity” The Obama Administration Will Urge The World To Continue “Stimulus” Spending PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL URGE WORLD LEADERS TO CONTINUE STIMULUS SPENDING “The U.S. Plans To Press Its Economic Partners At A Summit To Move Cautiously With Plans To Tighten Their Fiscal Policies while the [...]

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Even with massive hires by the Census Bureau, new jobless claims rise sharply. At a time when summer jobs normally help out with the numbers, government growth has served to crush private sector job growth.

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