Virginia Right!

My friend and Bearing Drift contributor Norm Leahy has penned an editorial for the Washington Post along with Paul Goldman in which they discuss the constitutional problems with the new Transportation Tax Increase. Those praising the Virginia General Assembly’s transportation compromise may not realize that the bill runs afoul of the plain language in the [...]

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If you are a Virginia Right! reader, you are also most likely a Bearing Drift reader as well. BD does a wonderful job covering Virginia Politics. What you may not know is that these guys, led by my friend J.R. Hoeft, are also doing print media as well as radio. And all this costs money. [...]

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RICHMOND – Del. John O’Bannon (Henrico) has requested an opinion from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on the constitutionality of proposed state spending on privately controlled charitable organizations.  O’Bannon made the request on behalf of constituent Norm Leahy, who blogs on Tertium Quids.   Americans for Prosperity’s Virginia State Director Ben Marchi today issued the following [...]

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 America is an extraordinary country. Every time you think you’ve got it sussed, it surprises you. It is the sheer diversity of the US that makes anti-Americanism so perverse. Norm Leahy over at Tertium Quids posted this story about Daniel Hannan’s address to a rural southern GOP committee.  Hannan, who is an outspoken conservative and a champion of liberty, scolds the Republican Party for forgetting that it gained popularity for its early stance on state’s rights and individual liberty but had since abandoned that platform to tilt at windmills beyond its purvey. Let’s just say that he had an encounter he was not anticipating.  I don’t LOL often…

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Media Notes Kagan “Repeatedly Declined To Weigh In,” “Deflected Questions,” “Wasn’t Willing To Answer More Questions,” & Was “Lead Actor In The Very Farce” She Called A “Vapid And Hollow Charade” SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (D-PA): “And Perhaps You Haven’t Answered Much Of Anything.” (Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 6/30/10) THE WASHINGTON POST: “Fifteen Years Ago, [...]

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