Virginia Right!

Tonight is yet another election night in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Like eclipses, elections occur with regularity every year. This is the primary for the Democrats and while there is no primary for governor (It should be Chap Petersen but I can’t get everything I want…) there are two candidates for each – Lieutenant Governor: [...]

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Today is voting day throughout the Commonwealth.  Exciting day for me.  I remember primary day well in 1989.  I did not have a professional campaign manager nor did I have conservative groups behind me.  (Could have used both of those things!  Kinda like that old adage:  I could have had ham and eggs if I [...]

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WHAT IS A CONSERVATIVE? Surprise Guest  Thursday, June 6, 2013, 7:00 pm Life Church, Mechanicsville, VA       MECHANICSVILLE TEA PARTY HAS A REAL TREAT FOR THOSE ATTENDING  TONIGHT’S PROGRAM AT LIFE CHURCH, MECHANICSVILLE, VA, 7:00 PM     —- WHAT IS A CONSERVATIVE? —-              AHHHHHH  !  THE SUSPENSE & INTRIGUE ??   WHO IS [...]

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Here is a wonderful, well-done video.  Lots of views from a diverse group of Britons.  Nothing shrill but I thought the point about how the  ECHR (read EU) keeps Britain from deporting foreigners who were convicted of crime is telling.  I’d play that up a lot.  Very effective.  It’s not NO yet but it’s getting [...]

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Here is the link to Leland Conway on 1140 AM ripping Elton Wade on his radio show. $41.25 per hour is highway robbery for being a crossing guard. In addition to his $30,030 salary as a crossing guard, Wade makes $25,500 as a Supervisor. A caller to Leland’s show said that at one point Wade’s [...]

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Alachua County, FL, the home of the University of Florida, has gotten out of ICLEI, according to this report by the Gainesville TP: Apparently County Commissioner Susan Baird is a friendly voice (wonder if she was audited?): Dearest Friends of the County and the world, My greatest wish (among so many others…) is for the [...]

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Here I am again!    

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My fellow Virginia Conservative Blogger Justin Higgins put out a really good video explaining why the Internet Sales Tax is a bad idea and hardly fair at all (as it pretends to be). This is Justin’s first video and I think it is well done. You can visit his Blog at JHPolitics.  

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Holy Week began last Sunday and the week was filled with harsh and cruel reminders. The Savior’s broken body and spilling blood will be lifted up on the cross so our eyes can focus on the splendid theater of God’s glory in the awful beauty and holy majesty of Christ crucified. But we watch the [...]

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I have been too angry to write about Cyprus until today.  I cannot imagine what the people in the USA or any nation would do or could do with the possibility of a forcible, foreign inspired “tax” on bank savings.  I do not subscribe to the “taxation is theft” theory of libertarianism.  But this truly [...]

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In two developments, I am pleased as a supporter of Del. Bell for AG, to report two items: First, Delegate Bell’s bill to authorize multijurisdictional grand juries for human trafficking cases was signed by the governor. “Working with the attorney general’s office, I introduced HB 1870 to allow multijurisdictional grand juries to investigate additional types [...]

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‘We need to grow the economy—not the government…Government has never been bigger or more out of control. They say there is no problem with waste, fraud, and abuse; they say the problem is you; they say you are not sending them enough money; they say they have wisely spent every penny. So, you must just [...]

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— REMINDER — Mechanicsville TEA Party Meeting Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:00 pm   The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!   For the next MTP meeting we will present a review of the 2013 session of Virginia’s General Assembly.  Come and learn the good, the bad and the ugly news of what travesties Virginia’s [...]

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I was amazed but also very pleased to see the support for Del. Bell announced yesterday in an email.  Here is the entire list on the website! Check out the Hanover list – six elected officials from our county coming out for BELL! Hanover County Delegate Christopher Peace Honorable Trip Chalkley, Commonwealth’s Attorney Sheriff Dave [...]

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EXCITING NEWS!  ConservativeHome is reporting a new poll conducted by Lord Ashcroft (I hope he’s related to my old hero, former AG John Ashcroft) showing this headline: Lord Ashcroft: Liberal Democrats 5% Ahead in Eastleigh But the headline should be: UKIP SURGES IN EASTLEIGH! Now, UKIP is in THIRD place, with 21%, NINE points over [...]

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U.S. Senator John Hoeven Delivers Weekly Republican Address ‘President Obama has been traveling and giving interviews on the consequences of the sequester…The fact is: Republicans in Congress, right now, will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt, instead of going through the sequester. In fact, House Republicans [...]

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For the last few years, the Mechanicsville TEA Party has been meeting on Wednesday nights. While attendance is always good, a lot of the members find that the Wednesday meetings conflict with Church Services the same night. (You know how we all cling to our Religion.) This week, on Thursday February 7, 2013 the MTP [...]

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Americans for Prosperity is holding Lobby Day at the Virginia State Capitol tomorrow, Wednesday January 30, 2013. If you need a ride, buses are leaving from several points. (See links at the bottom of this post.) And AFP has convinced Fox News Contributor Jonah Goldberg to speak to the group that is expected to number [...]

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I have written several times about the restoration of the Appellate Defender’s office in Virginia.  The Indigent Defense Commission had to abolish the office due to budget cuts. Now you can do something about it!  Email your senator if you are in his or her district (especially the Republicans!) or can if a Virginia voter, [...]

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