Virginia Right!

Remember when Candidate Bob McDonnell promised to balance the budget and solve the transportation funding problems without raising taxes? Apparently McDonnell, now Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia has forgotten his promise to voters. In a Press Release, Governor McDonnell announced his scheme to add an additional $3.1 Billion tax burden on the backs of [...]

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On Friday, Virginia US Senate Candidate George Allen brought a special guest – Wisconsin US Senator Ron Johnson – who also endorsed Allen at the meeting of local small businesses and entrepreneurs. The meeting was held at Bill’s Barbecue where President and daughter of the founder Rhonda Elliott recently announced that she was being forced [...]

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I got this email from Governor Bobby Jindal (along with thousands of others of course!) but I wondered:  Maybe the GOP nominee should consider this governor as Vice President: Friends – It is time to give President Obama credit for keeping a commitment. This is, for this President, a pretty remarkable achievement.  I am not [...]

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The AP reports today, “The price at the gas pump rose over the weekend and the nationwide average is nearing $3.80 a gallon. Oil is close to $107 per barrel because of tensions tied to Iran’s nuclear program. AAA says the national average for gasoline [rose] 2.6 cents since Friday, including a fractional gain on [...]

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Dem Gas Price Priorities President Obama’s Energy Secretary Confirms That Their Goal Isn’t Lower Prices And A Top Senate Dem Only Wants To Increase Production Overseas   Q: ‘Is The Overall Goal To Get Our Price Lower?’ SEC. STEVEN CHU: ‘No’   “The Energy Department isn’t working to lower gasoline prices directly, Secretary Steven Chu [...]

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What are the priorities for Democrats these days? Looking at their public statements, lower gas prices for Americans certainly don’t seem to be among them.   Politico reports, “The Energy Department isn’t working to lower gasoline prices directly, Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday after a Republican lawmaker scolded him for his now-infamous 2008 comment that [...]

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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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As we approach $4 per gallon gas on our way to $5 and higher, it is good to remember how Democrat John Kerry looked at high gas prices back in 2004 at Chron: “This administration has done nothing with OPEC to reduce the gas prices,” Kerry said during a rally at the University of California, [...]

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Here’s an interesting Weekly Standardish take on the leader of the True Finns party, Timo Soini.  Soini’s party may get the most votes and seats in the Finnish parliament in Sunday’s election! Soini sounds like a pretty solid conservative.  He’s clearly euroskeptic.  He compares the EU to their former imperialist neighbor, the (Thank God!) former [...]

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