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Wow. They call this monstrosity of a tax increase – $6.1 billion – the “Transportation Bill”. But only 57% is supposed to go to transportation. And we all know how “secure” that spending will be. There is no lock box. So as Bob McDonnell sends email after email trying to convince people that bigger government [...]

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Every one of these names deserves to lose their seat. House of Delegates: Dave Albo (42) John Cosgrove (78) Kirk Cox (66) Mark Dudenhefer (2) Jim Edmunds (60) Tag Greason (32) Chris Head (17) Gordon Helsel (91) Keith Hodges (98) Sal Iaquinto (84)* Riley Ingram (62) Chris Jones (76) Terry Kilgore (1) Barry Knight (81) [...]

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This is a wonderful development!  My legal article, still seeking publication in a law journal, claiming that ICLEI membership is unconstitutional as local invasion of the exclusive Federal power to conduct foreign policy, was cited by my hero Hal Shurtleff before a legislative committee in the Granite State! Last year there was a bill – [...]

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Say it ain’t so! Speculation abounds and tongues are wagging that Bill Bolling, the current Republican Lt. Governor of Virginia, bitter about Attorney General Cuccinelli’s decision to run for Governor may run as an Independent. After assuming that the Republican Nomination was all locked up after his magnanimous gesture to seek a second term as Lt. [...]

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This article on the Daily Paul was and is well done.  Well written exhortation to get involved in local government and politics.  Here are a few highlights from the article of a liberty activist named Travis Couture (slightly edited): Please, get involved in your party, unless it is that unbearable, run for office locally, learn [...]

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Virginia Right! has created a new computer modeling program that allows us to plug in the poll demographics of today’s polls and calculate the results based on the actual voter turnout as far as party affiliation in the presidential elections of 2000, 2004 and 2008. In addition, the software calculates the what-if scenario if Republicans, [...]

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In a GREAT VICTORY for liberty and sovereignty, the Tennessee House of Representatives PASSED (72-23) Rep. Kevin Brooks’ Resolution condemning Agenda 21 and criticizing ICLEI by name.  Here is the resolution and below are some highlights: WHEREAS, the United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control [...]

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Once upon a time, when Reagan was ending a most successful Presidency, there was a political activist who had the itch for running for office.  This activist did not realize how sexy local government is and wanted to run for House of Delegates or state Senate.  Elwood Earl “Sandy” Sanders, Jr., was an attorney in [...]

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I am looking forward to these debates. We have 5 really strong candidates running to face the Virginia voters in 2012. The first challenge will be in a primary contest with the winner moving on to face the Democratic Party nominee. Please make an effort to attend a debate near you! This message is from [...]

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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced his support of former Virginia Governor and US Senator George Allen in his bid to replace retiring Democrat Jim Webb to represent Virginia in the US Senate. Governor McDonnell joins a long list of prominent Virginian’s who have announced their support for George Allen. The list also includes Lt. Governor [...]

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The folks at the Republican Party of Virginia have been working really hard to find a single Virginia Democrat that will stand proudly with Obama and his mess. Seems there are none to be found. They have looked high and low, and alas, nada! Now, to be truthful about it, these Democrats ACT like Obama [...]

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Governor Bobby Jindal is virtually unopposed for reelection as Governor of Louisiana.  (Yes, Louisiana readers, I indeed saw the Saints game last night and all I can say is the Packers are awfully good but I felt this game had rare coaching lapses that sealed the loss – now let’s pick a cheerier subject!) Thus [...]

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In an interesting story to me (and after all that is what matters here at Virginia Right!) Governor McDonnell has shown decisive leadership (the kind of leadership that ought to be in DC) in two areas. First, he fired all but one member of the Virginia Port Authority and replaced them with new people.  There [...]

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From Lt. Governor Bill Bolling: Earlier this year I was pleased when my good friend George Allen announced that he would run for the U.S. Senate in 2012.   George called me a few days before his announcement to let me know his intentions.  I told him I would be for him or against him, [...]

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The Virginia House of Delegates managed to come up with a bipartisan redistricting plan that saw a number of Democrats vote for the bill in the Republican controlled House. The Democrat controlled State Senate, on the other hand, managed to devise a plan so one sided and protectionist that it did not have a single [...]

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A week after the election some political chips are starting to fall, between the GOP and Tea Party movement, both here in Virginia and Nationally. So, time for some post election “analysis”. The first thing that caught my attention was the biggest upsets in Virginia the 9th congressional district. Fourteen term incumbent, Rick Boucher, was [...]

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Brent Budowsky writes this ironically humorous article in The Hill supporting Harry Reid.  Budowsky suggests that Theodore Roosevelt would support Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) since he is actually out there in the arena fighting for the right: Roosevelt continued: The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred [...]

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Tonight’s the night!  I can hardly wait.  There may even be streaming video available!  (Ain’t technology great!)  So all my readers in Wisconsin (Yes, I see you over there in LaCrosse in the Packers t-shirt – I like the Packers too – never against the Saints or Panthers but Green Bay is America’s team) will have that [...]

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An extraordinary contrast is emerging between the style and philosophy of governing as practiced in the executive mansion just north of the Potomac River and the Executive Mansion just north of the James River.

In Washington, President Obama is borrowing, taxing, and spending with abandon — with little apparent concern about the long-term consequences of his unprecedented expansion of government control of the economy and the claims it will make on future earnings of the American people. The president’s agenda relies on one-party power and minimal attempts at compromise.

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