Virginia Right!

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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The Washington Times writes, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he will try to push through a change to Senate rules that would limit the GOP’s ability to filibuster bills. . . . ‘I think that the rules have been abused and that we’re going to work to change them,’ he told reporters. . . [...]

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Remember when the Obama Administration promised unemployment would not go above 8% if we allowed Obama to spend a trillion of our tax dollars. We allowed and he spent. Green jobs, he promised, would be a boon to the economy and life would be grand. In fact, he said unemployment would be 5.6% by July, [...]

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Opening statements – 2 minutes each. George Allen, E.W. Marshall, Bob Marshall, Jamie Radtke Question 1 to Allen: Debt limit has been increased over 17 times. If elected, would you vote to increase the limit. Allen: Now is different. The Amount of debt has increased under Obama. Our credit was downgraded. Deficits over $1 Trillion. [...]

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I found this blog entry from Jerel D. “Jerry” Erickson, who lives in Sioux Falls, and most of this article is about garbage collection BUT this is exciting: The city of Sioux Falls will not renew its membership in ICLEI, the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, according to Aimee Ladonsky, Director of Hazardous Waste.  [...]

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Henrico, VA– George Allen released the following statement regarding President Obama’s push for $1.5 trillion in higher taxes. “The American people should not be punished with a $1.5 trillion tax increase to pay for this Administration’s record-setting deficits and second round of stimulus spending.  These are the same recycled tax hikes that President Obama has [...]

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New Stimulus, Same Old Promises There Are At Least 1.7 Million Reasons To Be Skeptical Of President Obama’s Latest Jobs Prediction   1,705,000 Fewer Jobs Since The First Stimulus Passed In February 2009 (U.S. Dept. Of Labor, “Employment, Hour, And Earnings From The Current Employment Statistics Survey (National),” Total Nonfarm, Accessed 9/6/11)   NEW STIMULUS [...]

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Henrico, VA– As Chairman Kaine and President Obama double down on the same failed stimulus policies that left Americans with 9% unemployment and massive debt, a new Bloomberg poll shows that an overwhelming 72% of Americans think the economy is headed in the wrong direction.   Bloomberg: “The poll results show the public is running [...]

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Henrico, VA–George Allen released the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech on the economy: “Tonight Virginia families heard a political speech from President Obama calling for more of the same big spending stimulus proposals and job-crushing tax hikes.  It’s been nearly three years, and Washington big government liberals have learned nothing from the [...]

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In an op-ed for Politico today previewing the president’s speech, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell writes, “President Barack Obama will reportedly do two things in his speech to a joint session of Congress tonight: ask us to believe that a second stimulus will be more effective than his first; and pin the blame on others [...]

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The AP reports today, “President Barack Obama will lay out new ideas for speeding up job growth and helping the struggling poor and middle class in a major speech designed to jolt the economy in early September, a senior administration official told The Associated Press. . . . The official emphasized that all of Obama’s [...]

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Standard and Poor’s downgraded the United States on Friday for the first time – ever! This was a direct response to the out of control spending by President Obama and his Democratic co-conspirators. During the debt ceiling debate, S&P announced that none of the plans being considered – the Reid Plan or the watered down [...]

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No debt ceiling plan of their own. No budget for well over 800 days. No leadership from their President. No jobs. No economic growth. It seems the only thing Democrats are capable of these days is doing nothing. And killing any and every idea that comes from Republicans. And whining. A lot! See, the Republicans [...]

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Note: There was some problem with this link. Re-posting. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And by that definition, the entire Obama Administration and the Progressive movement have proven themselves quite insane. Keynesian Economics has a perfect track record: 100% failure. Worse, the Obama [...]

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  President Obama is desperately hunting for some good news with the nation’s economy. Or at the very least, at least one or two anecdotal success stories to help create an illusion that everything is on track. So today, Obama visited a North Carolina manufacturing plant that makes “green” energy saving LED light bulbs.   [...]

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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And by that definition, the entire Obama Administration and the Progressive movement have proven themselves quite insane. Keynesian Economics has a perfect track record: 100% failure. Worse, the Obama Administration has twisted and convoluted the Keynesian Economic model [...]

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(Washington, DC) Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-6) responded tonight to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Below are her remarks, as prepared for delivery: Good evening, my name is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota’s 6th District. Two years ago, when Barack Obama became our President, unemployment was 7.8 percent and our national debt stood at [...]

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Today, America has an opportunity to send a clear message to our political leaders. You remember them, right? The group that largely ignored the American Public’s wishes and rammed ObamaCare and stimulus packages and more debt than we can possibly repay down our throats? The sanctimonious, pompous and arrogant politicians who believed themselves both smarter [...]

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Readers of this blog know well that Sandy’s favorite Democrat (at least among office holders) is Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina (blogger’s note and disclaimer – I am a native of the Tarheel State but I am from eastern NC); Shuler’s the former quarterback of the Redskins and Saints (another disclaimer – geaux Saints!) [...]

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