Virginia Right!

Every reader of this blog knows my feelings about the pro athletes in the Olympics as being sports imperialism.  Only the larger nations can realistically have a pro league or pro program sufficient to have a realistic chance to win a medal in the Games.  Thus pro athletes rob smaller nations of a chance at [...]

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I am aware for sometime about the movie Kony 2012 (I saw it first on my way to the class I teach at VCU and I thought Kony was a candidate for Mayor of Richmond!  Wrong again!)  But it did not bother me because we were not actually chasing this guy with US troops. However, [...]

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If Ron Paul was running for President in 1970′s, I could see myself among the other long haired, die-hard supporters he now attracts. I was a long haired freedom lover bucking the establishment my self. And a Virginia Commonwealth University student. And VCU was part and parcel of the far left movement even in those [...]

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VCU student (It seems it takes a VCU student to get things done!  Ask a Kansas basketball fan.) Conor Murphy wrote this fabulous article about the myths surrounding Cong. Ron Paul.  Some highlights: The first and most common problem that conservatives have regarding Ron Paul is the assertion that he is weak on national defense. [...]

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I am disappointed that VCU fell short in their national semifinal NCAA game.  I am also excited that Butler won their national semifinal NCAA game.  Too bad it was the same game!  But Butler is a great team, very underrated for sure.  They will have a test in Connecticut and their star player Kemba Walker [...]

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It’s not like I write for SI or something but I will speak briefly on the game tonight. I have already blogged on my dilemma; for a local team to make the Final Four is a once in a lifetime event – like a total solar eclipse!  (The last one in Virginia was March 7, [...]

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I was afraid this might happen even though I wanted VCU to win in the worst way.  When the Kansas team dissed the UR team and I did not see an apology for it by the coach, I wanted to see a big win by VCU.  A don’t mess with Richmond statement!  According to the [...]

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It was great – Horizon League champ Butler just slugged their way to the Final Four again.  No coach has ever taken a mid-major team to the Final Four two years in a row – until Brad Stevens did it!*  No they should not beat Kansas/VCU winner but they ought not have defeated Pitt or [...]

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Here’s a report from the Eldersburg Patch on the first 100 days of Carroll County’s Prague Spring!  It’s an encouraging report.  Local government can be sexy and crucial to liberty!  Some highlights from Commission President Doug Howard’s report: Implemented the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer at the opening of Commissioner meetings.*  *  * Reinstated the County Christmas [...]

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I am watching Butler slice and dice the Badgers as I blog tonight.  Brad Stevens is an amazing coach and Butler is exciting.  BUT the center of the basketball universe tomorrow night will be the River City with Richmond v. Kansas and VCU v. Florida State.  It is exciting! GO SPIDERS!  GO RAMS!

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Over 12,000 views so far. This is a really awesome video made by a 14 year old Tea Party Patriot.

If you have not marked your calendar, the second Richmond Tea Party is set for Thursday April 15, 2010.

Kanawha Plaza (Near Federal Reserve)
Downtown Richmond
5:30 – 6:30pm Music and Doc Thompson
6:30 – 8:00pm Rally

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Cuccinelli was the first statewide candidate to recognize the impact that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Melendez decision would have on prosecutions in Virginia.

In essence, the Court’s ruling made it far easier for defense attorneys to compel live testimony by forensic analysts in drug and DUI trials. Tyler Whitley reported today that in July, 2008 there were 43 subpoenas for drug examiners in the state- this year there were more than 900.
Cuccinelli understood from the get-go that this would result in an intolerable strain on the relatively small number of forensic analysts in the state and precipitate a backlog, in both court trials and in crime scene testing.

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A packed house at the Parham Road Virginia Victory office greeted Maureen McDonnell as she stopped by to help out with the phone
calls. After a few minutes of hugs and words of encouragement from old friends and new volunteers, Maureen settled in to make calls for the Republican ticket. This was not a new activity for the former Attorney General Bob McDonnell’s wife. Prior to Bob McDonnell’s run

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