Posted on 04 May 2012. Tags: Appar, Big Game, Bush Kerry, College Kid, Community Organizers, Conservative Friends, Dallas Cowboys, Freight Train, Godfather, Hippie, Pecking Order, Progressives, Protests, Republicans, Rules For Radicals, Saul, Suspicion, Time In My Life, Vietnam War, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington Redskins
I am currently reading, for perhaps the 4th time in my life, the book written by the godfather of Community Organizers Saul Alinsky. The book, of course, is Rules for Radicals. This time through, I am digesting the contents far more ravenously than my previous reads. The first time I read it it had a [...]
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Posted in Featured, News, Opinion, R4R
Posted on 30 December 2011. Tags: Bass Player, Core Rock, Die Hard, Fan District, Freedom And Liberty, Great Music, Guitarist, Hard Core, Musician, Nasty Habit, Night Clubs, Personal Freedom, Rock Bands, Ron Paul, Spoon, Syringe, Time Period, Vcu, Veins, Virginia Commonwealth University
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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Posted in Opinion, President 2012
Posted on 30 October 2011. Tags: Anti War Demonstrations, Bias, Bikers, C Jones, Characterization, Civil Disobedience, Conservatism, Hand Knowledge, Hardcore, Investigative Journalism, Kanawha Plaza, Long Hair, Mainstream Media, Monroe Park, Party Groups, Political Agenda, Preconceived Notions, Preface, Progressive Movement, Protests, Richard Nixon, Richmond, Richmond Group, Rock Bands, Sit Ins, Tea Party, Truth, Viet Cong, Virginia Commonwealth University, Wall Street, Writeup
Part I Preface: Apparently, some Virginia Right! readers on the right are confused by the video and writeup of my visit to Kanawha Plaza and my characterization of what I actually found to be true. The article was intended to be true investigative journalism. As such, I reported exactly what I found and attempted to [...]
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Posted in Featured, News
Posted on 01 September 2011. Tags: Bott, Bottom Line, Bull Horn, Cop, Cox, Defending America, Ego, Fac, Fellow Believer, Freedom In America, Freedom Of Speech, Iraq War, Justification, Law Enforcement, Life And Limb, Nbsp, Neighbor, Police Force, Police Officer, Provocation, Rage, Salary, Speech Issue, Stupid Thing, Stupidity, Tough Job, Unnecessary Action, Vcu Police, Virginia Commonwealth University, War Veteran
Nathan Cox is both a friend and neighbor and a fellow believer in freedom. He risked life and limb serving in Iraq defending America’s freedom – which includes freedom of speech. The other day, Nathan was driving home from the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) area and passed a VCU police officer. What he did next [...]
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Posted in News, Tea Party
Posted on 07 August 2010. Tags: Amp, Banner Year, Colby, Dud, Electric Guitar, Fame And Fortune, Gibson Les Paul, Gold Top, Guitars, Les Paul, Line 6 Spider, Neighborhood, Number 3, Paul Gold, Possession, Shambala, Three Dog Night, Video Flashback, Virginia Commonwealth University, Www Youtube, Yamaha
Where were you in 1973 when Three Dog Night launched a Number 3 Hit with Shambala? I was attending Virginia Commonwealth University, letting my hair grow and following the road to fame and fortune with an old electric guitar and an old 2 piece Silvertone amp. Sometime that year I gave away the guitar and [...]
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Posted in Music Video, Video