Virginia Right!

While the echo of the gunshots was still in the air, the usual anti gun crowd again began the call for more gun control. New York Mayor Bloomberg was one of the first out of the gate calling for tougher laws. Exactly how much more gun control would have been required to prevent the horrible [...]

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It appears that the Utah Attorney General’s office (through private counsel versed in the field) will sue the BCS, reports the Arizona Republic: Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff said Monday that highly ranked Boise State University’s exclusion from a lucrative Bowl Championship Series game bolsters his pending lawsuit against college football’s postseason system, which determines [...]

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I know my readers from or associated with Virginia Tech and Alabama will not be happy with this posting.  I am not pleased to write this post.  I am especially displeased to even potentially write against my Alabama Crimson Tide!  I bleed Alabama when they lose.  I have relatives who attended VT.  But this is [...]

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Don’t you find this whole BCS thing disturbing?  LSU and Alabama playing again for the national championship?  All Alabama probably has to do is beat Auburn (never an easy task) and they slide into the BCS championship.  Does this bother you?  It should. I must disclose what many of our readers already know – I [...]

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How is it that you lose a game and only move down to third in the BCS standings? It happens if you are Alabama.  (And some of my readers know I am an proud Bama alumnus [Law '83] and died slowly through that game Saturday!)  Here ls the report on the BCS standings from FoxSports: [...]

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CNN Reports: Virginia Tech, the site of a 2007 massacre, has issued an alert saying someone is possibly carrying a weapon on campus. Regular classes aren’t in session at the moment, but there is summer school. The university in Blacksburg, Virginia, is asking people on campus to stay inside and secure doors. The person was [...]

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Looking at the parallels between a number of tragic shootings in recent years, there seems to be a common thread tying them all together. If you look at the Fort Hood shooting, the Virginia Tech shooting and the recent Tuscon shootings, each of the gunmen was familiar to authorities for abnormal and troubling behavior. As [...]

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Democratic candidate for Governor Creigh Deeds has a new ad out that was promoted by The Washington Post today. The ad and article attempt to pin blame on Republican candidate Bob McDonnell for supporting Appalachian Power’s requests for rate increases.

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