Virginia Right!

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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Romney camp asks Va. to probe voter forms Interesting story in the Richmond Times Dispatch. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s campaign is asking Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to launch an investigation into voter-registration forms that are being sent to Virginia residents and addressed to deceased relatives, children, family pets and others ineligible to vote. The [...]

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Thanks, ObamaCare. The younger healthier people are now insured and the older people who really need it are screwed. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer U.S. adults aged 26 to 64 are getting health insurance from an employer in 2012, continuing a downward trend that began in 2008. The 55.9% who reported having it in the second [...]

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‘One In Three’ Underemployed, More Than Half ‘Disappointed,’ ‘Worried’ Or ‘Angry’ With The Obama Presidency   GALLUP: ‘A Disaster For… Younger Americans As A Group’   “Today’s slow economic growth is a disaster for those unemployed and underemployed as they look for jobs when so few new jobs are being created. For younger Americans as [...]

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In an op-ed for Politico today, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell writes, “Few groups today are struggling more under the Obama economy than recent college graduates. More than half either can’t find work or can’t find work to match their skills, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Close to half, or 42 percent, of recent [...]

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New Study: ‘Only 49% Of Graduates From The Classes Of 2009 To 2011 Had Found A Full-Time Job Within A Year Of Finishing School’   University Research: Grads ‘May Never Catch Up’   “In a study to be released Thursday, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University found that recent graduates [...]

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The Greek elections come up a week from today (May 5) and the people are wise to the fact the major parties, whether left or right, are the handmaidens of the EU elite: He [another young Greek voter] and his friend Christos Spulas, 25, broke out in laughter when asked if they would vote for [...]

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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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I finally made it to the Mechanicsville Tea Party tonight at the old East Hanover firehouse.  I was expecting ten or maybe twenty committed activists there; the place was packed – nearly every seat was filled.  Perhaps 90 or so.  I was recognized by one of the organizers as the “blog guy” who had been [...]

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In another must-read fact check piece on the health care bill today, the AP writes, “Zach Hoffman was confident his small business would qualify for a new tax cut in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law. But when he ran the numbers, Hoffman discovered that his office furniture company wouldn’t get any assistance with the $79,200 it pays annually in premiums for its 24 employees. ‘It leaves you with this feeling of a bait-and-switch,’ he said.”

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HHS: Health Spending Law Will Result In Higher Premiums

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “We [Senate Democrats And The Administration] Agree On Reforms That Will Finally Reduce The Costs Of Health Care. Families Will Save On Their Premiums.” (President Obama, Remarks After Meeting With Senate Democrats, 12/15/09)

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Health Bill Signed Into Law Yesterday Is Already Not Delivering On Promises

Bill Didn’t Ban Discrimination For Pre-Existing Conditions In Children Immediately As Promised

AP: “Obama Made Better Coverage For Children A Centerpiece Of His Health Care Remake, But It Turns Out The Letter Of The Law Provided A Less-Than-Complete Guarantee That Kids With Health Problems Would Not Be Shut Out Of Coverage.” (“Gap In Health Care Law’s Protection For Children,” AP, 3/23/10)

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