Tag Archive | Northern Virginia
Posted on April 8, 2014. Tags: God, Northern Virginia, Republicans, rights
Exactly what does it mean to be Conservative? Let’s start with the definition of Conservative. Merriam-Webster defines Conservative as: believing in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society : relating to or supporting political conservatism But the word itself means “to preserve” or save. What exactly is being preserved? For that […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 20, 2013. Tags: Advocacy, Airplay, Democrat, Excellent Tv, Ken Cuccinelli, Liberty Activists, Lot, Narrator, Nbsp, Negativity, Northern Virginia, Nova, Sexual Abuse, Strong Point, Tea Party, Tv Ad
I got a copy (along with millions of others) of this TV ad for Ken Cuccinelli. I think this is a strong point – his advocacy in college of programs to fight sexual abuse. Here it is: I can say, this should run in Northern Virginia. It would refute or at least cut into […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on June 10, 2013. Tags: Best Route, Conservative Christian, Elective Office, Extremist, Free Markets, Greatness, Impediment, Mechanicsville, Miscalculation, National Prosperity, Northern Virginia, Personal Appearance, Political Pundits, Refreshing Departure, Standing Ovation, Surprise Appearance, Talking Heads, Terry Mcauliffe, U S Constitution, Volunteer Staff
I watched the local news on Friday to see what if anything was being reported on the State wide candidates running this fall. I wasn’t at all surprised to see the reporting of Terry McAuliffe at a campaign stop somewhere in Northern Virginia and contrasted that with the following story of E.W Jackson, not of […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on March 15, 2013. Tags: Advisory Role, Attorney General S Office, Attorneys Office, Augusta County, Authorities, Bob McDonnell, Btw, Capital Case, Capital Litigation, Commonwealth, Crimes, Criminal Case, Delegate, Governor Bob, Grand Juries, Human Trafficking, Initiative, Jurisdictions, Media Sources, Nbsp, New Hope, Northern Virginia, Prosecutors, Rob Bell, Romero, Runaway
In two developments, I am pleased as a supporter of Del. Bell for AG, to report two items: First, Delegate Bell’s bill to authorize multijurisdictional grand juries for human trafficking cases was signed by the governor. “Working with the attorney general’s office, I introduced HB 1870 to allow multijurisdictional grand juries to investigate additional types […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on February 26, 2013. Tags: Bob McDonnell, Congestion Relief, Constitutional Problems, Food Items, Hampton Roads, Leahy, Legal Challenge, Local Taxation, Massive Tax Increase, Northern Virginia, Paul Goldman, Plain Language, S Sales, Senate Conference Committee, Tax Article, Territorial Limits, Tier System, Transportation Projects, Virginia General Assembly, Washington Post
My friend and Bearing Drift contributor Norm Leahy has penned an editorial for the Washington Post along with Paul Goldman in which they discuss the constitutional problems with the new Transportation Tax Increase. Those praising the Virginia General Assembly’s transportation compromise may not realize that the bill runs afoul of the plain language in the […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on February 23, 2013. Tags: Arbitrary Distinction, Blog Entry, Chain Bridge, Chain Bridge Road, Chap Petersen, Clean Diesel, Commonwealth Transportation Board, Construction Trucks, Consumer Goods, Diesel Vehicles, Hybrids, Medicaid, Medicaid Bill, Northern Virginia, State Tax, Surcharge, Sustainable Solution, Tax Dollar, Tax Increases, Tax Rate
Check out this blog entry from Senator Chap Petersen – Sandy’s favorite Democrat! Petersen voted NO on the transportation/Medicaid bill! Here’s his remarks: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Senate: I speak today as someone who grew up in the heart of Fairfax. As a little boy I looked out my window and watched the construction […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on February 12, 2013. Tags: Betrayal, Bob Marshall, Car Registra, Car Registration, Cathy Marshall, Delegate, Election Year, Email Address, General Assembly, Grandmother, Income Taxes, Letter To Pat, Little Time, Northern Virginia, Receipts, Referenda, Regional Transportation, Republican Legislators, Republican Party Of Virginia, Rpv, State Chair, State Legislator, Tidewater
Below is a letter from Cathy Marshall to Republican Party of Virginia Chairman Pat Mullins about the Republican’s intent to raise our taxes. I completely agree with Cathy Marshall and urge everyone to email Chairman Mullins and let him know your feelings. His email address is [email protected] I prefaced my email to Pat with the following: […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on December 2, 2012. Tags: Arlington Boulevard, Boulevard Suite, Building C, Central Park Ave, Chaparral, Craghead, East Franklin Street, Fax 540, Hampton Roads, Jim Webb, Loehmann S, Lunch Hour, Mail, Northern Virginia, Park Avenue, Richmond Va 23219, Roanoke Va, Senator Jim Webb, Street Richmond, Suite 101
I posted several days ago about my adventure to actually visit the office of Senator Jim Webb and how I got to write my thoughts down on the bad UN Disabilities Treaty for sending to the Senator in DC! So, I was seized with an idea: Go en masse to the Senator’s offices throughout the […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on November 28, 2012. Tags: Bill Bolling, Bob McDonnell, Challengers, Coal Miner, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Governor Of Virginia, Governorship, Initial Decision, Ken Cuccinelli, Lt Gov, Lt Governor, Northern Virginia, Personal Ambition, Primary Election, Registered Voters, Republican Nominee, Republican Party, Republican State Central, State Central Committee, Steep Hill
Bill Bolling, Virginia’s two term Lt. Governor has done some rethinking about his run for Governor of Virginia in 2013. After making a deal to allow Bob McDonnell to take the top spot on the ticket in 2009, with the intent of running for the state’s highest office in 2013, the Republicans opted for a […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on June 12, 2012. Tags: Bob Goodlatte, Bob Marshall, Chesapeake Virginia, Chesterfield County, Chris Perkins, City Of Manassas, Eric Cantor, George Allen, House Majority Leader, Landslide, Landslides, Manassas City, Manassas Park City, Manassas Virginia, Northern Virginia, Radtke, Randy Forbes, Southwestern Portions, Tidewater, Token Opposition
George Allen and Eric Cantor won by large margins in their respective Republican Primary contests. Both were landslides. Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor won 80% of the vote and won every county in the 7th District tonight. Cantor faces a Democratic Party challenger in November, but this is not a serious challenger and Cantor will most likely have […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 26, 2012. Tags: American Candidate, American Governor, Artur Davis, Brochure, Democratic Congressman, Elections, GOP, Gop Candidate, Governor Of Alabama, Literature, Local Events, Moderate Democrat, Northern Virginia, Political Races, Reconstruction, Run For Congress, State Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice, Virginia Republican
Artur Davis is a former Democratic Congressman who aspired to be the first African-American Governor of Alabama. Alas, he lost. (It is believed that Alabama, by the way, DID elect the first statewide African-American candidate in the USA if you do not count the rigged Reconstruction elections – this justice of the state supreme court. […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on October 23, 2011. Tags: Businessman, Debate Issues, Few Minutes, Northern Virginia, Party Debate, Podcast, Senate Candidate, Shenandoah, Shenandoah Valley, Tea Party, Us Senate Candidates, Virginia Event
I was unable to attend the recent debate featuring the US Senate Candidates from Virginia at the event sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley TEA Party. One of the candidates, Northern Virginia Businessman Tim Donner, was gracious enough to spend a few minutes giving Virginia Right! his thoughts on the debate and the issues. [powerpress] […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on September 9, 2011. Tags: 10th Anniversary, Assassination Of President Kennedy, Businessman, Coincidence, Democrat, Fondness, Interesting Story, Jim Webb, Kennedy Assassination, Memories, Mutual Acquaintance, Northern Virginia, Occasions, Pearl Harbor, Podcast, Running, Senate Candidate, Tragedy, Us Senate Seat
Northern Virginia businessman Tim Donner is running for the US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Jim Webb. Now I have spoken to Donner on a few occasions and we have done several interviews for Virginia Right!, but this interview is not so much political as it is interesting. With the 10th anniversary of […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 3, 2011. Tags: Audio Mp3, Businessman, Debt Ceiling, Democratic Candidate, Dnc Chairman, Jim Webb, Northern Virginia, Powerpress, Running, Senate Candidate, Term Democrat, Tim Kaine, Us Senate Seat, Video Interview, Virginia Senate, Writeup
I had the opportunity to speak to US Senate candidate Tim Donner, the Northern Virginia businessman running for the US Senate seat being vacated by one term Democrat Jim Webb. The main topic of this podcast was the recent debt ceiling increase and the process that led to passing the bill. We also touched on […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 20, 2011. Tags: Blunder, Bob Marshall, David Mccormick, Day Jobs, Earl Jackson, George Allen, Jim Webb, Northern Virginia, Occupant, Political Blogs, Prince William, Radtke, Republican Contenders, Republican Senate, Rumblings, Senate Candidate, Senate Candidates, Tea Party, Us Senate Seat, Virginia Delegate
Update: Tim Donner responded and I posted a new write up on his response. Please take time to visit here and read it. The Republican contenders for the US Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Jim Webb are many. The seat’s previous occupant George Allen is considered the front runner by most. Other candidates […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on February 26, 2011. Tags: Blame Bush, Class Warfare, Dead Giveaway, Disgust, Evil Corporations, George Soros, Lame Attempt, Liberal Media, Money Bags, Northern Virginia, Party Rally, S Union, Tea Parties, Tea Party, Tidewater, Union Folks, Union Rally, Video Equipment, Virginia Teacher, Williamsburg Area
I almost felt bad for these poor saps that turned out for the Pro Union Rally in Richmond, Va today. There were around 250 people who showed up for this lame attempt at starting class warfare by the Liberal money bags like George Soros and his MoveOn.Org group – as well as the 45 other […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
Read the full story
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Posted on January 30, 2011. Tags: Bachmann, Chris Matthews, Crapper, Drubbing, Highest Batting Average, Insanity, Jackass, Mainstay, Mr Ed, Msnbc, Northern Virginia, Olbermann, Palin, Rachel Maddow, Rantings, Rioters, Sargent, Shultz, Talking Horse, True Reason
By now, the fact that Kieth Olbermann has been voted off Insanity Island, or MSNBC as it is known in the People’s Republic of Northern Virginia, is well known, even to the twitter deprived rioters in Egypt. Now comes word that Insanity Island has again voted, and the results were not pretty for Ed “Sargent” […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on January 12, 2011. Tags: 9am, Agenda, Caucus Members, Charlottesville, Convention Flyer, Eid, Ers, Invitation, Legislation, Legislative Initiatives, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr, Northern Virginia, Rally Day, Republican Liberty Caucus, Richmond, Rlc, Shares, Tea Party, Vice Chairman
Hi there, I wanted to make sure you receive an invitation to join Republican Liberty Caucus members and supporters this upcoming Monday, Jan. 17 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — in Richmond. Many of us have off from work that day and it is also the 2011 Virginia Tea Party Lobbying/Rally Day at the […]
Elwood "Sandy" Sanders is a Hanover attorney who is an Appellate Procedure Consultant for Lantagne Legal Printing and has written ten scholarly legal articles. Sandy was also Virginia's first Appellate Defender and also helped bring curling in VA! (None of these titles imply any endorsement of Sanders’ views)
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Posted on January 9, 2011. Tags: Aol Service, Blog Aggregator, Commonwealth, Conservative Blogs, Corporate Tax Bill, Dave Albo, Law Charges, Northern Virginia, Odb, Old Dominion, Political Blogs, Political Spectrum, Recession, Republican Delegate, Republican Legislators, State Businesses, State Corporations, Thomas Davis, Virginians, Washington Post
It would appear so. HB 1604 introduced by Delegate Dave Albo (R-Fairfax) seeks to tax out of state businesses that perform services outside of the state for Virginians “if the taxpayer has exploited the market provided by the Commonwealth to the extent that any benefit or use of such sale is to a person or […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
Read the full story
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