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Date: May 7th, 2006

WaPo plugs for day laborer site in Herndon after election casts doubt on its future

7 May, 2006 (15:37) | Immigration, The Media, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Not long after the citizens of Herndon, VA loudly made their feelings known as regards the future town support of a day laborer site in their town, the Washington Post has attempted to ride to the rescue by presenting a puff piece on the whole issue of demand for day laborers. “Day Laborer Demand Rises [...]

Lies, Damn Lies, and BUSH LIED! BUSH LIED! BUSH LIED!

7 May, 2006 (08:59) | GWOT, Military, Politics | By: ricjames

Courtesy of Instapundit, I read this post over on Joe’s Dartblog wherein he hits the nail squarely on the head with regard to the Left’s obsession with the Administration’s “lies.” Exactly my point for the past several years. Well done.

Virginia budget still stalled in General Assembly over transportation

7 May, 2006 (08:35) | Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

The Virginia General Assembly is still deadlocked over transportation in the new budget, now way past due and bumping up against the drop-dead limit of June 1. At issue is whether to raise taxes to handle the transportation needs of the state, a brutally important issue here in the northern part of Virgina. I drive [...]

McCain the GOP front runner? In what alternate reality?

7 May, 2006 (08:16) | Politics | By: ricjames

The WaPo runs an opinion article in their Outlook section today titled “The Front Runners: Problems on the Left / Problems on the Right” that details the issues faced by the two political wings’ front runners. The Left side is an analysis of Hillary Clinton by none other than Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos. [...]

Dems offer no suprises on what happens if they win

7 May, 2006 (07:59) | Politics | By: ricjames

So, what’s on the House Minority Leader’s mind for what actions to take up first should her party become the majority in the House? Border security? Health care? Energy policy? Immigration? Nah. She wants to fire up the investigation teams to produce the largest case of Monday-morning armchair quarterbacking in the nation’s history. Then they’ll [...]