There is no excuse for what passed as “editorial content” in the Washington Post yesterday. There’s no denying it, either: either the so-called editor who wrote this piece of garbage has not a single clue, not one iota of knowledge regarding what he wrote or he’s lying through his teeth. Titled, “Guns in Virginia,” this [...]
It’s time for a new poll and today I’m going to deal with a subject that has come to my attention recently: solar power. Specifically, residential solar power. The technology for generating photovoltaic (or PV) solar energy has come a long way in the last 20 years and you’d be surprised at how much is [...]
I’ve linked to the excellent science/environment blog Watts Up With That? on a few occasions here and the material has always been fascinating. Today I note there’s a guest “speaker” over at Watts who goes into detail on the concept of CO2 as a major driver of temperature differences. It’s truly an intriguing discussion and [...]
Former MD Lt. Gov. Steele was elected yesterday as the new chairman of the RNC: Steele, an African-American and Catholic, is noted mainly for his ability to organize, his welcoming of new and social media, and strong fiscal conservatism. He also sees the Republican Party as the conservative alternative in the United States and not [...]
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) has introduced a bill that would cap the executive salaries of those companies accepting federal TARP money: A day after President Obama unleashed a scathing rebuke of corporate America, Sen. Claire McCaskill introduced legislation Friday that calls for capping executive salaries at companies that accept federal dollars because of the economic [...]
I knew it wouldn’t take long for Obama to go to the liberal Democrats’ favorite whipping boy and start taking the long knife to the Defense Department’s budget. When he made the statement that he would cut government programs that he thought “weren’t working” it was pretty clear he was looking at the Pentagon. The [...]
What is it with these Obama nominees and paying taxes? All of them are these “high taxes are good” spendthrifts who preach raising whatever taxes you’ve got and yet, curiously, they can’t seem to manage to actually report all of their income and pay the taxes on them. Former Senator Tom Daschle, Obama’s pick for [...]
Rod Blagojevich, now the former governor of Illinois, was given his walking papers by the IL Senate by a vote of 59-0. Illinois senators stripped Gov. Rod Blagojevich of power Thursday in the final act of a political drama that handed the reins of state government to his estranged lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, and likely [...]
Loudoun County Administrator Kirby Bowers is retiring, according to the latest Alert Loudoun. Bowers is leaving to take an Executive Director position with the Triangle J Council of Governments. Mr. Bowers has been a solid public servant and Loudoun has benefited greatly from his work. I wish him all the best and here’s hoping we [...]
The subject of the Broadlands Regional Medical Center (BRMC) has been a contentious thorn in Loudoun’s side for over 5 years. I’ve written about it on and off for a year, myself. The issue is coming to a decision soon and it’s time to take a clear look at things. Fact: the statewide agency responsible [...]
