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Date: March 10th, 2009

Supreme Court upholds Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms

10 March, 2009 (22:59) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

Back in 2005 President Bush signed the Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which was passed to prohibit frivolous lawsuits like those filed by the City of New York and Washington, DC that sought to hold gun manufacturers responsible for criminal acts committed by 3rd parties who happened to use their products in their crimes. In [...]

Dulles Rail gets the go and the green

10 March, 2009 (22:42) | Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) notes what was also in the papers all over this region yesterday: The Dulles rail project got the federal funding portion of the price tag they’ve been waiting for. The Silver Line is moving forward: Dear Friends, Rail to Dulles airport and Loudoun County took a huge step forward today with [...]

Welcome to Air Pelosi, brought to you by the tax dollars you thought were paying for your Air Force

10 March, 2009 (22:31) | Military, Politics | By: ricjames

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her staff have apparently gotten used to the notion that the US Air Force exists to fly them around at their whim: Representatives for Judicial Watch, which obtained e-mails and other documents from a Freedom of Information request, said the correspondence shows Pelosi has abused the system in place to accommodate [...]