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Date: April 8th, 2009

Override after-action report

8 April, 2009 (22:32) | 2nd Amendment, GWOT, Human Interest, Law, Military, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Watching the General Assembly today was certainly instructive. The phrase has been attributed to a number of people but whoever said it was right: Laws, as with sausage, should not be watched in the making. In my previous post I did a sort-of live blogging of event up to around 6:15 PM or so. Feel [...]

Action in Richmond; House votes to override Governor’s veto on 2 bills (Updates)

8 April, 2009 (12:59) | 2nd Amendment, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

I’ve mentioned that the General Assembly has convened today to consider actions on several vetoes and amendments returned to them by the Governor. I have taken notice of the House minutes today and find that the House has overridden vetoes on 2 of the bills I was speaking of. HB1851, which would allow members of [...]

Obama’s knee-jerk apologia runs afoul of the facts and history

8 April, 2009 (11:52) | History, Politics | By: ricjames

From Ed Morrissey of Hot Air: It’s considered de rigueur among the cognoscenti to apologize for America by noting its youth compared to other countries, especially when the cognoscenti go on tour. Barack Obama tried this apology on his European Tour, but unfortunately, he used it in a nation that doesn’t qualify: Obama exercised his [...]