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Date: June 9th, 2009

The jobs lost with the stimulus bill passed, a visual representation

9 June, 2009 (23:30) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Some time back I linked to a video wherein the videographer had used a clever “pennies-as-millions” approach to make the Obama proposed budget cuts much clearer for those of us non-economist types. Well, he’s back again, this time with a penny-wise analogy to help you visualize the job losses we’ve incurred since the so-called stimulus [...]

Bob McDonnell on today’s Democrat Primary and where do we go from here

9 June, 2009 (22:59) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Bob McDonnell has a message:

Virginia Dem primary: Deeds wins Governor, Wagner for Lt. Gov.

9 June, 2009 (22:57) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

As was widely predicted, Creigh Deeds has won the Democrat primary and is the Dem candidate for Governor in the general election. Jody Wagner has won the Lt. Governor spot. According to the State Board of Elections (SBE) site Deeds has won over Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran by a margin of 49.73% to 26.41% [...]

DC’s Norton pulls DC voting rights bill over Ensign pro-gun amendment

9 June, 2009 (15:26) | 2nd Amendment, Politics | By: ricjames

DC’s Rep. Norton has withdrawn a bill she’d proposed to give DC’s residents a voting representation in the House since we was unable to remove an amendment to the bill requiring that DC actually adhere to the Constitution and a Supreme Court ruling in respecting DC citizens’ 2nd Amendment rights: Legislation that would give District [...]

Republicans reminding voters of Bob McDonnell during this primary election

9 June, 2009 (14:45) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

While I believe the Dems should be allowed to conduct their primary without non-Dems voting there’s certainly nothing wrong with reminding those voters of our take on who should be Governor. Volunteers for GOP candidate Bob McDonnell have made a point of putting up McDonnell signs at polling places around Loudoun County. Here’s an example [...]

Rumors that McAuliffe is conceding are spreading.

9 June, 2009 (12:17) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Far be it from me to spread rumors but… hey, it ain’t my primary. Via Bearing Drift we have a report over at Virginia Virtucon that Terry McAuliffe is calling his private donors to let them know he’s not going to be winning this race. And this, apparently, before noon on primary day. Hmmm. I [...]

“Self-evident” not so evident to some

9 June, 2009 (11:46) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Brian Kirwin at Bearing Drift has a must-read post up today on the topic of the truths our Founders considered to be self-evident and the people who, today, have lost all connection with that. It starts with a quote out of his local paper’s Letters to the Editor section wherein a local resident demonstrates her [...]

Dem primary today. Me? I’m staying home.

9 June, 2009 (10:38) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

The Democrat primary is taking place today pitting Terry McAuliffe, Creigh Deeds, and Brian Moran against each other for the Governor’s race. There’s been quite a lot of talk about this primary among my fellow Republicans and we’re rightly interested in the results of the race. But there’s a call being made for we Republicans [...]