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 [...]
9 June, 2009 (22:59) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames
Bob McDonnell has a message:
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% [...]
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 Norton has withdrawn a bill she’d proposed to give DC’s residents a voting representation in the House since we was unable to remove an amendment to the bill requiring that DC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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]