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Date: September 10th, 2009

Dem amnesia strikes again: Congressional decorum during presidential speeches isn’t a new problem.

10 September, 2009 (10:55) | Politics | By: ricjames

I didn’t watch President Obama’s speech last night, primarily because I was occupied with the family. I was also pretty sure what I was going to hear and, with 2 exceptions, I was right. The 1st was the mention of tort reform I’ve already written about this morning. The other was the outburst of Congressman [...]

Inova laying the groundwork to renege on a promise

10 September, 2009 (09:39) | Medicine, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Well, that didn’t take long. Not even a week after I last posted on a positive development in the ongoing saga of Loudoun’s abysmally-behind medical facilities we are now seeing Inova’s management starting to waver on their commitment to support the building of an HCA hospital in southern Loudoun. Via The Loudoun Scoop you can [...]

Sarah Palin responds to President Obama’s speech on healthcare reform

10 September, 2009 (08:49) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Sarah Palin has generated quite a following online at her Facebook page and, unlike many I’ve seen here in the ‘sphere, I applaud her continued participation. She wrote a response to the President’s speech last night and posted it on her page. The only difficulty I have with her use of that venue is that [...]

Deeds and VA Dems continue their “free speech for me but not for thee” approach

10 September, 2009 (08:27) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

JR Hoeft over at Bearing Drift has the latest example of sign defacement here in the Old Dominion. This post deals with events in Newport News and, it appears, Deeds campaign staff members were directly involved. There have been more examples of this kind of action recently, this one from Buena Vista taken by Matt [...]