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Date: January 26th, 2010

LCRC meeting: seemed like old times

26 January, 2010 (23:55) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Ah, yes, it was the good old days all over again at the LCRC meeting tonight. Good old days, that is, if you consider the good old days to be circa 2005-2007 where the committee was split into a bickering mess and getting their asses kicked in one election after another. The incredibly self-centered, obstructionist, [...]

Good news: SB268 reported out of committee with a losing vote

26 January, 2010 (23:46) | 2nd Amendment, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Earlier today I wrote about SB268 in the Virginia Senate and how it was going to a committee hearing this afternoon. After writing to the Senators myself, I wrote to suggest that anyone concerned about 2nd Amendment issues in the Commonwealth do the same to tell the Senators not to support this bill. Well, I’m [...]

HuffPo SOTU drinking game

26 January, 2010 (17:29) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Thanks to the tweets of Jenny Erikson I found this hilarious post over at – drum roll! – Huffington Post that describes their proposed drinking game for tonight’s State of the Union Address. Because I’d hate like hell to have someone get a burr up their rear and HuffPo pull the post, I’m reproducing it [...]

Now for something funny: Ever wonder why…?

26 January, 2010 (10:30) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

Thanks to my brother, Steve, who sent this to me in e-mail. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find [...]

VA Senate to hold hearing on SB268, a bill to wreck VA’s preemption law

26 January, 2010 (01:13) | 2nd Amendment, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

In tomorrow’s business the VA Senate Local Government Committee will hear debate on the matter of SB268, a bill that would destroy Virginia’s preemption laws with regard to firearms. Preemption laws are those passed at a statewide level that preclude local governments – counties, cities, towns, and anything smaller – from passing laws restricting firearms [...]