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Date: June 30th, 2010

Once again, inattention due to a cell phone causes someone pain

30 June, 2010 (17:21) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

No, this isn’t a car accident or a pedestrian whacked by a bus. Project Virginia – which is normally all about politics – brings us this clip from CBS News about a spectator at a Yankees game who should have been watching the game instead of blabbing on the cell phone. A ground-rule double wound [...]

Politico needs a remedial course in US Government structure

30 June, 2010 (16:49) | Politics, The Media, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Following a link on Hot Air that asked the question about whether Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor had “gone rogue”, I started reading this story on Politico by John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman titled, “Eric Cantor’s ambition raises concerns, debate.” I didn’t even make it out of the 2nd paragraph before I ran into something so [...]

2nd Amendment victory is all good but vigilance is still required.

30 June, 2010 (07:08) | 2nd Amendment, Law, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

As I mentioned briefly when it was announced, the Supreme Court ruled this past Monday in the case of McDonald v. Chicago that the protections offered by the 2nd Amendment are, in fact, incorporated against state and local action much like the 1st Amendment. Even though it’s being widely touted that this ruling has overturned [...]