As expected, census does little for Virginia; might help GOP overall
Yesterday’s census numbers just makes it harder for Virginia to redistrict, but gives the GOP hope for greater gains in future national elections.
Church boiler is broken, so they’re collecting coats and blankets for others
Church boiler breaking inspires a coat/blanket drive for those in need.
Unitarians say: “Vote Democrat”
Jesus has often been called a communist. While others still think there’s a bit of a capitalist in Him. (see CNN) Personally, I think He is the Lord of all, the incarnate God, whose grace and mercy has given me salvation from damnation for my sins. But that’s just me. That is, also, of course, [...]
As expected, census does little for Virginia; might help GOP overall
Yesterday’s census numbers just makes it harder for Virginia to redistrict, but gives the GOP hope for greater gains in future national elections.
Fairfax State Senate Candidate Scott Martin has an unbelievable list of endorsements
While we’re still searching for a number of State Senate candidates in various districts across Northern Virginia, one district that has been saturated with candidates is 39th Senate District, currently held by George Barker (D). The seat was previously held by Jay O’Brien, who was a candidate for a few weeks before bowing out under [...]
Shaun Kenney delves into “personhood” on RedState
Kudos to Shaun on a great, and appropriately national, post over on the frontpage of RedState. A short portion of what Shaun writes: In 2008, I was first introduced to the personhood movement. I had political involvement in Colorado in 2006 (successfully running then-Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s re-election campaign) and knew many of the players in [...]
Blue Virginia wants Bob Marshall dead
Lowell Feld seems to think the death penalty is the appropriate punishment for Bob Marshall’s disagreement with him. You can’t spell Lowell without “low” and it doesn’t get much lower than that.
NPR must fire Nina Totenberg
“And I was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party at the Department of Justice and people actually were really worried about this,” said Totenberg.
Christmas gift list
Here’s my 2010 Christmas Gift list…feel free to add more for anyone I missed!
No Labels? No, thanks.
The “No Labels” movement is nothing but a PR company exercise designed to get a few strategists more airtime. Why won’t these folks just give it up?
VRS reform remains a possibility; governor’s proposal is likely a starting point
Vivian Paige’s post regarding the Virginia Retirement System prompted me to seek clarification from Del. John Cosgrove as both a blogger and his constituent. When she boldly proclaims the reform is “not gonna happen”, she’s jumping to conclusions about Cosgrove’s remarks. On Friday, the governor proposed as a budget amendment: Reform of Virginia’s Retirement System [...]
DISUNION!
On 20 December 1860 — exactly 150 years ago — a room of 169 of the State of South Carolina’s leaders would conclude four days of debate. The topic? Secession. The vote? In favor… At a Convention of the People of the State of South Carolina, begun and holden at Columbia on the Seventeenth day [...]
RPV releases their own ‘Twas the night before…’
Wow. Snark overload. Pat Mullins has a few comments about Jim Webb. You can even get greeting cards and a book!
Virginia to start tinkering with the LCI?
Here we go — Virginia is thinking of tinkering with the Local Composite Index, the state funding formula for how the state chips in for K-12 public education. What does that mean for localities? Indecision. Which means that budgets will be all over the map, depending on whether or not the debate swings from a [...]
DREAM Act Dies, DADT Passes Cloture
The DREAM Act which would have in essence granted citizenship to any immigrant who completed two years of post-secondary schooling (I’m simplifying here) failed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 55-41, while ending the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy of the U.S. military regarding homosexuals sailed through with a 63-33 vote: The Republican [...]
How do you cut taxes? Get rid of people (of course).
Just in case anyone had any illusions of what is occurring in Prince William County, here we have a Daily Caller article on how Prince William County has cut taxes by driving out Hispanics: “It gave us the ability to cut costs because the cost driver for the county is the school and we had [...]
McDonnell releases budget amendments
Governor Bob McDonnell proposed the following budget amendments to the General Assembly.
Will we finally defund Public Broadcasting?
Governor McDonnell is set to release his full list of proposed budget amendments today. Among them, for the second time he will recommend phasing out funding for public broadcast service. This will save an estimated $4 million by 2013. And, doesn’t that make sense? Recent outcries over the liberal bias of National Public Radio and [...]
Tax rate extension passes easily in House, but with bipartisan support and opposition
Early this morning (just after midnight) the Bush-era tax rates were extended for another two years with overwhelming bipartisan support (277-148), but there was also bipartisan discontent.
Why voters reject transportation solutions
Do you really want to know the secret plan to get popular support for something that only benefits a minority of voters?
Cuccinelli: No on Senate Run, Maybe for Governor
In an article on the Virginia Politics Blog of the Washington Post, Anita Kumar describes an interview that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli gave to Virginia Insight with Tom Graham in which he did not rule out a run for governor in 2013. There has been widespread interest among TEA Party and other conservative activists for [...]
Is there anything the EPA won’t regulate?
I thought that with alternative fuels, our planet was supposed to get greener, butterfiles were to flutter further, and the sun was to shine a bit brighter? Not so fast. Apparently biomass – you know, that so-called “green technology” that’s been advocated from McAuliffe to McDonnell – is also on the list of evils that [...]
It’ll be ok, liberals. You don’t have to be so angry.
All this name-calling hasn’t changed the fact that Democrats got “shellacked” in 2009 here in Virginia and 2010 nationally.
Lawsuit contends Happy Meals are for kids
Another reason why California should be declared a no-brain zone. Some lame dolt and an organization of lame dolts are suing McDonald’s because…I can’t believe I’m typing this….Happy Meals are marketed to kids. I’m not kidding. Someone filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s because they market Happy Meals to kids. See, Happy Meals include a small [...]
Habeeb ahead comfortably in the 8th District
In the special election to replace Congressman-elect Morgan Griffith in the Virginia House of Delegates, Republican Greg Habeeb has a lead over his Democratic opponent among likely voters 61-23, sources close to the campaign tell Bearing Drift.
George Allen: Omnibus Bill Must Be Defeated: Another example of Congress’s Dereliction of Duty
Former U.S. Senator George Allen advocates in this guest post that the omnibus government spending bill should be defeated.
Happy birthday, Senator “Radical Centrist”
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (Radical Centrist-VA) is 56 today. Happy birthday from your friends at Bearing Drift!
Loading ...
Recent Comments