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Tidewater Liberty: Rally at Sen. Webb’s Office asking him to Stop Both Cap & Trade and Socialized Medicine

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:56:48 -0400

All photo credits – Petey Browder. Robert Dean is again typically blunt and pulls no punches. He leaves no doubt as to his position on Cap and Trade. This is one of his finer qualities that makes him so unloved by “Big Government” socialist politicians and operatives. I was originally told that [...]

The Virginian: In 2002, even D.C. Democrats wanted to get Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants more than they wanted to get Dick Cheney.

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:37:00 -0400

How times have changed.

Debra J. Saunders at Townhall: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot -- Period

Such are the sensibilities in Washington that, collateral damage notwithstanding, it is politically safer to bomb terrorists than to shoot them.

While Democrats demanding an investigation might have set out to' [...]

The Liberal Life of a Navy Wife: How to OD on Sappy Love Songs While Your Spouse is Deployed

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:20:39 -0400

It started when I was visiting my in-laws for the wedding of one of my husband’s cousins. When my mother and father-in-law went to the rehearsal dinner, I stayed at their house with Thing 1 and Thing 2. I had planned to work on reading a mountain of journal articles I was [...]

Bearing Drift: Bob McDonnell Major Endorsement Monday at 3

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:04:58 -0400

Endorsements in a Governor’s race are fairly common, so my ears perk up when a candidate announces a press conference for one.

Bob McDonnell will be announcing an “important endorsement” Monday at 3 PM in the General Assembly building in Richmond.

Whom could it be?

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Mosquito Blog: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:57:00 -0400

Local folks should be able to shape their own communities. Unfortunately, this is not the current standard. The people of Dendron have won this battle. Let's join them so we can all win the war and each of us, in our own communities, will strengthen our power to [...]

The Virginian: I will never forget Chappaquiddick

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:50:00 -0400

Scott Johnson at Powerline ...

Ted Kennedy has styled himself an opponent of wealth and privilege, but his career is a tribute to their power when wielded by a man of the left. The lesson of Chappaquiddick thus remains timely forty years on.

I thought I would [...]

Brutally Honest: Dedicated to the persistent Obama supporter

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:02:43 -0400

With props to Matteo.

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Missy's Hampton Roads Homepage: A Glass Half Full: The Better Man

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:34:00 -0400

by Felix Dennishear the author read the poemI was the better at getting and keeping,You were the better at spend and spend;I was the better at grubbing and heaping,But who was the better man in the end?Yes, who was the better man, my friend?Who was the better man?You were the [...]

Brutally Honest: Vacation advice

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:20:14 -0400

From The Deacon's Bench:

... my wife and I are going to visit Disney World in August. I know a couple families headed to the Jersey shore. For others, vacation time is a chance to just stay home, to have a “staycation,” to save money. There are basements to be [...]

Brutally Honest: Are you suffering from multiphrenia?

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:05:35 -0400

Stuart McAllister is asking:

Sometimes I get the feeling from our media that there is a serious effort underway to keep us all anxious, in a state of informed concern, and always on the alert against—well, everything. Rather than a balanced, more general, and necessary exhortation to be cautious, we [...]

The Virginian: JOE BIDEN'S TERRIBLE TRUTHS

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:43:00 -0400

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James Lileks in the NY Post ...

The "gaffes," as we call unscripted thoughts, come delightfully often with Biden. The latest: Speaking before the AARP, Biden aarped up a peculiar formulation to explain the need to borrow 3.2 bejillion dollars in order to transform the American health care [...]

Brutally Honest: Thoughtful but definitely not PC

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:35:24 -0400

Via a letter to the editor in our local paper:

Although no thinking man can deny the evils of slavery, I think it only fair to remind black folks that they were sold into slavery by their African brethren.

It was the white man who had the moral courage to stand [...]

Journal: DETAILS

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:29:35 -0400

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Brutally Honest: Hypocrisy

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:14:26 -0400

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Sparkling Diversity: Refreshing Representative Glenn Nye

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:38:44 -0400

Before commenitng on this blog, please read the story: Rep. Glenn Nye Not Walking the Party Line Now tell me, is that not a refreshing concept, a Congressman who thinks for himself, who is interested in fiscal responsibility, and who goes against his party leader 19% of the time? [...]