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Fishersville Mike: Aborting health care reform

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:16:00 -0500

How's the Stupak Amendment looking two weeks out? The left is still in turmoil, blaming abortion opponents for standing up for their principles instead of making health care reform the top and only priority.
Augusta Free Press runs a column blasting the Catholic Bishops for their pro-life stand. Never [...]

From On High: 'I Am Stupid'

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:51:00 -0500

"So Phillip Morris owes me $300 million."

Only in America, 2009:
Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip Morris
By Duff Wilson, New York Times

Legal experts predict that thousands of tobacco lawsuits could gain momentum in Florida after a Fort Lauderdale jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million [...]

The Schilling Show Blog: Daily Progress can’t take the heat; censors online speech

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:37:43 -0500

Daily Progress managing editor (and noted blog critic), McGregor McCance, has resorted to online censorship in order to shield from criticism the faltering newspaper’s marginal reputation.

Progress “news” writer Brian McNeill, often biased and inaccurate in his reporting penned a story for the November 20, 2009 edition [...]

The Richmonder: Ideologies: Democrats and Republicans--an allegory

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:32:00 -0500

It's a little fact that there were two groups of Americans traveling aboard the RMS Titanic that were returning from two separate group tours in Europe. One group was composed entirely of Republicans, the other was made up of Democrats.

When Titanic struck the iceberg [...]

From On High: Spin 101

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:23:00 -0500

The New York Times this morning:

"A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would."

Like Obama's "jobs saved or created" chimera, this cynical "fewer shed" jobs [...]

From On High: This Is News?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:17:00 -0500

About an hour ago, a pack of coyotes was howling and yipping like crazy in the pitch darkness that enshrouded the forest just beyond my barn. Like they do every morning.

It's an every-night/morning occurrence.

That's why this doesn't startle me:

Coyotes roam Botetourt area
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From On High: Say What?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:10:00 -0500

So I'm perusing a list of endangered sites in the Roanoke region as provided to the Roanoke Times by the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation, and, mixed in with the usual homestead and abandoned factory buildings, I came across this:
Several mountainsides that are undergoing logging operations, including 12' [...]

From On High: Titan In Running Shorts

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:04:00 -0500

They've tried their best to destroy her.

They have failed.

She shoulders on.

Still they hate her.
Palin-Hating 101
By S.E. Cupp, Town Hall

Her influence and allure are practically unprecedented among failed vice presidential candidates. (Can anyone imagine Lloyd Bentsen, Jack Kemp or' [...]

Blue Virginia: McDonnell: Kaine and He "Worked Well Together"

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:00 -0500

Bob McDonnell and Tim Kaine "worked well together?" Given this list, I'm not sure that's a good thing.' [...]

Blue Virginia: President Obama: "Traveling Abroad for Our Economy at Home"

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:22:00 -0500

... if we can increase our exports to Asia Pacific nations by just 5%, we can increase the number of American jobs supported by these exports by hundreds of thousands. This is already happening with businesses like American Superconductor Corporation, an energy technology startup based in Massachusetts that’s been [...]

Blue Virginia: Whipple Clips Dozen: Saturday Morning

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:15:00 -0500

Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Saturday "Clips."

1. SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CUCCINELLI'S SEAT SET FOR JAN. 12
2. MCDONNELL PHONES SENATE DEMS
3. HOWELL HAS NO PLANS TO FIDDLE WITH COMMITTEE RULES
4. SHAD PLANK: WHY END HOUSE ETHICS INVESTIGATION OF HAMILTON?
5. [...]

From On High: Obama Is Known To Say Just About Anything

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:06:00 -0500

As he stood atop the Great Wall, amiring its "majesty":

Obama says Asia trip about jobs

Whatever you say, Barry. [...]

From On High: Lest We Forget

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:13:00 -0500

There are those we become accustomed to ignoring.

Those who never ignored us.

I think I'll call my mother this afternoon.' [...]

From On High: Solutions To All Our Problems

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:00 -0500

From the desk of former Delegate Barnie Day:
Solving The Budget Crisis

Forget the $3-per-ton tax credit we give Virginia’s billion-dollar-profit utilities for burning Virginia coal. Forget the billion-dollar rebate we send to localities for taxes they impose. Forget the hundred million dollar fee we pay retailers just for [...]

From On High: It Isn't Funny Any More

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:56:00 -0500

I always got the biggest kick out of ridiculing those "scientists" who believed - despite all evidence to the contrary - that the globe is warming.

This goes beyond fun. And deserves far more than ridicule in response.

Exile is appropriate. If not the lash.

As [...]

We will RockDem: The Result of Valley Republican Inaction on I-81

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:03:00 -0500

A series of crashes along Interstate 81 have been causing headaches for drivers in Rockingham County.
The first crash occurred near mile marker 248 in Harrisonburg around 1 p.m. Friday. It closed one northbound lane and backed up traffic for about four miles.
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Virginia Politics: McDonnell’s PAC

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:14:18 -0500

Gov-elect Bob McDonnell will have the “Opportunity Virginia” political action committee as his personal political treasury while in office.

The Virginia Public Access Project spotted the filing with the Virginia State Board of Elections. Money raised through the PAC will allow McDonnell to support all of his political activities and [...]

Augusta Conservative: A Moment Away from Politics

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:00 -0500

As much as we discuss politics and debate the points, its important to take some time away for rest. I recently purchased the new Star Trek movie. I had seen it in theaters months ago and was unsure whether I liked how Star Trek had [...]

Anti-BVBL: Ferrum Student Shot and Killed in Hunting Accident

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:40:10 -0500

Ferrum student Jessica Goode grabbed her 2 friends and headed to the outdoors for some quiet time and to clear her head. They were looking for turtles for a biology assignment. She never came back. Another young person killed while away at college!

Local resident Jason D. Cloutier [...]

snapped shot: The Lineup

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:20:26 -0500

I am of the opinion that this photograph, released by the North Korean news agency and passed on without comment by the uncritical lunkheads at Reuters, is a complete fabrication.

Look at the difference in perspective between the light brown foreground and the dark brown background, where the cattle [...]

snapped shot: Guess What Happens When One Reads The ObamaCare Bill?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:50:08 -0500

What happens when you read the ObamaCare bill, specifically the one coming out of the USSA Senate?

We learn just how bad it really is.

It isn't just that this bill will create new citizenship mandates, eliminate freedom of choice and liberty, or even jail people for making personal legal choices,' [...]

On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah: Stewart Out in the 11th; Fimian gaining steam

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:49:35 -0500

In an all but expected decision, PWC Chairman Corey Stewart has quietly backed away from consideration to face sitting Congressman Gerry Conolly in 2010. From the Washington Post blog: Republican Corey A. Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, is not running for Congress next year. We know [...]

Anti-BVBL: Huckabee Calls Knee-Jerk GOP Attacks On Obama ‘Deplorable’ And ‘Shameful’

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:41:34 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Mike Huckabee has always seemed like a decent sort. His politics are too conservative for someone like me but I have always respected his sincerity and his decency. He also plays a mean guitar.

While promoting his book, ‘A Simple Christmas,’ he took the time to speak out against his fellow [...]

On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah: Howell Does Good

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:33 -0500

Long time readers will know that Speaker Bill Howell, who was recently re-elected to his position as Speaker of the House (or is at least the Republican pick, though the current majority more or less secures his choice by the Caucus), is not exactly one of my favorites. I’m not [...]

Yankee Philip: Welcome to California

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:00 -0500

Higher Education Cost
CALIFORNIA BROKE?
Tax TV's?
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Yankee Philip: The Real Heroes, a few pics

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:00 -0500

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Yankee Philip: Just a few pics on Congress

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:38:00 -0500

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Virginia's 5th District: Verga Sets The Bar High

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:34:36 -0500

Thursday November 19th Laurence Verga kicked his campaign into high gear by making a major announcement. This announcement was made yesterday as he traveled throughout the district visiting Martinsville, Danville and Albemarle County. Verga signed a pledge consisting of ten points which he swears he will adhere to if he [...]

Blue Virginia: FDL Action Health Care Update: Friday (11/20/09)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:00 -0500

Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 20.

1. Jon Walker asks, "Is Harry Reid Laying The Ground Work To Betray Progressives For Snowe’s Vote?" In the end, Walker concludes, "Reid does have the power to get a public option passed," [...]

Deo Vindice: 59 and Counting

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16:34 -0500

This week my 59th birthday passed with the speed of going through a yield sign when you can see the way clearly. So, now I am 59 years old and counting – to infinity. I’m only a year away from the age of my father, James Albert Bowden, when he died. [...]

Citizen Tom: HYPERINFLATION

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:51 -0500

We live in frightening times. I grew up during the Cold War. We then had good reason to fear the possibility of nuclear warfare. Nonetheless, few thought we would self-destruct. Yet that seems to be what I think we are seeing, and I am not the only one. I got the [...]

Barticles: Hooked on Climate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:09 -0500

Remember when climate porn was just a metaphor? Not anymore!

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Below The Beltway: Quote Of The Day II

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:08 -0500

Number of comments: 1

So what if Sarah Palin didn’t write this book? Even God used earthly scribes to write the Bible

— Amazon Reviewer

No, I’m not kidding:

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snapped shot: Specter: Now With Full-Fledged Socialist Goodness

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:08 -0500

I find it ironic that Sen Arlen Specter claimed that the Republican party left him, thus forcing him to become a Democrat.

But yet, when one looks at his career, voting record, and his statements on American values, a person can't come to any other conclusion but that this man' [...]

SkepticalObservor: The Fraud Of Global Warming

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:00 -0500

The evidence is in, and this is truly incontrovertible. [...]

Left of the Hill: Ben Nelson Will Vote to Proceed With Debate on Health Care Bill

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:00 -0500

Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) is one of the centrist Democrats who had previously been wavering on whether or not he would vote to proceed to the debate on the health care bill. Today he released the statement below saying that he would vote to proceed with the debate, but that [...]

Blue Commonwealth: US Chamber Does China's Dirty Work

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:25:09 -0500

Those of us who have been puzzled by the over-the-top opposition of the US Chamber of Commerce to any effort to encourage the development of alternative energy in America, and their ranting against attempts to deal with climate change, may have found the answer in an article by Robert F. [...]

Fishersville Mike: From the Sin City Roller

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:00 -0500

Another Saturday night and another important vote. Democratic legislators must think they get overtime.
How about a song parody for Harry Reid, here's the Bay City Rollers' Saturday night.

S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
Gonna talk all day and take a vote tonight
On Saturday night,' [...]

snapped shot: What Evil Could Replicans Do If They Were Ever In Power?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:23 -0500

According to the left, the most atrocious thing that could ever happen, besides the warming of the planet and the sight of polar bears resting on ice caps, would be if the Republicans gained power in the People's Congress of the USSA.

How bad [...]

Blue Virginia: God Help You If You Get Your News From ABC News

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:13:00 -0500

I couldn't agree more with this.
I had the misfortune of watching ABC News lead with the new pap smear guidelines tonight and watched them completely leave the impression that these were GOVERNMENT guidelines (they're not), that these guidelines are harbingers of government RATIONING and that this helps [...]

We will RockDem: "Supporters" Upset with Palin over Autographs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:09:00 -0500

click on picture to purchase

Fascinating...

Not sure what to make of all this.

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Avenging Archangel: Start Planning Now

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:00 -0500

65% agreed that Hampton Roads should begin designing a series of dikes and levees with the sea's level expected to rise., with 35% opposed.

The new poll question: who will win the Republican nomination for the 8th Senate District special election? [...]

Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: New Type of Guardrail to be Installed on I-81 in Rockingham County

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
At its November meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a median barrier project to enhance safety along the Interstate 81 corridor in the Harrisonburg area in the Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District.
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More at WHSV
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Virginia Right!: Pat Robertson To Be Named Morality Czar In Virginia

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:50 -0500

Governor Elect McDonnell

Governor elect Bob McDonnell has decided to take his cue from the Obama Administration and name Czars to rule over Virginia. The first Virginia Czar to be named is reportedly Pat Robertson as Morality Czar.

McDonnell will start an email list to report [...]

Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: Computer model: First, expand Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, widen I-64

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The first test of a computer model designed to rank regional transportation projects put an expanded Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in the top slot, validating the howls of Peninsula lawmakers and commuters who have long argued for upgrades at the region's worst choke point.
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More at Daily Press
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Barticles: Yet Another Subset of People Vastly Smarter Than I Am

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:15 -0500

Folks who reprogram their scientific calculators to do all kinds of cool stuff.

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Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: VDOT's commissioner says region's traffic problems can be solved with light rail

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:50:00 -0500

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More at WTKR
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-v-dot-funding-light-rail,0,5605249.story [...]

Below The Beltway: Judd Gregg: Audit The Fed Bill Is “Pandering To Populism”

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:17 -0500

This does not bode well for the prospects of H.R. 1207 in the Senate:

A growing effort in the House to require periodic audits of the Federal Reserve is little more than “great PR,” one Republican senator stressed Friday.

Reps. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Alan Grayson’s (D-Fla.) effort to subject much [...]

Fishersville Mike: I can't believe my lying eyes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:00 -0500

Blue Virginia watches a video of Bob McDonnell and can't square the circle - this isn't the monster I think he is.
You'll see plenty more starting January 16.' [...]

Where's Eric Cantor?: Party of No’s Enforcer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:57 -0500

I wrote yesterday about the pathetic charade Eric Cantor engaged in over the “doc fix,” the permanent measure to make sure Medicare doesn’t slash payments to doctors. Cantor and other Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee supported it before, yet for political reasons they decided yesterday to oppose the [...]

Too Progressive: The not so new economic calamity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:06 -0500

Interesting piece from the Huffington Post on what they call the next economic calamity:

While the overall U.S. financial system is showing signs of stability, [...]

Virginia Virtucon: RNC: Call Sens. Lincoln and Nelson TODAY!!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:04 -0500

Chairman Michael Steele and his team at the RNC have identified Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) the weakest links in Harry Reid’s ability to pass his travesty of a health care bill. If you want to stop government run healthcare, here’s your chance: call these two senators, in [...]

VB Dems: Ten Reasons To Feel Optimistic

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:25 -0500

Ironic... I was under the influence of coffee when writing my "Ten Things to be Depressed about" this morning. Now I'm under the influence of my first Friday evening quitting time beer to write this...

1. The number of progressives in Virginia Beach continues to grow and is nearing the' [...]

Yankee Philip: Write Webb and Warner. Say NO to Obamacare

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35:00 -0500

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Click here to contact Senator Webb
Click here to contact Senator Warner
Tell them

"I am writing you to encourage you to vote ‘No’ on the Senate health care coming up for debate tomorrow night.

Vote ‘No’ so debate cannot proceed.

Vote ‘No’ to" [...]

Yankee Philip: Catch this before it is blocked

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0500

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Yankee Philip: Latest Newsbusted

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:00 -0500

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Tertium Quids: Warner, Webb both to vote "yes" on cloture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Both Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb intend to vote "yes" on the cloture motion tomorrow evening that will bring Sen. Reid's health insurance bill to the floor for debate.Warner makes it clear he's looking for a handout (though probably not in Sen. Landrieu's league...but you never know), while Sen. [...]

Yankee Philip: Climategate: Emails Hacked from Climate Research Unit

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Did their Balloon go POP?

The conspiracy behind the Global Warming myth has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (aka Hadley CRU) and released 61 megabites of confidential [...]

StrictlyVA: Will Mark Warner vote anti-business and create new federal agency?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Call Sen. Mark Warner (804.775-2314 or 202.224-2023) and tell him NO new federal agencies.

While most eyes are on the massive federalized government health care bill now making its way through the Senate, Congress is secretly working on other legislation to broaden and expand government even more. We cannot [...]

snapped shot: Shocking Truth Behind Israeli Atrrocities

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:39 -0500

Elder over at EOZ has the scoopage. Israel has been proven once again to inflict unecessary evil and carnage on to the Palestinian Arab peoples.

It wasn't bad enough that Israel built their suicide-bombing-Apartheid wall, or that they put up homicide-bombing-blockades around the city, or that they forcibly removed the residents' [...]

Yankee Philip: Psalm 109:8

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

I am not a biblical scholar. I haven't read it in a while, so I went and looked up Psalm 109:8. This is what I found.

Psalm 109:8
New International Version (©1984)
May his days be few; may another' [...]

snapped shot: Friday Night Akira!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:26:25 -0500

Whoa! What happened to today?

Sorry it's been so quiet over here. Guess this is what I get for actually having to work for a living.

To make up for it, and also to hopefully keep from chasing away the last five of you readers that are still here, I'm gonna just' [...]

Fishersville Mike: Anybody (or any body part) can blog

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 -0500

Little Miss Atilla alerts us to the newest blog on the block.
Sarah Palin's Uterus [...]

Blue Virginia: Video: Bob McDonnell on Getting "Rebalanced in My Personal Life"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:00 -0500

You know what's really hard for me? Reconciling the Bob McDonnell who is basically "Pat Roberton's Manchurian Candidate" with the likable, grounded guy you see on this video. I guess that's what makes McDonnell effective...and dangerous. [...]

Yankee Philip: SWAC Conservative Round Table Breakfast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:00 -0500

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SWAC Conservative Round Table Breakfast Please note............NOT CONNECTED TO GOP
Date: Saturday, November 21 Time: 8:00 a.m. Place: Shoney's Restaurant, Staunton Cost: $7.49 per person for breakfast bar (watch for $4.99 coupons in newspapers) or order off menu RSVP: Lynn Mitchell (LynnFromVa@aol.com) Please join us for breakfast [...]

Tertium Quids: A federal gas tax hike in the offing?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:00 -0500

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Possibly. Or at least an attempt by a few Democratic congressmen to engineer one (via RedState):I just came from dinner and recognized the voices beside me. It was Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and three other Democrats. I knew the other faces but names escape me.They were strategizing on how to raise [...]

NOVA Townhall Blog: More Truth About Global Warming

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:43 -0500

Number of comments: 2

For some time, those from the Universal Church Of Global Warming, led by their prophet Al Gore, have been lecturing us on the imminent dangers from man-made global warming. It would appear that their house of cards is tumbling down yet again.

Hackers broke into the servers at a prominent British [...]

Blue Virginia: Video: Bob McDonnell on How He Won the Election

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:00 -0500

Bob McDonnell on how he won the governor's election:

1. Identified the important issues (economy, "pocketbook") early and laid out "detailed plans" to deal with them.
2. "I brought in very, very good people..."
3. "We made a key focus on grassroots efforts."
4. "We used technology very" [...]

Virginia's 5th District: Warner To Vote Yes On Cloture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:31:19 -0500

Number of comments: 2
According to Mark Warner’s office the Senator plans on voting for cloture on the health care bill this weekend. A member of his staff told me that Warner had problems with certain aspects of the bill but would vote for cloture in order to bring it to the floor for [...]

Below The Beltway: Quote Of The Day

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:19 -0500

The national debt belongs to both parties. But at least the Democrats don’t go on Fox News day after day proclaiming how fiscally conservative they are, and organize tea parties to rant about deficits, without ever putting forward any plan for reducing them. Nor do they pretend that they have [...]

Republitarian: “Bubby” passes judgement on Palin’s christianity….

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:09 -0500

Someone forgot to tell Bubby that the Holy Sabbath is on SATURDAY, not Sunday.

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Too Conservative: The Dems Should Have Picked Hillary

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:09:15 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Let me start out by saying that I cannot stand Hillary Clinton. But the Dems would have been much better off strategically if they had picked Hillary to be their nominee. There was no way any GOP candidate was going to win that election with GWB hanging around their necks. [...]

Barticles: What’s Yours Is Theirs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:55 -0500

Today’s column provides the denoument to the story of Jay and Stephanie Burkholder, whose property Roanoke has been trying to seize so it can give it to the valley bigfoot, Carilion.

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SixtyFour81.com: Will Mark Warner vote anti-business and create unneeded federal agency?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah: Cosmopolitan: A Journal of Opinion (and steamy sex)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:47:59 -0500

From Live Pulse, we discover that Cosmopolitan (yes, that magazine that strikes fear in the heart of men whenever it is encountered at the local beauty shop and that nauseates some stores so that they have to put shields in front of the cover in the checkout line) has weighed [...]

Fishersville Mike: Advice for Republicans

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500

Another Saturday night, another health care vote. Maybe Elton John has it right - Saturday Night's all right for Fighting.

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Below The Beltway: Jennifer Burns On Ayn Rand And The Rise Of American Libertarianism

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:37 -0500

Jennifer Burns, author of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, spoke to Reason.tv recently about her new book:

My review of Burns’ biography can be found here.

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Barticles: Bending the Cost Curve

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:05 -0500

A common assumption among advocates of nationalizing health care seems to be that reform is necessary because insurance companies, being evil, deny coverage to people who need it. Of course they deny coverage. But it’s fallacious to think that a public option, single payer, or any other system won’t. [...]

The Contemporary Conservative: GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
From TPMDC: : Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit' [...]

The Contemporary Conservative: Inhofe to Boxer - We Won, You Lost, Now Get a Life!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:00 -0500

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Crystal Clear Conservative: Make A Caption

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:51 -0500

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SLANTblog: Still Crazy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:02:00 -0500

The avalanche of happy birthday wishes I received yesterday via Facebook, and otherwise, calls for an answer. After saying "thanks," my cousin Ray will supply the rest. [...]

Below The Beltway: Anti-Bailout Palin Supporter Doesn’t Realize Palin Supported The Bailout

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:05 -0500

Number of comments: 2

And, yes Sarah Palin did support the TARP bailout.

These people walk among us, and they vote.

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On The Right: Call Senators Webb and Warner, tell them to vote NO on clouture on H.R. 3590

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:52 -0500

Also on Virginia Virtucon CONTACT SENS. MARK WARNER AND JIM WEBB TODAY!!! TELL THEM TO VOTE *AGAINST* CLOTURE ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL WHEN THE SENATE VOTES WHETHER OR NOT TO BEGIN DEBATE ON SATURDAY. THIS IS ONE SHOT WE HAVE AT STOPPING THIS BILL THAT WILL FURTHER BANKRUPT OUR COUNTY FOR THE SAKE [...]

Republitarian: Yeah!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:43:57 -0500

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Below The Beltway: Obama’s Job Approval Falls Below 50% In Gallup Poll

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:37:18 -0500

More bad poll numbers for the White House:

PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Daily tracking results [...]

hburgnews: The Shrinking AP

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:32:12 -0500

The Roanoke Times reported yesterday that “The Associated Press discharged an undisclosed number of news employees Tuesday, and their ranks included Sue Lindsey, a veteran journalist who has been the correspondent for the AP’s Roanoke bureau since 2005.” Lindsey covered the greater Roanoke/Shenandoah Valley area.

Lindsey said she did not [...]

The Contemporary Conservative: Guidelines Ditch Annual Pap Smears - ABC News

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
From Good Morning America (something I have never typed before:): Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ....A new recommendation from experts suggests women need fewer pap smears.The group announced today that women [...]

Right-wing liberal: Special election for the 37th is set. Is the 17th next?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500

Governor Kaine has officially set January 12 as the day for the special election to fill the rest of Ken Cuccinelli’s term as State Senator for the 37th District (Washington Post). While the Republicans have to choose among three contenders, the Democrats appear to be congealing behind Delegate Dave Marsden [...]

The Contemporary Conservative: 32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0500

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The Contemporary Conservative: Politico: I think Lieberman is the one going Rogue

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
From Politico: Sen. Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year — and embolden Democratic challengers who’d like to send him packing in 2012....But Lieberman doesn’t seem worried.....“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m [...]

hburgnews: Rain Barrels

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:56 -0500

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Do you know how much rain water can be collected off a 800 sq. ft. roof top during a 1-inch rainfall event? Answer: 500 gallons! And Harrisonburg receives an average of 36-inches per year which means the 800 sq. ft. rooftop has the potential [...]

SWAC Girl: Will Mark Warner vote anti-business and create unneeded federal agency?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0500

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Call Sen. Mark Warner (804.775-2314 or 202.224-2023) and tell him NO new federal agencies.

While most eyes are on the massive federalized government health care bill now making its way through the Senate, Congress is secretly working on other legislation to broaden and expand government even more. We cannot [...]

Below The Beltway: Ariana Huffington: Glenn Beck Isn’t Entitled To Freedom Of Speech

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:59 -0500

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Blue Virginia: Special Election Set for Cooch's Senate Seat: 1/16/10

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:00 -0500

From Roz Helderman at the Washington Post:Gov. Tim Kaine's office reports that it has now received a copy of a letter from Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, indicating that he will resign from the state Senate on Jan. 12, in preparation for his inauguration as state attorney general Jan. 16.
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SWAC Girl: Prayers for blogger warrior Concrete Bob

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0500

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Shock this morning reading Concrete Bob's post at United Conservatives of Virginia. In his light-hearted way and after quoting W.C. Fields, he wrote:
Short and sweet, I had a serious heart attack on Wednesday night. I'm in the hospital, hooked up to a bunch of tubes.' [...]

Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: Researchers demonstrate next-generation bus; fleet planned for USDOT congestion relief program

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:49:00 -0500

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The next generation of Twin Cities transit took center stage at the 2009 ITS Minnesota Fall Forum, as Intelligent Vehicles Laboratory (IV Lab) director Craig Shankwitz presented a driver-assistive system for buses operating on bus-only shoulders and bus lanes. .More at The ITS Institute[www.its.umn.edu][...]

Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: Ward 6 performance parking revenue will fund digital signs, bike racks, trash compactors

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0500

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At a community meeting last night, residents of the Southwest Waterfront, Near Southeast/Capitol Riverfront, and Barracks Row areas discussed the progress of their performance parking zone and how to spend the first $247,000 in revenue available to the neighborhood. .More at Greater, Greater Washington[greatergreaterwashington.org][...]

Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems: Stretching the Limits of Washington’s Dense Core

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:00 -0500

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If Washington’s Metro system is proof of anything, it is that American cities have the capability to build massive, expensive transit systems that work. Since the network opened in 1976, it has expanded to 106 miles of two-way track, five lines, and 86 stations.
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Star City Harbinger: Roanoke City Dems to select new leader, reorganize

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:55 -0500

The Democratic Committee for the City of Roanoke is undergoing a mandatory reorganization in December--an event which occurs every two years. Last night, the Committee chose its primary method for the upcoming council election. Rather than a so-called 'firehouse primary' or mass meeting, the Democrats will choose their candidates [...]