“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves in all cases to which they think themselves competent, or they may act by representatives, freely and equally chosen; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of | Read More »
The Obama campaign recently launched a new campaign contribution shtick - win dinner with the President. For a mere $5.00 contribution, your name could be entered into a raffle to win free air fare and a meal with Obama. Sadly, I chalked it up to yet another hair-brained scheme similar to AttackWatch. Just another misstep on the part of liberals not understanding (or ignoring) the decorum of | Read More »
On Friday, I was fortunate enough to be a small part of a Wounded Warrior Project cycling event, the Honor Ride. It drove home the understanding of the cost of freedom – the Warriors themselves. It transcends politics and laser focuses the sacrifices made by our military. The Honor Ride is part of the WWP Soldiers Ride. If you are not familiar with these events, | Read More »
In the eight days that led up to the short term resolution, which paved the way for April 8th’s compromise vote to cut $38 billion in spending, the United States went $54 BILLION more into debt. On March 30th, the debt was $14.2101 Trillion. On April 7th, it had increased to $14.2642 Trillion. Half of this debt is held by foreign countries. In March of | Read More »
We have watched the steady creep of Northern Virginia liberalism slowly come to our county line. With this, comes those that wish to diminish the integrity of the ballot. They have hit the Big Red Wall. The Big Red Wall consists of poll observation volunteers from the local Republican committee, the John Adams Patriots, and conservatives who no longer will sit around waiting to see | Read More »
In six days I, like millions of others, will be heading to the polls to vote. While active in politics, I have never been more active than I have been for the last 18 months. I have engaged and I fight. I fight for my grandparents who left Eastern Europe and a comfortable life to give their children more. They came through Ellis Island, listing | Read More »
One of the casualties of the health care fiasco was an “oversight” that started with the Senate bill. You see, 9.3 million people were left in a state of flux when the House passed the recent health care bill from the Senate. You see, these 9.3 million, in the original Senate bill were thought to possibly have substandard insurance and a determination would be made | Read More »
Dear Blue Dog Democrats, You have a vote coming up. Think about it carefully before you decide because your political future is going to be riding on it. Normally, I stay out of Congressional races outside of my district. I figure that those issues impact those whose finances and lives are within said districts. Not any more. You see, your “yes” vote is going to | Read More »
Yesterday was our annual Republican mass meeting for election of Precinct and at large members along with election of our Committee Chair and Vice Chair. I have to say it was one of the best meetings I have ever attended. This year, multiple members of the local Tea Party and John Adams Society not only joined the committee, they ran for both offices and made | Read More »
My beloved Australian Shepard, Goddard, died yesterday after a relatively long battle with lymphoma. He will be missed. I logged on to RedState this morning and began to think of Goddard and the RINOs, the three ring circus currently residing on Capitol Hill and the general tone of politicians these days. It dawned on me that my dog would have been a better representative than the | Read More »
While searching for the cost of a new driver for my husband this morning, I came across an October 26, 2009 Politico piece that stated that Obama has played 24 rounds of golf since taking up residency in the White House. That is a lot of golf. On November 6th, Obama visited Walter Reed Hospital and the AP reported: The president met with 19 soldiers | Read More »
On October 15, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Williams ruled that Virginia violated the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act by failing to mail over 2000 absentee military and overseas ballots in time to be counted in the 2008 Federal Election. Judge Williams wrote in his ruling, “The right to vote means a right to cast a ballot that will be counted.” | Read More »
In Joseph Addison’s 1713 Cato: A Tragedy in Five Acts, there is a profound quote found in Act i, Scene 1: “Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country’s ruin!” If you are not familiar with Addison’s Cato, the theme is statesman’s honor, preserving | Read More »
In his 1841 book, On Heroes and Hero Worshiping, Thomas Carlyle credited Sir Edmund Burke with the following quote: “There were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.” Nothing has changed in 168 years. The press provides the view of the world in succinct bytes poetically waxed by attractive talking heads | Read More »
What began as a random thought and an offhand comment on a forum, has taken root. In a discussion, someone mentioned Martin Luther’s act of protest at the Diet of Worms and the impact of nailing his 96 theses to that door. It changed history. This observation was then followed by “what if we taped a copy of the constitution on the courthouse door”? And | Read More »
This election should be a gigantic wake up call for all of us. The ugly truth, in my opinion, is that we got complacent and lazy and it was assumed that the rank and file would always be there, no matter who the candidates were. The Republican party has always been the party of less government interference, strong national defense, free market systems, and fundamental | Read More »
An interesting post at the Patriot Room via Conservababes.com. A hat tip to princetrumpet. October 31st, 2008 at 8:16 am Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer » by Bill Dupray in: Courts, Crime & Punishment, Democrats, Election Okay. It’s time to play a little pile-on-the-jackass. This smug sonofabitch is a professor who admits to stealing lawn signs. His name is PHIL BUSSE. Self-described Thief and | Read More »
There have been comments here that should Obama win, we will get what we deserve. I think that is very far from the truth. I have had the privilege of living and visiting all over the country. I have found that the majority of people are generous and warm and giving. We give to charities, we give to churches, we give of our time. We | Read More »
Last night, on the way home from school, my seven year old initiated a conversation about taxes. Son: Mom, what are taxes? Me: There are a lot of different taxes, which ones do you want to talk about? Son: I dunno, which one can you explain to me. Me: Well, let’s start with income tax. Say you work for someone and you make $100. Taxes | Read More »
The Blue Star Families For Obama are featured in an article in the Hampton Roads Pilot Online here. The premise of this article begins with an indication that they hide their Obama signs and they must be very careful at barbeques about their support giving the indication that they are a persecuted minority. A minority yes, persecuted no. Military have consistently been a conservative group, | Read More »
My Mom is an 81 year old Democrat. She is a Democrat in the style of JFK but has faithfully pulled the D lever every election since she started voting. She is also internet challenged. Her foray into the internet ended when she asked my brother about the nice man from Nigeria. It shocked her enough she hasn’t touched it since. We rarely talk politics | Read More »
A recent letter to the editor of our local paper had a Blue Star mom supporting Obama for President. I salute her family’s service however, with a further bit of digging, I found she was Deputy Director of Policy for Blue Star Families For Obama. Part of his campaign targeting military spouses and families. About four years ago, a startling bit of information popped up | Read More »
I am not a child of the 60s. In fact, I am around the same age as Obama. I played with Lincoln Logs while the Weather Underground declared war on the US. I was unaware of the extent of the radicalism that permeated the minds and actions of the 60s radicals. Barack Obama stated that why should it matter what happened 40 years ago when | Read More »
I have had some interesting conversations with Republicans and conservatives, reminiscent of the Star Wars Trilogy. While they emphatically state they are going to vote, they follow with “ I have a bad feeling about this.” My question is “well, what are you going to do about it?” If you have a bad feeling about a future event, then you have the potential to shape | Read More »
It makes you wonder what is happening in the other 56 states. Frederick blasts teacher’s union for coordinated Obama campaign activities in public schools 10/1/2008 7:46:00 AM GOP Chairman calls “Obama Blue Day” an abuse of taxpayer and student trust. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woodbridge, Virginia (October 1, 2008) – Delegate Jeffrey M. Frederick, Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, called it an “outrage” upon | Read More »
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