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29Jul/10Off

Well, of course she is

Posted at SWAC Girl - S.W.A.C. stands for "Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County" -- Republicans working to elect conservative, principled public officials in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley of Virginia ... with occasional musings about life happenings.

Now comes news that Shirley Sherrod plans to sue Andrew Breitbart . Did anyone doubt it?

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Well, of course she is

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And Gov. Timmy! Thinks This Is Going To HURT Republicans?

Posted by Riley

Posted at Virginia Virtucon - Virginia politics, policy and entertainment from the Greater Richmond-Washington Metro Area perspective.

Gov. Timmy! and his all-girl orchestra (props to Hawkeye Pierce on that last part) at the DNC have announced the big, scary “Republican Tea Party Contract On America.”  (Never mind that back in 1994 when Democrats derided the “Contract With America” as the “Contract On America” they lost the House and Senate.) So, what are

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Check out latest infomercial

Posted by Phil

Posted at YankeePhil - Your Source for News, Information, Concerns,&Interests, that you won't see on the major networks.......................

I will be pointing out the hypocrisy and gaffes of the politicians and the media. Obama,Pelosi,Reid,Frank,Schumer,and the other Democrat and Republican screw-ups will be covered................

Occasional laughs...............

And of course, a pretty woman now and then........................

White House Infomercial? I am sure it is as useful as these products.... Or this.......... Is it as embarrassing for the President to join the ranks of infomercial spokesmen? Is he now on par with George Foreman

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29Jul/10Off

New RPV Ad: Change?

Posted at ProjectVirginia - Where Politics Meets Social Media

The new ad from the Republican Party of Virginia, “When Tom Perriello talked about ‘Change,’ this probably isn’t what people were thinking about…”

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29Jul/10Off

VAVirtucon Points Out More On Climate Gate

Posted by Phil

Posted at YankeePhil - Your Source for News, Information, Concerns,&Interests, that you won't see on the major networks.......................

I will be pointing out the hypocrisy and gaffes of the politicians and the media. Obama,Pelosi,Reid,Frank,Schumer,and the other Democrat and Republican screw-ups will be covered................

Occasional laughs...............

And of course, a pretty woman now and then........................

Posted on July 29, 2010 by D.J. McGuire at Virginia Virtucon and One would think that after the numerous findings and reports of data fudging and other shenanigans the folks at East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit would know better than this (Steve Goddard at WUWT ): Why is it that post facto adjustments always seem to be upwards in later years, and downwards in earlier years ? This whole global temperature business looks like a complete joke to me. Did they really think we wouldn’t notice? See the whole post here or here

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29Jul/10Off

France Declares War on al-Qaeda

Posted by Lars Hagen

Posted at The Roanoke Slant - This "blog" is intended to be a very brief "diary" of some examples of the Roanoke Times slant.
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- USA Today, 7-25-10, Pg 6A Not found in the Roanoke Times – would be totally inconsistent with their declaration that the war is over: http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/05/roanoke-times-declares-end-of-war.html - “We are at war with al-Qaeda” Prime Minister Francois Fillon said, a day after President Sarkozy announced the death of hostage Michel Germaneau, a humanitarian worker in Niger. http://politifi.com/news/Sarkozy-blasts-AQIM-slaying-of-Frenchman-974112.html - Are the French jumping to a premature knee-jerk reaction? Is this a French John Wayne, George Bush, Cowboy thing? After many Frenchmen have died in embassy and night-club bombings over the last 10 years, including three who died in the WTC 9/11 attack and the French troops that have died on the battle field why this rush to judgment and declaration of war now?

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Palin: Not the Touch of Gold Many in So-called MSM Try to Persuade

Posted by Blue Virginia

Posted at Blue Virginia - Front Page - Blue Virginia

To hear Tweety (Chris Matthews) tell it, one would thing that Sarah Palin is the next best thing to sliced bread.

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Cantor One Of GOP’s “Most Impressive Young Leaders”

Posted at ProjectVirginia - Where Politics Meets Social Media

In a WSJ Opinion Journal e-mail newsletter, Brian Bolduc referred to Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) as one of the GOP’s “most impressive young leaders.”  In the post, Bolduc is critical of two Texas Republicans who were unable to clearly explain what the GOP would do if it regained Congress.  However, Bolduc praised Cantor as a “refreshing alternative.”  Cantor told Bolduc, “Republicans do have an agenda ready to roll should they win the majority — it’s the one they offered last year in response to  President Obama’s stimulus package. We crafted a proposal in response to the stimulus plan that would have given small businesses a 20 percent tax cut. That’d be the first piece of the legislation that I’d advocate we put on the floor on the House. Quickly thereafter or simultaneously we would put a bill on the floor which would reduce the size of the  federal work force and freeze pay increases.”  This is no surprise to Virginians

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McDonnell defends employee bonus

Posted at virginiapolitics - Virginia politics from the Richmond Times-Dispatch

The state’s budget surplus, to be announced next month, will likely exceed a previous estimate of $220 million, Gov. Bob McDonnell said this morning. “The delta between the savings plus the revenues being ahead of forecast is going to be well over, we think, $220 million,” he said on his monthly appearance on WRVA.

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They. Got. Nothing.

Posted by Mike

Posted at Fishersville Mike - Proud member of SWAC corps. Making America better by blogging.

Dan Riehl on the latest Democratic attempt to drag down Republicans by linking them to the "Tea Party." Not the real Tea Party, but the Tea Party of the Democratic minds. Fortunately, real voters will be voting in November. Not the ones Democratic minds dream up.

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29Jul/10Off

Time again for Washington’s 50 Most Beautiful People

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Posted at Shad Plank: The blog for Virginia politics - Daily news about Virginia politics and Virginia politicians.

The Hill is out with its attempt at a swimsuit issue today -- the annual "50 Most Beautiful People in Washington" list. The Beautiful People range from a sitting senator to a tour guide, all political stripes are represented, and hometowns range from California to Florida. (Wait a minute: Why isn't surprising that California and Florida are on the list?) And for you Virginia lovers -- yes, Virginia did place two people on the list. I know you're going to dial through the slide show anyway, so I won't tell you who they are. Here's a smattering of my favorite quotes: "Wear blush.

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29Jul/10Off

Cynefin Framework

Posted by Jason Sigger

Posted at Armchair Generalist - A Progressive View on Military Affairs

Chris Bellavita has an interesting post over at the Homeland Security Watch talking about the Cynefin framework . I've never heard about it, but I want to learn more. It seems like a very good process to understand management decision making and risk management.

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Two Mysterious Dots, Requiring Connection

Posted at Snapped Shot -

See if you can figure out the magical line Rick Caldwell's alluding to here . It's a mystery to the White House, I'm sure.

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Two Mysterious Dots, Requiring Connection

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Fairfax Looking to Spend Billions

Posted at Snapped Shot -

In most cities, a 40-year-old building is hardly considered to be old. In fact, in most places, that's considered downright modern . Not here in luxurious Fairfax County, Virginia, apparently. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, according to the Washington Post , is considering razing the building pictured here because it's "not worth renovating." At least, according to Sharon Bulova, the spendaholic Democrat who replaced Gerry Connolly as the Chair of the Board this past election.

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29Jul/10Off

THE THOUGHT POLICE GET SURPRISINGLY LITTLE PUBLICITY

Posted by Citizen Tom

Posted at Citizen Tom - Conservative commentary from Gainesville, Virginia

Julea Ward If the shoe were are the other foot, imagine the publicity. The story is out there, but it is not getting much coverage.  Here are some of the headlines. Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality Court rules student counselors must ‘affirm’ gay clients Lawsuit claims school bias on Christian views A Disappointing Ruling in Michigan What is involved? The Alliance Defense Fund  is defending two Christian ladies who want to uphold their Christian beliefs at public universities. Julea Ward Jennifer Keaton Amazingly, there are not just one, but two cases

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29Jul/10Off

CRU is at it again

Posted by D.J. McGuire

Posted at The right-wing liberal - Low-tax smart-ass since 2006

One would think that after the numerous findings and reports of data fudging and other shenanigans ( since this   past November , I have been posting   on the slew of errors , data manipulation , and other   shenanigans that have been plagued cliamte change alarmism ; including today’s post , we are now   up to   thirty - one   of them ), the fplks at East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit would know better than this (Steve Goddard at WUWT ): HadCrut released their January 1850 through June 2010 temperature data yesterday, and something “interesting” happened. Their temperature anomalies from January-April jumped up from their published values on June 3.  . . . HadCrut still shows 1998 hotter than 2010 so far, but they seem to be working on “correcting” that problem

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Arizona’s Injunction Junction

Posted at Bearing Drift: Virginia Politics On Demand -

Clinton appointee US District Judge Susan Bolton issued a temporary injunction stopping five parts of Arizona’s legal attempts to do what the Federal Government won’t do – stop illegal immigration. According to news sources , those five parts are the following: 1. Requiring police officers to check a person’s immigration status while enforcing other laws. Bolton says that’s troublesome because “burdens lawfully present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked.” By that logic, handgun waiting periods are unconstitutional because law-abiding handgun buyers will be restricted while their status is checked, right?

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Americans Cutting Back on Health Care?

Posted by James A. Bacon

Posted at Bacon's Rebellion - Building more prosperous, livable and sustainable regions in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Well, how about that. It appears that privately insured Americans are using fewer medical services these days. Patient visits, drug prescriptions and procedures were down in the second quarter of 2010 compared to year-ago levels, reports the Wall Street Journal . Weak demand could put downward pressure on spiraling health care costs and insurance premiums, the WSJ suggests. And what could be behind this remarkable change

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29Jul/10Off

Those Starving Palestinians

Posted at Snapped Shot -

The Gaza Strip, if you believe the Western press, is a land of utter starvation and waste—a prison camp all but destroyed under the foot of the "oppressive" Zionist regime. And yet, strangely enough, they seem to have an abundance of time for hobbies. Like racing speedboats . Or horses. Or museum sightseeing .

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Cuccinelli to donate tainted campaign funds

Posted by vjp

Posted at VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local -

It’s about time. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has finally decided to divest himself of the campaign donations he received from Bobby Thompson, the director of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. The organization and its director have come under scrutiny in numerous states. According to the article, six states plus Virginia have launched investigations and Thompson has disappeared

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29Jul/10Off

You can’t deny it

Posted by Mike

Posted at Fishersville Mike - Proud member of SWAC corps. Making America better by blogging.

Smitty posted a link to Rush Limbaugh's Undeniable Truths of Life . Since Sunday is the 22nd anniversary of Rush's national broadcast show , it's a good time to review them.

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Unemployed online: organizing against Republicans!

Posted by J.C. Wilmore

Posted at The Richmonder -

This is a very interesting development: Sometime this spring, Republicans turned against unemployment. In Nevada, Sharron Angle (R), the candidate facing incumbent Sen. Harry Reid (D), told local reporters, “You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job.” (Untrue.) Angle also called the unemployed “spoiled.” Rand Paul, a candidate for a Kentucky Senate seat, made similar statements, and politicians in Washington followed suit. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said on C-SPAN that extending unemployment would discourage “individuals that are out there to actually go out and go through the interviews.” But unlike most comments from politicians, these criticisms did not diffuse into the generic noise of political chatter

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29Jul/10Off

Social Security does NOT need to be saved!

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Posted at Mosquito Blog - If you think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in the dark with a mosquito.

Social Security does not need to be saved. We need to FINALLY take a good hard look at how a few folks are emptying our treasury and stealing our taxes all in the name of homeland security. It's madness. Working people have paid into a retirement system that is solvent and works. Social Security is not a tax...it is an investment for retirement

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29Jul/10Off

Arlington "Change of Government" Drive: Failure and Farce

Posted by Blue Virginia

Posted at Blue Virginia - Front Page - Blue Virginia

Is this ironic, pathetic, slimy, or just a complete farce? You decide. In 2006, [Cheryl] Simmons was arrested for shoplifting and giving her family unauthorized discounts at the Arlington Hecht's department store, where she worked, according to Arlington Police spokesperson Crystal Nosal. Court records show she plead guilty to felony embezzlement - a more serious charge since it was her third offense - and was sentenced to three years probation. Late last year, she was in trouble again, for having passed a bad check at a check cashing store on Columbia Pike, police said.

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The classroom as prime real estate

Posted by vjp

Posted at VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local -

Loved the headline, above, which was on my latest op-ed in Wednesday’s paper.  Readers of this blog may recognize some of the content as having been from this earlier blog post. It was this Wall Street Journal article that prompted me to dust it off and update it for the op-ed. The stats I used came from Norfolk’s most recent budget.

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There’s one in every crowd…..

Posted by JCWhite

Posted at What IS Right for Virginia -

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29Jul/10Off

Boudreauxism of the Day

Posted at Barticles -

Editor, The New York Times 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 To the Editor: I appreciate the sub-headline, appearing on your website, to a report on the BP oil spill: “The oil is clearing much faster than expected, but concern remains over the unseen effects” (“On the Surface, Gulf Oil Spill Is Vanishing Fast; Concerns Stay,” July 28).

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Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There (Way Over There)

Posted at Barticles -

If government really wants to help breathe life into the economy, there’s one simple and effective step it hasn’t taken, but should: Stop standing on the economy’s neck. The Institute for Justice has a new report on The Power of One —one entrepreneur, that is. It examines the lengths aspiring businesspeople have to go through just to get permission to give other people jobs. Some of the stories have to be read to be believed.

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Hawaiian Munitions Are No Threat

Posted by Jason Sigger

Posted at Armchair Generalist - A Progressive View on Military Affairs

And in the "no kidding" news, r esearchers from the University of Hawaii are declaring, after three years of work with submersibles, that the World War II chemical munitions in 1500 feet of water are no threat to the environment or to people in the area . Nothing like solid science to confirm what we all suspected. The School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology, which did the study for the Pentagon, reported that although even the best-preserved munitions casings are deteriorating, the observations and data collected "do not indicate any adverse impacts on ecological health" in the study area, known as HI-05, the university said yesterday.

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Tom Perriello on Rachel Maddow Show

Posted by Blue Virginia

Posted at Blue Virginia - Front Page - Blue Virginia

Perriello explains why the last thing we want to do is go back to the same-old, same-old Republican policies. He also talks about the DISCLOSE Act, the economy, and what he's hearing from voters in his district.

29Jul/10Off

Can I Ask a Question?

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Why do we have V.A. clinics ? Can't our honored veterans go down to the local clinic, or local hospital, and have services rendered? Just wondering.

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Can I Ask a Question?

29Jul/10Off

Well, Not Exactly

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Southwest Virginia Today has an interesting headline this morning: Rare historic document find reveals details of slaves’ lives It's about "a document found in the Smyth County courthouse that could prove invaluable to students of local African-American genealogies and other historians.

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Virginia Right! News Hound for 7/29/2010

Posted by Tom White

Posted at Virginia Right! - News from Virginia, the US and the World

Thursday July 29, 2010 Roundup: New!!! Virginia Blog Roundup – Old Dominion Blogs – now online and FREE! Read all the Virginia Blogs in one place. The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites and blogs.

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This Week’s Watcher Council Nominations Are Up

Posted by Tom White

Posted at Virginia Right! - News from Virginia, the US and the World

The nominations are in and we are awaiting the final tally on this week’s Watcher of Weasels  Council. Here are the nominations for your enjoyment and reading pleasure. Winners will be posted as soon as the results are in. Council Submissions Wolf Howling - An Overdrawn Race Card The Provocateur - Saul Alinsky and Dr. Anna Chacko Rhymes With Right - Shirley Sherrod: Dissent Equals Racism And A Desire To Return To Slavery Right Truth – Conservative Republican Agenda The Razor - True Bigots Snapped Shot – The Happy Little Mosque… of Rage The Colossus of Rhodey - Oh, but of course! Captain America can’t be a “flag waver” Bookworm Room - How Journolist and Oliver Stone each serve to highlight the other’s insanity The Glittering Eye – What Went Wrong

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29Jul/10Off

Woe Be the Economy

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Obama couldn't tout his success at creating jobs so he flaunted to his eager press the increase in America's manufacturing output.

29Jul/10Off

Stewart Has a Point

Posted by Jason Sigger

Posted at Armchair Generalist - A Progressive View on Military Affairs

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

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29Jul/10Off

Want To Move Beyond Race?

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Yesterday seemed to be a day when we focused on race. Unfortunately. Such a downer. But hearts may be cheered by this (link provided by Big Salt Lick): Actor Morgan Freeman: "I don't want a black history month.

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It’s Come To This

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Roger Pielke, Jr. on "climate change" study: Silly Science . Maybe that's why all the predictions of gloom and doom, based on the most tenuous of analysis and linkage, is so entertaining.

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Simple Gov’t Hammer $600

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

Tiny, inefficient government car $41000 .

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It’s Every Man For Himself

Posted by Jerry Fuhrman

Posted at From On High -

The state of Arizona has been forbidden by a federal court to do anything , at least for now, about the flood of illegals invading that state and our country. Obama's federal government refuses to lift a finger to stop end the problem. That leaves upholding the law to us. Is that what they really want? Dumbasses.

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Disgraceful

Posted at The Virginia Conservative - "The most important goal in my life is to have some significant impact in preserving personal freedom in the life of this country." -Richard D. Obenshain

Photo from Senator Graham’s website For a moment I thought about ending this post with no text and only the above picture.  After all, one could write page after page about Senator Graham and only begin to scratch the surface on how he has betrayed the citizens of South Carolina, the nation, the Constitution, and the conservative movement. When I head the news that four Republican Senators were now supporting the confirmation of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, I instantly knew that Snowe and Collins (both from Maine) would be among them.   The other two proved to be a bit trickier.  Lugar (Indiana), I might of guessed but didn’t.  Then we have Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina).  This guy keeps making news for all of the wrong reasons.  Certainly there have been some surprises with Supreme Court nominees in the past, nevertheless, Graham’s sad eagerness to readily endorse Obama’s picks of Sotomayor and now Kagan is deeply troubling.  Having twice been censured by the SCGOP thus far, one wonders how he has been able to win the Republican nomination.  One thing is for sure.  If he is a conservative, as he claims, then I assure you the movement is doomed. Please, please, please South Carolina voters.  I’ve met many of you during my work in your state.  You have elected one of the best and also one of the worst Senators in the country.  Can’t you find someone who better represents your values than Grahamnesty? For more information try reading a recent post by the Conservative Examiner . Disgraceful.  Utterly disgraceful

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29Jul/10Off

Will this be a summer hit?

Posted by Mike

Posted at Fishersville Mike - Proud member of SWAC corps. Making America better by blogging.

I saw the ad for Will Ferrell's latest movie. This is the song he plays before going to work. We'll see if this or the movie work.

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29Jul/10Off

What the Bible Said Last Weekend and Monday

Posted at Deo Vindice - The Great Commission, The Great Experiment, Virginia and my musings

Isaiah 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 There is no other God than the one, only, true, living God.  For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last. “Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, you people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults, for the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; but My righteousness will be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.”

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What the Bible Said Last Weekend and Monday

29Jul/10Off

What the Bible Said Last Week When I Didn’t Post

Posted at Deo Vindice - The Great Commission, The Great Experiment, Virginia and my musings

Last week’s walk through the Bible, Wednesday and Thursday, went through 2 Kings 19, 20 and 2 Chronicles 32 as well as Isaiah 37, 38 and 39.  Hezekiah’s life ends – as I noted before. Then cometh, Friday,  the triumphant Isaiah 40.  Prophesy of John the Baptist.  “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, measured heaven with a span and calculated the dust in the earth in a measure?  Weighted the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?” And, trumpet fanfare, “But those that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall walk and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 41.  “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 42 and 43.  Fear not, for I have redeemed you: I have called you by your name; You are Mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.  When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned.” “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember my sins.”

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The Wannabe Delegate

Posted by Moon-howler

Posted at Moonhowlings - A Place for Civil Debate: not your typical ideologue blog

 Corey Stewart is still hasn’t learned he isn’t a delegate to the General Assembly nor is he a state senator.  Perhaps he is going to run for either Senator Colgan’s seat or Del. Miller’s seat so he can introduce  his immigration reform. The News & Messenger : On Thursday, Stewart plans to announce multiple pieces of legislation for the General Assembly to con-sider, one of which is based on legislation passed recently in Oklahoma. The first item would require all law enforcement officers in the state to check immigration status upon lawful detention if there is reasonable suspicion that the person detained is an illegal immigrant.

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Who the Hell has ever heard of The Tides Foundation anyway?

Posted by Moon-howler

Posted at Moonhowlings - A Place for Civil Debate: not your typical ideologue blog

From Huffingtonpost.com : On his Monday radio show, Glenn Beck highlighted claims that before he started targeting a little-known, left-leaning organization called the Tides Foundation on his Fox News TV show, “nobody knew” what the non-profit was. Indeed, for more than a year Beck has been portraying the progressive organization as a central player in a larger, nefarious cabal of Marxist/socialist/Nazi Obama-loving outlets determined to destroy democracy in America. Beck has routinely smeared the low-profile entity for being staffed by “thugs” and “bullies” and involved in “the nasty of the nastiest,” like indoctrinating schoolchildren and creating a “mass organization to seize power.” As Media Matters reported , the conspiratorial host had mentioned (read: attacked) the little-known progressive organization nearly 30 times on his Fox program alone since it premiered in 2009, including several mentions in the last month. (Beck’s the only TV talker who regularly references the foundation, according to our Nexis searches.) So yes, Beck has done all he can to scare the hell out of people about the Tides Foundation and “turn the light of day” onto an organization that actually facilitates non-profit giving.

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On It’s Way…

Posted by Riley

Posted at Virginia Virtucon - Virginia politics, policy and entertainment from the Greater Richmond-Washington Metro Area perspective.

Not to worry.  I’m still untangling the web of Krystal Ball’s personal finances and working to make it all understandable.  There’s a LOT there, though, and it will make for some very interesting reading, so STAY TUNED!!!

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New Poll shows Governor Bob McDonnell with a 64% approval rating….

Posted by RightsideVA

Posted at RightsideVA - Conservative Republican living in Central Virginia. A forum to discuss multiple topics such as enrgy, military, conservativism, economy, social programs, education, current events, media bias, Virginia, and sometimes FISHING!!!

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New Poll shows Governor Bob McDonnell with a 64% approval rating....

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Ken Kook-inelli Had a Bad Day

Posted by Blue Virginia

Posted at Blue Virginia - Front Page - Blue Virginia

Today was not the greatest for Attorney General Ken Kook-inelli. Two reasons. First, there's this . Months after every other Virginia politician who received money from con artist Bobby Thompson did the right thing and donated that money to real veteran's charities, Ken Cuccinelli has finally caved in to mounting pressure to do the right thing Hahahaha.

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Is Gerry Connolly In Favor Of Extending The Bush Tax Cuts

Posted by Chris

Posted at MASON CONSERVATIVE - “We don’t have to settle for milquetoast Republicans who don’t care about anything but getting elected — and we’ll be kicking ourselves if there are states in which we don’t run real conservatives.” -Sen. Jim DeMint

From this quote to the DCPost , I get the feeling the answer is "Yes . . . until the election is over." Connolly's Fairfax-based 11th district is the most affluent congressional seat in the country, based on median household income , and he warned his fellow Democrats that the issue might not be the slam-dunk some think it is. "I honestly think it's a danger," Connolly said of the tax debate. "I part ways, I think, with the dominant view of my caucus on this subject

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