Monday, July 8, 2013

Foreign Assistance Act

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Section 508 of the decades-old Foreign Assistance Act stipulates: "None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursu...

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Are you sure we don't live in a Police State? In the aftermath of the Asiana 214 crash I saw a boy, maybe 14 years old, being inter...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

COLLECTING MORE DATA THAN YOU THINK

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The Virgini a n-Pilot © June 20, 2013 COLLECTING MORE DATA THAN YOU THINK FOR 60 YEARS, the National Security Agency has been protecti...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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  Congressman Scott is Right - Metadata will be abused For sixty years the NSA has been protecting the US against foreign ...
Monday, May 27, 2013

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 Growth of Government Today within the executive branch of the federal government there are fifteen cabinet secretaries. These are the Pr...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

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How can Congress Reduce the Cost of Gas? For starters consider modify the Merchant Marine Act of 1920. The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

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The Federal Income Tax Turns 100! The 16th amendment was passed and 100 years ago American's started paying income tax.  Initiall...
Monday, April 8, 2013

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Could Virginia stop taxing corporations? I've talked to many Virginians about the idea that corporations shouldn't be taxed becau...
Friday, March 22, 2013

New Virgina State Budget Allots 50% to Education

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As the North Carolina legislature debates the possibility of phasing out their state income tax, our elected leaders comment Virginia shoul...
Monday, March 4, 2013

More Individual Health Care Insurance

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        More Individual Health Care Insuranc e Dr. Ben Carson's ideas on healthcare are intriguing.  Recently, I stumbled upon a simi...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Am I a Gun Nut?

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A few years ago I purchased a handgun that came with a 15 round clip and being EX military I didn't think anything of it, but when Senat...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Bad Guys With Guns

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Guns   The right to bear arms is NOT about blasting Bambi or shooting ducks, it's about a well regulated militia being necessary to ...
Friday, January 4, 2013

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The 80/20 Rule As we go partway over the fiscal cliff it dawned on me that Washington is invoking the 80/20 rule. In 2011 Warren Buffet...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

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Honestly - They Sky is Not Falling The call on the answering machine was clear and concise. There would be an armed guard at every Virg...
Friday, November 30, 2012

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Why Not Go Over the Fiscal Cliff? For starters the DOW will likely drop 900 points and 1.5% trillion dollars in equity will evaporate i...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Day 2012

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Election Day 2012 It's the morning of November 6th and a few days back I called the race for the President.  Now with the stock marke...
Monday, September 17, 2012

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 Do Nothing Congress... "Congress is on pace to make history with the least productive legislative year in the post World War II era...
Monday, August 6, 2012

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Curiosity Lands on Mars! I have to admit that the possibility of the Martian rover Curiosity crashing into a mountain three miles tall an...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner." English proverb          
Monday, July 9, 2012

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The Virgini a n-Pilot © July 7, 2012 We need some price tags Recently, former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle, a Democrat, said, 'Health car...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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Transparent Healthcare Last Sunday Tom Daschle said "Healthcare is probably the only sector in this economy where at time of purcha...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

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Outboard Mercury 115 HP false low oil alarm . The alarm goes beep, beep, beep and it's really loud!  Besides low oil there are basica...
Friday, June 8, 2012

Water Vapor is the Primary Greenhouse Gas

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Re "CARBON INCREASES, APATHY HOLDS STEADY" Sunday Virginian Pilot 6/3/12 The Pilot's "view" states that CO2 is the...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Venus Transits the Sun and No One Living Will See it Again

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Venus transits the Sun. I'm not going to be around the next time (105 years) so I thought I would take some pictures. FYI, for you flat ...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Navy Said it Wasn't Punishment... In 1992 LTJG Tracy Thorne said he was gay to a national TV audience.  Unfortunately, at this time in...