Friday, October 4, 2013

Senate strips House language to delay ObamaCare

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Let's get this Right On Monday (Sep 30th) the Senate voted 54-46 to strip language from a House funding bill that delayed Obam...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Feds Shut Down Privately Owned Mount Vernon

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“Deliberate effort to hurt the public” The National Park Service erected barricades to shut down parking lots surrounding Mount Vernon de...

Founding Fathers' Tavern Closed by Government Shutdown

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"City Tavern's operators are told to lock up" The restaurant, which opened for the first time in 1773 and was frequented by...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Shut it Down - Even if it's Always Open?

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Shut it Down - Even if it's Always Open? The government is shut down but it has the resources to order Park Service Personal to erect...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

This is how it works?

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JPMorgan Chase Stock Holders Lets say you own a BUNCH of JPMorgan Chase stock.  JPMorgan Chase lost approx $9 billion with that oversea...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

F/A-18 Hornet -vs- F-35 JSF

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Reduce Jet Noise in Virginia Beach Oceana was here before the "City" of Virginia Beach but for the most part (F-4 notwithstandi...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act

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Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act There has been little public support for the repeal of the Gun-Free School Zone Act other than from act...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

The Republican Party

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The Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854 and Abraham Lincoln was it's first President in 1861. On April 8th,...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Government Tracks Who You Mail and Who Mails You...

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Should I Stop Using a Return Address? In 1979 the Supreme Court created the "third-party doctrine", that Americans lose their e...
Monday, August 5, 2013

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US Health Care in the 21st Century As the United States slowly recovers from recession, the European Union struggles and Britain continue...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

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Is the United States worse off than Detroit? Detroit went bankrupt owing $19 billion, which breaks down to $27,000 per Detroit resident. ...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

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Abortion Clinics -vs- Keystone Pipeline " The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to b...
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...