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	<title>Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll &#187; Cominius</title>
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		<title>With the Consent of the Governed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address Wednesday, President Obama made a particular point about the mood of the public and the affect of that mood on elected officials in Congress. "To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address Wednesday, President Obama made a particular point about the mood of the public and the affect of that mood on elected officials in Congress. "To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve some problems, not run for the hills."  That is, the President is telling the Congress that in writing and passing laws he supports, the opposition of the public should be ignored. What the President seems to have missed is the element of consent of the governed. Why should laws obnoxious to the public...<br/>
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		<title>SOTU-POTUS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full text of the State of the Union address and interspersed commentary is provided below the fold. The response provided by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell in the chamber of the oldest legislative body in America was brilliant and a stark contrast...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The full text of the State of the Union address and interspersed commentary is provided below the fold. The response provided by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell in the chamber of the oldest legislative body in America was brilliant and a stark contrast to the address by President Obama. In Richmond, an address of optimism belonging to a free people who are capable, self sufficient and generous and who can govern themselves at government which is close to and response to them. In Washington, an address of a petty tyrant, that national government is the only answer to all problems for a people...<br/>
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		<title>71st Governor of Virginia Inauguration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a great day for the Commonwealth of Virginia. At noon today, under sunny skies, on the steps of the historic seat of government of the oldest legislative body in the United States, Robert Francis McDonnell took the oath of office and was inaugur...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a great day for the Commonwealth of Virginia. At noon today, under sunny skies, on the steps of the historic seat of government of the oldest legislative body in the United States, Robert Francis McDonnell took the oath of office and was inaugurated the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Preceding him, similar solemn oaths were administered to Kenneth Thomas Cuccinelli, II as Attorney-General and William Troy Bolling as Lieutenant Governor. 

Gov. McDonnell in his inaugural speech promised the assembled citizens to build a Commonwealth of Opportunity for all Virginians:

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		<title>The Health Care Excise Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health care reform bill H.R. 3590, which passed the Senate on December 24, 2009 contains in Section 9001 of Title IX a new excise tax on high cost employer sponsored health coverage.

While some have described this tax as being aimed at 'cadillac h...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The health care reform bill H.R. 3590, which passed the Senate on December 24, 2009 contains in Section 9001 of Title IX a new excise tax on high cost employer sponsored health coverage.

While some have described this tax as being aimed at 'cadillac health plans' a closer look at the bill reveals it is a death threat to health care coverage for those whose employer's sponsor self funded plans.

The 40% excise tax this bill imposes on costs in any month of over $708.33 for any single worker and $1916.67 for any family will quickly lead such employers to terminate the health coverage of their...<br/>
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		<title>Afghanistan Marginalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MSM and the blogosphere are surfeited with comments on President Obama's (shown in official White House photo) Afghanistan policy described in his Tuesday night address at the U.S. Military academy. I have taken the liberty of including some margin...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The MSM and the blogosphere are surfeited with comments on President Obama's (shown in official White House photo) Afghanistan policy described in his Tuesday night address at the U.S. Military academy. I have taken the liberty of including some marginal comments (in italics) to the full text below the fold. The full text is taken from the official White House press release.


Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Eisenhower Hall Theatre, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, New York

8:01 P.M. EST

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		<title>N.Y. Terror Trial Muddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend news reports and talk show discussions are full of viewpoints regarding the announced terrorism trials to be held in New York City. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani remarked on the security threats trials in New York would pose as well a...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The weekend news reports and talk show discussions are full of viewpoints regarding the announced terrorism trials to be held in New York City. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani remarked on the security threats trials in New York would pose as well as the publicity platform which such trials may provide to the defendants. Meanwhile, the AP reports Senator Patrick Leahy D-Vt, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressed the opinion, "If someone murders Americans in this country, they should be tried in the U.S" Senator Leahy has apparently missed the Supreme Court interpretation that...<br/>
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		<title>Blogs United Conference Nov  21</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blogs United Conference will be held at Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA in the Washington Room of the student union Saturday Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors open at 8 a.m.). Continental Breakfast and Lunch come with registratio...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Blogs United Conference will be held at Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA in the Washington Room of the student union Saturday Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors open at 8 a.m.). Continental Breakfast and Lunch come with registration.

Cost is $15.

Invited guests include Sen. Jim Webb, Rep. Rob Wittman, Rep. Glenn Nye, reporters - Ryan Nobles, Anita Kumar, Julian Walker, and Kimball Payne, as well as Scott Hirons of the House Republican Campaign Committee and Greg Scanlon of the Virginia Democratic Party. There is also the possibility of a very special guest.

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		<title>More charges for Hasan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cominius</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Michelle Malkin makes an important case for 14 murder charges not 13 against Major Nidal Hasan (shown in the accompanying UK Telegraph photo composite), the Fort Hood jihadi murder suspect, there does appear to be at least one more charge that...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although Michelle Malkin makes an important case for 14 murder charges not 13 against Major Nidal Hasan (shown in the accompanying UK Telegraph photo composite), the Fort Hood jihadi murder suspect, there does appear to be at least one more charge that should be brought by his command against him.

Article 104 of the Uniform code of Military Justice defines the crime of Aiding the Enemy. This crime is committed by any person who, without proper authority, communicates or corresponds with the enemy, either directly or indirectly. Those who violate article 104 shall suffer death or such other...<br/>
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		<title>Why Bob McDonnell should and will be Governor</title>
		<link>http://the.virginianfederalist.com/2009/10/why-bob-mcdonnell-should-and-will-be.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is really simple. Just click below to see real leadership for Virginia. A vets vet, a citizen's citizen and the epitome of leadership. Hooah.  


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		<title>Master of Political Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final candidate debate in the 93rd House District was scheduled for Wednesday evening at Christopher Newport University. As we noted in our previous post it was expected the Robin Abbott, the Democrat candidate would be a no show and that expectati...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The final candidate debate in the 93rd House District was scheduled for Wednesday evening at Christopher Newport University. As we noted in our previous post it was expected the Robin Abbott, the Democrat candidate would be a no show and that expectation was fulfilled. Her empty chair spoke pointedly about her unwillingness to discuss public issues in public with the voters she proposed to represent. It also highlighted that a candidate who cannot face her opponent or the public cannot have a claim to be prepared to legislate for that public.

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		<title>Abbott AWOL from 93rd District Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our post more than a week ago,  we reported evidence that Robin Abbott, 93rd House District candidate had abandoned her campaign. Now there is more evidence. A press release from Phil Hamilton's (R-Newport News) campaign claims Abbott has refused to...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In our post more than a week ago,  we reported evidence that Robin Abbott, 93rd House District candidate had abandoned her campaign. Now there is more evidence. A press release from Phil Hamilton's (R-Newport News) campaign claims Abbott has refused to participate in a candidate forum at Christopher Newport University scheduled for October 28.  That forum, sponsored by the university's Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy, and CNU Young Democrats and College Republicans is the third forum in two weeks that Abbott has failed to appear or refused to attend. Compounding Abbott's refusal is...<br/>
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		<title>Can Virginia afford a Liar as Attorney General?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his attack ad, which his campaign labels Ken Cuccinelli's Crony Politics, Democrat Attorney General nominee Steve Shannon claims "Cuccinelli said Hamilton should stay in Office" and cites the Washington Post 8/24/09 and the Daily Press 9/18/09 as so...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In his attack ad, which his campaign labels Ken Cuccinelli's Crony Politics, Democrat Attorney General nominee Steve Shannon claims "Cuccinelli said Hamilton should stay in Office" and cites the Washington Post 8/24/09 and the Daily Press 9/18/09 as sources for his allegation. In fact, Shannon's claim is a lie, and therefore Shannon is a liar. Here is what the Washington Post actually said:

Del. Steve Shannon of Fairfax County, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, called on Hamilton to resign from the legislature.
Shannon's Republican opponent, state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, weighed...<br/>
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		<title>Have Abbott and West abandoned campaigns?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Newport News Southern Christian Leadership Conference held its House of Delegates candidate forum Thursday night at the Newport News City School Administration Building. The forum was to feature the candidates for the 93rd and 94th districts and wa...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Newport News Southern Christian Leadership Conference held its House of Delegates candidate forum Thursday night at the Newport News City School Administration Building. The forum was to feature the candidates for the 93rd and 94th districts and was a followup to a similar forum held in April 2009. At the April forum all of the candidates agreed to the followup scheduled for Thursday night. To the surprise and consternation of the nearly 100 voters who crowded into the School Board chamber, neither Robin Abbott, Democratic candidate in the 93rd district, nor Gary West, Democratic...<br/>
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		<title>Obama says he will end Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal is reporting Saturday night that President Obama has pledged to end the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a advocacy group for gay rights, Mr. Obama was quoted as saying: "I will end "don't ask-don't tell.'" No time frame was associated with his promise.

While Mr. Obama made the first person pledge, don't ask-don't tell is not a policy malleable by the president, it is a law which requires action by the Congress to change. Even if done at the request of the president, it would never be accurate...<br/>
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		<title>Treat Juvenile Violent Offenders more leniently?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday's Daily Press reports on the arrest of two seventeen-year-olds on charges of murder, burglary, grand larceny, conspiracy, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sunday's Daily Press reports on the arrest of two seventeen-year-olds on charges of murder, burglary, grand larceny, conspiracy, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

During last Thursday's Voices for Children candidate forum, Robin Abbott, Democratic party candidate for delegate in the 93rd district staked out a position that Virginia should not routinely treat juveniles, like the two arrested, as adults because they have statistically different outcomes then those in juvenile facilities. (Her remarks are in the embedded video)



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		<title>Stimulas Working? Not! Unemployment rises to 9.8%</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although having predicted that unemployment would not increase beyond 8% if the immediately needed $787 billion stimulus package was passed, the Washington Post reports today that the unemployment rate reached 9.8% in September, and the economy lost a ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although having predicted that unemployment would not increase beyond 8% if the immediately needed $787 billion stimulus package was passed, the Washington Post reports today that the unemployment rate reached 9.8% in September, and the economy lost a further 263,000 jobs in September, more than the revised 201,000 jobs lost in August.

When the August results were announced, the President declared:

"that while lost jobs are still “unacceptable” there are some signs of light.

“For the second straight month, we lost fewer jobs than the month before and it was the fewest jobs lost in a year....<br/>
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		<title>The American Dream Sunset?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunset on the American Dream? Don't count on it. Over 2000 Defenders of the American Dream are gathering at Arlington Virginia's Crystal Gateway Marriott to make sure it is a rising not a setting sun. They will be storming Capital Hill this afternoon t...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sunset on the American Dream? Don't count on it. Over 2000 Defenders of the American Dream are gathering at Arlington Virginia's Crystal Gateway Marriott to make sure it is a rising not a setting sun. They will be storming Capital Hill this afternoon to remind our representatives that we expect them to defend the dream also and not be drawing the curtains.

What is the American Dream? In a word freedom. Freedom for ourselves and our children. Freedom to succeed or learn from our failures. Freedom to achieve, grow and prosper. Freedom to pursue happiness, an inalienable right, which along with...<br/>
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		<title>Peninsula Candidates Mental Health Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colonial Services Board and the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board hosted a General Assembly candidates forum Tuesday evening at Dozier Middle School in Newport News. The forum attracted candidates from the 64th, 91st, 93rd and 94th Hous...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Colonial Services Board and the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board hosted a General Assembly candidates forum Tuesday evening at Dozier Middle School in Newport News. The forum attracted candidates from the 64th, 91st, 93rd and 94th House Districts, covering the Peninsula and extending across the James. The forum focused on services for people with mental illness, developmental disabilities and and substance use disorders, and was very timely not only for the upcoming general election but in light of the significant budget cuts announced by Governor Kaine this month.

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		<title>Did Hamilton&#8217;s Opponent Buy Steve Shannon&#8217;s call for Resignation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Robin Abbott is Phil Hamilton's Democrat opponent in Virginia's 93rd House District race. On August 24, 2009, Steve Shannon (D), nominee for Attorney General called for Phil Hamilton to resign, which would pave the way for Abbott's unopposed election. Abbott's law firm is Consumer Litigation Associates , whose address she lists as her official address on campaign reports.. According to records published by the Virginia Public Access Project, Consumer Litigation Associates made a contribution of $10,000 to Shannon's campaign on March 19, 2009. (The firm is the largest contributor to Abbott's...<br/>
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		<title>Lies and More Lies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[President Obama spoke to the Congress and the country about health care in a speech Wednesday night. The full text of the speech is available here. I have not witnessed previously any previous forty-eight minutes as crammed packed with lies, falsehoods, and prevarications. If this speech were made under oath it would be almost in its entirety perjurious. Here are some examples (below the fold)

Here are just some examples.

Obama begins by talking about health insurance and those that do not have it. He mentions that "these are middle-class Americans." Yet the ranks of the uninsured is not...<br/>
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		<title>U.K. Political Correctness run Amok</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headline and lead in the U.K. Daily Telegraph Sunday morning: Riot Police arrest 20 as right-wing protest in Birmingham ends in violence. Lead: At least 20 men have been arrested after violent clashes between right-wing protesters and anti-fascist camp...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Headline and lead in the U.K. Daily Telegraph Sunday morning: Riot Police arrest 20 as right-wing protest in Birmingham ends in violence. Lead: At least 20 men have been arrested after violent clashes between right-wing protesters and anti-fascist campaigners in Birmingham city centre.

The story goes on to describe only one side of the disturbance participants as members of the English Defense League and quotes from an EDL statement:
"As many people are now aware, we at the English Defence League are holding a demonstration in Birmingham on Saturday 5th September to oppose Islamic...<br/>
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		<title>Van Jones, Obama Green Jobs Czar out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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that Van Jones, White House advisor for 'green jobs' has resigned. Jones and the White House had come under pressure when it was discovered that Jones had signed a 2004 petition for congressional...]]></description>
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that Van Jones, White House advisor for 'green jobs' has resigned. Jones and the White House had come under pressure when it was discovered that Jones had signed a 2004 petition for congressional hearing on "whether high-level government officers had allowed the attacks to occur" on September 11, 2001. A number of egregious comments made by Jones were aired on Fox News' Glen Beck Show on September 1, 2009.

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		<title>UK NHS Adopts Patient Murder Protocol</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An extraordinarily alarming story in the UK Daily Telegraph describes the adoption by Britain's National Health Service of a protocol to end the life of patients considered terminal by withdrawing food and water and other care.  The denial of care deci...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[An extraordinarily alarming story in the UK Daily Telegraph describes the adoption by Britain's National Health Service of a protocol to end the life of patients considered terminal by withdrawing food and water and other care.  The denial of care decisions are made without consultation or notice to the patient or the patients family. The policy, the Liverpool Care Pathway, was recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice). Nice is the model for the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research established in the Department of Health and...<br/>
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		<title>Roanoke Times Anti-Cuccinelli Screed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dan Case, metro columnist for the Roanoke Times, has an anti-concealed carry permit screed up this morning attacking Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli for his work on the concealed carry permit law. If Case was telling the whole truth his artic...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dan Case, metro columnist for the Roanoke Times, has an anti-concealed carry permit screed up this morning attacking Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli for his work on the concealed carry permit law. If Case was telling the whole truth his article could almost comprise an argument, but he did not go that far. Let's look at the facts.

Case complains that he was able to obtain a concealed carry permit after taking an online course and passing a test about gun safety, without having handled a gun, but he does not indicate exactly what he is complaining about except to say that "makes as...<br/>
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		<title>VA Dem AG Candidate favors higher spending and lower spending?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Roanoke Times at its roanoke.com website reports on a visit Wednesday by Steve Shannon who the report indicates is running for Attorney General as the Democratic party nominee.

The article notes that Shannon said he wanted to keep taxes low but in...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Roanoke Times at its roanoke.com website reports on a visit Wednesday by Steve Shannon who the report indicates is running for Attorney General as the Democratic party nominee.

The article notes that Shannon said he wanted to keep taxes low but increase expenditures for public and higher education, safe communities, and transportation infrastructure. Since Virginia must have a balanced budget, and is currently running a deficit, his proposals presume either increasing taxes or cutting other spending. He did not say which spending he wished to reduce. He also did not mention that other...<br/>
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		<title>Economy Mending?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Money section of USA Today's Thursday print edition was headlined, Reports show economy mending. Obama sees 'beginning of the end of the recession'. I do not know what story USA Today's editors were reading when they wrote that headline. The story by Matt Krantz which followed made the following points:
1. Five federal reserve regions were reporting economies which were subdued or weak while the Minneapolis region was faltering.
2. The Federal Reserve beige book report indicated concern about the demand for office buildings, retail space, and manufacturing facilities.
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		<title>Cash for Clunkers Clunks Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg News reports Thursday evening that six days into the Cash for Clunkers program, established in the Iraq and Afghanistan War funding bill, the program is being closed because all of the $1 Billion budget has been spent. The program offered reb...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Bloomberg News reports Thursday evening that six days into the Cash for Clunkers program, established in the Iraq and Afghanistan War funding bill, the program is being closed because all of the $1 Billion budget has been spent. The program offered rebates of up to $4,500 per clunker. At that rate something just over 222,000 vehicles would be turned in for destruction as the program was designed. Bloomberg quotes an unnamed congressional official as saying the demand for the rebate "proved greater than expected."

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		<title>A district in Michigan&#8217;s idiot has been found in Washington</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a hat tip to Netrightnation, we consider the curious statement of Representative John Conyers (D-MI) on exercising the duties of congressman. Mr. Conyers avers: "What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days an...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With a hat tip to Netrightnation, we consider the curious statement of Representative John Conyers (D-MI) on exercising the duties of congressman. Mr. Conyers avers: "What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?"


What good indeed. Mr. Conyers might well ask this of his constituents except put slightly differently. What good is having a representative that does not read or understand the legislation being considered. Just hand the voting keys to Ms. Pelosi and enjoy the perks of a health...<br/>
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		<title>Newport News Mayor Joe Frank will not seek Reelection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newport News Mayor Joe Frank announced Tuesday night that he would not seek reelection as Mayor in May 2010. The Mayor's announcement is provided in full below.















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		<title>McDonnell &#8211; Deeds Blogs United Debate -Not Yet</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Blogs United was my coming out to the world of blogging. Soon after I joined my esteemed colleagues at the Virginian Federalist. The candidates who attended that initial conference at Christopher Newport University were aware of the potential influence of the blogosphere and the value of personal contact with a wide spectrum of bloggers. Recently Blogs United invited Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds to a live in person debate at Christopher Newport University. The McDonnell campaign accepted. Today the Deeds campaign announced some events they would attend, but the Blogs United Debate was not...<br/>
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