Republican State Senator Walter Stosch and John Watkins both voted for a gas tax increase yesterday. They voted with the usual suspects of Democrats and moderate Republicans. In fact, the bill's patron, Senator Emmett Hanger, is a moderate Republican himself. See how they voted here: SB343 Governor McDonnell opposes this bill along with the House [...]
RTP is saddened by the loss of life and property at the IRS building in Austin, Texas yesterday. We in no way endorse nor support violence or the death of innocent people. It is wrong and evil. What happened today was NOT a protest. It was a vendetta and an act of revenge on the [...]
An amazing line up of speakers! Plan on coming and bringing your friends.
Carbon dioxide and methane gases are not pollutants...it is called breathing!
The New York Times had an interesting 5-page article by David Barstow today titled, "Tea Party Movement Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right." It is worth the read to see how they assess you. Some of what they say is very good and accurate. Other parts are a little off. These people are part of [...]
In an announcement that sent shockwaves across the political world, Democratic Senator Bayh announced that he would not be seeking reelection. His reasons probably stunned the career politicians who can't imagine insulting their Congressional Utopia. Two great quotes of Bayh: "I do not love Congress!" AND "Congress does not work for the people!"
The Republican Senate Leadership Committee has sent out their "Official Republican Party Survey" which repeatedly says, "Do Not Destroy" and "this survey document must be accounted for upon completion of this project" and comes complete with its own official registration number. They make it sound like the census for goodness sakes. The survey is broken [...]
News reports all week have talked about President Obama's invitation to Democratic and Republican leadership to come to the White House on February 25 to discuss the Health Control Bill. Mind you, this bill has been in Congress for a year now, and no serious effort has been made to include Republicans, Independents, or the [...]
It was recently published that the Chesterfield School Board, that has majority Republicans on the Board, are now recommending to the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors a .06 cent increase in the personal property tax for Chesterfield residents. It was rationalized that this was acceptable because the Chesterfield resident would not feel the impact. How? Well...because [...]
Yesterday in the Washington Times there was an article about how the Chinese see the U.S. debt as a weapon. It was quite the formidable threat. Gen. Luo warned that China could attack the U.S. "by oblique means and stealthy feints," and he called for retaliation for the arms sale. "For example, we could sanction [...]
In a recent poll released by Investor's Business Daily, it shows that seventy-five (75%) of Independents have a favorable view of the Tea Party movement. This is great news for us. This just goes to show that our ideas and platform are mainstream. People are listening, we just need to keep sharing what we are [...]
This is a question that is continually asked in the media and blogs. It seems to be asked even more with the hype over Sarah Palin speaking at the Tea Party Nation Convention this weekend. Political pundits are eager to place us in a category to explain us away. Republicans and Democrats like the label [...]
