Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Bob McDonnell FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2012 Contact: Jeff Caldwell Phone: (804) 225-4260 Email: Jeff.Caldwell@Governor.Virginia.Gov Governor McDonnell Signs SB 1 and HB 9 and Issues Executive Order Governor Directs State Board of Elections to Send Every Virginia Voter a Free Voter Card Between Now and Election Day Ensures [...]
[sws_ui_icon ui_theme="ui-smoothness" icon="ui-icon-star"] [/sws_ui_icon] Voter ID legislation that was sitting on Governor McDonnell's desk finally got a signature today. The law now requires that ID be shown to vote, while also expanding the types of documents that serve as acceptable ID. For any resident that appears at the polls without ID, a provisional [...]
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Howerter, a new volunteer for Richmond Tea Party. This post originally ran May 7, 2012 on her blog, SOAR WITH EAGLES. She wrote it and e-mailed it around, knowing that if we don't gather enough people to stand against an out-of-control government NOW, we will soon no [...]
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-bridges-roads-built-chinese-firms-14594513? Note, however, that government spending does NOT create wealth, it merely creates jobs. If OUR government spends money in China, it transfers wealth to China.
You know that America's entitlement culture is out of control when an avalanche of free phones and wireless service are available in the scope discussed here. This is available right here in Virginia through "Assurance Wireless", funded via the federal Universal Service Fund. As detailed in the video, the program is being abused and is [...]
As the productive economy has shrunken in size over the past few decades, while at the same time the amount of money that government spends has continued to swell, it has become increasingly profitable to start a business selling something to a government. After all, just like the famous bank robber once said, "That's [...]
From my recent column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Last August, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Cal., said, "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to Hell … and I intend to help them get there." As a leader in the Tea Party movement, and someone who happens to be a Christian with an [...]
VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 3 in the Supreme Court. Copied over from his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 28th, 2012 ... Dear Fellow Virginians and Friends, Today was the third and final day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as [...]
VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 2 in the Supreme Court. Copied over from his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 27th, 2012 ... Dear My Fellow Virginians, Today was the second day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as promised, I wanted [...]
VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli provides a wrap-up of day 1 in the Supreme Court. From his newsletter, the Cuccinelli Compass: Audio summary HERE. March 27, 2012 Dear Fellow Virginians, Today was the first day of the three-day healthcare hearing in the U.S. Supreme Court, and as promised, I wanted to offer you my [...]
Give Me Liberty, or Give Me ObamaCare! Supremes to Consider ObamaCare This Week by Joe Guarino, chairman, Richmond TEA Party An obvious play on Patrick Henry’s famous quote—“Give me liberty, give me death!”—this is the essential crux of the battle over the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a., ObamaCare. Do we Americans desire the liberty on which [...]
Christian Science Monitor releases a blistering report of high-ranking former U.S. political figures taking 5-figure speaking fees from a designated terrorist group. The purpose of the speeches? To get the group off of the list. Lee Hamilton, former co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, told the Monitor he received a "good fee" to speak in Washington. [...]
