I would like to wear expensive designer clothes. I would like to have a brand new Cadillac Escalade. I would like to take a cruise to the see the world. But I need to buy food for my family and I need to make my monthly mortgage payments and I need to purchase medicine for [...]
When television first came out there were so few shows that they didn’t start broadcasting until 9:00 in the morning, and by 10:00 p.m. they would go off the air. As more shows were produced they began broadcasting at 8:00 in the morning and would go off at midnight, but just before they would sign [...]
So serious that he recently e-mailed me a link to a map showing the cheapest gas in my area. Three locations pop up: one in Powhatan and two in Petersburg. Considering those are all about a 45-minute drive from my house, I’m not sure I’ll call that a net savings in gas. Warner’s e-mail also [...]
Please tune in to Comcast channel 95 at 9:00pm this evening to watch Richmond Tea Party board members Gilbert Wilkerson and Joe Guarino discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., ObamaCare). Joe was one of the leaders in helping guide Virginia's Health Care Freedom Act into law, which Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is [...]
Have you ever gone past a pasture and seen horses or cows standing in the field not doing much of anything except eating? Have you ever been to a farm and seen chickens in their coops, pigs in their stalls, or rabbits in their cages? If you have, you’ve no doubt noticed that such animals don’t [...]
In the good old days people only bought what they had money to pay for but that was before the days of the credit card. Now, when people don’t have ready cash on hand to buy something, they simply use plastic money. Of course, each month they get a bill for the things they bought [...]
So what’s wrong with a big government? That’s the question our critics ask. According to their logic, the purpose of any government is to provide for the general welfare of its citizens, which is exactly what the preamble of our Constitution says. Then, if that’s the case, our critics contend it’s only logical that the more [...]
The word accountable was first used in the managing of money. We put our money into an “account” which literally means “to count” money. To find out how much money a person has, someone must count it and it is in this way that they “account” for it. To account for someone’s money when buying [...]
The Hill has reported the following story: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance at a time when federal funds [...]
Imagine going to a four-star restaurant and ordering the soup of the day, let's say it's chicken vegetable. In the kitchen the chef puts in the pot fresh vegetables and chunks of tender chicken and special seasonings. Then, as an added bonus he adds two drops of bleach. Thinking that something else is missing, he [...]
Radio personality Mark Levin has some very frank commentary for the GOP leadership in Washington regarding their weak resolve to advance spending cuts. We need bold moves; to act with confidence in the validity of conservative principles. Trying not to lose is infrequently a path to victory. The GOP leadership needs to play to WIN, instead [...]
In today’s climate, people are afraid to talk about virtue because it makes them sound as though they are some sort of religious zealot. Thus, virtue is viewed as a quaint, old fashioned notion of a by-gone era that has no real meaning in today’s sophisticated, more highly mature culture. But virtue is just another [...]
