...the end of the beginning. Reuters has just reported that Paul Volcker is leaving his post as head of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. It has always been my opinion that Volcker was asked to lend his street cred to the Fed's reinflation efforts. His reputation as the inflation fighter who broke the back [...]
Meet with your Virginia General Assembly representatives at a Town Hall session, Jan. 4 in Hanover and Henrico Counties and Jan. 5 in Chesterfield, sponsored by The Virginia Tea Party Patriots Cooperative Legislative Action Committee. Details are below or go to the events calendar. Topics include current legislative issues and the VA 10th Amendment Revolution Freedom Bills 2011. [...]
John Fund, the astute Wall Street Journal columnist, wrote an excellent piece on the FCC's misleadingly named "net neutrality" action yesterday, which is the administration's first step in taking over the internet. According to Fund: The Federal Communications Commission's new "net neutrality" rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for [...]
As I write this, I’m inspired by an unusual rock that sits on the desk beside my computer. It’s unusual in two ways. One, it looks like a chunk of wood, with clear layers formed by tree rings, and in fact it’s from a petrified tropical tree. Two, the tree grew near the south pole [...]
Today, Dan Arnold of the Manassas Tea Party sent the following alert. ---- Friends, its snowing here in Manassas but thats nothing compared to the blizzard of insanity going on in Washington today. The Senate is threatening to pass an Omnibus spending bill unparalleled in its recklessness. Our economy is teetering on the brink, our [...]
The citizens of Virginia will soon be able to express their support for smaller government and protest the Federal Government's intrusion into the affairs of private citizens with their license plates. At the recent Virginia Tea Party convention, 912 Richmond gathered over 475 signatures in support of the issuance of a special license plate bearing [...]
The Va 10th Amendment Revolution Lobby Day Rally will be on Monday, January 17th at the Virginia Capitol. This is an all day event to promote the full slate of the Freedom Bills 2011 to the state legislature. WE NEED YOU THERE to express your support of these bills to the VA legislature. See the [...]
If you haven't yet heard about or looked into the three amendments to the Virginia Constitution that will be on the ballot November 2nd, this link provides the amendments and an explantion. Be sure to fully inform yourself before you cast your votes.
Carbon dioxide and methane gases are not pollutants...it is called breathing!
Huge victory for the Tea Party movement as the 10th Amendment Health Care bill passes the Democrat-controlled Senate.
There is big news regarding the two 10th Amendment bills being considered in the General Assembly, specifically HB10 (Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act) and HB69 (Virginia Firearms Freedom Act)! We learned today that: Delegate Joseph Johnson (D) from the 4th district has co-patroned both bills, and Senator Charles Colgan (D) from the 29th district has co-patroned HB10. [...]
Talked to Conservative HQ (Richard Viguerie) and Virginia Concerned Women for America and they are interested in joining the coalition to support the 10th Amendment bills. American Family Radio has also stated they will run radio ads for the January 18 rally for the 10th Amendment bills. WRVA's Doc Thompson is very supportive and interviewed Delegate Bob Marshall [...]
