Archive for December, 2011

Not so fast, there, Virginia

From Carl Cameron, reporting at FoxNews.com: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot “Recent events have underscored that our system is deficient,” he said in a statement. [...]

December 31, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Top 50 Bills in Congress in 2011

Here’s a list of the 50 bills in Congress that moved people to contact Congress about them. (boy that is an unfriendly grammatical sentence!) It’s good info to have. However … it’s extremely depressing to see how many of the bills We The People thought important enough to communicate with Congress about are unpassed, still [...]

December 31, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Interesting Online Activism on SOPA

Tina Korbe at HotAir reports: In the past, GoDaddy spokespeople had expressed support for an expansion of copyright law to cripple piratical websites. More specifically, GoDaddy general counsel suggested that Domain Name System blocking could be an effective way to combat online piracy. Anti-SOPA activists have serious concerns about the practice of DNS blocking — [...]

December 30, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Once more unto the breach, dear friends (I-95 corridor)

One more action item in 2011 for you all, brought to us by the Bluffton Tea Party. Please look at this list and take action via phone or email. PLEASE NOTE: some of the legislator have already indicated they have reassessed the situation and will vote to sustain the Governor’s veto. So … when you [...]

December 30, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Eric Holder and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

Ed Morrissey does his usually stellar job of thinking through an issue. At HotAir.com: The DoJ, through its Civil Rights division, announced that it would block a new South Carolina law that required voters to show a photo ID when casting a vote, claiming that it had a disproportionate impact on minority voters. The Wall [...]

December 30, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

On the Ground in Iowa

I’m giving you this for free. You’ll thank me for it. If you want to know what it’s like to be at the EPICENTER of everything that’s worth following on the ground in Iowa, you will bookmark the blog of Robert Stacy McCain … known as The Other McCain and read it every day. Actually [...]

December 29, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Caucus. Voter Fraud. 2012 is coming.

I’ve posted some blogs about voter fraud, and urged you all to become involved at your polling places, go through the necessary training, and protect your votes. I found this and considered it timely because we’re about to experience a caucus in Iowa, and I believe in 2012 will be voter fraud of mammoth proportions. [...]

December 29, 2011  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

The GOP’s answer to union money

In the reality we exist in … it takes money to win elections. In my lifetime I don’t think that will change, so we … conservatives, Republicans … will need to be willing to compete with that weapon. Take a look at this Wall Street Journal article by Fred Barnes, revealing some of our weapons [...]

December 29, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

VA GOP to require “loyalty oath” to vote in primary

I’m not sure what to think about this. Usually I have definite opinions. Would like to hear your thoughts. Andrew Cain at the Richmond Times Dispatch reports: The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary. Anyone who wants to vote must [...]

December 29, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Mick Zais to hold meetings re: No Child Left Behind

State Superintendent of Education Mick Zais announced a series of community stakeholder meetings regarding the state’s intent to request flexibility from certain requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly called No Child Left Behind. Dr. Zais announced his intention to seek flexibility on October 10, 2011 in a letter to U.S. Secretary [...]

December 29, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments