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Tue Jul 1
Beach shooting was tragic, but justified under 2nd amendment

Kerry Dougherty
The Virginian-Pilot
July 1, 2008

Johnny Marocco Williams’ timing was terrific. His luck was terrible.

On Saturday night - just four days after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed…

George Allen to Appear on “Happening Now” TODAY
Governor George Allen will appear on “Happening Now” on Fox News today at 12:40pm EST to discuss current events in the race between John McCain and Barack Obama for the White House.
Mon Jun 30
DLC

For most sane people, Summertime is Vacationtime; for legislators, it’s Conferencetime. (For Virginia legislators, of course, it’s Conferencetime and SpecialSessiontime.)

This weekend I…

‘Taxing Issues’

Read Rep. Cantor’s Op/Ed, ‘Taxing Issues,’ at National Review Online

“Republicans envision an America strengthened by a simpler and more pro-growth tax code. Workers must have the incentives to…

Fri Jun 27
On audits
We heard a lot about audits in the past few days. “We can’t possibly fix transportation now,” we were told. “We have to have an audit first.” There’s nothing wrong with the audit bills introduced…
Statement From Governor Allen Commending the Supreme Court’s Ruling Overturning the D.C. Gun Ban

For Immediate Release:
June 26, 2008

Statement from former Governor George Allen

Mount Vernon, Va. – Former Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen issued the following statement today,…

Thu Jun 26
D.C. Gun Ban Overturned
In a historic ruling today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Washington, D.C.’s 32-year-old ban on hand guns. It affirmed that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear…
Supreme Court Says Americans Have Right to Own Guns
“The Supreme Court has come down on the side of personal liberty today by defining the Second Amendment to mean that Americans have a Constitutional right to own firearms for self-defense and…
Let’s Get Serious
To date, after weeks of $4 per gallon gas prices, the Democrat leaders in the House of Representatives still refuse to recognize the pain at the pump. As families across the country continue to…
Court Bans Death Penalty for Child Rape
“The majority of the U.S. Supreme court in the Louisiana v Kennedy used absurd reasoning to strike down Louisiana’s law. The people in the States have the right and perogative to set their own…
Mon Jun 23
Cantor on ‘Late Edition’ with Wolf Blitzer

On Sunday, Rep. Cantor was on CNN’s Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. Watch it here.

BLITZER: Would you support offshore drilling off the coast of Virginia?

CANTOR: Absolutely. And our…

Increased Energy Exploration: It’s Common Sense

Read Rep. Cantor’s Op/Ed on Energy Exploration in today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Increased energy exploration can change that. Even if it doesn’t yield oil for years, the expectation and…

Sat Jun 21
It’s my very favorite punctuation mark; But that’s just me.

Slate foresees the death of the semicolon.

The author observes, “… in 1848 Edgar Allan Poe declared himself ‘mortified’ by printers once again using too many semicolons. Poe may have the…

Fri Jun 20
O + (N xS) + Cpm/T + He
That’s the formula for the happiest day of the year. Which today, apparently, is. The formula (O is for outdoors, N is for Nature, S is for socialization with neighbors, Cpm stands for childhood…
Thu Jun 19
George Allen to Appear on “The Bob Grant Show” TONIGHT
Governor Allen will appear on WABC’s “The Bob Grant Show” tonight at 9:15pm EST. He will discuss Senator McCain’s energy policy, offshore drilling and other major issues in the race between John…