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Senate Set To Allow Arrest & Indefinite Detention of Americans by U.S. Military In Continental U.S.

By |2019-05-11T16:12:36-04:00December 6th, 2011|Categories: Blog, News, Press Release|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             December 5, 2011 Contact: Mark Lloyd Cell: 434-942-3636   Senate Set To Allow Arrest & Indefinite Detention of Americans by U.S. Military In Continental U.S. S.1867 assaults 4th, 5th & 6th Amendments, Posse Comitatus Act (Richmond, VA) - The Senate is set to vote on S.1867, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. Section 1031 of this bill would define the whole of the United States as a “battlefield” and allow the U.S. [...]

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December 3rd Senate Candidate Forum at Natural Bridge

By |2019-05-11T16:12:36-04:00November 29th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

On Saturday, December 3rd from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., several Tea Party and other patriot groups in the 6th Congressional District will hear from U.S. Senate 2012 candidates, E.W. Jackson, Sr. and Jamie Radtke during the morning session. Around 12 noon, there will be a potluck lunch, followed by breakout meetings by each patriot group to [...]

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George Allen’s Endorsement Lies

By |2019-05-11T16:12:36-04:00November 22nd, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

George Allen has recently claimed “strong tea party support” but how strong are those supporters? With the likes of Ben Marchi, and Coby Dillard both establishment republicans how genuine is this list of supporters? Already the rebuttals are coming out. Kerry Scott wrote on Bearing Drift: My name was used without my consent. I have [...]

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Bob McDonnell Endorses George Allen

By |2019-05-11T16:12:37-04:00November 11th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

On the eve of a squeaker election where the Republicans only barely took control of the Virginia Senate, thanks in large part to the Tea Party, we get this lovely gem: Bob McDonnell is supporting George Allen. Primary be damned! Once again the ruling elites within the party will be doing everything they can to [...]

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Victory: Working Together – Pragmatism and Principle

By |2019-05-11T16:12:37-04:00November 9th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

I wanted to make sure that the contribution of the Tea Party wasn’t lost in this latest election. A large portion of the victory in these 2011 elections was because of Tea Party groups across the state. In the case of Bill Stanley (20th State Senate District) it was the Danville, Lynchburg, Southside, and Franklin [...]

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Time for All Tea Parties to Force Equality Under the Law

By |2019-05-11T16:12:37-04:00November 6th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

For two weeks, the Occupy Richmond group camped out in Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond. They acquired no permits, followed no regulations, paid no fees, and broke the law for their continued presence. In contrast, the Richmond Tea Party held three separate Tax Day Rallies in the same location, for which we acquired every permit, [...]

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October 20th U.S. Senate Debate in the Shenandoah Valley

By |2019-05-11T16:12:37-04:00October 13th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots are holding a U.S.Senate Candidates Debate on Thursday, October 20th, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Way, Verona, VA. The comprehensive program will cover the following key subject areas: The economy and jobs, tax policy, debt and deficit solutions, regulatory reform, health care, [...]

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Prince Edward County’s; Road To Nowhere

By |2019-05-11T16:12:38-04:00October 7th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , |

A couple of weeks ago, the Richmond paper had a front page story about Virginia’s governor proposing the creation of a reserve fund to deal with the decreasing funds flowing from Washington. As the states get less from Washington, the counties get less from the states. While a reserve fund makes sense, Prince Edward is [...]

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Virginia Tea Party Alliance Annouces Election Targets

By |2019-05-11T16:12:38-04:00September 22nd, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

Refuting conventional political wisdom,  the Virginia Tea Party Alliance today launched its election initiative “Beyond 21 – Creating a Conservative Tsunami in Virginia”. The campaign targets 7 left-wing Democrat State Senators and seeks to elect conservative Republican candidates, many of whom have been overlooked by the major Republican Party PACS. “Many pundits and operatives think [...]

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Why is the media picking our candidates?

By |2019-05-11T16:12:38-04:00September 21st, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

Good news!  Apparently there is no need to spend taxpayer money on primaries next year, at least for the U.S. Senate seat. The Virginia Associated Press (AP) Managing Editors and the Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association (VCCA) have already picked the candidates that will run in the general election and there is no surprise here; they [...]

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