BIG NEWS: ““It certainly can be argued that such policies are ineffectual because persons who wish to perpetrate violence will ignore them, and that the net effect of such policies is to leave defenseless the law-abiding citizens who follow these policies,” Ken Cuccinelli VCDL Alert just informed me of the following: Virginia Attorney General Ken [...]
Today is the 4th of July, 2011. Over 200 years ago our nation began. Our founders declared independence. Today is not a day we celebrate fireworks. But it is the day we celebrate Liberty. Please take a minute and read the words contained in the Declaration of Independence. If you don’t see the similarities to [...]
A complete debunking of the left’s global warming agenda, from Roy W. Spencer, former NASA climatologist and climate expert.
Written by Scott Cooper VTPP Membership Chair June 29, 2011 Almost two years ago I met a family at the 2009 AFP Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington, DC. They were newly engaged conservatives in the battle to defeat Obamacare. I made a point to introduce myself to the woman after her speech because she mentioned they resided in the hometown both my parents grew up in, in SC, a place I still visit 2 – 4 times a [...]
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is set to sue the FCC to block implementation of Net Neutrality regulations. Calling the regulations the “most egregious of all violations of federal law,” Mr. Cuccinelli told The Washington Times on Thursday that he will begin in July or August to gather support from other attorneys general and private [...]
Leftist policies are often (and correctly) described as “tax and spend.” After the stimulus bill passed, though, some flipped the phrase to “spend, then tax,” anticipating that the Left would ultimately demand higher taxes to reduce the gargantuan deficit they created (and we opposed). We now have proof that the change in terminology was correct as well: [...]
Let’s review: $14.4 trillion in national debt $114 trillion in unfunded liabilities No federal budget passed in over two years TARP Bailouts of massive corporations while average Americans are struggling just to provide for their families ObamaCare (i.e., forcing citizens to purchase a product or service, while calling it “health care reform”) Many thousands of [...]
VA BUDGET QUESTIONS by Tom Cranmer - Why is the budget not a "budget?" It is more of a forecast of revenues and expenditures. - Why are expenditures self-adjusting? By law they have to be balanced with revenues. In 2010 VA had a $400 million surplus. The Sunshine Review reported the "Revenue Stabilization Fund has shrunken from $1.19 billion in 2006 to $295 million in 2010." - What are the biggest tricks in the budget? To delay funding $600 million [...]
VCDL will be participating in a media event set up by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) this Wednesday, March 30th, starting at 11:30 AM in Washington, D.C. in front of Fox News (corner of North Capitol Street and Louisiana Ave. NE). The event will have a large billboard display saying, "Gun Save Lives - 2,191 Americans use guns for self-defense every day" Starting today (Monday), the truck with that billboard has already begun [...]
Register here http://www.constitutiontownhall.com/Hillsdale/Microsite/microsite-April16-schedule2.aspx Webcast Schedule Saturday, April 16, 2011 10 - 10:15 a.m. (EDT) "Choosing Liberty": Welcome and Introduction The Honorable Mike Pence U.S. Representative, Sixth District of Indiana Today citizens must choose whether they will live as citizens, or subjects. 10:15 - 11: 15 a.m. (EDT) "How Our Economic Liberty Has Been Diminished" Dr. Paul Moreno Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History, Hillsdale College Economic liberty was revered by the Founding Fathers, who enshrined its principles in the Constitution. A [...]
