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Help American Policy Center Fight Agenda 21

By |2019-05-11T16:12:46-04:00July 8th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

The Alarm is Sounding Across the Nation About Agenda 21.   Dear Friend: I need your help to spread the message because time is running out for American freedom and independence. . Here is the threat Agenda 21 is a threat coming from the United Nations that is invading every city and town in the nation. It leads to control over private property, energy use, water use; it means government will control how hot your shower may be, how much [...]

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Ken Cuccinelli Says VA University Can’t Say No To Guns

By |2019-05-11T16:12:46-04:00July 5th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

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July 4th…Also Known As Independence Day

By |2019-05-11T16:12:46-04:00July 3rd, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

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 [...]

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A Major Benefit of This Grassroots Effort

By |2019-05-11T16:12:47-04:00June 30th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

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AG Cuccinelli prepares to sue feds over FCC ‘Net Neutrality’

By |2019-05-11T16:12:47-04:00June 24th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , |

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 [...]

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The Tax Increase Con Game

By |2019-05-11T16:12:47-04:00June 24th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , |

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: [...]

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The Value of Freedom

By |2019-05-11T16:12:47-04:00June 9th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 [...]

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Why is the budget not a “budget?”

By |2019-05-11T16:12:48-04:00June 7th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

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 [...]

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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) this Wednesday

By |2019-05-11T16:12:48-04:00March 28th, 2011|Categories: Blog|Tags: |

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 [...]

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