Way to go Virginia; hope NJ has woken up as well!!

Virginia's Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a direct challenge to the party's efforts in Washington to reform health care. But the action in Virginia, a state that backed Obama in 2008, could indicate that the president is failing to reassure members of his own party that current reform efforts remain worthwhile. The votes also suggest that Democrats on the state level fear ...

"“Conventions by nature force candidates and campaigns to focus on a very small group of party activists,” said Phil Cox, executive director of the Republican Governors Association and a longtime Virginia-based strategist. He grimaced at the successful movement by conservative activists in his state earlier this year to switch from a primary system to a convention system. “If the goal is actually to win elections, holding more primaries would be a good start.” [Ah, and ...

From what I understand, Libertarians do not believe in government regulation or assistance. The West Virgina area recently had a chemical spill making all the available water totally unuseable except for flushing toilets. Hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants are all unable to do their jobs. An etimated population of almost half a million people are affected, as well as the animals. I wonder who all drank the water before this chemical spill was identifie ...

By Daniel TencerFriday, March 5th, 2010 -- 5:27 pm Officials and student leaders at Virginia colleges are reacting mutedly, so far, to an order from state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that the schools stop protecting LGBT students. In a letter (PDF) sent to the state's public colleges and universities and obtained by the Washington Post, Cuccinelli declared that the schools don't have the authority to uphold bans on discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation when the state ...

So, tomorrow the Supreme Court goes on their annual 3-month vacation. When do they expect to rule on the Healthcare Act? There are a slew of dates from May 10, 2010 through Sept. 2012. Anyone want to bet they'll push it off until after the 2012 election? The U.S. Supreme Court declined an opportunity to review President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, rejectingVirginia’s bid to have its challenge to the law considered on an unusual fast-track basis. Virginia, one of ...

Get out your checkbook. ...

Princeton Community Hospital in rural West Virginia will scrap and replace its entire computer network after being struck by the cyberattack paralyzing computers globally. The cyberattack, known as Petya, froze the hospital's electronic medical record system early Tuesday, leaving doctors unable to review patients' medical history or transmit laboratory and pharmacy orders, said Rose Morgan, the hospital's vice president of patient care services. Officials were unable to r ...

"the state wants to “wave a magic wand” and read the broad anti-sodomy law as protecting minors. But the law “does not mention the word ‘minor,’ " From The Washington Post The High Court It is not the headline that Ken Cuccinelli II would have written, of course. But considering the flak Virginia’s attorney general has received for pressing his defense of the commonwealth’s “crimes against nature” law to the Supreme Court, C ...

"A former rising star in the Republican Party, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was red-faced and sobbing Thursday when a jury convicted him and his wife on multiple counts related to influence peddling while he was in office. After more than a month of sometimes soul-baring testimony, the federal jury issued guilty verdicts on 11 counts against McDonnell, while clearing him on two others. His wife, Maureen, was convicted on nine while cleared on four. The former first couple wept openly in ...

Marshals arrested 27-year-old Travis Ball in Northumberland County Saturday morning. They say he fatally shot Virginia State Police Special Agent Michael T. Walter Friday evening in Mosby Court. RICHMOND, Va. -- Police are searching for a suspect after a Virginia State Police Special Agent was shot during an operation in Richmond's Mosby Court neighborhood Friday evening. The victim has been identified as Special Agent Mike Walter, according to a tweet from Governor Terry McAuliffe. S ...

By Daniel TencerWednesday, April 7th, 2010 -- 1:45 pm Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is being accused of historical revisionism after reinstating the state's controversial Confederate History Month and declaring that the event won't focus on slavery because the issue is not "significant" enough in Virginia. "There were any number of aspects" to the Civil War, McDonnell said, explaining why he left slavery out of the proclamation announcing Confederate History Month. "Obviously, it i ...

Hopefully the momentum will continue: Rasmussen: 25% approve BO 44% disaapprove. That's HUGE! Almost 2 for 1. So far Romney 48% Obama 43% Romney’s support among Republican voters has moved up to 83%, just about matching the president’s 84% support among Democrats. However, only six percent (6%) of GOP voters would vote for Obama if Romney is the nominee. Twice as many Democrats (12%) would cross party lines to vote for Romney. The forner govern ...

Sorry, didn't mean to use the dirty word (hope - well it wasn't a dirty word until about four years ago), but in a good light there is still hope. Here's hoping the justices will act in accordance with the laws and see fit not to enslave the entire country. As they say it's not over until the fat lady sings, and the fat lady aint nowhere around. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/28/news/la-pn-justices-poised-to-strike-down-entire-healthcare-law-20120328 ...

that gets shut off. I died a long time ago and still feel dead. Why does God hate me ...

He's gonna cut regulations by 75%. Wow, just wow!!!! ...

in places the Republicans never expected. Thanks Trump. ...

People were tired of the way it was before the ACA. There are many who dislike the ACA but it is way better than it was before, more people have coverage. Now that they have a taste of having insurance they are not going to let it go away and they will fight to have coverage for all. Frankly, I don't know which party will get it there and I don't care, all I know is national healthcare is what we need. ...

15 MILLION PEOPLE STILL UNEMPLOYED !!! $800 BILLION "STIMULUS" FUNNELED BY A CORRUPT PRESIDENT TO UNION GOVERNEMNT EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN JOB CREATION. UNION GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PROTESTING THE TAXPAYERS WHO FUND THEIR PAYCHECKS SO THEY CAN STILL RETIRE AT AGE 55 WHILE WE HAVE TO WORK NOW UNTIL AGE 70!! BILLION DOLLAR NFL OWNERS AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NFL PLAYERS FIGHTING OVER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!! HOW TOTALLY SCREWED UP IS THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW???? ...

Let's face it - - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neigher is apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French Fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it ...

Does anyone here sell Mary Kay products and, if so, can you tell me what was involved in getting started up, what kind of starter "kit" you were provided, and if their products are actually comparable to department store products? Looking to supplement the income a bit...and feed my makeup/skincare/haircare addiction at a discount, LOL! Any input you might have about repping MK or their products would be immensely appreciated :-) ...

"I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. If I help him, he's going to help me." Peggy Joseph, Chicagoite, on the election of Obama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI Ken Rogulski reporting on WJR in Michigan, October 2009. ROGULSKI: Why are you here? WOMAN #1: To get some money. ROGULSKI: What kind of money? WOMAN #1: Obama money. ROGULSKI: Where's it coming f ...

Here are some headlines and articles (I will only a blurb then a link to the entire article for copyright purposes) "Noone should be confused about the outcome of Sunday's vote. It is not the end of the fight, it is the beginning. and - Speaker Pelosi knew the country was against the bill. That is why she kept her members trapped in Washington and forced a vote on Sunday. She knew if she let the members go home their constituents would convince them to vote no." ...

There is an organization out there called angels for hope and you can order anybody an angel that needs one and it is free. I am one of the many angel makers for this organization. These angels bring joy to many, many people. If there is someone out there who needs a ray of hope, go to the website and order them an angel. http://www.angelsforhope.org/ ...

interested in signing this! http://movetoamend.org/ ...

First, please use birth control whether it means that "you" have to "shoulder the burden" or not. Yes, it would be "reasonable", "fair", or "right" for men to share this responsibility with you, but please - LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD where a lot of men have absolutely NO control over their penises. Second, please come to the point that you truly comprehend the incalculable value of EVERY human life. If, for instance, I could tell you that the human being you are sending to the garbage heap was f ...

I haven't contributed to this board very long, but it's been very helpful in making me challenge my beliefs and try to look at things from all perspectives. For that I thank you. Coming here today, it seems to me that as the election draws near, passions here are rising above issues (and common courtesy) and things turn ugly quickly. We're bombarded by the the nastiest, lowest presidntial campaign I recall and I think it's infecting the populus in general. ...

Did you hear Jamie Foxx call Barack Obama "our lord and savior" at the Soul Train Awards? Maybe it was a joke, but seriously, who jokes about things like that? The exact quote is: "First of all, give an honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama." ...

180 Economists Call for Obama to Back Off Tax Hikes - President Barack Obama is demanding a tax hike on the wealthy as part of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to begin Jan. 1. Some Republican congressmen have expressed a willingness to accept that. “Increasing taxes would likely slow or reverse our nation's fragile economic recovery and undermine long-term growth,” the letter says. It recommends spending cuts instead. That “wo ...

Way to go Virginia; hope NJ has woken up as well!!

WOOHOO!!!!! It's going to be a very good evening. - Hmmm

Not much of a surprise... - me

NJ is over too... yea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Dem. state goes to Republicans..wow!.nm

Not quite - take a look at the Legislature of NJ - nm - me

Hey, the pub won as Governor, which is a big deal. - ..nice surprise. nm

Yes he is, but this is sending a clear message to them - 2010 is going to be even better (nm)

O'd bomb and his friends are on the way out. nm :) - weirdo

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