On August 26th, while reading the Daily News Record, my local paper, I came across an article entitled, “Mississippi Plant Raid Creates Hispanic Panic.” Although the title pretty well summarizes the events of the story, it catalogs a massive search and detention of illegal immigrants by federal officials. One question that went through [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Talkin’ ‘bout our Immigration
Posted in Political Musings, Virginia Politics, tagged Immigration, Rudi Giuliani on August 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Death in the Family
Posted in Virginia Politics, tagged VCAP on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those who have been keeping up with this blog you know that I have been trying to find out why VCAP’s website and phone number have gone AWOL for the past several weeks. Well folks, I’ve finally discovered the fate of VCAP. Yesterday, got an email from the director of VCAP, RobinDeJarnette, which read, [...]
Half of a Debate on Preemptive War
Posted in Political Musings, tagged Preemptive War on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good morning readers.
Recently I had the opportunity to contribute to a publication, the Freeman-Standard operated on the campus of my alma mater, The College of William and Mary. They asked me to participate in a point/counterpoint discussion. The topic concerns the subject of a preemptive strike/war. I was given the task of [...]
Is John McCain a Conservative?
Posted in Political Musings, tagged Conservative, John McCain, VCAP on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Author’s note: This post was written on March 30, 2008 and originally posted as is on the VCAP blog. Please see “What Happened to VCAP?” regarding its reposting.
This morning while reading the paper, I came across a letter to the editor from a Mr. Corbo. Presuming that this is the same Mr. [...]
Nationalize This!
Posted in Political Musings, tagged ANWR, Nationalization, Privatization on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Tuesday, while traveling to Falmouth, I was driving behind a car that was labeled with several bumper stickers. Although I cannot remember the exact wording of the first, it bemoaned the status of several coastal regions in North Carolina and insisted upon action. The second was the now traditional blue Obama sticker. The Obama [...]
Trouble Brewing
Posted in Political Musings, Virginia Politics, tagged Jim Gilmore, Mark Warner on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good evening everyone. Sorry for the unannounced week off. Anyway, I wanted to share some news with you. About every week or so, I get an email from my local GOP Committee encouraging me to pick up my Goodlatte and McCain signs. It struck me as odd that they didn’t advertise [...]
Senator Hagel’s New Party
Posted in Political Musings, tagged 3rd Parties, Chuck Hagel, Conservative, Republican Party, VCAP on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Author’s note: This post was written on March 23, 2008 and originally posted as is on the VCAP blog. Please see “What Happened to VCAP?” regarding its reposting.
Recently, it has been reported that in Senator Hagel’s newest book, he calls for the creation of a new political party. Now I’m sure that as conservatives, [...]
What happened to VCAP?
Posted in Political Musings, Virginia Politics, tagged VCAP on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although I assume that a fair number of readers of this blog know of the Virginia based organization VCAP, for those who don’t let me fill you in. VCAP stands for Virginia Conservative Action PAC. They are located in Richmond and, as their name indicates, support conservative politics and politicians. If you visited their site, [...]
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