The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Thanks Guv, You Do Us Proud

by Smitty (gracious hat tip to Cubachi) One derives a great deal of satisfaction from the privilege of voting for genuine Americans like Bob McDonnell. You can tell the difference between a good leader and another Ruling Class stiff by the way a good leader draws the audience up to a higher level through a […]

Virginia: Jamie Radtke For U.S. Senate? George Allen Had Better Guard His Six

by Smitty Though only a Virginian for the past twelve years, it’s hard to avoid a passion for the country if you spend much time in the Commonwealth. Patriotic radiation coming from Mount Vernon, perhaps. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to see someone like Jamie Radtke appear on the scene and command attention. Waking […]

Best VA Political Week Of The Year

by Smitty I know CPAC is at full roar, while I sit out in the cold, where I can catch enough bandwidth for a post. What a week in VA news. Cuccinelli tilting the SCOTUS windmill-style for the ObamaCare case. VMI looking really creepy over Islam. And then ol’ “Born Fightin’” Webb decides that fighting […]

Virginia Muslim Institute?

Somebody mentioned this in the comments the other day when I was up to my neck in Egypt blogging, but I just saw it again at 1389 Blog: VMI is celebrating the Muslim invasion and occupation of Spain in 711 AD. And then I read this: The March 23-25 celebration entitled “711-2011: East Meets West” […]

Jim Moran: ‘Raaaaacism!’

Smitty’s in Kabul, so it’s my job to keep you informed of the embarrassing shenanigans of his congresstool: Speaking to Arab television network Alhurra, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) said Republicans made big gains in November in part because “a lot of people in this country … don’t want to be governed by an African-American.” Even […]

Snowed In!

STAUNTON, Virginia My plan to make it back home tonight got changed by the snowstorm. After I got north of Lexington, driving conditions on I-81 deteriorated rapidly. I called my wife, who suggested I get off the road and check into a motel. The place by the interstate was full up, but the clerk offered […]

Airport Shuttle Bus Driver Named ‘Muhammad’ Goes on Hit-and-Run Spree; ‘No Indication of Motive,’ Police Say

Probably just having a bad day or something: The driver of a speeding SuperShuttle van left a trail of damaged vehicles as he fled at least six hit-and-run crashes along Interstate 66 and the Dulles Access Road on Monday morning, police said. Virginia State Police, Arlington County police and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police were […]

Federal District Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Part of ObamaCare

Perhaps the first step toward repeal: A federal judge in Virginia ruled Monday that a key provision of the nation’s sweeping health-care overhaul is unconstitutional, the most significant legal setback so far for President Obama’s signature domestic initiative. U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson found that Congress could not order individuals to buy health […]

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